In this warm and candid episode, Jackie is joined by entrepreneur, podcast host and Instagram phenomenon Lise Thorne. They dive deep into the realities of midlife: the juggle, the joy, the fear, the freedom and what it truly means to be a midlife woman and run multiple businesses today.

They talk honestly about the 'clusterf**k' that so many women navigate in their 40s and 50s: the sandwich generation, perimenopause, teenage children pulling away and aging parents pulling closer. But threaded through all of it is a real sense of possibility and purpose.

The conversation covers the challenges of the sandwich generation and spans from Lise's journey running a 150-person talent tech business – wrestling with imposter syndrome in a bigger body – to completing a gruelling 100km Trail Walker across the South Downs, which sparked her Instagram account @walking_this_way.

You'll find out about Lise's 'Welcome Home' project, housing single mothers and asylum seekers, and her work teaching midlife women how to invest through 'The Money Conversation'.

And then, of course, there's Lise's naked photo shoots – a powerful and hilarious exercise in body acceptance.

Covered in this episode:

• The midlife pivot and the 'clusterf**k' – menopause, teenage children, aging parents and more
• Why midlife is the time to make new friends – and let some old ones go
• Lise's journey from tech entrepreneur with imposter syndrome to Instagram community builder
• The founding story of @walking_this_way and the 100km South Downs Trail Walker
• Naked photo shoots and body acceptance
• The Welcome Home Project – housing homeless single mothers and asylum seekers
• Why midlife women need to start investing, and why it's never too late
• Bob – the voice in your head, and how to make peace with it

About My Guest: Lise Thorne

Lise Thorne is an entrepreneur, community builder, fellow podcast host and fierce advocate for midlife women. She founded Dynamic Futures, a talent tech organisation, in 2005 and grew it to a team of 150 people before her entrepreneurial journey took a more personal turn – training for the 100km South Downs Trail Walker, discovering the power of movement, and creating @walking_this_way.

She hosts The Walking This Way Podcast, runs The Money Conversation – teaching midlife women how to invest – and founded the Welcome Home Project.
Lise on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/walking_this_way/
Walking This Way Podcast: https://walkingthisway.transistor.fm/
Lise on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lise-thorne-4101686/
The Welcome Home Project: https://livinginmagazines.co.uk/the-welcome-home-project/

Business shout outs:
Louise Jowsey: https://www.linkedin.com/in/louisejowsey/

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