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Midlife with Courage™-Bold Women Thriving After Forty with Kim Benoy
Are you a woman in your 40s, 50s, or beyond who is wondering what happened to the woman you used to be—and what might be possible for the woman you're becoming?
Midlife with Courage™ is about more than reinvention. It's about recognizing the ways we've learned to make ourselves smaller, quieter, and less visible—and finding the courage to change that.
Each week, host Kim Benoy has honest, courageous conversations with women who have challenged the expectations, stories, and limitations that once held them back. Together, they explore confidence, identity, purpose, relationships, reinvention, and what it means to take up space in this next chapter of life.
Because midlife isn't about becoming someone new. It's about becoming more fully yourself.
You're not too old. You're not too late. And it's not just you.
Midlife with Courage™-Bold Women Thriving After Forty with Kim Benoy
Keep Your Voice in Midlife: Speaking Up, Writing & Finding Purpose After 40 (with Brenda Coffee)
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Journalist Brenda Coffee on how writing and speaking help women reclaim authority, stories and confidence in midlife.
00:00 Introduction and Welcome
00:43 Meet Brenda Coffee
02:21 Brenda's Early Life and Challenges
05:11 Journey into Business and Journalism
07:58 The Valium Incident and Its Aftermath
10:30 Adventures and Personal Struggles
14:44 The Birth of Vaping
17:26 Threats and Survival Instincts
21:39 Overcoming Panic: Fight, Flight, or Freeze
22:01 Financial Struggles and Courageous Acts
25:40 The Significance of Maya Blue
26:53 A Harrowing Experience in Central America
29:04 Therapy and Healing
35:03 Writing the Book During COVID
38:25 Publishing Success and Reader Reactions
41:27 Final Thoughts and Advice
You can find more about Brenda including how to order her book Maya Blue: A Memoir of Survival which Kim highly recommends.
Have you been listening to Midlife with Courage™ and thinking, "That's me"?
Now it's time to take the next step.
It's Not J.U.S.T. You™ is a transformational 4-week workshop designed for women who are ready to stop shrinking themselves, take up space, and live more boldly. Together, we'll uncover the subtle ways we make ourselves smaller, explore why those patterns exist, and practice the tools to communicate with confidence, set healthy boundaries, and step fully into the life we deserve.
If you're ready to move from inspiration to transformation, I'd love to have you join us this September.
Click HERE to join us!
The podcast starts the conversation. The workshop is where the transformation begins.
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