Late Bloomer Living Podcast

The Late Bloomer Living Podcast inspires you to find joy, embrace change, and live playfully at ANY age. Whether you’re navigating midlife, moving beyond it, launching a new career, or simply looking for more fun and fulfillment, this show will empower you to take bold steps toward the life you truly want. Every Wednesday, join host Yvonne Marchese as she interviews inspiring guests who’ve dared to reinvent themselves after 40, and experts who provide valuable guidance on navigating the unique challenges of midlife and beyond. From embracing health and wellness to navigating empty nesting and chasing new dreams, this podcast offers practical advice, uplifting stories, and a reminder that it’s never too late to bloom. It’s about celebrating the courage to grow, change, and find joy at any age.

Late Bloomer Living Podcast is a society podcast hosted by Yvonne Marchese, with 290 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Yvonne Marchese hosts Late Bloomer Living Podcast, a society show with 290 episodes published.

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  Episode #285

  Your Inner Critic Has a Name (and She's an Ageist) with Wendi Knox

  Sep 30, 202651 minS7

  What if the voice telling you you're too old isn't really yours? On this Salty Sisters replay Cat Corchado and I talk with Wendi Knox, author of The Way of the Dragonfly: Flight Instructions to Transform the Way We Age. At 50, Wendi was the only female SVP/Creative Director at one of LA's biggest ad agencies. Then she was laid off without warning. She ended up sobbing in her backyard and asked the universe one question: am I too old to reinvent myself? She came home from a walk with her dog to find hundreds of red dragonflies swirling over her patio umbrella. She had no idea yet what it meant. Wendi spent decades making award-winning commercials for Honda and Acura. Now she's working on a harder brand: aging. She published her first book and had her first solo art show at 65. At 72, she's here to talk about her new book, The Way of the Dragonfly: Flight Instructions to Transform the Way We Age. We get into: Edna, Wendi's inner critic, who turns out to be an inner ageist (and sounds suspiciously like someone she used to know) Cat's answer to Edna: an inner hype woman named Queen Gray hair, fire-engine red at 90, and why women get judged either way Invisible woman syndrome and the leopard-loving aunt who refused to disappear How to stay in the moment when fear of aging starts to spiral Somewhere in there I admit I've always been more afraid of aging than dying. It gets salty, it gets honest, and there's a lot of laughing. Find Wendi and her books at wendiknox.com. --------------------------------------------------- If you’re feeling inspired, I’d love for you to share your thoughts about this episode on social media and tag me @latebloomerliving. Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast so you never miss an episode! Need a little more FUN in your life? The PLAYshop is a self-guided video you can dive into anytime, whenever you're ready to play. https://www.latebloomerliving.com/play Come hang out with us in the free Late Bloomer Living Community, where we trade stories, ideas, and a little mischief as we figure out midlife together. Join here: https://www.latebloomerliving.com/community

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  Episode #284

  Self-Care After 50: The S Word, Yarrr!

  Sep 23, 202646 minS7

  Cat and I have a confession. The word "self-care" makes us both cringe a little. That phrase is pushed in our faces so often that it's starting to feel like one more thing on the to-do list. So in this replay of our Salty Sisters livestream, we call it "the S word" instead, and we talk about what taking care of yourself looks like in midlife. It's not all bubble baths and spa days. Some context: As I was planning this episode, the calendar gave me three gifts on one day. It was National Rice Krispie Treat Day, the day before National Talk Like a Pirate Day, and smack in the middle of Self-Care Awareness Month. So yes, I eat a Rice Krispie Treat on camera. Yes, we read self-care affirmations in pirate voices. And no, neither of us can do a convincing pirate. Cat does every accent except that one. Under all the "yarrr," though, it turns into one of our most honest conversations. Cat opens up about a hard year and the things that got her through it, from ugly crying to hiding in her car in the garage playing phone games so she wouldn't snap at anyone she loved. We talk about how hard it is to take care of yourself when you're caring for someone else, and why an hour of help is worth asking for. (And please don't spend that hour at the grocery store.) In this episode: Cat's "Cattitude Day," and why everyone deserves one, even if it's only five minutes behind a locked bathroom door The way we talk about our bodies matters. Our midlife tummies have been through a lot. They deserve better nicknames than "the pooch" or "middle earth" Feel-good playlists, dancing at stoplights, and two 60-year-old men skipping down the beach Cat's rapid-fire top five: breathing, sleep, movement, water, and food The hill I'll die on: taking care of the basics is what makes play possible It's messy, it's sticky, and it's a reminder that laughing with a friend counts as self-care. If you're feeling inspired, I'd love for you to share your thoughts about this episode on social media and tag me @latebloomerliving. Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast so you never miss an episode! Need a little more FUN in your life? Come to The PLAYshop! Go to https://www.latebloomerliving.com/play to get in on the fun!

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  Episode #283

  Your Story Isn't Over with Valerie Thurston

  Sep 16, 202649 minS7

  Valerie Thurston never planned to write a book when she was 78, but after the death of her husband 17 years ago, a story stayed with her until she finally gave herself permission to write it. In this episode, Valerie joins Yvonne and Cat to talk about grief, legacy, self-publishing, and her novel Food Poisoning: A Family Saga of Love, Betrayal, and the Fight for Legacy. This is a grounded, heartfelt conversation for anyone carrying a story, a loss, or a second chapter that has been waiting to be lived.

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  Episode #282

  Building Confidence Through Repitition, Curiosity and Small Steps

  Sep 9, 202629 minS4

  Nobody's ready. I'm still not ready to do half the things I do. I'm Yvonne Marchese, and this week my Salty Sister Cat Corchado and I get into where confidence actually comes from, which is not where most of us keep looking for it. Confidence is the receipt. It's not the ticket that gets you in. Cat learned an entire business late in life by pushing buttons until something worked. I sat on the idea for this podcast for two years before I pressed record, and the reasons I gave people were not the real reason. A few things that came up: - We get into the "getting ready to get ready" trap. - Why eleven minutes of exercise may be the key to getting started. - How play develops your courage muscle. - And the permission slip nobody hands you: you're allowed to try a thing, hate it, and be done with it. Somewhere in the middle of all this we accidentally named a segment. "Have you fallen down on your diaper lately?" So what's the thing you're still waiting to feel ready for... — Season 7 of Late Bloomer Living is the Salty Sisters season. Every Wednesday you're hearing the audio from Friday's live show on YouTube , where you can jump in with questions while it's happening. Come find us at 3pm Eastern on the Late Bloomer Living channel. Cat's free 11-Minute Challenge runs October 5–9. Sign up at smallspacepilates.com . Not in the Late Bloomer Living community yet? It's free, and it's where this conversation keeps going: latebloomerliving.com/community

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  Episode #281

  Welcome to Season 7: It’s Getting Salty Around Here

  Sep 2, 202613 minS7

  Six years. 281 episodes. And today I'm shaking it up like a snow globe. Not because it's broken. That's the part I want to talk about. For the next three months or so, Wednesdays on Late Bloomer Living belong to Salty Sisters — the live show I co-host with Cat Corchado. Same feed, same day you've always found me. There's just going to be a second voice in it now, and I think you're going to like her. Cat is an Air Force veteran, a movement specialist, and the founder of Fit for Life Alliance, which she started in her sixties. She hosts a podcast called Sisters in Service. She has the best laugh I've ever heard and she says things I would never think to say. We met on Clubhouse in 2021, ended up in the same mastermind, and figured out fairly quickly that we were more fun together than apart. In this episode I get into why I'm doing this. Some of it is about creative restlessness — six years is a long time to make anything the same way. Some of it is about the strange loneliness of making an interview show, which nobody warns you about. And some of it is about a personal project I'm not ready to talk about yet, which needs hours I don't currently have. Here's what's actually new, and it's the part I'm most excited about: we do this show live on Friday afternoons, and you can be in it. Not listening to a conversation I already finished — in it, while it's happening, asking the guest your own question. That's never been possible here before. Fridays at 3pm ET. My YouTube channel, Cat's LinkedIn, and the Sisters in Service Facebook page. Come say hi in the chat so we know you're there. https://www.youtube.com/@latebloomerliving/live **And hit the subscribe button while you're there! When did you last change something that wasn't broken? Something perfectly fine that had just stopped being interesting? I'd love to know.

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