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Women Over 40 Interviews

Stories are meant to be shared.

Below are words of lived wisdom, inspiration, challenges and aspirations from women in their forty’s, fifty’s, sixty’s, seventy’s, and beyond.

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Women Over 40: Interview with Jill
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Women Over 40: Interview with Sapphire
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40/40 Interview with Kathy

Shawnalee Anderton October 26, 2022

“Now that my children are grown, I find myself embarking on an unknown adventure, once again, and I’m feeling confident, definitely up for it…”

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40/40 Interview with Jennifer

Shawnalee Anderton October 9, 2022

“We all can be vessels of beauty or bitterness. I choose beauty..”

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40/40 Interview with Rikki

Shawnalee Anderton August 30, 2022

“Over 40 is not what I once thought it would be, I’m continually surprised how young each additional age is. So far there isn’t anything I’ve attempted that I can’t achieve. It’s a grand adventure...”

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40/40 Interview with Melissa

Shawnalee Anderton May 8, 2022

“In travel there is always something outstanding and altering, it’s like throwing a rock into the stream of your life and altering the course every single time.”

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40/40 Interview with Robbie

Shawnalee Anderton March 13, 2022

“I am more confident in many ways, and I try not to be so hard on myself, I have always been my worst enemy when it comes to self talk, I'm getting better about that.”

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40/40 Interview with Shelley

Shawnalee Anderton March 13, 2022

“I can see past the unimportant pieces of decisions. If I have a dream to do something, I do it.”

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40/40 Interview with Monday

Shawnalee Anderton March 13, 2022

“Embrace the change and the inevitable”

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40/40 Interview with Sara

Shawnalee Anderton November 28, 2021

…I’m more confident and comfortable than when I was younger, and in a job like mine it’s an actual benefit to be 40+ (people tend not to take a 30-year-old physician seriously).”

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40/40 Interview with Elizabeth

Shawnalee Anderton November 28, 2021

“My superpower is tenacity. I have never given up on myself, even though it has been a challenging and at times exhausting journey. My evil superpower is growing foul, poisonous mold species in the refrigerator. I have skills.”

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