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Women Over 40Nantucket to Netflix: Reinvention After 40This is your Women Over 40 podcast.Welcome to Women Over 40, where we celebrate bold reinvention and fearless pursuit of new passions after forty. Today, let’s jump right in: what does it really mean to press restart and build the next, best chapter of your life? For so many women, this age brings not a sense of winding down, but a sense of awakening—a time to get curious, to shake up routines, and to step boldly into dreams you might have left on the back burner.Take Susan Lister Locke, who started as a store mana...
2025-11-2603 minWomen Over 40Unscripted: Embracing Reinvention After 40This is your Women Over 40 podcast.Welcome to Women Over 40, the podcast where we rewrite the rules and encourage every woman to make her own. If you’ve ever wondered if it’s too late to pursue a new passion or reinvent yourself, let this episode be your answer: it’s never too late. Today, we’re diving right into what it really means to start fresh and find new joy after 40, whether that means shifting your career, rediscovering long-buried interests, or finally putting yourself—your true self—first.Let’s get real. Turning 40 can feel like staring a...
2025-11-2402 minWomen Over 40Reinvention Rising: Midlife Moxie and the Joy of Starting FreshThis is your Women Over 40 podcast.Welcome back to Women Over 40, where today we dive right into the heart of reinvention and what it means to pursue new passions after 40. If you’re listening to this, maybe you’ve felt it—that persistent, quiet urge for something more, something different, something wholly your own. Maybe society told you reinvention has an expiration date. If so, let’s erase that myth right now.When Susan Lister Locke, growing up on the Rhode Island coast, set her sights first on fashion design, life steered her in a different directio...
2025-11-2404 min
Riveo Impact LabBeyond Profit: How Beth Bengtson is Redefining Business for Social ImpactIn this episode of the Riveo Impact Lab, Elin sits down with Beth Bengtson, founder of Working for Women, to explore what it truly means for small businesses to become a force for social good. Beth shares her journey—from the high-powered world of 1990s Wall Street to discovering a deeper purpose in elevating women’s economic mobility. Together, they unpack the roots of her passion for purpose-driven business, the global experiences that shaped her worldview, and the pivotal moments that fueled her commitment to gender equity.Beth explains how Working for Women is changing live...
2025-11-2039 minWomen Over 40Reinvention Rising: Extraordinary Women Redefining Life After 40This is your Women Over 40 podcast.Welcome to Women Over 40, where today we’re cutting straight to the heart of reinvention. Let’s talk honestly: if you’re over 40, you might have heard that your best years are behind you. Maybe society expects you to settle, slow down, or stop chasing something new. But real stories—and real women like you—prove every day that those old rules just don’t apply anymore.Think about Susan Lister Locke from Nantucket. In her sixties, she didn’t just retire quietly; she transformed her life by turning her casual passion...
2025-11-1503 minWomen Over 40Unleashing Your Inner Spark: Reinvention Stories from Nantucket to New YorkThis is your Women Over 40 podcast.You know that feeling when life seems to settle into a rhythm, and suddenly you realize you want more? More meaning, more passion, more of that spark that makes your heart race. For so many women over 40, that moment of clarity comes not as a crisis, but as an invitation. It’s an invitation to reinvent, to rediscover, and to pursue passions that have been quietly waiting in the wings.Take Susan Lister Locke, for example. Growing up along the Rhode Island coast, she dreamed of being a fashion designer. Bu...
2025-11-0302 minWomen Over 40Midlife Magic: Extraordinary Women Redefining 40+ on Their TermsThis is your Women Over 40 podcast.What does it really mean to reinvent yourself after 40? For many women, the world tells us that midlife is a time to slow down or settle, but listen closely and you’ll hear a different story—one about bold new beginnings, untapped talents, and the courage to dream bigger than ever.I want to get right into it and talk about some extraordinary women who’ve shattered expectations and pursued new passions well after forty. Take Susan Lister Locke from Nantucket. She’d grown up wanting to be a fashion designer...
2025-11-0203 minWomen Over 40Unleashing Your Inner Phoenix: Reinventing Yourself After 40This is your Women Over 40 podcast.Welcome to Women Over 40. Today, I want to get right to the heart of something I hear from so many women: that urge to reinvent yourself after forty. Maybe you’ve spent decades putting everyone else first, or perhaps you’ve just woken up to realize you’re ready for something more than going through the motions. Wherever you are on your journey, know this—reinvention is not only possible, it is powerful.So what does it mean to reinvent yourself after forty? It starts with a vision. As highlighted by life...
2025-11-0103 minWomen Over 40Reigniting Your Spark: Midlife Reinvention Stories to Inspire Your Next ChapterThis is your Women Over 40 podcast.Welcome to Women Over 40. Reinventing yourself after 40 isn’t just possible, it might be the most empowering move you ever make. No matter your background or what you’ve spent your life doing, turning 40 isn’t some invisible finish line—it’s a launch pad. Think of Susan Lister Locke, who after decades in retail and raising her family, approached 50 with both a question and a mission: what truly lights me up? In her case, lists about her talents and wants led her to jewelry-making, blending creativity and entrepreneurship. Now her work f...
2025-10-2903 minWomen Over 40Reinvention After 40: Embracing Your Next Chapter's PassionThis is your Women Over 40 podcast.Welcome to Women Over 40. Today, we're diving straight into a topic that’s both deeply personal and powerfully universal: reinventing yourself after forty and discovering new passions you may never have imagined. Reinvention in our forties isn’t about erasing everything that came before—it’s about drawing on every lesson, every heartbreak, every success, and every quirk that makes us, well, us. Let’s look at some incredible women who did just that, and what their journeys teach us about the power of possibility.Vera Wang became a global f...
2025-10-2703 minWomen Over 40Ignite Your Next Chapter: Reinvention After 40This is your Women Over 40 podcast.Welcome to Women Over 40. Today, let’s talk about something bold and electrifying: reinventing yourself after 40 by pursuing new passions. You heard that right—starting over, launching big dreams, saying yes to yourself, even when society tells you it's too late. This episode is for every woman who’s felt that spark of curiosity and wondered, “Is it too late for me?” The answer is a resounding no.Look at Toni Morrison, who published her first novel at 40 and went on to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Vera Wang didn’t des...
2025-10-2603 minWomen Over 40Igniting Your Next Chapter: Midlife Reinvention Stories to Inspire Your RebootThis is your Women Over 40 podcast.Welcome to Women Over 40. Today, we dive straight into one of the most exciting journeys you can take after forty: reinventing yourself. If you’re sitting there wondering, “Is it too late to chase a new dream or ignite a forgotten passion?” let me be the first to say—absolutely not. In fact, right now might be the most powerful moment of your life to begin again.Let's start with Susan Lister Locke from Nantucket. In her late 40s, she found herself at a crossroads after her retail career ended. Susan ma...
2025-10-2203 minWomen Over 40Reinvention After 40: Unleashing Your Boldest Chapter YetThis is your Women Over 40 podcast.Turning 40 is often painted as a fork in the road—society tells us it’s the age of acceptance, of “settling,” of winding down our ambitions. But for so many women, 40 is not a finishing line; it’s a powerful starting point. Today on Women Over 40, we’re talking about reinventing yourself after 40 and how this chapter can actually be your boldest and most passionate yet.Let’s get straight to it: What does it mean to reinvent yourself? According to Keri Ford, who embarked on a transformative journey that began right at...
2025-10-1803 minWomen Over 40Reignite After 40: Embrace Your Passions and Redefine YourselfThis is your Women Over 40 podcast.Welcome back to Women Over 40, the show where transformation isn’t just possible—it’s inevitable. Today, I’m speaking directly to every woman who’s ever felt that urge to shake things up after 40. Let’s talk about reinventing yourself and pursuing new passions—right now, not next year or someday. Picture this: Susan Lister Locke was approaching 50 and, after years of running specialty stores on Nantucket and Boston, decided to write not a resume, but lists: “What do I love? What excites me? What have I always wanted to try?” She’d a...
2025-10-1303 minWomen Over 40Reimagining Life After 40: Courage, Curiosity & New ChaptersThis is your Women Over 40 podcast.Welcome to Women Over 40, the podcast where we celebrate the power and possibility that comes with age. I’m so glad you’re here because today’s episode is all about reinventing yourself after forty—specifically, about pursuing new passions and letting curiosity, instead of fear, become your compass.For many women, turning forty is painted as a kind of finish line by society—the point at which passions give way to obligations, and possibility, somehow, quietly closes its doors. But the reality, as so many inspiring women show us, is that li...
2025-10-1203 minWomen Over 40Unleashing Your Inner Powerhouse: Reinvention After 40This is your Women Over 40 podcast.Thank you for joining me on Women Over 40, where real stories become inspiration and possibility is never out of reach. Today, we’re diving right into one of our most powerful topics—reinventing yourself after 40, and finding the courage to pursue new passions. Turning 40 is not a chapter closing—it’s a pivot into a whole new act. Let’s get honest: Many of us were raised with limits on what women should want or could achieve, and those voices don’t always disappear. Yet women like Vera Wang, who transitioned...
2025-10-1103 minWomen Over 40Embrace Your Middlescence: Igniting Passion & Purpose Beyond 40This is your Women Over 40 podcast.Welcome, listeners, to Women Over 40, where we reimagine what’s possible for our lives after forty. Today, I’m diving right into the heart of reinvention and the art of embracing new passions beyond forty, a time when many of us find our greatest strength and wisdom.Turning forty is truly a milestone, but it’s not a deadline. It’s an invitation. As Barbara Waxman, author of The Middlescence Manifesto, explains, our forties bring powerful self-awareness. We may notice our bodies changing or our priorities shifting, but what we gain—wis...
2025-09-2903 minWomen Over 40Igniting Your Next Chapter: Midlife Reinvention StoriesThis is your Women Over 40 podcast.Welcome to Women Over 40. If you’re tuning in today, there’s a good chance you’ve felt that shifting urge—the sense that it’s time to reinvent, time to finally let a dormant passion rise to the surface. Maybe you’re staring forty or fifty or even sixty in the eye thinking: “Is this really it?” Or maybe you’re craving more fulfillment, creativity, and adventure.Let’s cut right to it: you’re not alone, and you are standing at the perfect crossroads for reinvention. Women everywhere are rewriting what it...
2025-09-2103 minWomen Over 40Reinvention Vibes: Midlife Metamorphosis Meets MoxieThis is your Women Over 40 podcast.Welcome back to Women Over 40, the podcast where we remind each other that life doesn’t plateau at midlife—it expands. Think about it: women like Vera Wang didn’t even step into the game of fashion design until age 40. Toni Morrison published her first novel at 39, then went on to win the Nobel Prize. And Arianna Huffington launched The Huffington Post at 55. These aren’t just inspiration board quotes—these are women who decided to pivot hard, casting off limiting beliefs and rewriting their own stories.Let’s get personal. Th...
2025-09-1902 minWomen Over 40Rewriting Your Story: Embracing Reinvention Beyond 40This is your Women Over 40 podcast.Welcome back to Women Over 40, where we dive deep into what it really means to step into your power, reinvent yourself, and chase new dreams beyond forty. Today, we’re talking about reinvention after 40 – not as a last resort, but as a bold embrace of new passions, opportunities, and the women we’re meant to be.Let’s get right into it. The truth is, the big myth that life slows down after forty is just that – a myth. In reality, this is often when we come most fully into ourselves...
2025-09-1703 minWomen Over 40Ignite Your Life After 40: Reinvention, Passion, and Purpose AwaitThis is your Women Over 40 podcast.Welcome back to Women Over 40. Today, let’s talk about a word that’s electrifying and a little scary: reinvention. Specifically, reinventing yourself after 40 and the incredible power that comes from pursuing new passions.Here’s the truth—so many of us hit 40 and feel like we’ve reached a point where maybe it’s too late to try something different, or maybe we should just settle for comfort. But comfort, as many women will tell you, is a growth killer. Just ask the life coach who left her six-figure job in publi...
2025-09-1502 minWomen Over 40Midlife, Unscripted: Embracing the Plot Twists After 40This is your Women Over 40 podcast.Welcome to Women Over 40, the podcast where we celebrate reinvention, growth, and new passions at midlife. Today, let’s talk about something close to my heart: what it means to reinvent yourself after 40 and why now might be your best time to pursue those dreams you put on hold.Let’s get right to it. For so many women, reaching 40 can feel like standing at a crossroads. Maybe the kids are getting older, the career you worked so hard to build doesn't light you up anymore, or you just feel that...
2025-09-1303 min
At Your Service(formerly RadioRotary)Working for WomenRadioRotary co-hosts Kathy Kruger and Jonah Triebwasser talk with Rotarian Susan Simon, Beth Jones and Beth Bengtson about the Working for Women organization.
2024-04-2530 min
Breaking Through with Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner (Powered by MomsRising)#BansOffOurBodies: IVF, Abortion, Birth Control & Bodily Autonomy. The #CareCantWait movement. And the fight for #WIC #ChildTaxCredit and #Childcare.On the radio show this week, we cover the outrageous Alabama Supreme Court IVF decision and the fight for access to IVF, abortioncare, birth control, and to not have fewer freedoms than our children; the incredible power of Ai-jen Poo's care infrastructure vision and how you can make a difference; the latest with the inside the Beltway battles for WIC and the CTC; and how corporations can (and must) work to build a care infrastructure too in order to retain employees and prosper. *Special guests include: Gretchen Borchelt, National Women's Law Center, @NWLC; Ai-jen Poo, Nat...
2024-02-2657 min
i want what SHE has300 Spirituality and Politics with Marielena Ferrer "Open Mindedness"It's Politics and Spirituality with Theresa and Marielena Ferrer. This month we're talking about open mindedness inspired by this NPR article on the same subject. Here's the Implicit Association Test that was mentioned during our conversation. Prior to jumping into this subject we do revisit the subject of money following up from my conversation with Beth Bengtson from Working for Women about their screening of the film $AVVY.Happy New Moon! Here's the report I read from that was very much aligned with our conversation about open mindedness.Today’s show was engineered by Ian Se...
2023-11-141h 46i want what SHE has298 Growing Women's Wealth with Beth BengtsonToday I welcome Beth Bengtson from Working for Women back to the show. She catches us up on what they've been up to in supporting their mission to invest capital (dollars and skills) from businesses into nonprofits supporting women who want to enter and stay in the workforce to become financially independent. They are co-hosting a screening of the film $AVVY. The film dives deep into the complexities surrounding women and money, uncovering the hidden narratives that have influenced our perceptions for generations. Directed by visionary filmmaker Robin Hauser, "$AVVY" is a captivating journey through time, culture, and society, e...
2023-10-311h 37
In the Business of ChangeInvesting in Women: Beth Bengtson of Working for WomenThis social entrepreneur is using a unique model to help women overcome barriers to financial independence. Listen to her story
The post Investing in Women: Beth Bengtson of Working for Women appeared first on SEE Change Magazine.
2023-01-3020 min
Women CEO In ReflectionBeth BengtsonBeth Bengtson, CEO/founder of Working for Women, where she brings 20+ years of business experience in marketing and corporate social responsibility, combined with her life-long commitment to service, to her current effort. Working for Women's unique model engages business members to contribute skills and money which are directed to nonprofits focused on supporting women who want to enter and stay in the workforce. The goal is to get more women to financial independence in the U.S.Please share your business name and website, if applicable.:Working for Womenwww.workingforwomen.org
2022-12-2728 min
The Fox Den With Gina B and Mama DThe Fox Den Special Show: All aboutt he Sci-fi Horrorfest with Tiffani Beth and Josh RealeSci-Fi Horrorfest August 26-27 held at the Vernon Downs Casino in Vernon New York, in this episode you will learn a lot about the event and the happenings that go on within. The special guest celebrities and the spectacular vendors.
2022-08-1646 min2022-08-0901 min
Kaatscast: the Catskills PodcastWorking for WomenWorking for Women is a Catskills-based organization working nationwide to connect business dollars and resources with non-profits advocating for women in the workforce and toward financial independence. We sat down with Catskills native Beth Bengtson, CEO and founder of Working for Women, for a discussion on the challenges her organization is addressing, why focusing on women improves everyone's work lives, plus Beth's preference for active outdoor meetings. This episode was co-hosted by Ulster County legislator Megan Sperry and recorded at SUNY New Paltz's Sojourner Truth Library.
Producer and host: Brett Barry
Audio engineer: Jared Lyman
2022-03-1534 min
Philanthropy in PhocusHelping Women Reach Economic IndependenceThey will get tools to go and get their dreams come true by working smart every dayFounder/CEO of the social enterprise Working for Women, Beth Bengtson, firmly believes that business can and should be a force for social good.She has dedicated her career to designing purpose-driven business practices for corporate clients and her own small business.Working for Women's goal is elevating women who are economically marginalized to financial independence by transforming the way businesses support nonprofits working for women.Tune in for this sensible conversation at TalkRadio...
2022-01-071h 01The Fox Den With Gina B and Mama DThe Fox Den into the Fox HoleGina B, Mama D, Tiffani-Beth, Tammy I, get together to discuss the outrageous self proclaimed RAPE day by Tik Tok
2021-04-251h 05
The Fox Den With Gina B and Mama DThe Fox Den Special Reports with James Arthur RayGina Bengtson and Tiffani-Beth ask James Arthur Ray about his Redemption journey, his events, his book Redemption and more--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/appSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gina-bengtson/support
2021-03-031h 25The Fox Den With Gina B and Mama DThe Fox Den Special Reports with James Arthur RayGina Bengtson and Tiffani-Beth ask James Arthur Ray about his Redemption journey, his events, his book Redemption and more
2021-03-031h 24The Fox Den With Gina B and Mama DExit track for the Fox Den Special Reports Interviews ShowExit for Gina B and Tiffani-Beth--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/appSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gina-bengtson/support
2021-03-0201 minThe Fox Den With Gina B and Mama DExit track for the Fox Den Special Reports Interviews ShowExit for Gina B and Tiffani-Beth
2021-03-0200 minThe Fox Den With Gina B and Mama DThe Fox Den Special Show with Tiffani-Beth from Scy-Fi Horror FestFirst celebrity announcement for Scy-Fi Horror Fest-- )sorry there were technical difficulties during this show!) You can watch on our YouTube channel at The Fox Den with Gina B and Mama D
2021-01-171h 01
Your Hope-Filled Perspective with Dr. Michelle Bengtson podcast092 Hope for Experiencing Joy Despite our CircumstancesEpisode Summary: In this episode, Christina Custodio and I talk about experiencing joy despite our circumstances. Today’s guest knows what it’s like to face trials and triumph, and experience joy despite her circumstances. Her son almost died from a brain aneurysm. I hope you’ll be encouraged as you listen to today’s episode. Quotables from the episode: I believe that all things can work together for good, especially when we trust God to work in our lives without getting in the way and trying to take control. Though things may not look the way we h...
2021-01-1432 min
Your Hope-Filled Perspective with Dr. Michelle Bengtson podcast086 Hope for When Life Doesn't Go as PlannedEpisode Summary: Today we’re going to be talking about how life often doesn’t go the way we planned for it to go, which often makes us wonder where God is or if he sees or cares. My guest today, Tracy Steel, is a lover of both interior design and theology who combines these two passions to creatively help women find peace and understand who God is and his purpose for them whenever their life doesn’t go as they hoped or planned for. Quotables from the episode: We can’t find comfort, security, and contentm...
2020-12-0332 mini want what SHE has#143 Beth Bengtson is Working for WomenBeth Bengtson believes that real change happens when business talent supports non-profit missions, when women achieve economic independence, and personal passion meets organizational focus! She started WorkingForWomen (W4W) to provide a new operating structure that taps into all these pillars.She learned the power of purpose-driven business practices through years of education and professional experience. She has an MBA from Schiller International University in Paris, France, and a BS in management from Penn State University; and is certified in empowerment design and facilitation through the Empowerment Institute. She has spent 20 years in leadership roles on the...
2020-10-281h 43
Talking Talent012_Employee Engagement through Corporate Social Responsibility: A Conversation with Beth BengtsonBeth Bengtson, Founder/CEO Beth Bengtson is the Founder/CEO of the nonprofit Working for Women (W4W). She has more than 20 years of experience working with both marketing agencies and client side for Fortune 500 companies, small businesses and not-for-profits. Her focus has been to help organizations evolve through purpose-driven marketing, communications and business practices. She brings her enthusiasm for facilitating change, teaching, and her understanding of how to empower organizations to every engagement. In creating W4W, Beth combines two key passions: believing that businesses can play an important role in supporting their larger...
2020-08-1445 min
Dear Young Married CouplePractical Ways to Deal with DEPRESSION in Your Marriage w/ Beth Baus, LMFTDepression is the leading cause of disability in the United States among people ages 15-44 and 2/3 of them don't actually seek or receive proper treatment.
In this episode, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Beth Baus, tells us how depression can affect the marriage, and she gives practical steps for both the depressed person and the spouse for how to deal with depression.
Beth recommended:
It's Not Supposed to Be This Way by Lysa TerKeurst
Hope Prevails by Michelle Bengtson
I want to Change My Life by Steven Melemis
When Your Spouse is Depressed (Focus on the Family article)
Christian Counseling...
2020-05-1243 min
Lagrange PointEpisode 314 - Ancient life and life in extreme placesFrom the bottom of the ocean, to the earliest days of the earth, life has managed to not just survive but thrive. We look at several cases which change our understanding of the earliest life on earth and just what that might mean for understanding life on this planet and beyond. From moving life fossilised in mud, to using isotopes to study metabolism and discovering whole new methods of getting food, life continues to astound researchers with its inventiveness.
References:
Min Sub Sim, Hideaki Ogata, Wolfgang Lubitz, Jess F. Adkins, Alex L. Sessions, Victoria J. Orphan...
2019-02-1818 min
i want what SHE has#35 Beth Bengtson (Working for Women) / Jem Violet (Trans Singer-Songwriter) "Women Supporting Women and Queer Life in Music"Hello lady listeners, how are you? Busy? We are! We still find the time tho to keep up with women in politics. In keeping with supporting the #metoo movement, we talk about the need to keep supporting women who are coming forth with their stories of sexual harassment and abuse. The COURAGE it takes to come forward!!! Please believe the women! Shout out Hillary Harvey's "The Voice" show here at Radio Kingston, she interviewed two local women who were arrested at the Brett Kavanaugh supreme court confirmation hearings.
Our first guest, Beth Bengtson founded "Working for Women"...
2018-09-191h 59