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According to AARP, Americans age 50 and up contribute so much to the U.S. economy that they’d constitute the world’s third-largest economy if they were counted as their own country. This comes as no surprise to Donna Korren, former magazine executive, Ted X speaker, writer, and brand collaborator.

Donna is with me to talk about how we as an "Over 50" demographic hold all of the cards when it comes to purchasing power, but may not realize it. We are all too worried about how to navigate this next chapter.

She encourages us to embrace our empty nests and become an emptyquester, someone who decides to get on with getting on and do the work to find out who they are NOW and start working toward something new. And what better way to do that than in community with other like-minded women.

And with our numbers, comes great power - she reports that the 50+ demographic is responsible for 56 cents of every dollar spent - 40% of gross domestic product. And brands are taking notice. Gone are the days of being told who we are by advertising and the media, it is time to self-represent and tell them who we are instead.

Donna is a wonderful facilitator working with women to figure out their next chapter and you can find her and her "What's Next Workshop" at her website:
https://emptyquester.com/
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Email her at donna@emptyquester.com
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A parent's job does not end when we drop our kids at the college dorm for the first time. While we need to maintain a hands-off approach, we still need to keep a watchful eye that they are managing this new stress in a productive way.

And if we see some red flags that they aren't, we need to get them help so that they can develop some strategies to deal with all of the new stress. Dale Troy, founder of Crush College Stress is with me today to give us all the tips and strategies to help our kids find the confidence they need in order to succeed at the college level.

In this episode we discuss:

• How college is different now from when we were in college
• The red flags to look for when determining how your child is handling college stress
• Where to look for resources on campus to help
• Strategies to help deal with college stress
• The best type of self-care for college students
• How Crush College Stress can help your college student develop some good strategies for succeeding and finding a balance in college
• How you can make your child more successful in college
• When to know that it is time for your kid to come home
• Ways to help prepare your high schooler for the college step

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Make sure to find Dale at the following:
Website: https://crushcollegestress.com/
Schedule a Call: https://go.oncehub.com/DaleTroy
Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/collegeparentsupportcommunity

Here is the College Conversation Starter Book that Dale mentioned.
https://www.amazon.com/How-College-Before-Youre-There/dp/1250225183/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2ECF8BO7E9EIJ&keywords=how+to+college&qid=1660923223&sprefix=how+to+college%2Caps%2C100&sr=8-1

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In this next installment of our Back To School & Off To College Series, Moira McCullough from College Scoops is here to discuss preparing for the college search, the importance of that preparation, and how it can make college visits rewarding and informational instead of fear, confusion, and dread filled.

It is important to be well-armed to make informed decisions through the college journey and Moira and College Scoops are working hard to make sure that all of your pain point questions and concerns are addressed before you invest in an on-campus visit.

Here are a few of the takeaways, but a complete list will be available in The New Old You Newsletter that you can get here:
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1. College is so expensive and such an investment these days that it is important to support your kids to get the best possible information that they need in a college search.
2. Planning and then taking college trips and making college visits is a perfect way to spend time with your kid with a total focus on them. It is a great way to get to know them a little better at this age. You will learn things about them you never knew.
3. College visits are the aspect of the college journey that you have control of. You can put yourself in the drivers seat. It’s important to remember that YOU are the customer of the college
4. The interactive videos available on College Scoops are very different from the videos provided by colleges on their website. These videos answer the pain point questions of students and parents as they prepare to visit a specific school
5. You should start looking at local college first. Just start exploring your local area schools.

Make sure to search out and find Moira and College Scoops at the following locations:
Website: https://collegescoops.com/
Moira can be reached at: moira@collegescoops.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/collegescoops/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/collegescoopsguide

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Tami Kraus, aka @tami.in.between, began preparing for an empty nest before her fourth child left for college. She knew that if she rested she would rust. So she examined her heart and found something that she could learn about and create to fill that space she knew would be open. 

And her "hobby blog" grew to places that she didn't expect and led to new and exciting new things for her. Without planning it she quickly became a midlife & style influencer and DIYer with a instagram following of over 12K.

Tami is one of the most upbeat and positive midlife women that I've ever talked to and you'll want to listen to hear us talk about all the things, including:

• How she discovered her new purpose after her children left her an empty nest
• How she turned her "hobby blog" into a business
• How she "learned" to do a new thing by asking and getting help from others
• What she has found to be the most amazing thing about the internet and online connections
• What it means to be a midlife influencer
• What she is seeing as the trend in influencing
• How to overcome imposter syndrome
• How being authentic is the key to every success
• The importance of using the new time you have in midlife and over 50 (50+) to find your purpose and passions
• The time of the "GET" is over - and how it is now the time of the "DO".

I hope that you have enjoyed this episode and if so, make sure to go to the show page of whichever streaming platform you are listening to and RATE THIS PODCAST - I dare you :).

Make sure to find Tami at the following:

Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/tami.in.between/
Website: https://tamiinbetween.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tamiinbetween

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College advisor Marni Levine is here to help us find the right financial, academic, cultural, and social fit for our kids when it comes to the college decision. We talk through the college search process and what our expectations should be during this important time.

Topics include:

1. How finding the right college fit is not a one size fits all process.
2. When should a family start thinking about the college search - when do you start?
3. Do colleges want a "well-rounded" student that does everything or one that specializes in one or two things?
4. Knowledge that if your kid is not comfortable where they are, they can’t be happy. And if they can’t be happy, they can’t be successful.
5. What do schools offer virtually to help narrow your list down?
6. How important is it to talk to an actual student of the school? What can they tell you that you can't find on the school website?
7. There are so many colleges, how do you start narrowing down?
8. How many colleges should you plan to apply to?
9. Is an Ivy League School better than my state flagship school?
10. How has COVID affected the application and acceptance rates?
11. My college choice is test optional, should I even bother with the ACT or SAT?
12. The importance of the financial talk when it comes to student loans.
13. What is the number one thing parents need to do as their child begins to consider college?
14. What is the parent's role in the college search?

Make sure to follow Marni on social as she is starting a membership group as she is going to have good college search information and speakers. It will be a great place to get needed information and ask questions if you are not able to work 1:1 with an advisor.
Marni's instagram is http://www.instagram.com/collegemarni_
You can also reach Marni on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/marni.h.levine
Marni on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marni-levine-52b39015a/

You can find me here:
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Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/lesleylmcshane
TNOY Private Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thenewoldyou/

And don't forget about the MOMS OVER 50 - MOTHER'S DAY GIFT GUIDE!  I am so excited to share all of these female founded businesses with great gifts for your mom or for YOU!
You can download that here: 

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Children below. Parents above. Stressed-out caregivers in the middle, who spread themselves thin between managing demands from spouses, careers, home, health and more. Also known as the "Sandwich Generation" or the "Sandwich Zone", as my guest today, Karen Osborne describes it. 

Takeaways:

1. It’s so easy to loose yourself in the pressure being in the sandwich zone, so you need to be aware of it.
2. There’s nothing like a situation of your child needing you and your support more than anything to highlight what is important in your life.
3. Sometimes as a parents we have to accept that we can’t give them everything they need and be willing to look outside the home for help.
4. As mothers we think we can fix everything, but the only thing we can do is let go. It may be hard to hear from others that your kids need something more than you can give them, but you need to listen.
5. Parenting lesson Number one is the importance of holding space for your children and listening without giving advice or passing judgement. It’s your silliness to sit in the muck with them and just be there.
6. Let them know that voice in their head is just a voice. and At that’s all it is.
7. It is a fine line to walk with your parents to maintain that you are the child and they are the parent when you are having to take care of issues for them and with them.  You don’t want to step on their independent toes.
8. Death and the talk around it and aging needs to normalized. Things change, they just do. Start talks and making plans with your parents when they are in their prime and  in a place to tell you what their plans are and what they want. 
9. ASK a lot of questions of your parents, their doctors and care providers. Get as informed as possible.
10. Make sure that your siblings are involved in all conversations. There’s so much baggage of childhood that you may need to work through now.
11. Make recording of your parents now. Get their voices and their stories so that you and your child have them in the future.
12. Being in the middle of the sandwich zone, it is easy to feel that you are living your life for everyone else. But you need to put yourself first sometimes. Stop setting yourself on fire to make others warm. 
13. Do something for yourself every day to bring yourself joy however infinitesimal it is. Care and invest in yourself as much as you do everyone else.
14. Being in the sandwich zone can put so much stress on you and your partner it just becomes a huge magnifying glass on issues. You are constantly in triage mode putting out fires all around you. It’s easy to lose the priority of honoring your connection as a couple. 
15. You gotta have each other’s back no matter what and you face the world toge

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