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Vibrant Happy Women

23: Reimagining Life After 40 with Barbara Bradley Hagerty

Vibrant Happy Women

Jen Riday

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4.8671 Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2016

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Some people believe life goes downhill after 40, but Barbara Bradley Hagerty shares stories and thoughts about reimagining life after 40 and using that as an opportunity to pivot and spend time and career doing things that a more meaningful.

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Vibrant Happy Women podcast, stories of vibrant women living happy lives.

0:07.7

And now your host, Jen Ryday.

0:13.9

Welcome to today's episode of Vibrant Happy Women. I'm Jen Ridey, and today I have the pleasure

0:24.0

to interview Barbara Bradley Haggerty, and she's a New York Times bestselling author of Life Reimagined,

0:30.2

The Science, Art, and Opportunity of Midlife, and also the book Fingervprints of God,

0:34.8

The Search for the Science of Spirituality. Her six-part series on How to Thrive at Midlife, aired on NPR in March of 2016.

0:42.9

Barb worked for NPR for 19 years covering law and religion.

0:46.6

She's written for The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Vogue, and The Independent.

0:53.9

And she has appeared on the Today Show and PBS

0:56.3

programs Washington Week in Review and the News Hour. Before NPR, Barb covered law and economics

1:02.4

for the Christian Science Monitor. Barb lives in Washington, D.C. with her husband, Devin,

1:07.0

and their Yellow Lab, Sandra Day. Welcome, Barb. Thanks, Janet.

1:11.3

It's great to be on.

1:12.6

So, Barb, I'm so glad you could be here, and I'm excited to talk about your book in just a little bit.

1:17.5

But before we go there, go ahead and tell us your favorite quote.

1:21.0

We like to start off our show that way.

1:22.9

Okay, well, I have a favorite motto and a favorite quote.

1:27.1

Is it okay to give you both?

1:28.9

Yes, please.

1:30.4

Okay, great.

1:31.4

So my personal motto is, you know, something that I came up with and tried to live by,

1:35.2

and that is engage with Verve because autopilot is death.

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