Her Comeback: Transforming Your Life After 50
Claim This Podcastby Michelle Thompson
Podcast Overview
<p><strong>Her Comeback</strong> is a transformative podcast for women over 50 who've reached their breaking point and are ready to reclaim their lives. Life coach Michelle Thompson delivers raw, authentic conversations with women who've navigated major transitions, combining practical rebuilding strategies with expert insights on reinventing yourself at any stage. Whether you're facing an empty nest, career changes, relationship shifts, or the realization you've been living everyone else's dreams, Michelle's warm, no-nonsense approach provides the clarity and courage you need to move from survival mode to thriving. This isn't just about getting back on your feet—it's about proving that mid-life isn't the end of anything - it's the powerful beginning of everything you were meant to become.</p><p>New episodes drop weekly. Your second act awaits.</p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://hercomebackpodcast.com/">https://hercomebackpodcast.com/</a></p>
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July 24, 2026
From Bulletproof Vest to Chocolate Farm: Anne van Leynseele's Radical Reinvention on Her Comeback
<p>Host: Michelle Thompson Guest: Anne van Leynseele </p><p>What do a Hollywood producer, a cannabis attorney, an Obama administration federal advisor, and an award-winning chocolate farmer have in common? They're all the same person. Anne van Leynseele joins Michelle to unpack the throughline behind a career built on reinvention as a discipline, not a fluke — and how her years inside the Social Security Administration led her to create Preferment®, a registered alternative to retirement built around lifelong developmental milestones instead of decline.</p><p>Anne opens up about a career-defining trauma — a business partner who stole from her and threatened her life — and how that experience became a turning point toward empathy and post-traumatic growth. She and Michelle talk about identity beyond career ("who are you," not "what do you do"), the 67% depression statistic among retirees, and why Anne bought a farm in Hawaii at 48 to build a completely different next chapter. The conversation closes with Anne's chocolate farm, her cookbook Savor Your Chocolate, and her Adaptable House Project reimagining aging in place.</p><p>Anne van Leynseele is the founder of Rarified Life and creator of Preferment®, a registered methodology offering an alternative to traditional retirement. Her career spans Hollywood production, Fortune 100 consulting, and service as a federal attorney-advisor in the Obama administration, including time at the Social Security Administration, where she saw firsthand how the traditional retirement model fails high-achieving people. She later founded an early cannabis law practice, co-owns an award-winning cacao farm on Hawaii's Big Island (Pa'ani Farms), and is general counsel for five nonprofits focused on at-risk youth and aging in place. She's the author of multiple books, including one on healthy retirement alternatives, one recounting her experience surviving betrayal and threats within the cannabis industry, a chocolate cookbook, and a book for young women.</p><p><strong>Notable Moments</strong></p><p>● Anne on why she never had a single career: she followed a passion for stories across law, business, and writing rather than staying in one lane.</p><p>● On the SSA years: she noticed a pattern of high-achieving people whose sense of identity collapsed the moment their career ended.</p><p>● On Preferment®: she describes retirement as a product with a two-thirds failure rate that deserves a recall, not a rebrand.</p><p>● On courage: she credits self-efficacy — proof to yourself that you can learn hard things — as the real engine behind reinvention at any age.</p><p><strong>Resources & Links Mentioned</strong></p><p><strong>Anne's Website:</strong></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://RarifiedLife.com">RarifiedLife.com</a></p><p><strong>Anne's Books:</strong></p><ul><li>Preferment™ on Amazon <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://a.co/d/0cjBn4Uo">https://a.co/d/0cjBn4Uo</a></li><li>Savor Your Chocolate on Amazon <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://a.co/d/0bgptvAj">https://a.co/d/0bgptvAj</a></li></ul><p>Her upcoming book is Girls to Rule</p><p><strong>Anne's Social:</strong></p><p>LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook (search "Anne van Leynseele" or "Rarified Life")</p><p><strong>Michelle's Book:</strong></p><p>Courageously You: Seven Simple Frameworks to Create the Life You Love — available on Amazon <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H5717G3D">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H5717G3D</a></p><p><strong>Work with Michelle:</strong></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://michellethompsoncoaching.com">michellethompsoncoaching.com/contact</a></p>
July 17, 2026
Home Is a Feeling, Not a Place: Anne Peshka's Reinvention After 54 on Her Comeback
<p><strong>Episode Notes — Her Comeback with Anne Peshka</strong></p><p>At 54, Anne Peshka's life looked perfect from the outside — a beautiful home in Southwest Florida, early retirement, beach days. But inside, she felt like a bird trapped in a cage. In this episode, Anne joins Michelle Thompson to share what happened when she finally listened to that inner voice and walked away from her marriage with nothing but her clothes and her dog.</p><p>Anne opens up about filing for divorce with no safety net and no plan, taking a $65 Groupon real estate course on a whim, and passing her exam just two weeks before COVID shut the world down. She talks candidly about landing her very first client while hosting an open house at her own home — not knowing where her next meal would come from — and building a six-figure real estate business within her first year, powered by nothing but genuine care for people.</p><p>Anne also shares how that success led her to become a certified Core Energy Coach, why she chose to write about the adoption and abuse in her past, and the moment she made a decision she calls "recycling trauma" — transforming her hardest experiences into her greatest source of power and empathy for others.</p><p>The conversation turns deeply personal as Anne reflects on waiting her whole life for permission to change, what it felt like to sell her house and everything in it to live free of "the box," and the line she now lives by: home is not a place, it's a feeling.</p><p><strong>In this episode, you'll hear:</strong></p><ul><li>What it really looked like to leave a marriage at 54 with no plan</li><li>How a $65 Groupon course led to a six-figure real estate business</li><li>Why Anne became a Core Energy Coach after already succeeding in business</li><li>The hardest chapter to write in her book, and why</li><li>What it means to "recycle your trauma" into power</li><li>Why home was never about a place</li></ul><p><strong>Connect with Anne Peshka:</strong> Website: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://annpeshka.com">annpeshka.com</a> Book: Trauma Recycled: buy on Amazon <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://a.co/d/0JgbSVS">https://a.co/d/0JgbSVS</a> Podcast: Reinvention on Purpose (Spotify & Apple Podcasts)</p><p><strong>Connect with Michelle:</strong> Grab your copy of Courageously You: Seven Simple Frameworks to Create the Life You Love on Amazon. Buy on Amazon: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H5717G3D">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H5717G3D</a></p><p>Ready to start living your next chapter instead of just thinking about it? Head to <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://michellethompsoncoaching.com">michellethompsoncoaching.com</a> to book a call with Michelle.</p>
July 10, 2026
From Fired Twice to Founder: Lori Pfeiffer Murphy on Rebuilding Her Identity on Her Comeback
<p><strong>HER COMEBACK PODCAST with Host Michelle Thompson</strong></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://hercomebackpodcast.com/">https://hercomebackpodcast.com/</a></p><p><strong>From Fired Twice to Founder: Lori Pfeiffer Murphy on Rebuilding Her Identity</strong></p><p>Guest: Lori Pfeiffer Murphy — Author, Entrepreneur, Title Industry Leader & Co-Founder, Rising Tides Foundation</p><p>This week Michelle sits down with SWFL entrepreneur Lori Pfeiffer Murphy for a candid conversation about identity, pride, and starting over more than once. Lori shares how being let go twice, first from a director-track role at Aveda and later during the COVID-19 shutdown, forced her to separate her sense of self from her job title and rebuild from the ground up. She talks about the mentors who shaped her, the grandfather whose words became the title of her book, and the mission behind Rising Tides Foundation's new project: converting an Airstream into a traveling salon to bring free haircuts, dignity, and hope to people going through hard seasons. The conversation closes with Lori's honest reflections on faith, forgiveness, and being available to anyone walking through their own uncertainty.</p><p>Connect with Lori:</p><p>• Facebook: Lori Pfeiffer Murphy</p><p>• Instagram: @lpfeiffer1971</p><p>• Book: Today Is the First Day of the Rest of Your Life — available on Amazon</p><p><strong>Key Topics & Timestamps</strong></p><p>• [00:02:00] How all of Lori's roles connect back to one purpose: serving others</p><p>• [00:04:00] Getting let go from her director-track path at Aveda after her pride got in the way</p><p>• [00:05:00] A second job loss during COVID-19 and the identity crisis that followed</p><p>• [00:07:00] The pivot into real estate, title, and becoming a broker — choosing to determine her own income</p><p>• [00:10:00] Her "why" — raising three children as a single mom and modeling that you don't stay in failure</p><p>• [00:13:00] First steps for anyone in the middle of uncertainty — prayer, quiet, and gratitude</p><p>• [00:15:00] Rediscovering herself through solo walks, journaling, and doing things alone</p><p>• [00:17:00] Using business — title work and real estate — as a platform to serve, not just earn</p><p>• [00:19:00] The Daymaker story and why compassion matters even when you don't know what someone is carrying</p><p>• [00:21:00] The mentors who shaped her — her friend Julie at Aveda and her brother's honest feedback</p><p>• [00:24:00] The moment she stopped chasing a title and started defining success on her own terms</p><p>• [00:25:00] Rising Tides Foundation — its mission, past fundraisers, and the new Airstream traveling salon project</p><p><strong>Resources & Links Mentioned</strong></p><p>• Lori's book: Today Is the First Day of the Rest of Your Life (Amazon)</p><p>• Michelle's book: Courageously You: Seven Simple Frameworks to Create the Life You Love — amazon.com/dp/B0H5717G3D</p><p>• <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://michellethompsoncoaching.com">michellethompsoncoaching.com</a> — book a call with Michelle</p><p><strong>Episode CTA</strong></p><p>Subscribe on YouTube, and if you're ready to start living your next chapter, head to <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://michellethompsoncoaching.com">michellethompsoncoaching.com</a> to book a call with Michelle.</p>
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- What is Her Comeback: Transforming Your Life After 50?
<p><strong>Her Comeback</strong> is a transformative podcast for women over 50 who've reached their breaking point and are ready to reclaim their lives. Life coach Michelle Thompson delivers raw, authentic conversations with women who've navigated major transitions, combining practical rebuilding strategies with expert insights on reinventing yourself at any stage. Whether you're facing an empty nest, career changes, relationship shifts, or the realization you've been living everyone else's dreams, Michelle's warm, no-nonsense approach provides the clarity and courage you need to move from survival mode to thriving. This isn't just about getting back on your feet—it's about proving that mid-life isn't the end of anything - it's the powerful beginning of everything you were meant to become.</p><p>New episodes drop weekly. Your second act awaits.</p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://hercomebackpodcast.com/">https://hercomebackpodcast.com/</a></p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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