Resources
Many of the professionals listed here are experts that we have known, collaborated or worked with over the years. Others we have selected for their particular expertise in midlife issues. We hope you find their guidance and expertise as valuable as we do.
Health and Wellness
Holistic Nutrition • Natural Hormone Therapy • Body Movement

Dr. Judith Valentine, Ph.D. - writes, teaches, speaks and consults to individuals and organizations on issues of nutrition and wellness. Judi has worked with over 500 clients, helping them to achieve greater health by learning how to eat properly and avoid toxic ingredients in food, supplements, and personal care products. she is the co-author of Weight Solutions: The New Body-Mind-Spirit Approach.
Marla Ahlgrimm, R.Ph. - Women’s Health America Founder and CEO – Marla has made educating women about health care options her personal mission. She was the first to recognize and develop low-dose natural hormone options for treating Premenstrual Syndrome in the 1970s. She has built her career around serving the unique and complex health needs of women through her compounding pharmacies and specialty in bioidentical hormone therapy. She co-authored two women’s health books: The HRT Solution, which has been called the “Bible of hormone therapy”, and Self-Help for Premenstrual Syndrome.
Suza Francina – A pioneer in the field of teaching yoga to seniors. Her first book, Yoga for People Over 50, was published in 1977. She is the author of The New Yoga for People Over 50, Yoga and the Wisdom of Menopause, and The New Yoga for Healthy Aging.
Midlife
Finding Purpose • Embracing Your Power • Reinventing Yourself
Carol Adrienne - The author of many best sellling books and a teacher of synchronicity, intuition, and self-discovery Carol uses numerology as a tool for self-awareness and finding your purpose. Her numerology charts, coaching and consultations help identify your life passion and true destiny while ferreting out sabotaging behavior.
Elizabeth Spring – Jungian psychologist and author of North Node Astrology; Rediscovering Your Life Direction and Soul Purpose. Elizabeth uses astrological north and south node placement readings in individual charts to identify issues of karma, destiny, and purpose. Find her essay on the Astrology of Menopause here.
Barbara Wilder - An internationally acclaimed writer, teacher, and healer. Her books and workshops inspire and guide her readers and students to embrace and express their true inner wisdom, beauty, prosperity, and potential. She provides private intuitive counseling and light energy healing sessions in person and over the phone.
Toni LaMotta – is the Founder and Director of In-Lightened Enterprises, LLC supporting the midlife process of transformation.
She is an international keynote speaker, #1 best-selling author, and master teacher. She is a provocative and inspiring speaker, writer and highly regarded spiritual coach. Toni is an expert in helping women in midlife reinvent themselves.
Finances
Career • Money • Retirement
Kathy Caprino, MA - A work-life expert and author of Breakdown, Breakthrough: The Professional Woman’s Guide to Claiming a Life of Passion, Power, and Purpose. A national champion for professional women in crisis, Caprino is a trained psychotherapist, specialized career and life coach. Kathy assists her clients – through individual and group coaching and seminars, to successfully overcome challenge and blocks, closing their “power gaps” so that they may live and work as they long want to.
Lin Schreiber – a retirement coach runs bootcamps, retreats, and workshops on revolutionizing retirement. Topics run from encore careers to positive aging. Lin likes to call it “basic training for the rest of your life”. Her private coaching helps “50-60 something” women create their ideal encore career.
Carrie Wilkerson – “The Barefoot Executive”- A unique resource and valuable support site for women entrepreneurs who are working from home. It’s a non-threatening place to connect with other like-minded women. Ask questions! Share wisdom! Learn from each other! Find information on starting a business, time management, using technology etc.
Valerie Young, Ph.D. - It took a wake up call in corporate life to realize she Didn’t Need a New Job. She Needed a New LIFE!” – Valerie empowers people to live life on their own terms…. to make it happen…. what it takes to 1) turn your passions into profits and 2) transition from having a boss to being your own boss. Life is too short to not spend every day doing something you truly love. Her goal is simple: To provide you with all the tools you need to discover and follow your dream of enjoying a more fulfilling life working at what you love, where you “own” your time and life, then turn your passions into profits… and enjoy the freedom and flexibility you want.

