Age Has No Limit Podcast

Akissi Stokes-Nelson is your go-to to talk about ag-tech, about grubs and the amazing things they can do, about food waste management, and for a big belly laugh. She is a former financial and business analyst and project manager in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. Her professional career spans several large corporations and organizations such as Xerox Corp, Northrup Grumman, and the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. Akissi grew up on a working farm in Thomasville, GA and an episode of Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations inspired her business. During this episode, you’ll learn about her visionary grandfather and parents, her company WunderGrubs, food equity, her TED Talk, how she built Atlanta’s first IOT ‘ento-living’ lab, and how insects can create an equitable sustainable food source. To learn more about WunderGrubs, visit https://www.wundergrubs.com. Watch her TED Talk: https://youtu.be/u8tZ2sP87Uo Show Notes: https://www.readysetgoconsult.com/age-has-no-limit

Candi Carter has worked as a television producer for more than 25 years and is now the Chief Content Officer for Knocking.com. Before this role, Candi was the executive producer and showrunner for The Tamron Hall Show. She was also the executive producer of the iconic daytime TV show, The View, for five seasons. She was also a producer of the Oprah Winfrey Show for 15 years. During this episode, you’ll learn about her role as the Chief Content Officer at Knocking.com, get a peek into her time as the executive producer of the Tamron Hall show, as the executive producer of The View, and as a producer on the Oprah Winfrey Show. We also learn about what she considers the highlights of her time as a producer of the Oprah Winfrey show. Her pearls of wisdom of what an Age Has No Limit looks like are awesome. Finally, she’ll share some of her mindset shifts about work and life. Show Notes: https://www.readysetgoconsult.com/age-has-no-limits

Imagine transitioning from being an engineer to serving in the Georgia state legislature as both a member of the house and a state senator, becoming mayor of Georgia’s second largest city, and then starting your own consulting business. Well, that has been Dr. Hardie Davis Jr’s unique path. Dr. Hardie Davis Jr., the 84th Mayor of Augusta, is a distinguished leader with a background in electrical engineering and a legacy of transformative governance. During this episode, you’ll learn what he enjoyed the most about being a member of the Georgia legislature and Mayor of Augusta, what prompted him to launch a consulting business after his political career, what it has taken to transition from being a public figure to being an entrepreneur, the similarity between being the mayor of a city and being the CEO of a large corporation, his mindset shifts, and what is on his bucket list. Show Notes: https://www.readysetgoconsult.com/age-has-no-limits

Angela Mashelle is a wife, mother, grandmother, friend, and child of Jesus Christ. She is also a nurse of 27 years and a YouTuber who creates beauty, fashion, and lifestyle content specifically for women over 40. Angela teaches women how to express themselves through fashion, style, and everyday looks. Her passion is to inspire ladies of all ages, but specifically those of a certain age, to represent themselves with dignity and style, and to look and feel their best. She wants to uplift, encourage, and show them that style isn't something you have to let go of as you age. During this episode, you’ll learn why she decided to launch a YouTube channel, about her move to and from a Middle Eastern country, what she finds the most fulfilling now that she has over 135,000 subscribers as of the date of the recording, one of the highlights of her content creation adventure, and the recent mindset shifts she has experienced. Show Notes: https://www.readysetgoconsult.com/age-has-no-limits

For me, a full life isn’t just about filling my calendar, being the owner of a successful consulting business, traveling to different countries, and enjoying weekend getaways, it’s also the ability to express myself fully, to somehow return to how openly I expressed myself before I was a mother and before I was a wife. We know that being a parent is tough, whether you have one or five and once they move out, you can feel like the earth has shifted under you a bit. In this episode, I’ll share tips about how to have an empty nest and a full or even fuller life. I’ll also share a bit about my children and some of the things I’ve been up to since they moved out. Finally, I’ll share some suggestions from others about how to live fully now that your role as a parent has changed. Let’s dive in. Show Notes: https://www.readysetgoconsult.com/age-has-no-limits

Let’s talk about pushing past the fear of change. I’m talking about the changes that you know will lead to an improvement (or several) in your life but you’re afraid to act because of what you think you’ll lose, or because of perfectionism, or because you’ve convinced yourself that what others think is more important than your progress. To make the changes in our lives that are necessary to live life on our own terms, start a business, pursue a passion, get the love and intimacy we deserve—and be willing to give it back, we have to be willing to change. During this episode, we’ll have a conversation about what’s behind the fear, ways to overcome it, and do “it” anyway. I’ll also share how I push past feelings of fear and anxiety and why you can learn to change your thoughts and push past the fear. Show Notes: https://www.readysetgoconsult.com/age-has-no-limits

Autonomy. Fun. Freedom. Time. Flexibility. Happiness. Those are some of the “life rewards” described on the Bond Collective website as they were describing a lifestyle entrepreneur and how to become one. In today’s episode, I’m going to talk about having a lifestyle-aligned business, find out if it’s even possible for you, and feature a few people who’ve been successful at building one. Many people start a business because they want more time or money freedom. In fact, two of the top reasons people start a business are the freedom to pursue a passion and the desire to be one’s own boss. In a previous episode, , I shared specific step-by-step actions to take to start a business in your 40s, 50s, 60s, and older IF that’s how you want to redesign your life to live it on your own terms. During this episode, I’m sharing some tips on how you can align your business with your lifestyle.

Tasha Grant epitomizes the Age Has No Limit credo. During this episode, she shares a few details about her 15-year career in the financial services industry where she worked in several departments and collaborated with two financial institutions’ top chief executives. But that’s the beginning of what she recounts about her life. When the opportunity came, Tasha faced a challenge head on and that courage eventually led to her currently being the co-owner of the successful Atlanta-based wellness spa, Curves By Us. She’ll share some tidbits about her personal life, describe how her long-held dream of taking care of others became a reality, dish on how her work dovetails with the plastic surgery industry, take us on some of the detours she took before becoming an entrepreneur, shares some of the wisdom she’s gained as a business owner, and reveals what’s on her bucket list. What’s next for Tasha? Listen to this episode. She doesn’t hold back.

If you’re ready to take the leap into entrepreneurship, I got you covered. In this episode, we’re going to cover the basics of starting a business in your 50s 60s, and older. We’re gonna touch a little on what shifts you’ll need in your thinking, focus on how your age (and experience) is an asset you can capitalize on, and end with a step-by-step process to get started. If this is your first time listening to the Age Has No Limit podcast or watching the video, you may not know that like many other people, I started a business in 2020. I started my business when I was 48 and now at 51 approaching 52, I can say it changed my life for the better. In this episode, I hope to inspire those of you who’ve been thinking about taking the leap into entrepreneurship to ‘just do it.’

Did you know that data shows that we get happier after 50? Of course, this isn’t the case for everyone considering some are contending with tragedies and disappointments. However, many people are reinventing themselves to do what makes them happier and we’re featuring them in this episode. I start with Ernestine Shepherd who became a champion bodybuilder a few decades ago and also feature a few other people who radically changed their lives (and the world) after 50. I end the show by sharing a few recommendations on how you can jumpstart your “no limit” or unboxed life. Yours will look different from others as it’s yours to redesign.

I think millennials and Gen Z get it about placing an emphasis on the life part of the so-called work-life balance. Many of them believe life is short. Those of us in our late 40s, 50s, and older see things differently because that’s not how we were raised. We went headfirst into the work part of the so-called work-life balance. We conformed to it, were sauteed in it, and didn’t question it. But some of us do get it. Some of us have the resources and/or the skills to make some changes and we have—and by us I mean those of us in our late 40s, 50s, 60s, and older. Some of us are intentionally redesigning our lives. In this episode, we’re going to talk about folks who are intentional about redesigning their lives and I hope to inspire some of you to do the same. We’ll start by revisiting the Mexican fisherman story, place a spotlight on Good Housekeeping’s article—The Transformation Diaries, and I'll end by providing actionable steps you can take to redesign your life.

What do some stroke victims, elite athletes, and business titans have in common? They use visualization to either activate neuroplasticity as in the case of some stroke victims and elite athletes such as LeBron James and Michael Phelps and business titans such as Richard Branson of the Virgin Group, Sara Blakely, founder of Spanx, and Elon Musk, founder of Tesla and SpaceX all use visualization techniques to envision a desired future outcome. What about you? Do you remember the first time you intentionally developed a vision for your life? Have you ever? I don’t like to admit this but the first time I was intentional about creating a vision for my life was in 2020. Prior to that I had visions of what I’d hoped would happen. Intentional visualization allows you to *create* the outcome you want. During this episode, we’ll explore visualization and how it can help you on the path to redesign your life.

Do you feel like you’re wasting time? Do you feel stuck in a job or stuck in some other area of your life? Is there a feeling tugging at you that you should pivot? Research shows that where we have the deepest regrets is also where we have the great opportunities It’s those opportunities, taken and planned, that I’ll encourage you to revisit. I’ll also encourage you to think about the box you may be in and how to begin the unboxing process. Whether you were led into the box by societal expectations or a box you happily jumped into, many of us (me included) were and are in boxes. I’ll also explore the primary regrets people have as they age such as staying in a job too long, waiting to save or not saving enough, getting married for the wrong reason or even being married to the wrong person, missed opportunities, and not enough time with loved ones. Finally, I’ll share some steps to begin the unboxing process. Some of the suggestions are ones I’ve undertaken myself.