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Thanks to our good friends at Advisor.com for sponsoring this series! Schedule a FREE consultation call with Advisor today and never make another financial decision alone! Get $500 off your first year with them by signing up through TFD. Take this short quiz to get started: https://bit.ly/JGGepi2 Welcome to our brand new series, Just Getting Good, where Chelsea sits down with women over 50 to talk about life, love, money, aging, and everything in between. For our second episode, we sat down with the wonderful Lindsay who spoke very candidly about motherhood, building a career as a working mom, finding your identity through all of life's season, beauty standards, and dating in your 50s. We loved speaking with Lindsay, and know you'll enjoy this episode! Thank you so much to Lindsay for speaking so candidly with us! You can follow her accounts here: https://www.instagram.com/lindsayowenny/?hl=en https://www.instagram.com/lindsayowenrealestate/ OTHER FINANCIAL PRODUCTS WE PERSONALLY ENDORSE: For investing - Betterment https://bit.ly/JGGepisode02 Our favorite budgeting app - Monarch https://bit.ly/JGGepi4 We have new episodes dropping every Thursday! Come back for more! Want to support TFD? One of the best ways is to join our membership program, The Society at TFD — join at the premium tier and get instant access to our latest member podcast, RomComOnomics! You can become a member here on YouTube or over on Patreon (we recommend Patreon for a better user experience!) — Join here: https://bit.ly/46jmyUE EPISODE SUMMARY: 00:00 Intro 01:27 Ad Break 03:36 Interview begins 04:30 When life started feeling “good”: mid–late 40s after kids and identity shift 05:21 Years as stay-at-home mom; feeling invisible and deprioritized 05:45 Return to work, rising success, divorce, and rebuilding self 06:09 What a better relationship with self looks like—ongoing work 06:45 Mostly single the past five years; higher standards and comfort alone 07:11 Redefining goals beyond marriage; forgiving self and valuing inner success 08:21 Success as a whole life, not just work or relationship status 08:29 Divorce talk: fears, stigma, and being “poster girl” among friends 09:04 Advice to those considering divorce: try everything, own your part, therapy 10:18 Son’s candid remark as catalyst to leave and model healthier love 11:34 Modeling a happy single life as better parenting 12:13 Rebuilding career: why real estate at 44 and immigration constraints 13:33 Picking real estate for flexible path and income potential 15:22 Kids’ ages then; emotional load; daughter’s “time to work” moment 16:46 Why real estate can be a helping profession and deeply satisfying 18:00 Parallels: midwifery and real estate are both about transitions 19:26 A client story that “changed our lives” 20:11 Homebuying question: treating it as an emotional and financial decision 20:59 Case for homeownership: live in your investment, leverage, tax benefits 21:31 Time horizon matters; long hold vs. quick flip 23:45 Her 2019 purchase, rates context, and market quietness 24:20 Approaching empty nest: timing, appreciation, and retirement planning 25:05 Practical rule: you live in the payment, not the price 25:46 Having kids in mid-30s; late college; non-linear path 27:44 Parenting surprises: best of times, worst of times 28:55 Postpartum identity shock; loving baby while grieving former self 32:01 “Conspiracy of moms”: it’s wonderful and really hard 33:45 Did divorce enable identity? Reclaiming preferences and voice 35:29 Running, music, and deliberately rediscovering “what do I like?” 36:49 Intentional life design through stories, community, and curiosity 37:24 Dating at 52: the app treadmill and social attitudes 38:04 Dating pools: lifelong singles vs. divorcés; wishing for “ex-references” 39:26 Tactic: FaceTime screens save time and energy 40:03 Age-gap dynamics; many men avoid same-age women 41:02 How older-man/younger-woman differs from older-woman/younger-man 42:51 Power, challenge, and why some men prefer younger partners 45:37 Opening the aperture without settling; guarding her peace 47:40 Beauty and aging philosophy; has she had work done? 48:05 Past Botox/filler experiments; choosing natural lately 48:42 Modeling messages for her daughter; embracing emerging white hair 50:02 Teens’ vote: “don’t dye it”—encouragement to stay natural 51:19 Viral street interview; “sunray eyes” and reframing wrinkles 52:14 Temptation vs. values: facelift content and targeted ads 53:59 Culture’s message: “too old to love” and resisting it 54:59 Vision for aging: long white hair, laugh lines as life’s map 55:21 Rapid-fire begins 55:27 Aging insight: layered memories colliding across time 57:03 Money lesson: start now; compounding and property appreciation 57:30 Relationship lesson: partners need separate lives and interests 58:22 Advice to 30-something single, child-free, not “there” financially 59:33 Life is long; start retirement investing early but drop the deadlines

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