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Personal Growth & Reinvention for Women | say YES to yourself!

Personal Growth & Reinvention for Women | say YES to yourself!

Wendy Harrop 327 Episodes Aug 21, 2026

A personal growth podcast for women navigating life's transitions and asking "What's next for me?" Host Wendy Harrop interviews women who have reinvented themselves, trusted their intuition, and created meaningful change. Topics include career change, empty nest, divorce, burnout, caregiving, and entrepreneurship. The show encourages listeners to stop living by others' expectations and start creating an authentic, intentional life.

Episodes

From Stuck in a Chair at 60 to Thriving at 87 | Susanne Eden
From Stuck in a Chair at 60 to Thriving at 87 | Susanne Eden Aug 21, 2026 2609 Fan Mail: Tell Wendy how you're saying yes to yourself!DM Wendy on Instagram: instagram.com/wendy.harropor email her at hello@phineaswrighthouse.comSusanne Eden turned 60 and thought her life was over. She could barely get out of a chair, was on 200 units of insulin a day, and had spent years on prednisone that had quietly wrecked her endocrine system. Now 87, she's the author of Healing
Why She Keeps Finding Dimes From Her Late Wife | Kathryn Henry
Why She Keeps Finding Dimes From Her Late Wife | Kathryn Henry Aug 19, 2026 3018 Fan Mail: Tell Wendy how you're saying yes to yourself!Cognac Jewellery School Foundation Week: Dates in May, July, August and September 2027 phineaswrighthouse.com/the-shop/p/cognac-jewellery-school-summer-foundations-2027Cognac Jewellery School Intermediate Week: May, July, and September 2027 phineaswrighthouse.com/the-shop/p/cognac-jewellery-school-intermediate-2027Kathryn Henry spent a dec
The 72-Hour Practice to Manifest a New Life | Riana Malia
The 72-Hour Practice to Manifest a New Life | Riana Malia Aug 14, 2026 3309 Fan Mail: Tell Wendy how you're saying yes to yourself!Cognac Jewellery School Foundation Week: Dates in May, July, August and September 2027 phineaswrighthouse.com/the-shop/p/cognac-jewellery-school-summer-foundations-2027Cognac Jewellery School Intermediate Week: May, July, and September 2027 phineaswrighthouse.com/the-shop/p/cognac-jewellery-school-intermediate-2027Riana Malia works as what
How to Date From Abundance, Not Scarcity | Kathryn Morea
How to Date From Abundance, Not Scarcity | Kathryn Morea Aug 12, 2026 3549 Fan Mail: Tell Wendy how you're saying yes to yourself!Kathryn Morea spent 29 years married before a divorce in her early 50s left her rebuilding an identity she hadn't touched in decades. She'd only ever known herself as half of a marriage, so figuring out who she was on her own, in her 50s, meant starting from a blank page most people don't expect to face at that age. Now in h
What Nobody's Telling Gen Z About Work | Giselle Sandy-Phillips
What Nobody's Telling Gen Z About Work | Giselle Sandy-Phillips Aug 7, 2026 2825 Fan Mail: Tell Wendy how you're saying yes to yourself!This conversation opens on calling, guidance, and what it looks like to trust a path before you can see where it leads, and that path is exactly how Giselle Sandy-Phillips ended up writing a career guide for Gen Z. (Book talk starts around 24:00, if you want to jump ahead.) She built it as a family project: her own kids gave feedback on ev
The Flower Shop That Wasn't Planned | Adrienne Ryser
The Flower Shop That Wasn't Planned | Adrienne Ryser Aug 5, 2026 2735 Fan Mail: Tell Wendy how you're saying yes to yourself!Adrienne Ryser moved to Paris for love with two suitcases, a cat, no visa, and no French, and ended up buying the oldest flower shop in the city. Now she's opened a second location in Oslo and just published her first book, Fleurs. In this conversation, Wendy and Adrienne explore:What it took to earn a spot at a shop the original owne
Leaving the Church & Finding Your Own Voice | Joni Woods
Leaving the Church & Finding Your Own Voice | Joni Woods Jul 31, 2026 3053 Fan Mail: Tell Wendy how you're saying yes to yourself!Joni Woods spent nearly 20 years as a youth and young adult pastor before leaving both her marriage and the church that shaped her. Now an author and corporate consultant, she joins Wendy to talk about what it actually takes to trust yourself when the people around you don't agree with your choices. They explore:Why "anchoring do
Stop Telling Your Old Story: How Self-Talk Heals Unworthiness | Kristine Jensen
Stop Telling Your Old Story: How Self-Talk Heals Unworthiness | Kristine Jensen Jul 29, 2026 3149 Fan Mail: Tell Wendy how you're saying yes to yourself!In this episode, Wendy sits down with Kristine Jensen, a psychotherapist who spent 35+ years helping clients heal shame, while carrying a deep sense of unworthiness herself. After closing her practice and moving to the California coast, she finally became her own client. What she discovered: shame is foundational, not superficial. It'
Sustainable Doesn't Have to Suck: Building a Beauty Brand on Integrity, Not Influencers | Kate Assaraf
Sustainable Doesn't Have to Suck: Building a Beauty Brand on Integrity, Not Influencers | Kate Assaraf Jul 24, 2026 3144 Fan Mail: Tell Wendy how you're saying yes to yourself!In this episode, Wendy sits down with Kate Assaraf, founder of Dipped—a plastic-free shampoo and conditioner bar company born from 20 years in the beauty industry and a decade of frustration. In 2014, Kate discovered something most people don't know: plastic is way more problematic than the average consumers know. Recycling is a farce
Hustle Culture Isn't Worth It: How to Build Career AND Wellbeing | Jossie Haines
Hustle Culture Isn't Worth It: How to Build Career AND Wellbeing | Jossie Haines Jul 22, 2026 3216 Fan Mail: Tell Wendy how you're saying yes to yourself!In this episode, Wendy sits down with Jossie Haines, a former Apple engineer who led teams on Siri, won a technical Emmy, and looked like she had it all figured out, until she realized the cost. After years in the frenetic tech industry where success equals hours worked and busyness is a badge of honor, she left. Then she took six months o
Perfectionism and Midlife Transitions: Finding Your Next Chapter | Dawn Pfingsten
Perfectionism and Midlife Transitions: Finding Your Next Chapter | Dawn Pfingsten Jul 17, 2026 3289 Fan Mail: Tell Wendy how you're saying yes to yourself!In this episode, Wendy sits down with Dawn Pfingsten, a beauty and skincare creator who's spent the last decade on social media, and learned that perfectionism is the cage keeping women stuck as a result. Raised in the South with the conditioning to "look good before volleyball practice," she gradually dismantled that cage b
From Rock Bottom to Discovering Your Worth: A Story of Resilience | Sarah Barnes-Humphrey
From Rock Bottom to Discovering Your Worth: A Story of Resilience | Sarah Barnes-Humphrey Jul 15, 2026 2936 Fan Mail: Tell Wendy how you're saying yes to yourself!In this episode, Wendy sits down with Sarah Barnes-Humphrey about what happens when your entire life plan disappears overnight. Ten days before her 37th birthday, the family business she'd wanted to run since age 16 closed its doors. Job gone. Title gone. Future gone. It was the worst day of her life, but she didn't stay there.Th

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