This is one of my favourite podcast conversations .  My guest is Alica Dara who is a nationally recognized speech and presentation coach who helps women (and men) CEO’s, Global VPs, and Executive Directors find their Power Voice and use it to excel in their life and careers. She is also the founder and editor in chief of Womancake Magazine which delivers slices of wisdom along wildly inspiring essays, interviews, articles, visual art, and poetry by women over age 40.  This episode is about the importance of finding our voice in midlife to speak our truth as key to living our authentic next chapter.  We delve into how many of us in our generation were taught to silence our voices to “play nice” and how that has kept us disconnected from not only our voices but ourselves.   We also talk about power of the collective of midlife womens voices to challenge ageism, sexism and the patriarchy.  This is a lively conversation that we are both obviously very passionate about. ------ Alicia Dara is a nationally recognized speech and presentation coach. She has helped thousands of people including CEO’s, Global VPs, and Executive Directors find their Power Voice and put it to work. Her most popular group training is "Power Voice for Career Women", which helps women strengthen their voices, clarify their messaging, and push back against workplace sexism. Corporate clients include Microsoft, Amazon, Kimpton Hotels, Planned Parenthood, and Columbia Bank. Private clients include the National Women's Political Caucus and the Female Founders Alliance. In 2023 Alicia became the Founder and Editor in Chief of Womancake Magazine.   https://www.aliciadara.com/ https://www.womancake.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/aliciadara/