One of the greatest moments for a published author is when you’re asked to talk about your book on the radio. Last week, I had the opportunity to be featured on Feisty Side of Fifty Radio, despite being ONLY 49 3/4.

How to Be a Guest on Blog Talk Radio

Mary Eileen Williams, the host, and I discovered that we shared the same birthday. I figured she felt sorry for me and allowed me to be on her show since everybody knows that a December birthday absolutely sucks.

And for this gig, I could wear my pajamas.

What’s Feisty Side of Fifty*

Hello and welcome to THE FEISTY SIDE OF FIFTY,™ the site that celebrates a truly remarkable generation of women. We alpha boomers, now fifty plus but nowhere near matronly, are rockin’ on and still flaunting our famously bodacious spirit and style.

In truth, how could it be otherwise? We ladies can be deservedly proud of our shared history and far-reaching accomplishments. The determined women of our generation drove through legislation that reversed centuries of discrimination and forever altered the role of being born female in this country. (A rather formidable triumph, I might add!) Better yet, the hormonal changes of menopause make us saucier and more outspoken than ever before. We are truly coming into our own in new and exciting ways.* Copied from feistysideoffifty.com.

Give her fifteen minutes

I met Mary Eileen Williams two years ago at a book signing for Not Your Mother’s Book…On Being a Woman at Towne Center Books. She’s a gregarious, supportive and feisty lady who interviews boomers on her show. Give her fifteen minutes and her boomers will inspire. I am honored to be part of her cast.

She made me feel comfortable from her first question, “Tell us about the book and what prompted you to write it.”

Click here to listen to my interview.

Featured Speakers on Feisty Side of Fifty

Peggy Fleming – 1968 Olympic Champion in Ladies’ figure skating.

Gloria Loring – actress, singer, celebrity spokesperson for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

Florence Henderson – Starred as TV mom Carol Brady on the Brady Bunch and author of Life Is Not a Stage: From Broadway Baby to a Lovely Lady and Beyond.

Suzanne Braun Levine – First editor of Ms. magazine, writer, and recognized expert on women’s issues.

Other speakers have included Senator Adlai E. Stevenson III, spearheaded the first Congressional study on terrorism; Celeste Yarnall, model/actress; Cindy Joseph, The Boomer Super Model; Dianne Morris, founder/editor of ZestNow; Susan RoAne, bestselling author of How to Work a Room; Emmanuel Itier, filmmaker of FEMME: Women Healing the World plus hundred more inspiring boomers.

Mary Eileen Williams

Mary Eileen Williams, M.A., N.C.C.C. has more than twenty years’ combined experience as a job search expert/career transition consultant, author, speaker, radio host and university instructor. As a Nationally Board Certified Counselor with a Masters’ Degree in Career Development, Ms. Williams specializes in working with midlife career changers helping them to create personally rewarding and meaningful futures. Her book, Land the Job You Love: 10 Surefire Strategies for Jobseekers Over 50 provides mature applicants with the critical information they’ll need to successfully navigate today’s competitive job market.
Eileen is an active contributor to the Huffington Post, writing job search articles for Huff/Post 50. She also makes frequent appearances on both radio and TV (CBS, ABC, FOX) and has been featured in Market Watch, Money Magazine, Kiplinger, Woman’s World and several other national and international publications.
Eileen is the host of both the popular radio show, Feisty Side of Fifty Radio and Women at Work: The WHOA Factor for the WHOA (Women Honoring Our Age) Network. She also loves writing stories that celebrate the humorous side of aging and is a contributing author to Chicken Soup for the Soul in Menopause, Not Your Mother’s Book on Being a Woman and Not Your Mother’s Book on Being a Mom.

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Official Book Release

Are You Kidding Me? My Life with an Extremely Loud Family, Bathroom Calamities, and Crazy Relatives is available on Amazon and ebooks. It’s filled with stories you’ve never read on my blog, like the time I called SWAT on my neighbor or faked a heart attack in church. Hoping to make you laugh one story at a time. Get your copy now!!
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