Midlife Reinvention: Healing Trauma & Career Change at 50

Is your ‘perfect’ life actually a prison? Author Jeanne Blasberg reveals how she healed from childhood trauma, quit her Boston corporate life, and found a radical new purpose at 50.

Host Beverley Glazer and Jeanne dig into the “antenna for empathy” created by early chaos and why “success” often feels like forcing yourself into the wrong shape.

What happens when the “right” life feels completely wrong? Most women over 50 are terrified to walk away from what they’ve built. Jeanne Blasberg did exactly that. She traded a high-achieving life in Boston for a regenerative farm in Wisconsin—but the real story isn’t the farm. It’s the childhood addiction and perfectionism she had to unlearn to get there.

The “Why You Must Listen” List:

The Perfectionism Trap: How growing up on “pins and needles” creates a desperate need for control—and how to break it.
The 3-Year Reset: Why moving to Switzerland taught Jeanne that you can rebuild a life anywhere with just the basics.
Regenerative Reinvention: How focusing on soil health and climate change cured Jeanne’s “midlife stuckness” and brought her creativity back online.
The Decluttering Mandate: Practical, no-nonsense advice for women over 50 to drop obligations that no longer fit.

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Key take aways Midlife Reinvention: Healing Trauma & Career Change at 50

0:00	Welcome And Meet Jeanne
1:27	Growing Up Around Addiction
4:10	Writing To Make Sense Of Life
5:12	Perfectionism And Corporate Ambition
7:29	Marriage Travel And Switzerland Reset
10:24	Back To Boston For Family Care
11:24	COVID Triggers The Farm Leap
15:44	Rewriting Trauma Into Purpose
20:09	Simple Steps To Get Unstuck
23:11	Where To Find Jean Online
24:24	Reinvention Quiz And Closing

Stop living inside other people’s stories. Whether you’re facing a career pivot, healing from childhood trauma, or searching for women’s empowerment, this episode is your roadmap to a deeper next chapter.

Resources: If you’ve enjoyed this episode, you might like Finding Your Voice After Trauma #147 & Reinvention & Healing Through Music 154