Podcast #43 - Making a Midlife Career Change? an interview with Mia Taylor
Release Date: 07/26/2021
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info_outlineSometimes life throws us curve-balls and we don’t think we will ever be able to bounce back. This happened to Mia Taylor and with strength and a lot of support, she found a way to overcome a gap. Through a journey to better understand herself, she gave herself permission to step away and come back when the time was right.. Join Cooper and Mary while they visit with Mia Taylor and discuss her story and our belief that a gap is not a negative!
Mia has interviewed some amazing people and through the many conversations, she has learned most from those who are making a difference in this world and living their lives with grace and poise and dignity.
Mia Taylor is an award-winning journalist whose two-decade long career has included receiving nine awards from the North American Travel Journalists Association for coverage of wildlife conservation, sustainable travel, and climate change. She was also among a team of KPBS reporters who received the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism in 2011.
Her career highlights include working as a staff writer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the San Diego-Union Tribune, and now for one of the largest magazine publishers in the country, Meredith Corporation, where she writes about personal finance for four of their leading titles: Better Homes & Gardens; Real Simple; Parents; and Health magazines. Mia specializes in writing about women and personal finance, and specifically the challenges single parents face.
Her work has also appeared in TravelAge West, The Boston Globe, Westways Magazine and on MSN Money and MSN Travel.
Mia is also currently writing her first book titled: Single Moms Saving the World: Success Stories in Business Leadership, Social Activism, and Personal Finance.
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