PODCAST UPDATE Sept 11, 2025
- Pat Browne
- Sep 11
- 2 min read
WHEN HEALTH CRASHES THE PARTY: FIND A BETTER LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE
Two women. Big setbacks. Bigger comebacks. Meet Jill and Vivian, proof that purpose, visibility, and joy aren’t limited by age – or what life can throw at you.
I had a plan. You probably did too – the colour-coded calendar, the post-retirement “finally me” list, maybe a little “Eat Pray Love”detour without the jet lag. Then life barges in with a plot twist: diagnosis, surgery, or a body suddenly staging a protest. Health issues can bulldoze even the best roadmaps, but here’s the thing – it’s not the derailment that defines us, it’s the comeback.
In this inspiring episode, Jill Farren (Certified Master Empowerment and Life Coach, and founder of the Farren Formula: The Art of Being You) and Vivian Shapiro (best-selling author, teacher, administrator, inspirer, empowerer) show us how to reroute with grit and humour. From Pelvic Organ Prolapse (POP) to Stage 4 Melanoma, these women prove adversity doesn’t end the story. It rewrites it.
Still visible, still vibrant, still here – this is reinvention after 55, with all the messy, glorious humanity intact.
In this episode:
Jill on Pelvic Organ Prolapse (POP), Interstitial Cystitis, and the mindset shift that put her back in the driver’s seat
Vivian on Stage 4 Melanoma to a third of her face and 5 surgeries, leadership, and why “vibrant” is a practice, not a personality
Lessons, simple tools to quiet negative self-talk, rebuild confidence, and take up space again
3 quick takeaways you can use today
Stop speaking unkindly to yourself
Start observing your thoughts before they spiral
Serve someone else to get out of your own head
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How Do You Reinvent Yourself After a Health Setback?Life can throw a medical curveball when you least expect it. This article spotlights nine women over 40 who transformed what could’ve been lifelong derailments into reinvention stories. Instead of packing it in, they used creativity, relationships, and grit to forge new paths forward – and, in many cases, discovered richer versions of themselves than their pre‑diagnosis lives ever hinted at. It’s less about bouncing back and more about rewriting the playbook – and getting way better at living for it. COVEYCLUB.COM
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