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TrailBlazers Impact Interviews is a program to guide you along the path as you start a new business or face challenges in your life or need a minute to relax a bit and listen to a story. Some days you want an uplifting, happy story. Some days you just want to survive. You wonder if anyone has ever faced what you are going through. Many of them - of us - have faced major obstacles and somehow have come out the other side on that issue. But we all still struggle every day. By sharing our experiences, we can bond together in a tribe that supports each other. By reaching out our hand to the next person and saying, "I'm here. I'll listen," we know we are OK because we are together.  

In TrailBlazers Impact Interviews, women and men share their secrets to success - and their heartaches -  in extraordinary stories. And some had very rough beginnings - but made it anyway. These stories touch your heart and soul and make you realize it is possible to prevail even in the face of gender bias and/or racial discrimination and to blaze your own trail when there is no clear path ahead. If they can do it, so can you . . . by following their light . . . and then creating a light for the person behind you. 

 If you are over 50 and want to pivot from a career or retirement to start a business, watch our new series, Pivot to SOAR, and look for my "how-to" book coming out soon! 

Do you know we also have a YouTube Channel? It's TrailBlazers Impact Interviews. You will see the full write-up and extra episodes that are not on YouTube on our website https://TrailBlazersImpact.com. Join us! 

Contact Nan at nan@nanmckayconnects.com. I would love to hear what you like about our podcast! Please write comments and SUBSCRIBE and FOLLOW US so we can stay together! 

Sep 29, 2019

Raynette discovered she was the only female in her profession and shares her first-hand experience with the disparity in pay of women professors and the resulting changes, in part due to Congresswoman Maxine Waters, the advent of the birth control pill, and the changes brought about by the civil rights movement and...


Sep 25, 2019

 

Elsie is a woman icon in podcasting with 4 shows including She Podcasts! With a background in acting, she transitioned seamlessly into her new career and now works for Libsyn, a podcasting hosting company. She discusses her challenges with immigrating from El Salvador, especially dealing with the after effects of...


Sep 22, 2019

Mildred Morgan Ball takes us through her incredible journey filled with many instances where she found herself as the "first and only.” Starting with her high school experience in the late 1940s, and continuing through an illustrious career of advocating for gender and racial equity in athletics and the performing...


Sep 18, 2019

In a world that seems to be growing increasingly more dangerous by the day, Lisa Preston, a former hostage negotiator, provides important tools for parents about how to guard against potential child abusers and gives valuable advice about how to speak to your children about safety. Drawing from her background in the...


Sep 15, 2019

One life changing moment changed the way she looks at human rights. She believes every woman should give birth the way she feels most comfortable and there is no wrong way or one more spiritual than the other. She believe without the roadblocks she wouldn’t have grown. Three years after her divorce, while raising...