{"podcast":{"title":"Her Intentional Reset: Career changes and second acts for women in midlife","slug":"her-intentional-reset-7728413","podcast_index_feed_id":7728413,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/her-intentional-reset/","website_url":"https://www.herintentionalreset.com","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/c9c80ed7-edb9-4873-87fc-41db04f803d6/Podcast-Cover-Art-Copy-of-Intentional-Reset-1.jpg","author":"Molly Wipperfurth","episode_count":20,"summary":"Her Intentional Reset is the podcast for women in their mid 30’s, 40s and 50s navigating midlife career change — whether you're eyeing a full career pivot, building a second act, or just wondering if the career you chose 20 years ago still fits. Host Molly Wipperfurth talks with real women who've made the leap: from corporate to creative, from climbing the ladder to building something new. Every conversation covers the practical realities of career reinvention — the finances, the trade-offs, the timeline, and what life actually looks like on the other side. If you're a woman in midlife rethinking your career, this is where your next chapter starts. If HIR has been valuable to you, you can support the show here: https://ko-fi.com/herintentionalreset No pressure — just making it easy for listeners who want to say so. CONNECT WITH HIR Instagram @ https://www.instagram.com/herintentionalreset.co/ Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61587329908947 Website: https://herintentionalreset.com/?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGntCEey4YretrZ39A7mINUiy-Dmz7iRv0BDLhY2OcDQkfqMmMGK8--zTX20RE_aem_d_Ys…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-21T18:17:57.280427+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/her-intentional-reset-7728413"},"episode":{"title":"\"It's Too Late For You\": the Menopause Dismissal That Sent Her to Nursing School in Her 50's | Cindy Ravn, RN, PHN, APE, Ep. 19","slug":"it-s-too-late-for-you-the-menopause-dismissal-that-sent-her-to-nursing-school-in-her-50-s-cindy-ravn-rn-phn-ape-ep-19","published_at":"2026-07-21T08:45:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/her-intentional-reset-7728413/it-s-too-late-for-you-the-menopause-dismissal-that-sent-her-to-nursing-school-in-her-50-s-cindy-ravn-rn-phn-ape-ep-19","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/her-intentional-reset-7728413","url":"https://herintentionalreset.com/all-podcasts/its-too-late-for-you-the-menopause-dismissal-that-sent-her-to-nursing-school-in-her-50s-cindy-ravn-rn-phn-ape-ep-19","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/bc82fff7-8203-49a0-99af-f4f2c728a919.mp3","summary":"Cindy spent 35 years in skincare and loved every bit of it — the thriving practice, the clients who felt like family. Then perimenopause hit, every test came back normal, and a doctor told her \"it's too late for you\" and wrote a prescription for antidepressants. What happened next wasn't a breakdown. It was an Indeed search, a midlife career change into an accelerated nursing degree in her 50s, and a new mission: making sure no woman gets dismissed the way she was. ABOUT THE GUEST: Cindy Ravn is a registered nurse and public health nurse providing reproductive and sexual health care at Planned Parenthood, while still running the nurse-led medical aesthetics practice she built over a decade in the Twin Cities. After her own perimenopause symptoms were dismissed, she trained as a menopause doula, then made a career pivot in her 50s, going back to school to become an RN — funding nursing school with her skincare practice and graduating cum laude. She starts nurse practitioner school this fall, with her sights set on women's health, and is building The Pause Project, a series of educational talks on menopause, sexual health, skin, and osteoporosis prevention. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN: [08:16] The post-COVID symptoms no test could explain — and why she knew it wasn't \"just her\" [09:57] The five words from her doctor that still sting — and how that dismissal became the catalyst for everything [13:32] The Indeed search that turned a menopause doula certificate into a nursing career [15:17] How her skincare practice paid for nursing school — no debt, and a built-in social life during the hardest years [25:31] The honest reality of an accelerated nursing program in your 50s: the confidence she \"probably shouldn't have had,\" the tears, and the professor who wouldn't let her quit [30:…","meta_description":"Cindy spent 35 years in skincare and loved every bit of it — the thriving practice, the clients who felt like family. 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