Delanie Fischer chats with Gen X viral content creator and entrepreneur Sherri Dindal about midlife transformation — diving into the fluidity of identity, purpose, and the realities of reinvention. Sherri opens up about her bold career pivot in her 40s, leaving behind a 26-year career as a corporate investigator to pursue entrepreneurship, and how she’s released the baggage of societal expectations while redefining what work, aging, and success truly mean to her.

Discussed in this episode:

• Why Staying Loyal to a Company Might Screw You
• Hitting the Wall of Dread and Exhaustion in Your Job
• Corporate Stress vs. Entrepreneurial Stress
• What Does “Old” Even Look Like — and Who Says?
• How Media Shapes Our Perception of Aging
• The Evolution of "Retirement" and What it Means Now
• What Sherri (52) Wishes She Knew at Delanie's Age (35)
• The First Steps Sherri Took to Build Her Business
• Guidance for Creators (Social Media or Otherwise)
• You're Never Too Old (or Too Late) to Reinvent Yourself

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