Women Overcoming the Myths of Midlife after 40

Varda Epstein: Award winning writer and regular contributor to the Washington Post and Babble – and mother of 12 grown children. Varda moved from her hometown of Pittsburgh to Israel in her 20's determined to follow her heart after being inspired by the book Exodus by Leon Uris. This determination has proven to be a common thread through out her life that has taken her to new heights in the writing world. Being dedicated to her Jewish faith Varda has produced 12 children who admire her achievements as a writer enormously. Writing has always been a pursuit she has enjoyed and in fact been quite good at – but Varda always wanted to run a cottage industry. Writing took over as a "means to and end" but her writing is now amazing and reaches into far flung areas of the internet.  One busy and truly inspirational woman. Listen in to find out Varda's views on: ageism – is it real how to make it happen raising a (very) large family and how to manage it her plans for the future a personal style of writing s