Podcasts Business Piloting your Life Lesley Jane Seymour discusses leveraging the power of women over the age of 40 to change the world.

Lesley Jane Seymour discusses leveraging the power of women over the age of 40 to change the world.

Published: July 31, 2018, 1 p.m.

Who\xa0is\xa0Lesley Jane Seymour?\xa0\xa0

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Lesley Jane Seymour.\xa0 Lesley is a media entrepreneur and founder of\xa0CoveyClub, a new club for\xa0lifelong\xa0learners that she launched in February of this year.\xa0\xa0The\xa0CoveyClub\xa0is for women over the age of 40 and has\xa0virtual salons,\xa0a\xa0monthly magazine,\xa0a\xa0daily blog,\xa0and a\xa0weekly podcast\xa0for women to bond over issues of interest and concern.\xa0\xa0

Lesley\xa0was named Editor-in-Chief of\xa0More\xa0Magazine in 2008 and was\xa0Editor-in\xa0Chief and\xa0Social\xa0Media\xa0Director of More.com.\xa0 Before\xa0More, she served as Editor-in-Chief of\xa0Marie Claire\xa0and\xa0Redbook\xa0magazines, and teen book\xa0YM.\xa0 She was Beauty Director of\xa0Glamour\xa0and\xa0Senior\xa0Editor at\xa0Vogue.\xa0 She is author of two books,\xa0On the Edge, 100 Years of Vogue, and\xa0I\xa0Wish\xa0My\xa0Parents\xa0Understood.\xa0 In 2013 she was named Chair of the Editorial Advisory Board for\xa0Duke Magazine\xa0and a Global Ambassador for Vital Voices.\xa0 She is a trustee at Dana Hall School in Wellesley, Massachusetts.\xa0\xa0\xa0

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Show Highlights\xa0

  • Lesley shares what\xa0CoveyClub\xa0is and why she created it.\xa0\xa0She expands on how women over the age of 40 are disenfranchised and being left out of the conversations.\xa0\xa0\xa0
  • Terri comments that technology has increased the sense of loneliness and how ironic it is that Lesley is using technology to reduce the loneliness and bring women together.\xa0\xa0
  • Terri talks about the importance of getting together in person to fill her soul.\xa0\xa0\xa0
  • Lesley observes that there are no longer places for people to come together like offices, town squares, religious institutions, and community centers.\xa0\xa0\xa0
  • Lesley named the company\xa0CoveyClub\xa0after a small group of birds.\xa0 She wants the groups to be small and provide ways for women to get to know who is in the room.\xa0\xa0
  • Lesley talks about having a significant career and an amazing life and wants to be able to help women connect and help their dreams come true.\xa0\xa0\xa0
  • Lesley knows that if you want better content, you\u2019ll have to pay for it and she believes that others are looking for this.\xa0\xa0\xa0
  • Lesley comments that right now our politicians in Washington DC don\u2019t stay in town to eat together, to get to know each other, to see the humanity in each other, to be able to reach across the aisle to work together.\xa0\xa0\xa0
  • Terri comments that we need to be intentional about coming together in person to connect as humans.\xa0\xa0Terri loves how her city, Redwood City, makes a lot of effort to bring people together at various events around town.\xa0\xa0\xa0
  • Terri talks about how quickly women over the age of 40 are overlooked and easily dismissed.\xa0\xa0Lesley talks about how when we were in our 20s, we\xa0were seen as\xa0T&A and now she would like us to be seen for our $19T in assets that have control over.\xa0\xa0\xa0
  • If Lesley had a magic wand, she would make Donald Trump go \u2018poof\u2019 and disappear.\xa0\xa0Terri talks about the fear from the patriarchy who are trying to keep things as they\xa0were,\xa0and she hopes that we take this as an opportunity to slingshot forward.\xa0We need to drag everyone we know to the polls to make a difference in November.\xa0\xa0
  • Lesley\u2019s favorite founder resources are Hello Alice and the group that she is created to provide her with support (the red cup club).\xa0

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Terri\u2019s Key Takeaway\xa0

Technology\xa0rather than bringing people together is leading to a sense of loneliness and isolation and it is time to reconnect in person.\xa0\xa0\xa0

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References in the Podcast\xa0

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Contact\xa0

Lesley\xa0can be reached via\xa0email at\xa0lesley@coveyclub.com\xa0or on LinkedIn at\xa0https://www.linkedin.com/in/lesleyjaneseymour/.\xa0

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You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:\u202f https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead.\u202f\xa0

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.\xa0

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife\xa0and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.\xa0