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Sharon Macey interviews Anne Taylor Hartzell about embracing adventure and personal growth in midlife.

In this episode of Mom to MORE®, Sharon welcomes author, speaker, and entrepreneur Anne Taylor Hartzell. Creator of the Choose Adventure Mindset and author of All Who Wonder: A Guide to Finding Your Path in Seasons of Change, Anne shares how motherhood, empty nest life, and a quiet dorm room drop-off inspired her next chapter. Anne opens up about leaving agency life to create flexibility for her family, learning to trust her intuition, reframing fear as curiosity, and taking small brave steps toward what's next. She also shares her five-step Choose Adventure framework and encourages women to stop shrinking and start building lives with fewer regrets and more adventure. Tune in for an inspiring conversation about motherhood, midlife, creativity, courage, and reframing that devil on our shoulder we call fear into curiosity. [00:00] Introduction [03:07] Leaving Agency Life to Create More Flexibility for Family [05:41] The Reinvention Skills Motherhood Quietly Teaches You [08:21] The Empty Nest Moment That Sparked Anne's Next Chapter [13:07] The Real Cost of Playing It Safe in Midlife [15:02] Midlife Choices of Shrinking Back or Choosing Growth [16:11] Injury, Stillness & Finally…

People in this episode

Host: Sharon Macey

Guest: Anne Taylor Hartzell

Topics covered

• midlife reinvention
• motherhood
• creativity
• courage
• personal growth
• adventure mindset

Keywords

• midlife
• reinvention
• motherhood
• fear
• curiosity
• adventure
• flexibility
• community

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: All Who Wonder: A Guide to Finding Your Path in Seasons of Change

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