Finding My Voice at 50: How Purpose, Creativity, and Podcasting Aligned My Life

Just after celebrating my 50th birthday, I found myself in a deep season of reflection. Turning fifty didn’t feel like an ending. It felt like a midpoint. I come from a family of long-livers, with great-grandmothers who lived well into their hundreds, so I like to believe I’m only halfway through my journey. That realization gave me permission to slow down, look back, and truly understand how every chapter of my life led me to where I am today.

My entrepreneurial spirit showed up early. As a young girl, barely into my teens, my aunt hired me as an independent contractor to help with her handmade bib business. I cut fabric pieces and quickly realized something powerful. I could choose how much I worked, and therefore how much I earned. That sense of autonomy planted a seed. Even then, I understood that money represents freedom, especially for women.

I followed the path that was expected of me and went to college for hotel and restaurant management. I worked night audit shifts at a Holiday Inn and put myself through school, graduating debt-free thanks to scholarships and persistence. I loved helping people. Serving others came naturally to me, sometimes too naturally.

In my twenties and thirties, that instinct to serve often came at my own expense. It wasn’t until my forties that I learned an essential truth: I needed to serve myself first if I was going to truly serve others.

During that time, I raised two incredible sons and opened a brick-and-mortar craft store. I taught between eight and twenty classes a month, mostly to women in their forties, fifties, sixties, and beyond. We created art together - cards, mixed media, paintings, scrapbooks. Over and over again, women would ask me the same question: “I don’t know what colors to use. Can you help me?”

My answer was always simple. “Use the colors you’re wearing. You already made that decision today.”

I didn’t realize it then, but that moment was transformative. Those women weren’t just learning art techniques. They were learning confidence. Looking back, I see that I was coaching long before I ever used the word.

After closing the store, I stepped into a corporate role out of necessity. Around that same time, my family experienced a devastating loss when my young niece passed away. Grief reshaped everything. I became a caretaker for my family while trying to hold myself together.

That corporate job, though uninspiring, became a place of healing. The quiet, repetitive work allowed my nervous system to recover. Eventually, the stillness became too much. I knew I needed more. I started taking online classes and, three years later, left corporate life to build my own business again.

Entrepreneurs don’t stay buried for long.

I launched KP Creative Media with the intention of designing websites, but within months, I pivoted into podcast production. I fell in love with helping people use their voices. Over time, a pattern emerged. My clients were women. Spiritual women. Priestesses, healers, ministers, intuitive guides.

I realized I had found my people.

As my work evolved, so did my role. I wasn’t just producing podcasts. I was guiding women who didn’t grow up with technology, helping them understand systems, messaging, and visibility. Everything I had done before, business ownership, creativity coaching, tech support, came together.

Today, I am a certified podcast growth coach. I help spiritual women grow podcasts that support real businesses and meaningful lives. I believe deeply that every woman’s voice deserves to be heard.

I host my own show, Podcasting for Spiritual Women, where I share practical strategies and grounded guidance each week. I look at the whole picture, business, life, energy, and help women bring their wisdom into the world through their voice.

This chapter feels aligned, expansive, and true. And I know it’s only the beginning.