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April 16, 2025

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The Show Your Spark Annual Gala: A Magical Evening of Gathering, Celebrating, and Supporting

A Magical Evening of Gathering, Celebrating, and Supporting Chilly evening April temperatures didn’t cool the excitement in the air as guests dressed in...

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October 14, 2025

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Boston Branding Photography for Coaches & Entrepreneurs | Abbey Acevedo of Business and Being

When you think about branding photography, you might picture polished headshots or corporate stock images. But for soul-led entrepreneurs like Abbey Acevedo,...

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April 15, 2025

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Living A Passionate Life After Forty: One Woman's Experience

Passionate. Patient. Positive. These are the words Fierce After Forty Alumni Keisha uses to describe herself. Filling her days with simple things that bring...

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July 8, 2025

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Alchemizing Pain: How One Woman Found Her Strength After 40

Self-described as passionate, dynamic, and determined, Fierce After Forty Alumni Melanie’s story is one of turning pain into purpose and advocating for others...

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August 19, 2025

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Embracing Strength, Self-Love, And New Beginnings After Forty

Join us as we sit down with a truly inspiring woman from our Fierce After Forty community who is embracing new beginnings after forty. Describing herself as...

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July 22, 2025

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Learning to Struggle Well: The Fierce After Forty Journey

Life after forty brings new perspectives born from facing down life’s challenges. Today’s featured Fierce After Forty Alumni, Jennifer, used her life...

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May 27, 2025

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Powerful and Confident: A Fierce After Forty Story

Is it possible to be powerful and confident as a woman living life after forty?We say, YES! Funny. Grounded. Fierce. These are the words she uses to describe...

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March 4, 2025

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Self-Rediscovery and Being Present: The Powerful and Wonderful Life After Forty

Former stay-at-home mother and Fierce After Forty Client Beth displays the tenacity and fierceness of women over forty as she seeks to rediscover herself. With...

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June 24, 2025

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3 Lessons Learned From Life After Forty: Fly, Be Free, And Forgive Easily

Meet Fierce After Forty Alumni, Ellyn, a nurse and educator who serves by teaching compassion, kindness, and understanding through the art of nursing. A...

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April 1, 2025

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Fierce After Forty: Embracing Your Authentic Self with Confidence

For many women, something shifts internally around the age of forty. It’s a time when confidence, self-acceptance, and agency come into play as women step...

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December 10, 2024

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Fierce at Forty: A Story of Self-Love and Empowerment

Jennifer, a vibrant and confident woman of sixty, exemplifies Show Your Spark’s Fierce After Forty project. Her life’s journey is a testament to the power of...

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November 26, 2024

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Fierce After Forty: A Starting Point

Is it true that for women, life beyond forty is just a starting point? Based on everyone we’ve spoken to as a part of our Fierce After Forty Project, the...

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September 24, 2024

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How to Bring Your Personality to Branding Photography

When you think of professional headshots, what comes to mind? Perhaps, stiffly posed individuals in front of a generic gray backdrop? What if headshots and...

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October 8, 2024

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How to Use Photography as a Tool for Self-Discovery and Empowerment

Can a woman use photography as a tool for self-discovery and empowerment? Absolutely, yes! After a devastating divorce, this Spark Alumni began a journey of...

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November 5, 2024

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Aging Fiercely: A Story of Self-Confidence and Self-Love

In a world that idolizes youth, today’s Fierce After Forty Alumni, Kathy, teaches us what it means to age fiercely by embracing the beauty and wisdom of aging....

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October 22, 2024

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Redefining Aging: The Fierce After Forty Journey

In a society often obsessed with youth, it's refreshing to encounter stories challenging these narrow beauty standards. Today, we're privileged to share the...

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September 10, 2024

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Boudoir Photography: A Commitment to Personal Growth

With a commitment to personal growth, today’s featured Show Your Spark Alumni chose to push outside her comfort zone with a Spark Session, a luxury photography...

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August 13, 2024

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Normalizing Grief: A Powerful Story of Living Life to the Fullest

For young widows, the journey through grief can be particularly challenging. But within the depths of sorrow, there is also the potential for incredible...

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June 25, 2024

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Life After Forty: Intentional Personal Growth

Whoever said life after forty was over the hill was wrong! Life after forty can still be full of intentional personal growth. Don’t believe me? Look to the...

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March 19, 2024

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The Secret to Being a Fierce After Forty Woman: Self-Trust

What’s the secret to being a “fierce after forty” woman? The Answer: Self-trust! If you could give advice to your younger self, what would you say? That’s one...

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