1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Laura Black successfully climbed the corporate ladder to become a successful attorney. When retirement hit, her descent&amp;nbsp;down&amp;nbsp;that same&amp;nbsp;ladder&amp;nbsp;was marked by loss and marginalization. She&amp;nbsp;no&amp;nbsp;longer possessed&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;CEO status she placed so much of her worth in, her children fled&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;nest for lives of their own, and she had to cope with&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;decline and eventual deaths of her parents. Plus, well, aging, which is hard in itself. In a nutshell, Laura discovered that as a mature woman, mother and wife, it can be harder to find true happiness after leaving a long-term career.&amp;nbsp; Laura’s first book,&amp;nbsp;Big Butts, Fat Thighs, and Other Secrets to Success,&amp;nbsp;empowered women to accept and use their vulnerabilities in forming critical business relationships. Laura’s latest book, Climbing down the ladder, a journey to a different kind of happy investigates how woman can keep their identify after losing their business card. The Retirement Café Podcast http://retirementcafe.libsyn.com/website <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/26744778/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/582d40/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/item/26744778