Maria Fontana Podcast

Maria Fontana
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Maria Fontana | Reinvention After 50 Founder. Serial entrepreneur. Bestselling author. Nearly 40 years in business. This is where I talk to accomplished women 50 and up who've built real careers, businesses, and lives, and are quietly asking the same question: what do I actually want now?  Not retirement. Not slowing down because you're "supposed to." This is the conversation about what comes after success, reinvention, reset, and building a next chapter that's actually yours.  You've built the life. Now decide what comes next. Newsletter Apply Here

  1. Sep 14

    What's Next: Reinvent, Reset, and Show Up After 50

    A podcast for accomplished, successful women fifty plus who are ready to reinvent and reset the next chapter of their life. After more than three decades in the beauty industry and the people industry, Maria Fontana talks candidly about what it really takes to build a life and business you're proud of, including the part nobody wants to say out loud, that how you take care of yourself and how you show up, online and in person, matters more than you think. Real conversations on reinvention, self respect, presence, and building your next chapter with the same pride you built the last one. Ready to work on your own reset?  Visit mariafontana.com to work with Maria directly.

  2. Sep 7

    What Is Love & Light, Anyway?

    If you've been hearing me talk about Love & Light and wondering what it actually is, this episode is for you. I'm walking through the heart of the book, why I wrote it, what it means to live in love and light instead of fear and judgment, and how this message became a whole community.  If you're ready to be part of it, come join us for free in Love & Light Skool, our home for this work. The link is right in the show notes. https://www.skool.com/love-light-8920/about

  3. Sep 2

    Building the Bridge | A Reading from Love & Light

    In this episode I'm reading a passage from my book Love & Light about building a bridge, the one between who you've been and who you're becoming. It's a piece about the space in between, the part nobody talks about, and why that space is holy too. If this reading speaks to you, I'd love for you to join our community, Love & Light Skool, where we're doing this work together. You'll find the link right in the show notes. https://www.skool.com/love-light-8920/about

  4. Aug 8

    Episode 309 - Shower of Light: Unpacking Your Baggage

    In this bonus meditation, we slow down and let go of what you've been carrying without even realizing it. Shower of Light is a guided journey designed to release old weight, tension you've been holding in your body, thoughts you keep replaying, feelings you've tucked away because there wasn't time to deal with them. Find a quiet place, get comfortable, and let this be the moment you set something down. You don't have to carry it into tomorrow.

  5. Jul 31

    Episode 308 - Why I Stopped Giving Everything Away for Free

    For years, I gave it all away. Every insight, every hard-won lesson, every piece of advice I'd earned through decades of building businesses and coaching people through the messiest parts of success. I thought that was generosity. I was wrong. In this episode, I talk about the moment I realized that giving everything away for free wasn't serving the people I was trying to help, and it definitely wasn't serving me. I get honest about why privacy and value go hand in hand, why the deepest work I do happens in rooms that aren't public, and what changed when I stopped treating access to me like it should cost nothing. If you've ever felt guilty charging for what you know, or wondered why your best work isn't landing the way you hoped, this one's for you. Join me on SUBSTACK

  6. Jul 21

    Episode 307 - The Simplicity Advantage: How to Stop Overthinking and Start Trusting Yourself

    In this episode, Maria Fontana shares why simplicity is one of the most powerful business and life strategies available. If you’re constantly overthinking, second-guessing yourself, or searching for the next answer, this conversation is for you. Learn how to reconnect with your intuition, quiet the noise, make better decisions, and build a business and life that actually feels aligned. Whether you’re a founder, entrepreneur, CEO, or ambitious leader, you’ll discover why clarity doesn’t come from doing more—it comes from trusting yourself. Helping founders find clarity when success creates complexity. ⬇️ Free weekly insights for founders https://open.substack.com/pub/...

  7. Jul 6

    Stop Going Bigger. The Case For Simplifying When You're Already Successful

    Everyone tells you to scale. Add the offer, grow the team, hit the next number. But what if bigger is the exact wrong move for where you are right now? In this episode Maria Fontana talks about what she sees inside the businesses of founders, entrepreneurs, physicians, and consultants who have already built something significant and why simplifying is often the most powerful and most ignored decision available to them. This is not about doing less. It is about getting ruthlessly clear on what actually deserves your energy and what has quietly been costing you more than it is worth. Schedule a Session

  8. Jun 23

    What Nobody Tells Successful Women About Money — with Leah Hadley

    Most successful women have built something significant. A thriving practice. A growing business. A career of genuine accomplishment. And somewhere in the middle of building all of that the conversation about their own money — their personal wealth, their financial independence, their long-term security completely separate from the business — never quite happened the way it should have. Leah Hadley is a financial advisor who works specifically with high-achieving women and who has seen this pattern more times than she can count. The woman who manages millions for her clients and has never properly managed her own. The founder who built a seven figure business and has no personal financial plan outside of it. The physician whose income is extraordinary and whose personal wealth strategy is nonexistent. In this episode Maria Fontana and Leah Hadley have the money conversation that most successful women are not having with anyone in their current world — honest, direct, and completely specific to the woman who has earned significant income and is ready to ensure that her personal financial life finally matches the level of everything else she has built. What you will hear in this episode — why successful women consistently underinvest in their own financial futures, the specific money mistakes that cost the most at the highest income levels, what genuine financial independence looks like for a high achieving woman and how to build it, and the conversation about money that every successful woman deserves to have and almost never does. https://www.intentionalwealthpartners.co/ Grab a copy of Intentional Wealth : https://www.amazon.com/Intentional-Money-Modern-Building-Purpose/

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Maria Fontana | Reinvention After 50 Founder. Serial entrepreneur. Bestselling author. Nearly 40 years in business. This is where I talk to accomplished women 50 and up who've built real careers, businesses, and lives, and are quietly asking the same question: what do I actually want now?  Not retirement. Not slowing down because you're "supposed to." This is the conversation about what comes after success, reinvention, reset, and building a next chapter that's actually yours.  You've built the life. Now decide what comes next. Newsletter Apply Here

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  • Creator
    Maria Fontana
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2026
  • Episodes
    308
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Copyright Maria Fontana
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    Maria Fontana Podcast