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Jen Rigley is an international speaker, best-selling author and personal transformation expert focused on women’s empowerment and living your best life after 50. Her mission is to inspire and empower women in midlife to create a new story for their life, especially after facing significant challenges and trauma.
Formerly a top sales and marketing executive working with both start-ups and Fortune 500 clients, Jen is the founder of Flourishing Over Fifty®, a transformational brand and global movement whose soul purpose is rooted in overcoming adversity in midlife.
Jen has faced a series of life-altering challenges from the time she was young, from profound personal loss to a cancer diagnosis. Rather than break her, these moments became the catalyst for The Flourish Journey™ her proprietary 7-step framework that now inspires women worldwide to heal from significant challenges, grief and trauma.
As a well-respected leader in women’s empowerment, Jen inspires thousands of women to overcome challenges, heal and flourish in midlife through her Flourishing Over Fifty® community and her Flourish Journey Framework.
Known for her signature blend of heartfelt storytelling, strategic clarity, and soul-deep presence, Jen connects with audiences through humor, vulnerability, and actionable tools, leaving them both moved and mobilized.
A trusted voice for women's empowerment in midlife, Jen has been featured in She Rises Magazines, Thrive Global, Authority Magazine, Women’s World, and numerous global podcasts and live summits. She is frequently booked for women’s leadership events, professional conferences, retreats, and wellness experiences that demand not just inspiration, but real, lasting transformation.
Jen also speaks and writes about menopause, proaging, women, grief, trauma, women’s health, mental health, entrepreneurship and AI.
Women collaborating and in community; women stepping into their full selves, especially in midlife.
I first faced tragedy when I was a little girl. My father had been in the hospital and was home, spending his days on our beloved blue velvet couch which we were never allowed to sit on while he recovered.One night had a dream, a terrible dream, a dream no little girl wants to have. I woke up the morning after this terrible dream, just like it was any other day. A day for me to go to school, a day for me to play with my friends. But when I walked downstairs,it was then that I knew my dream had not been a dream at all. And suddenly, I knew that at age 10, my life, my family's life would never be the same and that my father would never would never be coming home. My mother was left to raise six children on our own. My father's tragic death when he was just 42 years old was just one of several tragedies I have faced.
We've all have had moments that have impacted us from the time we were little - an accumulation of traumas and experiences that have really impacted how we navigate through life and research confirms that unresolved emotional pain and the cumulative weight of life's difficulties impact our mental, our emotional, and even our physical well-being. This impacts the way you show up for your own health and well-being, but it also alters the way we show up in our relationships, our career, and our daily life.
I was grief-stricken after my mother's death and it was while lying there on the kitchen floor, ruminating over what had become my mantra “Is this all there is to life?”, when I heard a whisper. The message was clear: “Yes, life is hard, and you have had your share of tragedy. But your family, your friends, and your daughters need you. There is work to be done but you can, you will, begin to enjoy life. You will find joy again.”
That moment,that whisper, was my wakeup call. I realized that my story did not have to be defined by grief. Step by step, I began the work of renewal, of healing, of understanding how I could flourish even in midlife and you can too - you can create a new story for your life, one of strength, hope, and possibility.
I first faced tragedy when I was a little girl. My father had been in the hospital and was home, spending his days on our beloved blue velvet couch which we were never allowed to sit on while he recovered.One night had a dream, a terrible dream, a dream no little girl wants to have. I woke up the morning after this terrible dream, just like it was any other day. A day for me to go to school, a day for me to play with my friends. But when I walked downstairs,it was then that I knew my dream had not been a dream at all. And suddenly, I knew that at age 10, my life, my family's life would never be the same and that my father would never would never be coming home. My mother was left to raise six children on our own. My father's tragic death when he was just 42 years old was just one of several tragedies I have faced.
We've all have had moments that have impacted us from the time we were little - an accumulation of traumas and experiences that have really impacted how we navigate through life and research confirms that unresolved emotional pain and the cumulative weight of life's difficulties impact our mental, our emotional, and even our physical well-being. This impacts the way you show up for your own health and well-being, but it also alters the way we show up in our relationships, our career, and our daily life.
I was grief-stricken after my mother's death and it was while lying there on the kitchen floor, ruminating over what had become my mantra “Is this all there is to life?”, when I heard a whisper. The message was clear: “Yes, life is hard, and you have had your share of tragedy. But your family, your friends, and your daughters need you. There is work to be done but you can, you will, begin to enjoy life. You will find joy again.”
That moment,that whisper, was my wakeup call. I realized that my story did not have to be defined by grief. Step by step, I began the work of renewal, of healing, of understanding how I could flourish even in midlife and you can too - you can create a new story for your life, one of strength, hope, and possibility.