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Shrinking Is for Violets

The Audacious, Courageous Life of a Crone

Date

May 6, 2026

7:00PM – 8:30PM ET

Tuition

Member: $35.00

Sliding Scale: $33.00 to $55.00

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Shrinking is for Violets with Trudy Callaghan and Lisa Austin

Women over 50 are supposed to be invisible. This workshop invites women to live their crone years audaciously and courageously.

The story we’re told is that women become invisible after 50. No, thank you. Join Trudy Callaghan and Lisa Austin, cohosts of the CroneCast podcast, for an illuminating and often irreverent exploration of the wonders and challenges of being a woman over 50.

In this online playshop for all who identify as women, you deconstruct the stories told about women over 50 and the stories you may have told yourself about yourself. Some of those beliefs might include the notion that your best years are behind you, or that the time for creativity, success, and adventure is behind you. Trudy and Lisa encourage you to challenge the notions you may have about being a woman of “a certain age” and, just maybe, help you launch yourself into an audacious and courageous third trimester of life.

In this 90-minute session, Trudy and Lisa work with you on:

  • Naming the beliefs about older women that aim to keep us small
  • Encouraging you to identify and challenge your own self-limiting beliefs about being a woman over 50
  • Helping you remember/revive/re-embrace the dreams, goals, and wants that are still waiting for you
  • Identifying pathways to the courage you already possess

You walk away from this workshop with an expanded sense of what’s possible for you after 50 (spoiler: pretty much anything you want). Leave with some key questions and mantras to use to remind yourself of your power as a crone. And, finally, you leave with the knowledge that you already possess the crone superpowers: wisdom, experience, and intuition.

Join Teachers Studio live on Wednesday, May 6, 7:00-8:30 p.m. ET (4:00-5:30 p.m. PT). For registered participants, this class will be available on demand until July 5, 2026.

  • Lisa Austin

    Lisa Austin is a retired corporate communications maven and cofounder of the CroneCast podcast.

  • Trudy Callaghan

    Trudy Callaghan is a business owner, marketing strategist, magazine publisher, and podcaster.

Workshop online

May 6, 2026 / 7:00PM – 8:30PM ET

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