Executive Recruiters: How Boomer-Friendly; Writing in Midlife; and Keys to Healthy Meal Planning

Join me this Wednesday, January 30th for an encore edition of The Heather Taylor Show, Boomer Radio in the Nation's Capital. It's designed to make this year your best yet!


Executive Recruiters: When It Comes to Job and Career Transitions, How Boomer Friendly Are They?

If you've been successful in your current job, but feel ready to make the transition to a more satisfying one, it's important to know about what skill sets you'll need and where career opportunities can be found. Ever wondered whether an executive recruiter could help you? Veteran executive recruiter Dorinda White, president of Washington, DC based Rindi Media International, joined me to help answer that and other questions about the current media job market. Her company is a creative media firm specializing in communications, marketing and public relations.

Writing in Midlife: An African-American Writer Reflects on Midlist Fiction

What's it mean to be an African-American woman writing midlist fiction today? Award-winning novelist, author and boomer Martha Southgate joined me to reflect on her perspective of the challenges of midlist African-American fiction writers today. She discussed her recent essay, "Writers Like Me," published in The New York Times in July. Her novels include Third Girl from The Left, The Fall of Rome and Another Way to Dance, and other nonfiction articles have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, O, Premiere and Essence.

What's Cooking?: Taking the Hassle Out of Meal Planning

Trying to get fit or prevent weight gain, but are having trouble coming up with meals that yell, "quick, healthy and delicious" this summer? We chatted with Aviva Goldfarb, author of The Six O'Clock Scramble: Quick, Healthy and Delicious Dinner Recipes for Busy Families (St. Martin's Griffin Publishers) and publisher of the subscription email newsletter of the same name (see her website).

Be sure to contact me at theheathertaylorshow@yahoo.com Stay tuned for a brand new lineup of shows in February!