
What Its Like To Be Brave After 50 with Lisa Niver
04/23/25 • 49 min
Lisa Niver is the author of Brave-ish, One Breakup, Six Continents and Feeling Fearless After Fifty and an award-winning travel expert who has explored 101 countries and six continents.
Discover her articles in publications from AARP: The Magazine and AAA Explorer to WIRED and Wharton Magazine, as well as her site WeSaidGoTravel.
For her print, podcast, digital and broadcast segments, she has been awarded three Southern California Journalism Awards and two National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards and has been a finalist 22 times.
Niver is also the host of the award-nominated podcast Make Your Own Map.
In this episode, we discuss the following:
💪 Where it all started - being brave
🙅♀️ High production doesn’t mean engaging
Resources:
https://lisaniver.com/braveish/
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For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com
Lisa Niver is the author of Brave-ish, One Breakup, Six Continents and Feeling Fearless After Fifty and an award-winning travel expert who has explored 101 countries and six continents.
Discover her articles in publications from AARP: The Magazine and AAA Explorer to WIRED and Wharton Magazine, as well as her site WeSaidGoTravel.
For her print, podcast, digital and broadcast segments, she has been awarded three Southern California Journalism Awards and two National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards and has been a finalist 22 times.
Niver is also the host of the award-nominated podcast Make Your Own Map.
In this episode, we discuss the following:
💪 Where it all started - being brave
🙅♀️ High production doesn’t mean engaging
Resources:
https://lisaniver.com/braveish/
If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on any podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.
For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com
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