What does it truly mean to be fierce, free, and fearless while embracing life after forty? Our recent Fierce After Forty Alumni, Lisa, teaches us it is about claiming agency over your life, setting clear boundaries, and maintaining a positive outlook with forward motion. A woman who has overcome much and balances multiple jobs and personal responsibilities, she reminds us to keep growing, healing, and trusting the process.
Continue reading the words of this truly inspirational fierce-after-forty woman!
Getting to Know Lisa
What are one to three words you’d use to describe yourself?
“Driven, goofy, overthinker.”
How do you fill your days and what are you passionate about?
“Family, fiancé, working 3 jobs, planning my wedding.”
Please tell us a little about who you are today, as a fierce woman after forty.
“Balls to the wall most time. I don’t put up with others belittling or trying to make me feel less than. I juggle a lot of responsibilities.”
What does the word “fierce” mean to you?
“Forward motion, taking chances, trusting others to help in whatever way they can.”
Embracing Life After Forty
What are you proud of yourself for having overcome in your life?
“Many years, mostly childhood, of sibling abuse (physical and emotional), and several bad relationships.”
What have you learned about yourself and life since entering your current decade?
”It can get better. You and only you can make it happen or be a roadblock to achieving it.”
What do you want others to know about what it means to be a woman over forty?
“If you want something, you have to be able to bring something to the table. No free rides.”
Reflecting on the Spark Experience
What does it mean to you to be a part of a photography project highlighting the beauty and strength of women over forty?
“Empowering. Trusting.”
How has your Spark Experience impacted your self-image and how you show up in the world?
“To be able to see myself as beautiful”
What do your Spark Session photographs say about you?
“It’s ok to trust the process.”
What advice would you give someone on the fence about booking their own Fierce After Forty Experience?
“Life is too short!!! There are too many things I wish I had done in my younger years. I’m not doing that in my later years. Wear the dinosaur suit if you want!!”
The Fierce After Forty Project, designed by Show Your Spark Photography Studio, seeks to highlight powerful women over Forty through photography and storytelling. In doing so, we inspire countless other women to embrace and celebrate their journey, bodies, and power – no matter their season of life.
If you want to show off your After Forty Fierceness, contact us today!
Remember, you are powerful, courageous, and one of a kind! Show Your Spark!
Here’s what to expect when you contact us!
- Schedule a free consultation call to have all your questions answered and start planning your Spark Experience.
- Select a Spark Session date that fits your schedule. (Studio located in Braintree, MA)
- Rock the session like the bright light that you are, and create beautiful, tangible artwork to inspire you for the rest of your life.
Remember, you are powerful, courageous, and one of a kind! Show Your Spark!
