Kat Tansey & Nancy Marriott

Magic of Midlife co-hosts Kat Tansey and Nancy Marriott are both accomplished coaches, published authors, and recognized experts in supporting women to live powerful and fulfilling lives at midlife. Friends for over a decade, Kat and Nancy’s commitment is supported by their own accumulated wisdom as midlife women who “walk their talk.” Bringing over thirty years of combined professional experience to their practice, Kat and Nancy have guided thousands in living creative and fulfilling lives.

Kat Tansey launched her coaching career in the 1970s, eventually training thousands of people and consulting with over 50 corporations to help them meet the challenges of change. After twenty years of helping people and organizations change, Kat co-authored Winning the Change Game and became Vice President of an outplacement consulting firm that provided coaching for employees affected by organizational change. She effectively coached people through their often difficult transitions of dealing with loss, anger and uncertainty to emerge with confidence and enthusiasm about new and exciting directions in their lives and careers.

Kat faced her own challenge to change when she developed Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and learned the hard way how to shift from fast-paced Doing to peaceful Being. Her book, Choosing to Be: Lessons in Living from a Feline Zen Master, is the story of how she found her way back to a different kind of active life.

As a result of her years of experience in helping scores of individuals cope with transitions, as well as triumphing in her own life, Kat was recently chosen as the Exceptional Wisdom Scholar on Personal Change.

Nancy Marriott is the owner of a book editing and coaching business, New Paradigm Services, and has helped authors write and publish books that make a difference. Her own book, co-authored with Dr. Candace Pert, Everything you Need to Know to Feel Go(o)d, published by Hay House in 2006, became a best-seller, positioning Nancy as a mind-body expert in emotions, relationships, and health.

Trained as coach and seminar leader at Landmark Education and as a consultant and educator at Columbia University where she received a Masters Degree, Nancy has led seminars and worked one-on-one with thousands through corporations and colleges. Her expertise centers on personal and professional empowerment and leadership, including business, parenting, health, and women’s issues. A mother and grandmother, Nancy lives with her husband of 22 years, Richard, in Santa Barbara, CA.

Kat and Nancy have also teamed up to offer an online group coaching program for midlife women, called the Magical Midlife Tour.

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