SILVER TALKS®

What if the story you’ve been telling yourself is the very thing holding you back from becoming who you truly are?

In this special episode of SILVER TALKS®, the tables are turned as guest host Eleni Savva, founder of Empower Your Essence, interviews Sharon Ryan, co-founder of SILVER AWAKENING®. Sharon opens up about her personal journey of self-discovery, the painful patterns that shaped her life, and the profound realization that changing the way we see our past can change the way we experience our present.

Through an intimate and revealing conversation, Sharon explores the impo...

What happens when betrayal doesn’t just break your heart—but makes you question everything you believed about your life, your relationship, and even yourself?

In this deeply personal episode of Silver Talks, host Sharon Ryan sits down with SILVER AWAKENING mentor Disha Prinja, CEC, CRC, CLC to explore the emotional, psychological, and physical impact of betrayal—and why true healing isn’t simply about “forgiving and moving on.” 

Disha explains how betrayal can rupture our sense of reality and self-trust, leaving women struggling with anger, grief, shame, isolation, and the painful question of what was ever real...

What happens when betrayal doesn’t just break your heart—but makes you question everything you believed about your life, your relationship, and even yourself?

In this deeply personal episode of Silver Talks, host Sharon Ryan sits down with SILVER AWAKENING mentor Disha Prinja, CEC, CRC, CLC to explore the emotional, psychological, and physical impact of betrayal—and why true healing isn’t simply about “forgiving and moving on.” 

Disha explains how betrayal can rupture our sense of reality and self-trust, leaving women struggling with anger, grief, shame, isolation, and the painful question of what was e...

What if grief isn’t only about losing someone we love—but also about losing the life, identity, or version of ourselves we once knew?

In this episode of Silver Talks, host Sharon Ryan sits down with Dr. Ava Pommerenk, national speaker, empowerment coach, Silver Awakening mentor, and facilitator of the Loss & Grieving Silver Circle, for a deeply insightful conversation about the many forms grief can take. Ava explains that grief is our response to loss—and loss can accompany everything from divorce and an empty nest to aging, changing relationships, shifting identities, and even positi...

What happens when the life you spent decades building ends—and you’re left wondering who you are without it?

In this episode of Silver Talks®, host Sharon Ryan sits down with SILVER AWAKENING mentor Kay Seelinger for an intimate conversation about reclaiming yourself after divorce—for women navigating this profound transition after 50. Together, they explore why later-life divorce can feel so disorienting, often unraveling not only a marriage but also the identity, expectations and vision of the future a woman may have carried for decades. Kay reframes the question “Who am I now?” not as a call to rei...

What happens when the life you thought you knew suddenly changes overnight?

Host Sharon Ryan welcomes Diane Manning, CEO of SILVER AWAKENING, for a deeply personal conversation about the divorce she never saw coming. After 38 years of marriage, Diane walked in on her husband in a sexual encounter with a younger woman—a discovery that shattered the life she knew and changed the course of her future.

But this isn't just a story about betrayal or divorce. It's about what happens after the life you planned falls apart.

Diane shares her journey from sh...