The New Board Women SubStack
Be part of a community of women who believe midlife is a time for adventure
When did you last fall?
It’s the question we ask everyone who comes on the podcast, and in the 18 months that we have been live, the answers have illuminated a wave of change in how women see themselves in mid life and beyond.
Willing to take falls. Willing to make big change. Willing to see themselves with new eyes and believe in their own potential, that it’s not ‘too late’ to try something new.
It’s been an intense 18 months. We’re now a community of more than 3,000 women and non binary individuals across 20+ countries. We’ve published 30+ podcast episodes with some spectacularly inspiring individuals. We’ve held surf, skate and snow events, hosted retreats and panels, connected people online, and challenged the ever pervasive narrative around women and ageing, and what women are capable of more broadly.
And we’re not done yet. This year holds more opportunity in coming to life at festivals (hello Camp VC), hosting monthly digital events around hot topics (The Confidence Sessions) and now, building our membership offering.
Right from the beginning, this was about building a community of like minded women. Women who want more from life, and perhaps are finding their own peers and friends wanting when it comes to their interests and passions. And whilst Instagram is a fantastic space for reaching people, it doesn’t allow for the building of that community.
There’s a bigger vision for this ultimately in terms of carving out our own digital space, but for now SubStack is a brilliant way to bring people together, to have bigger discussions, and to have a more two-way interaction.
The SubStack will have lots of free elements:
A fortnightly podcast post with associated content
A weekly newsletter ‘The Board List’
But we will also have a paid membership, helping to keep the podcast itself advert free (I hate them in my own listening experience, so this is a priority for me to build a revenue model in another way), and providing a host of additional benefits for subscribers:
Monthly virtual (normally ticketed) sessions with panels, community members and workshops on everything from Neurodivergence x BoardSports and how to gain more confidence in mid life and beyond
10% off all events, retreats, and coaching courses
Member only content & podcast episodes
And for founding members, they also get a mentoring session with me. My normal working life involves advising founders and individuals on how to move their career and working life forward, and how to make big leaps in life, and so this is what I can offer.
We’ll still be on Instagram, but we will be putting a little less focus there, and a little more on here, so I hope you’ll subscribe and join us. I’d love to hear about what you’d like to see come to life in the membership too, this is the time to help shape things!
Get on board with us, you won’t regret it x
Caroline x
Board Women Founder