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Reinventing Yourself After 40 & Owning It | The Dare to Declare Podcast Ft. Rita Zietsma | Ep. 69

  1. Reinventing Yourself After 40 & Owning It | The Dare to Declare Podcast Ft. Rita Zietsma | Ep. 69 Debbi Sluys 46:07

What if reinventing yourself was never about starting over, but finally becoming who you were always meant to be?

In this inspiring conversation on The Dare to Declare Podcast, Debbi Sluys sits down with award winning photographer and empowerment advocate Rita Zietsma to explore career reinvention, personal branding, self-worth, and what it truly means to be seen.

Rita’s journey is anything but linear, from high school teacher to graphic designer to 10 years running a full-time photography business, her life is a masterclass in following curiosity over convention. She shares how traveling to over 35 countries shaped her perspective, what it takes to build a brand that truly connects, and the deeply moving story behind her Beautiful Beyond 40 empowerment project, a celebration of women over 40 that leaves every participant saying the same thing: every woman needs to experience this.

Rita Zietsma is an award winning Burlington-based photographer who helps entrepreneurs attract their ideal clients through compelling, empowering personal brand images. She has also created portraits for hundreds of people that have transformed the way they see themselves.

This episode is a reminder that it is never too late to reinvent yourself and show up, fully and unapologetically, in front of the camera and in life.

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Debbi Sluys Vision Board Expert

Debbi Sluys, founder of Dare to Declare™, is a coach, trainer, and speaker who specializes in helping people expand their brain’s potential to see what is possible for their future with Vision boards.
As a former Child Care Director, Debbi has studied personal development for over 30 years and has facilitated and witnessed science at work by guiding over a thousand clients to identify and declare their Vision both online and in-person in her Dare to Declare™ studio.
Her mission and life purpose is to support women to declare their truth and create the life of their dreams.
Debbi is the host of The Dare to Declare Podcast, where giant manifestors come to share how they've turned their visions and goals to reality!
She lives in Ontario, Canada.