From CEO to Caregiver: Reinvention After Losing It All

What if losing everything was the moment you found yourself?Renee Balcom—former dot-com CEO turned healthcare advocate—shows how reinvention, resilience, and purpose can rise from total collapse.In this episode, we meet Renee Balcom, a former Silicon Valley CEO during the dot-com era who lost it all — company, marriage, identity — and built it back stronger than ever. Her story is a powerful example of midlife reinvention, emotional resilience, and how purpose often hides behind our hardest seasons.Renee shares how bankruptcy led to clarity, how caregiving opened her eyes to broken healthcare systems, and how she founded Scroll Care, a trusted network that helps families navigate aging, caregiving, and complex medical decisions with dignity.You’ll learn how to:Turn career collapse into career transformation, Rebuild after failure with purpose and integrityUse your transferable skills to start againFind peace and direction through service, not statusIf you’re a woman over 50 seeking clarity, caregiving support, or courage to reinvent yourself, this episode is your reminder: your story isn’t over — it’s just getting interesting.✨ Subscribe, review, and share with someone ready for her next chapter.Resources  For a similar story on caregiving and reinvention check episode 127 and 145 and you might also enjoy Wellness Wednesdays hosted by gerontologist Sally Duplantier. These webinars feature topics about healthy aging. Visit MyZingLife.com to learn more.Renee Balcom, CCHW, CSA – Founder @ Scroll.care 🌐 Scroll Care | 📘 Facebook | 📸 Instagram | 💼 LinkedInBeverley Glazer – Life Transition Coach & Host of Aging with Purpose and Passion 📧 [email protected] | 🌐 reinventImpossible.com | 💼 LinkedIn | 📘 Facebook | 📸 Instagram | 👥 Women Over 50 RockSend us Fan Mail 🎁 The Gift of a Safe Space: A private, non-judgmental zone away from work and family to focus entirely on your needs, your journey and what's next for you. If you are feeling stuck in your transition, this is your space to exhale.Have feedback or a powerful story that's worth telling? Contact us at [email protected]