RADICAL MIND

MORE Magazine
Premier Issue
Spring 2007

RADICAL MIND
By Kim Pittaway

Ever wished you could do something more, well, meaningful with your life? Julia
Moulden did. A few years ago, the speechwriter/copywriter was ready to make a change.
“It wasn’t that I didn’t like what I was doing,” she says now. “But it just didn’t feel like
enough.” As she listened to friends and colleagues speak about the same desire, she
realized there might be a way to earn a living helping others turn their dream into a
reality, and became a midlife coach.

Still, Moulden had the lingering feeling that there was more to do — and say — about
those she saw around her who were yearning for more meaningful work, and more to
learn from those who had figured out how to satisfy that yearning. Articles about midlife
career shifts and good works — from Bill and Melinda Gates’ mega-philanthropy to the
ordinary people building eco-friendly businesses — started catching her eye. Maybe
there’s a book in this, she thought. And come next spring, there will be: Moulden’s WE
ARE THE NEW RADICALS profiles midlifers who are reinventing their work-lives to
create a better world.

“Many boomers have done well in their careers, and now they want to do good,” says
Moulden. Take heart: Doing good doesn’t necessarily mean selling your worldly goods
and volunteering full-time (though it can!). “It’s a continuum, from small changes that
affect the way we live our daily lives to bigger changes that transform our careers and
communities.”

What’s next for the 50-year-old? She wants to become the “Google for new radicals”: a
connection hub where the like-minded can interact and inspire.