Previously viewed SECOND ACT: How Successful Women Rewrite the Rules of Fulfillment and Power in Midlife SECOND ACT: How Successful Women Rewrite the Rules of Fulfillment and Power in Midlife

by Colleen Pimentel

Are you a successful woman who feels something is missing despite your accomplishments? Second Act is your guide to embracing the next chapter of life with purpose, power, and fulfillment.

In this transformative book, you’ll discover how to:

- Rewrite the rules of midlife to create your own path to happiness and success

- Navigate personal growth and empowerment during the second half of life

- Transform achievements into deeper meaning, purpose, and joy

Perfect for women ready to thrive beyond career milestones, Second Act combines practical guidance with inspiring stories to help you step confidently into your next chapter.

Whether you’re seeking clarity, empowerment, or a roadmap for midlife transformation, this book shows how to create a life that is as fulfilling as it is successful.

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Published January 15, 2026

About the author

If you have checked every box on the "script" of success but still feel a hollow ache, you aren't having a crisis—you're having a breakthrough.

I’m Colleen Pimentel, a former Go-to-Market Executive with 30 years in Big Tech and over 10 career reinventions. I wrote my debut book, Second Act, because I lived the "Midlife Fog" firsthand. After closing the biggest deal of my career, I found myself sitting on my couch feeling numb instead of euphoric. That moment launched a five-year journey to discover how high-achieving women can move beyond exhaustion and unlock their most purposeful chapter.

My work focuses on the "Four Anchors of Midlife Change"—Clarity, Courage, Commitment, and Compassion—to help you stop drifting and start steering. I believe that the linear life is dead and that your best years are unequivocally next.


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When I'm not writing or speaking, I'm based in the San Francisco Bay Area, likely biking or spending time in nature with my husband and family.

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Reviews

[Kimberly Yavorski · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an inspiring book that can help women entering midlife see that this stage is not the beginning of the end, but may in fact be the beginning of something new and exciting. The author uses multiple examples of famous women who didn't even start their career until later in life. She talks about the midlife changes and subsequent challenges women experience, that up until recently, no one wanted to address. She encourages women to follow their inner compass to discover what they really want. Each chapter offers reflection questions which can later be used as a guide to moving forward to live your best life.