Episode of HELLO!'s Second Act Podcast Featuring Cally Beaton
On this week’s episode of HELLO!'s Second Act podcast, host Ateh Jewel sits down with comedian, podcaster and author Cally Beaton.
Beaton's Inspiration and Career Transformation
Known to her 230,000 Instagram followers for the Namaste Mother******* podcast — and with a new book of the same name — Beaton says a single piece of advice from the late Joan Rivers changed her trajectory at age 50.
A former senior TV executive who served on several boards, Beaton often encountered on-screen talent. During a dinner with Rivers, the legendary comic urged her to try stand-up, despite Beaton’s concerns about family responsibilities and a demanding corporate life.
Impact of Joan Rivers' Advice
“I’m a single parent with two children, one of whom has special needs,” Beaton recalls. She told Rivers it was too late to start. Rivers replied, in effect, ‘I’m 81 — what’s stopping you?’ The actor-comedian died two weeks after their conversation.
That exchange, and the suddenness of Rivers’ passing, convinced Beaton to take the leap. She tried stand-up, left her boardroom career the year she...