Dolly Parton died at 80 years old, and this tribute episode breaks down why she's the ultimate UNSUBSCRIBE™ girl. Ginny Priem walks through Dolly's Imagination Library and her father's illiteracy, the "9 to 5" fingernail typewriter story, her 58-year marriage to Carl Dean, her early advocacy for LGBTQ rights, and how she managed her own image and empire entirely on her own terms. A tribute for anyone who needs a reminder that living authentically was never something Dolly waited on anyone else's approval to do.

In This Episode:

• Why Dolly Parton's death is resonating across the world today
• How she chose to BLOCK shame around her father's illiteracy and built the Imagination Library, now mailing over 3 million books a month across five countries
• How she decided to MUTE the noise of fame during 58 years of marriage to Carl Dean, and never explained her choice not to have children
• How she opted to SWAP convention for her own path, from writing "9 to 5" using her acrylic nails as a typewriter to building Dollywood and now Dolly's Life of Many Colors Museum
• How she spoke up early and often for LGBTQ rights, long before it was safe to
• How she didn't let anyone else MANAGE her own image, glam, and business empire. She did it entirely on her own terms
• Ginny's personal reflection on why Dolly's example connects to her own work with women
• A call to action: what's one thing Dolly inspires you to UNSUBSCRIBE™ from?

Resources & Links:

• 📘 Grab the book - UNSUBSCRIBE: Why Letting Go is the Secret to Getting Ahead
• UNSUBSCRIBE™ Substack
• Struggling at your 9-5? Grab my Workplace Survival Kit

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Speaker coach scam, coaching red flags, and how to vet a coach before you pay:

Ginny Priem paid tens of thousands of dollars to a speaker coach whose credentials turned out to be fabricated. In this episode of UNSUBSCRIBE™, she breaks down the specific red flags she missed, what the experience cost her, and the exact checklist she now uses to vet anyone before paying them for expertise.

If you're currently evaluating a coach, consultant, or mentor, this episode gives you the questions to ask first.

In this episode:

• The credential Ginny never independently verified, and how to actually check one
• The specific red flags, named individually, not vague warning signs
• How to tell confidence from proof when someone is selling you expertise
• What sunk-cost thinking sounds like from the inside
• A five-point checklist to use before you pay any coach or consultant

Resources & Links:

• Get the UNSUBSCRIBE™ book: LINK HERE
• Book Ginny to speak: USE THIS FORM

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Career change after 40, midlife reinvention, and how to know it's not too late to leave corporate or start again: in this episode of UNSUBSCRIBE™, keynote speaker and author Ginny Priem breaks down the research behind why women in their 40s are pivoting careers in record numbers, and why the data says it's one of the safest decades to do it. Ginny shares her own story of leaving over 20 years in corporate leadership to start over, plus the mindset shift, letting go of the mindset that "it's too late," that made it possible.

In this episode:

• The real stats behind why women are leaving corporate in their 40s
• Why a career change later in life is statistically more likely to succeed, not less
• Late-blooming career stories, and what they prove about timing
• Ginny's own path out of 20 years in corporate leadership
• How to know if the answer is a full pivot, a side hustle, or something else entirely different

Resources & Links:

• Get the UNSUBSCRIBE™ book: LINK
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• Book Ginny to speak: LINK
• Read the UNSUBSCRIBE™ Substack: LINK

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Connect with Ginny:

• Instagram: @ginnypriem
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• Website: ginnypriem.com