How are you answering “What's Next?” 

Helping you confidently navigate 'What's Next' by building on your unique strengths, setting intentional goals, and creating the life and career you envision. Tools and guidance for how to get unstuck in life!

YOUR SUCCESS is OUR Goal!

When the clock is ticking

We know how it feels! We have the tools you need! From the technical to the personal to the professional!.

You don't know where to start

There is a fear of not being relevant and marketable in a tech-driven society.

You want more freedom

Should you play it safe and just stay on the same path, even if you know in your heart there's more?

Mark Malbon

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Deborah Johnson is truly amazing. She has a relentless ethic, warm demeanor, contagious enthusiasm and a positive attitude towards everything she touches. She has a unique combination of technical chops and people skills - equally adept at performing onstage or diving into technical IT details.


Mark Malbon Retired "Big Four" Audit Partner and CFO

Hi! I'm Deborah Johnson

Deborah Johnson, M.A. has not only written multiple books and albums, but hundreds of songs, three full-length musicals and is the producer of the popular podcast, Women at Halftime. She was past president of the National Speakers Association, Los Angeles and has written & produced multiple online courses. She enjoys being outside and traveling with her husband and also loves spending time with her children and grandchildren.


Up for multiple GRAMMY Awards and spending over 20 years in the entertainment industry, she's built multiple self-driven businesses and is an expert on how to constantly reinvent yourself in a gig-economy and how to get unstuck. Deborah speaks and performs for both live and virtual events.

Our Approach - Our Products

Inspiring you and your company to harness the strength within—the HERO INSIDE!

Now more than ever, this message resonates as we face significant changes in our corporations, small businesses, and personal lives. The coming years will challenge us to summon the 'hero' within, overcoming fear and unproductive mindsets that economic hurdles often bring, to create thriving businesses and fulfilling careers.


While many talk about career transitions and second-act success, few offer comprehensive guidance on blending automated content with core values and purpose. Through my extensive experience—publishing hundreds of sheet music selections, developing online courses, licensing musicals, hosting a successful podcast, and managing a thriving newsletter—I’ve demonstrated this approach. By embracing my inner hero, I aim to help others reach their full potential and achieve their goals. Let me help you do the same.

  • Keynote Speeches

  • Consulting

  • Courses with Coaching

  • Affiliate Products

  • Weekly Articles

Keynote Speeches - Live & Virtual

Deborah is available for both live and virtual events. They are Impactful, Inspiring, Entertaining and Transformational! Find her on Social Media with online live events & offerings or check out her Keynote Speaker page!

Check what our clients say about us

Deborah is a captivating and inspirational keynote speaker. She ignites your imagination to envision a person you can become. Her webinars and presentations bring reality to our daily lives and provide the tools we need us to become the next us.

Joan DeSouza

Founder & Executive Director, B4B

Gave me practical tools and helpful perspectives to facilitate transition and adapting to change!

Lucy Buchnan, PhD

Workshop Attendee

HALFTIME SUCCESS: Our Referrals and Affiliates!

Resources with tools and guidance for mid-career individuals, professionals & those at the halftime of life seeking growth and fulfillment.

*NOTE: The "soft launch" of Halftime Success is now live with most of our categories! If you click on the link, you will see the progress with wonderful resources to peruse! Courses, Consulting, Finances, Music, Software, Gifts, Travel, Health-Wellness and more!

Our BOOKS! They make Great Gifts!

  • STOP CIRCLING

  • THE SUMMIT

  • WOMEN AT HALFTIME

  • BAD CODE

  • STUCK IS NOT A FOUR LETTER WORD

  • MUSIC FOR KIDS

Stop Circling: Steps to Escape Endless Roundabouts

Available Hardbound, Paperback, eBook, Audiobook

Many people over 40 are restlessly fuming, knowing they are sitting on marketable skills, ideas, and experience, yet those attributes are not being profitably applied. Often they feel stuck by circumstances, fear, unproductive mindsets, and limiting corporate structures. Stop Circling is for companies and individuals who need both inspiration and updated business plan designs to escape personal and professional roundabouts and instead to pursue "What's next?" Stop Circling provides both the inspirational perspective and solid tools to design an individual or professional future path and to get individuals there successfully.

Stop Circling Book-Front Cover-Deborah Johnson

Women at Halftime Podcast

Our Articles

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