Tracey Barnes Priestley

Tracey Barnes Priestley holds a Master’s degree in Community Counseling Psychology and spent many years as a therapist before moving into the field of personal coaching. An award-winning syndicated columnist for fourteen years (Juggling Jobs and Kids), Tracey currently writes and blogs about issues she, and countless others, face in the second half of life at www.thesecondhalfonline.com. An amateur singer and performer, she finally earned a percentage of the box office when, inspired by her print column, she co-wrote, produced, and starred in a one-act musical, “The Second Half: A Lively Look at Life after Fifty.”  Married for thirty-five years and the mother of three, Tracey lives among the redwoods of northern California with her recently retired husband and their loyal mutt, Bella von Doodle.