This is a story of resilience, courage and reinvention.

In this episode of SHEO Diaries, I sit down with Dr. Mandy Salomon — scientist, tech founder, and living proof that it is never too late to start over.

At 57, Mandy's marriage fell apart and the ground disappeared beneath her. Most people would have stopped there. Instead she went back to university, earned her PhD, packed up her life in Australia and moved to Silicon Valley at 60 to launch Mentia Health — a dementia care tech startup that has since won three highly competitive NIH grants and is fundamentally changing how the world thinks about aging, dignity and cognitive decline.

But this episode is not just about building a company. It is about what happens when everything you thought was permanent suddenly isn't — and how you find the courage to rebuild not just your bu ...