Beyond Retirement

Randye Kaye is no stranger to hard work! She's been making her way in this world all her life, and she's brought up her kids along the way, teaching them how to make the most of whatever life gives you. Reinvention is something that can happen at any time in life; being ready to try new things is always beneficial, but especially so as we age. Randye talks about the various careers she's tried thr...

Genetic engineering opens up a lot of possibilities. What if you didn't have to grow old? Where would Beyond Retirement be, if nobody ever got to retirement? Mark Ryall's novel, Age-Decoded, deals with a world where this is the case. Step into the future... check it out!

Mark Ryall taught economics and mathematics for over two decades and coaches cross-country running, a sport which he feels improves mental and physical strength and promotes teamwork and mutual support. His education includes BSc (University of Waterloo), MBA (York University), and PhD (University of Toronto, Education). Mark also competes in triathlons and represented Canada in the 2019 World Age...

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The author of the award-winning book, Toast: Short Speeches, Big Impact , which won the Findaway Voices Times Square Billboard contest, Eddie Rice is a speechwriter and public speaking coach with 10 years of experience in the field. He loves creating strong narrative-driven speeches that focus on balancing emotional and thought-leadership content. He has worked with executives, business leaders, n...

We've all thought about it - what our "dream life" would consist of. Why just dream? You can actually CREATE your dream life, if you want to. So sit down with a pen and some paper and start dreaming - where do you want to live, what do you want to do? Take the time to really make the dream come to life!

Dawn Fleming and her husband own and operate Overseas Life Redesign , a global coaching and consulting company that encourages others to discover their dreams and turn them into reality, just like she did. She also hosts the Overseas Life Redesign podcast that shares success stories of international retirement as well as advice for listeners seeking to leave their comfort zone and experience life...

In this episode Jacquie talks about the changing landscape of life beyond retirement, in terms of increasing life expectancy and how we can best prepare ourselves for the future years.

George Jerjian is a mindset mentor to retiring Boomers, and the auther of DARE to Discover Your Purpose - Retire, Refire, Rewire. George discusses what he describes as the caterpillar & cocoon cycle of life. The first stage of life is spent chasing awards, accomplishments, achievements, & money, as you build your little cocoon. The second stage, after the cocoon is shed, becomes the transf...

Chatting with Tom Rossiter last week brought up a lot of thoughts... the biggest being how important it is to live for TODAY. Stop worrying about the past or fretting about the future; live for now. This is the time you are assured to have. Nothing else is guaranteed.

Tom Rossiter is a retired doctor currently living in Mount Pearl, Newfoundland, Canada. He is a poster child for living life Beyond Retirement! Currently 84 yrs old, he continues to lead an active life, with volunteering at a local Seniors' complex, where he regularly plays his accordion, sings, and dances with the members. He's been learning Italian since 1998 and has been doing meditation since...

This is it! It's finally time to walk the talk! My "day-job" is finished and I'm ready to head out on the road Beyond Retirement. Time for the journey to commence! I hope you're going to join me... Going forward, the main plan for my podcast is to track down people who have made new lives for themselves after hanging up the keys to whatever regular J-O-B they might have held in the past. I'm not l...

Gary Grewal is a financial planner - but I decided to interview him anyway! He has a website called Financial Fives and he's also the owner of a zero waste cardboard box rental company that he started while in university. We didn't talk about his thoughts on financial preparedness for retirement, but rather about the other (maybe more) important aspects of life and how as we get older, we have mor...

Rick Psonak is the principal owner and lead practitioner at Synergy Prosthetics Research Center. He was a paratrooper in the army and a former college athlete. In addition to his training in prosthetics, Rick is a Human Potential Coach and Psychological Fitness Specialist and the founder of In Your Second Life. He is a frequent university lecturer and conference speaker on topics that include Micr...

Accessibility is an important issue, especially as times continue to change and we are becoming more aware of the need to make accommodations for people with disabilities. Unfortunately hearing impairment is often overlooked when accommodations are being considered, because it's an invisible disability in most cases. Janice Lintz is the founder and CEO of Hearing Access Innovations, which is dedic...

Myles Wakeham refers to himself as a contrarian. He's never followed the social mantra of college, work & retirement. He's lived all over the world and at the young age of 57, he and his wife are embarking on a new chapter in yet another country, retracing Myles' past and paying homage to the past world of music, to breathe new life into an age-old craft. Myles has some key takeaways in his ta...

Victoria is a former director of Ernst & Young in London, she founded Northern Lights PR over 30 years ago and is still its CEO, along with being the CEO of Next-Up, which she launched to inspire people to find new ways to use their skills to ensure continued well-being in what she calls unretirement. Next-Up also runs pre-retirement workshops for corporations and professional firms to help th...

Sam Thiara believes there are 5 guiding principles in his life and every action he takes has to hit all 5 principles or it's not something he does: Servant Leadership Story Sharing Activator/Igniter Champion Enabler Community Do-Gooder These 5 principles have helped him become a speaker, a mentor, a writer, a problem-solver...and have enabled him to help people be their best selves and it is throu...

Be Vision - Be Value - Be Vitality Penny Lee’s passion is to help people realize their full potential, unlocking their hidden abilities through the “4 Cs For Success”​ strategy. She connects people in business to expand their client base and build alliances for collaborative efforts which increase their productivity for a profitable return.  Her committed and tenacious nature ensures clients...

Jill Phillips grew up in the early 1960’s in a London that no longer exists. She started life in Lamlash Street, went to school, grew up and, after a few years of working in a solicitor’s office in London, decided to emigrate to Canada. She spent 30 years working here as an Occupational Therapist and hospital manager. Towards the end of her career, when other people generally start slowing down th...

Renee Jones stepped off the 40-year hamster wheel of yo-yo dieting, reached her goal weight and has maintained it since 2012. She has a Masters’ degree in counseling, a clinical residency, and training in both traditional and contemporary models of care. This education - and her own experiences - led her to the realization that emotional eating is the basis of so many people's weight problems. Lea...

Kara Nicole Bitar started her journey to adulthood convinced she was going to become a lawyer. And she did! She worked hard at her profession for a number of years, slowly becoming more and more disillusioned by it. She knew there had to be more to life than what she was doing. So she set out to find out what "more" was. She tried many different avenues and studied many different modalities before...

Dr. Sara Zeff Geber is the go-to person to consult about solo aging. She's been raising awareness about the unique needs of solo agers for over ten years. She is on the advisory team for  Nexus Insights , a think tank and incubator for revolutionary concepts in senior living and aging. She has contributed her information on aging to Forbes.com, Huffington Post, the New York Times and the Wall...

Emily Bron created International Lifestyle Consulting to help others find ways to work, live, or retire overseas, and to enjoy life to the fullest without compromising health and overall well-being. She believes that by helping her clients to find the location that best matches their needs – in terms of climate, infrastructure, cultural life and community – she would ultimately be helping them to...

TRANSCRIPT: One of the first things we talked about was communication in relationships and something Leah said really hit home – she said a lot of people have trouble getting along with others in their various relationships, and something that we all should keep in mind is that in all our relationships, WE are the common denominator! So, if I’m struggling to get along with my reading club friends...