Aging GreatFULLy with Holley Kelley

Imagine being on the fast track to startup success when a car speeding through a crosswalk jeopardized everything you’d built in a split second! That’s what happened to today’s Aging GreatFULLy guest, author of Sink or Swimwear: My Crazy Days as an Entrepreneur Surviving Life, PTSD, and a Cutthroat Industry, Jennifer Berk Weisman, owner of Just Bones Boardwear, a swim apparel company. In a constan...

In part 2 of our Aging GreatFULLy Relationship RescYOU series, we welcome back Dr. Erica Goodstone, Ph. D., LMHC, LMFT, a Healing Through Love Mentor and Relationship Expert and continue the conversation in Relationship RescYOU 200: Me, We, World. We receive a bounty of insight as Dr. Erica helps us understand the nuances of relationships, defines what love is and what love isn’t, and we gain a be...

In this special 2-part Aging GreatFULLy series we put the spotlight on all things Relationships! In this first episode, Relationship RescYOU 101: Me Myself and I, we welcome special guest, relationship expert, Dr. Erica Goodstone, Ph. D., LMHC, LMFT, a Healing Through Love Mentor, as we focus on the most vital and foundational relationship – that being, the one we have with ourselves. Dr. Erica Go...

In this Aging GreatFULLy power-hour of enlightYOUment, we use our special key and take a deep dive into our very own conscience as we welcome guest, Leonard Perlmutter, the founder and director of the American Meditation Institute in Averill Park, New York, author of the bestselling The Heart and Science of Yoga, and originator of National Conscience Month. In his latest book, Your Conscience: The...

This week we explore how to reframe our understanding of past challenges and use those experiences to identify positive new ways to navigate forward more empowered because of them! We welcome Isabel Chiara, creator of the “Life Actualization Process,” a guide, mentor, and leader, who brings with her a powerful message, “Your obstacles are working for you!” Isabel is also the author of the new rele...

Have you searched for a word and wondered “Why can’t I remember that?!” You’re not alone! Tune into this Aging GreatFULLy power-hour of enlightYOUment as we welcome one of the world’s leading educators on brain change and advocates for anyone living with dementia, Teepa Snow, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA, to the show! Teepa is an occupational therapist with more than forty years of rich and varied clinical an...

Join the Aging GreatFULLy power-hour of enlightYOUment as we welcome the author of the bestselling book, Pillars of Wellness, Dr. Matt Chalmers, who helps everyone cut through the information overload about wellness, exercise, and diet to figure out the actions they can take that will have the greatest impact on their mind, body and spirit to live their best life NOW! Dr. Matt Charmers is a health...

In this power-hour of Aging GreatFULLy enlightYOUment, you will discover that you were born a virtuoso—The Maestro—able to orchestrate your dreams into remarkable expressions. We welcome Rob White, a dynamic philosopher and international best-selling author of The Maestro Monologue: Discover Your Genius, Defeat Your Intruder, Design Your Destiny. Rob has been helping others accurately understand t...

We’re all on life’s journey heading in varying directions but what we truly desire is to achieve Life Mastery. And today’s guest would have it no other way! We welcome Shirley Stirling Fernandez, author of just that book, a USA Today & Wall Street Journal Bestseller, Life Mastery: Personal Progression Toward an Infinite Potential. Sherry shares The Formula for Continual Expansion into Your Own Gre...

We talk often on the Aging GreatFULLy show about seizing the second side of life with excitement and vitality! We don’t want to get stuck in limbo – we’d rather play the game – as host, Holley Kelley shares in her opening remarks. But this week, our guest brings to mind an all-important question, will you be fit or frail at age 85? The answer could certainly impact our Aging GreatFULLy goals and a...

There are some things that just don’t go out of style, no matter how much time passes by. That is some of the core values taught by our ancestors that came before us who lived to tell the stories of their day. And we too, are building and creating our stories, the introductions of which often began unfolding early in our youth. At nearly 81 years young, returning guest, Jim Owen still has a lot of...

Be Inspired to Live Your Bucket List as we welcome author Julia Goodfellow-Smith, self-described ordinary person who is not-so-ordinary at all! She’s living her bucket list adventurously and encouraging others to do the same! Her book, Live Your Bucket List: Simple Steps to Ignite Your Dreams, Face Your Fears and Lead an Extraordinary Life, Starting Today, will inspire everyone to begin living the...

Join us in this episode of Aging GreatFULLy as we welcome Ellen Rittberg, award winning journalist, humorist and attorney who represented senior citizens and children in court for over twenty-five years. She also wrote reports and recommendations for judges in guardianship cases. In her humorous self-help book, Why is Grandma Naked? Caring for your Aging Parent, she describes what worked for her w...

Tune into to discover how a rogue lobster served as a messenger for a midlife crisis! In this powerfully candid episode of Aging GreatFULLy, we welcome guest Sara Arnell, author of There Will Be Lobster: Memoir of a Midlife Crisis. Sara shares her personal journey of an impressive thirty-year career in fashion, writing, and advertising. And, one of the biggest lessons she learned in her thirty-yea...

Sometimes life’s great challenges leave behind remarkable gifts – unexpected silver linings that stay with us and forever change our lives in the grandest ways we never dreamed. Today’s guest suffered a life-threatening accident and that was just the beginning of an unexpected journey as he shares – in a new direction. Join us as we welcome Dr. Alan T. Carpenter, a wonderful role model of Aging Gr...

Do you sometimes feel like your ship has sailed? Like this last year-and-a-half or life in general has taken its toll on you? Like you don’t know which way is up anymore or your dreams have fallen to the wayside? Perhaps life is dealing you a really tall shiitake mushroom club sammich – well, you’ll have to listen to understand that one! But in this power-hour of enlightYOUment, we aim to stir you...

Sometimes we’re just driving along life’s scenic journey enjoying the view and suddenly out of nowhere we intersect with something we never saw coming. We get the call the changes the entire trajectory of our intended destination. That is often what it can feel like when we are thrust into a caregiving role. Today’s guest knows this first hand. Aaron Blight, Ed. D., joins us to share his personal...

If your life seems to be one long endless struggle, your relationships unsatisfying, you're angry, disillusioned, unwell, stuck or just plain unhappy, and you'd rather be sailing along joyfully, enjoying a life of freedom, peace and prosperity...The solution is moving from Lifetime One to Lifetime Two-without ever kicking the bucket. Join us as we welcome special guest, Patti Henry, MEd, LPC, a ps...

So often in life we find ourselves in situations looking for that glimmer of light to lead the way out of the darkness; as without it we felt lost in our sense of navigation. It’s so wonderful when that light appears because it is not only the answer, but our usher and guide, so welcomed. There are times in life we need such a light, a guiding hand to usher us through unfamiliar terrain, one certa...

If we’re going to retire, we want to seriously ROCK that retirement! But many of us have fears and worries when retirement begins to draw near. Such as... will there be enough money to do the things we want to do? Will our money outlast our years? What about budgeting health insurance such as Medicare Supplements and Prescription Drug Plans? Social Security! Thinking of all these things can defini...

We carry out many roles in our lifetime and even throughout each and every day. Some of them we give little thought to, while others may require us to bring our A-Game or may even cause anxiety as we anticipate what’s ahead. That can certainly be the case when our role is the one of “patient.” When we access healthcare, we, as patients, find ourselves part of a care delivery system that also requi...

In this stereotype shattering Aging GreatFULLy power-hour of enlightYOUment, we welcome Dr. Katharine Esty, PhD, a practicing psychotherapist and author of Eightysomethings: A Practical Guide to Letting Go, Aging Well, and Finding Unexpected Happiness. A widow, a mother, a grandmother, and an activist for aging well, Esty imparts incredible wisdom as she focuses on creating a new understanding of...

Everyone has a story but many of us choose to keep them in the quiet crevices of our memory bank. But what if you were inspired to share your story beyond your own cognitive archive and actually put pen to paper? What would your story or even stories be about? What would they say about you and the life you’ve lived? What messages might they hold for your loved ones or even the greater world, both...

In this episode of Aging GreatFULLy we celebrate the gifts of growing older; including the value and beauty in wisdom shared across generations with special guest, author TV Host, Gregory Landsman, one of the world’s most noted wellness and beauty experts. While some societal views continue to associate aging with loss, the reality is that aging offers many incredible gains. Gain of understanding,...

At a time when many are looking for stories and examples of individuals who have triumphed in adversity – for ways our own unique ingenuity, humor, resilience, and belief in ourselves can carry us out of the depths of despair back into the light of an exciting new life we bring you an unbelievable true story that will inspire and bring joy. We welcome renowned author, Joshua M. Green, to discuss h...