Aging In Full Bloom

Wow, what an honor to speak with Lifting Hearts With The Arts Founder & President Maya Joshi. With COVID-19 causing her and her family to limit their family visits, she and her sister start LHA to work with assisted/independent living facilities to pair residents with members of their team based on mutual interests. Individuals from their organization then reach out via Zoom, Skype or FaceTime...

I interview Lee Gutkind, author of My Last Eight Thousand Days. This is his 17th book, and I couldn't put it down. "This revealing, candid, and vivid portrait of one man’s view of aging written by the man who played a crucial role in establishing literary, narrative nonfiction in the marketplace and in the academy, examines male aging in a way we’ve not seen before." In My Last Eight Thousand Days...

I welcome my good friend Cindy Paige to the episode. She has written a book that I want you to know about, and hear her story behind the writing of it. This book is a collection of practical strategies, artfully woven together with storytelling of the pain of the journey and the humor of life. Told as a metaphor to climbing Mount Everest, Summit will meet you in your current situation and set you...

A great heartwarming story, based around the old black telephone we all grew up with. Find out more on my blog at https://aginginfullbloomwithlisa.blogspot.com/2020/06/stop-loneliness-from-ruling-day-during.html Email me, Lisa Stockdale, anytime at aginginfullbloom@gmail.com Copyright 2026 Lisa Stockdale

We are smack in the middle of summer 2020 and there's a lot going on. Well, there's also a lot that isn't going on or happening because of the virus. Some of us are working from home. Some of us are out of work. Vacations have been canceled, postponed, or modified. We've got politics, politics, and more politics. Breaking news, fake news. With an election looming right around the corner, social un...

Age may bring wisdom but it also brings a greater chance of health problems, and some health problems might require surgery to make you better. We have a great conversation with Capital Health Care Network's Delores Moore, or as everyone likes to call her, Ms. D. She is an administrative assistant, who will soon be celebrating her 85th birthday. She recently had a knee replacement surgery. She kne...

Our topic today is going to be focused on the importance of staying connected during COVID-19. And I'm really speaking more to people who have family members in long-term care settings like nursing homes or assisted living. But I think there's value here for all of us. Even if you are not in one of those settings or you don't have a family member or a loved one in one of those settings. Here in Oh...

We're talking about a program called Matter of Balance. I have Kim Willis, a program coach, in the studio with me who teaches Matter of Balance. It's all about fall prevention, overcoming the fear of falling and all those things that help us live more successful lives as we age. Email me, Lisa Stockdale, anytime at aginginfullbloom@gmail.com Copyright 2026 Lisa Stockdale

We're are talking about a program called Opening Minds Through Art. And I have a certified instructor with me, Kim Willis, also from Capital Health Care Network. This program was developed by Elizabeth "Like" Lokon, and is taught at Miami University in Oxford, OH. Kim tells about the strengths of the program, including the multi-generational successes where college students work with our older adu...

This episode is about the importance of old friendships. Staying connected to people from your past especially, we're going to focus on childhood friendships. How that keeps you connected and engaged and socializing. And how at the end of the day, that equals a better life with more happiness and a sense of community and connectedness. With me on this episode is Debbie Ayers, a Medicare enrollment...