Forward After Fifty

Mindset can be your most powerful tool for ageing positively and maintaining a healthy weight. In this episode, I talk about redefining the conversation about ageing and weight: I'm sharing my personal journey and insights on trying to lose weight and how, finally, once I shifted my thinking, it worked. If you want longevity, aiming for a high number must come with high health maintenance. Dis...

I'm back after a winter break with more about embracing age positivity and challenging age stereotyping. Having just turned seventy, I'm even more convinced that age is a mindset, not a limit; that language shapes our perception of ageing; and that it's never too late to start something new. Find out how to live your best life after fifty by reading my book "Forward After 50: The...

In this episode of Forward After 50, I discuss the importance of positivity in ageing and share ten empowering facts about it. Ageing is a privilege, and I encourage you, listeners, to embrace your experiences, set boundaries, and make empowered decisions. This episode highlights the freedom that comes with age and the importance of letting go of negativity surrounding ageing to progress beyond fi...

In this episode, I’m talking about the challenge of saying no after a lifetime of saying yes, and why setting boundaries is both problematic and liberating. I share what boundaries really mean, why they matter for healthier relationships and authentic living, and some simple ways to start practising them in everyday life. Explore this topic of Boundaries and how to live your best life after fifty...

In this podcast episode, the host, Rebecca Ronane highlights that identifying her core values was crucial to her successful career change after 50. She emphasises that understanding her values gave her the "freedom and confidence to make decisions that would allow me to live my authentic life." By discovering her core values, she stopped living by others' expectations and started mak...

What is a Rising Reinventor? I started using this term when I wrote my book in 2022. I see it as a movement of women over 50 who seek to redefine ageing positively. A rising reinvention is a new perspective on ageing and oneself, viewed with pride and excitement. Generate and regenerate, not degenerate. Instead of fearing ageing, we can reframe our mindset, as it’s time to become and reinvent ours...

Welcome to my second podcast season of Forward After Fifty. In this episode of Forward After 50, 'How Can We Deal With Ageism?' I'm discussing the importance of redefining ageing positively and confronting ageism. Ageism is a prevalent issue worldwide, with negative stereotyping about ageing deeply ingrained in society. The power of language can shape perceptions about ageing. By shift...

Episode Fifty of the Forward After Fifty podcast is about embracing adventure and stepping out of your comfort zone. My guest, Geraldine McFaul, is a freelance risk management consultant and shares her inspiring journey of walking from her home in Glasgow to Rome. She embarked on this adventure after her mother was diagnosed with vascular dementia, and she wanted to raise funds for Dementia UK and...

Sara Barnes, author of The Cold Fix and The Winter of Our Lives, is my guest in this Forward After Fifty Podcast.  We discuss the benefits of cold water swimming for women over 50, including how it reduces physical pain and emotional distress.  Sara shares her journey of using cold water therapy to overcome challenges after having had major leg surgery to alleviate symptoms of osteoarthritis. She...

From broken to breaking barriers, Jo Moseley describes herself as a single Mum with two grown-up sons. In addition to her lovely day job, she is a freelance creative. Divorce, perimenopause, and the loss of her Mother took Jo into a dark place; she describes herself as broken. Sleep-deprived, a friend suggested exercise might help; Jo purchased a rowing machine, and after two weeks, she began to f...

Janice Jacquet is an artist and generously gave her time in 2021 to be interviewed for my book ⁠Forward After 50, The Rising Reinventors⁠ In 2023, I decided to revisit my ten interviewees in the following years to see if their ageing journeys, particularly any fears of ageing, had changed. In their initial interviews, each of the ten interviewees expressed concerns about ageing, particularly lonel...

My guest in this episode of Forward After Fifty is Carole Railton, a behaviourist and author. Involved in technology since her teens, now in her seventies, she has more than enough experience to share on the subject of Artificial Intelligence and technology for the over-fifties, She has co-authored SeniorITy: How AI and Tech Can Enhance Senior Living o-authored with Lucia Dore.   Carole explains h...

In this episode of Forward After Fifty, we meet Siobhan Daniels, the retirement rebel.  Siobhan, the author of The Retirement Rebel and host of the Retirement Rebel: Life after 60 podcasts, is not just a retirement rebel. She is a powerful pro-age campaigner, actively contributing to the movement to eliminate ageism, the most tolerated prejudice. After retiring, Siobhan sold her home possessions a...

If you are about to have a significant birthday (aren't they all) and want to be adventurous, listen to this podcast. I'm still determining how I stumbled on Heth's Goes Biking Instagram page, but I'm so glad I did. What a joy to follow someone who decides to move out of her comfort zone and do so in such a humorous way; I encourage you to follow her adventures. Despite being an avid cake eater, H...

My guest today is Diane Watson, financial advisor and author of ⁠She Can Prosper: Unlocking Financial Independence and Empowering Women to Thrive.⁠ Diane is passionate about women's prosperity; her book has all the information needed to create financial independence and prosperity, including financial empowerment for women over fifty. We talk about financial benefits and what you should avoid,...

In my book  ⁠Forward After 50⁠  , I discuss connection as an essential part of moving forward after fifty. Connection is a top value of mine, so I wanted to have Honor Marks on my podcast, as Honor is about turning midlife into something magical. Her mission is to connect women over forty-five worldwide in her Magical Midlife Membership or her retreats in the south of France. In this episode, we d...

Could age diversity in the workplace contribute to eliminating ageism? Many think yes, it would, but how many businesses across the globe are actively employing a multi-age task force? Maryna Fontenoy, owner of hairdressing salons Balayalchemy in France and Beaucatcher Salon in London, and Victoria Templeman, owner of Maison Victoire in France, an estate agent selling houses to a home and global m...

This week's podcast features Kelly Howard, the consistency expert with a touch of adventure whose book Fit Active & Ageless for Life is our subject of discussion. Kelly and I both advocate that exercise is the key to healthy longevity. How we exercise is in our hands, which sometimes means we won't do anything. . Kelly recognises that everyone is an individual; therefore, she creates fitness plans...

In this episode, we discuss how we can deal with the privilege of longevity. Mebbs Remtulla was initially excited to retire, but after a while, he wondered, 'What's Next'? Then he discovered others of a similar age thought the same, hence the creation of What's Next?  What are you going to do with the gift of a longer life?  Why do we need to shift our mindset of ageing as a period of decline to l...

Travelling solo is one of the fastest-growing demographics in the tourist industry. Yet, for some of us who haven't ventured to far-flung destinations by ourselves before, it might seem a daunting venture. Invariably, bucket lists for over-fifties women contain something to do with travel or being in a different environment. A change might mean a holiday or living in another country. So, in th...

In this episode, I talk to Susan Salenger about her book  ⁠SIDELINED: How Women Can Navigate A Broken Healthcare System⁠ .   Sidelined examines the many ways in which some women manage and sometimes mismanage their healthcare. Susan explores how women, typically the medical gatekeepers for their families, tend to be highly conscientious about taking care of themselves, yet at the same time, inadve...

In my book Forward After 50, The Rising Reinventors, I interviewed ten women on various aspects of ageing. The fear of ageing came up with everyone I spoke to, including my guest today Janine Kathleen Shapiro who is  t he founder of Janine Kathleen and offers Persona l  Leadership Coaching and Psychic Healing .  Janine answers some of the fears many of us think ageing might bring. We discuss makin...

In today's podcast episode, I talk with Paul Flowers of Circa 46 about how advertisers don't understand the over-50 market. There were some interesting insights that came up. Here are some of the key points to check out 1. Why people over 50 are the most valuable generation in marketing history.  2. The two kinds of ageism. 3. How advertising companies not targeting seniors is a missed opportunity...

In this episode, I talk to Anna Jenkins about why she reinvented herself as a fitness teacher in her forties and created a women-only gym; We are Fit Attitude. We dive into many subjects, including navigating the fitness industry's bias towards youth and exercising over fifty if you've never exercised or not exercised for a while. The advantages of having someone you can relate to and the importan...

Sara Coggiola and I have a lot in common we are both reinventors, coaches, and explorers who live in a different culture than our own.  If you could live anywhere in the world, would anything stop you? Being away from regular life in an unfamiliar setting can instigate self-reflection, learning, ideas, and many other emotions, all reinvention ingredients. However, starting a new business, project,...