Gen X Juggler Podcast

This week on the Gen X Juggler Podcast, host Deb is joined by Aaron Kirsch, a Certified Financial Planner, and Laura Zettel-Watson, a psychology professor specializing in aging, to discuss their unique collaboration on The Rewarding Retirement Workbook. This workbook aims to provide a comprehensive guide to retirement planning that goes beyond financial preparation to include goals, purpose, relat...

This week on the Gen X Juggler Podcast, host Deb is joined by Aaron Kirsch, a Certified Financial Planner, and Laura Zettel-Watson, a psychology professor specializing in aging, to discuss their unique collaboration on The Rewarding Retirement Workbook. This workbook aims to provide a comprehensive guide to retirement planning that goes beyond financial preparation to include goals, purpose, relat...

This week on the Gen X Juggler Podcast, host Deb discusses digital safety, parenting, and technology management with author and broadcaster Sue Atkins.   They delve into the increasing complexity of parenting in the digital age, sharing practical tips and strategies to help parents protect their children's mental health and well-being online. They also highlight the importance of having open conve...

On the Gen X Juggler podcast, host Deb interviews Lorie Eber, a metabolic health and midlife wellness educator, about aging well through daily lifestyle choices rather than genetics. Lorie recounts her 23-year career as a corporate litigator, then spending 10 years in self-discovery that led to aging studies, volunteering as an elder-care ombudsman, and teaching health and wellness courses for 20...

This week on the Gen X Juggler Podcast, host Deb welcomes author, speaker, and cultural critic Keri Mangis. The discussion focuses on breaking down societal norms and rethinking life transitions, with an emphasis on viewing menopause as a rite of passage rather than a crisis.   The conversation also explores the importance of emotional reflection, pausing in our busy lives, and embracing creativit...

This week on the Gen X Juggler Podcast, host Deb introduces Michelle Bader Ebersole, a woman who transformed her profound grief into a mission of helping others. Ebersole shares her personal story of losing her husband, Luke, to cancer while raising young children. She details the journey of caregiving, grieving, and ultimately finding a new purpose. Ebersole talks about founding her nonprofit Wid...

Host Deb welcomes Janice Goldmintz, an expert in gerontology, whose mission is to prepare families for the aging process of their parents. The discussion covers essential topics such as starting conversations about aging, the importance of being prepared, dealing with the emotional aspects of caregiving, and the necessity of self-care for caregivers. Janice Goldmintz also shares insights from her...

This week on the Gen X Juggler Podcast, Deb interviews Australian hiker, writer, and educator Belinda Coker about her midlife transformation from a stressed, out of shape, home-centered life to pursuing adventure and rebuilding confidence through action.   Belinda describes how the pandemic prompted her to reassess her health, begin hiking with a meetup group, and learn that confidence grows by sh...

This week on the Gen X Juggler podcast, Deb welcomes Rick and Clancy Denton, empty nesters who host The Loud Quiet podcast and wrote a book of the same name about life after kids leave home. They explain that the podcast began after Clancy worried about what their marriage would be like without “kid glue,” becoming a weekly intentional connection point. The conversation covers how empty nesting ch...

Today, we address sleep struggles, especially for the sandwich generation, through a conversation with sleep medicine doctor and seminary student Dr. Benjamin Long, author of Sleep Habits Journal: Practices, Prayers and Devotions to Ease Your Sleepless Nights.   Long explains integrating evidence-based insomnia care (including CBT-I and the SATED sleep health framework) with a Christian worldview,...

Host Deb welcomes Jen Hardy, founder of the Pick Your Label movement and Power Up Society, about redefining midlife as an awakening rather than a crisis. Hardy shares her creator journey, including starting a blog and YouTube Channel while managing chronic illness and raising seven children, then shifting from discussing illness to being “fabulous over 50,” which rapidly grew her channel toward 20...

Today on the Gen X Juggler Podcast, Deb discusses the challenges and opportunities of midlife with guest Angela Burk, author of Real Girls Guide to Midlife.    They talk about the importance of rejecting outdated narratives, the impacts of menopause, and the significance of embracing one's true self. The conversation explores how midlife can be a time for rewriting personal stories, overcoming soc...

Today on the Gen X Juggler podcast, Deb welcomes Dustin Kleinschmidt, an author, coach, and former pastor with over 25 years of ministry experience and the author of The Wilderness Way: Finding Freedom in Life’s Fractures.   Dustin shares his unconventional path into ministry and how returning to a Texas church after a senior pastor’s affair and COVID-era turmoil led to years of crisis leadership,...

Today on the Gen X Juggler podcast, Deb welcomes Dr. Angela Deulen, a professor of psychology at California Baptist University, to discuss the purity culture movement of the eighties and nineties and its unintended consequences. Dr. Deulen combines her expertise in behavioral neuroscience, clinical counseling, and Biblical studies to explore the disillusionment experienced by many Gen X individual...

In this episode of the Gen X Juggler podcast, Amy Lenius, Director of Group Coaching at Next Level University, joins the conversation to provide practical tools for breaking negative patterns and redefining personal success.   Amy shares her journey of overcoming chronic illness, the importance of self-belief, self-worth, and consistency, and how these pillars can lead to a fulfilling and successf...

This week on the Gen X Juggler podcast, Deb welcomes Rick and Clancy Denton, empty nesters who host The Loud Quiet podcast and wrote a book of the same name about life after kids leave home. They explain that the podcast began after Clancy worried about what their marriage would be like without “kid glue,” becoming a weekly intentional connection point. The conversation covers how empty nesting ch...

This week on the Gen X Juggler Podcast, Deb interviews Australian hiker, writer, and educator Belinda Coker about her midlife transformation from a stressed, out of shape, home-centered life to pursuing adventure and rebuilding confidence through action.   Belinda describes how the pandemic prompted her to reassess her health, begin hiking with a meetup group, and learn that confidence grows by sh...

Today, we address sleep struggles, especially for the sandwich generation, through a conversation with sleep medicine doctor and seminary student Dr. Benjamin Long, author of Sleep Habits Journal: Practices, Prayers and Devotions to Ease Your Sleepless Nights.   Long explains integrating evidence-based insomnia care (including CBT-I and the SATED sleep health framework) with a Christian worldview,...

Host Deb welcomes Jen Hardy, founder of the Pick Your Label movement and Power Up Society, about redefining midlife as an awakening rather than a crisis. Hardy shares her creator journey, including starting a blog and YouTube Channel while managing chronic illness and raising seven children, then shifting from discussing illness to being “fabulous over 50,” which rapidly grew her channel toward 20...

Today, Deb welcomes Jesse Hurst, CFP, AIF, Senior Wealth Manager and CEO of Impel Wealth Management, to discuss his book PopEnomics: Pop Culture Insights for Retirement Success, which explains financial planning through pop culture references from music, TV, and movies.   Hurst describes how years of weekly client blog posts—expanded during COVID—led to the book’s “pop omics” approach, using examp...

Today, Deb is joined by men’s life coach Maxim Shapiro, who helps men find direction, purpose, joy, and fulfillment. Maxim shares how long-term depression stemmed from playing small, avoiding risk, and disconnecting from his authentic self, and how a coach who later became his romantic partner helped him change by learning to listen to criticism, connect to intuition, and live more courageously.  ...

In this episode of the Gen X Juggler Podcast, host Deb introduces Michelle Bader Ebersole, a woman who transformed her profound grief into a mission of helping others. Ebersole shares her personal story of losing her husband, Luke, to cancer while raising young children. She details the journey of caregiving, grieving, and ultimately finding a new purpose. Ebersole talks about founding her nonprof...

Host Deb welcomes Janice Goldmintz, an expert in gerontology, whose mission is to prepare families for the aging process of their parents. The discussion covers essential topics such as starting conversations about aging, the importance of being prepared, dealing with the emotional aspects of caregiving, and the necessity of self-care for caregivers. Janice Goldmintz also shares insights from her...

This show features Shelley McIntyre, a certified coach specializing in helping Gen X professionals leave corporate life and start creative ventures that align with their values.   Shelley discusses recognizing signs that it's time for a career change, the importance of reconnecting with one's values and essence, and practical steps for making a successful transition. She also shares stories of cli...

Cheryl Drury, host of the Crack the Book podcast, joins Deb this week on the Gen X Juggler Podcast. The discussion centers around Cheryl's journey of embracing classic literature in midlife.   Cheryl shares her experiences and insights on how reading authors like Homer, Shakespeare, and Dante has materially improved her life. She emphasizes the importance of trying new things, seeking intellectual...