Loving Later Life

Welcome to Loving Later Life, episode 128. This episode grew out of a combination of necessity, serendipitous timing, and changes coming. Please join me as I share all the above. Until the next time, live passionately, live vulnerably, and keep loving later life!

I was recently reminded of an article I once wrote for the Orange County Register about the movie, Enough Said. It's much more than about boy meets girl. It's also about how other people's opinions and baggage influence how we feel, what we see and ultimately affect our choices and actions. These days I see this happening more and more in so many areas of our lives. Do we listen to and trust our o...

Hey y'all! I have a big family weekend preceeding this week's episode so I decided to drop an encore episode for this week…and not just any episode! I was reminded by a social media media that it has been a year since one of theeee most listened to episodes of Loving Later Life was first released, so I decided that was a sign that I replay it at this time. My special guest was Dr. Harpriya Singh....

This episode is about part of a conversation that I had with a friend and wanted to share with you. It's not meant to educate or move you profoundly, but merely to ask a question that I found interesting to ponder because the answer was more obvious to me than my friend. And if this was the case for me, I thought perhaps it could be fodder for thought for some of you. Is manipulation always a nega...

Are you making choices and living your life based on what you think would be considered the 'right' thing to do by others? Or to get support from others? Are you staying open to the possibilities of life, or the "realities???" Are you willing to take chances against the 'norm' in order to live a life that will bring you love, fulfillment, happiness, joy and laughter? Is the path you are on, gettin...

Stacey Johnson is a clinical therapist and soul aligned women's empowerment coach. Stacey guides high achieving women that have been cracked open by grief or other chaotic life disruptions to reconnect with themselves and have fulfilled relationships by feeling calm and in control, regulating their nervous system, and overcome overthinking. The goodies that Stacy shares in our conversation will be...

Relationships of all kinds are ending. We're tired, angry, and scared. A long time ago I wrote an article reflecting on the importance of how we see things, which affects how we respond, which ultimately affects what our lives will look like and who is or is not a part of our lives. The article was inspired by a melted piece of gum on the sidewalk that looked to me like a musical note. Well last w...

Today is a first! My special guest is Frances W Greenspan and she is an animal communicator, author and teacher who speaks with animals both alive and to those who have crossed over.   She is the author of five books on the topic "What Do Your Pets Want You to Know?", "More Messages Your Pets Want You to Know,"  "Lessons from the Animals," "Learn to Speak with the Animals" (a class she also teache...

What are you doing to get through this? There are studies that show being creative is a way to get through difficult times. Ironically however, in preparing for this episode, I wasn't feeling very creative…a bit of a catch 22 situation. So, I decided to ask Loving Later Life listeners what they are doing to deal, to cope, and to still enjoy life while there is so much chaos, divisiveness and fear...

Did you know that listening is what makes you the funniest? And that the craft of learning comedy helps with many life skills and that it supports confidence, connection and trust?! My special guest joining me is Lynn Harris… a culture-shifting producer, award-winning journalist, and author/co-author of six books. Her comedy and campaigns for social justice and gender equity have changed laws and...

Happy New Year!! So, here we are at the beginning of January. You might be feeling excited if you are happy to say goodbye to 2025. It might feel daunting, whether for personal reasons, or more widespread concerns for all that is happening in our country and our world. Before the holidays began, I read an article by Maria Shriver that included an exercise which resonated with me, and I thought it...

I had planned to share one of my conversations with a special guest for this episode, but as I realized I didn't have all I needed from them to put it all together, my eyes landed on a book that I bought in 2018 on a trip to Kauai with my kids. I heard it calling me to look at it again as it stood upright on my side table where it has been for seven years. It was in that moment I knew it had to be...

When thinking about what to talk about for this episode, it was a long thought train that came to a screeching halt when I heard someone say, "When will they learn their lesson!" I'm sure most of you will remember hearing something along the lines of, "You're going to learn your lesson!" But I'm not headed down the track you think I am. I'm veering off and taking a track in the other direction to...

  Listen and learn to manage stress, grief, anxiety, worry, perfectionism, and separate fact from fiction! Judith Belmont is my very special guest. Judy has 40 years of experience as a psychotherapist in private practice, mental health and corporate trainer, as well as a wellness conference speaker. She holds an MS in Clinical Psychology from Hahnemann Medical College and a BS in Psychology from U...

This is an episode near and dear to my heart, and is one of the most listened to episodes of Loving Later Life.  It's Up To Us is my second spoken word poem and it shares feelings of distress, concern, hope and encourgement about our current state of affairs. I'm told that more people need to hear it, so this is it's encore broadcast. The other reason that I am doing a replay is that my son is get...

Laurie Gerber is one of the most engaging and effective life coaches and presenters in the country. After holding several positions at Handel Group® over the last 20 years, including President of HG Life, Laurie is currently licensing The Handel Method® and running Laurie Gerber Coaching, Inc. focusing on LOVE coaching. Laurie has appeared on the Today Show, Dr, Phil, MTV and A & E and been the re...

This week I am diverting again from regularly scheduled programming. Instead of sharing another inspiring conversation with one of my special guests (in two weeks it's another a super great one!), a thought came to me as it often does, when I least expect it and in the most unexpected places, which would be TMI! Anyhow, it is one that has to be done now at this time, and I'm in charge so I'm going...

For this episode I am breaking with my normally scheduled programming because this is episode 111. The number 111 has a special meaning to me, and come to find out in recent years, not just to me! Please join me in this episode as I discuss the meaning of the number 111 and how it carries profound significance for me personally and for all of us universally. Spiritually it carries a powerful lesso...

The inspiration for this episode came from writing my bi-weekly email to my list of those of you who have signed up to receive it. I was thinking about how many of us have yearnings and desires that have been put on pause, pushed aside or forgotten…or abilities, talents and skills that have yet to be discovered. What are we waiting for? Time is going to keep tick-tocking no matter what, so what ex...

Vicki DeArmon is the founder/publisher of Sibylline Press; a publisher of the brilliant work of women authors over 50, and a revered 40-year veteran of the book industry. Vicki started Foghorn Press in 1985 at age 25 in San Francisco before selling it fourteen years later. Her novelistic memoir about this era, Foghorn: The Nearly True Story of a Small Publishing Empire, was published in the Spring...

For those of you who are Loving Later Life regulars, you know that I began this podcast to connect us all so that we feel heard, seen, inspired and also entertained. My hope is that you'll be inspired by my guests and perhaps even through my experiences that it is not ever too late to go for what you want in this precious life we have been gifted. There are also times when I am compelled to expres...

Satori Shakoor is my guest and she is a dynamic storyteller, multi-disciplinary artist, and social entrepreneur known for her bold and transformative work in the arts. A 2017 Kresge Literary Arts Fellow, Satori began her career as a recording and touring vocalist with George Clinton and Parliament/Funkadelic as one of the Brides of Funkenstein before expanding into acting, comedy, and television w...

What a time it is in our lives right now. What a crazy ass f-ing time. I told a friend that if all of what is occurring in our country and in our world were the plot of a movie, we'd all be saying thank goodness this couldn't actually happen, that's so unrealistic! And, I'm going to take a wild guess and say that you are out there worrying about something. Am I right? I mean heaven knows there are...

Helen Dennis is a nationally recognized leader on issues of aging and the new retirement. She has received numerous awards for her university teaching at USC's Davis School of Gerontology and for her contributions to the field of aging, the community and literary arts. As one of the nation's leading experts on preparing for the non-economic aspects of retirement, she has worked with over 25,000 em...

It's the end of May, can you believe it? How many of you have said that to someone recently?! I can't tell you how many times I've heard, "How is it Memorial Day weekend already? Summer? What?!" "Life goes faster the older you get," I also hear all the time. Or, "Life is like a roll of toilet paper…the closer you get to the end, the faster it goes!" In this episode I share some theories from exper...