Loving Later Life

Hello and welcome back to Loving Later Life! Everyone listening today is in for a very special treat and her name is Jan Kreidman.  For those who have been listening to Loving Later Life you know that the episodes will be a combination of my thoughts/stories and experiences, talking with experts, and also brave women telling their compelling stories. Well today, I am talking with one courageous wo...

Welcome back! I'm Nancy Lang Gibbs and I'm back in the podcast chair at the mic to talk about real estate. Why are we talking about real estate on Loving Later Life you may be wondering?   Did you know that women make up the majority of home buyers and the majority of realtors; and that real estate is a subject that affects women more than men? I wanted to talk with a trusted source about what is...

Sometimes you just can't control when ideas come to you, and this one was at midnight. So, what else is a podcaster to do than pick up her phone and start recording from a horizontal position?! After a conversation with a friend, I was inspired and reminded once again that it isn't fair to assume that because someone is of a certain age they won't understand or won't evolve or expand the way they...

Today is a shortcast that I hadn't planned on recording while I was on a walk, but the thoughts came through, so I pressed record. Do you also want answers to things you just don't have the answers to yet? This is the common thread to the weaving of my thoughts today, including what I did unexpectedly that loosened the grip on the questioning, which allowed the thoughts to subside and some answers...

Would you believe that the road paved with setbacks can be the way to fulfillment? To love? To joy? To peace of mind? To happiness? To success? To satisfying relationships?   Are what we perceive as setbacks, always actually a setback? This week's episode was inspired by one of my recent experiences, and a comment made in the show A Million Little Things. All of this led me to the concept of how o...

Are you where you want to be? This episode was inspired by an article I wrote some years ago that felt very relevant when I re-read it, so I decided to press record and riff on this topic for 11 minutes. I share how I searched for the answers as a younger person, and as I got older. If we choose to be open and aware, we can always be learning how to have what we crave and be happy with what we hav...

This episode of Loving Later Life is brought to you from my bed. Yes. My bed. This was the only way it was going to happen. I had to give myself permission to let go of the process and procedure I had held myself to and allow myself to do it in a way that was better for me this time.  That is when I discovered that this episode had to be about giving ourselves permission to do what we need to feel...

What stories are you telling yourself? Have you wanted to take a trip but you "can't" because you have no one to go with you. Do you put makeup on before going to the gym because you'll see people you know and don't want them to see you "that way?" Have you wanted to sing at a karaoke bar, but you "know" that people will think you're awful. Do you not wear a bathing suit because you don't want to...

Laura Schmidt of Notes to Self Positive Affirmation Socks is my guest! This is a must listen if you love being inspired by someone else's story of courage, heart, and incredible success. In this episode of Loving Later Life, Laura tells her fascinating story of how she went from a pre-med degree to building what her family calls a sock empire that is changing the world one positive message at a ti...

Are you a planner? Do you schedule everything so you can be organized and proactive, attempting to avoid all possible pitfalls along the way? And if you spend all your time planning, are you missing what is happening in your present moment? Are you living life or just planning it? This is an unplanned episode from the couch before I unexpectedly got on another plane headed to the East Coast. When...

How a Sense of Community and a Keychain Made a Magical Weekend…and inspired this episode. For those of you who listen regularly to Loving Later Life know that there was no episode last week as I prepared to go across the country for a workshop. I'm here to tell you that it was an incredible growth experience with many exciting take-aways, some of which I will share another time because there's sti...

Hey everybody! This is going to be a shorter than the usual not so long episode…and please stay to the end so I can tell you something fun and important. The reason this is shorter is because I am getting ready for a trip that will be taking me many miles out of my comfort zone. I often talk the talk of how we have to be willing to take a risk or nothing will change; and I try to walk the walk jus...

This episode is very important for all of us. Please join me as I share the personal moments and revelations I had one night about the people in my life.   I was at the surprise engagement party my son made for his partner. And that wasn't the only surprise. I unexpectedly re-discovered how good it feels to be amongst people who are accepting, loving, genuine, supportive and kind. I felt a vibrati...

Welcome back to Loving Later Life this is Nancy Lang Gibbs your host and fellow Loving Later Lifer. Whether you're in your car or lounging in a chair at a pool on vacation, taking a walk, on the couch relaxing…just don't be eating for this one!   I recently had a very fun 48 hours thanks to being in later life. Let's just say you cannot say I'm full of shit. How's that for a hint? Yes, had a colon...

How can you be truly happy? Loving Later Life listeners: join me as I  unpack the steps to what will make you happy (and they're likely not what you're expecting) according to Gay Hendricks NYT best-selling author.   Gay Hendricks is the author of The Genius Zone which picks up from the work in his book, The Big Leap. Learn about what is holding us back and what we can do about it so that we can l...

Hello and welcome to Loving Later Life! I am Nancy Lang Gibbs your host, and this month I'm sharing some of my crazy ass dates and relationships. Last week was one of the more intense sagas, so this week, instead of the super soapy saga I was going to share, (I'll save it for another time) I thought I'd share one that had some very funny moments before it became scary. After that, I have some one-...

It's time for me to share one of my relationship stories. This story took place back somewhere around 2007ish...and I was a very different iteration of myself than I am now. When I look back and see what I accepted as acceptable behavior toward me, it makes me cringe. So without further judgement of myself, it is time to tell you about my first relationship post-divorce, and one of the worst. I ca...

Welcome back to LLL and I am so excited to get right to this episode. Why? Because, my special guest is none other, than my Mom! AKA Elaine Lang Ockner. So, you may be wondering how my mom falls under the category of this month's theme of dating, relationships etc…   Let me tell you a little something about my mom, without any spoiler alerts…. My mom is 84 and telling it like it is, and how it was...

Do you wonder if it's possible to safely date and find a partner online? Andrea McGinty has been named America's Premier Dating Expert and she shares her expertise about online dating and so much more! She has been a leader in dating since 1991 and that's when she founded "It's Just Lunch" which she grew to 110 locations worldwide. The catalyst? Being dumped by her fiancée weeks before her wedding...

Since the stores start displays for Valentine's Day in December, I figure to start talking about dating and relationships two weeks before the big heart day is totally acceptable. In fact, here at Loving Later Life for the next month or so we're going to wrap ourselves up in conversations about love, the search for love, and the stories of love—the good and the cringe worthy! (That part comes from...

In today's episode, I'm talking about Joy. Why? And why now? Well, my birthday is coming up this weekend. So what does the topic of Joy have to do with my birthday you may be wondering? When you listen you will hear me share some very personal thoughts and feelings that explain why and how for the longest time, I thought there was something wrong with me; until I heard Brene Brown talk about this....

I recently watched a series on Hulu called Fleishmann's in Trouble with Jesse Eisenberg, Claire Danes, Lizzy Caplan and Adam Brody. In my humble opinion, this series should get nominated for a plethora of awards, and I would like to thank my son for recommending I watch it. Taffy Brodesser-Akner the showrunner of the show (and author of the novel upon which it's based) described it best: "It's a s...

Happy New Year, a week or so late, everyone! Last week's episode was recorded prior to New Year's so I wasn't able to officially greet you in the New Year! If you are a LLL regular, you know how passionate I am about this being a place to share our stories…the little ones and the bigger one's because when we do there are proven scientific benefits, which I will go into more on another episode very...

What is Ageism? Ableism? What are everyday ageism's? What can we do to liberate ourselves from the challenges of aging? Hello and welcome back to Loving Later Life. I am so excited for you to hear this conversation that wouldn't have happened if I hadn't said what the f*ck! I've always said, it never hurts to ask, and I am walking that walk these days. About a month ago on a Sunday my mom sent me...

Hi there and welcome back to Loving Later Life! I've been in Arizona for the weekend to spend time with my Dad and his wife to be together for his 88th birthday. I remember like it was yesterday throwing him a surprise 50th …38 years ago! So crazy. We had a wonderful relaxing time talking and talking and eating and eating. I feel so grateful at my age to still have both my parents around and avail...