Loving Later Life

Welcome back to Loving Later Life! I think I mentioned to you that there will be times when I want to share some of my previously published articles, or portions of them. As I peruse these older pieces, they are giving me a little insight into what I was going through at the time. In a way they're kind of like reading my diary, only they were published! The article I wrote that I'm going to read y...

Loving Later Lifer's, you are going to be so glad you listened today! Do you have questions about Hormone Replacement Therapy? Libido? Menopause? The answers are going to surprise you! Dr. Liz Lyster OBGYN debunks beliefs about hormone therapy, menopause, libido and more.  My guest, Dr. Liz Lyster, is a Board Certified OB/GYN doctor for over 30 years, Cornell grad with honors, attended medical sch...

This episode was not the one I had planned for today/this week. I took myself to my happy place this past weekend overlooking the ocean. As I sat there enveloped by the warmth of the sun, the colors of the flowers surrounding my bench, and the sound of the waves, I was inspired to open voice memo and share what came from my heart in that moment. What came out was a ten-minute stream of consciousne...

How do you hear the whispers of your soul? What are energetic breadcrumbs? How do you quiet your inner critic? What limits you? My guest this week, Vanessa Loder, earned her MBA at Stanford where she graduated Summa Cum Laude and climbed to the top of the ladder of a corporate career in finance and private equity…only it was the wrong ladder. She learned to listen to her soul whispers and is now a...

The number of laps around the track leading up to the holidays seem to be fewer and fewer, have you noticed?! I wouldn't be surprised if we started seeing pumpkins in June!  I recently went out on a Friday night, and it was a beautiful Fall crisp evening that felt like I was in a Hallmark movie; until I saw the Christmas trees! In this episode I whimsically share my thoughts in a rhyming way about...

Medicare: Let's Break it Down! Before I launched Loving Later Life I asked many women 50-60+ what kinds of topics they'd like me to talk about, and one that kept cropping up was Medicare. Please have someone on your podcast who can make it easier to understand was the consensus. Welcome: Stephanie Frisch. Stephanie Frisch is a Medicare Options Specialist, and she is here to help make Medicare less...

In today's episode I talk a little bit about grief + some jaw-dropping stories of "hearing" from people who have died. Grief is not linear, and we all grieve differently and on our own timelines. Brene Brown was asked how long true grief lasts, and her answer was, "As long as it takes." I believe that love in a relationship continues once someone is gone and I have witnessed this by receiving what...

78 year-old Eugenia Zukerman is an internationally renowned flutist having played with major orchestras all over the world. The Boston Globe exclaimed, "One of the finest flutists of our time." She was also the arts correspondent on CBS Sunday Morning for more than 25 years, is a published author, mother, grandmother and wife, where she and her husband Dick Novik make their home in upstate New Yor...

Dating after 50 in later life can have its 'opportunities.' Do you think it's ok to talk about your prior relationships while dating? Apparently, there are many different answers to this question depending on who you ask! What if your date asks you too many questions? Or what if they don't ask any questions about you at all? Hear how the TV show The View inspired me for this episode. I will be sha...

Emotions run at funerals. For some very high, and for some, low…to no emotion at all. For many of us it can cause us to think of our own mortality. What would be said about us, how many or how few people would attend. For some, the reality of the shortness of life is so in your face that they rethink priorities and choices. My emotional experience with this funeral was very varied. I was thinking...

I had another episode planned for this week, and I've decided to postpone it. Instead, I'm pausing for a life and a death. For those of you who may not have seen my post on social media, my mom's husband of almost 30 years passed away on Monday, September 26th. I just didn't feel it was right to move forward with business as usual without taking a pause from the schedule. This is an impromptu shor...

Aging. Try and avoid it at all costs. This is basically the message the media tries to convey to women. They sell us on the fact that we are not as beautiful, and not as sexy as we would be if we erased, plumped, lifted, and enhanced our aging selves. They tell us that looking younger is sexier. It's all about fighting aging instead of embracing it. They drill into our psyche that it's a bad thing...

Is quitting really a bad thing? The definition of quitting has changed over the years, and not in a good way in my opinion. Join me in what may prove to be a controversial after-party discussion. In this episode I have a lot of fun sharing some of my past experiences living my dream working in television which was made possible because of my decision to quit something else…which was not a popular...

I wasn't sure what I wanted to talk about this week until I saw a post from Mel Robbins online. If you're not familiar with her she's a lawyer, TV host, author, and motivational speaker.   Her post said, "8 important signs that mean you're growing." When I saw that, I knew exactly what I wanted to talk about. I have been experiencing a lot of growth of late, and it has definitely been like throwin...

Happy September everyone. I can't believe we're turning the corner to Fall and then the holidays already, again. The seasons we are falling into, pardon the pun, are of things dying annnnd recognizing the beauty that also surrounds it. Finding beauty in dying is usually challenging. For most of my life I had total fear around it, which I think began when I was 13 when my great uncle passed away. I...

This episode is a follow up to a story that began in Episode 2 of Loving Later Life. It's the one about how I reached out to a jazz band about singing with them. As I was getting my thoughts together about how best to share the experience of what happened, my mind went off on a creative tangent in a very different direction. This episode has turned into something that wasn't at all planned and I d...

Carole Montgomery is a respected veteran of the stand-up scene nationwide. She has over two dozen TV credits, has headlined clubs across the U.S., starred in two Las Vegas production shows, did eleven comedy tours with Armed Forces Entertainment, and has been a featured performer for Montreal Just for Laughs and Boston and New York Comedy Festivals.  Carole is also a director and producer. In 2017...

The path to getting older is oh so interesting, isn't it? As we grow older we accumulate some wisdom along the way, which can be cleverly disguised as heartbreak, loss, pain, disappointment, sadness, embarrassment, hurt or growing pains. So, if we get wiser as we get older, why do so many of us, so often, look outside ourselves for the answers? Perhaps they're in a place inside us where we'd least...

Nicole Aloni has had many lives and many losses. She is a French-trained chef (she cooked for Julia Child and Queen Elizabeth to name a few), was the director of catering of the Music Center in Los Angeles, founded a restaurant, catering company, food manufacturing business and photography studio. She was married to the love of her life, Ami Aloni, a prominent personality in the Jewish musical lif...

Today I'm talking about what I believe is quickly becoming a lost art: Listening. I think it's also the biggest gift we can give someone else. When we aren't truly listening, it means that the person who is trying to share something with us is likely not feeling heard. Feeling heard, is one of the most universal human needs, and when that need is not met on a consistent basis, it just doesn't lead...

Join me and my special guest Kathryn Nicolai. Kathryn is the creator of the enormously successful podcast  Nothing Much Happens  and the author of the book of the same name.  Nothing Much Happens  is consistently ranked in the top 1% of all podcasts in the world and has received over 65 million downloads. As an architect of cozy, she leans on her years of experience as a yoga and meditation teache...

This is an unplanned episode. My efforts to be organized and plan somewhat ahead got thrown off course a little as I felt blindsided by some friendly feedback. So, I deviated from the plan (heaven forbid) and this, My Confession, is now episode 6. It's my reaction, my feelings, my introspection about how something many may consider morbid is my motivator; and a whole lot more. I hope you'll join m...

I am honored and thrilled to share a conversation I had with Ciji Ware. Ciji is a Harvard graduate, New York Times and USA Today bestselling novelist, Emmy award winning television producer, reporter for TV and radio, a DuPont award winner for investigative journalism, and sought-after event speaker. In this episode, Ciji shares fascinating fun facts and stories you won't believe. She grew up in H...

Are you more patient with other people than you are with yourself? Do you talk to (or about) yourself the same way you would a dear friend? Have you noticed what you'll do for others but not for yourself? I'm not going to give any spoiler alerts about how I've decided to change the Golden Rule! However, I will say that the main topic in today's episode is about how we treat ourselves and how we ta...

I am so honored to have Cathy Brown as a guest on Loving Later Life. Cathy is a financial advisor, and President of CB Wealth Management Group, which is a family-owned business in Palm Desert, CA. Cathy has her degree in Economics from the University of Notre Dame, has worked at Merrill Lynch, American Express, and Smith Barney until she realized her goal of creating her own independent financial...