Revolutionize Your Retirement Radio

What are you doing with your life's stories? We reach a time in our lives during the third stage when we still envision what we seek to accomplish or discover, but more of our lives are devoted to reflections on the journey that has brought us to this point. In this interview, Alan C. O'Hare discusses his journey as a community psychologist, university educator, actor, playwright, and di...

In 1976, when he was forty-four years old, Henri Nouwen co-authored a book entitled Aging: The Fulfillment of Life. One of Nouwen's colleagues who worked in the field of gerontology extolled the book as the best he had read on aging. Nouwen responded, "I know nothing about aging." Because he was only forty-four at the time his answer was probably correct. But if you are a baby boome...

So often, family caregivers are overwhelmed, but they won't ask for or accept help. Discover tools and communication strategies to help caregivers get past their barriers and begin to ask for and accept help. The goal is to ensure that caregivers are supported so that the person they care for is also safe and secure. The other outcome of ensuring the caregiver is supported is that they can ma...

In an era where we're living longer, families are far away, and we want to stay independent, self-help programs like the Caring Collaborative fill a gaping hole, whether you live in the suburbs or a city. The Transition Network's Caring Collaborative program channels the goodwill of our community into practical help with health issues. Grocery shopping, sharing medical experiences, an es...

In her professional world, Andrea has seen her share of conversations between seniors, service providers, and family caregivers. In particular, when caring for an older adult, she sees how difficult it can be for others to really know what would bring that person joy and satisfaction. Getting to the bottom of what is important to an individual's feeling of independence, happiness, and well-be...

The kids are grown, the mortgage is paid, and the career is topping out. Does this mean immediate settlement into old age? Absolutely not! Thanks to the longevity revolution of recent decades, today's 55-75-year-olds are living and working longer and healthier than ever before. This generation is the first to experience the period of personal renaissance between middle and old age, "My T...

Julie's message challenges women to open their minds to the endless possibilities that can result in a fulfilling next act. She begins by permitting them to dream again, as Julie finds that too many women have buried their dreams in some dark closet. Sometimes, that means rediscovering old dreams that have gone dormant over the years; sometimes, it means imagining new ones. But her message do...

We're surrounded by examples of women working well past the traditional retirement age. In fact, the fastest-growing segment of the workforce is women aged sixty-five and older. In today's challenging economy, men over the traditional retirement age are the second-fastest growing group of workers (just behind older women).  In this episode, we'll explore: Why older women and men are...

Lifestyle and money intersect at almost every turn, and they are the things that make us happy. Holly P. Thomas - behavioral economist, personal CFO, and author of The Mindful Money Mentality: How to Find Balance in Your Financial Future - will explore ten essential questions about whether money and lifestyle choices can make us happy and keep us happy. During this episode, you will: Gain greater...

Ten thousand people are turning 65 daily, and by 2030, all Boomers will be at least 65. Are you ready for retirement? Here are some things to consider:  "Fun" Retirement Vocabulary words Importance of 6,570 Reflections about relocation Working in Retirement (and the five Ps) Money and Your Brain (behavioral economics) Purpose and Values Retiree Regrets Summing it up:  Secrets for a Succe...

In this episode, Mary O'Brien Tyrrell will describe the satisfactions and challenges of a new type of business: helping older clients capture their life stories in published memoirs that become cherished family heirlooms. Based on the author's long firsthand experience working with elders as a memoirist and gerontological nurse, Tyrrell will offer a wealth of interesting stories and inva...

Listeners will learn about the National Center for Creative Aging and how every individual can flourish through creative aging. Note: The agency mentioned in this interview closed in 2017 . Whether in or approaching retirement, participants will discover that approaching the possibilities and potential of aging equips us with resilience and a remarkable capacity for vitality in the world. Particip...

Anyone who began working 20 or 30 years ago has witnessed astonishing changes in the workplace during their career. When the global pandemic hit, older workers fortunate enough to retain their jobs once again had to navigate enormous upheaval virtually overnight. Working from home, often in isolation, over-fifties found themselves facing daunting technological and social challenges.  Influenced by...

Dr. Karl Singer is a family physician and geriatrician who recently retired from active practice in Exeter, NH. Over more than 40 years in practice, he has seen enormous changes in the patterns of illness in his older patients. The changes reflect both advances in medical care and a new understanding of the importance of lifestyle on illness and quality of life. In this episode, Dr. Singer will di...

Denise Archie will share her 5 keys to personal success - how many balls are you juggling? Denise's approach to life, work, and play is a combination of "loving what I do" and anything I do must pass my "five non-negotiables” test:  Is it fun? Do I like who I am being in this relationship? Does it make a difference to others? What can I learn? What can we learn together? This h...

Discover how adjusting your thoughts can change your health—from the "mother of mindfulness" and the first female tenured professor of psychology at Harvard. When it comes to our health, too many of us think that a medical diagnosis describes a static or worsening condition. We live our lives as though our ailments—our stiff knees, frayed nerves, or failing eyesight—can only change in on...

In this episode, David will discuss the organizational story behind his non-profit organization, All Hands Volunteers. He'll talk about how and why he founded it, the challenges of starting a small international program, and some aspects of volunteering. He'll share his personal experience of Katrina, the 2010 Haiti earthquake, and the 2011 Japan tsunami, in each case personally arriving...

Crossing the threshold into late life can feel like a high-wire act without a net. But, if you are retiring or rewiring, ill or caregiving, feeling purposeful or disoriented, yearning to serve or do spiritual practice, you can learn to cross over from denial to awareness, from distraction to presence, from role to soul. How do we explore who we are beyond work? How do we uncover the unconscious ma...

Interested in turning healthy eating into a simple, delicious, and sustainable daily practice? Been burned by "diets" and looking for a sensible approach to eating that fits your tastes and busy, on-the-go life? In this episode, you'll discover: What the experts have to say about eating to feel better NOW, lose harmful belly fat, reduce sugar and inflammation, improve digestion, and...

Douglas Goldstein, CFP, will present the research that he's done over the past five years with World Chess Champion Susan Polgar about how high-level participants in any field often miss critical information in their decision-making process and how investors can use the same strategies that chess grandmasters use in order avoid the common downfalls. In this episode, you'll discover: What...

There are 75 million Americans over the age of sixty, many of them looking to continue the personal growth journey that has been the hallmark of their generation. They want to grow old, not just get old. The path of purposeful aging is accessible to all - and it's fundamental to health, happiness, and longevity. Just floating along from one year to the next, accepting things as they present t...

Newspaper columnist and beloved pediatrician Dr. Marilyn Heins, MD, has fashioned a pathway through the transformative senior years of life after having entered the octogenarian years herself. Marilyn takes on her role of tour guide through this new terrain with her typical poise and acumen while offering a healthy dose of humor. Approaching the aging journey as a landscape in an unfamiliar countr...

One unique way to help seniors feel great about themselves is via memory training. In this episode, Dana Steinova discusses her memory training approach based on mnemonics. Its power is in its ability to change the mindset of people who suffer from memory lapses and people who are giving up, accepting their memory problems as inevitable or something that belongs to the natural aging process. Her p...

Does the prospect of retirement daunt you? Do you and your partner have dreams for this significant transition? Can you envision a meaningful life beyond work? Kim Potgieter believes that creating your best life cannot be left to chance. In her book, Retiremeant: Get More Meaning From Your Money , she demonstrates that taking an active role in preparing for retirement enables you to live without r...

This "other Dr. Ruth" will gently guide you through the intricacies of parenting your adult children. With the wisdom of a scholar and the humility that only the mother of four grownups can bring to the subject, she deftly addresses issues of communication, in-laws, stylistic and cultural differences, grandparenting, disappointment, adult sibling relationships, money, and more, while enc...