The Wisdom Trust Podcast for Gay Men 50+

Send us Fan Mail Have you become comfortable—or have you become yourself? For gay men over 50, the second half of life can bring questions we may have spent decades avoiding. Who am I now? What am I holding onto because it feels safe? How much of my life reflects what I genuinely want—and how much comes from who I learned I was supposed to be? In this episode of The Wisdom Trust, Loren Crawford ta...

Send us Fan Mail What does it take to rebuild your life—and find your people—after 50? In this episode of The Wisdom Trust, Loren Crawford talks with Steven Nofziger, a 55-year-old gay father whose journey has included a conservative religious upbringing, coming out later in life, rebuilding family relationships, moving across the country, finding love, and creating a new community. When Steven mo...

Send us Fan Mail Is it ever too late to reinvent yourself? After more than 20 years in real estate, Ray Aubel reached a point in midlife when the career he'd built no longer felt rewarding. Then the pandemic created space to ask a bigger question: What did he actually want to do with the rest of his life? That question eventually led Ray to train as a hypnotherapist and positivity coach worki...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when the life you’ve built looks good from the outside—but inside, you feel like you’re disappearing? In this episode of The Wisdom Trust , Loren Crawford talks with UK-based sex and intimacy coach Michael Dresser about sex, touch, pleasure, desire, and what it means to come home to yourself. Approaching 40, Michael had a long-term relationship, successful career, bea...

Send us Fan Mail What if making a change in your life could begin with something as simple as organizing one drawer, one closet or one box? In this episode of The Wisdom Trust, Loren Crawford sits down with professional organizer Michael Villarroel to explore the connection between our physical spaces and our emotional wellbeing. Michael shares how he left a more traditional career path, became a...

Send us Fan Mail Your life can get bigger after 60. When Jack Kohler’s marriage ended five years ago, he suddenly had to face one of his greatest lifelong fears: being alone. What followed wasn’t a quick transformation. Jack filled his calendar because being home alone frightened him. He struggled with Friday nights and New Year’s Eve. He questioned his worth when there wasn’t someone beside him....

Send us Fan Mail For many of us, the second half of life brings a strange realization. The career, beliefs, roles, or expectations that carried us this far may not be the things that carry us forward. In this episode of The Wisdom Trust , Loren Crawford talks with Gregg Taylor about what it means to listen when something inside you says it’s time for a change. Gregg’s life has included career rein...

Send us Fan Mail Many of us spend years taking care of everyone else. Our careers. Our partners. Our responsibilities. The expectations we've carried for decades. Then one day we wake up wondering... Where did I go? In this heartfelt conversation, Matt Fugate shares how leaving a toxic work environment helped him rediscover the joyful, authentic person his husband thought he'd lost. The...

Send us Fan Mail What if you stopped trying to figure out your purpose... and started noticing the thread that has been running through your life all along? In this episode of The Wisdom Trust Podcast, Loren Crawford sits down with author, music historian, songwriter, and self-described Soul Ambassador, David Nathan. At 78, David reflects on a remarkable life that took him from London to New York,...

Send us Fan Mail You don't need all the answers. Sometimes you just need enough courage to ask a different question. In this episode of The Wisdom Trust , Loren Crawford talks with Davidson Koay—a gay man who has spent more than 25 years building a successful career while quietly wondering whether the life he's created still fits the man he's becoming. Together they explore: Career...

Send us Fan Mail Tantra Is Not About Sex: A Gay Man's Journey from Anger to Love What if the greatest transformation of your life didn't come from achieving more... but from surrendering? In this episode of The Wisdom Trust Podcast, Loren Crawford sits down with Armin Heining, founder of Gay Tantra, to explore a remarkable journey through spirituality, sexuality, addiction, forgiveness,...

Send us Fan Mail What if your best chapter hasn't happened yet? At 74, Dale Williams has lived through profound love, heartbreaking loss, unexpected renewal, and a surprising new relationship that arrived when he least expected it. In this heartfelt conversation, Dale shares his life in the California desert, his 26-year marriage, caring for his husband through the end of life, navigating gri...

Send us Fan Mail What if the growth you're looking for isn't where you've been searching? In this episode of The Wisdom Trust Podcast , Loren Crawford sits down with Dale Rowse for a conversation about personal transformation, life after crisis, awakening, creativity, stillness, and the unexpected paths that can open when life forces us to rethink who we are. After careers in profes...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when the life that looks perfect from the outside no longer feels right on the inside? In this episode of The Wisdom Trust, Loren Crawford sits down with Jaime Fernandez, a first-generation Latino gay man, attorney, engineer, lifelong learner, and passionate advocate for personal growth. Jaime shares his journey through divorce after a 14-year marriage, returning to l...

Send us Fan Mail What if the second half of life isn't about slowing down... but becoming more fully yourself? In this episode of The Wisdom Trust, Loren Crawford sits down with Liam Ball, a Canadian expat living in Maui, photographer, curiosity junkie, and self-described loving-kindness pilgrim. Liam shares his journey through career burnout, an unexpected relationship ending, turning 60, an...

Send us Fan Mail Your best years may not be behind you. For many gay men over 50, life brings unexpected questions. Who am I now? Where do I belong? How do I build deeper friendships, purpose, and community as I age? In this opening episode of The Wisdom Trust Podcast, Loren Crawford shares his personal journey—from career success and yoga teaching to bankruptcy, reinvention, coaching, and ultimat...