Stay ConnectedMen and women in midlife are drawn to Mary Rogers’ honest take on the experiences of the empty nest, aging parents, spending an inheritance, dating and sex, travel, downsizing things, trashing bad habits and figuring out who you want to be now that you really are all almost grow up.
The podcast is always smart, usually funny, and occasionally painfully real in speaking to the cusp of GenX and Baby Boomers.
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Take an early retirement to Mexico? Ever feel like selling everything and moving out of the country? Spend your days doing yoga on the beach, living like royalty in a Central American country? It sounds great, living where your dollar goes so much further. But what about missing family, will I be safe, can I still vote, will I lose my citizenship, lose my friends ... So Many Questions!
My guest, Queen Michele, 55, decided that she was up for the adventure and retired early (at 52!) from a 27-year teaching career. A Michigan native, she had lived in Las Vegas and then Georgia when the single-mom turned empty nester downsized her belongings, did her research and headed for a new life in Mexico.
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Instead of resolutions to give something up Mary suggests that you go on a Mission!
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Allan Misner and Mary Rogers talk about the road from fat to fit in midlife.
Just before his 39th birthday, Allan Misner had a wake-up call. While vacationing at a tropical resort, he tried to play volleyball but got too tired to stay in the game. Once an athlete, he had let himself go as work stress, a toxic relationship and, frankly, poor health choices had gotten him to well over 250 pounds. As he sat on the beach, the water lapping at his feet, he realized he needed to make a change and decided to improve his lifestyle and reclaim his fitness.
Over the next eight years, he rode countless waves of wellness and fatness. It was this rollercoaster ride that made him realize that a decision wasn’t enough. So, one day, while lying on the bed of a hotel room, hung-over and fat again, he made a commitment to his health and well-being.
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Heads up! Susan Stewart, PhD gives us a sneak peek into our future state of mind as we discuss her new book Winter's Graces: The Surprising Gifts of Later Life.
Nature and neuroscience come together in our 70s, 80s, and 90s bearing gifts for creating a state of reflective contentment as we complete our turn on this earth.
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A Professor of Psychology for over thirty years (now emerita), a retired therapist, and four times a grandmother, Susan Avery Stewart, Ph.D., is passionate about sharing the gifts of late life in a culture that mistakenly equates old age with debilitating decline. Her own journey into the apparent abyss of old age began quite by accident, but it has enhanced her view of aging, and her life, immensely. At age 54, a series of encounters with the word crone left her unsettled yet curious, and she went looking for good news about growing older, not at all sure she would find any.
Fifteen years later she completed Winter’s Graces: The Surprising Gifts of Later Life. In its pages, she weaves together folktales, current research in gerontology and other fields, themes from the world’s wisdom traditions, stories of her own and other older women’s experience, and characters from film that reflect qualities that ripen in later life, such as contentment, agelessness, simplicity, and necessary fierceness. Susan is also a singer and a cellist and loves to dance.
Pamela Lamp left her life and her friends behind in Houston, TX when she moved to Nashville, TN. How do we make new friends in our 50s?
Pam had a great idea, she would commit to a daily practice of doing something, anything, just one new thing each and every day with the intent to meet people in her new city.
That personal project, My New Thing For Today was her salvation. She shares her story and how those experiences encouraged her to begin writing her own blog, Who I Met Today.
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Your fifth decade will bring more changes than any previous decade. Get ready and hold on tight. Guest Rob Bialostocki guides us through his experiences and his lessons of graceful navigation.
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Midlife creates some interesting holiday twists. Adult kids and their relationships may put traditions on the back burner.
You can ruin Christmas in a SNAP! by:
This episode includes, in part, my conversation with Diann Wingert from E017.
Our annual check-in with midlife health - wellness coach and trainer Kim Acedo of Transformation Wellness for Women.
A gentle reminder to be kind to yourself during the holiday season as we look back on our year, plan ahead, and face the buffet table.
You think YOU are going through a transition? Midlife changes come in different sizes, scopes, and packaging. Caroline Leyburn, 58, transitioned from a male body to a female body. That is a big pivot!
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Midlifers are just as bad as teens when it comes to internet addiction. True! Facebook, Candy Crush, Pinterest. Meet Kevin Roberts, author of Cyber Junkie: Escape the Gaming and Internet Trap and Get Off That Game: The Essential Family Guide to Healthy Screen Behavior
Mary and Kevin discuss our bad habits and tech fasting.
The un-edited video of this interview is available (thru 2018) only to patrons who support the show at https://www.patreon.com/maryrogers
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