Eyres on the Road

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CLASS REUNIONS and the SECOND HALF OF LIFE Aug 16, 2025

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Today the Eyres are wrapped up in two things: Linda is the chairperson for her 60th high school reunion in Bear Lake, Idaho today, and for Richard has the opening day of registration for the online course How to Live the Second Half of Life at www.Valuesparenting.com. So on this episode they reflect on the joys of the Autumn and Winter seasons of life and laugh a lot about the humor that comes with it.

LONGEVITY and LEGACY Aug 09, 2025

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The Eyres are musing on these two "L" words today, and how much more prominent they become in our thinking as we get older. Some may say that we have little or no control over how long we live or what people will remember about us -- But we actually have more influence on both both than we think, say the Eyres. For more along that line, go to https://valuesparenting.com/how-to-live/

THE SECOND-HALF PARADIGM SHIFT Aug 02, 2025

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Continuing their topic from last week, the Eyres talk about shifting from the pursuit of Control to the pursuit of Serendipity, shifting from the pursuit of Ownership to the pursuit of Stewardship, and shifting from the pursuit of Independence to the pursuit of Synergicity. For Richard and Linda, this is the core of How to Live the Second Half of Life. More at https://valuesparenting.com/how-to-live/

3 ALTERNATIVE PARADIGMS and the "HAPPINESS PARADOX" Jul 26, 2025

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The Eyres start this episode talking about their family experience of building a log cabin in the Blue Mountains of Oregon; and then move into a discussion of the three false notions or "deceivers" of Control, Ownership and Independence. The conclude with the three replacement paradigms of Serendipity, Stewardship, and Synergicity. Find Happiness Paradox on Amazon, and join https://valuesparenting.com/how-to-live/.

WE FINALLY MADE THE COVER OF A NATIONAL MAGAZINE Jul 19, 2025

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From the midst of their annual family reunion, and with tongue slightly in cheek, the Eyres talk on this episode about the new issue of GRAND Magazine, the national grandparents publication, that features them on its current cover (grandmagazine.com). They urge grandparents to subscribe for free and think the cover article is worth reading because it "glorifies grandparenting" and because the other how-to articles can be so helpful to extended families.

GRANDPARENTS and GRANDKIDS TAKING TRIPS TOGETHER Jul 12, 2025

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The Eyres cast this episode from their "Motorhome Trip" with five of their teenage grandkids, and talk about the delights of grouping cousins in age-common groups where they can bond and form friend/sibling relationships that last a lifetime. On the second half of the show, young teens Bennett, Peter, Cubby, Poem, and Annina are introduced and have some thoughts about "cousinhood" and some ground-level advice for parents and grandparents.

What are "THE THREE DECEIVERS" and HOW DO WE OVERCOME THEM in the Second Half of Life? Jul 05, 2025

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As July begins, the Eyres open a monthly theme of moving from "First-Half Thinking" to "Second Half Thinking" and introduce the three themes that largely define the first half of our lives: The pursuit of more Control, more Independence, and more Ownership. Most self-help books and how-to books focus on getting more of these three things, and Richard and Linda introduce their belief that, as life progresses, all three of them become "deceivers."

What is M&FME? And What is the SECOND HALF OF LIFE? Jun 28, 2025

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Richard, just back from a trip to Iceland with his five sons, and Linda, working on an autobiographical book about the Eyre family, get back together on this episode and review where they have been and what they have been thinking. Learn about their separate gatherings with sons and daughters and about how the simplification and consolidation of the second half of life differs from the expansion and accumulation of the first half. More on Instagram @richardeyrehtl.

SCORECARD: Which is the BEST HALF OF LIFE? Jun 14, 2025

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Today the Eyres pick up the theme of "score" from last week's podcast and compare the first and second half of life in 6 categories: Physical, Mental, Social, Emotional, Spiritual, and Familial. If you were to keep score of how well you are doing in these 6 "facets" of life, would you feel that the first half of life is where they peak and are are at their best, or would it be the second half? For a deeper dive, sign up for free to the course at https://valuesparenting.com/how-to-live/.

CHILDHOOD, SENIORHOOD, CARING ABOUT BOTH, and the "SCORE" OF LIFE Jun 07, 2025

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In this episode, the Eyres apply the sports or music term "score" to life and to its phases. They make the point that most of us have stewardship both over family members in their childhood and family members in their seniorhood, and that the two are both overwhelmingly important and should both be given highest priority. This is part of https://valuesparenting.com/how-to-live/ which you can join for free.

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