Captivate Podcast Archives

Live Life in Crescendo was the personal mantra of Stephen R. Covey, author of the Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. He worked with his daughter, Cynthia Covey Haller, to share his ideas about the Crescendo Mentality. Unfortunately, Stephen, R. Covey passed away before the books was completed, but Cynthia continued the work and releasedContinue reading “Live Life in Crescendo”

Celebrate aging. We rarely take the time to celebrate aging, because we have been sold the idea that aging is something to be avoided and not celebrated. There is a profit motive behind shaming us and telling us how to look, how to feel, how to think, so that we will buy anti-aging products. TheseContinue reading “Celebrate Aging”

Gramps Jeffrey was in isolation with his wife, children and 6 children during Covid and he had an opportunity to observe the kids up close. From that experience he wrote a book called, “I Don’t Want to Turn 3.” It tells the story of a tough lesson learned and the resolution shared with the wholeContinue reading “Grandparenting with Gramps Jeffrey”

Margit Novack is such a generous guest and she openly and honestly shared her wisdom and experience around the experience of moving as an older adult. Topics covered include: Impact of individual perception of aging Intentionality of self-care Navigating downsizing your home. The hardest move is from the family home. Honestly looking at reasons whyContinue reading “Aging Families and Moves”

Melanie C. Gordon spoke about the Reverend Desmond Tutu describing Ubuntu as “my humanity is bound up in your humanity.” That is the foundation of what we talked about in this episode. Melanie leads groups in Ubuntu Circles where we learn to connect through our personal stories. When we are open to hearing someone else’sContinue reading “Ubuntu Circles”

That is a radical statement! Being well is something we all want. We follow the latest diet trends. We take the recommended supplements. We become “fat phobic,” telling ourselves we are not “good enough” if we are overweight. Debra Benfield, founder and owner of Body in Mind Nutrition, told me that there is an ageistContinue reading “The Toxicity of the Wellness Culture”

The “Great Unknown” in this episode is the question, “what am I going to do now, after my career just ended?” Minette Norman had a 30 year career in the IT industry, for the past 20 years with the same company and the last 5 as a VP. Leadership changed, and as often happens whenContinue reading “Jumping into the Great Unknown”

The Hey, Boomer guest today is Stella Fosse, writer, advocate for older women’s empowerment and workshop leader.  Our topic today was Sexy Stories for and about Women Over Sixty. Stella reinvented herself from a technical writer, to a writer of erotica for and about older women. Her first book, Aphrodite’s Pen: The Power of WritingContinue reading “Sexy Stories for Women Over Sixty”

There are a few subjects that most of us avoid talking about with friends and family, really with just about everyone. Money, politics and death. The statistics show that 75% of Americans want to die at home, but only 25% actually do. The statistics show that more bankruptcies occur due to medical expenses, particularly endContinue reading “Let’s talk about death over dinner”

Glacier National Park! It is breathtaking. There is crystal blue waters, and peaks made even more fantastic because of the erosion caused by the glaciers and the runoff. There are mountain goats and big horn sheep. And there are 25 glaciers left. There were arond 140 when the park was established in 1910.  On myContinue reading “Fellow travelers at Glacier National Park”

Pastor Jim Dant was married for 30 years. He is the father of 3 daughters. His childhood had been tumultuous. He had 2 mothers, 7 fathers and numerous half or step siblings. He had sworn to himself that he would never divorce and never put his kids through what he went through. He spent aContinue reading “Divorce transition and Rediscovering yourself”

Dani Baker was a practicing clinical psychologist and at the end of her career she was doing work with the prison system in Upstate NY. She had also developed a “side hustle” as a photographer and won several awards for her photography. As someone who does not do well with idle time, Dani was concernedContinue reading “From psychologist to edible forest farmer”

In this episode we are talking about transformation and cultivating courage.  Deb Beroset had built a career in corporate as a journalist and a PR executive. She liked her work. She was good at her work, but she kept hearing a call for something else that she was meant to be doing. She tells usContinue reading “Cultivating Courage”

Celebrating my 100th episode with Paul Long, from a New Way Forward. Of course I had to ask, if you knew you would live to 100, how would you want to live it? The discussion went on from there. We talked about how we may be looking at life with old, outdated beliefs. These beliefsContinue reading “The Real Story about getting older”

 Bernadette Wagner started Prime Time for Women in 2018. She was in her late 50’s and wondering about healthy aging. After some research, her intuition was confirmed. Positive social connections have a larger impact on our wellbeing as we age, and these connections are particularly important for women. The program started with a live TVContinue reading “Wellbeing benefits of positive social connections”