Captivate Podcast Archives

From football player to Certified Financial Planner to podcaster, Joe Allaria is passionate about educating his clients and his listeners. He spoke to us about the 3 levels of financial retirement. Level one: Survival – Can I pay my bills when I retire? Typically, people that have this fear have not worked with a financialContinue reading “Financial fulfillment in retirement”

Dr. Sara Hart, who at the age of 74 cycled 540 miles in the AIDS ride from San Francisco to LA is a woman on a mission. She is helping older women find the spark in their lives to light their way in the world. Sara had an idea that she wanted to do somethingContinue reading “PrimeSpark: An Older Women’s Revolution”

This episode begins the conversation on Hey, Boomer to start to find the opportunities for the generations to build bridges of understanding. There are so many reasons the generations are separated, which has caused misperceptions, blaming and shaming, going both ways. We are at time when solutions to things like climate change, mental health, theContinue reading “Boomers-Millennials-GenZ: Bridging Generational Gaps”

Have you had the experience where a healthcare professional seems to speak in a condescending manner to you or to your older parent? Have you been called “sweetie” or “dear” one time too often? How about when the healthcare worker asks a question like “What would we like for dinner?” Jeanette Leardi is a socialContinue reading “Advocating for care as an older adult”

Mark Twain said, “The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” Purpose is your natural way of being and your purpose may change over your lifetime. It is not static. When we leave our careers many of us lose our sense ofContinue reading “Roadmap to Purpose”

Dennis Gillan lost 2 brothers to suicide in the span of 11 years. It took him a long time before he could talk about this loss. Now he has started a non-profit organization called HalfASorrow.org to educate people about suicide prevention. In this episode Dennis shared how he began to address the problem initially byContinue reading “He turned a tragedy into a mission”

She was a young girl when her family emigrated from Czechoslovakia after WWII. Some of the family was not able to leave, some of the family moved to Bavaria in Germany. Pipka Ulvilden was raised in North Dakota, and Michigan and now lives in Sister Bay, Wisconsin, an idealic artist community by Lake Michigan. AsContinue reading “Cake and a Story”

This is a story of inspiration, of what we can do when we want to and surround ourselves with people who believe in us. It started out as a story of Margaret Caterisano, the costume designer at Furman University, who started to write plays during the pandemic. She submitted one of her plays to theContinue reading “She wrote a play – and produced it off-Broadway”

The year was 1970. The prior year my family had visited Washington and I saw all these young people working on the floor of the Senate. They were Senate pages, and that looked like something I really wanted to do. For some reason, I did not notice that they were all boys.   In 1970, whenContinue reading “First Girl Page”

Omkari Williams went from a career as an actor to political campaigns and fundraising to activism. She walks us through this transition and what was the turning point that guided her into activism. Her work with her clients and in her training is to help people find sustainable ways to contribute to society and makeContinue reading “Activism for Introverts & Highly Sensitive People”

Rhonda Cook was a gutsy reporter who “fell into” her work as an inmate advocate. She developed the trust of inmates in the prisons where she was was assigned and they would call her and let her know about what was going on in the prisons. In 1998 she started to hear about sexual abuseContinue reading “Investigative Reporter – uncovering sexual assault”

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”