The Boomer Woman’s Podcast is a conversation-driven show for women who know that life doesn’t stop at midlife—it opens up.
Hosted by Agnes Knowles, the podcast is now in its 7th season and features engaging conversations with guests whose ideas, experiences, and insights are relevant to Boomer women navigating what comes next. Guests may be any age or gender, but their message is always thoughtful, positive, and genuinely useful.
These are not lectures or quick takes. They’re real conversations—curious, open-minded, inclusive, and sometimes unexpected. You might learn something new, rethink an old assumption, or simply feel less alone in the questions you’re asking.
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Thursday Oct 23, 2025
Thursday Oct 23, 2025
Don Akchin has had a long, somewhat circuitous career as a writer. Since leaving the working world, he stays busy publishing a weekly newsletter, The EndGame, on the broad topic of positive aging. His newest book, The AfterWork: Finding Fulfilling Alternatives to Retirement, is a positive guide for older adults looking for paths forward in their post-career years.
Today we discuss:
- How his “AfterWork” is far more rewarding than the Work was
- “The Piña Colada Fever Dream”
- Moving to “AfterWork” can be a hard transition to accept
- Boomers have always been “making it up as we went along”
- The importance of resilience
- Internalized ageism
We end with me asking a rather impertinent “personal question” but it leads to a good chat.
Find Don at https://www.donakchin.com/
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