The Boomer Woman’s Podcast

Tonia Griffin on Senior Living Communities

Senior living communities. We need to get past the concept of them being for old people!  Good meals cooked for you, housekeeping done for you, entertainment and social events planned for you… but you come and go as you please… sounds like an ideal lifestyle to me!

Tonia Griffin is a marketer for a senior living complex in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and in the episode, she explains the difference between “Independent Living” and “Assisted Living” and the perks of the lifestyle.  At Agnes’ invitation, Tonia also sells Baton Rouge – it is an over 2000 mile relocate!  If Tonia doesn’t convince you to relocate you will certainly want to put Baton Rouge on your holiday destination list!!

See Tonia's Community at: https://williamsburgbr.com/

Learn more about Tonia at: https://boomwithabang.com/tonia-griffin-on-senior-living-communities/

 

 

Dr. Daved Rosensweet on Hormones and Menopause

This episode is an important one for both women and men.  Dr. Daved Rosensweet starts with an overview of hormones for both women and men and what they do for us.

Interesting thought: not that many generations ago there was no such thing as menopause because lifespan was not that long.

Dr. Rosensweet gives us the facts behind the breast cancer risk that was associated with HRT and discusses Premarin and plant-based bio-identical hormones.

Two big take-aways:  find a practitioner who is well-educated in hormones and check out compounding pharmacies.

So much great information in this episode but please remember this is a conversation – you need to check with your own health (hormone) specialist before you set up your own random hormone cocktail based on Dr. Rosensweet’s information.

Interestingly, Dr. R was the medical advisor / trainer of the first nurse practitioners ever graduated.

An aside: Dr. R also has a website called I Wonder Doctor for varied information – link in the show notes.

Download Dr. Rosensweet's book Happy Healthy Hormones at https://iobim.org/book/

Find Daved at: https://brite.live/

I Wonder Doctor at:  https://iwonderdoctor.com/#welcome

Learn more about Dr. Daved Rosensweet and access all his links at:  https://boomwithabang.com/dr-daved-rosensweet-on-hormones-and-menopause/

 

 

Jill McCarthy IS The Geeky Grandma With an Encouraging Nudge

Tech came easy to Jill McCarthy, aka The Geeky Grandma. Since her first computer arrived she has been learning and creating and teaching, and over the years it has led to the growth of a community.

She combined her affection for penpal letter writing into e-pals where matched women would email each other.  That grew into a women’s group, retreats, and a real community.

Jill’s podcast is The Geeky Grandma with An Encouraging Nudge.  That name has a story behind it and Jill shares it.  She also encourages us to go for our dreams… even if they need to be scaled back a bit at this age.

Jill’s catch-phrase is “The desires of the heart” and she truly is all heart. Meeting with women who are preparing for retirement or are newly retired, she slows the clock to inquire about interests from another time… and help them get to a next place.

Interested in Jill’s retreats?  She has one coming up!

So many nuggets in this episode.

Listen to Jill's podcast at:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-geeky-grandma-with-an-encouraging-nudge/id1530291671?uo=4

 

Tamara Zoner on Practicing Happiness

Do you take responsibility for your own happiness?  It is in your hands… and you have to cultivate it.

Life happens to all of us.  If it seems overwhelming, you can still choose how you respond… even if your response is choosing to binge Netflix for a period of time – it’s a conscious choice.

Finding positives is how we start to retrain our neurology.  So in the midst of “the mess”, are you healthy? Do you have a home? Clean water out of the tap?

If you are surrounded by grumps and negative people, find joy elsewhere – YouTube, Meet-ups, other groups, review personal accomplishments.

I seem to throw a lot of negatives at Tamara but her solutions never fail.  Again, life happens and it isn’t always happy, but we accept life and find “an inner state of peace and well-being”.

“Practice” happiness.  Very powerful.

Find Tamara at:  https://www.alifeyoulovenow.com/

Find all of Tamara's links at:  https://boomwithabang.com/tamara-zoner-on-practicing-happiness/

 

Barbara Mojica - The Importance of History in Creating Critical Thinkers

An extra-long episode today – that’s what happens when Agnes gets chatting with a history educator and Barbara has so many thought-inspiring insights!

Barbara Mojica explains how history is in every part of our life – family, place, customs, society.  Both an historian and an explorer, Barbara brings history to life, even on podcast.

As an educator, Barbara brings an interesting take on the job of teaching today and how children learn.

Barbara talks about children becoming the leaders of tomorrow, and being critical thinkers… she explains the correlation between history and critical thinking and tomorrow’s leaders.  Which does, of course, lead to a discussion of search engine use and social media and algorithms in getting information.

Cultural history is important as a family reference, but also from a global perspective, why other people may be different because of their cultural history.  Encouraging children to see the good and the bad of a family’s cultural history is important as the world continues to change at a rapid pace.

Be a lifelong learner… as adults and, as adults, teach the children to be also… including sharing what you’ve learned as the elder.

A bonus question at the end might be interesting to anyone interested in writing children’s books.

Find Barbara at https://www.littlemisshistory.com/

Get all the info and links at https://boomwithabang.com/barbara-mojica-on-the-importance-of-history-in-creating-critical-thinkers/

 

Paula Conroy - Connect to Your Authentic Essence

Today’s conversation starts with discussion of the maiden years, the mother years, the crone years.

Paula’s description of her life in the corporate arena might sound exciting but, as she matured, she started to recognize what she calls the “aridity” of her seemingly successful life. 

An interesting discussion of masculine attributes and feminine attributes at a cultural/corporate level.  Also, the lack of rites of passage in western culture.  How do we take responsibility for our part in all of it?  How do we revisit rites of passage and make them part of our life, our community again?

You might find Paula’s Rose, Thorn, Banana Peel and Seed ritual useful. How often do you engage in circle discussion, allowing each person to hold space?

Embrace your “crone” years!

Find Paula at https://www.thefrequency.global/

Find all of Paula's links at: https://boomwithabang.com/paula-conroy-connect-to-your-authentic-essence/

 

Allison O’Shea on Taking Control of Our Aging Decisions

Allison O’Shea has over 18 years of direct hands-on experience working with seniors and their families.  This experience has given her the knowledge to be a reputable voice in the confusing and overwhelming world of aging.

In this episode, we discuss the 5 main questions Allison thinks we need to be considering if we are becoming caregivers for an aging loved one... or, if we're at retirement age, we need to be answering to maintain control of our decisions.

Questions such as:

1. Who is my support system?
2. What is my financial situation?
3. Do I know what options are out there?
4. Am I communicating to my support system?
5. Am I listening to my support system?

Allison's information is American - some of it may work where you live... at any rate check out local resources and government programs and insurances where you are.

A few tech glitches, please be kind.

Find Allison at: https://openlyaging.com

All of Allison's links are the podcast website:  https://boomwithabang.com/allison-oshea-on-taking-control-of-our-aging/

 

Alara Sage - The Ecstatic Life Mentor

A woman’s power.  That deep-rooted, deeply felt power that comes from the feminine.  Wisdom, the magnitude each woman has, inexhaustible energy.

Alara Sage calls herself the ecstatic life mentor after a spontaneous kundalini awakening.  She talks about orgasm in a sexual way, but also in a non-sexual, more sensual way… that life is meant to be highly pleasurable.

An interesting discussion about being in the present moment – our minds may not be but our bodies always are. An embodied woman is present in the moment and understands her own personal power. 

Shame. Intuition. Self-worth. The Divine. The Creative. Submission vs Surrender. Playfulness. Such great topics for conversation… with no shortage of laughter.

Find Alara at https://www.alarasage.com/

Find all the links at https://boomwithabang.com/alara-sage-the-ecstatic-life-mentor/

 

Juliana Dever on Why We All Need To Travel

Juliana Dever’s enthusiasm for travel is so contagious in this episode.  It’s impossible to disagree with her reasoning on why we should travel.  Whether experiencing something new… or better than your status quo; or how novelty unleashes a creativity you’ve never acknowledged before; or finding a person or a thing that startles your sense of what is.  And guess what, Listeners!  In Juliana’s experience, women are the more adventurous of the sexes… and older women at that!!

You’ll appreciate the insight that travel is about connecting with the place or the people… not necessarily being an adrenalin junkie.

As you listen, you’ll realize Juliana tours you to places you’d never find by yourself.  And the women on those tours are women this host wants to travel with!!  That said, she also has great suggestions about traveling safely and comfortably, even alone.

You’ll learn.  And you’ll laugh!!! As well as a travel pro, Juliana is a delightful story-teller!

Find Juliana at https://cleverdeverwherever.com/

Find all the links mentioned at https://boomwithabang.com/juliana-dever-on-why-we-all-need-to-travel/

 

Hilary Truong on The Mother-Daughter Relationship

Hilary Truong is a therapist who specializes in the Mother–Daughter Relationship.  You may not want to hear all of what she says but perhaps that’s a control issue (my words, not hers) – no one ever suggested parenting was easy and there is no “one-size-fits-all” method for the generations to figure it out.

At any age, we need to remember that the mother is the mother and her daughter is the daughter and not allow those lines to blur.  If you’re an older woman trying to heal a lifetime with a mother who wasn’t perhaps you wanted or needed her to be, it is, as in so many relationships, about the story… often a story that go back generations.

Hilary also has insights into the over-protective (overbearing?) father.

Mothers, did you know listening is a huge part of the equation?

Find Hilary at https://www.hilarymae.com/