The Boomer Woman’s Podcast

Beyond The Nest Egg with Aaron Kirsch and Laura Zettel-Watson

Aaron Kersch and Laura Zettel-Watson joined forces to answer the question “What if there was a way to help everyone design their dream retirement before they even stepped into the office of a Financial Planner?”

Aaron is the financial planner, Laura is a psychologist and a gerontologist (among other things!) The answer to that question is "The Rewarding Retirement Workbook: Six Essentials Beyond Your Nest Egg”.

Today they discuss:

• Research: 50% of happiness is predetermined by genes, 8-15% comes from circumstances like income
• Hedonic and eudaimonic happiness
• Relationships matter more than money for happiness
• Focus on activities rather than goals
• Behavioural finance
• Go-Go Years, Slow-Go Years, and No-Go Years

Aaron and Laura also discuss the Six Essentials Beyond our Nest Egg and why we Boomer Women are unique in history.

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Find The Rewarding Retirement Workbook at https://rewardingretirementworkbook.com/

Learn more about Aaron and Laura and find all their links at The Boomer Woman's Podcast: Aaron Kirsch and Laura Zettel-Watson

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The Science and Magic of Hypnosis with Michelle Walters

Michelle Walters is a self-described voracious imagination advocate. She’s a hypnotherapist and an A.I. advocate, and has blended her passion for marketing with hypnosis and A.I. to create “MakeMyHypno”, a first-of-its-kind custom hypnosis app.

Today we discuss:

• The background of hypnosis
• The shows where people do silly things
• How hypnotherapy is surrounded with mystery
• The use of regression in treatment
• Hypnosis and intuition; Wellness and A.I.
• MakeMyHypno, the app

Michelle emphasizes the science behind hypnosis over the woo-woo of hypnosis. She also explains what a voracious imagination advocate is!

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Find Michelle at https://www.michellewalters.net/

Learn more about Michelle and find all her links (and your discount code) at The Boomer Woman's Podcast: Michelle Walters

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The Encore Career Blueprint with Jack Calhoun

Jack Calhoun is someone who deeply understands the emotional and practical challenges that come with stepping away from a successful career. That understanding led him to create a powerful framework to help others navigate this transition with clarity, confidence, and meaning.

Today we discuss:

• The career invested
• When you can do anything, how do you define what anything is
• The paradox of choice, analysis paralysis
• The effect of longer life expectancy
• The cultural mindset about retirement
• “crystalized” and “fluid” intelligence
• “portfolio of small bets”

Jack’s insights allow high achievers – the “career invested” – to forgive themselves for not acing the transition to career divested, and his words ring true for anyone making the transition.

Find Jack at https://www.encorecareerlab.com/

Learn more about Jack and find all his links at The Boomer Woman's Podcast: Jack Calhoun

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From Work to AfterWork with Don Akchin

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/

Learn more about Don and find all his links at The Boomer Woman's Podcast: Don Akchin

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From Stiff to Fit with Laura Dow

Laura Dow has worked with older adults for more than twenty years, providing fitness training and yoga instruction in both commercial health clubs and retirement communities. She is the founder of Stiff To Fit, a business she created to specifically address ways to stay active as we age.

Today we discuss:

• Laura’s path to fitness training
• The most common ailments she hears from older adults
• “Activities of daily living”
• Breathing, balance and posture – great insights!
• Snap, crackle and pop
• Ageism

Such an informative and reassuring conversation with Laura, so specific for our older demographic.

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Find Laura at https://stifftofit.com/

Learn more about Laura and find all her links at The Boomer Woman's Podcast: Laura Dow

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History and Women and Superpowers with Jodi Vandenberg-Daves

Jodi Vandenberg-Daves taught and held leadership roles for many years at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, focusing on systems of privilege and inequality and social change. Her specialties include women’s history and gender, race, and leadership.

Today Jodi discusses:

• How she sees the history in our present
• Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it
• Gender roles and their value haven’t really changed much
• Older women in the workplace
• Ageism
• Perfectionism and imposter syndrome
• Naming and claiming our superpowers

Jodi’s final advice to us is so very impactful, please pay attention to it.

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Find Jodi at https://www.jodivandenberg-daves.com/

Learn more about Jodi and find all her links at The Boomer Woman's Podcast: Jodi Vandenberg-Daves

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"The New Old" with Erika Andersen

Erika Andersen is one of those wonderful people who talk the talk and walk the walk. After more than three decades of executive consulting and coaching, she has turned her attention to the challenge of getting old well, using everything she’s learned helping individuals and organizations succeed to write her latest book, The New Old: Crafting Your Best Later Life.

Today Erika discusses:

• Why “The New Old”… with statistics!
• Be the Boss of Your Life: create a compelling vision for your future, build a plan and a crew
• Master Your Mindset: mindfulness, gratitude and ageism
• Get Good at Change and modify gracefully
• Curiosity is “jet fuel for learning”
• Finding connection as we age

Erika’s advice to us all: You have the power to craft the life you want.

Find Erika at https://erikaandersen.com/

Learn more about Erika and find all her links at The Boomer Woman's Podcast: Erika Andersen

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Attract the Love of Your Life with Bern Mendez

Bern Mendez helps accomplished & authentic women thriving in midlife attract the love of their life through neuroscience and resonant design, not chance.

Today we discuss:

• How he, a man, can coach women about dating
• Neuroscience and trauma-informed somatic approaches based on polyvaGal theory
• Some may need counselling before they get to relationship coaching
• At our age, a lot of our views about partners are learned, AND we can undo those expectations and start over
• Brain vs heart vs libido
• Meeting in real life vs online connections

As always, I ask Bern what else he would say to you, dear listener… and then I ask him to give some advice to the men out there.

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Find Bern at https://bernmendez.com/

Learn more about Bern and find all his links at The Boomer Woman's Podcast: Bern Mendez

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Medicare Explained with Al Kushner

Al Kushner is the author of Virtual Medicare – 10 Costly Mistakes You Can’t Afford to Make. He offers information that’s especially helpful for Boomer women (that’s us!) who are navigating the next chapter of their lives.

Today he explains:

• The difference between Medicare and Medicaid in the US
• Different plans
• Deadlines for enrollment
• How to avoid common mistakes that can cost you
• IRMAA (Income-Related Monthly Adjustment Amounts)
• How Medicare fits into the broader picture of financial security and retirement
• Use of AI in the medical system

Al has several other “tips” to help you make sure you get the Medicare that’s right for you.

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Find Al Kushner at https://realeasymedicare.com/

Learn more about Al and find all his links at The Boomer Woman's Podcast: Al Kushner

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"Retired and Killin' It" with Lisa Haynes

Lisa Haynes is a certified executive and retirement coach and the author of Retired and Killin’ It. After decades as a CFO, she now helps retirees and soon-to-be retirees design a life they’re excited to live, focusing on the non-financial side of retirement.

Today we discuss:

• Six Saturdays and a Sunday
• Retiring at age 58
• External identity is easy, finding internal identity not so easy
• Why/how to find/create new connections
• The changing face of friendships
• Purpose can be harder to realize
• What is in your wheelhouse that can bring you joy

Lisa quotes Maya Angelou “your legacy is every life that you touch”. That thought, combined with Lisa’s closing advice to us, is so very impactful.

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Find Lisa Haynes at https://retiredandkillinit.com/

Learn more about Lisa and find all her links at The Boomer Woman's Podcast: Lisa Haynes.

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