2025 is the 6th Season of The Boomer Woman’s Podcast. Each episode is a conversation between me – I’m Agnes Knowles, your host – and a guest who talks to a subject that, someway, somehow, is relatable to Boomer Women. The guests can be any age, any gender, as long as their message is positive, informative, pertinent to our demographic. You, dear listener, might need to be open-minded, curious, tolerant, inclusive… and if you are, you will enjoy these conversations, maybe learn something, and I encourage you to share each and any episode! Click the Follow/Subscribe button to be notified of the next great guest.
Episodes
Monday Jul 26, 2021
Monday Jul 26, 2021
Gut health is one of those subjects we don't know enough about and it's not the prettiest subject around so, often, we don't mention it.
Keenan Fiddler in a Holistic Nutritionist.
He explains probiotics, prebiotics, antibiotics. You may inherit your genetics but you also inherit habits - that's not always handy. Healthy food can help, even fix, a lot. Stress can be internal and external and is not helpful, in the least. Keenan guides us on what's good to eat, what should we avoid (we know most of this, we often choose to ignore that knowledge).
Keenan gives us great general information. However - his information does NOT preclude or replace a doctor's consultation or recommendations.
You can find Keenan at https://www.naturalnutrition.me
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Wednesday Jul 21, 2021
Wednesday Jul 21, 2021
This episode first appeared in February 2021. It appears here this week while Two Boomer Women take a well-deserved break.
Nahanni Ackroyd is a diligent, caring, perceptive, smart financial planner on Vancouver Island.
In this episode she discusses some of the basics of Retirement 101 in the Canadian context. Critical Illness insurance is recommended by Agnes and Nahanni - so she touches on it.
Finally, if giving is part of your financial plan, 100 Who Care is a great way to keep your dollars local.
Acronyms for this episode:
- RRSP: Registered Retirement Savings Plan
- TFSA: Tax Free Savings Account
- RRIF: Registered Retirement Income Fund
- CRA: Canada Revenue Agency
- OAS: Old Age Security
- CPP: Canada Pension Plan
- GIS: Guaranteed Income Supplement
Links:
Nahanni Ackroyd: https://www.nahanniackroyd.com/
100 Who Care: https://www.100whocarealliance.org/
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Monday Jul 19, 2021
Monday Jul 19, 2021
1987 was two years after the Air India catastrophe and it was the year that Mar Sulaika was invited to get her story as the investigations continued to unfold.
The woman she spoke with gifted her a sari, a few pieces of which Mar Sulaika still has and appreciates.
During her career as an investigative researcher and producer, Mar Sulaika had a front row seat to the outfall from many impactful events. In this series, she explores her most memorable and touching.
You can find more Story Goddess at https://thestorygoddess.ca/
The Story Goddess Remembers... series can be found at https://thestorygoddess.ca/mar-velous-feature-episodes/
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Wednesday Jul 14, 2021
Wednesday Jul 14, 2021
We all have dreams... or had dreams... that got put on a back burner because life happened.
Today Fran Pitre talks about how she put a former dream back on the stove and cranked the heat!
Apparently raising three sets of twins, running a home and having two careers wasn't enough because her former life as "the singer in the band" wouldn't stop itching her.
Hear her story and listen to her tips about pursuing that dream, not letting it fizzle out. To try, and possibly pivot is better than always wondering "what if". The opposite of success is not necessarily failure.
You can find Fran at https://franpitre.com/ and https://www.franpitresings.com/
Her YouTube channel is: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPK87tZfqvU3q788zxpTAeQ
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Wednesday Jul 07, 2021
Wednesday Jul 07, 2021
After a thirty year counselling and psychotherapy general private practice, Susan's transition to specializing in retirement and third stage of life coaching was a natural one.
Today she discusses ageism: some of the background, why it's important to recognize it, the impact of internalized ageism, ageism in society, and intergenerational ageism.
Both Susan and Agnes have personal examples.
Susan can be found at https://susanfarling.com/ Her free e-book on planning adequately for retirement can be found at the bottom of the main page.
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Monday Jul 05, 2021
Monday Jul 05, 2021
Mar Sulaika is back for what might be shaping up for a new series called
"The Story Goddess Remembers..." where she revisits some of the most memorable, heart-leading stories from her career as a reporter and producer.
Today: Burstall, Saskatchewan where tragedy befell the small community in 1995.
Mar Sulaika leads with her heart, captures a story from the hearts of others, and touches our hearts with her memories.
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Wednesday Jun 30, 2021
Wednesday Jun 30, 2021
DurgaMata of London brought so many fabulous and interesting stories to the podcast the time flew! so... it became several episodes.
In this third and final episode, she reviews her Seven Steps to Happiness. Hopefully listeners will join DurgaMata and Agnes as they brainstorm the qualities and skills of happy people.
Find out more about DurgaMata and the varied ways she leads clients to reduce stress and increase resilience at http://www.durgamataoflondon.com/ You can also download her free Seven Steps ebook there.
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Monday Jun 28, 2021
Monday Jun 28, 2021
Bob Levin got his start in computers in 1973! That's called an early adopter.
In this episode he talks security: our computers, our email, the internet... and his mantra Back-up. Back-up. Back-up.
From passwords to patches, he explains why security is so important... and that it's our responsibility!
Bob can be found on FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/Bobslessons
He explained he has a course to help you upgrade that unsupported Windows 7 to Windows 10. He made it free for you: https://win7upgrade.memberportal.io/site/sales/?pname=sales
He recommended two password managers: LastPass and Bitwarden, here are those links:
Back-up your computer and its files!!! Bob recommended iDrive, here's that link (full disclosure, at no extra cost to you Bob will make a very small stipend if you buy): https://www.idrive.com/idrive/signup?p=internetho
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Wednesday Jun 23, 2021
Wednesday Jun 23, 2021
The second episode with DurgaMata was so engaging it became too long for one episode.
This week, DurgaMata explains finding the pipe and tabor and her enjoyment of busking; how the talented artist she is was found by silk painting; and how her 40 years of meditation practice made the therapy of forest bathing a natural extension of that.
Tune in next week for the completion of the conversation where she describes her Seven Steps to Happiness, and hopefully you'll join her exercise to describe the qualities and skills of a happy person.
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Wednesday Jun 16, 2021
Wednesday Jun 16, 2021
An award-winning artist and author, Tech Savvy Senior Sheila Finkelstein, is an 81-year-old grandmother whose “kids” (educators and business people) often come to her for “how-to’s.” As a former teacher and current life coach, Sheila has had years of experience in honing her communication skills. She now uses them to support boomers and seniors in having fun while learning how to thrive in the age of technology.
Her own in-depth tech journey started with her first website in 2004. Five of them, plus two YouTube channels, can be found on TreasureYourLifeNow.com. Always looking for the ‘easy’ way herself, she knows just what fearful boomers and seniors need to feel comfortable. See TechnologyforSeniorsMadeEasy.com
Many people, when looking at their computers, smart phones, or tablets, feel overwhelmed and out-of-touch about how to navigate in what feels like “foreign” territory and the need to learn a whole new language. Her goal is that boomers and seniors also find the path of technology to be an easy and exciting journey…that they never need to feel isolated.
Editor's note: don't miss the whirlwind romance story!
Click on the picture to receive a copy of Sheila's 9 Tips for Effective Communication.
(or go to https://forms.aweber.com/form/54/1209929554.htm)
Sheila's Guide for Hosting Zoom Meetings can be downloaded at:
https://technologyforseniorsmadeeasy.com/zoom-meeting-tips-hosting/
and you can request a copy of her story "My Best Friends: the Twins - iPhone and iPad and their Android friends" at https://treasureyourlifenow.com/my-best-friends-iphone-and-ipad/
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