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. Want to be a guest on The Boomer Woman’s Podcast? Send Agnes Knowles a message on PodMatch, here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/agnesknowles
Episodes
Wednesday Aug 25, 2021
Wednesday Aug 25, 2021
Kathleen Wolf helps forward-thinking organizations and individuals create meaningful business growth and career success. Based on her experiences in corporate and her own business, Kathleen developed the Experience Ecosystem®, a proven framework that guides organizations and individuals, recentering around their purpose and building meaningful growth based on their strengths. This approach used with clients delivers extraordinary results.
In this episode, Kathleen discusses strengths and weaknesses and the value of "being prepared" and what that entails.
This is the third episode in a series about being a Boomer dissatisfied with their 9-5 and looking for options about what to do about that.
You can find Kathleen at https://www.thepurposepartners.com/ Get on Kathleen's mailing list and be the first to learn more about her up-coming workshops and courses.
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Wednesday Aug 18, 2021
Wednesday Aug 18, 2021
Marena Drlik helps women 45+, who are transitioning from employee to entrepreneur, make the mindset shift that is necessary for their success. She helps her clients create their entrepreneurial identity and the focus, motivation, and flow needed in their new world. Marena is a Transformational Life Coach. She uses coaching skills, Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Core Transformation, and hypnosis.
Marena talks about outside work and inside work in becoming an entrepreneur. In this episode, she discusses some of the roadblocks (inside work) a new entrepreneur might meet in her journey... forewarned is forearmed, they say! Listen in if you or someone you know is making the transition or contemplating the transition from employee to entrepreneur.
Find out more about Marena, or contact her at https://marenadrlik.com/
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Wednesday Aug 11, 2021
Wednesday Aug 11, 2021
Several years ago, Leanne realized her dream job was turning into a nightmare, and she had to get out.
In this episode, Leanne shares her decision, her discussions with her husband, all the things she needed to consider in order to make "getting gone" a reality.
Leanne is very open about the before, the during and the after of her decision to quit her job... which makes this a must-listen for anyone who is thinking that leaving their workplace is the most healthy option. She shares a few tips too about processes you might want to check out.
She has been a blogger for a number of years and she references several articles she wrote during and about her journey, the links are:
Wednesday Aug 04, 2021
Wednesday Aug 04, 2021
Summer Rerun #3 - Regular programming resumes next week.
A scenario you might never have imagined goes like this: your grandson comes to you and wants to talk. You can tell it's important so you curl up on the couch with him and he says "Gramma, I have this boy-body but I know I should be a girl."
Most of us would not know how to react, and would probably say the wrong thing.
Learn how to handle what might be the most important conversation of your life in this episode with Michelle, mother of a trans daughter, who knew more about the situation than most of us and helped her withdrawing child become the radiant, vibrant daughter she is today.
Whether the actual conversation includes you, or you just aren't sure what's going on as more and more people speak out about their gender identity, Michelle breaks it down and helps us understand how to be and what to say when transitioning touches our life.
Michelle and her family live in California so do the necessary research for help and support where you live.
One link that Michelle shares is: https://genderspectrum.org/
If you have questions that Michelle could answer send them to Agnes at agnes@twoboomerwomen.com
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Wednesday Jul 28, 2021
Wednesday Jul 28, 2021
Maggie Thom... Glenna Mageau... today you'll primarily meet Maggie Thom: award winning suspense/mystery/thriller writer.
Maggie discusses her methods - writing, plot development, character studies - and the preparations for publishing.
If you've ever considered writing, you'll get lots of tips. If you're looking for a good suspense with twists and turns throughout, you'll be following Maggie in no time!
Links mentioned:
Scrivenor: https://twoboomerwomen.com/scrivener
(that's Maggie/Glenna's affiliate link - full disclosure: she will earn a small commission at no extra cost to you)
Draft 2 Digital: https://draft2digital.com
Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com
Island Rock Creations: https://www.facebook.com/Island-Rock-Creations-110559340676979
Find Maggie:
https://www.facebook.com/maggiethomauthor
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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