The Boomer Woman’s Podcast

Claiming Your Dream at Any Age with Donna Marie Barr

Donna Barr has lived a life many of us dream of living. She’s trail-blazer: joining the U.S. Air Force in the 70s when few women considered the possibility and during the Viet Nam War. She’s made a difference: working in Samoa with The Peace Corp.

Today Donna describes:

• How The Peace Corp and the Air Force were early interests
• Making changes at age 57
• The Peace Corps – no age restrictions and choose your adventure
• The process of starting a project in a country
• Some insights into local governance and lifestyle
• Unexpected highlights

Donna’s love for her new life might be the impetus you’re looking for to take your giant leap. Enjoy her journey by reading her book My View From The House By The Sea.

Find Donna at https://www.donnamariebarr.com/

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

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Being Intentional in Being You with Dr. Foojan Zeine

Dr. Foojan Zeine has so many credentials in the Behavioral Psychology field that there is no way to write a synopsis. She founded the International Awareness Integration Institute and she co-founded the “Foojan” App, offering AIT to the public globally.

Today, Dr. Zeine explains:

• The structured, evidence-based framework called Awareness Integration Theory (AIT)
• Being intentional in being you
• How our reality is based on perception
• When interpretation of an event leads to “self-medication”
• The dominoes of change and communicating change
• Mira – when AIT and ChatGPT meet!

Foojan is so enthusiastic in her advice to our demographic that you have to pay attention!

Find Dr. Foojan Zeine at https://foojanzeine.com/

Learn more about Foojan and find all her links at The Boomer Woman's Podcast: Dr. Foojan Zeine

Want to be a guest on The Boomer Woman’s Podcast? Send Agnes a message on PodMatch, here: Agnes on PodMatch

 

 

Retirement Planning Besides The Financials with Jennifer Rovet

Jennifer Rovet is a Certified Professional Retirement Coach who works with individuals and couples alike, exploring values, priorities, and purposes to help design a rewarding retirement lifestyle. She’s seen firsthand the struggles many retirees go through.

Today Jennifer discusses:

• How there is so much more to retirement planning than money
• Redefining identity post-career
• How to make new friends outside the workplace
• Having some structure and purpose to our day
• When a couple retires at the same time
• Some of the possibilities for our demographic

Throughout, Jennifer emphasizes the fact that we are all unique, that there is no single path to follow to or through retirement.

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Find Jennifer at https://retirereadycanada.com/

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

Want to be a guest on The Boomer Woman’s Podcast? Send Agnes a message on PodMatch, here:  Agnes on PodMatch

 

 

Authenticity & Having The Courage to Live Your Truth with Bobbi Barrington

Bobbi Barrington is a trans woman, but her message is not about gender – it’s about the universal challenges we all face: fear, uncertainty, and the courage to create the future we truly want.

Today she discusses:

• Spending 59 years in the wrong body
• Her advice for both men and women, given that she has lived as both
• Her two transitions: in body, and in mindset
• Great insight for people who challenge the right of trans people to exist
• Our lives are finite so we have to embrace dreams and change

Bobbi is a living, breathing embodiment of transformation – stepping into the unknown, falling down and getting back up, embracing the messiness of the journey, and proving that we are never a finished product but always learning, growing, and evolving.

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Find Bobbi at https://www.bobbibarrington.com/

Learn more about Bobbi and find all her links at The Boom Woman's Podcast: Bobbi Barrington

This Chapter is the Perfect Time to Quit Wine with Emily Allen

Emily Allen is a certified alcohol-free life coach who empowers women in midlife to break free from our wine culture and create their next chapter full of confidence, clarity and true freedom.

In this episode she explains:

• “Wine-mom” culture
• Her trigger to quit and her process to stop
• Alcohol as “Self-care” and “self-medication”
• Her path from self-disappointment to becoming an Alcohol-Free Life Coach
• The 80% increase in drinking in the last 30 years
• The health risks
• What happens in our bodies with alcohol and when we cut out all alcohol

Emily’s “food for thought” for us at the end comes from her heart and is very sobering and thought-provoking.

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Find Emily at https://www.livingfreewithemily.com/

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

 

 

Beyond Intuition - 5D Frequency with Mariana Cooper

Mariana Cooper (Mari) is an internationally acclaimed intuitive life strategist, third generation intuitive and host of the Aha! Moments Radio Show.

In this episode, Mari explains:

• Third generation intuitive
• Aha Moments
• 3D and 5D Frequency
• The Energetic Communication system that we are all born with
• Man-made constructs: shame, blame, guilt, fear, anxiety
• “Clear, connect, communicate, create”

Mari has an interesting description of how younger generations are choosing their own paths, not following social expectations like we did.

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Find Mari at https://beyondintuitionbook.com/

Learn more about Mari and find all her links at The Boomer Woman's Podcast: Mariana Cooper

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Model and Carpenter Creates Her Own Next Chapter with Maxx McGee

Brenda Cumby McGee – aka Maxx McGee – is that fabulous dichotomy of fashion model and union carpenter. She was also a trail-blazer for women in the trades.

Today, Maxx explains:

• How those two parallel careers originated

• Her covid success story

• How things have changed for women in the trades in the last 30 years

• Women in a traditionally male environment “sisters in the brotherhood”

• “The Pant”

• The process of getting a clothing concept from idea to market

• And, of course: Ageism!

I really appreciate Maxx’s advice for us Boomer Women if dealing with a granddaughter who prefers tools and trades over more traditional “girl” careers.

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Find Maxx and “The Pant” at https://gottstreetblues.com/

Learn more about Maxx and find all her links at The Boomer Woman’s Podcast: Maxx McGee

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Overcome Challenges Like a Warrior with Zulma Williams

Zulma Williams has had her share of challenges, and sometimes struggled to overcome them. But she is a warrior, and she made it her mission to inspire people to discover and honor the warrior inside themselves.

“The swearing therapist” has such energy! The past proves it was enough to get her over her own hurdles and I’m sure it becomes contagious with her clients.

In this episode she discusses:

• Her country of origin, Argentina
• Why she deals specializes in anxiety, depression, and trauma
• Why women MUST put themselves first
• The therapy technique called ART – Accelerated Resolution Therapy
• Clients who are resistant to healing
• The parameters of client confidentiality

Zulma’s enthusiasm will make you believe you can get through whatever you’re going through. I always ask the “personal question” – I’ll sum up her answer: “It’s never too late!”

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Find Zulma at https://www.dragonflytherapyservices.net/

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

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Passions and Purpose Prevent Old Age with Joe Owens

Joe Owens is a story-teller… and an author. He’s released fiction and non-fiction, graphic novels and kids’ books. He’s also written a book for Boomers called “Feeling Groovy: A Boomer Guide to Ageless Aging”.

We talk about the book but also many other things:

• Supra Ventricular Tachycardia
• His interesting career
• Staying young-ish
• Technology & AI
• How acting old invites age-ism
• Internalized age-ism
• We get on a tangent about history and critical thinking

Joe and I both agree that one secret to “living forever” is embracing Passion, People, and Purpose.

Listen now and then share this episode!

Find Joe at https://joeowensbooks.com/

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

Want to be a guest on The Boomer Woman’s Podcast? Send Agnes a message on PodMatch, here: Agnes on PodMatch

 

Crushing the Cancer Curveball with Joelle Kaufman

Joelle Kaufman says “My passion is supporting cancer patients in finding their voice, taking control of their journey, and reducing the chaos and terror. As my family says, we’ve seen the movie. We know how to write a better ending.”

In this episode, Joelle explains:

• Her mother, her sister, then her story
• Cancer as a class of diseases
• To celebrate life’s events… and non-events
• Questions, Reactions and minding the joy
• “Happiness Tripwires”
• What to do for a friend who has cancer, or to ask of your friends if you get the diagnosis

Joelle is an amazing voice of strength and calm… it may not always have been so but that voice will help you navigate your journey should you get “the diagnosis”.

Find Joelle at https://joellekaufman.com/

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