The Boomer Woman’s Podcast

What happens when an empty nest meets curiosity, creativity, and a box of puzzle pieces? In this episode, Agnes speaks with Monica about how puzzling became a powerful way to navigate retirement, deepen partnership, and build joyful community — one piece at a time.

• The emotional reality of the empty nest — and how quiet can feel heavier than expected

• How puzzling evolved from a solo pastime into a shared passion with her husband

• Learning new technology and social media later in life — without fear

• Why puzzling is far more social than people realize

• From pubs to cruise ships: creating connection through play

• Staying curious, relevant, and engaged at any age

This conversation is a reminder that reinvention doesn’t need to be grand — sometimes it begins at the dining room table.

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Find Monica at Puzzled About Everything

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

In this deeply honest conversation, Linda Landon shares her personal journey into pleasure, embodiment, and Human Design — and why intimacy after midlife can be more expansive, not less. Linda explores unlearning shame, redefining sex beyond performance, and reconnecting with the body as a source of wisdom, vitality, and joy.

• Why pleasure is a birthright — not a reward

• How embodiment changes our experience of intimacy as we age

• Reframing sex beyond goals, penetration, and performance

• Human Design and what it reveals about desire, energy, and communication

• Why resistance is not failure — but a doorway

• Intimacy for single women, partnered couples, and everyone in between

Whether you’re curious, cautious, or quietly longing for something more, this episode offers a compassionate reframe of intimacy — one that honors where you’ve been and invites what’s still possible.

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Find Linda at Ignite Your Joy

Learn more about Linda and find more links at The Boomer Woman's Podcast: Linda Landon

Living alone has become the default — but is it serving us? In this thoughtful conversation, Annamarie Pluhar shares how shared housing can reduce loneliness, build connection, and create a sense of belonging at any age. This is a grounded, honest look at what it really takes to live well with others.

In this episode she explains:

• Why loneliness isn’t a personal failure — it’s a human signal

• The difference between a housemate and a homemate

• How to choose the right person instead of just filling a room

• Power dynamics, privacy, and real conversations that matter

• Why shared housing can work for introverts, extroverts, and everyone in between

If you’ve ever thought, “Something has to change,” this episode offers a compassionate place to begin.

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Find Annamarie Pluhar at https://sharinghousing.com/

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

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What happens when a woman in midlife looks in the mirror and doesn’t recognize herself anymore? For Belinda Coker, that moment didn’t lead to reinvention seminars or vision boards — it led her into the rainforest, onto long trails, and eventually across continents.

In this episode, Belinda shares how solo hiking became both a reset and a reclaiming: of confidence, health, joy, and self-trust. From walking the Camino de Santiago to surviving storms in Greenland, from navigating menopause-related health challenges to serendipity on a bus to Hadrian’s Wall, this is a conversation about what happens when women finally do something for themselves.

• The mirror moment that sparked Belinda’s midlife turning point

• How hiking soothed anxiety and reset her nervous system

• What solo hiking teaches you about confidence and self-reliance

• Living with lipedema — and staying active anyway

• How house sitting opened the world while keeping travel affordable

• Why it’s never too late to start — and why midlife may be the perfect time

Belinda wraps it up reminding us there are surprises around every corner.

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Find Belinda at https://soultreader.com/ or at https://housesittingcollective.com/ 

Learn more about Belinda and find all her links - and that discount code - at The Boomer Woman's Podcast: Belinda Coker

It’s hard to believe 2025 has run its course already.  I’m flying solo this week so I can share some news and a few changes coming in 2026 with you.

• A.I.
• Substack
• Guests
• Resources

I love bringing this podcast to you each week. I hope you’ll jump on board with future developments and continue to share the show. Let me know what you like and what you don’t. Let me know who you want to hear from, what subjects you want to have addressed.

Listen now – it’s a short commitment this week!

The links promised:

2025 Podcast episodes and guest notes

Agnes’ Substack (free to subscribe)

Resources (so many resources!)

 

Postpartum recovery is often treated like an afterthought — mesh underwear, a squeeze bottle, and “good luck.”
Britnee Wheeler has lived that gap five times, and she’s here to tell the truth, offer solutions, and change the experience for the next generation.

In this episode:

• The shocking lack of postpartum support for moms — especially military spouses and women returning quickly to work.
• How Britnee’s own struggles led her to design supportive post-partum underwear that restores dignity, mobility, and comfort.
• Why her products are also becoming unexpected lifesavers for women recovering from caesareans and hysterectomies.
• The powerful role of honest mother–daughter conversations in preventing fear, trauma, and uninformed births.

If you’re wondering how crab cakes could possibly be a part of this conversation… stay tuned!

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Find Britnee at https://rosematernityco.com/

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

 

 

Russell Van Brocklen has over 10 years of experience in teaching students with Dyslexia techniques to overcome their current struggles and recognize the superpower they’ve been given.

Today he explains:

• His background with dyslexia
• How his methods developed
• Client examples – they were so insightful.
• What a warrant is and how to use it.
• Advice for us as grandparents reading with dyslexic grands

Russell’s classes are for youth but he trains a parent or a grandparent who aids the dyslexic youth.

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Find Russell Van Brocklen at https://dyslexiaclasses.com/

Learn more about Russell and find all his links at The Boomer Woman's Podcast: Russell Van Brocklen

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Dr. Jim Heid is a board-certified family physician and an Associate Certified Coach (ACC) with the International Coaching Federation (ICF). He blends his extensive experience as a family physician with a passion for coaching. He works with individuals in challenging life situations—such as pastors, doctors, business owners, and those in recovery. He has a deep understanding of people and how to serve them in moving forward.

Today we discuss:

• Delivering 1,000 babies
• Why he decided to add coaching to his CV
• Combination of doctoring and coaching
• Clifton Strengths
• Neuroscience
• Breathing

Jim also talks about “What can I control?” and the importance of really considering the answer to that question when facing a dilemma.

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Find Dr. Jim Heid at https://repurposementllc.com/

Learn more about Jim and find all his links at The Boomer Woman's Podcast: Dr. Jim Heid

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Inna Segal helps people map the true origin of their suffering—emotionally, ancestrally, energetically—and guides them through a non-linear healing process that honours the wisdom of the body and the timing of the soul. She brings not only expertise, but lived experience of healing from loss, divorce, chronic illness, and narcissistic abuse.

Today she shares:

• Her origin story as a child in an immigrant family
• The circuitous route from realization of her gifts to implementation
• How helping her grandparents was a driving force
• How a person who believes in research and logic connects with an innate ability that could be considered woo-woo.
• Examples of the correlation of issues/trauma and parts of the body
• How the left and right sides of the body correlate with feminine and masculine dynamics.

This conversation today is both heart wrenching and inspiring, and well worth the extra time we have in conversation. The fact that Inna is also teaching other people to become practitioners is intriguing.

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Find Inna at https://www.innasegal.com/

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

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

Inna Segal helps people map the true origin of their suffering—emotionally, ancestrally, energetically—and guides them through a non-linear healing process that honours the wisdom of the body and the timing of the soul. She brings not only expertise, but lived experience of healing from loss, divorce, chronic illness, and narcissistic abuse.

Today she shares:

• Her origin story as a child in an immigrant family
• The circuitous route from realization of her gifts to implementation
• How helping her grandparents was a driving force
• How a person who believes in research and logic connects with an innate ability that could be considered woo-woo.
• Examples of the correlation of issues/trauma and parts of the body
• How the left and right sides of the body correlate with feminine and masculine dynamics.

This conversation today is both heart wrenching and inspiring, and well worth the extra time we have in conversation. The fact that Inna is also teaching other people to become practitioners is intriguing.

Listen below and then share this episode!

Find Inna at https://www.innasegal.com/

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

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