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
Thursday Jun 13, 2024
Thursday Jun 13, 2024
Kate Heartsong is the author of “Humanity’s Cry for Change”, written to help you create a happier life, to gain hope, to realize you can make positive changes for yourself and humanity.
Today Kate discusses:
- Interconnectedness and our innate energy
- Our emotions and how to take the steps from the darker ones to the higher vibration ones
- Emotions as energy with some discussion of anger
- Self-care and raising self-esteem
- The Age of Aquarius
Kate exudes optimism and the power of positive thinking… and calm.
Find Kate at https://joyfulradiance.com/
Learn more about Kate and find all her links at: https://boomwithabang.com/the-boomer-womans-podcast-kate-heartsong/
Thursday Jun 06, 2024
Thursday Jun 06, 2024
Tina Dixon-Smith has lived in a number of US cities and chooses to call Las Vegas home, promoting Nevada in general and Las Vegas in particular. She has a number of convincing reasons why it makes sense! Today she discusses:
- The allure of Las Vegas for her
- Non-nationals buying in Las Vegas
- Income and property taxes and insurance costs
- The 10-year visa available to non-nationals
- Things to do, places to see
- Purchase options with some ball-park numbers
Stay tuned to hear about Fil-A-Seat and… if you have grandchildren, how close Disneyland is!
Find Tina at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tinadixonsmith/
Learn more about Tina and find all her links at: https://boomwithabang.com/the-boomer-womans-podcast-tina-dixon-smith/
Thursday May 30, 2024
Thursday May 30, 2024
Gila Melamed is my first real follow-up conversation. We chatted last Summer about a road trip she was taking in a camperized car – her carpartment – and I knew at that time she was returning home to “up-size” – to a mini van.
Now, many months into Phase 2, Gila tells us about:
- her journey of self-discovery and healing. (Gila’s explanation makes so much sense and is, perhaps, food for thought for many of us.)
- as with other nomads, there were clues from childhood that this lifestyle would be what fed her soul
- the process of converting a mini-van to permanent accommodation
- tips about listening to your gut, with a discussion about fear
- learning from other like-minded, more experienced women
- her growth in so many facets of her life
Gila is so candid about every facet of her journey, both physical and spiritual… and how that journey helps her to be the person she wants to be and raises her up to be the person she is.
Find Gila at: https://substack.com/@nomadiccolorguru
Learn more about Gila and find all her links at: https://boomwithabang.com/the-boomer-womans-podcast-gila-melamed-2024/
Thursday May 23, 2024
Thursday May 23, 2024
Len Bruskiewitz was born into a business environment so it comes as no surprise he followed that path. His early career was with some pretty notable companies and then he focused on exit planning for owners of small businesses.
In this episode he discusses:
- Why exit strategy isn’t part of all the other plans that go into business planning
- Options for who might buy
- Why only 20-25% of small businesses that go up for sale actually sell
- What business owners need to do to help make sure a sale happens
- Where good will comes into the equation
- Communication within families
- Who is part of the legalities in exit planning
- And the pitfalls of exit planning
Such clear information from an advisor who has seen a lot.
Find Len at https://greaterheightscoaching.com/
Learn more about Len and find his links at https://boomwithabang.com/the-boomer-womans-podcast-len-bruskiewitz/
Thursday May 16, 2024
Thursday May 16, 2024
Ande Lyons has a podcast called “Don’t Be Caged by Your Age”. She has an expression “Pastures are for horses, not humans.” Needless to say, the conversation revolves around age-ism, in many of its shapes and sizes.
Ande discusses:
- age-ism: corporate, social and internalized
- “retirement” and other aging fallacies
- how pro-aging could save societies billions of dollars
- yes, older folk can learn tech
- “pulling threads” and “patchwork quilt”
So many great thoughts in this conversation today. So much laughter.
Find Ande and her podcast at https://www.dontbecagedbyyourage.com/
Learn more about Ande and find all her links at https://boomwithabang.com/the-boomer-womans-podcast-ande-lyons/
Thursday May 09, 2024
Thursday May 09, 2024
DK Ciccone experienced a back injury at age 13. Several possible causes are hindsight, of course, but help fuel her passion for helping others understand pain, emphasizing the critical connections between the physical, mental, and emotional realms.
In this episode, DK explains:
- Bio/psycho/social model of pain
- How diet culture might make us more susceptible to pain
- The difference between the mental and the emotional with pain
- Stress Resilience
DK uses Pilates in a weight neutral environment to help her clients get strong and active again, she shares how and why that works.
Find DK at https://movementremedies.org/
Learn more about DK and find all her links at https://boomwithabang.com/the-boomer-womans-podcast-dk-ciccone/
Thursday May 02, 2024
Thursday May 02, 2024
Eve Hall is a Licensed Physical Therapist who treats conditions regarding Sexual Health. She is also a Certified Health Coach who is on a mission to destigmatize conversations about sex and sexual health!
In this episode, Eve discusses health conditions such as:
- Vaginal dryness
- Erectile dysfunction
- Pain
- Incontinence
- Boredom
And other subjects:
- Big Clit energy
- Toys
- Orgasm Equality
So much good info for sexual beings of any age, but especially for those of us in mid-age.
Find Eve at https://pleaseme.online/
Learn more About Eve and find all her links at: https://boomwithabang.com/the-boomer-womans-podcast-eve-hall/
Thursday Apr 25, 2024
Thursday Apr 25, 2024
Laura Broome personifies resilience and positivity. When life gives you lemons… well, Laura could open a lemonade shop. Laura’s had a series of challenges over her life that might have done another person in.
In this episode, she discusses
- Resilience
- “radical acceptance”
- The three things in your control (your words, your thoughts, your actions)
- How adversity can happen to you but it doesn’t need to define you
- How stepping out of your comfort zone can help you find options
- Our superpowers : skills, talents, passions
In a nutshell, Laura Broome has learned how to turn pain into purpose.
Find Laura at https://www.icope2hope.com/
Learn more about Laura and find all her links at:
https://boomwithabang.com/the-boomer-womans-podcast-laura-mangum-broome/
Thursday Apr 18, 2024
Thursday Apr 18, 2024
Kim Rahir is a former journalist with a doctorate in Political Science. Like many of us, she made a career change in mid-life to a passion career and now promotes… I love this… intentional eating for us mid-life women, as well as building AND maintaining muscle as we get older to delay, possibly even avoid many of the health issues too many people think are inevitable…
I said Passion and you’ll get the picture when I tell you Kim started weight training and last year won a European Masters Weightlifting Championship… at age 60. Are you impressed? Well, how about if I tell you that in 2013 Kim was diagnosed with MS -Multiple Sclerosis.
In this episode, Kim explains
- how her diagnosis came to be
- what intentional eating actually is
- what muscle building looks like for women
- what “retrain your brain to reconnect with your muscles” means
- AND… don’t let one poor choice become a character trait!
Bonus: a definition of resilience.
Find Kim at https://kimrahir.com/
Learn more about Kim and find all her links at https://boomwithabang.com/the-boomer-womans-podcast-kim-rahir/
Wednesday Apr 10, 2024
Wednesday Apr 10, 2024
Have you ever contemplated getting into a vehicle and seeing where the road led? A camperized van, maybe a beautiful RV could be your new home? Perhaps you’re flying solo however, and the concept of being out there on your own deflates the dream.
Jenell Jones is the solution. Her Wandering Individuals Network is the RV club for anyone traveling on their own. They are a diverse group who drive everything from big class A motorhomes to car campers.
In this episode, Jenell explains
- her past, which made the lifestyle a fairly easy decision for her
- what makes her RV as much a home as your house
- the club’s route planning and destination decisions
- some of her adventures
- why mid-age women should consider the lifestyle
Jenell hosts a webinar on April 13th to explain more and answer your questions – email freervwebinar@gmail.com to register.
Find Jenell's RV Club website at: https://wanderingindividualsnetwork.com/
Learn more about Jenell and find all her links at: https://boomwithabang.com/the-boomer-womans-podcast-jenell-jones/