You’ve heard the expression take a chill pill? Well, guest Phyllis Ginsberg talks about how you can chill out without the pill. You might think that once you’re out of the rat race, you just automatically calm down. Nope. We talk stressing less…no matter where you are in life on Keep it Juicy!
I hate weddings. But my daughter is getting married this fall and I'm getting all the feels. Wedding traditions on Keep it Juicy!
Welcome back to “Juicy” chef Emily Luchetti and new guest, writer Erin McHugh. The two have paired up to create a book of inspirational quotes from lots of people you’ll recognize. The topic? Kick-ass aging, on Keep it Juicy!
If you are like I am, you hate hate speech. But should we just look the other way, or should we actively block that kind of talk or writing? When is banning hate speech just censorship? Censorship vs banning, on Keep it Juicy.
You may have heard her name as the executive producer for Oprah Winfrey, but Sheri Salata has moved on to new adventures. She’s got a new book – The Beautiful No – what a great name! – and she shares her insights in what she calls part midlife rallying cry and part cautionary tale. Sheri Salata, on Keep it Juicy!
In his poem The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, T.S. Eliot says, “I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.” Now I love coffee, but the truth is, we measure our life in time. Everybody knows that one plus one equals two. But sometimes, when you add up the hours you’ve spent on things, the math doesn’t add up. The math of life, on Keep it Juicy!
Cindy Gallop is back and she's talking about real sex versus the porn most people watch. She's starting a social sex revolution! Make love, not porn on Keep it Juicy!
What do you really know? We're talking knowledge versus information and why we're better than robots on Keep it Juicy!
We're talking inheritances. Whether you’re getting a lot of money or a little – or whether you’re the one divvying up the money after Aunt Gertrude dies – it can be a real mess. Guest Jennifer Luzzatto, talks about how to clean up the mess – or, even better, to make sure that the mess never happens.
Who you let in your life matters. But who you let back in might matter even more. Whether to let an old friend back in, on Keep it Juicy!
Honey Good returns to the podcast. You might remember Honey from Episode 6 when she talked about the lessons of widowhood. Now, Honey talks her new project – a legacy book for grandparents to leave behind – and about her new network that encourages friendships of all ages. Friends of all ages, on Keep it Juicy!
In this era of #MeToo and of potential presidential candidates being outed for creepy touching…what do we do about the need for human touch? Touch, on Keep it Juicy!
You know how time seems to fly faster the older you get? Well, there’s a scientific reason for that – and there are some pretty easy ways to slow time down, believe it or not. Physicist/engineer Adrian Bejan talks about the science behind time and why it seems to race by on Keep it Juicy!
Have you renewed your drivers license lately? Well, I just did and it threw me into a sort of existential crisis. Great to good on Keep it Juicy!
Flip through a magazine or turn on your television. Where are all the older people? Even the few ads that have older people – well, let’s just say they don’t look, act or talk like anyone I know. They’re all obsessed with insurance policies and wrinkles. AARP hired Cindy Gallop for its Disrupt Aging campaign to target ageism in advertising. They couldn’t have picked a better person. Cindy is kind of a legend in the ad world. She’s tart, funny and blunt – ageism doesn’t stand a chance. Cindy Gall...
I’m still recovering from daylight savings time and it got me thinking about all the things we pretend together, like that the time has changed. It's amazing what mass hysteria will do. Let’s pretend, on Keep it Juicy!
We talk with registered dietician Lisa Johansen. You know, the older I get, the more that eating seems like a minefield. I just want to eat in peace and drink my glass of wine with dinner and not worry about pesky things like changing metabolism or the temptation of bread basket. Lisa walks us through how we can eat for health – and guess what, it’s not by dieting. Eating for health, on Keep it Juicy!
Sourdough lessons. I’ve been trying to perfect sourdough and it’s left me feeling kind of crumby and crusty. Sourdough is science, it's art, it's Zen and it may just break me.
Meet "juicy" Carrie Morgridge. Carrie is a philanthropist and she and her husband recently rode mountain bikes from one end of the Continental Divide to another. You might think it takes loads of money to be a philanthropist – Carrie married into the Cisco Systems family after all – but she didn’t always have money and she talks about how giving has always been a part of her life. You're going to want to bottle Carrie’s energy!
What makes us break out our wallets? Psychology has something to say about that -- but did they get it right? Why we give on Keep it Juicy!
When should you schedule surgery? What about a new diet? We talk about the science that tells us WHEN we should do almost everything in life. Author Dan Pink of the best-selling WHEN, shares the cool stuff that he discovered and it may change your daily routines!
I read those Hallmark cards about my spouse being my other half and I just think they get it wrong. I talk giving space in love on Keep it Juicy!
Welcome back to psychotherapist and mindfulness teacher Nancy Colier. Nancy talks about mindful relationships. You might think that being mindful in a relationship is just about paying attention to your mate…and it is…but it’s also about paying attention to yourself and the thoughts and emotions you bring to the partnership. Nancy talks about how to show up and how to deal with a really bad day. Mindful relationships, on Keep it Juicy!
Do you ever lie? Oh, come on, don’t lie…admit it. Everybody lies. We’re talking the lies we tell others, and the lies we tell ourselves, on Keep it Juicy!
We talk with Amanda Dixon, an analyst for bankrate.com. I asked her on the podcast because I saw a study that we’re doing more side hustles than ever before. What’s a side hustle? We used to call it “moonlighting.” You know, that little extra job for that little extra cash. You might be surprised at why we’re side hustling these days…and what we’re doing. The Side Hustle, on Keep it Juicy!
How are you doing on those resolutions? Lost that weight or become a better person yet? Yeah, me neither. Forget resolutions for the new year, rituals may be the way to go. Lots of my friends have them and I asked them what they do. Rituals, on Keep it Juicy!
We talk to Brad Staats. I read Brad’s book, Never Stop Learning, as part of a book club I belong to. The whole book is good, but I really was struck by his chapter on failure. Now, anyone with a podcast knows that the way is littered with failure. Guests who drone on and on, recordings that fail, sound that makes it sound like your podcast is under the sea…I’ve pretty much done everything about this podcast wrong at least once. So, when Brad wrote that failure is necessary and good? Made me feel...
We talk with Erik Listou from the Living in Place Institute. You might wonder what living in place is…it’s staying where you are, rather than having to go to a senior community or assisted living facility. Easy, right? All you have to do is stay healthy! Erik tells us that there are some relatively low-cost things you can do to your home that can keep you safely there…and it doesn’t have to look like an institution. Even if you’re not ready to think about this, your parents might be. Living in P...
We’re talking about listening to yourself on Keep it Juicy! I was reminded recently that I don’t sound the way I think I sound. I'm talking about not just the quality of my tone, but the quality of my conversation. Listening to yourself, on Keep it Juicy!
We talk with Alexis Ferraro of Our Time, a dating app for over-50s. We're used to getting books, shoes and travel arrangements through online ordering. Why not love? Well, Alexis tells us that the book you're ordering doesn't have the option of not liking you back. The brave world of online dating for over 50s on Keep it Juicy!
