This episode is part of the special series on Un-Retirement. Damion Lupo is a bestselling author in personal finance and money thinking, host of the Financial Underdogs podcast, owner of 30+ companies, and founder of his own martial art – Yokido®. If there was one thing I remembered about our conversation, it was that Damion explained why he hated the word retirement . As I revisit this episode now, in the context of the Un-retirement series, I see how it’s even more relevant than ever and his p...
May 19, 2022•33 min
This episode is part of the special series on Un-Retirement. Autumn Witt Boyd is an award-winning intellectual property lawyer who works with online business owners to protect their brand, content, and business. When it comes to intellectual property and business strategies, Autumn is known as a thought leader in the online business community. She speaks frequently at conferences, seminars, and workshops and appears as a guest on podcasts hosted by other experts and business owners. In this epis...
May 12, 2022•34 min
This episode is part of the special series on Un-Retirement. Michael Zipursky is the CEO and co-founder of Consulting Success. He’s kinda like a consultant for consultants. He helps business people run their businesses more efficiently and effectively. But more importantly, he specializes in helping people transition into a successful consultancy (or simply find more success as a consultant) by leveraging and marketing their expertise in an enormously crowded field. He is the author of five book...
May 05, 2022•31 min
This episode is part of the special series on Un-Retirement. Mary Beth Simon retired from her long corporate career in December 2018. As planned, she started a consulting company in early 2019. Mary Beth is part of many Generation X and Boomers who aren’t interested in putting their feet up and playing golf all day post-retirement. She considers herself 100% retired from her corporate career, but that only means she now has all the time to devote to the next chapter in her professional life. One...
Apr 28, 2022•37 min
IN THIS EPISODE: How Paula Adler discovered a path to a new career, following a rich and fulfilling corporate career The whole process - from the decision, to working through her fears, to facing the guilt and planning for her new life What it meant to leave a career she worked hard to build Her life and priorities after retiring from her corporate career ABOUT MY GUEST: Paula Adler is a certified life and leadership coach. She is a force for positive transformation, enabling clients to explore ...
Apr 14, 2022•42 min
ABOUT MY GUEST: Lisette Smith is the Chief Operating Officer and a senior advisor at The Advisory Group of San Francisco, an independent financial advisory firm that manages $1BN in assets. Lisette is a pioneer of the Midlife Gap Year concept as part of the financial planning process. She wrote the educational guide, The Midlife Gap Year: How to take a break and still feel financially secure to help others take a long-term view of their career and life fulfillment. Today we talk about how we can...
Mar 31, 2022•29 min
Is your curiosity pushing you toward something you’ve never done before, where you don’t have a lot of relevant previous experience? Are you itching to start a project but you’re hesitating because it’s filled with uncertainty and there are so many questions you haven’t got answers for? I’m quite familiar with that scenario. Recently, I published the 100th edition of Midlife Cues . This milestone is a big deal for me because Midlife Cues is one of the most personal projects I’ve ever undertaken....
Mar 17, 2022•19 min
ABOUT MY GUESTS: Today, Donna Bond is a Spiritual advisor, and a Business and Life coach. She is the author of Original Wisdom: Harness the Power of the Authentic You. But before she found this new path, Donna was near the top of her chosen career ladder in marketing. She had worked long and hard to attain that success and so it was not a small matter to deliberately leave it for something else new and so totally different from her career path. So in this episode, we talk about letting go — of j...
Mar 03, 2022•43 min
A super short trailer that talks about what we cover here on the show - now that we've turned a new chapter! For the full backlist and show notes, head on over to http://secondbreaks.com Get full access to We're All Getting Older at loublaser.substack.com/subscribe
Feb 25, 2022•3 min
ABOUT MY GUESTS: James and Claire Davis are the husband and wife team behind the coaching and fitness company 38 Degrees North and the host of The Midlife Mentors podcast. Leveraging their backgrounds in psychology, coaching, and NLP, they have been helping midlifers make positive changes in their lives. I began the conversation with Claire and James with their personal love story in mind. James and Claire were both married — to other people I mean. They both got divorced in midlife then found e...
Feb 17, 2022•45 min
IN THIS EPISODE: The reasoning and principle behind “stop fixing yourself” How to recognize the programming that leads us to think we are broken and need fixing What attachments are and how to spot them How to identify the conditions that we sub-consciously impose on our happiness ABOUT MY GUEST: Don Joseph Goewey is the director of the Center for Spiritual Exchange, the official archive for the works of Anthony De Mello. De Mello was a Jesuit priest and psychotherapist and was regarded as one o...
Feb 03, 2022•50 min
This is a short episode to give you a preview of what I've got cooking and the topics that we will be exploring in Season 8. The new season starts on Thursday, February 3rd. Get full access to We're All Getting Older at loublaser.substack.com/subscribe
Jan 27, 2022•6 min
Forget what so-and-so said about how someone of a certain age should look or sound or act or behave. In midlife, just as in every other phase of our life, "You Do You" is an awesome principle to follow. In this episode, I've distilled five principles for a well-lived midlife, gathered from my own research of midlife's twists and turns and deep conversations with other midlifers on the podcast. For the written transcript and all the links, head on over to http://secondbreaks.com Get full access t...
Dec 09, 2021•26 min
IN THIS EPISODE: How Nancy Davis Kho executed her year-long project of writing one letter of gratitude a week What was hard, easy, and surprising about the project How we can start a similar gratitude project The project’s lasting impact on Nancy Nancy’s observations from her experience interviewing mid-lifers on her podcast ABOUT MY GUEST: Nancy Davis Kho is a speaker, author, and podcaster whose work has appeared in the Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, and Salon.com . She is the autho...
Nov 25, 2021•41 min
IN THIS EPISODE: What does it look like and how does it feel when we have our own back The three internal voices that we have Why the third voice – our biggest fan – is the one we really want to strengthen The role that self-loyalty plays when dealing with our inner critic Why Nancy avoids thinking “I deserve this” and how this thought-process may lead to false self-loyalty ABOUT MY GUEST: Nancy Jane Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Coach specializing in High Functioning Anxiety an...
Nov 11, 2021•43 min
IN THIS EPISODE: What stress really is and how our body responds to stress Chronic vs Acute stress Three principles of stress relief Why Shula prefers to talk about principles rather than specific techniques for stress relief Examples of what these principles may look like in practice ABOUT MY GUEST Shulamit Ber Levtov is a mindset and resilience consultant. She uses her background as a trauma therapist to help women entrepreneurs stay sane and care for their emotional health as they ride the em...
Oct 28, 2021•44 min
IN THIS EPISODE: Dr. Mickey Barber explains the phrase “successful aging” and how we can achieve it Why it’s important to look for a physician who specializes in age management and what we should look for Why she believes in a shared responsibility of the patient-doctor team How to talk to our doctors to have a better chance that our health concerns are heard The most important factors to staying healthy as we get older ABOUT MY GUEST: Dr. Mickey Barber is on a mission to spread the word that yo...
Oct 07, 2021•40 min
IN THIS EPISODE: Level-setting definitions: what is peri-menopause (and how long it can last); what and when is menopause; and what and when is post-menopause Strategies for making the peri-menopause and post-menopause years “easier” on ourselves & our bodies The truth about common perceptions and “truths” about menopause Why Lorraine believes our post-menopausal years can be a magical time of our life and how we can make it so! ABOUT MY GUEST: As a certified health and hormone coach as well...
Sep 23, 2021•38 min
IN THIS EPISODE: How to craft the "best story" for your midlife reinvention How to tell the story that you want to tell, with authenticity and vulnerability Why Hillary does not encourage the typical "hero's journey" format Selecting the "right" stories to include in your overall narrative Why you'd want to have a prepared story in your back pocket ABOUT MY GUEST: Hillary Rea is the founder of Tell Me A Story, a communication consulting and coaching business that teaches multi-passionate entrepr...
Sep 10, 2021•42 min
IN THIS EPISODE: Strategies for returning to your previous career after a long break Strategies for career pivots in midlife What to do when you’ve been let go in midlife How to approach networking when you haven’t been keeping in touch with your contacts How to address the “years and years of experience” in your resumé ABOUT MY GUEST: Sarah Baker Andrus is the founder and CEO of Avarah Careers, a career coaching business. She’s worked on all sides of the hiring equation, serving as a career cou...
Aug 26, 2021•44 min
In This Episode: How memoir-writing can be a transformative and healing process Why Janelle Hardy tells her students to be open to being "wrong" about their life patterns Writing versus thinking about our past stories The good and bad about "reframing" past stories Janelle's writing prompts to get us started About My Guest: Janelle Hardy is a writer, artist, and host of the Personal Mythmaking Podcast. For the past 5 years, she has integrated her expertise and training into supporting people in ...
Aug 12, 2021•35 min
IN THIS EPISODE: Why our midlife can be the most powerful years of our life Strong habits that we can develop so we can not just enjoy but thrive in midlife Practical applications of these habits in our day-to-day Common situations where we can feel resistance as we apply these habits ABOUT MY GUEST: Sara Smeaton is a certified coach, writer, workshop and group leader, and creator of the interview series, Power Profiles: Redefining Midlife. She is determined to challenge the narrative that in mi...
Jul 29, 2021•39 min
IN THIS EPISODE: Gail Gensler's pro-aging stance and philosophy Why and how she prioritizes fitness and a healthy lifestyle The legacy that she wants to leave behind How we too can embrace fitness in our midlife — even if we've never been "athletic" ABOUT MY GUEST: Gail Gensler is a 60-year old pro-aging fitness enthusiast living in Miami. Gail's goal is to change the narrative about aging through fitness and a healthy lifestyle and to inspire younger generations to not fear the years. In this e...
Jul 15, 2021•30 min
IN THIS EPISODE: - Why self fragmentation occurs and why it shows up at work and home - What is a “wholeness journey” and what is its end goal - Self-advocacy: what it looks like and how it sounds - The idea behind small brave YESes - Where to begin our wholeness journey ABOUT MY GUEST: Shawn Fink is the founder and host of The Brave Yes Show and a coach for Gen X women who want to redefine themselves or their careers for the next half of their lives. In this episode, we explore what leads to se...
Jul 01, 2021•39 min
IN THIS EPISODE: Why we all need a personal contingency plan What goes into our plan Analog vs Digital Where to start — the basics ABOUT MY GUEST: After 30+ years in corporate financial services, Mary Beth Simon now uses her strategic talents as a keynote speaker and to coach entrepreneurs and individuals on creating their contingency plans to empower their second-in-command to keep business and life flowing smoothly in an emergency. In this episode, Mary Beth and I talk about who needs a contin...
Jun 17, 2021•35 min
TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE: It's easy to rationalize our way OUT and convince ourselves we don't need a career change. Asking for help at the outset can make all the difference. The transition to a new career can take different forms; there isn't one way to do this. A midlife career change doesn't mean starting from Square 1. We take with us all the experiences, skills, and perspectives that can only enrich our new role. ABOUT MY GUEST: Annie Schuessler is a business coach and the host of the p...
Jun 03, 2021•45 min
IN THIS EPISODE: The concept of “Body Peace” and how we can achieve it The diet culture: how to recognize it, name it, and create healthy boundaries How we can approach weight loss, if that is our goal, and increase our chances of achieving what we really want Embracing our bodies in midlife Listening to our bodies ABOUT MY GUEST: Nina Manolson is a board-certified health and wellness coach. She helps women end the war with food and body so that we can finally feel at peace and at home in our bo...
May 20, 2021•44 min
IN THIS EPISODE: Limiting Beliefs: where they come from and how they develop The limiting beliefs that are most damaging Why Lana doesn’t say that we “overcome limiting beliefs” and what she teaches her clients instead When fear and limiting beliefs intersect How to reframe old narratives ABOUT MY GUEST: Lana Hernandez is a Mindset and Empowerment Coach who guides her clients through the mindset triggers of the entrepreneurial journey. Using her intuitive gifts and 20+ years of corporate knowled...
May 06, 2021•33 min
It’s been almost 4 years since I started this podcast, the first episode with my guest Shannon Davis airing in June 2017. Since that episode, I have been through a lot and have grown quite a bit, in a way that only our lived experiences can do for us. The podcast has also changed over the years, in terms of frequency and the stories we cover here on the show. And now, the world itself has changed dramatically. As I began planning for Season 7 of this podcast, I realized something. This podcast h...
Apr 29, 2021•8 min
IN THIS EPISODE: Why and how Shara’s search for natural solutions for her husband led to her plant-based diet and lifestyle change What’s been easy/hard about her transition How the initial decision to stop eating meat led to other lifestyle changes Various tricks she learned and adopted to stick to her plant-based lifestyle Former teacher, Shara Haberman began her diet and lifestyle change somewhat accidentally. Her plant-based health journey began after her husband, Tom, was diagnosed with dia...
Mar 25, 2021•32 min
