Shows
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioTravel as a Mirror and Map: How Travel Changes and Orients Us with Dorian Mintzer and Kendall DudleyTravel awakens our senses and makes life vivid! In contrast to our daily lives, where habits and familiarity blunt our awareness, travel heightens our senses and makes us pay attention to new surroundings. If we are willing to look closely, we may see what has been hiding in plain sight: our emerging self!Our culture softens our edges by offering us comfort and security in trade for experimentation and purposeful risk-taking. Worse, we can believe the time for self-rediscovery or dramatic change is past, belonging only to those younger than us. Intentional travel, whether by armchair, hydrofoil...
2024-01-0946 min
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioWorking in Wonderland with Dorian Mintzer and Carleen MacKayThe 21st-century world of work is as unlike the 20th-century world of jobs as the modern drone is to the horse and buggy of great-grandfather's day. Suppose you coach clients in career or life planning. In that case, if you are a psychologist or sociologist helping people navigate this very different world of work, or if you are wondering about your job situation, this episode is for you!Hard facts underscore this episode and make the case that how we work (and will work) has forever structurally changed. Ideas for you to incorporate into your practice or...
2024-01-0258 min
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioHonoring the Art of Our Lives with Dorian Mintzer and Alan O’HareWhat are you doing with your life's stories?We reach a time in our lives during the third stage when we still envision what we seek to accomplish or discover, but more of our lives are devoted to reflections on the journey that has brought us to this point. In this interview, Alan C. O'Hare discusses his journey as a community psychologist, university educator, actor, playwright, and director, all woven together in his calling and artistry as a "Seanchai/storyteller." These skills are also integrated into being a "curator" who highlights moments from a person's...
2023-12-1953 min
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioExploring Spiritual Opportunities in the Second Half of Life with Dorian Mintzer and Bob WeberIn 1976, when he was forty-four years old, Henri Nouwen co-authored a book entitled Aging: The Fulfillment of Life. One of Nouwen's colleagues who worked in the field of gerontology extolled the book as the best he had read on aging. Nouwen responded, "I know nothing about aging." Because he was only forty-four at the time his answer was probably correct. But if you are a baby boomer, someone born between 1946 and 1964, you now know something about aging!In 1968 we baby boomers first started graduating from college. We were, are, and will continue to be people asking questions...
2023-12-1258 min
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioGetting Caregivers to Accept Help with Dorian Mintzer and Viki KindSo often, family caregivers are overwhelmed, but they won't ask for or accept help. Discover tools and communication strategies to help caregivers get past their barriers and begin to ask for and accept help. The goal is to ensure that caregivers are supported so that the person they care for is also safe and secure. The other outcome of ensuring the caregiver is supported is that they can make better future decisions because they come from a place of strength instead of weakness.In this program, you’ll discover:Viki's 4-Step Process for getting caregivers to as...
2023-12-051h 07
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioThe Caring Collaborative with Dorian Mintzer and Betsy WerleyIn an era where we're living longer, families are far away, and we want to stay independent, self-help programs like the Caring Collaborative fill a gaping hole, whether you live in the suburbs or a city.The Transition Network's Caring Collaborative program channels the goodwill of our community into practical help with health issues. Grocery shopping, sharing medical experiences, an escort to your rehab session, a note-taker during a doctor's visit - they're all on the Caring Collaborative's menu of ways participants can support each other. You'll learn about TTN's program - and how you can bring...
2023-11-281h 03
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioWhat Do You Know About The Cards You've Been Dealt? with Dorian Mintzer and Andrea GallagherIn her professional world, Andrea has seen her share of conversations between seniors, service providers, and family caregivers. In particular, when caring for an older adult, she sees how difficult it can be for others to really know what would bring that person joy and satisfaction.Getting to the bottom of what is important to an individual's feeling of independence, happiness, and well-being is often obscured by how we go about those conversations. Where family caregivers may lack training, even professional service providers frequently enter into a dialogue that makes a senior feel embarrassed, disempowered ..or even...
2023-11-211h 00
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioNew Road-No Rules for Work, Love, and Play in the Bonus Decades with Dorian Mintzer and Abigail TraffordThe kids are grown, the mortgage is paid, and the career is topping out. Does this mean immediate settlement into old age? Absolutely not! Thanks to the longevity revolution of recent decades, today's 55-75-year-olds are living and working longer and healthier than ever before. This generation is the first to experience the period of personal renaissance between middle and old age, "My Time." It is a whole new developmental stage in the life cycle during which 50-somethings reinvent themselves as inspiring students, artists, travelers, friends, lovers, and so much more.Longevity is imposing a "new normal"...
2023-11-141h 01
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioImagine, Then Do It! with Dorian Mintzer and Julie ShifmanJulie's message challenges women to open their minds to the endless possibilities that can result in a fulfilling next act. She begins by permitting them to dream again, as Julie finds that too many women have buried their dreams in some dark closet. Sometimes, that means rediscovering old dreams that have gone dormant over the years; sometimes, it means imagining new ones. But her message doesn't end with the Imagining. She also provides practical advice on how to Do It and begin the journey towards fulfilling those dreams.As Julie says, "Imagining without the doing is just...
2023-11-0754 min
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioDeciding Not to Retire or to Un-Retire with Dorian Mintzer and Dr. Elizabeth FidelerWe're surrounded by examples of women working well past the traditional retirement age. In fact, the fastest-growing segment of the workforce is women aged sixty-five and older. In today's challenging economy, men over the traditional retirement age are the second-fastest growing group of workers (just behind older women). In this episode, we'll explore:Why older women and men are staying on the job past conventional retirement ageWhat's driving this trend; gender differencesWorking late by choice or necessity; advantages and disadvantagesTraditional role models, expectations; loss of identityWhat does "older" mean; age stereotypingGiving back--mentoring, volunteeringA...
2023-10-311h 04
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioTen Essential Questions to Ask About Money and Lifestyle with Dorian Mintzer and Holly P. ThomasLifestyle and money intersect at almost every turn, and they are the things that make us happy. Holly P. Thomas - behavioral economist, personal CFO, and author of The Mindful Money Mentality: How to Find Balance in Your Financial Future- will explore ten essential questions about whether money and lifestyle choices can make us happy and keep us happy.During this episode, you will:Gain greater insight into the relationship between lifestyle and money;Learn strategies for mapping our lifestyle goals to our money goals;Walk away with the basic pillars of a plan to take...
2023-10-2455 min
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioThe New Retirement: Create a Life You Don't Need a Vacation From with Dorian Mintzer and Jan CullinaneTen thousand people are turning 65 daily, and by 2030, all Boomers will be at least 65. Are you ready for retirement? Here are some things to consider: "Fun" Retirement Vocabulary wordsImportance of 6,570Reflections about relocationWorking in Retirement (and the five Ps)Money and Your Brain (behavioral economics)Purpose and ValuesRetiree RegretsSumming it up: Secrets for a Successful RetirementShed your skin/molt!About Jan Cullinane:Jan Cullinane is a recognized expert on holistic retirement. Her books include two previous editions of the best-selling The New Retirement: The Ultimate Guide to the Rest of Your Life, the aw...
2023-10-1756 min
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioFrom Inception to Retirement: How I Help Elders to Record their Memoirs with Dorian Mintzer and Mary O'Brien TyrrellIn this episode, Mary O'Brien Tyrrell will describe the satisfactions and challenges of a new type of business: helping older clients capture their life stories in published memoirs that become cherished family heirlooms. Based on the author's long firsthand experience working with elders as a memoirist and gerontological nurse, Tyrrell will offer a wealth of interesting stories and invaluable advice on working with elders, conducting interviews, composing memoirs, and creating and maintaining a successful memoir business with minimal financial investment.In this episode, you will discover:Acting on an idea that came from natureA home business...
2023-10-101h 04
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioThe Art of Creative Caregiving with Dorian Mintzer and Dr. Greg FinchListeners will learn about the National Center for Creative Aging and how every individual can flourish through creative aging. Note: The agency mentioned in this interview closed in 2017. Whether in or approaching retirement, participants will discover that approaching the possibilities and potential of aging equips us with resilience and a remarkable capacity for vitality in the world.Participants will:Learn about a remarkable paradigm shift in aging that is embracing creativity as a vital factor that fosters life satisfaction, contributes to improved health, and enriches connection and resilienceExplore the concept of flourishing through creativityLearn ways creativity...
2023-10-0354 min
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioThe Future of Work with Dorian Mintzer and Kerry HannonAnyone who began working 20 or 30 years ago has witnessed astonishing changes in the workplace during their career. When the global pandemic hit, older workers fortunate enough to retain their jobs once again had to navigate enormous upheaval virtually overnight. Working from home, often in isolation, over-fifties found themselves facing daunting technological and social challenges. Influenced by the profound changes in the workplace spurred by the pandemic, Kerry Hannon will discuss the five major trends that are here to stay, the rise of the multi-gen workforce, the fundamental demographic changes, and how the most forward-thinking organizations are tapping i...
2023-09-2657 min
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioHow to Maximize Your Health in the Fourth and Fifth Age with Dorian Mintzer and Dr. Karl SingerDr. Karl Singer is a family physician and geriatrician who recently retired from active practice in Exeter, NH. Over more than 40 years in practice, he has seen enormous changes in the patterns of illness in his older patients. The changes reflect both advances in medical care and a new understanding of the importance of lifestyle on illness and quality of life.In this episode, Dr. Singer will discuss strategies for optimizing health and function in older adults based on current research. He will also outline some of the challenges of the new frontier of caring for patients...
2023-09-191h 12
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioYour 5 Keys to Juggling Success for Boomers and Beyond with Dorian Mintzer and Denise ArchieDenise Archie will share her 5 keys to personal success - how many balls are you juggling? Denise's approach to life, work, and play is a combination of "loving what I do" and anything I do must pass my "five non-negotiables” test: Is it fun?Do I like who I am being in this relationship?Does it make a difference to others?What can I learn?What can we learn together?This highly engaging and interactive session will allow you to laugh, share, and consider your 5 keys to your personal and professional success.About Denise Arc...
2023-09-121h 00
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioThe Mindful Body: Thinking Our Way to Chronic Health with Dorian Mintzer and Ellen LangerDiscover how adjusting your thoughts can change your health—from the "mother of mindfulness" and the first female tenured professor of psychology at Harvard.When it comes to our health, too many of us think that a medical diagnosis describes a static or worsening condition. We live our lives as though our ailments—our stiff knees, frayed nerves, or failing eyesight—can only change in one direction: for the worse. Ellen J. Langer’s life’s work proves the fault in that logic. She has spent more than forty years testing the limiting effects of our negativ...
2023-09-0559 min
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioCreating, Funding, and Running a Volunteer Organization in Your Third Act with Dorian Mintzer and David CampbellIn this episode, David will discuss the organizational story behind his non-profit organization, All Hands Volunteers. He'll talk about how and why he founded it, the challenges of starting a small international program, and some aspects of volunteering. He'll share his personal experience of Katrina, the 2010 Haiti earthquake, and the 2011 Japan tsunami, in each case personally arriving in the disaster zone in the first week to decide how to launch a project.About David Campbell:David Campbell has been a technology executive, corporate board member, and humanitarian field volunteer. He went to Thailand...
2023-08-291h 03
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioThe Reinvention of Retirement with Dorian Mintzer and Connie ZweigCrossing the threshold into late life can feel like a high-wire act without a net. But, if you are retiring or rewiring, ill or caregiving, feeling purposeful or disoriented, yearning to serve or do spiritual practice, you can learn to cross over from denial to awareness, from distraction to presence, from role to soul.How do we explore who we are beyond work? How do we uncover the unconscious material that erupts around losing our roles, losing our loved ones, losing control of our bodies, and losing our faith? And how do we overcome the denial, resistance...
2023-08-2259 min
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioMake Healthy Eating Happen with Dorian Mintzer and Sue LevyInterested in turning healthy eating into a simple, delicious, and sustainable daily practice? Been burned by "diets" and looking for a sensible approach to eating that fits your tastes and busy, on-the-go life?In this episode, you'll discover:What the experts have to say about eating to feel better NOW, lose harmful belly fat, reduce sugar and inflammation, improve digestion, and prevent and manage diseaseThree easy shifts you can make to move beyond a diet and kick-start a sustainable approach to healthy eating that fits your tastes and lifestyleAn exciting program to get nutrition info and...
2023-08-151h 04
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioWhat Investors Don't See That's Ruining Their Portfolios and What They Can Do to Fix It with Dorian Mintzer and Douglas GoldsteinDouglas Goldstein, CFP, will present the research that he's done over the past five years with World Chess Champion Susan Polgar about how high-level participants in any field often miss critical information in their decision-making process and how investors can use the same strategies that chess grandmasters use in order avoid the common downfalls.In this episode, you'll discover:What is holding you back from financial freedomHow to apply the strategies that Susan Polgar used to win 10 Olympic medals to managing your moneySeveral strategies that can make you as "Rich as a King!"About...
2023-08-0858 min
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioWho Do You Want to Be When You Grow Old? with Dorian Mintzer and Richard LeiderThere are 75 million Americans over the age of sixty, many of them looking to continue the personal growth journey that has been the hallmark of their generation. They want to grow old, not just get old. The path of purposeful aging is accessible to all - and it's fundamental to health, happiness, and longevity. Just floating along from one year to the next, accepting things as they present themselves without question or intention, is a surefire recipe for dissatisfaction and despair in later life.The traditional milestones of old age - retirement, the death of one's parents...
2023-08-0159 min
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioGeriatrica: A Traveler's Guide with Dorian Mintzer and Dr. Marilyn HeinsNewspaper columnist and beloved pediatrician Dr. Marilyn Heins, MD, has fashioned a pathway through the transformative senior years of life after having entered the octogenarian years herself. Marilyn takes on her role of tour guide through this new terrain with her typical poise and acumen while offering a healthy dose of humor. Approaching the aging journey as a landscape in an unfamiliar country, Marilyn imagines us all to be immigrants in the land of Geriatrica. During the voyage, she visits somewhat familiar yet not-quite-known stops along the way. In this episode, you'll discover:dangers a...
2023-07-2553 min
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioMemory Training: Developing Confidence in Your Abilities with Dorian Mintzer and Dana SteinovaOne unique way to help seniors feel great about themselves is via memory training. In this episode, Dana Steinova discusses her memory training approach based on mnemonics. Its power is in its ability to change the mindset of people who suffer from memory lapses and people who are giving up, accepting their memory problems as inevitable or something that belongs to the natural aging process. Her program convinces the participants that, in reality, they have tremendous mental potential. They activate special circuits in the brain that people unfamiliar with such techniques leave idle. The program works because cognitive and...
2023-07-181h 05
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioPlanning for No Regrets with Dorian Mintzer and Kim PotgieterDoes the prospect of retirement daunt you? Do you and your partner have dreams for this significant transition? Can you envision a meaningful life beyond work?Kim Potgieter believes that creating your best life cannot be left to chance. In her book, Retiremeant: Get More Meaning From Your Money, she demonstrates that taking an active role in preparing for retirement enables you to live without regrets.Join us for this program with this Financial Life Planner as she expands on really practical ideas from her book:Explore your relationship with money: What is your...
2023-07-1153 min
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioDon't Bite Your Tongue and Don't Roll Your Eyes with Dorian Mintzer and Dr. Ruth NemzoffThis "other Dr. Ruth" will gently guide you through the intricacies of parenting your adult children. With the wisdom of a scholar and the humility that only the mother of four grownups can bring to the subject, she deftly addresses issues of communication, in-laws, stylistic and cultural differences, grandparenting, disappointment, adult sibling relationships, money, and more, while encouraging us to acknowledge and utilize our children's expertise.Dr. Nemzoff will share vivid vignettes and make sound suggestions to help us create satisfying mutual relationships. Dr. Ruth Nemzoff's books are useful as an adjunct to therapy or a part...
2023-06-271h 02
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioIt's Never Too Late to Get the Kind of Attention You Need with Dorian Mintzer and Alice Aspen MarchWhat is The Attention Factor®? Why is it important to know about it? How can it change lives?The Attention Factor® presents the concept of attention in a completely new way. Attention is not about focus or concentration (although these things are part of it). The Attention Factor® teaches us how to use attention to improve our emotional well-being and the emotional well-being of others."You've basically saved my daughter's life.""I've changed the way I've looked at my son and talked to him.""My relationship with my adult son has become so much better.""Now I k...
2023-06-201h 05
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioLegacies of the Heart: Living a Life That Matters with Dorian Mintzer and Meg NewhouseMeg Newhouse, Ph.D., co-founder of the Life Planning Network and author of Legacies of the Heart: Living a Life that Matters, will discuss her unique perspective on legacy as a compass for enriching our lives and leaving behind evidence that our lives mattered and "left the world a little better than it was." She will share a few of the many stories in her book that illustrate the various dimensions and kinds of legacy we all receive and leave and consider the potential role of conscious elders.You'll come away from this episode with:
2023-06-1359 min
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioChoosing the Right Place at the Right Time in the 2nd Half of Life with Dorian Mintzer and Ryan FrederickPlace plays a significant but often unacknowledged role in health and happiness. The right place elevates personal well-being. It can help promote purpose, facilitate human connection, catalyze physical activity, support financial health, and inspire community engagement. Conversely, the wrong place can be detrimental to health. For many of us, the pandemic has raised the importance of where you live but evaluating and finding the best place for you can be challenging.In this episode, you'll discover:The key tenets of successful aging, including the role of place as a direct and indirect driver for a long...
2023-06-061h 07
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioThe Many Faces of Retirement with Dorian Mintzer and Dr. George SchofieldWhich is changing faster, the chicken or the egg? It isn't a question of which came first anymore. Or which goes next. It's the question of being able to keep up with both simultaneously in a world of continuous and discontinuous change.In today's episode, you will discover:an overview of the history of retirementthe context and environment in which we are experiencing and trying to plan retirementhow to identify the tangible assets we're going to have to develop and maintain beyond our financessome predictions that may surprise you about the importance of extended...
2023-05-301h 06
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioHow to Lead with Wisdom with Dorian Mintzer and Jann FreedEpisode Description: This program is for anyone in a position of influence in an organization or those who train these individuals. It's also for those who feel they are drowning in information but starving for wisdom about what behaviors nurture people, organizations, and communities at large.In this episode, you'll discover:how to define sage-inghow sage-ing influenced my leadership bookwhy my book is about life as much as leadershipwhy wisdom is essential in leading one's best lifeAbout Jann Freed:Jann Freed, Ph.D., is a leadership...
2023-05-231h 01
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioLegacy of Wisdom – Making Wisdom a Central Theme of Aging with Dorian Mintzer and Jay GoldfarbHow do we age better? Societies are unprepared to handle the changes their longer-aging populations create. How can we create a new paradigm that is practical and yet easy to implement? The Legacy of Wisdom program was started in 2008 with input from several people, most notably Roshi Joan Halifax, Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Ram Dass, and others. With two successful congresses in New York (2011) and Colorado (2013) and a "Driving Longevity" program launched at Harvard Medical School in October 2014, Legacy of Wisdom has been active in formulating effective approaches to the new issues of aging. Mary Catherine Bateson reminds us, "we...
2023-05-1658 min
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioPositive Health and Well-Being for You and Your Patients with Dorian Mintzer and Dr. Tom KottkeAs those of us born in the Baby Boomer Generation are expected to live longer than our parents, there are a number of behaviors in which we can engage that make that life expectancy a joy rather than a burden. These include physical, emotional, and empathetic activities that will help Boomers flourish in their later years.In this episode, participants will discover:Six behaviors that have a strong impact on healthy life expectancy (nutrition, physical activity, tobacco, alcohol, sleep, and healthy thinking)Six building blocks of well-being (emotional & mental, social & interpersonal, financial, career, physical...
2023-05-0954 min
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioRetiring to Unretirement with Dorian Mintzer and Chris FarrellWe are witnessing a broad transformation of our economy and society. The old idea of "retirement" is disappearing. The boomer generation, poised to live longer and be well educated compared to previous generations, is experimenting with "unretirement," including work in the traditional retirement years. The unretirement years may include part-time work, flexible jobs, temp work, contract work, a new career, or even starting an entrepreneurial venture. Their experience, wisdom, and, significantly, their continued earnings will benefit the American workplace, dramatically ease financial worries, and enrich communities and our whole society.About Chris Farrell:
2023-05-021h 10
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioBreaking Money Silence: How to Shatter Money Taboos, Talk More Openly about Finances and Live a Richer Life with Dorian Mintzer and Kathleen KingsburyAre you concerned about finances but dislike talking about money?If so, you are not alone. Almost half of Americans say that the most difficult topic to discuss with loved ones is their personal financial situation, so much so that they would rather discuss death, politics, or religion. . But, in a world where money can grant love, respect, self-worth, freedom, and power, there is a very real price to pay for money silence.But what price do you pay for staying quiet? Money silence may be costing you a fortune.In this program...
2023-04-2553 min
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioRetirement Planning Essentials with Dorian Mintzer and David HollandMany financial products and services are available in today's marketplace for investors and retirees. While investing can be exciting, addressing and getting "the basics" right is essential. During his fast-paced and multi-faceted presentation, David Holland will share his practical insights from 20+ years of advising and planning for individuals and families.In this episode, you'll discover:Emergency Funds (How Much and Where to Keep)Debt (How to Manage During Retirement)Long-term Care (A Critical Look at the Funding Options)Income (How to Create Diversified, Reliable Sources)Investing (How to Prepare for the Next Market Correction)Taxes (How...
2023-04-171h 19
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioHow to Brand Yourself in a Changed World with Dorian Mintzer and Wendy MarxAuthor, speaker, reinvention coach, and branding expert Wendy Marx will describe how to brand yourself in a changed world. The world has changed, and you need to also -whether you want to work part-time, volunteer, or start a new career. Marx will explain how you can take advantage of this unprecedented opportunity to show your value and how you can help.In this program, you will discover:The 5 key personal branding strategiesHow to become a director of your life, not a passive onlookerOther tips to engage people, find more meaning and purposeInsights from her...
2023-04-1153 min
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioConscious Aging: Seven Keys to Awakening with Purpose and Joy as You Age with Dorian Mintzer and David ChernikoffWhen wisely understood, the change inherent in the aging process becomes stepping-stones to actualizing our best human qualities. In this program, David Chernikoff will distill lessons from across contemplative traditions to invite listeners to embrace seven essential elements of conscious living.These elements culminate in wise elderhood--a state celebrated by indigenous cultures worldwide yet largely unacknowledged in contemporary Western society. For those of us who aspire to live fully and to love well as we age, Life, this program will help empower you to thrive personally and to contribute with ever greater clarity and purpose.
2023-04-041h 05
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioNever Too Old To Get Rich with Dorian Mintzer and Kerry HannonStudies have shown that the highest success rates in entrepreneurship come from founders in middle age and beyond. It's a global movement. Says Paul Irving, chairman of the Milken Institute's Center for the Future of Aging: "We are just beginning to see the economic power of older adults-- and the wisdom and experience that they bring to the workforce as entrepreneurs."Kerry Hannon provides action steps, insights, and resources from her new book, Never Too Old to Get Rich: Starting a Business at Mid-Life. She will discuss the rewards and challenges for those starting businesses, from their...
2023-03-2857 min
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioAge & Retirement: Some Game Changers with Dorian Mintzer and Helen DennisThe longevity revolution and concept of having an encore life are here. This Revolutionize Retirement conversation will focus on four game changers happening "on the ground." Separately and collectively, they are influencing the age and retirement experience: The Village movement, encore careers, technology, and a response to retiring career women. Join us for an informative, lively, and "fun" conversation.In this program, you'll discover:We are in a new life stage, but we can't decide on its nameHow this new life stage affects men and womenWhat are some game changers -- The Village movement...
2023-03-211h 08
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioRoads Taken: Work as the Expression of the Questions We Are Asking Ourselves with Dorian Mintzer and Fred MandellRoads Taken is less a map than a meandering, less a history than a reflection, less a presentation than a prism, less a how-to guide than a journey.Fred Mandell will review his work journey as an outgrowth of a series of animating questions. He will share what motivated him to launch The Global Institute for the Arts and Leadership as a response to the world in which we live. He will reflect on his current arts-based leadership consulting to enliven organizational culture and unlock innovation. Through these reflections, he will provide the opportunity to hold up...
2023-03-1452 min
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioPolicy, Housing and an Aging Society with Dorian Mintzer and Louis TenenbaumAging issues won't disappear, despite whoever is in office. Second, we can't expect more federal funding or new entitlements. But this could be good if it pushes us to think out of the box, particularly regarding aging in place, by focusing on the situation facing older middle-income Americans. While low-income older adults desperately need funding and support, 70% of older Americans (70 million people) do not qualify for government or not-for-profit programs but, at the same time, cannot afford expensive retirement communities or 24/7 care. These people have some resources, and most want to age in place. Many own their ho...
2023-03-071h 02
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioThe Making of an Old Soul: Aging as the Fulfillment of Life's Promise with Dorian Mintzer and Carol OrsbornScholar and mystic Dr. Carol Orsborn will shed new light on the entire arc of life, revisioning age not as diminishment but as the fulfillment of life's promise. Bursting through the stereotypes into a world of old souls, Orsborn will share how to embrace the luminous spirit within that beats steadily beyond the wounds of childhood, beyond the unintended consequences of your best intentions, beyond the twists and turns of fate over which even at the peak of the developmental pyramid you have no control. Her vision of aging affirms that seekers of all ages and circumstances have what...
2023-02-2856 min
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioAchieving the Good Life After 50: Tools and Resources for Making it Happen with Dorian Mintzer and Renée RosenbergIn her book, Achieving the Good Life After 50, Renée guides readers through the ups and downs of learning to cope positively with transition and change. In her over 30 years of experience working with clients in job search and career change, she has developed strategies and interventions to assist individuals to:Decide how to live the rest of their lifeIdentify the "purpose " that will drive themCombat ageism stereotypes while seeking employmentIn her entertaining and humorous manner, she will introduce her 9 P Pie recipe and discuss some of her unusual and positive interventions to assist individuals 50, 60, a...
2023-02-211h 01
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioWhy We Get In Our Own Way Dealing With the 3 Types of Clutter with Dorian Mintzer and Sallie FeltonHave you ever found yourself wanting to scream with the piles of paper on your desk, unable to remember all the "to-do's" running through your head, or tripping over one too many items or pieces of furniture? We all have at one time or another. So why do we get in our own way? Why can't we just settle into a rhythm or routine and conquer our clutter? Listen as Sallie explains why we have clutter and how to get rid of it....one step at a time.About Sallie Felton:As featured...
2023-02-141h 02
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioReinventing Your Life: Embrace the Second Half of Life with Dorian Mintzer and Suzanne Braun LevineThe challenge of this life stage is getting to know ourselves in a new context. It's a process somewhat similar to adolescence but with a greater perspective and wisdom. We have the opportunity to rediscover our values and priorities, our bodies and our relationships, and, in the process, to uncover new aspects of ourselves and discover "that we're not who we were when we were younger."This stage of life is a time for all of us to open up to new possibilities and reinvent ourselves. But, to do so, we need to confront some of our...
2023-02-071h 03
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioEldera: Unlocking the Social Capital of Older Adults with Dorian Mintzer and Dana GriffinEldera is all about bringing forth the Era of the Elders. Eldera.ai is a virtual multigenerational village where generations come together to connect, learn from each other, have fun, and create a better future for all. Eldera connects kids worldwide with vetted older mentors for weekly virtual connections, which may include conversation, storytime, and activities.The kids benefit from social-emotional learning and increased resilience, elders benefit from a sense of purpose and expanded community, and most importantly, everyone experiences more joy. Eldera is the opposite of eldercare -- it is built on the belief that elders...
2023-01-241h 05
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioSenior Entrepreneurs Are Driving More Social Innovation Worldwide with Dorian Mintzer and Elizabeth IseleSocial innovation is much more than having an idea. Real innovation is recognizing the value of that idea and operationalizing it through social enterprise. Research demonstrates that, contrary to the media image of an entrepreneur as a tech-savvy youth, senior entrepreneurs (aged 50+) are creating more businesses worldwide than any other age group, and an overwhelming number are creating social enterprises, including green businesses. That being said, we should bear in mind that while experience fuels innovation, experience is also regenerative, so the opportunity is at hand to intentionally facilitate knowledge transfer across generations and foster dynamic, innovative...
2023-01-1759 min
Revolutionize Your Retirement Radio50+ Finding Your Life Balance Between Time, Money, and Joy with Dorian Mintzer and Glenn FrankThink about it. Most decisions throughout life are an implicit tradeoff between time, money, and happiness. At this critical juncture, an explicit, step-by-step process could create the epiphany you desire while avoiding the outcome you may fear!What does "retirement" look like for you? The devil is in the details. How will you actually spend each day when 40+ hours become available? Are your cash flows well planned and what are reasonable assumptions to use in your calculations? Do you know what will likely drive your happiness? Rather than a trial-and-error approach with seemingly endless options, it may...
2023-01-0357 min
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioVital Signs: The Nurture of Passion as We Age with Dorian Mintzer and Gregg LevoyAn affirmative approach to aging takes into account that new parts of us are always clamoring for airtime. The soul and spirit don't "retire" even if our careers do, and there's a difference between getting older and growing older.These parts of us could be passions and creative leaps, service projects and leadership roles in the community, a new line of work or an exploration of some non-work modes of expression, or simply rediscovering the sense of wonder and love of learning. They ask us to continually reinvent ourselves and stay close to our deepest sense of...
2022-12-271h 02
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioCaregiving and New Tools to Help Caregivers with Dorian Mintzer and Viki KindAs a bioethicist, Viki Kind gets a lot of questions asking, "Did I do the right thing?" or "Is it time to.?" Her goal is to ensure caregivers make better decisions at the beginning so they aren't left with doubt and regret. Here are some typical questions she gets: I buried my mother and she wanted to be cremated; was I wrong? I don't know if I did the right thing when I told the doctor to take my husband off life support. Is it time to move my partner who has Parkinson's to a skilled nursing facility? Is...
2022-12-201h 09
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioLibraries Serving Older Adults through Community Partnership with Dorian Mintzer and Nancy Walton-House and Wendy PenderSome library systems are changing their approach to better serve older adults. In this interview you will learn how the King County Library System (KCLS) in Washington State is participating in and initiating community partnerships with individuals and organizations. You will learn how the Aging Well Learning Community was a key influence in this movement. You will learn how other community organizations have become partners as well. At the present time, KCLS offers abundant programs on positive aging and welcoming meeting places that support the community. In this episode, you'll discover:The story of the A...
2022-12-1359 min
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioDreams for the Second Half of Life with Dorian Mintzer and Rick MoodyWe all dream, but not all of us remember our dreams, and many of us are puzzled by what dreams might mean. In this program, we'll consider dreams as an "inner GPS system," giving us clues about who we are and who we might become in later life. We'll look at dreams during retirement and coping with illness, as well as dreams about creativity, family relationships, and memories of where we have come on the journey of life, including anticipations of life's end.The dreams shared in this presentation are drawn from an article Rick wrote, "Dreams...
2022-12-061h 02
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioAging in the 21st Century with Dorian Mintzer and Dr. Gillian LeithmanIn her talk on the work motivation of mature workers, Dr. Gill will discuss what older workers want out of work as they transition into the second half of life. Based on her research, which is part of her Ph.D. thesis, she will discuss how people determine whether they should continue to work beyond age 65 or retire. She'll also focus on the importance of achievement as people age. Lastly, Dr. Gill will share her findings regarding "generativity," its importance for an organization's competitive advantage, and why it requires a work environment that nurtures and values expertise.
2022-11-291h 16
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioThe Jolt Phenomenon with Dorian Mintzer and Mark MillerEpisode Description: Jolts can derail us - or they can propel us into reclaiming and remaking our lives. They prompt us to ask questions about our values and purpose.Psychologists have been studying this phenomenon for some time; one research team at the University of North Carolina Charlotte back in the mid-1990s named the phenomenon "post-traumatic growth" (PTG). Since then, PTG has emerged as an important field of study for psychologists and social scientists.Jolt explores a range of PTG experiences - -the death of a child, life-threatening illness, plane...
2022-11-2255 min
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioAdult Development IN Aging with Dorian Mintzer and Bill SadlerEpisode Description: A remarkable development during the 20th century was an impressive extension of the average life course. In America, the average life expectancy gained 30 years, from 47 to 77. That's a 30-year life bonus. Average life expectancy here is nearly 80 and rising. The fastest-growing cohort is centenarians - from 3,000 in 1965 to over 90,000 in the early 21st century. We have experienced a longevity revolution and many of us will live into our 90s and reach 100 or beyond. In addition, in the 21st century the old paradigm of aging has been changing and a newer view of aging has...
2022-11-1553 min
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioLiving Your Legacy Now! with Dorian Mintzer and Barbara ShaimanWho am I meant to be now? How do I live a vital life? How can I live my legacy? These are questions that many of us ask ourselves throughout our lives. We are always in the process of changing and growing. At this point in your life, what do you care about? What brings you joy? What values do you want to model and share with children, grandchildren, friends, and colleagues? What gives you meaning and purpose?Join us for an insightful conversation about how you can use your unique interests and gifts to live a...
2022-11-011h 06
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioHow to Make a Living and Make a Difference in the Second Half of Life with Dorian Mintzer and Marci AlboherWondering what's next in your life? Thinking about doing work you feel good about? Join us for a conversation with Marci Alboher, author of Encore Career Handbook: How to Make a Living and a Difference in the Second Half of Life. Alboher, a former New York Times careers columnist is a vice president of Encore.org, a nonprofit making it easier for millions of people to move into second (or third) acts for the greater good.In this episode, you'll discover:How volunteering or pro bono consulting can lead to paid workHow to network...
2022-10-2552 min
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioThe Psychology, Spirituality, and Mysticism of Conscious Aging with Dorian Mintzer and John RobinsonEpisode Guest: John C. Robinson, Psychologist, Interfaith Minister, Mystic, author, and speakerEpisode Description: Are you frightened of aging? Do you worry about every new physical symptom, memory lapse, or mistake? Do you keep busy to avoid thinking about being "old" or brag about how happy you are in retirement when you secretly feel pretty low? Do you believe aging is about waiting to lose everything that matters? For most of human history, we viewed aging like this - as inevitably grim, depressing, and hopeless. A radically new kind of aging is...
2022-10-111h 05
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioNo Regrets Retirement Planning with Dorian Mintzer and Robert LauraEpisode Guest: Robert Laura, author, The Naked Retirement, and founder of The Retirement Coaches AssociationEpisode Description: Too often, retirement planning assumes that people have 20-30 years to do whatever they want when they want. However, that's not the case because retirement can change quickly and only comes with one true guarantee --that you will die at some point during it. That may sound like the perfect conversation to avoid, but it can change how you think, act, and invest in retirement.In this episode, you'll discover how...
2022-10-0459 min
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioWelcome to the Brain Age: The Revolutionary New Science of Cognitive Health and What You Should Know About It with Dorian Mintzer and Cynthia R. GreenEpisode Guest: Cynthia R. Green, Ph.D., leading expert in the field of brain health, author, clinical psychologist and founding director of the Memory Enhancement Program at the Mount Sinai Medical CenterEpisode Description: What do advances in neuroscience, increased worldwide longevity, and the obsession with agelessness of the baby boomers have in common? They are all factors in the emerging Brain Age, a time of unprecedented knowledge about the brain, cognition and cognitive wellness. Join Dr. Green to learn more about the revolutionary new science of cognitive health, including what...
2022-09-2756 min
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioAging with Wisdom with Dorian Mintzer and Olivia Ames HoblitzelleEpisode Guests: Dr. Olivia Ames Hoblitzelle, author and speaker Episode Description: How do we find meaning and beauty in aging, and how do we respond to living in an age-phobic culture? This month's presenter, Dr. Olivia Hoblitzelle, gets to the heart of the matter by providing examples from her own experience as well as from varied wisdom traditions and cultures that revere elders. In this episode, you'll discover how to:find the wisdom that lies within all of us, no matter the agecreate a mindset to age c...
2022-09-201h 03
Revolutionize Your Retirement Radio: Positive/Vital Aging: Life Long with Dorian Mintzer, Jan Hively, and Meg NewhousePeople have been talking about "The Positive Aging Movement" for more than a dozen years, particularly since the first conference in 2007, when the oldest Boomers were turning 61 and approaching the "traditional" retirement age. With a longer life expectancy, notions about aging have been shifting. This year the oldest Boomers are turning 76, and the youngest is now turning 58. We're witnessing the "graying" of our population. In this interview, we'll focus on a broad view of the Positive Aging Movement: How it started, how it's been changing, what it's accomplished, and where it's going. From this episode, you will: G...
2022-09-131h 03
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioThe 10 Secrets of a Happy Retirement with Dorian Mintzer and Richard EisenbergEpisode Guest: Richard Eisenberg, Managing Editor and Senior Web Editor, Next AvenueEpisode Description: Some people have a much better retirement experience than others. What makes the difference? Having a plan and figuring out what you want out of retirement in advance so you have laid the groundwork for a retirement experience that works for you and your family. In this episode, Richard Eisenberg outlines the ten ways you can achieve a happy retirement. He will cover:How to figure out in advance what you w...
2022-09-061h 02
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioHow to Live Forever with Dorian Mintzer and Marc FreedmanEpisode Guest: Mark Freedman, Entrepreneur, Pioneer in the Aging Movement, Founder of Experience Corps, Civic Ventures, and Encore.Org., Speaker and AuthorEpisode Description: How to Live Forever is a deeply personal call to find fulfillment and happiness in our longer lives by connecting with the next generation and forging a legacy of love that lives beyond us. In writing How to Live Forever, Marc Freedman set out to answer three critical questions:With so many living so much longer, what do the increasing years beyond 50 mean?...
2022-08-3053 min
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioThe MAGIC of Minka with Dorian Mintzer and Bill ThomasEpisode Guest: Dr. Bill Thomas, author, entrepreneur, musician, teacher, farmer, and physician whose wide-ranging work explores the terrain of human aging Episode Description: At both ends of the age spectrum, there is a growing and largely untapped demand for communities designed to foster closer connections, health, and wellbeing. How can we create homes and communities that are inspired by a profound respect for simpler living, energy-conscious building, and human-oriented design?In this episode, you'll...Understand what Multi-Generational, Multi-Ability, Inclusive Communities areUnderstand how to live in the place...
2022-08-231h 12
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioThis Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism with Dorian Mintzer and Ashton ApplewhiteEpisode Guest: Ashton Applewhite, speaker, author, and activist and the leading spokesperson to mobilize against discrimination based on agingEpisode Description: From childhood, we're barraged by messages that it's sad to be old. That wrinkles are embarrassing, and older people are useless. Author and activist Ashton Applewhite also believed them until she realized where this prejudice comes from and its damage. In this episode, Ashton will trace her journey from apprehensive boomer to pro-aging radical and, in the process, debunk myth after myth about late life. In this episode...
2022-08-161h 23
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioNavigating the New World of Work with Dorian Mintzer and Kerry HannonEpisode Guest: Kerry Hannon, a leading authority and strategist on career transitions, entrepreneurship, and personal finance and retirement as well as a best-selling and award-winning author of 14 booksEpisode Description: When the coronavirus pandemic upended the US economy, many older workers lost their jobs and saw their retirement accounts take a hit. Those who remain employed are grappling with a new way of working: remotely from home, sometimes in isolation, facing daunting technological and social challenges. Work and Jobs expert Kerry Hannon will talk about the way the pandemic has transformed the...
2022-08-091h 04
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioDisaster-Proof Your Retirement with Dorian Mintzer and Harry MargolisEpisode Guest: Harry Margolis, estate planning and elder law attorney and author who is a passionate advocate for seniors and individuals with special needs and their families. Episode Description: Too often, retirement plans fail due to a lack of coordination between financial and estate planning and failure to involve care managers. While we're healthy and cognitively intact, we can continue to work, travel, care for grandchildren (if we're so lucky), and go up and down stairs. Almost no financial and estate planning is necessary as long as we stay healthy. But when...
2022-08-021h 06
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioWhy the Arts Matter: From Expression to Learning to Impact with Dorian Mintzer and Fred MandellThe world has changed dramatically over the past year and a half. For Fred Mandell, this is only the beginning of constant, dramatic, and unpredictable changes. Fred will share his journey from using the creative process of the arts as a model for navigating life transitions (Becoming a Life Change Artist) to his deep exploration of how the arts can prepare us to thrive in our new, rapidly changing world.In this episode you'll discover:The implications of living in a constant state of changeHow the arts can serve as a deep and practical le...
2022-07-261h 01
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioHow To Brand Yourself in a Changed World with Dorian Mintzer and Wendy MarxAuthor, speaker, reinvention coach, and branding expert Wendy Marx will describe how to brand yourself in a changing world. The world has changed and you need to also -whether you want to work part-time, volunteer, or start a new career. Marx will explain how you can take advantage of this unprecedented opportunity to show your value and how you can help.In this episode, you will discover:The 5 key personal branding strategiesHow to become a director of your life, not a passive onlookerOther tips to engage people, find more meaning and purpose
2022-07-1956 min
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioWe'll Get By With a Little Help From Our Friends with Dorian Mintzer and Joy LoverdeFor those with no support system, the thought of aging without help can be a frightening, isolating prospect. Whether you have friends and family ready and able to help you or not, growing old does not have to be an inevitable decline into helplessness. Maintaining a good quality of life in your later years is possible, but having a plan is essential. You'll be empowered to make proactive plans for your own lives rather than entrusting decisions to family and community.In this episode, you'll discover:Advice on the challenging medical, financial, and housing...
2022-07-121h 07
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioEmotional Planning for Retirement with Dorian Mintzer and Louise NayerThough most people spend countless hours doing financial planning for retirement, how many people do emotional planning? Retirement is a huge transition, and it's essential to think about how much money you'll have and how you will create the kind of life you want. Whether you are about to retire, newly retired, or have been retired for a long time, it's never too late to talk openly about how you feel and the difficulties and joys of retirement.In this episode, you will discover the importance of articulating anxieties about retirement, including:Making the D...
2022-07-051h 01
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioPartnerships and Adjustments in Later Life with Dorian Mintzer and Connie GoldmanWe often face daily changes, challenges, compromises, choices, and losses as we age. Connie Goldman believed that "inspiration and learning are available through sharing personal stories of adjustment and growth. We can help one another find new meaning as our mobility, availability, and relationships change with the circumstances of later life. Throughout her life and shared in her many books, she's collected stories with the belief that "facts illustrate and stories illuminate." During this episode, we'll hear stories she garnered over the years and some of her words of wisdom from her own life experiences. This is...
2022-06-281h 08
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioLives Well Lived with Dorian Mintzer and Sky BergmanEpisode Guest: Sky Bergman, Filmmaker, Professor of Photography and Video, Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo, CA Episode Description: Lives Well Lived celebrates the incredible wit and wisdom of people aged 75-100, who reveal their secrets for living a meaningful life. Encompassing 3,000 years of collective life experience, diverse people share life lessons about perseverance, the human spirit, and staying positive in the midst of life's greatest challenges. Their stories will make you laugh, perhaps cry, but mostly inspire you.About Sky Bergman:Sky Bergman...
2022-06-211h 03
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioLife is in the Transitions with Dorian Mintzer and Bruce FeilerEpisode Guest: Bruce Feiler, one of America's top voices on contemporary life, best-selling author of 15 books, speaker, and TV personalityEpisode Description: Bruce Feiler has long explored the stories that give our lives meaning. Galvanized by a personal crisis, he spent the last few years crisscrossing the country, collecting hundreds of life stories of Americans in all 50 states who'd been through major life changes-from, losing jobs to losing loved ones; changing careers to changing relationships; getting sober to getting healthy to simply looking for a fresh start. He then spent a...
2022-06-141h 08
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioPlanning for Retirement and Beyond as a Solo Ager with Dorian Mintzer and Sara Zeff GeberOver fifty, retiring, and childless by choice? Are you among the fifteen million Americans over fifty and childless by choice? Solo aging gracefully and a happy retirement can be yours!American Baby Boomers are aging, and fifteen million of them never had children. Who will take care of them? Unprecedented in U.S. history, this demographic will create challenges for these individuals as well as for society. This makes retirement planning for solo agers all the more essential, including issues like choices in housing, relationships, legal arrangements, finances, and more. The solo ager needs to plan for...
2022-06-071h 04
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioLight Years: Intergenerational Stories of Resilience, Creativity, and Meaning in Later Life with Dorian Mintzer and Claire PankeEpisode Guest: Claire Panke, award-winning filmmaker, writer/editor, and neonatal nurseEpisode Description: Filmmaker Claire Marie Panke will discuss her new documentary film Light Years, which shares the stories of three older adults who have turned their later years into some of their best years. Claire will talk about the filmmaking process and share insights into her three film subjects, revealing how they model the power of purpose, creativity, resilience, and intergenerational connections throughout our lives.In this episode, you'll discover:the film's inspiration and developmentthemes interwoven throughout...
2022-05-311h 10
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioGetting Good at Getting Older with Dorian Mintzer and Rabbi Laura GellerEpisode Guest: Rabbi Laura Geller, an innovator, social activist, author, the fourth woman ordained as a rabbi in the US, and Rabbi Emerita at Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills, CAEpisode Description: We are living and experiencing a convergence of changes that influence attitudes, opportunities, and experiences that place aging front and center in our society. Please join us for a lively discussion on the roles of longevity, technology, the pandemic, employment, community, and more - and how they are affecting us personally and professionally. In this episode...
2022-05-241h 02
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioGame Changers in Aging with Dorian Mintzer and Helen DennisEpisode Guest: Helen Dennis, one of the Next Avenue's Influencers in Aging and among the Top 50 advocates, researchers, thought leaders, innovators, writers, and experts in the field of agingEpisode Description: We are living and experiencing a convergence of changes that influence attitudes, opportunities, and experiences that place aging front and center in our society. Please join us for a lively discussion on the roles of longevity, technology, the pandemic, employment, community, and more - and how they are affecting us personally and professionally. In this episode, you'll...
2022-05-171h 04
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioAging, Work, and Retirement: A Trifecta of Challenges with Dorian Mintzer and Elizabeth FidelerEpisode Guest: Elizabeth Fideler, EdD, author and Founding Member of the Sloan Research Network on Aging & WorkEpisode Description: "Aging, Work, and Retirement: A Trifecta of Challenges" will explore the trends associated with mature adults working in the retirement years. In the context of changing demographics and the changing modalities of retirement, we will discuss why increasing numbers of women and men bypass the conventional retirement age and stay in or return to the workforce. We will consider age diversity, ageism, and age-friendliness in the workplace. We will look at the...
2022-05-101h 07
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioRetirement: From Role to Soul with Dorian Mintzer and Connie ZweigEpisode Guest: Connie Zweig, speaker, author, Certified Sage-ing Leader, and Climate Reality LeaderEpisode Description: Most of us learn that being independent, quick, productive, and strong are highly valued and result in rewards of approval and status. On the other hand, we understand that their opposite traits - dependent, slow, unproductive, and weak - are devalued and result in disapproval and shame. So, we dread the loss of these socially acceptable traits as we age, slow down, do less, and need others more. We deny the call to retire.I...
2022-05-031h 10
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioThe New Retirementality: Planning Your Life and Living Your Dreams…at Any Age You Want with Dorian Mintzer and Mitch AnthonyEpisode Guest: Mitch Anthony, Speaker and AuthorEpisode Description: More than 15 years ago, Mitch Anthony broke through the ceiling of retirement planning with his groundbreaking book, The New Retirementality. He changed the conversation about retirement from one focused solely on money to one focused on purpose.Here are the aspects of an E.P.I.C. retirement:Engagement: If you don't use your body or brain, you lose them.Purpose: Money can fund purpose, but it cannot create purpose.Integration: There needs to be...
2022-04-261h 04
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioAging in Community: New (and Old) Ways of Living Well Together with Dorian Mintzer and Raines CohenEpisode Guest: Raines Cohen, community organizer and co-housing coachEpisode Description: The stereotypical modern ideal of independent solo living and aging is really a new modern experiment that doesn't work well for many people. We can achieve greater independence through interdependence if we're willing to engage with neighbors or housemates to take care of one another. That's what aging in community is all about. Many structures and ways help people preserve their privacy while they share, such as setting clear limits and building relationships over time. Having a deeper...
2022-04-1957 min
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioDon't Retire, REWIRE! with Dorian Mintzer and Jeri SedlarEpisode Guest: Jeri Sedlar, author and speakerEpisode Description: Retirement used to mean the end of work, a secure self-identity, a life of leisure, and the inevitable onset of old age. Retirement expert Jeri Sedlar will present a new retirement model - rewirement - and discuss the 5 step rewiring process from her highly acclaimed book, Don't Retire, REWIRE! Working with pre-and post-retirees, Sedlar discovered the pain, pleasure, pitfalls, and possibilities associated with planning and living in retirement, plus the lifelines needed for continuous engagement throughout life. In this...
2022-04-121h 14
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioWomen Rowing North with Dorian Mintzer and Mary PipherEpisode Guest: Mary Pipher, Ph.D., speaker and authorEpisode Description: Women growing older contend with ageism, misogyny, and loss. Yet as Mary Pipher shows, most older women are deeply happy and filled with gratitude for the gifts of life. Their struggles help them grow into the authentic, empathetic, and wise people they have always wanted to be.In Women Rowing North, Pipher offers a timely examination of women's cultural and developmental issues as they age. Drawing on her own experience as a daughter, sister, mother, grandmother, caregiver, clinical psychologist...
2022-04-0557 min
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioLife Planning, Mindfulness, and a Golden Civilization with Dorian Mintzer and George KinderEpisode Guest: George Kinder, Kinder Institute of Life Planning. Internationally recognized as the father of the Life Planning movement Episode Description: Author, speaker, meditation teacher, and father of the Life Planning movement in financial advice, George Kinder, will describe how Life Planning delivers an exhilarating and meaningful experience for the client. Kinder will briefly discuss Life Planning's five-phase EVOKE methodology, based on mindfulness, that utilizes deep listening and communication skills to uncover clients' dreams of freedom and then delivers them.He will share the evolution of his Life Planning...
2022-03-291h 08
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioThe Making of a Modern Elder with Dorian Mintzer and Chip ConleyEpisode Guest: Chip Conley, author, speaker, and entrepreneur, and founder of the Modern Elder AcademyEpisode Description: At age 52, after selling the company he founded and ran as CEO for 24 years, rebel boutique hotelier Chip Conley was looking at an open horizon in midlife. Then he received a call from the young founders of Airbnb, asking him to help grow their disruptive start-up into a global hospitality giant. He had the industry experience, but Conley was lacking in the digital fluency of his 20-something colleagues. He didn't write code, or have...
2022-03-221h 07
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioDesign Your Second Act Career with Dorian Mintzer and Nancy Collamer If you're thinking about the possibility of working during retirement - whether to supplement your income, keep active and engaged, or some combination of the two - join us for a conversation with Nancy Collamer, author of Second-Act Careers: 50+ Ways to Profit From Your Passions During Semi-Retirement. Nancy will share inspirational second-act career success stories and provide concrete advice about how you can profit from your professional expertise, passions and personal interests during your semi-retirement years. In this episode, you'll discover:Why so many boomers are choosing to work part-time after retirementThe fo...
2022-03-151h 03
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioHacking Longevity: How 3 Generations Over 50 are Thinking About a 100-Year Life with Dorian Mintzer and Lori K BitterEpisode Guest: Lori K. Bitter, a seasoned trend analyst in the field of aging who provides strategic consulting, research and development for companies seeking to engage with mature consumersEpisode Description: Based on foundational research in 2018 with the Silent Generation, Baby Boomers and Gen X, Lori K. Bitter wanted to understand if people are embracing the idea of a 100-year life and if they are, what they are doing to get there. It was a massive project - focus groups, national survey of 3000+ respondents, and personal interviews on new research platform. In...
2022-03-081h 10
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioPurpose and a Paycheck with Dorian Mintzer and Chris FarrellEpisode Guest: Chris Farrell, author, senior economics contributor for Marketplace and columnist for PBS Next Avenue and Star Tribune Episode Description: Purpose and a Paycheck is the title of Chris Farrell's latest book. The book focuses on entrepreneurship, innovation, and work in the second half of life. Growing numbers of experienced adults are starting their own business and working well into the traditional retirement years. An impressive body of scholarly research strongly suggests that given the opportunity, people in the second half of life can be as creative, innovative, and entrepreneurial as...
2022-03-011h 01
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioNavigating Your Second Career: Finding Passion, Purpose and a Paycheck 50+ with Dorian Mintzer and Lynda SmithEpisode Guest: Lynda Smith, a Wisdom Preserver and Connection Specialist who lives and works in South AfricaEpisode Description: Modern life affords us many options to traditional retirement that can provide a financial reward, intellectual stimulation, flexibility and freedom, emotional fulfillment, and overall well-being during your mature years. How do you plan and pursue alternatives to traditional retirement - including coaching, volunteer work, starting a second career, starting your own business, traveling, learning new skills, and enjoying family and friends?In this episode, you'll discover:How longevity...
2022-02-221h 08
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioHow to Make Your Older Years the Best Time of Your Life with Dorian Mintzer and Mark and Lucy Rose FischerEpisode Guests: Husband and wife team, Mark Fischer, CFP, MBA, Ph.D., author, and Lucy Rose Fischer, Ph.D., gerontologist and award-winning author and artistEpisode Description: Picture the freedom to do whatever you want to do. Plus, you have the largest resources of your life to accomplish them - more money and time, your experience, skills, and knowledge. Does this type of retirement excite you, but you're not sure how to create it for yourself? Are you asking: When can I cut back on working? Will my money...
2022-02-151h 00
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioThe Art and Science of Mindfulness with Dorian Mintzer and Dr. Ellen LangerEpisode Guest: Dr. Ellen Langer, Professor of Psychology, Harvard University and a prolific writer, speaker, and artistEpisode Description: Living during COVID -19 is turning our familiar life and world on its head. It's a scary and challenging time. It's also a time that is reinforcing ageism rather than promoting intergenerational connectedness. Some of the "silver linings," however, of this time are some resurgences of kindness and help provided to each other, like becoming more mindful about ourselves and others. During this program, we'll be talking with Dr. Ellen La...
2022-02-081h 01
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioExploring Your Identity, Creativity, and Life Structure in Retirement with Dorian Mintzer and Dr. Teresa AmabileEpisode Guest: Dr. Teresa Amabile, Baker Foundation Professor at Harvard Business School and a researcher, teacher, and authorEpisode Description: Even if you are healthy and financially secure, you may struggle with the first months or years of retirement because of identity loss. How can you explore important aspects of your identity before fully retiring to achieve a confident sense of self post-retirement?In this episode, you'll discover:What creativity is, and what it isn'tHow thinking expansively about creativity and injecting creativity into your work life and personal l...
2022-02-011h 01
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioThe Path of Purposeful Aging with Dorian Mintzer and Richard LeiderEpisode Guest: Richard Leider, founder of Inventure -The Purpose Company, one of American's preeminent Executive-Life Coaches. He is a pioneer of the global purpose movement who focuses on purposeful living.Episode Description: What are we to do to survive and, even, thrive in this volatile, uncertain pandemic world? How can we find some sense of certainty in a world where we can no longer be secure or confident? The pandemic changed everything for almost everyone. We endlessly hear the downside of this crisis. That's one way to look at it but, there is...
2022-01-2555 min
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioElderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life with Dorian Mintzer and Dr. Louise Aronson, MDEpisode Guest: Dr. Louise Aronson, MD, MFA, a Harvard-trained physician, geriatrician, educator, and Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco Episode Description: Physician and award-winning author Dr. Louise Aronson, a noted Harvard- trained geriatrician, will discuss her book, Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life, and provide an essential, empathic look at a vital but often disparaged stage of life. She will share stories from her personal and professional life. Drawing from history, science, literature, and popular culture, she will offer a powerful roadmap for how we can...
2022-01-181h 00
Revolutionize Your Retirement RadioWhat Retirees Want: A Holistic View of Life's Third Age with Dorian Mintzer and Ken DychtwaldEpisode Guest: Ken Dychtwald, Ph.D., a pioneer in the aging field and a gerontologist, psychologist educator, lecturer, consultant, entrepreneur, and expert on aging-related issuesEpisode Description: Thanks to extraordinary medical, demographic, and economic shifts, most of us will live unprecedentedly long lives. Consequently, the world is witnessing a powerful new version of retirement-the Third Age-driven by the power and needs of the massive Baby Boomer generation. Consumers over 50 now account for more than half of all spending and control more than 70% of the country's net worth. How will work...
2022-01-111h 14