by WomenOver70 | Mar 25, 2026 | Advocates for Women Aging, Podcast, Season 6, Season Four
Mariann Aalda—actor, hypnotherapist, and joyful “pro-aging evangelist”—invites us to rethink what it means to grow older. She interrogates ageism, asking“ Why should youth get all the good press?” And declares, “My vibrancy and vitality are due to my being Age-full,...
by WomenOver70 | Mar 18, 2026 | Podcast, Season 6, Season Four, Social Service
At 86, Sandra “Sandy” Taenzer reflects on a lifetime of innovation in Early Childhood–Special Education that began in the 1960s in Germany and still resonates today. Working in a large Illinois School District, Sandy helped initiate early childhood special education...
by WomenOver70 | Mar 11, 2026 | Podcast, Season 6, Season Four
Some people discover their purpose early in life. For Karen Olson, 81, that moment came at age 18 when she offered a simple sandwich to a homeless woman outside a New York train station. Decades later, after retiring from her marketing career, she revisited that...
by WomenOver70 | Mar 6, 2026 | Women Over 70 Blog, Women Over 70: Blog
Contributing Writer: Dr. Carolyn Torkelson – Which Hormones Are Best for You? After 30 years in clinical practice, Dr. Torkelson now writes and consults on women’s health issues, focusing on mature women. If you’re considering hormone therapy, you’re not alone....
by WomenOver70 | Mar 3, 2026 | Advocates for Women Aging, Podcast, Season 6, Season Four
Ilana Landsberg-Lewis went to law school to understand how power works—so she could help transform it in the service of justice, especially for women. Alongside her father, she co-founded and led a nonprofit funding community-based organization in sub-Saharan Africa...