by WomenOver70 | Feb 12, 2020 | Podcast, Season Two, Social Activism
In this episode, Gail and Catherine talk with Jacky about her long career advocating for equitable transportation and environmental justice. She has worked with the nonprofit Center for Neighborhood Technology since 1992, currently in a part-time role as Vice...
by WomenOver70 | Feb 5, 2020 | Podcast, Season Two, Spirituality and Healing
Pam’s life has unfolded in unpredictable fashion. Her experience, and practical work, as a counseling psychologist, led her to understand she was a healer. As she began to rely more and more on her intuition, she could access, through her clients, information from...
by WomenOver70 | Jan 29, 2020 | Podcast, Reinvention, Season Two
Peggy’s love of life caused her career to move across many paths. She never expected to travel, live in unexpected places or have the life experiences she did. A graduate in biological science/zoology, it was only as field editor for Better Homes & Gardens that...
by WomenOver70 | Jan 22, 2020 | Podcast, Season Two, Social Service
Growing up in a patriarchal Irish Catholic home, Rita followed her 2 older siblings into the convent, believing a life of service was only available inside a religious community. 12 years later she had come to understand that she could be a witness and advocate for...
by WomenOver70 | Jan 15, 2020 | Expressive Arts, Podcast, Season Two, Social Activism
In this episode, Gail, Catherine and Gerda discuss her lifelong commitment to creating art that bears witness to human experiences of conflict, disruption, loss, prejudice, and violence. Gerda chronicles her early life history as a Jew in Germany, including being on...
by WomenOver70 | Jan 8, 2020 | Podcast, Reinvention, Season Two
In this episode, Gail, Catherine, and Donna Marie discuss: What happened when Donna Marie hit a wall and how she emerged whole. How blindly joining a Women’s Circle completely changed her life. How difficult life can get and how exhilarating it is to get it back....
by WomenOver70 | Jan 1, 2020 | Catherine and Gail, Podcast, Season Two
Periodically, Catherine and Gail will reflect on themes that emerge from the inspiring and provocative stories of our guests. In this first retrospective episode, we highlight four themes that emerged during 2019: living by choice; reinventing oneself; exercising...
by WomenOver70 | Dec 25, 2019 | Podcast, Season One, Spirituality and Healing
In this episode, Catherine and Gail discuss why Sherry Anshara is a quiet rebel who managed to circumvent the system. We ask her what it means to be a Medical Intuitive. Numerous CDs, courses, her books and her work with clients chronicle this path. Sherry doesn’t...
by WomenOver70 | Dec 18, 2019 | Podcast, Season One, Social Activism
In this episode, Catherine, Gail and Naomi discuss Naomi’s long-term advocacy to improve the quality of life for older people, especially low-income women and minorities. Naomi has moved from being a grant-seeker to advising on grantmaking, in her current position as...
by WomenOver70 | Dec 11, 2019 | Podcast, Reinvention, Season One
As a young girl in Houston, Martha’s brother played golf but she was never invited to play. Today, Martha Sue is the reigning LPGA Teaching Professional of 2019, elected unanimously by the prestigious International Association of Top Professionals. She is also an...
by WomenOver70 | Dec 4, 2019 | Expressive Arts, Podcast, Season One
In this episode, Gail, Catherine, and Joyce discuss Joyce’s love of teaching and writing poetry, her attachment to rural life, and her decade-long experience living with Parkinson’s. Farm girl becomes college professor becomes Minnesota Poet Laureate. In her eight...
by WomenOver70 | Nov 27, 2019 | Podcast, Season One, Social Activism
In this episode, Gail, Catherine and Patricia discuss how Patty’s work with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr—starting in her teens– was instrumental in shaping her life as a social activist and feminist. Dr. King called her a “woman warrior.” Through Patty’s vivid...