The decades that begin in your 70’s require resilience to deal with new challenges, gratitude for living longer, and inspiration to enliven your life.
We talk weekly with women in their 70’s, 80’s and 90’s whose inspiring, provocative stories spark your imagination.
Women Over 70 Podcast is a valuable resource that invites women of all ages to reimagine aging.
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371 Karen Olson: An Undying Passion for Helping the Homeless
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25u4UaeB2Nw 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...
370 Ilana Landsberg-Lewis: Across cultures, older women bring social change and justice to human family
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...
369 Arlene Bomer: Living a Life of Adventure with Purpose
https://youtu.be/JaxQJ-ITlHY At 75, Arlene Borner may not be running marathons, but she is still running—and skiing on snow and water and playing pickleball. She may no longer be teaching children how to swim or speak English in places like Sweden or...
368 Diane Heiler: Once a Divorcee, Once a Widow — Now a Partner Re‑Engaged in Life
https://youtu.be/2bVX8SBTOGc Diane Heiler shares her deeply moving journey of caring for her husband during his 20‑month “death sentence” from an incurable disease — a journey she chronicles with raw honesty and artistry in her memoir, A Widow’s Fire: An...
367 Patricia Koko: Turning Ideas into Services with Lasting Impact
When Patricia (Pat) Koko, age 82, reflects on her life’s work as a young homemaker turned consummate volunteer and community change-maker, she often says things like, “that was kind of fun,” or “there just was a need”—-simple phrases that belie an...
366 Suzi K Edwards: A Chaotic Life Reignited by Yoga
Living high throughout the 1960s and early ‘70s filled Suzi’s life with glitter, dazzle, and celebrities who sadly, broke her heart. As a luxury designer of women’s clothing in New York, Suzi was sought after by big name clothiers. This is Suzi’s life:...
365 Reedy Gibbs: Broken Pieces Can Be Mended
In writing her memoir, BROKEN PIECES (and the fun things you can do with them), Reedy is hopeful that her life's missteps might help others. When she began studying Method Writing with a brilliant teacher, “her life's stories came pouring out like a...
364 Debra Morrison: Money Is Energy—-Move Your Financial Needle to Match your Goals and Soul’s Calling
Debra Morrison invites us to reimagine our lives where money takes on new meaning and purpose. Founder of the We Can Do It Women Movement, Debra works with mature women (50+) who are ready to stop defining themselves by financial missteps and start...
363 Franca Zanovello: A Skincare System for Mature Skin Driven by Innovation and Science
Advocate Franca Zanovello shares her deep beliefs about beauty for women of all ages. Growing up in Italy, and living in six different countries, influenced Franca’s earliest experiences with skin care. Experiencing massage by blind people in Myanmar...
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