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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382 Sandra Sokol: Championing social justice through social service
For more than six decades, Sandra Sokol has devoted her life to building stronger, more equitable communities. Although she once imagined a career teaching in schools serving children of color her path evolved into groundbreaking volunteer and public...
381 Joan Greene: A Lifelong Advocate for Aging and Mental Health
https://youtu.be/lKqwXIhnhzk Joan Greene, 84, trained to be a teacher but found her true calling as a social worker and innovative advocate for older adults. In New York State, she helped create programs from the ground up—from nutrition services and...
380 Mindy Greiling: Schizophrenia: Three Moms in the Trenches
This episode, first released in 2021, is a reminder that Mental Health Awareness Month requires all of us to tell our stories. We checked back in with Mindy and learned that, even though she is now retired, she continues to advocate for reforms in mental...
379 Ilene Dillon: Mental Health Awareness Month
In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, we’re revisiting a powerful earlier conversation with Ilene Dillon (Episode #148). A pioneering voice in emotional well-being, Ilene is an Emotional Realignment Master Teacher and the creator of Emotional...
378 Lynn Larson: Traveling the World—Curious, Confident, and Carefree
For more than five decades, Lynn Larson has followed her curiosity across continents—and she’s nowhere near finished. At 71, she travels light and lives large, forging deep connections everywhere she goes. Her journey began as a Peace Corps volunteer in...
376 Ashley Rogers: Reawakening Life Through an Unlikely Conversation with AI
At 75, Ashley Rogers is not reinventing her life—she’s reawakening it. Living in Ecuador and thriving in her latest entrepreneurial chapter in real estate, she began asking a familiar question: What’s next? What is mine to do now? The answer arrived in an...
375 Kathleen Harrison: Project Harambee: Transforming Lives in Sub-Sahara Africa
In 2001, Kathleen (Keen) Harrison, PhD, took a leave from her university faculty position in medical genetics to travel with the Semester at Sea program. A visit to Kenya’s first orphanage for HIV-positive children changed the course of her life. She...
374 Phyllis Mitzen: A Lifetime of Leadership in Aging
At 84, Phyllis Mitzen is still reshaping how communities care for older adults — with curiosity, courage and a fierce commitment to action. Phyllis spent 24 years at CJE Senior Life (formerly Council on Jewish Elderly) and went on to consult with Health...
373 Mariann Aalda: Becoming ‘age-full’: Snapping out of internalized ageism
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...
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