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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389 Road Scholar and Solo Travelers: An Opportunity for Learning & Intergenerational Connection
Lifelong traveler, Barbara Winard, 78, has been exploring the globe since she was in her twenties. She loves traveling independently and has taken 8 trips as a solo traveler with Road Scholar— the not-for-profit world leader in educational travel for...
388 Katina Strauch: Founder and visionary of the Charleston Conference
Visionary. Connector. Builder. Those words describe Katina Strauch, 79. When we spoke with Katina, she was recovering from a broken leg, talking with us from her bed on her smartphone. Despite the setback, she remains what she has always been: an active...
387 Nancy Morgan: Writing Toward Truth: On Family, Homelessness, and the Stories That Shape Us
Writing has been a guiding force in Nancy Morgan’s life, woven together with her love of language, travel, and cross-cultural learning. Across a career in teaching, curriculum design, media production, and study-abroad leadership, writing has remained at...
386 Kathy Bresler: The Magic of Intergenerational Connection
Kathy Bresler, founder of ALTAR Community in Chicago, has created a welcoming space where women of all ages come together to be seen, heard, and supported. ALTAR is a third space for women centered around meaningful gatherings, conversation, creativity,...
385 Regan Burke: Using Your Voice for Good
At 80, Regan Burke is still organizing, advocating, and speaking out. But her path to becoming a respected activist, columnist, memoirist, and political influencer was anything but straightforward. Before she found sobriety in her twenties, drugs and...
384 Sybil Kolon: A Lifelong Commitment to Legacy and Conservation
For nearly fifty years, Sybil Kolon has devoted herself to protecting 79 acres of family land in Michigan’s Irish Hills. Originally owned by her grandparents, the property was placed under option with Legacy Land Conservancy in 1976 with the hope that it...
383 Jill G. Hall: Shaped by her Past: Creativity Unleashed
Author and artist Jill G. Hall, 71, joins us with her luminous new novel On a Sundown Sea, inspired by the mysteries surrounding the visionary woman who built Lomaland—a utopian community near the home Jill grew up in. Fascinated since childhood by the...
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...
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