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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393 Terry Craig: The Power and Satisfaction of Building Community
At 71, Terry Craig reflects on a life shaped by creativity, curiosity, movement, and reinvention. Growing up as the second of six siblings, Terry learned early how to resolve conflicts and bring people together. Her mother sewed clothing for the family,...
392 Ruby Hill: A Life Shaped by Love, Learning, and Service
Recently, at 95, Ruby Hill spends time reflecting on her life. Two principles stand out: “I cared deeply about the needs of others, and the results were better than I could have imagined.” She also believes that much of her life was shaped by others,...
391 Maureen Rafa: Advocate for Compassionate Care for Older Adults
391 Maureen Rafa: advocate for compassionate care for older adults
390 Abbie Rosner: The Psychedelic Renaissance Among Older Adults
What if aging could become a time of deeper meaning, connection, and personal transformation? Writer and baby boomer Abbie Rosner explores that possibility in her new book, Psychedelics and the Counterculture of Aging. Drawing on hundreds of clinical studies, authentic stories, and an overview of safe practices and the evolving legal landscape, she examines how psychedelics are being used to support the psychospiritual journey of becoming an elder.
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...
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