Aging Well: Finding Beauty in the Gray
Aging Well: Finding Beauty in the Gray is a podcast for everyone in or approaching the retirement years. There’s a lot to unpack here apart from the financial planning component, and we’ll do just that. We’ll explore new interests, priorities and goals and finding purpose for ourselves and in our relationships. Join me each episode as I share stories and chat with guests learning to live their best next act, lives. Have a question or comment? Please reach out to me, Hugh Willard, at [email protected] or via any of the social media links at the top of this page.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 30 minutes
- Episodes
- 108
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2024
Next Steps: Hugh Willard brings 3 years of the Aging Well podcast to a close...for now.
The Aging Well: Finding Beauty in the Gray podcast has been privileged to share the stories and expertise of many Third Agers to an ever expanding, loyal and loving, international audie…
One Step at a Time: Mike McKinney and the hiker's path to health and healing
Mike McKinney is a retired first responder. He served in several capacities and roles over the course of his career. Originally from Springfield Illinois, he and his wife decided to mov…
Finding and Following Her Bliss: Author Niamh McAnally Life's Journey
Niamh McAnally is an Irish-born bestselling author, keynote & corporate speaker, former TV director, and youngest daughter of the late BAFTA award-winning actor, Ray McAnally, and actor…
Great Trips: Dr. Carolee Duckworth and the value of presence in new places
Dr. Carolee Duckworth is a talented and creative woman of numerous skills and interests. She is an author of many books and articles including Shifting Gears to Your Life and Work After…
Hometown America Movie Magic: Professor Benita VanWinkle and her passion for historic movie theaters
Benita VanWinkle is a national and internationally exhibited and award winning artist and photographer. She is also an Associate Professor of Art at High Point University in North Carol…
Keep, Donate, or Toss?: Jeannine Bryant and the Art of Rightsizing
Jeannine Bryant is an expert at helping seniors and their families through times of transition. As the owner of Easyrightsizing and Changing Spaces SRS, a senior move management company…
Coming Back To The Land For The First Time: Bestselling author Jeanne Blasberg and life on the Flynn Creek Farm
Jeanne Blasberg has always been a writer. She is the bestselling and award-winning author of Eden; The Nine; and her latest novel, Daughter of a Promise. Most recently, she has reinvent…
"We aspire to inspire before we expire!": Sherry Cantrell and the Sun City Poms
Sherry Cantrell is a child of the speedway and from Speedway. That is the town and the home of the Indy 500 where her stepdad and mom worked. Sherry did not follow in the family footste…
Hiking For You, Me, and the Whole Average Gang: Nicola Ross shows us the way.
Never imagine yourself hiking the Appalachian Trail, The Pacific Coast Trail, or The Salt Path? Great!
Nicola Ross is an environmentalist, National Magazine Award–winning journalist, an…
Life and Times on the Farm: Barbara McLean's 50-year odyssey with sheep, nature, and change
Barbara McLean and her partner, Thomas, have a 50-year career overseeing their sheep farm, aptly titled Lambsquarters, in Ontario, Canada. Alongside the constancy of this farm’s work, B…
Soaring On Matriarchal Winds: Author and artist Mary Carroll Moore charts her second-act course.
Mary Carroll Moore is a bestselling and award-winning author of 14 books in three genres, including the PEN/Faulkner and Lambda Literary Awards nominated young adult novel, Qualities of…
Are the Stars Out Tonight? Vermadel Nienstedt and the Crystal Coast Stargazers
Vermadel Nienstedt was raised in Beaufort, North Carolina. She and her husband Jimmy lived in Columbia, South Carolina for 30 years before returning to coastal North Carolina. In retir…
Keep Moving!: Maria Fernandez with Older, Fitter, Stronger
Out of her own health challenges in her younger years, Maria Fernandez turned into the intentional path of greater health. For the past 18 years, she has been a Personal Trainer and Yog…
The Legacy of Good People: Fred Surgeon's Dinosaurs Delight at the Sweet Valley Ranch
Fred Surgeon is a man of many talents, all driven by his late father's desire that Fred and his siblings be "good people." Through his extensive involvement in the community, in mental …
Steadying Roots: Hugh Willard reads a few essays from his book Finding Beauty in the Gray
Have you read Hugh's book, Finding Beauty in the Gray yet? Join us on the Aging Well: Finding Beauty in the Gray podcast as Hugh takes time to read a few essays from his book that speak…
A Four Season Life: Marianne Borowski and the Cross New Hampshire Adventure Trail
Marianne Borowski is a retired biochemist and lifelong biker. She has ridden
cross country and on rail trails all over the U.S. In 2017, she developed the Cross New Hampshire Adventure T…
All Aboard! Neil Bromilow and the Gibsonville Garden Railroad
Neil Bromilow is a widower, father, grandfather, and twice retired civil engineer. "Retired" is a very relative term as Neil has remained quite active in a number of civic and community…
Funny Business Down on the Farm: Laurie Zaleski and the Funny Farm Rescue & Sanctuary
For over 20 years, Laurie Zaleski has taken her late mother's dream and made it her own. Today, this graphic design small business owner, pilot, author, and founder of the Funny Farm Re…
In Every Language, A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: Filipino multimedia artist Eliseo Art Silva
Eliseo Art Silva is a contemporary multimedia artist in L.A. who weaves his Filipino heritage into his art, fostering community connection and compassionate interaction. His passion and…
A Considerable Age: Writer Alice Goldbloom and her journey through family stories.
Alice Goldbloom, a longtime Montrealer, has been writing her whole career—mundane government, business, and consulting documents of every kind. In 2020, with a fulfilling career behind …