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
Rocking Chair Wisdom from Three Old Guys: The Camp Codger Podcast
In just over a year, Camp Codger has become one of the top-rated podcasts for seniors. And that’s no accident or stroke of blind luck. These three stalwart codgers, Gary Ebersole, Richa…
And You May Find Yourself...Confessions of a Late-Blooming Gen-X Weirdo: Bestselling author Sari Botton and her Everywoman treatise
Sari Botton is an author, editor, and teacher with decades of experience. Her memoir And You May Find Yourself...Confessions of a Late-Blooming Gen-X Weirdo is a collection of searingly…
Living, Laughing, and Learning: Eliza Kiser and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at North Carolina State University
A year after Eliza Kiser took over the helm as director of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at North Carolina State University, the ship remains steady with a clear course a…
Living and Leaving Your Legacy: Author and educator Merle R. Saferstein on the practice of journaling your way to wholeness and connection across the generations
Merle R. Saferstein is an educator, speaker, author, and pioneer in the field of legacy journaling. She has been featured on numerous outlets including NPR, The Robyn Graham Show, Huffp…
A Very Good Boy: Author Rona Maynard and her latest memoir Starter Dog: My Path to Joy, Belonging and Loving This World
Rona is the author of two memoirs, My Mother's Daughter and most recently Starter Dog: My Path to Joy, Belonging and Loving This World. The craft of writing for Rona is encoded in her D…
Trendsetting and Paying Forward: Gia Peebles and Glenda Turner and The Ebony Anglers
Gia Peebles and Glenda Turner are no strangers to challenges. These resolute African-American women have yet to meet a mountain they are not willing to try climbing, or a powerful fish …
"The Recipe Keeper of Eastern North Carolina": Dr. Tammy Kelly's labor of culinary love
Dr. Tammy Kelly's family is generations deep in Eastern North Carolina. This long time director of Cooperative Extension for Lenoir County has been shaped by this life of integrity to f…
"An Unaverage Person Trying To Be Average": Todd Brown and the long road to his barbeque legacy
Todd Brown, from Midland, Texas, learned the art and mastery of barbeque at the feet of his father in Southern California. After a couple of hard detours in his early years, including t…
Planny McPlanerson: Jeff Edgar and how to have a fulfilling life in the retirement years.
After an initial retirement following a long and storied career in the US Navy, Jeff Edgar pivoted to working for several defense contractors. He then decided to do the full-fledged ret…
On Second Thought, Maybe I Can: Debbie Weiss says yes to life and to herself
Join us as welcome Debbie R. Weiss. Debbie is an entrepreneur, author and lifelong caregiver. In her upcoming memoir, On Second Thought, Maybe I Can..., Debbie details her transformatio…
The Open Water Beckons: Lynn Edgar's healing path following knee replacement surgery
Lifelong athlete Lynn Edgar had knee replacement surgery in the Fall of 2022. In March of this year, she celebrated her ongoing recovery and dedicated work by completing the 2.5 mile Ne…
On the Road Again with Mark Edgar
Approaching retirement and newly single, Mark Edgar decided one year ago to sell his home and most of his possessions, buy a truck and towable RV and head out to see the country. With …
Lighting a Better Way Through Music: Multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, teacher, and storyteller Bett Padgett
Through both straightforward advocacy and whimsy, Bett Padgett's songs cross the borders of Celtic, Old-time, Folk, and New Age to help us learn more about today's social, environmental…
Cinema Verite Meets the 21st Century: Les and Mary Thornbury and the good work of documenting senior artists
Les Thornbury is a documentarian and astute student of nature and people, in other words, of life. After time spent in Vietnam aboard a "wallowing, wood-hulled minesweeper," he retuned …
What Do I Expect in the Time Ahead?: Dr. Rosanne Leipzig and Honest Aging
In this episode, we welcome Dr. Rosanne Leipzig, an internationally acclaimed geriatrician with a superlative 40+ year career. She is the Gerald and May Ellen Ritter Professor and Vice …
Love Across the Generations: Mercedes Bristol and Texas Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
Mercedes Bristol is the founder and executive director of Texas Grandparents Raising Grandchildren. Mother for a second time to five biological grandchildren, she has pressed forward wi…
"Forget Perfection. Make a Mess.": Author Abigail Thomas and her latest memoir Still Life at Eighty: The Next Interesting Thing
Stephen King calls Abigail Thomas the "Emily Dickinson of memoir." Thomas' remarkable path has taken her from raising her family through times of color and challenge on the Upper West S…
Keeping His Eyes on the Prize: Kered Whitcraft and his art-filled perseverance
Kered Whitcraft, medically retired years ago due to lifelong and worsening visual impairment, refused to concede to the doctors' repeated conclusions that he would be blind by now,. Ins…
Earth Day Every Day: Maine naturalists and educators Dan Gardoqui and Cappy Caprio share stories of respecting and caring for our home
Dan Gordoqui is a Registered Maine Guide and Certified Wildlife Tracker. He brings his skills and passion to bare via his nature-based consulting, training, and guiding business Lead wi…
Loving Pets and People: Lori Hensley and the good work of Beyond Fences
Lori Hensley left a long career as a teacher and school counselor to join Beyond Fences, an organization in Durham, North Carolina that tirelessly works to break down the effects of pov…