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
The Power of Art, Creativity, and Community: Mark Campbell and Art With Elders
Mark H. Campbell is an accomplished visual artist with numerous works in public and private collections nationally and internationally. He is also the Executive Director of Eldergivers,…
The Sweet Aroma of One Family's Traditions: Annette Council on carrying forward her mother's legacy
Annette Council, youngest daughter of Mildred (Mama Dip) Council is the author of The Recipe: Have a Seat at Our Table... and the founder of Sweet Neecy Cake Mix Company. She grew up le…
From Irish Triplets to Dragon Boat Races: Sandi Shortt's remarkable journey of purpose and healing.
Sandi Shortt, from Ontario, Canada, is, among many things, the mother of three adult sons and seven wonderful grandchildren. She is long-term widowed and a survivor of cancer. Out of th…
Lily Unleashed: Author and animal welfare advocate Jo Anna Kloster on her passion for pound puppies
Join us to hear more about Jo Anna's crusade against puppy mills and their destructive practices. After retiring, Jo Anna became passionately involved in this cause, to include lobbying…
The Open Road Beckons: Rebecca Tuttle vanquishes fear and takes a 40 year old VW van cross-country
Author/essayist and 11th generation New Hampshire farm girl, Rebecca Tuttle, heeds her daughter's request to drive a VW van from Maine to her daughter's home in California. Rebecca shar…
Honoring the Art of Our Lives: Dr. Dorian Mintzer with Alan C. O'Hare
Dr. Dorian Mintzer, author, retirement coach, consultant and popular speaker, joins us on the show to share more about her dear friend and colleague, Alan C. O'Hare. Among many things, …
Hugh Willard: Welcome to Season Two
Following the great success of Season One, we are back for more stories of adventure, connection, joy, challenge, and the passions of people living their best Third Age lives. We also h…
Tis the Season: Mrs. Merry Claus and Santa MikeE give us a backstage tour of their Christmas production
Mrs. Merry Claus, aka Lou Shelton, and Santa MikeE, aka Mike Eckardt, drop by the show to share their experiences as professionals in their respective roles. They, and many others like …
Latke Redemption, Canned Biscuits Reclamation, and a Blue Chanukah Bush? Scott Huler & June Spence and their family stories of Chanukah
Scott and June are married and have two teenage sons. Scott is Jewish, June is Jewish-ish. Join us to hear these two writers share their stories of melding traditions during the Festiva…
Jewish Santas and Second to None Latkes: Ruth Lebed and her joys and memories of Chanukah
Ruth Lebed is a retired attorney and more importantly, a Jewish mother, living in Wisconsin. From her earliest days living in a Jewish enclave in the Catskill Mountains in upstate New …
The U-Curve of Happiness. Dr. Katharine Esty and Aging Well into the 80's.
Dr. Katharine Esty has had a long and distinguished career as a social psychologist, psychotherapist, consultant, and author of four books, including Eightysomethings: A Practical Guide…
Love Beyond a Lifetime: Dean Lambert and the Love Always Project
Our guest this week is Dean Lambert, project director of the non-profit Love Always Project. This important grassroots movement is created to encourage people to preplan and pay for the…
Burned Bridges with Steel Girders: Pam LeBlanc's Grand story of reconciliation and healing
Pam LeBlanc is an Austin, Texas based freelance writer specializing in stories about adventures in the great outdoors. Six years ago, she reached out to an old friend, Marcy, with an in…
Finding Beauty in the Gray: Excerpts from Hugh Willard's upcoming book.
Podcast host, psychotherapist, and author Hugh Willard has signed with Warren Publishing to put out his latest book, Finding Beauty in the Gray: Stories and Verse From the Third Age. Th…
Freemales and Wusbands with Jhobbies? Bestselling author Jan Cullinane and the Single Woman's Guide to Retirement
Jan Cullinane is a best selling author, consultant, speaker, and retirement expert practicing what she preaches in her books The New Retirement: The Ultimate Guide to the Rest of Your L…
Theresa Pierce and Laurie Zacco: Full-time Life on the Road
Theresa Pierce and Laurie Zacco had been a couple living and working in Florida for 19 years when they decided to rent out their home and make a go of living the full-time RV'ers life. …
Beyond Retirement: Doing the Day to Day with podcaster Jacquie Ducette
Jacquie Ducette is a fellow podcaster and Retirement Lifestyle Planner singing from the same sheet of music as Hugh Willard. While house sitting in Mexico, she bumped into the world of …
Alternate Roads in Midlife: Ross Le Cras' Career Change
Ross Le Cras had cut his career teeth in radio and advertising for much of his career in Western Australia. Moving into the empty nest years with his wife Leanne, Ross began to feel the…
Living the Creative Life Part II: Samantha Shad and Carl Nordgren consider story and it's place in the creative process
Creatives Samantha Shad and Carl Nordgren join us again this week with their thoughts on stories, storytelling, and their central role in our creative processes and lives.
Samantha Shad…
Finding Flow: Samantha Shad and Carl Nordgren on Living the Creative Life
Samantha Shad is a successful Hollywood screenwriter, entertainment attorney, and author of The Write To Happiness and Write Through the Crises. She teaches courses and workshops on cre…