Pivot and Thrive

Dawn Beers O'Brien is a certified travel agent who specializes in disability travel, cruises, and Hawaii, among other travel-related topics. Dawn keeps us updated with travel in the COVID era. Think …

Have you ever thought about writing your memoir in retirement? Or being a travel writer as you cover the globe? Award-winning author and instructor, Kerrie Flanagan, knows her way around the publishi…

Lesleigh J Tolin is a Grief Recovery Specialist who helps guide her clients through the grief process. In this episode she explains grief and the challenges that people face as they move through it. …

Want your holidays to be more fun and meaningful? Add play into your schedule! Mike Montague is the founder of Playful Humans. He believes being playful at any age can combat burnout and can make lif…

Coach Chris Klesh is a travel expert who wants people to know how to travel well and often by using his travel hacks and tips. He shares advice on flying and lodging that you should consider before p…

As an air traffic controller, Shawn Dimartile knows stress and knows how to handle it. But he's been working on a side hustle for awhile that will allow him to retire from his career very early. He p…

Introduced to music from The Who at summer camp as a boy, he became enthralled with the arts of every kind. Today Jeff Leisawitz is a life coach for "heart-centered" creative people. He is also the a…

When retirement coach, Andy Robin, bumped into a friend a few years ago, he was asked how his retirement was going. Andy spontaneously responded that he was living the "tapas life." Upon reflection, …

Ron Hoffman was only 17 years old when he started college at UCLA. His only interest in attending college was to play baseball. Although he was a great player, an injury and then an illness sidelined…

Carole Soder is a retiring school counselor who is taking her side gig as a nutrition coach and personal trainer to the next level. Discovering her own strength and motivation in mid-life, Carole kno…

Tiffany Moore, human rights activist,  always wanted to make the world better for others through her service. By the time she completed her Master's degree, she was burned out from the workload. Then…

Kim "Kid" Curry was riding high running one of the top radio stations in the country in Miami for nine years. Prior to that, he was one of the top DJ's in the US for two decades. Life was exciting bu…

Dr. Sara Zeff Geber is a certified retirement coach and author of Essential Retirement Planning for Solo Agers. Sara has valuable information and suggestions for how to age safely and happily whether…

I talk to some really interesting people on this podcast. But in this episode, I'm only talking to You. I want to be sure I am clear that everyone's retirement looks different, and the most important…

Civil Engineer John Teng, realized at a young age that the lifestyle he craved was up to him to achieve. After years of perseverance, it was his, but in mid-life, he sought mental help when things be…

When Vickie Braden lost a job she loved, she didn't know where she was headed but knew she wanted to make a difference. A serendipitous encounter with strangers in an airport led her to a new and ful…

Stan Lieberman had many career options following college. Though he loved philosophy then, and still does today, his professor suggested he find another career for financial reasons. Once Stan saw Sp…

Grace Shelley is a Fine Art and Photographic Artist. Growing up in Alaska, traveling the world, and living in Southern California have inspired her paintings and her photography. She is able to see t…

Cyn Colip and Chris Ryan, married 33 years, are heading toward their retirement years together with their business, Ryan Video Productions. Far from preparing to put their feet up though, this couple…

Thirteen years ago John Biethan and Stephanie Murphy were enjoying a long and wonderful relationship together in Santa Fe, New Mexico. An injury to Stephanie changed her goals and perspective, and th…