Retirement Talk for Boomers, Seniors, and Retirees
Retirement Talk is an audio podcast intended to help people who are retired, or considering retirement, to examine their own lives. We will consider retirement in all its facets - not just financial. We want to examine our own lives and those of others, who seem to have looked closely, made choices, and are pretty happy with the consequences We want to encourage thought and action.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 7 minutes
- Episodes
- 833
- Years Active
- 2006 - 2025
313 Quest for Meaning Part 2
Giving meaning to our life is a solo pursuit. We can't buy it or have it given to us. We have to find our own if we want it to be ours. It really isn't that hard. We just need to be aware and accepti…
00:08:13 |
Sat 26 Jan 2013
312 Quest for Meaning
Giving meaning to our life is one of retirements main challenges. Parents, teachers and bosses no longer dictate our behavior. We sometimes find this a new and difficult position.
00:07:08 |
Fri 18 Jan 2013
311 Watch Your Step
Falling down can change all retirement dreams. We might be well advised to slow down just a bit. As an old Alaskan told me when I headed out for a backpacking trip in the mountains, "If you want to g…
00:05:57 |
Wed 09 Jan 2013
310 The Devil is in the Details
Change is slow but it can happen. Retirement is not a time to give up on long held dreams. As long as we keep moving in the right directions we can find happiness. That is what Spinoza believed - and…
00:06:10 |
Wed 02 Jan 2013
309 Miserable with Much
Do we really need so much? So much of everything. Perhaps living with less might lead to a bit more happiness. Just what is it that will make us happy?
00:06:29 |
Sat 22 Dec 2012
308 Looking Ahead
Some folks don't know what to do with retirement. "What should I do?" is a common question I hear. Retirement calls for us to take charge of our own future. Imagination is vital. We need to reach out…
00:06:39 |
Sun 16 Dec 2012
307 Road Trip
A road trip has a romantic ring to it. I have always found it to be so. There is something about driving down the driveway and taking that first turn. Here are some suggestions that enhance such trip…
00:07:37 |
Sun 09 Dec 2012
306 We Win: We Lose
We have good days and bad days. Part of moving into the retirement zone is that we have experience at both. We have learned to adjust. At least, we should have learned to adjust.
00:04:51 |
Sun 02 Dec 2012
305 Meditation
Sometimes our gumption just doesn't want to function. We just can't get going. Maybe that is the time to enjoy the other side of life and just accept tranquility. Nothing wrong with that.
00:06:26 |
Wed 28 Nov 2012
304 Ashes to ...
Retirement brings new thoughts into one's mind. My wife recently asked me what I wanted done with my ashes. I laughed it off and then...
00:06:01 |
Sun 11 Nov 2012
303 Remembering
When we launch into a story about our past do we remember what really happened? We all look back on occasion. We also like to tell the truth. How often does our memory bring us the truth?
00:06:06 |
Sun 04 Nov 2012
302 Time to Get Out of the Way
We don't stay a child forever. And we don't work forever. Neither one would be good or desirable. Retirement is another phase of life that calls for change. We need to make the adjustment.
00:06:24 |
Sun 28 Oct 2012
301 The We Party
Rugged individualism is held in high esteem. Working with and depending on others - not so much. By the time we are retired we have experienced enough of life to know that there is much to be said fo…
00:07:58 |
Sun 21 Oct 2012
300 Gumption
When we retire there may seem to be no reason to get out of bed. "Let us then be up and doing" runs a line from one of my favorite poems. We need to create our own milestones - and that takes gumptio…
00:06:44 |
Mon 15 Oct 2012
299 Grit
Grit is one of the character qualities we admire. We are not born with grit in our blood. We acquire it. Kindness, compassion, charity and love must also be learned. Where do we learn those? Will the…
00:07:10 |
Sun 07 Oct 2012
298 Five Years Left?
Good health will end. Life will end. We need to consider that in our decisions about what we are doing with our life on a daily basis.
00:06:25 |
Sun 30 Sep 2012
297 Reconnecting
Aristotle believed that real friendship demanded duration. Time has a way of cementing relationships. Retirement offers us an opportunity to reconnect with people from our past. It can be one of our …
00:04:58 |
Sun 23 Sep 2012
296 Recognition
Recognition is a basic human need. We want people to acknowledge our existence. Sometimes retirement seems to come with a sense of invisibility. What to do?
00:08:16 |
Sun 16 Sep 2012
295 Politics and Persistence
"Democracy requires educated citizens." So said our elementary school teachers. Do we have an obligation to stay in the harness? It isn't easy.
00:08:16 |
Sun 09 Sep 2012
294 Neighbors
Good neighbors make life so much better. It took the Olympic Games to get us and our neighbors together. It shouldn't be so difficult.
00:06:09 |
Sun 02 Sep 2012
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