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
272 (097) Exercise for the Brain
We know our muscles, lungs and cardiovascular system needs to get some exercise. We may not connect this exercise with the best thing in the world we can do for our brain. But, it seems to be true.
00:06:50 |
Sun 01 Apr 2012
271 Spring Cleaning
Spring is time for new growth - rebirth. It is time for new thoughts. For the retired it is time to move our dreams from the inside to include possibilities in the great outdoors.
00:06:20 |
Sun 01 Apr 2012
270 "Senior Moments"
Could it be that there is no such thing as "senior moments"? At least not nearly what we think. Or, perhaps I'm forgetting something.
00:05:18 |
Sun 11 Mar 2012
269 Retired and Caregiving
Being a caregiver is not a role that most retired people seek. But it is a role that many of us assume. We might want to give this some thought and ask a few questions.
00:07:39 |
Sun 04 Mar 2012
268 Doing What You Want
Retirement means we are free in many ways we have never experienced. We do not have to follow - the crowd or anyone else. Coming to this realization is necessary to reap the benefits.
00:06:24 |
Sun 26 Feb 2012
267 Interview with Cliff Baakke
This is the first in what I hope will become a regular part of Retirement Talk. Interviews with people from various locales concerning their experiences with retirement: what worked and what didn't
00:12:21 |
Sun 26 Feb 2012
266 "Look Around"
Taking time to experience life is available to the retired. All we have to do is make the effort. "Stop, look and listen" might be a great mantra for us. We may be amazed.
00:07:03 |
Sun 12 Feb 2012
265 New Directions?
Things change. People die. Interests evolve. We sense we need a change. Our mind goes round and round. Here is an example that might stimulate consideration of your own issues.
00:07:09 |
Sun 05 Feb 2012
264 Retirement: It's About More Than Money
This is the beginning of a book that is based on all of the previous podcasts numbers 1 through 263. Chapter One deals with the question: When Should I Retire?
00:11:52 |
Sun 29 Jan 2012
263 Changing Gears
Retirement is a time of change. We have to be able to change direction and speed. When we need a little help it is understandable - and available.
00:09:37 |
Sun 22 Jan 2012
262 Take Care - Of Your Feet?
Retirement gives us time. Time to think and time to act. Taking care of ourselves is one thing we may consider more than we have. Taking care includes taking care of our feet. Think about it.
00:06:06 |
Sun 15 Jan 2012
261 The Sky Is Not Falling
How many crisis can we handle? Retired people have one advantage over younger people. We have had more experiences. We have lived longer. We have lived through lots of "end of the world" scenarios.
00:06:39 |
Sun 08 Jan 2012
260: A Time To Dream
Dreams don't have to end in childhood. I mean dreams about what we are going to do in life. Retirement is a great time to go to the well and look for something new.
00:06:51 |
Sun 01 Jan 2012
259: Retirement and Movies
Retirement affords us a special time in life when we can pick and choose how we spend our time. One could do worse than make movies a big part of retirement.
00:07:28 |
Mon 26 Dec 2011
258: Give Life a Poke
Retirement is a time of freedom for many. It is a time to "do it my way". Why not take advantage and poke around at whatever.
00:06:23 |
Sun 18 Dec 2011
257 Home Projects
Retirement gives us time to do something with our lives that we never managed during our working careers. Working with our hands can be a wonderful change for some of us. We can learn something new a…
00:06:51 |
Sun 11 Dec 2011
256: Money: is there anything else?
Sometimes it feels like money is all that matters. By the time we retire many of us know there is more to life than that which money can buy.
00:05:25 |
Sun 04 Dec 2011
255 Coffee and Retirement
A person could do worse than drink a cup of coffee every day in the middle of the afternoon. Drink it in a coffee shop with character and a friend and you have arrived.
00:07:09 |
Sat 26 Nov 2011
254 1000Months
Having regrets in life is not something we seek. We would like to be satisfied with our life choices. Do we know where our 1000 months are going?
00:05:56 |
Sun 20 Nov 2011
253 Kindness, Gentleness and Compassion
What do we really want to do with our life? Some goals may be more within our own grasps than we realize. We may be unaware or overlook the importance of some life disciplines.
00:07:17 |
Sun 20 Nov 2011
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