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
170 Winter Olympics Vancouver 2010
What's it like to attend a Winter Olympics? We are having that experience now. So far...even for retired people and for people that are not "rich" it is a great experience! Sometimes life's exotic tr…
00:06:09 |
Thu 25 Mar 2010
172 Frog Spit Ch 2 Part 2
We continue our publication of Jackie Spinks' new memoir. This humorous rumination of early family life in a mill town in the Pacific Northwest will bring back many thoughts of attitudes and activiti…
00:11:27 |
Fri 19 Mar 2010
171 Frog Spit Ch. 2 Part 1
Jackie Spinks continues her reading of her new book. Previous episodes can be found in the Archives and on Jackie Sprinks page.
00:10:57 |
Fri 12 Mar 2010
169 "Frog Spit" part 2
We continue our publication of Jackie Spinks new memoir. This humorous rumination of early family life in a mill town in the Pacific Northwest will bring back many thoughts of attitudes and activitie…
00:09:15 |
Fri 26 Feb 2010
168 "Frog Spit"
With this Episode we begin publishing "Frog Spit" a memoir written and read by Jackie Spinks. Jackie grew up in Bellingham, Washington and her humorous writing makes the people, place and time come a…
00:08:59 |
Wed 10 Feb 2010
167 Afraid of Missing Something
Life presents us with all sorts of opportunities and choices. Sometimes we know exactly which we want to choose. Sometimes we want to do them all. What to do?
00:05:04 |
Fri 05 Feb 2010
166 Thought that Go Back and Forth
Multitasking just seems to violate all principles of retirement. We are suppose to slow down and take life a little easier. Dick Smith talks about some of his conflicts and solutions to the problem.
00:06:08 |
Thu 28 Jan 2010
165 Taking a Risk
Taking a risk by definition always implies a bit of danger; we could get hurt. Doing some thing new and different always includes this factor. We could fail. It can also make life a bit more interest…
00:05:16 |
Fri 22 Jan 2010
164 No One To Talk To
Having someone to talk to can be a problem for anyone. As we age conversational isolation can be a more sever problem. We seem to only engage with the TV - and it always just one way. No one listens …
00:06:46 |
Fri 15 Jan 2010
163 The January Challenge
January is a time of year when we try to change our lives for the better. Exercise is touted as one of the most important contributors to good health. We know that when we stop moving, we are in trou…
00:04:33 |
Fri 08 Jan 2010
162 Looking Ahead; Looking Back
In retirement some of us tend to look forward to the future. Others of us tend to look back over our own life. Either way, we make decisions as to the way we spend our retirement years. Making no dec…
00:05:39 |
Fri 01 Jan 2010
161 Weather
Our motto has always been to, "Never let the weather dictate what you do with your life". Some people pay a lot of attention to weather. There are lots of reasons to move or relocate when one retires…
00:06:34 |
Thu 17 Dec 2009
160 Aging and Expectations
Great expectations are things we associate with young people. But in this time period retired people may have thirty or forty years of good life ahead of them. What are the expectations? Do we prepa…
00:07:00 |
Fri 11 Dec 2009
159 Changing Our Ways
Sometimes we just get tired of doing the same ol' thing. We want to change our ways. Here is a great example of a person doing just exactly that. And he isn't a spring chicken.
00:05:48 |
Fri 04 Dec 2009
158 Elders and the Environment
Where did you learn to care about the environment? Who were your mentors? What role can today's elders play in the care of our earth? These questions evolved out of a recent conference I attended in …
00:06:30 |
Thu 26 Nov 2009
157 From Career to Vocation
Many people turn something they do for fun into a career. Creating a joyful retirement may be the time to go the other way and turn a career into a vocation. Dick Smith is our guest.
00:05:27 |
Thu 19 Nov 2009
156 Screen Apnea
Screen Apnea is like sleep Apnea. It is a breathing problem. Ever notice how when you work on a computer or gaze at TV how the time just slips by. We tend to forget the rest of the world. Now it seem…
00:06:07 |
Fri 13 Nov 2009
155 Chop Wood; Carry Water
Retiring means an active lifestyle for many. Just because we stop working for money doesn't mean we live in a world without things to do. Providing for family, friends, and humanity calls for action …
00:06:20 |
Fri 06 Nov 2009
154 Amounting to Something
Retirement brings many changes to our lives. The goal of "Amounting to something," is one we have lived with for a long time. Jackie Spinks believes that absence of this may be the great equalizer be…
00:05:40 |
Sat 31 Oct 2009
153 "Who Made That Rule, Anyway?"
The way we live is often determined by a set of existing rules. Sometimes we may need to pause and inquire as to their validity. Retired people enjoy a lifetime of experience by which to substantiate…
00:06:46 |
Thu 22 Oct 2009
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