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
033 A Career for Life - "The Silver Tsunami"
A life goal for some of us is to retire and change our life. . Many older workers are choosing to continue work and never quit or change direction. Here is an example.
00:08:20 |
Thu 26 Apr 2007
032 The Con
"The Con" is something we have to be concerned with all of our life. Here a couple of examples that may remind us of the importance of not allowing ourselves to be taken to the cleaners.
00:06:47 |
Fri 20 Apr 2007
031 "A Ripe Old Age"
What does it mean to live to a ripe old age. Young Gene died at age 11 and a recent news story talked of a man 110 years old taking a new wife - age 30. What does all this mean concerning, "A ripe o…
00:06:56 |
Fri 13 Apr 2007
030 Loneliness and Senior Citizens
Loneliness is an issue for all people. Senior Citizens face a peculiar type of loneliness that may call for learning new behaviors. Jackie Spinks shares her outlook on the issue in this episode.
00:07:54 |
Fri 06 Apr 2007
029 Advantages to Aging
Judging character, automatic muscle movements, and accumulation of skill and knowledge are some of the recently reported advantages of aging. This is good news for those of us that are in the retirem…
00:06:44 |
Fri 30 Mar 2007
028 Elderly Sex - A Personal Testimony
A frank statement of sex and the elderly is shared with us by a 79 year old woman. Be prepared for honesty and openness concerning this life time concern.
00:09:43 |
Fri 23 Mar 2007
027 Mexico - Treasure of Sierra Madres
Retirement and travel sometimes open unexpected opportunities. This is a story of trying to make connections with Humphrey Bogart, treasure and madness. Follow us on our trip to San Sebastian.
00:27:43 |
Wed 21 Mar 2007
026 Dealing with Aches and Pains
Dick Smith shares ideas with us in dealing with the aches and pains that come later in life. He deals the aches and pains we have and those that others have. What to do?
00:05:50 |
Sun 11 Mar 2007
025 Retiring in Mexico - Two Examples
Thinking of moving to Mexico? Here are two examples of people who wanted something different. They moved to off-the-road places in Mexico: sun, beaches, surf, no automobiles, - paradise?
00:08:06 |
Sat 03 Mar 2007
024 Retirement and Travel by Plane - Mexico
Traveling by plane can be more difficult as one gets older and as plane travel changes. Del talks of his recent journey to Mexico and the challenges and rewards.
00:06:43 |
Wed 28 Feb 2007
023 Death and Decision Making: Part 2
Dealing with death and the promise of eternal happiness can effect our decisions in life. This story of a swami and enlightenment can shed light on this question.
00:07:57 |
Sat 10 Feb 2007
022 Telling the Truth - A Luxury of Growing Older
Jackie Spinks shares her experience of telling the truth when it comes to religious preferences throughout life. Why should shame or guilt be associated with, "atheist"?
00:07:05 |
Sun 04 Feb 2007
021 Death and Decision Making
This is the first of a series dealing our concept of death and how that influences all the decisions of our life. Hopefully this story will lead you to consider your own deep thoughts concerning this…
00:08:33 |
Sun 28 Jan 2007
020 Worry and Getting Older.
There are things we worry about when we are young and then there are things we worry about when we get older. Some are the same, but many are different. Jackie Spinks talks about worry and the role i…
00:09:00 |
Mon 15 Jan 2007
019 Work and Play
Dick Smith finds that retirement allows time for reviewing and perfecting work skills that have been gained over a lifetime. It is also a time to pray at activities that one has always dreamed of.
00:07:54 |
Sun 07 Jan 2007
018: Retirement Without Guilt
Many of us feel some sense of guilt when we retire. We think we should be working; doing something productive with our lives. What is to be said of the person who just wants to sit back, enjoy a few …
00:06:46 |
Sun 17 Dec 2006
017: A Time to Reconnect
At retirement we have the opportunity to review our lives in the records and memories of our extended families. This is a good time to dig out old family pictures and reconnect with former friends an…
00:06:40 |
Sun 10 Dec 2006
016: Health and A Second Opinion
Retirement may mean many more trips to the doctor. Sometimes we don't agree with the doctor's diagnosis and desire a second opinion. This example illustrates the importance of asserting ourselves whe…
00:08:33 |
Sun 03 Dec 2006
015: The Man in the Mirror
Retirement means that we must identify ourselves with the availability of a job title. The question, "Who are we?" becomes a bit more complicated. Friends can help in reflecting our new identity.
00:05:35 |
Fri 01 Dec 2006
014: It's Not So Bad To Grow Old
Jackie Spinks has lived over three quarters of a century. She concludes that life is not so bad as one grows older. Her gems of wisdom collected sparkle with humor.
00:08:27 |
Sun 19 Nov 2006
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