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
013: What Do You Do?
The question of, "What do you do?" is asked many times of retired people. Here is an example of how very difficult it can be to honestly answer this question. Sometimes, "What we do", is not given to…
00:08:58 |
Sat 18 Nov 2006
012: Retirement Wisdom Concerning People and Priorities
Retirement affords us time for a consideration of our life. Sometimes the value of friends from the past can take on special meaning as we reflect on our time with them.
00:06:14 |
Sat 18 Nov 2006
011: Taking Life As It Comes
Retirement can bring many challenges to each of us. Dick Smith tells us of his manner of dealing with change by, "taking life as it comes".
00:06:02 |
Sat 18 Nov 2006
010: Retiring at the Same Time as Your Spouse
Retiring at the same time as your spouse is often times seen as a problem - or a potential problem. Here is an example of how it seemed to have worked out very well.
00:08:20 |
Sat 18 Nov 2006
009: A Relocating Alternative in Retirement
Retirement can often times bring the choice of staying where you have been living for many years, or moving. Relocating. Sometimes we are torn. We like it where we live, but - we are drawn by what we…
00:08:50 |
Fri 17 Nov 2006
008: Tying the Past to the Present
Road trips after retirement can sometimes lend insight into history, the present time, and one's own life. Dick Smith and his wife Linda Sutherland illustrate this beautifully in this story.
00:07:55 |
Fri 17 Nov 2006
007: A Sense of Place
Developing a sense of place when moving to a new location can be a real challenge. Roy Ingham has moved twice since reaching age 65 and has made two such successful moves.
00:06:38 |
Thu 16 Nov 2006
005: Retirement and the Relocating Alternative
Retirement can often times bring the choice of staying where you have been living for many years, or moving: relocating. Sometimes we are torn. We like it where we live, but - we are drawn by what we…
00:06:06 |
Thu 16 Nov 2006
002: What Now?
Now that you have decided to retire the decisions need to be made that will bring happiness into your life. What should those decisions be based upon?
00:07:14 |
Thu 16 Nov 2006
006: Road Trip via Car
Travel is high on the list of most recent retirees. "Road trip" is a favorite phrase. Hit the open road. "Wouldn't it be nice to just go out and turn the key and drive away from it all.
00:10:55 |
Thu 16 Nov 2006
004: Family and Happiness
The importance of creating a happy environment for the family is the theme of Dick Smith's monologue. Retirement can offer time for special insights into this value.
00:06:36 |
Thu 16 Nov 2006
003: What Now - Part 2
On today's program I want to give you a couple of examples of the pursuit of happiness as I have experienced them. This is all in accordance with the Spinozian theory that was the topic our last prog…
00:07:40 |
Thu 16 Nov 2006
001: When Should I Retire
Considering retirement brings certain aspects of life and death into clear focus. It is important to come to grips with our own tenuous grip on life when considering retirement.
00:06:24 |
Thu 16 Nov 2006
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