The Start Right HERE podcast was created because our world could use some therapy. From two bestselling authors and psychotherapists with more than 90 years of combined experience. Still standing, writing, and talking (And making sense the vast majority of the time). Start HERE emphasizes that mental and emotional well-being requires certain essential understandings and practices. The hosts demonstrate clearly how the same principles that they utilize in individual and relationship therapy a ...
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There are tens of thousands of business books published every year, and it's impossible to keep up. You read what you can, we'll share what we can on here, and we'll all get better in the process.
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Tune into our engaging conversations with women in their 70s, 80s and 90s whose stories about living meaningful and productive lives will inspire, educate and motivate our listeners. Through these stories, older and younger women alike can anticipate exciting years ahead.
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303 Cynthia Bargar: Sleeping in the Dead Girl’s Room: A Poetry Project
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Cynthia Bargar, 76 is the author of Sleeping in the Dead Girl’s Room (Lily Poetry Review Books), selected as a Massachusetts Book Awards 2023 Honors Poetry Book. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Sugar House Review, Ocean State Review, Lily Poetry Review, Verse Daily, On the Seawall, The Last Milkweed Anthology, and elsewhere. Cynthia i…
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302 Carol Schaner: A Retail Tale: A Story of Resilience
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On the northshore of Chicago, there has existed a magical boutique gift store for 37 years. Its name: The Yellow Bird. Recently the shopping center where it had thrived all those years, was sold to make room for new residential buildings and some commercial. Yellow Bird’s lease was over but Carol was not. Yellow Bird’s owner, Carol Schaner, 87, was…
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301 Andrea Gilats: Making the Leap from Older to Old: Transformations, Truths, Pleasures, and Possibilities
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Andrea Gilats—writer, educator, artist, yoga instructor—believes that “when one writes a memoir, one has to be oneself.” Andrea’s captivating new memoir, Radical Endurance: Growing Old in an Age of Longevity, reveals her journey of ‘discovery through the pitfalls and possibilities of aging.’ She reflects on dealing with prolonged grief following th…
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031 - The Ideal Team Player, by Patrick Lencioni
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300 Karen Allen and Sarah T. Schwab: Intergenerational Collaboration on Films About Loss and Love
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For 15 years, Karen Allen (age 73), actor and director of stage and film, and Sarah T. Schwab (age 39), writer, director and producer, have enjoyed collaborating on theatre and film productions, notably addressing oft-avoided discussions about dying and loss. Their award-winning film, A Stage of Twilight—written and directed by Sarah and starring K…
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030 - Getting Things Done, by David Allen
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299 Sharon A. Brangman: The Phenomenon of Normal Cognitive Aging
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Sharon A. Brangman, MD, Syracuse NY, is a geriatrician who has been a leader in the field of geriatrics for over two decades. Her focus is directly on the phenomenon of normal cognitive aging, concentrating on prevention. Dr. Brangman serves as Chair of the Department of Geriatrics, Director of the Center for Excellence for Alzheimer’s Disease and …
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298 Pamela Rand: Adventures in Feeling Young
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From a very young age, Pamela Rand, 81, described herself as a comic, a clown, a funny kid who liked to make people laugh. She continues today to sing, dance, speak in multiple accents and create skits on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and TikTock. Laughing at herself is her prime mode of comedy. In her early 20’s, Pamela went to Clown School in Pari…
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029 - The Expectation Effect, by David Robson
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297 Marcia Naomi Berger:The Bipolar Therapist
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For 50 years, Marcia Naomi Berger, 79, has experienced a journey from madness to love and meaning. Her first manic episode was at 29, when she was already a well-respected licensed clinical social worker - an experienced psychotherapist well-trained in cognitive-behavioral, family systems, process, and psychodynamic approaches. She draws from many …
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296 Anne Burke: Succeeding Together—on the playground and legal bench and in the classroom
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Anne Burke, age 80, retired Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court, began her career as a physical education teacher, earned her undergraduate degree as an adult student at the School for New Learning/DePaul University, completed a law degree while raising four children, and created the Special Olympics. Her law practice centered on helping vu…
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295 Ruth Schimel: Adventuresome Accidental Aspects of Life Can Lead to Grand Beneficial Pursuits – When You Encourage Yourself
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Ruth Schimel, 84, has original ways to make the most of life’s possibilities. An author of over 70 published articles and seven books, she was previously a diplomat/foreign service officer at the Department of State. She has also taught at four universities. With her mother, Ruth created the Schimel Lode to promote collaboration and innovation in t…
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294 Susan Baur: Old Ladies Against Underwater Garbage
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Susan Baur, 84, has been a writer, historian and psychologist for 50 years. As a child, nothing grabbed her passion like listening to her father’s stories which seemed to describe other worlds that exist inside our own. Pursuing these other worlds ever since, the force of nature keeps pulling at her very being and led her first into an obsession wi…
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293 Karen Ross: Always Asking (and finding) What is Next?
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Karen Ross, 76, is a champion who keeps reinventing herself. Self-confident, curious and proactive, Karen never stops finding new ways to stay involved, support herself and others, and meet interesting people. She thought she would be a musician and entered college intending to major in music. However, Broadway show music is what interested her and…
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292 Jennifer Prell: The Ups and Downs of Late-Life Housing and How to Get the Help You Need
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Elderwerks’ dynamic CEO and Founder, Jennifer Prell, understands older adults. She believes elders deserve respect and loving care. She gets worked up when talking about how difficult it often is for older people, no matter their income level, to find proper housing as they age. Adult children reach out because a parent is declining. That parent do…
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026 - The War of Art, by Steven Pressfield
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291 Jackie Greenbaum: The Benefits of Following Your Dreams
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The hardest part of getting older is the realization that some dreams are never going to be realized. Some situations are not going to change. Jackie Greenbaum, however realistic she remains, has lived her life as though dreams are meant to be followed. Discouraged from a career in law at a young age, Jackie pursued teaching, only to find it unsati…
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290 Gail Sussman Miller: We are here to love and be loved, to be truly authentic.
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If we are looking for what we enjoy doing, then, logically, we’re going to be good at it. Joyful thoughts spiral upward. We are on this planet to love and be loved, to be truly authentic. Gail Sussman Miller, Inspired Choice.com, believes how we think, and communicate, is a key issue for leaders of organizations. She helps them manage difficult con…
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025 - The Great Team Turnaround, by Jeff Hilimire
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289 Wendy Green: Boomer Banter--Real Talk About Aging Well
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Wendy Green, founder and host of Hey, Boomer,! knows about personal transformation first-hand and coaches women to “live the meaningful, purposeful life they want to live.” Wendy left the world of corporate training to focus on women’s experiences of growing older—as a coach, podcaster, show host, and blogger. Podcast guests, along with members of …
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288 Sally Fox: My Most Creative Work Is My Life—Yours Can Be Too
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Sally Jean Fox’s 2023 book, Meeting the Muse After Midlife: A Journey to Meaning, Creativity, and Joy, tells her story of finding joy in being creative after 50, as she explored gardening, clowning, improv theatre, storytelling, and singing. Always keen on writing, Sally took up painting at age 69 and exhibited 30 paintings three years later. Altho…
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024 - Inspired Every Day, by Kevin Paul Scott
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287 Cheri Boublis: Innovative Hospitality for Older Adults-- Living a Vibrant Lifestyle
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Cheri Boublis is Senior Director for Hospitality Services at Plymouth Place in LaGrange Park, Illinois, a model for active community living. Cheri collaborates with the leadership, residents, vendors, and the larger community to offer wide-ranging services for adults who choose a vibrant lifestyle. Choice is the guiding concept for most everything …
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286 Beverly Pimsleur's: A Love Affair with Language and Life
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Joy has always been a part of Beverly Pimsleur's life. Her extended family in Louisville KY loved to be together, to dance, sing and have fun. She recognized the importance of language from a young age and started learning French in high school. She met her husband, a French professor, on a blind date in her twenties and changed her plans about liv…
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023 - Digital Body Language, by Erica Dhawan
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285 Helen Benjamin: Education Changes the Life Trajectory of Every Person
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As an educational leader and mentor, Dr. Helen Benjamin tells stories about growing up in the segregated South, living and working in two worlds—Black and White, and helping younger Black professionals navigate their CEO roles in community colleges. In semi-retirement, Helen leads HSV Consulting, Inc, works with “dozens of colleges, boards, and CEO…
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284 Annamarie Pluhar: Shared Housing: No One Should be Isolated
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Do you want to share housing but find the transition scary? We often live in shared housing when we are single: college, roommates in camp, at conferences, during our early careers. Living with housemates as we age is no different. Annamarie Pluhar, 70, is a well-spoken advocate for shared housing and offers valuable ways of thinking to simplify th…
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283 Mary Mitchell: Giving a Voice to the Voiceless
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Mary Mitchell, age 74, sheds light on aging and ageism in her occasional column for the Chicago Sun Times, Starting Over. Mary ‘started over’ five years ago when she switched her journalistic authority on race relations in Chicago to concentrate on matters of growing older. She advocates that longevity is a blessing and aging offers an opportunity …
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282 Ann Anderson Evans: A Wife’s Unanswered Questions About Transgender and Suicide
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Ann Anderson Evans, age 82, lives in Vermont. She is a writer, linguist, and former professor. Her first memoir, Daring to Date Again (2014), which tells the story of what happened after she started dating at 62, won multiple prizes. Her sequel The Sweet Pain of Being Alive: A Memoir of Love and Death (Jan. 2024), narrates her attempt to find out w…
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281 Susan Gangsei: Tapestries Reveal the Passages of Women Aging
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Susan Gangsei, a classically trained tapestry artist from Minneapolis, MN, uses her talent to create images of women aging. Her recent series, The Sacred Journey of Aging, features the “beauty, strength, and wisdom of older women.” Susan treats viewers to her tapestries that represent different passages of growing older—feeling invisible, making mi…
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280 Jacynth Bassett: Ageism is Never in Style - 31 year old Activist
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Visionary and disrupter, Jacynth Bassett, is an award-winning, highly sought after consultant and expert in the anti-ageism/ age-inclusive & positive movement. At only 31, she is widely recognized as a leading pioneer and voice, awarded ‘Anti-Ageist Activist’ of 2023, at the inaugural Advantages Of Age Awards 2023. and named one of Evening Standard…
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020 - Chess Not Checkers, by Mark Miller
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279 Michele Kurlander: Obsessions for Art & Music Icons Fuel Her Life
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LIfe is a constant adventure for Michele Kurlander, 79. She lives in Chicago, yet her heart is in France. A fluent francophile, Michelle spends much of her life traveling between Chicago and Paris. There she has met dear friends who live all across the world. When she becomes interested in an artist, an author, a performer, Michele’s obsession with…
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278 Pamela Meyer: Staying Innovative in the Game of Life
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Dr. Pamela Meyer is a prolific author, international consultant and keynote speaker, and college teacher whose areas of focus are leadership agility, organizational change, and adult learning. In her most recent book, Staying in the Game: Leading and Learning with Agility for a Dynamic Future, Pamela draws on her experiences as an amateur, gold med…
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019 - Fooled by Randomness, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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277 Shelia Solomon: Helping Your Neighbor Understand About Your Neighbor: The Role of Civic Journalism
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Sheila Solomon’s career in mass media arts spans 50 years. She was among the first African American women to work in the newsrooms of regional and national newspapers. Sheila became a dedicated advocate for affirmative action—bringing people of color into the news business and reporting on race issues in professions outside of journalism. While wor…
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276 David Stewart: A Leading Authority on the Mindset and Aspirations that Drive the Over 50 Demographic.
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As the founder of AGEIST Magazine and Super Ager podcast, David Stewart is a passionate champion of the modern 50+ lifestyle. While interviewing David is a departure from interviewing women 70-110+, we feel that what he has to say contributes to our mission of aging reimagined. Women are the ones who are changing things. Men never experienced ageis…
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018 - The 5 Levels of Leadership, by John C. Maxwell
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275 Sandy Gordon: A True Advocate Lives for the Causes She Believes In
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When Sandy Gordon retired at 70, from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Rosemont, Illinois as Director of Public Relations, a colleague gave her a toast. It said in part: “Sandy has the kind of talent that startles people. Really. Her co-workers and colleagues often sit around wondering how she comes up with her ideas. Ideas that seem t…
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274:Coleen T. Murphy, Ph.D: Cognitive Aging: The Science of Longevity
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Coleen T. Murphy, Ph.D is Director, Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, James A. Elkins, Jr. Professor in the Life Sciences, Department of Molecular Biology, and LSI Genomics, Princeton University. She is also Director, Paul F. Glenn Center for Aging Research at Princeton and Director of Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging…
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017 - How to Be Perfect, by Michael Schur
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273 Dr. Tracey Gendron: Ageism Unmasked: Exploring Bias and How to End It
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Dr. Tracey Gendron is an internationally recognized gerontologist with almost 30 years of experience as a grant-funded researcher. She speaks to audiences globally about the real world impact of age bias. She is determined to change people’s negative views about aging. “Ageism, she says, is complicated - more nuanced than most people think it is. A…
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272 Carol Stitzer: Art is the Tapestry of Her Life - Zippers and Bees Abound
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Carol Stitzer, 80, lives life in the moment. All you have to do is listen to her and you immediately understand that she is positive, talented, energetic and happy. From early childhood education to development professional, fundraiser, artist and volunteer, Carol never lacks for the next big thing. She fine-tuned her skills at the Center for Ameri…
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271 Nancy Hanson: Following in My Mother’s Footsteps: Fighting for Systemic Change
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A life of social service requires a deep commitment to reaching out, helping out and finding those paths that have meaning to you. Throughout Nancy Hanson’s entire life, she has been doing just that. Following in the footsteps of her mother, Nancy knows no other way of being. Early on, she joined the League of Women Voters and in each of the cities…
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