The Boomer Woman’s Podcast

Donna Barr has lived a life many of us dream of living. She’s trail-blazer: joining the U.S. Air Force in the 70s when few women considered the possibility and during the Viet Nam War. She’s made a difference: working in Samoa with The Peace Corp.

Today Donna describes:

• How The Peace Corp and the Air Force were early interests
• Making changes at age 57
• The Peace Corps – no age restrictions and choose your adventure
• The process ...

Dr. Foojan Zeine has so many credentials in the Behavioral Psychology field that there is no way to write a synopsis. She founded the International Awareness Integration Institute and she co-founded the “Foojan” App, offering AIT to the public globally.

Today, Dr. Zeine explains:

• The structured, evidence-based framework called Awareness Integration Theory (AIT)
• Being intentional in being you
• How our reality is based on percept...

Jennifer Rovet is a Certified Professional Retirement Coach who works with individuals and couples alike, exploring values, priorities, and purposes to help design a rewarding retirement lifestyle. She’s seen firsthand the struggles many retirees go through.

Today Jennifer discusses:

• How there is so much more to retirement planning than money
• Redefining identity post-career
• How to make new friends outside the workplace
• Having ...

Bobbi Barrington is a trans woman, but her message is not about gender – it’s about the universal challenges we all face: fear, uncertainty, and the courage to create the future we truly want.

Today she discusses:

• Spending 59 years in the wrong body
• Her advice for both men and women, given that she has lived as both
• Her two transitions: in body, and in mindset
• Great insight for people who challenge the right of trans people to...

Emily Allen is a certified alcohol-free life coach who empowers women in midlife to break free from our wine culture and create their next chapter full of confidence, clarity and true freedom.

In this episode she explains:

• “Wine-mom” culture
• Her trigger to quit and her process to stop
• Alcohol as “Self-care” and “self-medication”
• Her path from self-disappointment to becoming an Alcohol-Free Life Coach
• The 80% increase in drinki...

Mariana Cooper (Mari) is an internationally acclaimed intuitive life strategist, third generation intuitive and host of the Aha! Moments Radio Show.

In this episode, Mari explains:

• Third generation intuitive
• Aha Moments
• 3D and 5D Frequency
• The Energetic Communication system that we are all born with
• Man-made constructs: shame, blame, guilt, fear, anxiety
• “Clear, connect, communicate, create”

Mari has an interesting descr...

Brenda Cumby McGee – aka Maxx McGee – is that fabulous dichotomy of fashion model and union carpenter. She was also a trail-blazer for women in the trades.

Today, Maxx explains:

• How those two parallel careers originated

• Her covid success story

• How things have changed for women in the trades in the last 30 years

• Women in a traditionally male environment “sisters in the brotherhood”

• “The Pant”

• The process of getting a...

Zulma Williams has had her share of challenges, and sometimes struggled to overcome them. But she is a warrior, and she made it her mission to inspire people to discover and honor the warrior inside themselves.

“The swearing therapist” has such energy! The past proves it was enough to get her over her own hurdles and I’m sure it becomes contagious with her clients.

In this episode she discusses:

• Her country of origin, Argentin...

Joe Owens is a story-teller… and an author. He’s released fiction and non-fiction, graphic novels and kids’ books. He’s also written a book for Boomers called “Feeling Groovy: A Boomer Guide to Ageless Aging”.

We talk about the book but also many other things:

• Supra Ventricular Tachycardia
• His interesting career
• Staying young-ish
• Technology & AI
• How acting old invites age-ism
• Internalized age-ism
• We get on a tangent about ...

Joelle Kaufman says “My passion is supporting cancer patients in finding their voice, taking control of their journey, and reducing the chaos and terror. As my family says, we’ve seen the movie. We know how to write a better ending.”

In this episode, Joelle explains:

• Her mother, her sister, then her story
• Cancer as a class of diseases
• To celebrate life’s events… and non-events
• Questions, Reactions and minding the joy
• “Happines...

Jannette Anderson, like many of the women she works with, is #NotDoneByALongShot! She is passionate about working with maturepreneurs to identify, claim and position their value so  they can make a meaningful difference AND a magnificent living!

Today she explains:

• Why she’s so passionate about Maturepreneurs?... especially womanpreneurs
• Why this group is growing so fast
• The biggest challenges Maturepreneurs face
• What a woman ...

Anne Goldberg was looking for direction after 2009 happened. Then, in less than two weeks, six different seniors called and said the same thing: “I hear you teach the computer. Can you help me?”  But… Anne had never told anyone she taught computers, despite the fact that she was always helping my friends with their tech. Eleven years later, she is known for her outstanding teaching skills and patience working with older people.

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Dr. Bruce Chalmer is a psychologist in Vermont who has been working with couples for over thirty years. Through his teaching, consulting, writing, podcast, and videos about relationships, his ideas have helped thousands of couples and their therapists.

Today, he discusses

1. Why he chose Couples’ therapy?
2. At what stage clients come to him
3. Why grey divorce is a “thing”
4. Stability and intimacy
5. Mid-life crises… male and female
6. Stabil...

Matthieu Mehuys is a Belgian landscape architect on a mission to make the world a greener, healthier place. He has traveled the globe looking at and for solutions and is keen to share his knowledge with the world.

In this episode he explains:

• How growing up on a family farm in Belgium started his journey
• The role of developers in sustainability
• How the planet is going to survive and restore itself with or without us
• The benefi...

Laura Helgeson is the founder of Let’s Talk UTI, the only US-based patient advocacy organization dedicated to shining a light on the issues around urinary tract infections. The organization provides essential insights, advocates for research initiatives, and promotes education to create meaningful change in UTI care.

In this episode, Laura discusses:

• what a UTI is and what causes it
• If there is any correlation between the earl...

Lynn Banis knows grief: “It isn’t just sadness; it’s disorienting. You wake up each day feeling like you’re walking through fog, unsure if you’ll ever find your way out.” This grief counsellor finally took herself in hand and applied her knowledge and skills to herself.

In this episode, Lynn discusses:

• Her story of loss and the power of family
• We all have different paths to healing BUT don’t get stuck
• How much of life is ritua...

Georgi Feidler helps Baby Boomers in business navigate succession planning. Her passion is ensuring that business legacies continue successfully by equipping owners (and long-term employees) with the right strategies to transition leadership smoothly and intentionally.

Today she discusses:

• Why succession planning isn’t part of business education
• Why it’s important
• Maturepreneurs know it’s a shorter time from start to finish
• Th...

Once John Hankins discovered the developing field of financial therapy and after a bit of exploration, he decided to reinvent himself as a financial therapist. Today he is a licensed social worker, certified financial therapist, and certified financial social worker. 

In this episode he explains:

• What financial therapy is
• Our generation was taught to not discuss money, the repercussions of that
• Who becomes a financial therapis...

oe Curry is a Certified Financial Planner and the founder of Retirement Planning Simplified. He is also the host of the Your Retirement Planning Simplified podcast, where he helps Canadians navigate the complexities of retirement with a focus on clarity, simplicity, and purpose-driven planning.

Today he explains:

• Company stocks and pensions as sole retirement funds
• CPP and OAS, the GIS, RRSPs, TFSAs, RIFs and LIFs
• common retir...