#127: 2020 Twists
17 Minutes Hannah and Cecilia discuss the year and the feelings they shared in this twisting 2020. PLAY PODCAST
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#126: Sharing Wisdom with guest Chip Conley
47 Minutes If you want to be inspired and get some clarity about what it can mean to age wisely, this is a must-listen podcast. Chip Conley, the strategic inspiration behind Airbnb, is also a best-selling author with a new and compelling message. According to Chip, the first half of our lives is all about accumulating. We accumulate identities, knowledge and experience. But in order to move fully into our next passage, we have to stop...
#125: 12 in 12 Soup
38 mins In these closing comments from three group members, Robin Snow shares her metaphors and reminds us that change is an art. Jane Emmer is making paper plate awards that speak to each participant’s role in supporting the group. Laura Preiser describes the Stone Soup ritual where everyone brings their own ingredients to the pot. It’s been a year to remember, so much silliness, so many heartaches, lots of outrage and lasting creativity and...
#124: Facing Obstacles, with 12 and 12 members Emilie Ward and Deb Yeager
50 mins Emilie Ward and Deb Yeager joined 12 in 12 2020 with specific missions and intentions. Then, 2020 had its way with them. Emilie suffered for weeks with severe symptoms of the coronavirus. Deb, a disaster expert, left her cozy home in New Hampshire to work in Brooklyn at the height of the coronavirus crisis in New York City. Next, both women faced job loss and financial challenges. And eventually, both women became caretakers...
#123: Childfree, a conversation with filmmaker Therese Shechter
47 mins A couple of years ago Therese Shechter posted a survey on Facebook that started with the sentence: Tell me about your experience not having children. It went viral. Women wanted their stories to be heard. On today’s podcast, we talk to Therese Shechter, award winning filmmaker and founder of the feminist production company, Trixie Films. Therese, 58 years-old, knew about her preference to live childfree since she was a young girl. It wasn’t...
#122: Coming Back to Ourselves, 12 in 12 with Lauri Landry and Stephanie Omens
46 mins Join us for another conversation with two of our 12 in 12 members. Lauri Landry and Stephanie Omens talk about finding their voice and speaking their truth. They discuss the cost of holding secrets and share the shame and confusion that secrets breed. Lauri shares tells us how her 12 in 12 project transformed over the course of the year, starting as a verbatim theatre project about resilience and turning into a performance...
#121: Options, David Stewart, founder of AGEIST
46 mins We were thrilled to sit down virtually with David Stewart, founder of AGEIST. AGEIST is a platform that offers research, advise and inspiration for an over-50 lifestyle that is cutting edge and emerging. David Stewart likes to say that AGEIST offers options. We loved this conversation with David. He’s smart, fun and engaging. And yes, he’s a man. He has something to say about that too. Take a listen to this stimulating discussion...
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Each week Dr. Cecilia Dintino and Psychotherapist Hannah Murray Starobin will speak with women who have twisted their plots and discovered that life after 50 can be filled with imagination, inspiration, laughter, and endless possibilities.