Aging GreatFULLy with Holley Kelley

Join this enlightening episode of Aging GreatFULLy, "Improving Humanity Through the Lessons of Wolves" as host Holley Kelley / Latter-Life Planning Institute welcomes guest Teo Alfero author of "The Wolf Connection: What Wolves Can Teach Us About Being Human" and Founder of Wolf Connection. Teo is a thought leader, spiritual guide, experienced TedX speaker and transformational teacher.
Teo and his team at Wolf Heart Ranch conservatory have seen first-hand how wolves and wolf-dogs can shift people's outlooks, empowering at-risk youth and benefiting all walks of life through their Wolf Therapy® Program.
Teo shares his passion and understanding of this magnificent creature that has historically enthralled mankind. Legends, behavioral science, and biological research all suggest that human beings picked up many of their key evolutionary traits--such as cooperative hunting and raising of their young, and their high degree of emotional intelligence and deep bonding--from wolves.
Grounded in Teo's years of working with wolves, as well as the findings of wolf biologists and the wisdom of First Nation elders, we learn how The Wolf Connection offers twelve Wolf Principles to awaken intuition, live more authentically, and heal from past trauma.
In his newly released book, Teo uncovers the marvel and magnificence of these amazing creatures and shares with us the many important lessons of the wolf -- including the Nine Realms.
Join the power-hour of enlightenment, certain to capture your heart and positively enhance your soul!
For more information about Wolf Heart Ranch, Teo Alfero's impactful work, and to meet the pack or even sponsor a wolf, visit www.wolfconnection.org.

Grandparents most certainly ROCK! They play central ROLES in our lives and broader society. They most certainly remain RELEVANT through the many unique ways they provide unconditional love to their grandchildren.

In this emotion stirring and memory reflecting show, Gerontologist Holley Kelley, shares the relationship she had with her own grandparents. Through these lighthearted stories, she relates the powerful impact grandparents can have for the full extent of their lives and the lives of those they touch. Holley acknowledges that even if things are perfectly imperfect, the generous and giving nature of grandparents is unquestionably a true gift to experience.
While many life circumstances can potentially create complications and impact the relationships between children and their grandparents, the fact remains grandparents offer unparalleled strength, guidance, support and wisdom to their grandchildren and other family members. In fact 2016 census figures report 2.7 million grandparents are raising their grandchildren nationwide, creating a unique family dynamic.
Studies also reveal that children find uncorrupted acceptance in their relationships with grandparents, a relationship that continues to provide emotional and mental support throughout their lives. The countless ways grandparents create special relationships with their grandchildren through special, memory making experiences remains forever cherished.
Mentor, problem solver, playmate, adventure creator, historian and imparter of family traditions and life lessons, grandparents are central and important figures in the family circle.
Don't miss this fabulous power-hour of enlightenment on all things grandparents! To learn more about host Holley Kelley's work and offerings, visit www.HolleyKelley.com.

On this episode of Aging GreatFULLy, we face the important issue of loneliness and isolation impacting quality of living and life-experiences for many.
Welcoming special guest, Ted Fischer, CEO of Ageless Innovation, the makers of Joy for All Companion Pets, we engage in an open dialogue about the daunting statistics. We uncover life circumstances that can perpetuate loneliness, ultimately having the potential to bring on depression, disease, anxiety, obesity, and so much more. Ted shares the Ageless Innovation purpose of re-imagining the power of play and how doing so can help remove many negative barriers potentially associated with growing older.
Having joined Hasbro in 2015 as Vice President of Business Development, Ted led the launch of Hasbro's JOY FOR ALL brand, the companies first product line developed specifically for older adults. Ted is focused on accelerating the growth and impact of the JOY FOR ALL brand, that he and his former Hasbro team recently spun out and acquired from Hasbro. We dive into the therapeutic effects pets can provide and how the innovative Joy For All Companion Pets have improved quality of life, reduced care costs, and provided peace of mind for families and caregivers, while offering carefree pet ownership and comfort to those who are isolated, lonely or in stages of cognitive decline.
This Aging GreatFULLy episode unpacks the importance of connections, social interaction, and happiness -- and offers hope and inspiration to pave a new path forward. Working together as a society, we can collectively improve the direction of aging for everyone --- because everyone has a right to joy!
To learn more about Ted Fischer, explore the JOY FOR ALL Companion Pets or Ageless Innovation, visit www.joyforall.com!

On the Aging GreatFULLy show, we say regularly, "You're Never too Old!" And this week's guest, author Jim P. Owen, proves this perfectly! On his 70th Birthday, he looked into the mirror and decided if he was going to live a long, meaningful life, he needed to make some changes. A former self-proclaimed "certified couch potato," Jim set out on a mission to Just Move -- every single day! And he hasn't stopped since! Jim says if he can do it, you can too!

After a successful 35-year Wall Street career, James P. Owen found new purpose in being an author, inspirational speaker, and social entrepreneur. His book, Cowboy Ethics, a best-seller with more than 150,000 copies in circulation, and two follow-up volumes, Cowboy Values and The Try, put a spotlight on the importance of shared values and personal character in our society. Along the way, Jim established a nonprofit foundation, the Center for Cowboy Ethics and Leadership, to help support and amplify those ongoing programs.

Now Jim has expanded his focus, becoming a passionate evangelist for fitness as a way of life. In his speaking engagements, he reminds audiences that being in shape helps older adults stay mobile, active, and independent, enabling a quality of life no amount of money can buy. Fitness could also play an important role in combating serious chronic diseases and controlling health care costs as our nation’s over-50 population balloons.

"JUST MOVE Book A New Approach to Fitness After Fifty," highlights Jim's journey from living an unhealthy, sedentary life of being a poster-child for looming old age, to now being 78 years young and in the best shape of his life! To learn more about Jim's book and work, you can visit him at www.justmoveforlife.com.
You will truly enjoy this inspirational power-hour of Aging GreatFULLy enlightenment!

If you're tired of being alone, hesitant to begin a new relationship because past ones were disappointing, feel like all the great partners are already taken, disappointed in your current relationship, long to rekindle the spark you once had or just want to make your existing relationship more successful, this show is for you!

On this Aging GreatFULLy episode, we welcome special guest, Dr. Gary D. Salyer author of "Safe to Love Again: How to Release the Pain of Past Relationships and Create the Love You Deserve."
After Dr. Salyer's first divorce, he vowed that his next marriage would be different. So when his second marriage crumbled almost a decade later for nearly the same reasons, he was devastated.
But rather than give in, he was determined to find another way. He dedicated himself to doing the deep research about all things love! Most of all, he did the deep transformational work that unlocked his heart and released his soul to the love he had always imagined.
Love -- and how to make it lasting -- became his life's highest calling; not just for himself, but for others. In doing so, he has developed a powerful and effective methodology to make it "Safe to Love Again" for those who may have even given up hope.

Dr. Salyer offers experiential, interactive programs through his Safe to Love Again (TM) Workshop, and Extraordinary Couples (TM) and Extraordinary Singles (TM) Retreats.
Dr. Salyer's book is available on Amazon and you can learn more about his life-enhancing work at www.garysalyer.com. You won't want to miss this transformational Aging GreatFULLy power-hour of enlightenment!

This week we uncover even more ways towards Aging GreatFULLy across the lifespan! With guest, Scandinavian Living Center's executive director, Joe Carella, who shares how as a young teenager he was driven to the career path to change the culture of aging. He is the author of Unlimited Options for Aging and Creating Unlimited Options for Aging: The Path Forward. Joe spent time on research in Scandinavia where he landed upon the community-centered living concept. He brought those ideas back to the U.S. in 2001 and redesigned the 100-year old Scandinavian Living Center, an assisted living community to abide by the models he embraced.


We'll explore the critical concepts of community-centered living and the Scandinavian Living Center's low-tech, grassroots movement around approaching elder care and senior housing differently, in a way that combats isolation and loneliness. This approach keeps residents active members of society, welcoming barrier-free connections on shared interests. Joe aims to spread awareness of these concepts, inspired that similar elements can be brought into nearly any community, enhancing it for the better. To learn more about Joe Carella's work or his book, visit www.slcenter.org/book.

Sometimes in life things happen that appear to be your worst nightmare. And it can happen when we least expect. We never see it coming. We may believe we are on top of the world. But what happens when your world as you knew it comes crashing down in an instant?
With life, sometimes you win. Sometimes you learn. And sometimes-- you do both.
And ironically the winning victory can be discovered in a place you least expect it. That is the story of Ted W. Baxter. Ted was an auditor and management consultant at Price Waterhouse. He passed all four parts of the CPA exam in one take, and built a financial services consulting practice in Tokyo for Price Waterhouse, becoming partner in record time. After working in the Asia-Pacific for Price Waterhouse and Credit Suisse First Boston, he became a managing director at Citadel LLC, a premiere hedge fund and global financial institution. He retired after twenty-two years in the financial industry. In April 2005, he experienced a massive ischemic stroke and aphasia. He now serves as an advocate, author and speaker on strokes, aphasia, inspiration and motivation. He volunteers at health institutions, is involved in philanthropic causes, and lives in Newport Beach. He is the author of: Relentless: How A Maassive Stoke Changed My Life For the Better.
An inspiring show to be shared with everyone as Ted reveals his journey, and empowers others with advice on how to recognize and avoid conditions for a stroke. Don't miss this awesome Aging GreatFULLy power-hour of enlightenment that shows us life truly is what we decide to make it and sometimes we just have to decide to win!

In honor on Mother's Day, Aging GreatFULLy host, Gerontologist Holley Kelley puts the spotlight on all things MOM. From rituals to pay tribute to past moms greatly missed, to the awesome role of being a mom, and even imparting candid insight to future moms, this show offers perspectives that will incite special reflections.
Kelley shares the history of Mother's Day as well as some other interesting mom facts. She also explores the journey of aging moms and how we can navigate it either personally or in support of our very own. She shares how sometimes forgiveness can allow us to flourish.
To moms of all kinds, across the world, past, present and future, this feel-good show is a tribute to the beautiful moms we are and the ones who made us.
One thing is certain, Kelley shows us that for moms, everyday is Mother's Day! And you will delight in the gift of being or having a mom with appreciation, and definitely be inspired to take her creative suggestions to connect with yours!

Aging GreatFULLy welcomes author of "Everyday Magnificent : Practices to Activate An Unlimited Life", Gabriela Masala to the show to share her inspirations for Magnificent Living with everyone!
Gabriela has been steeping in universal wisdom teachings, contemplative expressive arts and energy medicine for over 20 years. She is passionate about creativity as a fuel for transformation and pioneering new territory of what it means to be fully alive. In addition to being an author, she is also a consultant, recording artist, song carrier, entrepreneur and founding principal of Source Consulting Group.

Sharing her third book, Everyday Magnificent: Practices for Activating an Unlimited Life, Gabriela integrates decades of her professional work with mind~body~spirit education through expressive, healing arts facilitation. The process born as a practical application of her studies with mentor Dr. Joe Dispenza. This unique journal is rich with activities, inquiry, movement and meditation practices to creativity engage in the great adventure of life! More than a journal, Everyday Magnificent is a lifestyle: a regenerative map to experience a magnificent daily life and a new world view! To learn more about Gabriela Masala, visit www.everydaymagnificent.com. Don't miss this power-hour of enlightenment, always encouraging you to live and achieve your Best Life Now!

John Gray Mars Venus, author of the most well-known and trusted relationship books of all time, Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, joins the Aging GreatFULLy show 4/26/19 @ 11amPT/2pmET!
Author of over 20 bestselling books, we'll learn to better understand relationships as we discuss his most recent book, "Beyond Mars and Venus: Relationship Skills for Today's Complex World."
Dr. John Gray provides practical insights to improve relationships at all stages of life and love. He's appeared on Oprah, The Dr. Oz Show, TODAY, CBS This Morning, Good Morning America & many others and it is a huge honor to now welcome him to the Aging GreatFULLy show!
John helps men and women better understand and respect their differences in both personal and professional relationships. His approach combines specific communication techniques with healthy, nutritional choices that create the brain and body chemistry for lasting health, happiness and romance. To learn more about him, visit him at www.marsvenus.com.