Aging Well For Life

In episode 10, Jim describes 8 vital steps that you must take NOW to help protect yourself from becoming the victim of a social engineer hacker, which is presently the fastest growing cyber-crime. 

In episode 9, Jim interviews Al DeMartini, a naturalist and one of the world’s authorities on birds and birding. Al shares stories from his life of solo travelling to many exotic locations and talks about his life of migration between Alaska and Belize. Al is truly a free spirit and an essential boomer. Check it out.

In Episode 8, Jim will tell you how to cut the cable on your cable TV. Jim will walk you through a detailed, up-to-date process of determining the savings and selecting the perfect technology and services that will enable you to customize your media set-up and potentially save you hundreds to thousands of dollars per year. Check it out!

This episode is a Memorial Day tribute to my father, James R Jensen, who was an island hopping Marine in World War II. It contains recordings that he made during the last year of his life. In one of them, he describes his perilous experiences in the South Pacific in World War II. He recorded this after he had suffered a stroke in Hawaii. It’s poignant and very human. 

Episode 6 will take you on a deep-dive into long-term care insurance with Katie O’Rourke. Katie is a 30 year veteran of the insurance industry and managing partner of California Long Term Care insurance Services, Inc. She has specialized in long term care insurance since 1991. She knows what she’s talking about. Katie will share with us her expertise in long term care insurance as she provides us with frank and insightful answers to many important questions. Boomers, you don’t want to miss this episode. It could save you and your family a lot of money and heartache.

In episode 5, I am honored to have as my guest, the Reverend Karyn Bradley. Karyn provides us with an intimate look into her life as the minister of Unity Palo Alto and talks frankly about her beliefs, challenges, and the people who have influenced her the most. We start off with her childhood roots in Texas including her dreams and crossroads leading up to her move to California. Karyn shares with us the defining moments of her life and the depth of her relationship with her long-time partner. This interview is guaranteed to touch you. Karyn is a remarkable woman and truly an Essential Boomer.  

In episode 4, I interview my good friend, Wayne Holzkamp. We get a close and personal look at Wayne starting from his childhood in Chicago all the way to his active life now up in the beautiful Pacific Northwest.

 Wayne is a great role model for us boomers. He enjoys a very active and healthy lifestyle. Wayne shares his contagious passion for cycling and gives us some great tips on how to get started. Wayne is truly an Essential Boomer. Check it out!

The premier episode of The Essential Boomer podcast does a deep-dive into Paul Zavagno, my friend for over 55 years, as an educator and a person. Paul talks about his coming of age in the 1960’s and continues right through to his passions and life mission now and into the future. Paul shares with us his spiritual practices and the multi-faceted parts of his personal life that many of his friends aren’t even aware of. Paul also talks about his involvement as a facilitator of the work of Byron Katie. 

In episode 3, I’m very pleased to interview Ron McLeod. Ron is truly an Essential Boomer on an international level. Ron has been a sales professional in the energy field since 2002 and is currently the Director of Sales in the software division at Siemens Energy, where he is involved with operations intelligence and process safety.

We also get to know Ron as a person, including his thoughts on coming of age in the 1960’s and his love of photography, astronomy and weather. He shares some very memorable encounters with Mother Nature. Ron goes on to discuss some personal stories and insights including the best advice that he was ever given, his personal spiritual practices, and what he is the most proud of. Ron also gives us a personal look at who has been the most influential person in his life. 

In this podcast, Jim Jensen presents a no BS look at cardiovascular exercise and how vitally important it is, particularly for us baby boomers. It’s sobering, yet very important. Jim will talk about the amazing benefits of cardiovascular exercise and give you specific recommendations as to what you can do to resist the tide of bodily decline that is pulling on all of us baby boomers.

 This podcast is inspired by the book, Younger Next Year, by Chris Crowley & Henry Lodge, M.D. It discusses how cardiovascular exercise can truly be the fountain of youth for you. The premise of the book is that our genes are still working on programs from back when our primitive forefathers were living on the Savannah's of Africa. Knowing this is the key to staying active and healthy into your 80's...and beyond! If I were you I’d listen up. This could be life-changing!