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Women over 40: ready to boost your strength and reduce stress? In this episode, Tracy Cromwell joins Suzanne Newman on Answers for Elders Radio to share simple tips for physical wellness and environmental wellness that anyone can start today. From hydration and movement breaks to clutter-clearing and creating supportive spaces, Tracy shows how small daily changes can help women in midlife — especially family caregivers — feel more energized, balanced, and supported.

Quick takeaways:

• Drink more water & move every 30 minutes
• Clear clutter and create safer, calmer spaces

If you’re navigating midlife, caregiving, or just need a wellness reset, these strategies will inspire you to thrive with Vivatude.

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Women over 40: ready to reduce stress and boost your strength? In this episode, Tracy Cromwell joins Suzanne Newman on Answers for Elders Radio to to talk about some greaet episodes she will be making about physical wellness and environmental wellness with tips that anyone can start today. Topics focus on nutrition, building strength even when you can't get to the gym, organizational tips, and improving your surrounds to create a space that better supports you emotionally. These shows will help women in midlife — especially family caregivers — feel more energized, balanced, and supported.

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💠 Tracy Cromwell

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Discover Vivatude, a groundbreaking movement and media platform designed to help women over 40 reclaim purpose, vitality, and freedom in every stage of life. In this inspiring conversation, hosts Lauren Archer (emotional and spiritual wellness) and Kate Phillips (financial and occupational wellness) join Suzanne Newman on the Answers for Elders Radio Show to introduce the Vivatude YouTube channel and podcast. Episodes of Vivatude will focus on topics based on the 8 Pillars of Wellbeing — from emotional strength and spiritual clarity to financial freedom and vibrant health. Whether you’re navigating caregiving for an aging parent, seeking balance in relationships, or reinventing yourself in midlife, this segment offers powerful tools, heartfelt stories, and expert insights to help you thrive. Tune in to Vivatude and step into your next chapter with confidence, resilience, and joy.

Lauren Archer explores pathways to greater fulfillment, energy, and joy on Vivatude. Get ready to be encouraged, uplifted, and reminded that no matter where you are in life, you can spark your vitality and begin again.

Kate Phillips joins the Vivatude team eager to share the “Rich Life Revival”—a journey of discovery that allows us to rewrite the rules when life throws curveballs! The Rich Life isn’t a net worth number or a retirement date. It’s living a life of purpose and prosperity right now, right where you are.

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💠 Lauren Archer

• Free 7-Day Energy Elevation Lab
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• Call: 1-425-985-3245

💠 Kate Phillips

• Free Guide: “Break Through to Abundance”
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Mentioned in this episode:

Chateau Retirement

Chateau Retirement

Legacy Estate Planning

Legacy Estate Planning

Hosts Lauren Archer and Kate Phillips join Suzanne Newman on the Answers for Elders Radio Show to talk about the new YouTube channel and podcast called Vivatude. What is Vivatude? A Movement. A Mindset. A Media Revolution. The show delves deep into the 8 Pillars of well-being — from emotional strength to financial freedom, from spiritual clarity to vibrant health. The show unites women over 40, expert hosts, and soul-nourishing conversations to help you live with more vitality, purpose, and power.

Lauren Archer explores pathways to greater fulfillment, energy, and joy on Vivatude. Lauren says, "There's one thing about emotional wellness that a lot of people don't quite get. In Western culture, we tend to come at everything through the intellect. And I know myself, every time something went off in my life, it was because of emotions, and they take over your mind when you are stressed, when you are angry, when you are frustrated, hurt, whatever is going on. It literally changes your brain. And so how do we approach that? So I have dedicated the last 30 years to working with people on different with different kinds of modalities and to help regulate our nervous system, regulate our emotions, and then come to that clarity through our heart and our soul."

Kate Phillips explores purpose and prosperity. Kate says, "The sandwich generation, I know I felt very squeezed from both generations at the time... We're sort of being pinched from all different directions. And I really take a holistic view of money because, just like Lauren was saying, we're so focused on intellect with money, we're so focused on the numbers, we think that money is all about the numbers. But I think there's even a bigger game to play: where does my allegiance go? Because money invites us to look at our priorities. It invites us to get creative, invites us to see life in a different way. It isn't always about the numbers. There are these skills that we're learning. Maybe we're learning how to receive or how to have boundaries or how to ask for help. Those are all the different ways that impact us both emotionally, but definitely financially as well."

Connect with Us

💠 Visit Vivatude's Facebook page

💠 Watch Vivatude episodes on YouTube

💠 Lauren Archer

• Free 7-Day Energy Elevation Lab
• Website
• YouTube
• Call: 1-425-985-3245

💠 Kate Phillips

• Free Guide: “Break Through to Abundance”
• YouTube
• Facebook

Mentioned in this episode:

Chateau Retirement

Chateau Retirement

Legacy Estate Planning

Legacy Estate Planning

What are the two top tips for thriving after 40? In this inspiring episode of Vivatude, hosts Lauren Archer (emotional & spiritual wellness) and Kate Phillips (financial & occupational wellness) join Suzanne Newman on the Answers for Elders Radio Show to share practical tools for women navigating caregiving, midlife transitions, and personal reinvention.

✨ Lauren’s tips: Simple practices to reduce stress, calm your nervous system, and shift into gratitude so you can give from a full cup, not an empty one.
✨ Kate’s tips: How negotiation skills and daily “dream time” can help you create financial resilience, set boundaries, and hold onto purpose even during caregiving.

Vivatude is more than a show — it’s a movement for women over 40 seeking emotional strength, financial freedom, spiritual clarity, and vibrant health. If you’re part of the sandwich generation, caring for an aging parent, or simply craving more clarity, confidence, and fulfillment in midlife — this conversation is for you.

Lauren Archer explores pathways to greater fulfillment, energy, and joy on Vivatude. Lauren says, "Where attention goes, energy flows. And when we're stressed, it's usually because our mind is jumping ten steps ahead in the future, and we're doing what is natural, and that's to scan for danger and everything that could possibly go wrong. Remember that you can pull your attention out of the future and out of the past and bring it into the present. And we can do that with the simple breath.

"And then the other thing to do is to find one thing that you can appreciate. One thing that brings gratitude and appreciation. If you can focus on gratitude and appreciation for even 15, 20, 30 seconds that is enough to change the neurochemistry in your body to minimize some of those stress hormones and to help you start feeling good again so that when you give, you can give from a full cup instead of an empty one."

Kate Phillips explores purpose and prosperity. Kate says, "One of the skills that you need is negotiation. You'll be negotiating for your time, for your boundaries, asking for what you want, and learning to negotiate financially as well. We found a great, really perfect fit assisted living home for my father, and some negotiation was required to get him into it [financially]. But we made it work. So don't be afraid to negotiate.

"And my other tip is to find time to dream each day. Even if it's five minutes when you're waking up, five minutes before you're falling asleep, hold that vision. Whatever you're going through now, you might be feeling lost because your role has been has changed in life. So never stop dreaming."

Mentioned in this episode:

Legacy Estate Planning

Legacy Estate Planning

Chateau Retirement

Chateau Retirement

For the upcoming YouTube channel and podcast Vivatude, new hosts Lauren Archer and Kate Phillips join Suzanne Newman on the Answers for Elders Radio Show to talk about the types of programming they aim to share.

Vivatude is more than a show — it’s a movement for women over 40 seeking emotional strength, financial freedom, spiritual clarity, and vibrant health. If you’re part of the sandwich generation, caring for an aging parent, or simply craving more clarity, confidence, and fulfillment in midlife — this conversation is for you.

Lauren Archer explores pathways to greater fulfillment, energy, and joy on Vivatude. Lauren says, "I'm going to be exposing our audience to some really amazing human beings: authors, teachers, speakers. People who have walked through the fire, come out the other side, and who have tips to share on living from the heart on living intentionally, on connecting with our values.

"There is a wide variety of information out there that I was not privy to most of my life. And some of these tools and techniques and practices have absolutely reshaped how I show up. It's allowed me and many of my clients to live more wholly holistically and to feel good about themselves. So I've got three guests already lined up, people who focus on wholehearted living on practical applications of these universal principles. And I am very excited to share them with our audience. I think it's going to be so much fun."

Kate Phillips explores purpose and prosperity. Kate says, "I want to tell you first what you're not going to get on my show. You're not going to get the usual financial planning. The Wall Street plan is all about building the largest nest egg possible, and you've got the 4% rule and you can live off of that. That's plan A. But for our audience, sometimes plan A is gone, and now we're creating plan B, C, D. And so I'm going to be bringing on a lot of financial professionals, but we're going to be talking about some out of the box, creative solutions you maybe don't hear about every day.

"Because my part of the show is about purpose and prosperity, we're also going to be looking more holistically at our work, lives, money, and purpose. And I'm going to be inviting on some friends — they may not be authors or experts, but they have extraordinary stories about how they have gotten creative with their own lives, women who are rediscovering themselves while they're raising kids and helping out their parents. And so you can expect inspiration as well as some great information."

Connect with Us

💠 Visit Vivatude's Facebook page

💠 Watch Vivatude episodes on YouTube

💠 Lauren Archer

• Free 7-Day Energy Elevation Lab
• Website
• YouTube
• Call: 1-425-985-3245

💠 Kate Phillips

• Free Guide: “Break Through to Abundance”
• YouTube
• Facebook

Mentioned in this episode:

Chateau Retirement

Chateau Retirement

Legacy Estate Planning

Legacy Estate Planning

What do a senior care company's values mean to your family, and why do they matter if you're looking for care for your senior loved one? And how do you read between the lines to discover whether they actually uphold those values? People can say whatever they want. They can say 'we work with people so they never have to move again.' But how do we know that that's true? Daphne Davis of Pinnacle Senior Placements joins Suzanne Newman on the Answers for Elders Radio Show to talk about how to find out.

Daphne says, "So some of the things that I kind of pay attention to are, what is their attrition rate of care stat? How many times has a management team changed? Those are big indicators for me of stability, and I make it my business to know the ownership and know what going on. I do a little research. I figure out things that are going on in the building.

"I want to see how many people actually greet me as I'm walking through the building when I'm touring. Are they feeling empowered to do their job? Is there a culture of customer service? Is there a joy? Do I feel joy as I'm walking through the hallways, or are people afraid of their job and have tunnel vision and can only do this but can't go either way? Do I see somebody helping someone as I'm going through the building? I pay attention to the whole staff, not just to the person who's touring with me, not just the executive director, but the whole staff: the person who's taking care of the building, the person who's making the food, the person who's serving the food.

"That's why I go at different times... Find out how the day starts. How crazy is it? What happens at 3:00 in the afternoon? The activities are starting at four. Are people helping people come out of their room? Are they inviting them? Are people building relationships between resident to resident? Is that happening? Are they finding commonality?

"Here's a benefit to you, the consumer. Someone like myself goes to networking events, and we get to have all kinds of conversations. They get to have breakfast or lunch or be at an after-hours event, and we get to have regular conversation. Boy, do I get to learn a lot during regular conversation... Just who are these people that are actually choosing to be in an industry of care support, keeping someone's life meaningful? Do they get it? That would be hard for you, the consumer, to figure out, but that's what you get from a good placement advisor."

Learn more:

• Reach Pinnacle at 1-855-734-1500 or visit PinnacleSeniorPlacements.com.
• Pinnacle Senior Placements at Answers for Elders
• About Daphne Davis
• Hear more podcasts with Daphne Davis

Are senior care organizations and the cottage industry living up to your personal standards of care? Do they stand for something? Daphne Davis of Pinnacle Senior Placements joins Suzanne Newman on the Answers for Elders Radio Show to talk about the top three things that people need to understand and ask when seeking senior care for their loved one.

1) Who owns the entity, whether it be an individual home of six people, or a large community that has memory care, assisted living, and independent living.

2) Is the building owned by the same business, or does the owner contract with a management company?

Daphne says, "These are all things the general consumer would have no idea about. Why is it important to you? Because you need stability. If there's a financial piece [of the equation], if there is not a never-ending bucket of money to pay for mom or dad's care, you need to know what happens when they run out of money. How is that handled? If there's a change in ownership, are they going to honor your contract that you started and, you've got three years into paying privately, or now new ownership says, 'Oh, no, we don't convert to Medicaid, Medicare, Medicaid after three years, it's now five years.' And now you're in a world of hurt.

"Does this company ... have the ability to properly support their staff, to reward wonderful behavior, to be able to keep them educated, to teach them new ways of doing activities of daily living, to talk to somebody who has dementia. Do they pay attention to those things? That's why the ownership is important."

3) The actual care itself.

Daphne says, "What is a care ratio? There are great algorithms that companies use now based on how many minutes somebody spends time with your loved one and then what your care cost is. And from that minutes, they're constantly adjusting, in theory, how many people are on the floor, how many people are available to actually respond to a call button. How many people are available during the morning hours, when we're getting people dress cleaned up, showered, and to the breakfast table, how many people are there to help?

Learn more:

• Reach Pinnacle at 1-855-734-1500 or visit PinnacleSeniorPlacements.com.
• Pinnacle Senior Placements at Answers for Elders
• About Daphne Davis
• Hear more podcasts with Daphne Davis

Why do your values matter when it comes to senior care? Daphne Davis of Pinnacle Senior Placements joins Suzanne Newman on the Answers for Elders Radio Show talk about finding your senior loved one's values and then how to go about asking whether a senior care provider can meet those values.

Suzanne asks, "What is what are Pinnacle's highest values?"

Daphne says, "The number one value that Pinnacle' holds is, when we are working with a client and a family, that client does not have to move again. And how do we make that happen? How do we make sure that we can support that number one value? And it comes through us gathering information about our client and discovering their highest values. And from that, it behooves me to know communities of care well enough to know can they support the family's values.

"So let's give an example. It just happened recently that I was asking a lot of 'nosy questions' and I hadn't even met this woman yet. The daughter is in Kingston, Washington and mom is two and a half hours away. And so we're having this conversation. And I'm getting to know the history of this woman and I'm getting to know a little bit about her personality. And my next step is to meet her face-to-face and to be able to get a sense of who she is, what things really matter to her. Does she want to have someone that's constantly over her and guiding her every day? Does she want some autonomy? Does she want to have the independence to be able to make her own decisions? Does she want to hear a loudspeaker come on and tell her it's 2:00 and there's bingo in the lobby. Does she want to have somebody that just sees her across the room and she's trying to stand up out of a chair and just needs a little elbow help, but not have to push a button to wait for somebody to help her. Who is this person that I can help find her next place to live to her last breath.

"That takes a lot of work to find out everything about location, about finances, about who's the family support, where her doctors at, what are her interests. Do I know something about her interests that's happening in another community? And so that's how I go through upholding my highest value.

"Now, you as a family, you're going to them identify some highest values. And some of them that I hear are something like: I want the place to be clean, and it needs to smell good, and good Food would be important... Those are kind of standard... But your family member is leaving their home. Your family member is not going to know how many steps it is between the back of the couch and getting to the door of the bathroom if they're furniture walkers. How much is trust important to your family member in order to function? Or are they trusting in themselves? Where are they at in the spectrum? What is their personality like? And so these are some of the values that you have to think about...

"How do you even ask questions? If you're going out and you're looking at — let's start with assisted living — questions such as: how many people are on the floor from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.? And how quickly does that person that's touring you around that community know the answer? Who's there between 8 p.m. and 8 a.m., and how will my parent get help if they need it?"

Learn more:

• Reach Pinnacle at 1-855-734-1500 or visit PinnacleSeniorPlacements.com.
• Pinnacle Senior Placements at Answers for Elders
• About Daphne Davis
• Hear more podcasts with Daphne Davis

Finding our a senior care organization's highest values is key to assessing whether they're a good fit for a senior loved one needing care. Daphne Davis of Pinnacle Senior Placements joins Suzanne Newman on the Answers for Elders Radio Show to talk about how to find out what those values are.

Daphne says, "As families, you need to first identify the values, and I'll help you with that. As a senior advisor, I will help you identify what that looks like. And it would be my job then to find the communities that that mirror your values.

"If you're working by yourself, it's your job, then, to think of the questions... If my value is that my mom doesn't have a fall again, or we want to mitigate falls, that's a value. My mom's falling in our own home. What kind of questions do you ask of a community? And they can't be, yes/no, they need to be open-ended questions, to really get to the heart of how does this play out in a community of care. It doesn't matter if it's a small one or a big community of care, but how do I ask the questions of finding out the truth? Because everybody can give you the canned answer, but there's the art form of finding out what's behind the canned answer, And that's where the trained professional can help you. So I will advocate for that as a placement advisor. And there is a place for us — more than ever — for the consumer to not do this by themselves."

Suzanne adds, "Way back when when I worked for Tony Robbins, he did a program called Date with Destiny. And one of the things is, is we prioritized our highest values. What does that mean, what does that value mean? My number one value was contribution. I felt like I needed to be giving something. Well, guess what? That's probably why I'm not a millionaire as I did my job. But the thing that's interesting is that when we look at, you know, how do we identify our highest values, we have to understand what is that value mean to you and how do you how does that play out in a community?"

Learn more:

• Reach Pinnacle at 1-855-734-1500 or visit PinnacleSeniorPlacements.com.
• Pinnacle Senior Placements at Answers for Elders
• About Daphne Davis
• Hear more podcasts with Daphne Davis