Eldonna is a retired Air Force veteran with 23 years of honorable military service. She is a negotiation and contracts expert with over 30 years of leadership, contracts management and negotiation experience. She has negotiated contracts from $1 to over $100 million both stateside and internationally. She was deployed to the Middle East after 911 and has years of experience in foreign acquisition.

She is a subject matter expert in the Contracting Career Field and has developed and taught courses on Contract Claims, Negotiation and other aspects of Contracting. She was selected for an assignment to the White House Military Office in 2002. She has 7 years of extensive experience working for defense contractors in the Aerospace Industry. She holds a Top Secret security clearance and has been a trusted agent of the U.S. Government for 30 years.

Rich content and tips from Eldonna including: how negotiation is an art and a science; the importance of being prepared entering any negotiation; "stop talking" and using silence as a negotiation technique; "owning your power"; asking for exactly what you want; building relationships; role playing and her experiential training approach to learning; the need for win-win results; placing integrity first in any negotiation; attitude which drives confidence; influencing skills and much more. Eldonna's two takeaways for the interview: 1) Get it in writing and; 2) read before signing anything - be clear on the terms and conditions. Her website: www.thinklikeanegotiator.com

Deborah “Atianne” Wilson is known as The Intuitive Spiritual AND Wealth Coach. Everything that has shifted, healed and transformed in Deborah’s life has come from the foundational knowledge that it all matters—we all matter. From her gift of spiritual neutrality through the portal of her intuitive abilities, she was invited to change her thoughts, emotions and every area of her life.

Abuse, abandonment, rejection, death, divorce, dis-ease, infertility and financial fears invited Deborah to shift from a place of depression, physical pain and egoic misunderstanding to extraordinary places of peace, empowerment, personal responsibility, healing, joy, authenticity and Love.

The title of her new book encapsulates what we learned on this show: "It's OK to be Spiritual and Wealthy: 19 Essential Keys for living a Joyful, Prosperous & Abundant Life." Deborah shared thoughts on many important life facets, including true forgiveness; the value in expressing our life of freedom; divine connection (though not necessarily in a religious sense); shedding one's egoic consciousness; and giving and being in service to others from a joyful place in our hearts.

Carol McManus is America's LinkedIn Lady. A self-described 'recovering corporate executive' Carol left her position as Sr. Vice President of Real Estate Operations for Coldwell Banker in 2007 to pursue her own coaching, consulting and leadership training company – Ywait4success.

Carol speaks all over the country on the subject of social media and hosts the hugely popular LinkedIn Lady Show. The show has aired on WGCH in Greenwich, CT, on TogiNet Radio, and RockStar Radio Network. She is now the owner of her newly launched Internet radio network - All Business Radio Network. You can listen to her shows every Tuesday and Wednesday at 4 pm EST or find her growing list of over 400 podcasts on iTunes.

A boomer herself, Carol likes to distinguish this generational cohort as one possessing extensive experience. Having successfully reinvented herself as an entrepreneur, she stressed the importance of boomers not biting off more than they need to with available social media platforms. She singled out Facebook and LinkedIn as the two most likely candidates for boomers given their interest in connecting or reconnecting, as well as creating or strengthening relationships.

She made it clear the boomers are not heading "out to pasture" and encouraged listeners align their social media choices with what gives you joy and what you love to do. She also addressed privacy concerns and talked about how today's tools facilitate efficiency.

The podcast contains much more. Listen and learn!

Larry Broughton is an award-winning entrepreneur and CEO, bestselling author, serial entrepreneur, keynote speaker, and former Special Forces Operator. As a former US Army Staff Sergeant, serving 8 years on Special Forces A-Teams (commonly known as the Green Berets), Larry has parlayed the lessons learned from his time in service to his country and applied them to the business arena attaining extraordinary success.

He is the Founder & CEO of Broughton Hotels (www.BroughtonHotels.com), a leader in the boutique hotel industry; as well as Co-Founder & CEO of Broughton Advisory (www.BroughtonAdvisory.com), a strategic vision, elite team building, and transformational leadership training company. Larry has received several business awards, including Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year®, the National Veteran-Owned Business Association’s Vetrepreneur® of the Year, Coastline Foundation’s Visionary of the Year, Passkeys Foundation’s Leaders of Integrity and Entrepreneur Magazine included his firm on their Hot 500 List of Fastest Growing Private Companies.

Larry addressed so much. His insights ranged from mindset to how fear and failure are actually healthy and nurture learning and growth. He cited the importance of and encouraged having: a sense of adventure as an entrepreneur; a strong belief in one's vision; undying resolve for your passions, commitments and goals; mentors and accountability partners and; competence and confidence - all of which contribute to success. He made clear the importance of using one's strengths, being both authentic and transparent; and doing what it is you're great at - to yield clarity and live a successfully integrated, holistic life. So much wisdom...so little time to learn from Larry. My personal take-aways from the conversation: "Do good things!" and "Don't let the guilt of the past define you. Let it refine you."

Amy Duggan is Director, Center for Nonprofit Excellence at United Way of Central New Mexico (CNPE/UWCNM). In 2011 she launched the CNM Encore Fellowship Program and in 2013 an Encore Innovation Project to bring encore led capacity building to grantees addressing education, health, and self-sufficiency. Barbara "BJ" Jones, an Encore Innovation Fellow, is undertaking a one year pilot program with the CNPE to develop a sustainable year-round structure for increasing Encore talent engagement (people over age 50) to further UWCNM's Community Impact agenda. Redefining retirement, Encore programs align baby boomer and recent retirees skills and talents with nonprofit agencies across communities. We learned and heard about myriad ways in which 'win-wins' are created between passion, purpose, and meaningful community involvement. The Encore Movement is a growing network, nationally and internationally. "Engaging in your community inhibits the aging process." To learn more about opportunities, listen to this informative podcast and/or go to www.encore.org It's a fascinating world out there for chronologically gifted people!

Mark Sheldon, M.D. and Bina Ahmed, M.D. are Interventional Cardiologists at the University of New Mexico Hospital and faculty at UNM's School of Medicine. Dr. Sheldon is also the UNMH Cardiac Catheterization Lab medical director and the Program Director for the cardiology fellowship training program at UNM. This show focused on cardiovascular disease and risk factors that contribute to the disease, as well as its treatment and prevention. In addition to some of the more known issues, we learn how valuable common sense exercise is (and not the 30 minutes/day of strenuous exercise that many think is required), and the benefits of Mediterranean diets and simple eating. We also learned that some of risks (eg., hypertension) are treatable or modifiable, and got a glimpse inside of a Cath Lab, its amazing technology and a little bit about stents, angioplasty procedures, and some important lifestyle recommendations to enhance our heart health.

Craig Duswalt, creator of the "RockStar System for Success" shares how he teaches and trains thousands of people to transition from what they have been doing to earn a living (a job, career) into starting a (sometimes completely) new business for the first time.

With a degree and professional background in Marketing and Advertising, Craig is a very successful speaker, author, and radio show host. He also conducts his twice yearly RockStar Marketing BootCamp every March and September in Los Angeles.

Craig explains how his "system" encourages and guides people to launch a business, write a book (in 30 days!), successfully blog, host a radio show on his network, and much more through his RockStar tools and programs.

Craig also leads a diverse, proactive Mastermind Group of 120 people who are at various stages of becoming or excelling as entrepreneurs. He talks about chronological age being a non-issue when it comes to reinventing one's self. Craig is testimony of "living your dream" and he teaches others how to do the same. His latest (soon to be bestselling) book "Welcome to My Jungle" is due for release in May, 2014.

Craig's next BootCamp will be March 20-22, 2014. Details can be found at his web site: www.CraigDuswalt.com

Millions think a basic legal will can handle their estate, funeral arrangements, and post-death formalities. They're dead wrong. Understandably, many shy away from the subject until their time comes. However, just like talking about sex can't get a woman pregnant, Gail Rubin (known to many as The Doyenne of Death) is helping people realize that talking about funerals won't actually kill them.

Gail Rubin, CT (Certified Thanatologist), is a Certified Funeral Celebrant, funeral planning consultant, radio show host, and a speaker who uses humor and films to get the funeral planning conversation started.

Gail covered lots of useful and important information, especially for Baby Boomers as members of the so called "sandwich generation." From pre-planning to funeral costs; donating bodies for science to celebrations of life, Gail certainly enlightened.

We learned why people are hesitant to discuss funeral planning and four simple yet important pieces of information one needs to secure a death certificate. We also heard about the latest burial trends including the newest method called alkaline hydrolysis.

Gail also shared similarities between weddings and funerals and how interjecting humor can make talking about funeral planning much easier. Her web site is www.AGoodGoodbye.com

Dr. Glenn Miya is a double board certified physician (in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics) in Claremont, CA. He graduated from the University of Southern California and received his medical degree from the University of California, Irvine. He completed his residency at Loma Linda University Medical Center. Dr. Glenn's focus on wellness can be attributed to his years of gymnastics and karate competitions.

Dr. Glenn acknowledges that he has always wanted to study the body, yet we really don't have a manual for what to do with the body once we turn age 50.

We learned about the importance for having routine colonoscopies; how men experience hormonal changes as do women and that the male version of menopause is called andropause. We learned how fatigue in men can be attributed to lower testosterone levels. Dr. Glenn also stressed three fundamentals to basic and sustained wellness: 1) diet; 2) rest and; 3) exercise.

Dr. Glenn emphasized the importance of open and clear communication with your doctor and having annual physical exams. He recommends going into a physical exam prepared to discuss your three most pressing/problematic concerns.

We learned about the need for and value is planning for "the inevitable" and discussing advanced directives with family and caregivers well before the need to reference them arises.

In closing, Dr. Glenn highlighted three significant takeaways from what he shared: 1) schedule an annual physical exam; 2) have an annual colonoscopy after age 50 and; 3) never hesitate to talk openly with your doctor; candid communication is key!

Dr. Glenn's website is: www.glennmiya.com and his weekly radio show on the RockStar Radio Network, "Smart Health," airs every Friday at 3:00pm EST.

The worldly and accomplished Patricia Gagic hails from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. She is an International Contemporary Artist, Photographer, Author, Entrepreneur, Mentor, Coach and a passionate Philanthropist. I would add that she is a vibrant, demonstrable Social Entrepreneur.

We talk about an array of issues and opportunities that inspire Patricia and to which she, in turn, contributes her time and abundant energy. From her work with Project Cambodia in Angkor Wat to her extensive training and work with Applied Mindfulness, to her views on "brain hygiene" and neuroplasticity, and the importance of telling our own story - she identified ways in which Boomers can truly do what they are called to and that align with their passions.

Patricia talks about how awareness has shaped her life thinking and actions. When invited to cite two take-aways from her deep wisdom and experience she quickly identified: 1) the value in practicing random acts of kindness and; 2) the importance in knowing and drawing on personal history when telling your own story and taking action.

So much inspiration and information to contemplate in one short hour!