Debbie talks with Peter Corbett, an old friend from her DC tech days. Peter is an ex-CEO who made a boatload of money when he sold his DC-based tech company, iStrategy Labs, in 2016. He moved to Brooklyn and completely changed his life, becoming a Zen hospice practitioner and volunteer. A perfect example of a life reinvented.

Debbie Weil and Emiliana Simon-Thomas of UC-Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center talk about happiness and gratitude, resilience and connectedness, simplifying your day, and how to cope in this unprecedented time.

Debbie brings back J-R and Alasdair, a young couple who have deliberately stepped off the beaten path and who recently moved from France to beautiful Lake Atitlan in Guatemala's highlands. With the lake in view, birds chirping and flowering bushes everywhere, it looks like they are Living the Dream. But are they? Debbie was compelled to ask them... certainly this is her idea of a dream life. The answer is yes and no. Like everything, it's more complicated than it looks.

Host Debbie Weil enjoys a wide-ranging conversation with online legend Derek Sivers. Known by many as the creator of CD Baby, Sivers has been living a minimalist lifestyle since he sold the company in 2008 for $22 million. Derek has, in his words, optimized his life for learning and creating. He focuses on writing and, most important, he concentrates on one thing at a time. This is an illuminating conversation with an original thinker and an inspiring minimalist.

Debbie Weil and her husband, retired physician Sam Harrington, talk about the Coronavirus pandemic and how the evolving situation is impacting older Americans. They talk about how they are navigating uncertainty and unknowns differently (Sam as a physician, Debbie as a non-physician but with a new hunger for numbers and graphs); magical thinking about what lies ahead; and what it really means to be older (they are both 68) and to face the possibility of illness and death.

Debbie talks to finance expert Sean Bailey about all the issues surrounding planning for a gap year. Create a budget, assess your savings, and don’t forget the cost of maintaining the life you are stepping out of for a period. Use a spreadsheet, use a whiteboard, use the back of a napkin, but force yourself to do the calculations.

In this episode Debbie and her husband, physician author Sam Harrington, talk about end-of-life and how we can use mindfulness around our own mortality to live better lives. The takeaway is that we can and should reinvent ourselves through challenges and adventures as long as we understand that (for most of us) there are a finite number of healthy years left - once you hit 65.

Debbie talks to Kathy Davies, co-creator of the Designing Your Life for Women workshops, about life design as a process for midlife reinvention — especially for women.

Debbie chats with a younger friend about taking a gap year sabbatical with her husband and then 13-year-old son. And how that led, a few years later, to a major life shift and an encore career, one full of possibility as well as uncertainty.

Debbie talks to Silicon Valley legend and all-around wise guy, Guy Kawasaki about his Rule of Ten, gratitude, what he learned from Steve Jobs, what changed when he turned 60, the importance of a growth mindset, the writing process, and why he mixes social media and politics. He's funny, opinionated and wise. Plenty of wisdom about "what's next" and how to reinvent yourself.