Boomer Banter, Caregiving, Purpose, Connection

Aging Adventurously through travel is what this episode is about. I spoke with Road Scholar Director of PR, Kelsey Perri and solo traveler and lifestyle blogger, Barbara Winard.

Road Scholar is a not-for-profit educational travel organization that had to make some serious adjustments when the pandemic shut down travel. We talked about how they survived and some of the history of the organization from its beginnings as Elderhostel to what it has become as Road Scholar.

We talk about the adventures, risks and delights of being a solo traveler, both with a tour and on your own. Finding people who are curious about learning, experiencing new cultures and activities and possibly developing new friendships.

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Harold Shapiro has been a professional photographer for close to 40 years, with one of his largest clients being Yale University. He is also a creative, artistic photographer and had received a grant to create images of instruments that portrayed light and movement. He called it Luminous Instruments.

This exhibit was staged and ready for a grand opening in March of 2020 and on March 13, 2020, everything shut down, including his show. What do you do when you are a creative person, a person who likes to help others, but close contact comes to an abrupt halt because of the pandemic?

In this episode Harold talks about the three ways he used his creative strengths to help himself and others find happiness when everything shut down.

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Sustainable investing is about thinking about what you care about, what is important to you and then talking to advisor about what your beliefs are and how you can structure your investments to support those beliefs.

Francie Heller, is the daughter of holocaust survivors and visionaries who instlled gratitude and the value of giving back into their children. Francie started out as a speech pathologist and she tells about her journey from there to Wall Street.

She is now focused on working with companies and foundations to align their investments with their missions and values.

Lots of good advice in this discussion.

Dr. Marilou Ryder and Jessica Thompson are sisters who have combined research and personal stories to develop their Sister to Sister series of books. In this episode I spoke with them about what motivated them to become advocates for women and girls and to find this as their purpose in this stage of their lives.

They feel like they are changing the conversation for women and girls by sharing insights and tips to gain confidence and look forward. Writing the books was a gift to themselves as well as to others, because they were books they would have wanted to have when they needed them. 

Their first book, Don't Forget Your Sweater, Girls" was born out of their own fears around aging. Some tips they share with us include:

• Don't dress like an old lady

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/marilouryder-27170210/ 

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Dr. Jason Karlawish, physician and professor at the University of Pennsylvania and co-director of the Penn Memory Center, speaks with us about his book, "The Problem of Alzheimer's: How Science, Culture and Politics Turned a Rare Disease into a Crisis."

The discussion was insightful in many ways. We talked about how Alzheimer's was first identifed as a disease, rather than just an outcome of aging. The challenges facing caregivers and the cost of long-term care, on individuals, families and society. We looked at how politics has used rhetoric to design a health care system that is not focused on long-term care or the expansion of a social insurance program. And we talked about some of the moral and ethical questions that caregivers face, such as "loving deception."

The book shares stories of patients of Dr. Karlawish, he gets into the history of the scientists that first identified Alzheimer's as a disease and how the World Wars stopped the research and innovation. It is a valuable read and I would highly recommend it.

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You can reach Dr. Karlawish through his website: www.jasonkarlawish.com 

makingsenseof alzheimers.org is the other website mentioned in this episode

We talked about songwriting, how he decided to get into the music business. what inspired him to produce the album, HOPE, during the pandemic, his time in LA, and Tai Chi. 

Jim shared information about some of his musical heroes like Robert Hunter, Ralph Stanley and Graham Nash, and he played 3 songs during the interview.

You can find his newest album and show dates on his website at: https://jimlauderdalemusic.com 

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Dr. Wes Dripps is the Executive Director of the Shi Institute for Sustainable Communities at Furman University. Sustainability has been a part of the Furman campus for many years, and in 2020 they shifted to add a community engagement and community focus to their work.

In our discussion we get a tour of the Institute's Southern Living Designer home and some of the features that make this a "green" home. We talk about what Sustainability actually means and how it embraces the social justice impacts of our society. We talk about the wholistic view that is necessary to have sustainable communitites.

Finally, Wes leaves us with some ways that we, as active, engaged Boomers can become involved in our communities as well as incorporate sustainable practicies in our lives.

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The Inner Work of Age: Shifting from Role to Soul, is the latest book by Dr. Connie Zweig. In this episode of Hey, Boomer we talk about moving past denial, fear and resistance to discover the dreams and opportunities available to us as we age. We talk about mortality awareness, what it means to become an Elder and we discuss some archetypes of aging. And we confront the inner ageist in all of us that has been nurtured by our youth oriented culture.

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Renato Vicario has been making liqueurs all of his life, alongside his grandmother and great grandmother while growing up in Northern Italy. The tradition of fine food, fine wines and excellent liqueurs is part of the Italian tradition.

Janette Wesley, his wife, grew up in a family business in Greer, SC and was passionate about gardening, art and family. The couple lived in Italy for awhile, raising vineyards and creating fine wine.

The opportunity to open a micro-distillery in Greer, SC where they could grow their own organic herbs to use in the distillery, brought the couple back to the US. Their love of the earth, the liqueurs and life will come through as we talk. 

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Award-winning journalst and author, John Gallagher shares the story of "The Englishman and Detroit" on today's episode. 

Randal Charlton, the Englishman, had been a serial entrepreneur when he lost everything in his 50's. He went through about a decade of attempts to start something new and nothing was working. He got an opportunity to lead a startup in the pharma research area, and decided to give it a go ... in Detroit.

Detroit was in a state of decline with the downsizing in the auto industry. The story shows how entrepreneurism and the growth of confidence can turn around an individual's life and that of a city.

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• DM John Gallagher on Twitter: @jgallagher_det or find him on Facebook at Reimagining Detroit
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