Grand Plans

Today's conversation is with Jacksonville-based Seniors on a Mission Executive Director Joanne Hickox. In addition to leading and founding a nonprofit organization that brings purpose and community to local seniors through hands-on volunteer opportunities, Joanne and her board are pursuing a vision for a new kind of nonprofit senior living community called G3. Based on a hobby farm concept and service, G3 is a community where seniors can pay rent and volunteer service hours while being part of a vibrant group of residents. Joanne has some wonderful visuals, please visit www.seniorsonamission.org and look under the G3 tab. Also, you can reach out to Joanne directly with any questions or interest at [email protected]. Enjoy learning more about Joanne's G3 vision in today's podcast!

In this final recording of the five-session Grand Plans: The Workshop, participants discuss the last four steps of a workable Grand Plan, including having a legacy mindset, playing the "What If?" and "Ask Yourself Honestly" games and being realistic, open and flexible to change. These conversations have been such incredible opportunities to share stories, experiences and resources and to engage in helpful real-talk discussions about how we can make our second half great. Enjoy!

We are back in the Literary Lounge for the fourth meeting of Grand Plans: The Workshop. Today, we unpack some of the nuances around steps 13-16 including trusting the people who love us, embracing technology and creating supportive community for ourselves. Enjoy!

In this Season 3 episode of the Grand Plans podcast, a recording of the third Grand Plans: The Workshop gathering, we unpack steps 9-12 of a workable Grand Plan, putting things in drive with topics like "relinquishing the keys" and embracing our age, stage and role. Enjoy!

Grand Plans: The Workshop launched January 23 and continued January 30 with a lively discussion around the conference table at The Literary Lounge bookstore. We dissected and discussed and dug into steps 5-8 of a workable Grand Plan and I hope you enjoy hearing some of our conversation! This episode is second in a five-part series during which we'll record each four-step workshop. 

Grand Plans: The Workshop launched January 23 with a lively discussion around the conference table at The Literary Lounge bookstore. We dissected and discussed and dug into the first four steps of a workable Grand Plan and I hope you enjoy hearing some of our conversation! The audio is a little wonky from my mic, and I apologize for that. Our participants sound great though, and their stories will inspire you. This episode is first in a five-part series during which we'll record each four-step workshop. 

Heather Bayfield, founder and president of Jacksonville Beach, FL-based Life Management Advisors and Care Management Advisors, helps clients manage tasks of daily living that can feel complicated and time-consuming as they age. Heather is a wealth of information about the financial and healthcare management, as well as legal, medical and caregiving needs, of today’s seniors.

International, award-winning health researcher and Wellness Discovery newsletter author Heather Hausenblas PhD talks to us about some exciting senior-related topics including how to protect against Alzheimer’s, outwalking the Grim Reaper and the five habits of super agers. I promise this episode will fill your brain with rich intel you can use on the daily!

Amy Gunther, M Ed, an ACE-certified personal trainer and group fitness instructor has been working with active adults on their health and fitness for decades and has developed a seven-point plan we can all use for maintaining good physical function as we age. It’s all about the body and brain and it’s all related! Get with the program via Part 2 of this informative two-part interview.

Amy Gunther, M Ed, an ACE-certified personal trainer and group fitness instructor has been working with active adults on their health and fitness for decades and has developed a seven-point plan we can all use for maintaining good physical function as we age. It’s all about the body and brain and it’s all related! Get with the program via Part 1 of this informative two-part interview.