Kickass Boomers

Scott Houston's Bio:

The way piano is usually taught involves practicing endless scales and etudes, memorizing complicated notation, and focusing on classical music—not to mention the challenge of finding a teacher near you. It's no wonder most folks who take traditional piano lessons either lose interest or become a good sight reader rather than a good player. It's a shame because there's actually an alternative chord-based method that makes piano one of the easiest and most freeing instruments to learn to play!

With this method, new and more experienced players alike use lead sheets (simplified sheet music with letters) to learn the chords and melody of familiar tunes by actually playing them. I didn't invent this method. Heck, I'm not even one of the first people to teach it! But I am the most passionate about using it to help people play recreationally at any age. Throughout my chord-based courses, I focus on popular modern music and break down songs into small exercises, allowing students to quickly build their musical ear and fine motor skills without any notation knowledge. I believe that it's never too late to learn or loosen up your playing, which is why Piano in a Flash can be taken at any experience level, at any speed, all in a flexible online setting built just for adult learners.

Connect with Scott Houston:

Website:

www.pianoinaflash.com 

Linkedin:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-the-piano-guy-houston

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/pianoguyscott

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Russell Mariani's Bio

Russell Mariani is a Health Restoration Specialist. He is the co-founder of The Center for Functional Nutrition in Northampton, Massachusetts. He is a Health Educator and Digestive Wellness expert. He has been in private practice since 1980.  He is the author of two books: Healing Digestive Illness (2006) and Principle Eating: The No Diet Way to Complete Health (2020). Other areas of specialization include: Cellular Regeneration, Detoxification and Cleansing, Redox Signaling and Reverse Aging. Russell has an exceptional ability to bring resolution to difficult to solve health conditions. 

In 1973 Russell was diagnosed with a “medically incurable” inflammatory bowel disease called: Ulcerative Colitis. He chose a path of Nutritional Healing based upon a more traditional approach to organic whole foods cooking and eating and lifestyle. He got better quickly and has been healthy and symptom-free for over 40 years. Since 1980 he has helped thousands of people regain their health through dietary and lifestyle improvements through classes, seminars, retreats and personal consultations.  He is passionate about teaching others how to be and become more proactive in their own self-care…  

Connect with Russell Mariani:

Health Restoration Specialist

[email protected]

www.thecenterforfunctionalnutrition.net

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Our Kickass Boomer of the Day is Patricia Gallagher, author of "Christmas on Lindberg Mountain" and many other inspirational books. She also writes poems, one of which has the theme “Team of Angels” where she expresses hope and love for the world. Today, she will share a couple of lines from the Team of Angels, her story on how she became a successful author and poet, and the passion projects that fellow Boomers can emulate. 

Join me in this episode and learn why Patricia is a Kickass Boomer! 

[00:01 - 10:00] Opening Segment

[10:01 - 25:50] A Team of Angels 

[25:51 - 41:30] Late Boomers

[41:31 - 55:26] Acts of Kindness

[55:27 - 01:04:01] Goodness in People 

[01:04:02 - 01:05:42] Closing Segment 

Tweetable Quotes:

“Everybody has an experience that can help somebody.” - Patricia Gallagher

“It’s never too late to be a late Boomer.” - Patricia Gallagher

Email [email protected] to connect with Patricia or call or text 267 939 0365. Visit her website and a couple of her passion projects: Happy Flower Day and Christmas on Lindbergh Mountain

Check out Patricia’s books here. 

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BEE BOLD, NOT OLD. 

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Jean describing her book of poetry "Sandprints At Ebbtide"   I hope the readers of “Sandprints at Ebbtide” will find these poems, songs and Scripture passages a source of faith and inspiration in confronting the painful life lessons of aging, loss, perceived failures and even death, both for themselves and those they love. Faith guides us to a place of comfort and peace as we reach for meaning and consolation. These poems explore my personal life challenges in the light of God’s grace and redemption. Mother Julian of Norwich summarized all this for me in her still timely quote centuries later, “All shall be well, and every manner of things shall be well.” And St. Paul reminds us that “He whose power is at work in us, is powerful enough, and more than powerful enough, to carry out His purpose beyond all our hopes and dreams.” * The poems, Redemption I and Redemption II launch us into these themes which continue to unfold throughout. It is my wish that you discover joy, meaning and purpose in each and every one of your life lessons.   Link to buy Jean's 2 books: https://tinyurl.com/56zxts7e

Jacklyn (Jacci) Ryan's Bio:

Jacklyn Ryan is a Senior Care Advocate. When needing care for her parents, she reached out for help, trusting home care agencies. She learned that appearances can be deceiving. Because of her efforts, stronger laws were passed in her state to provide better protection for vulnerable family members.

Amazon link to Jacci's Book"Care Givers Scare Takers"  https://tinyurl.com/52ay8cyc  

Families struggle to find dependable, trusted care. These true stories from Jacci's book are but a glimpse that exposes fraud and manipulation by unscrupulous caregivers. Through these stories, you will learn to identify subtle hints that expose a dishonest care-giver. You'll discover Resources, tips on hiring and managing your caregiver and some basic estate planning questions are included. More than $37 billion is stolen each year because of the financial exploitation of seniors, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Better regulation is needed for in-home care agencies. Some states don't require caregivers to be fingerprinted, background-checked and/or drug-tested! Who can you trust?

Jacci's Website:

https://caregiverscaretakers.com/

Email: [email protected]

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Ann's Bio:

Ann did not grow up in one place because her father was in the navy. We moved so often I was the “new girl” in nine different schools before I graduated high school. I am by nature, very shy. Always being the “new kid” helped me learn how to make friends, but I also learned how to be happy alone. I loved to read, so the friends that followed me from place to place were the ones I found in stories.

I was five years old when our family left Jacksonville, Florida. My father was assigned to the military base in Charleston, S.C. We were in Charleston for eight years, but we lived in three different houses and I went to four different schools during those years. All of us liked to fish. We spent many days sitting on the sides of bridges while we fished until our shoulders and legs were tanned a deep copper. I remember climbing over rubble at Ft. Sumter where my imagination ran wild thinking of cannon fire and shouting soldiers. We walked along beaches while Dad told us tales of pirates. He insisted we were walking over treasure that pirates had buried in the sand beneath our feet. I think I get my imagination from my father.

When Dad was transferred to Groton, Connecticut, my brother Mike and I played in snow for the first time while Dad helped weld together the first nuclear submarine, the Nautilus. In Yorktown, Va., we waited until the tide went out so that we could find lead musket balls left over from colonial battles. No matter where we lived, I learned that life was a grand adventure and every day is a gift of unlimited possibilities.

There were only a few certainties in my uncertain life. I knew I was responsible for packing my own stuff. I was also responsible for keeping up in school and at home. I learned at an early age that good people can be found everywhere. I realized that a home does not depend on the house you put it in. These were all priceless lessons to learn at an early age.

I graduated from Florida State University, and served as a teacher with the Peace Corps in Liberia, West Africa. This is where I met and married Jim, another Peace Corps volunteer. We returned home and settled in Evansville, Indiana where it made me so happy to live in one house for more than thirty years.

Over the years, I have been a middle-grade reading teacher, a youth minister, and a college counselor. Through it all, I have been a writer and now I am adding podcaster to that.

Connect with Ann Cavera:

Podcast: Speeding Past 80

Website: anncaverawriter.com

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Michele Fishburne's Bio:

Michelle Fishburne’s life turned upside down during the 2020 COVID spring when she lost her job and could not find another notwithstanding months of trying. At the end of July 2020, when the lease on her post-divorce house was up and her youngest was going off to college, Michelle found herself without a house, a spouse, a job, or a kid to take care of. That is what she did NOT have. What she DID have was a 2006 motorhome, tons of curiosity, and a lot of experiencing RV’ing all over the country. She combined all of these into a cross-country project, interviewing people about their lives during the pandemic. She RV’d 12,000 miles and interviewed hundreds of people. Now 100 of those 1st-person stories are being published by UNC Press and the Duke Center for Documentary Studies in “Who We Are Now: Stories of What Americans Lost and Found During the COVID-19 Pandemic” (March 2023). Michelle continues to be a full-time nomad, living and working in her motorhome, Airbnb’s, and the occasional house sitting gig. Her favorite thing about aging is that it gives us each an opportunity to change and see the many facets of ourselves, reassembled each time in different ways, like a kaleidoscope. 

Connect with Michelle:

Website link: https://www.whowearenow.us/

  LinkedIn   

https://www.linkedin.com/in/michellefishburne/

  Instagram:

@michellefishburne      Facebook: @whowearenowusa   Author, 

Who We Are Now: Stories of What Americans Lost and Found During the COVID-19 Pandem

  (UNC Press, March 2023)

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  Connect with Terry:   Website: 

https://kickassboomers.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2658545911065461

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/terrylohrbeer/

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Twitter: @kickassboomers

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Connie's Bio:

Retired from teaching Technical Writing at the University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University for four decades, Connie Inukai became an award-winning inventor at the age of 68. For people who like to eat out in restaurants, but have difficulty reading the small print on a menu or bill, she invented a handheld magnifier and light, with a calculating device to figure out a tip and split the bill in seconds. Thus, the name Tip ‘n Split®!

Author of “How I got My Product on QVC, The Today Show, The View, and More…In Retirement”, she helps others generate free publicity for their products.

She is the creator of Write Your Selfie®, where she inspires people to write their life stories in a fun and easy-to-read format so grandchildren and future generations will enjoy turning the pages to learn about their ancestry and life lessons. She is passionate about working with dementia sufferers and their families to preserve the memoirs of this “invisible” population.

Featured in Entrepreneur magazine, “6 Reasons to Pursue Entrepreneurship in Retirement,” Connie encourages Baby Boomers to have an active retirement through business or social entrepreneurship.

Connect with Connie:

 https://connieinukaiauthor.com/

https://grandmapreneur.com/tip-n-split/

www.writeyourselfie.com

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Connect to Bonnie Marcus:

Bonnie Marcus, M.Ed, CEC, author, speaker, and executive coach

For women over fifty, this invaluable guide combines practical advice, specific strategies, and no shortage of sass that will inspire readers to beat ageist limitations and own their careers.

Despite advances made by women in the workplace, pay inequity and underrepresentation in top positions are still a reality. And, unfortunately, the situation looks worse for older women, who face what acclaimed author, podcast host, and sought-after coach Bonnie Marcus calls “the double whammy of gendered ageism.” As a woman over fifty, you may be wondering if there is anything you can do as you face down diminished responsibilities, decreasing visibility, and the looming specter of being “aged out.”

In this revelatory, inspiring, and savvy new book, Marcus is out to convince you that, in fact, you can do a whole lot. You can keep your job, advance your career, do the work you love and need to do―and defy all the ageist assumptions that suggest otherwise.

Link to: Not Done Yet on Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/Not-Done-Yet-Confidence-Workplace/dp/1989603785

Website: https://bonniemarcusleadership.com/

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