In this episode of Living Well, Mark and Joy will celebrate a major milestone, one year anniversary, with our viewers and listeners. They will talk about their journey in hosting the Living Well podcast, sponsored by the Village in Howard. They will share the challenges, behind-the scene team work, the success stories, and the rewards. You'll also hear comments from the team members, guests on their podcast and viewers.

Mark and Joy are pleased to have in our podcast studio, George Wilson, a AARP Regional Volunteer Coordinator in Howard County, and David Conway, AARP MD State President. They will tell us the history, mission, local chapter, services, membership fee, and the age limit of members to join AARP.

Today Duane St.Clair, a TVIH member and the past President of the Howard County Pickleball Association, will give us an introductory class on pickleball. For anyone who is thinking of starting this sport, you will get all your answers here. 

The history of pickleball. How do you play the game? Is it a good sport for seniors? What equipment do you need to buy? Where do you play? 
Janis, Duane's wife and pickleball partner, will also join us to share her experience of playing pickleball.

Your podcast hosts, Mark and Joy, will take you on a video tour of their favorite local farmer market, the produce store at Frank's Nursery in Elkridge, MD. Freshly picked fruits and vegetables in the summer growing season taste good and give you the minerals, vitamins, and dietary fibers that you need in a healthy diet. You will also find fresh bread, local honey and jam.

In this episode of the "TVIH Podcast/Living Well", our guest, Frank Herron, will share his memories of a very special celebration, America's 200th Birthday in 1976. 

Are most acts of kindness simply random? Or does mutual kindness help us build true friendships and long-term community?

Our guests for this "Random Acts of Kindness" podcast are TVIH members, Cathy Latham and Mary Greene. They will discuss “Nick of Time” situations and ask the questions of how RAK support friendships, groups, and communities for seniors.

In this episode of the "TVIH Podcast/Living Well", a TVIH member, Mark Grokin, will share his experiences as a leader of a support group that helps seniors to navigation transitions.
All of us have faced loss in transition, such as the loss of a a family member, friend or pet, downsizing from a house to an apartment, losing the ability to drive at night, or forgetting the name of your favorite store.
How do we face the challenges and learn to let go and move on? 

In this podcast, Mark will discuss the challenges and teach us the coping methods that we could all use.
About our guest:

Mark Gorkin is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker,  psychotherapist, speaker, author, and grief-trauma consultant. A former Stress Resilience and Team Building Retreat Leader for the US Army and Stress, and Violence Prevention Consultant for the U.S. Postal Service.

Mark has published many books: Practice Safe Stress: Healing and Laughing in the Face of Stress, Burnout & Depression, The Four Faces of Anger: Transforming Hostility and Rage into Assertion and Passion, and Preserving Human Touch in a High-Tech World: Writings, Raps & Rhymes.  

In this episode of the "TVIH Podcast/Living Well", TVIH members, Fran Lorenzi snd Bob Coburn, will share their experience of vacationing with a grandchild and going to the child's favorite destination.

Karen was the first one of two female union electricians in DC. Why did she choose to be an electrician? What skills and education were required to become a master electrician? What kind of work did she do? How did she manage the challenges in a field dominated by men? Even today, only about 3 % of electricians are women.

Karen’s sister, Lisa Geerman, is a retired accountant. She worked in the Howard County Auditor's Office. 

The two sisters grew up together in the same house. Why did they choose such different careers? In today's podcast, Karen and Lisa will tell us their stories. 

Mark and Joy are excited to welcome our guest, Kim Sherman, to our podcast studio. Kim and his wife Jane have been members of the Village in Howard since the village was started in 2014. He served as board member, and chairman of the membership committee. He and his wife Jane also organized many educational and social programs for our members. 

Many of our members are in their 70s and 80s. Many live alone. Kim was a business professor at Loyola University. He is passionate about educating our members the importance of estate succession plans.

Kim has organized many “speakeasy” workshops in the past for our members. “ Speak easy” was a program sponsored by the Horizon Foundation. The workshops gave us guidance on the “end of life instructions” that we needed to discuss with our children or a trusted relative or friend before a serious illness happened. 
Today Kim will give us a summary of the 5 most important things that we need to discuss with our loved ones long before some unexpected events happen when we are too ill or unable to communicate our wishes. 

1.    The conversation with your family, 

2.    How to do what I do 

3.     Documents - 

4.    Estate Succession - 

5.    Powers