Midlife Mixtape

“I must have been insane. No, just a teenager”: Designed to distract you momentarily from your current worries, this listener-contributed episode shares youthful tales of awkwardness, getting in over our heads, and debauchery our kids and parents would NEVER believe.

* Badminton phenom Rochelle’s blog, The Late Arrival

* The Thank-You Project: Cultivating Happiness One Letter of Gratitude at a Time – order or download Nancy’s new book!

Thank you, Matthew, for suggesting Burning Sensations’ “Belly of the Whale”!

Thanks as always to M. The Heir Apparent, who provides the music behind the podcast – check him out here!

“You can always make a change”: founding editor of Lucky Magazine Kim France on why we shouldn’t beat ourselves up for caring about appearance as we age, using invisibility as a superpower, and memories of SP4 on Texas summer days.

“Not just you”: Ada Calhoun, author of “Why We Can’t Sleep: Women’s New Midlife Crisis”, unpacks reasons for GenX’s specific midlife challenges and offers ways to cope, from joining clubs to embracing the magic power of low expectations.

* Ada Calhoun’s website

* Why We Can’t Sleep: Women’s New Midlife Crisis

* Midlife Mixtape Ep 19 “Maxed Out” author Katrina Alcorn

* Midlife Mixtape Ep 37 Journalist Barbara Bradley Hagerty

* Midlife Mixtape Ep 46 “Happiness Curve” author Jonathan Rauch

* Baroness von Sketch Show: Perimenopause (FB video)

I dare you to look me in the eye when I’m experiencing perimeno-rage

“It gets easier to find things to be grateful for”: The tables are turned as “A Word on Words” host and author Mary Laura Philpott interviews Midlife Mixtape Podcast host and author Nancy Davis Kho about her new book, The Thank-You Project.

* Buy Nancy’s book, The Thank-You Project: Cultivating Happiness One Letter of Gratitude at a Time

* Nancy’s upcoming events and appearances

* Mary Laura Philpott’s website and her book, I Miss You When I Blink

* Episode 52 Author Mary Laura Philpott

Lyrics Born uses the same audio recording studio as me, what what? If you ever have a chance to see him perform live, DO IT – funkiest show ever.

Thanks as always to M. The Heir Apparent, who provides the music behind the podcast – check him out here!

“Everything that held our family together”: In this special Thanksgiving episode, Midlife Mixtape listeners share thanks for the people who made them who they are today, from grandparents to spouses to best friends to a singing teenage TV detective.

* Sibling Revelry Project

* My Celebrity Crush Story

Rocked white satin pants, solved crimes. You got a problem with that?

Thanks as always to M. The Heir Apparent, who provides the music behind the podcast – check him out here!

“From fear to freedom”: Leading Alzheimer’s and long-term care design expert Lisa Cini on navigating senior living decision-making, leveraging our teens for difficult conversations with our parents, and GenX’s own encouraging elder care future.

* Lisa’s website

* BOOM: The Baby Boomers Guide to Leveraging Technology, so that you can Preserve Your Independent Lifestyle & Thrive

* The Future is Here: Senior Living Reimagined

* Hive: The Simple Guide to Multigenerational Living

* Organizations supporting NorCal fire relief efforts

Preorder Nancy’s book, The Thank-You Project: Cultivating Happiness One Letter of Gratitude at a Time! Coming from Running Press Dec 3…

Me and you and a dog named Boo, traveling on cruise ships and home swaps through our Golden Years

“Life is a strange journey”: Author Sarah Ladipo Manyika on writing stories she wanted to read but couldn’t find, the beauty of intergenerational friendships, and a big awkward mea culpa from Nancy to Sarah’s most recent fictional heroine.

* Sarah’s website, with links to In Dependence and Like a Mule Bringing Ice Cream to the Sun

* Books&Rhymes Podcast interview with Sarah: “When Writing Begins to Sing”

* An Interview with Toni Morrison

* On Meeting Mrs. Obama

* Mondays with Mrs. Harris

Preorder Nancy’s book, The Thank-You Project: Cultivating Happiness One Letter of Gratitude at a Time! Coming from Running Press Dec 3…last week in their review, Publisher’s Weekly said, “Sweet and wise, this hopeful book will inspire readers to honor those who have made a difference in their lives.” Yay! Exactly! That’s what I was going for, seriously.

One of the songs that Sarah has cited as inspirational in writing In Dependence, by the father of South African jazz, Hugh Masekela

Thanks as always to M. The Heir Apparent, who provides the music behind the podcast – check him out here!

“Life is fleeting”: Urban homesteader Natasha Nicholes on how her farm on the South Side of Chicago has created community, why loss has shaped the way she views opportunity, and that time Harry Connick surprised her with a spa day.

* Houseful of Nicholes – Natasha’s blog

* We Sow We Grow on Facebook

* Natasha on Instagram

* Midlife Mixtape Ep 27 Empathy Expert Dr. Kelsey Crowe

The scream, tho

And here’s some Avery Sunshine…woooowwwww!Thanks as always to M. The Heir Apparent, who provides the music behind the podcast – check him out here!

“I want to perform for 10,000 people”: Feminist Muslim Iranian-American comedian and podcaster Zahra Noorbakhsh on how aging has changed the way she approaches her comedy, the insidiousness of confirmation bias, and an endorsement for mental math.

* Zahra’s website

* GoodMuslimBadMuslim podcast

* 6 Things All Immigrant Kids Experience – video

Zahra on figuring out at age 11 how to guarantee her passage to Heaven…

Thanks as always to M. The Heir Apparent, who provides the music behind the podcast – check him out here!

“Not even at halftime”: Hospitality entrepreneur and Wisdom@Work author Chip Conley talks about the benefits of inter-generational mutual mentorship, his midlife wisdom school, and that time he brought Linda Ronstadt breakfast in bed.

* Chip’s latest book, Wisdom @ Work: The Making of a Modern Elder

* Modern Elder Academy

* Follow Chip on LinkedIn

Get out your tissues as inter-generational duo Dolly Parton and Brandi Carlile sing a little song Dolly wrote called “I Will Always Love You”.

Thanks as always to M. The Heir Apparent, who provides the music behind the podcast – check him out here!