Retiree Rebels: Ditch the Rocking Chair!

Retiree Rebels: Ditch the Rocking Chair!

By Carol Larson and Mary Helen ConroySociety & CulturePersonal Journals
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Retiree Rebels: Ditch the Rocking Chair! episodes

  • Born Survivor: A Retiree Rebel Interview with Hana Berger Moran
    Retired research scientist Hana Berger Moran expected to spend her next years living quietly at her home in California. But [as she explained to Carol in this interview] the publication of an English author's book changed the direction of her life. "Born Survivors" shared with the world the story of Hana's mother --and Hana's birth-- in a Nazi concentration camp. The result placed Hana a new path in life that has taken her across the globe, and given her a new purpose; to remind the world of the important lessons of the Holocaust.
    13 min
  • Gratitude is its own gift

    Can you be grateful for the bad things that happen in life?

    It often takes times and the perspective of years to see the good things that the bad thing actually conjured out of your life.

    In this Kitchen Table Talk, recorded for Thanksgiving, Mary Helen and Carol talk about "what a long strange trip it's been" to be grateful for the ups and downs of life.

    We're grateful for each of our listeners and wish you a holiday of amazing gratitude. Thank you!

    26 min
  • Can You See Me Now?

    One of the reasons retirees feel "invisible" in the world is because the commercial marketplace ignores us. Product ads and media programs reflect American values, and people of age are (generally) not valued.

    Which is illogical to the max! In this essay Carol Larson talks about the enormous opportunity (and the profits) marketers miss by not appealing to boomers.

    8 min
  • Encore Entrepreneurship - Michael Kennedy
    "Too old to hire, too young to retire." Many of the nearly and newly retired are finding this to be true. Michael Kennedy, a life coach studying later-in-life business entrepreneurs says that the best way to face a post career life is to be your own boss. Become an encore entrepreneur. Interviewed via Skype and in front of an audience at the Fitchburg, Wisconsin Senior Center, Kennedy talked with Mary Helen and Carol about why older entrepreneurs are the most successful.​
    26 min
  • Just Say Yes! Retiree Rebels

    Despite her own self-doubts, ten years ago Dyan Kopitzke said yes to taking an art class. Now she's selling her work and traveling the world to paint. In this Kitchen Table Talk, Mary Helen and Carol talk with Dyan about how in retirement she lost her identity, but found herself on a journey to a new life, all by saying yes to the opportunities offered.

    25 min
  • A Trip to Dream Camp: What do you want when you grow up?

    What do you want to be when you grow up? What dreams do you still have for your life? When was the last time someone asked you what your dreams are? Mary Helen Conroy discusses the finding of dreams as important work for the nearly and newly retired.

    Would you like to go to Dream Camp? Hear how that is possible. You just might find some dreams you never thought you had.

    11 min
  • Ashton Applewhite: "Old Person in Training"
    Ashton Applewhite considers herself an Old Person in Training. At age 64 the author of This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism says the measure of our aging should not be how much we're like our younger selves, but how much we've embraced the benefits of our years. Interviewed via Skype, Applewhite talks with Mary Helen and Carol about how we can fight ageist stereotypes in society and within ourselves, both of which can sabotage our futures. Thanks to The City of Fitchburg Community Media Services for technical support.
    33 min
  • Finding the Real You - The Authentic Retiree Rebel

    On the one year anniversary of Retiree Rebels, Carol Larson takes a look back at life since her retirement. The biggest surprise was who she found hiding inside herself. One of the major benefits of aging --and of retirement-- is searching out the real person underneath a lifetime of different roles and obligations

    9 min
  • Making it up as we go along
    We admit it, when we created Retiree Rebels one year ago we just followed our instincts as to the right direction to go. Which is what most new retirees have to do during this new unscripted stage of life. For their first anniversary, Mary Helen Conroy and Carol Larson look back at what they've learned, and how these new understandings have raised their hopes for the future. Special thanks to the Minions for serenading us on the first Anniversary of RetireeRebels.com
    24 min
  • What does it mean to contribute as a Retiree Rebel?

    Gail Nordheim finds it as surprising as anyone that she is spending her retirement years working with the people of Vietnam. But in reviewing her life, her past work and what she wanted to continue doing, an international adventure emerged. In this Kitchen Table Talk, Mary Helen and Carol talk with Gail about her amazing work and her thoughts on finding your way to contribute to the world.

    23 min

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RetireeRebels inspires and supports retirees to move beyond the limitations of past ageist stereotypes, to aspire and achieve new goals by reinvention.