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Podcasting in retirement? Let's take a look at how Frances ended up doing podcasts after retirement. You can listen to the show at http://rockyourretirement.libsyn.com/podcasting-in-retirement

Would podcasting in retirement be a good way for you to Rock your Retirement?

Frances McGrogan was born in Ottawa, Ontario Canada and moved to England for 4 years in her early 20s. She got married to a Brit and then returned to Canada.  After a number of service industry jobs, in 1985, she joined the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and worked there for 30 years. She learned to speak French when she was around 48 years old and became bilingual.  Frances was a senior HQ manager until she retired in January 2016 at age 55. She loves computers and tells us the story about how she became involved in that, but also has other activities that help her Rock her Retirement.

SOCIAL AND FAMILY

She enjoys playing darts with friends and even created a website for their dart games to keep track of players and stats.

VOLUNTEER AND PHILANTHROPY

Frances was fascinated when she saw her first computer in her office in 1986. She would start pushing buttons to see what would happen. Once someone told her to type in “DIR” (the DOS command for Directory) she was hooked!

She loves photography and is a contributing photographer on iStock photo. 

Frances has been podcasting in retirement:

In fact, she and Kathe met at Dave Jackson’s School of Podcasting. and Frances has her own podcast called Stand Curious where she discusses people’s hobbies and interests with them with a goal to discovering new or unconventional things. She says she has interviewed some fascinating guests on her podcast, and she loves to learn new things about people.

Have you considered creating a podcast in your retirement?  This could be one way that you Rock your Retirement!

If you are stuck in retirement:

Frances says to look for new ideas and Learning something new.

Contact information: http://www.standcurious.com/

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What's a Senior Real Estate Specialist? Patti Phillips talks about being a Senior Real Estate Specialist. You can listen to the show at http://rockyourretirement.libsyn.com/the-senior-real-estate-specialist

What does a Senior Real Estate Specialist do?

Patti Phillips never thought she would become a Senior Real Estate Specialist.   When Patti was younger, she always thought she would be a mom and a housewife.  That didn't work out the way she planned, and she decided to become a real estate agent in the year 2000. She was one of the first agents in San Diego to obtain the Senior Real Estate Specialist Designation. She prides herself in taking care of seniors in what can be an overwhelming and complicated process.

It's a different process to work mainly with seniors than Millennials because seniors typically want a face-to-face process.

Seniors don't necessarily go online and look at the house before they go to see it.  They want a more personalized approach.  That's where a Senior Real Estate Specialist can come in.

Its also different when helping a senior sell a home that they've been living in for 40 years.  Selling a home after living in it for so long can be a difficult and emotional decision. Many of her clients are widows who have never had to sign documents alone.

Patti Phillips is very involved in the senior community. Not only does she specialize in working with seniors in her business, but every month she brings people who work with seniors together in her networking group called Serving Seniors Networking Breakfast.

And if she wasn’t busy enough, she is also a standup comedian and president of the Encinitas Kiwanis Club.

SOCIAL AND FAMILY:

A Senior Real Estate Specialist, such as Patti helps many families by helping their parents sell their homes when they live out of state.   She lives in an upscale senior mobile home park and does a lot of business in her own park.  She says that she markets these mobile homes the same way she would a two million dollar home.   This helps bring in more money for the family when the senior can no longer live alone (or no longer wants to live alone), and move into an independent or assisted living facility.

She becomes friends with many of her clients, especially when they move into her community, especially since many senior communities also have lots of events that people can participate in, and being social is one of the things that can help keep you healthy.

ADVENTURE AND TRAVEL:

Patti is not only a Senior Real Estate Specialist, but she is also a comedienne.  That's adventurous in itself!

VOLUNTEER AND PHILANTHROPY:

Patti volunteers at the Encinitas Kiwanis Club.   She's very involved in her community.  When she retires, she'll be ready to Rock her own Retirement with all the outside activities she's doing.

SANDWICH GENERATION ISSUES:

Think about your parents.  Are they living in the home that they can stay in?   Are there stairs that they will need to climb?  Can they “age in place” in their current home?  Do they want to plan ahead or do they want to wait until their is a crisis that forces them to leave?

Patti's Advice to Pre-Retirees: Be passionate about something.  She sees 83- and 84-year-old people that are still dancing.

Bobby Erdrich talks about Acting in Retirement. You can listen to the show at http://rockyourretirement.libsyn.com/acting-in-retirement-episode-019

Have you ever thought about acting in retirement?

Bobby Erdrich and I met at The Hearing Experience’s symposium, and I was very impressed with how outgoing and friendly she was.  She was born in New York in 1925 and started acting when she was four years old.  She was “discovered” on a subway. Ever since then she’s been acting, writing, directing and producing, and is acting in retirement in her one woman show.

She loves her Senior Apartment at Woodland Village and said that there is so much to do there that no one could ever be bored if they wanted to get out and meet people.  She loves putting on shows and displaying her acting in retirement skills at the Woodland Village.

SOCIAL AND FAMILY

When her husband retired as a firefighter, they moved to Oregon and started a farm raising sheep.  She learned to buck hay, birth babies and shovel, well, you know….  They lived on the farm for 20 years before his back made it impossible to work there. They lived in Washington State, where her husband passed away. About 9 years later, she finally settled in the San Diego area.

She doesn’t believe in following her children when they move;She says that they can come visit her where she lives!

One of the most interesting things that I found about Bobbie is that she does not have a computer, nor does she have a smart phone.  If she wants to listen to the interview, she’s going to need to go to a Senior Center (we did the interview at the San Marcos Senior Center) or listen to it on one of her children’s smartphones

HEALTH

She does have a love interest, whom she met after she moved to the community, so it goes to show that one can find love at any age!

VOLUNTEER work-honing her Acting in Retirement Skills

She was a mentor at a grade school in Washington State where she told stories about Hinkle and Pinkle’s Rainbow Trip among other stories that she made up for them.  The children loved her for her stories and sense of humor.

Something people should know before they retire:

Don’t take things too seriously.  Greet each new day as something exciting and have lots of laughter.

How to get “unstuck” in your retirement:

It was difficult for Bobby to come up with something because she’s having such a great retirement.  However, I asked her to put her acting skills to work, and she said that if she was stuck in her retirement, she would try to find some people who were not stuck, and do what they do.

Bobby will be appearing in a one-woman play called “Madam, she’s an off key” on May 31st at Woodland Village.  For more information on the play and showing dates, you can contact Woodland Village at 760-975-0000.

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Death of a friend or a loved one of the toughest things we have to face in the future. Samantha Betten is our guest in today's episode to talk about the gift of grief. You can listen to the show at http://rockyourretirement.libsyn.com/the-gift-of-grief

The Gift of Grief

You can give a gift to your family, the gift of grief.  We cannot escape death but we can embrace the process. Samantha Betten helps people give one of the greatest gifts they can give to their family, the gift of grief, or pre-planned funerals.

When someone has pre-planned their funeral, they give the gift of grief to their family members. If the funeral is not pre-planned, then instead of being able to grieve, someone has to make all the arrangements and not everyone is able to do.

that.

Her motto is as follows:

* Protecting the people you love, the businesses you build, and the causes you care about.

* When life hits those lows, use that opportunity to convert sadness into strength.

At speaking engagements her goals are to: “Rock the talks, engage the audience, speak with a purpose, and make a wonderful warm impression even if it's not a happy, palatable topic”.

Taking care of families and helping folks in difficult times takes integrity, ethics, and trust.

She has over 20 years’ experience in community outreach, marketing, insurance and finance.

Her specialties are: Community Outreach, Pre-planning: Life and Death, and a Licensed Funeral Director. She also speaks both English and Spanish.

SPIRIT / SOUL / HEALTH

Samantha has been helping people with their life choices since 1988. It all began with life insurance choices and progressed into end of life full circle options.

Samantha’s father was her first influence to catapult her into this path.  She helps families with the passing of their loved ones in large part, because of her experience with her father.  It paralyzed her family with grief and so she had to do all the planning.  She wasn't allowed to grieve on her own because she had to be the strong one for her mother and the rest of her family.  She knows that family ties are key.  She also assists the family of veterans to help get them the resources they need.

Samantha helps people plan the funerals that they want based on their own religious convictions, if any. She has also helped with funerals where there was more than one faith involved.

It’s usually one person in the family that has to take charge of the funeral.   Many times they have to do this while they are grieving.  It’s a gift to do some pre-planning so that your family can focus on comforting each other instead of trying to make arrangements.  You are giving the gift of grief.

Something people should know before they retire:

Most people plan their retirement, their money, long term care, their housing but they don’t plan for the inevitable. They need to plan their funeral the way that they want it.

How to get “unstuck” in your retirement:

Successful retirement to me is when your dreams and plans come together and your worries minimize.  Retirement should be a wonderful time when cares and worried are minimized. Do whatever you can do so that you have minimum worries so that you can enjoy life to the fullest.

Contact information:

Phone: 619-913-3834 or 619-280-0101

Email: [email protected]

Website:  http://sandiegofuneralservice.com

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What to do after retirement? Tom McGurn will talk to us about finding our passion. You can listen to the show at http://rockyourretirement.libsyn.com/what-do-you-do-after-a-career-at-bmw

What do you do after a career at BMW?

Tom McGurn earned his first paycheck as a journalist writing sports for a daily newspaper while still in high school. He continued to work as a part-time journalist during college and then pursued a career in public relations after graduation. In 1975, at age 28, and with about 5 years of experience, he got a huge break. He was hired as part of the start-up management team at BMW of North America. The sales and marketing arm for Bavarian Motor Works. He didn’t leave until he retired at the end of 2007. During his career, Tom was responsible for public relations, industry affairs, dealer relations, and a host of communication responsibilities, including: speech writing, corporate meetings and training.  When he retired he had to ask himself the question, “What do you do after a career at BMW“?

VOLUNTEER AND PHILANTHROPY

Tom discovered early on in his retirement that one of the things he wanted to do was volunteer, as he did during his career. Tom is a seasoned corporate communication professional and writer. He uses his experience to offer clients fresh perspectives on their communications needs and customer focused writing.   That's how he was able to answer the question, “What do you do after a career at BMW“?

* He volunteered on the board at MiraCosta College

* He is an active volunteer with SCORE. Offering free business counseling for people who are thinking about starting a small business and those who want to increase the performance of an existing business.

* He is a member of the Cal State San Marcos Foundation Board. Serving on the marketing committee and is a member of the Athletic Director's Council.

What do you think people should know BEFORE they retire?

How much fun it will be and how you will have control of your life to do what you want when you want.

We have a lot of listeners who are new retirees or maybe feel stuck in their lives at the moment.  If you were sitting across the table from a new retiree, what’s the one piece of advice that you would give to have a successful retirement?

What is your passion? Follow your passion, whether it's volunteerism, tutoring, a hobby, recreation, or self-improvement. Do something with and for others

If you would like more information on either volunteering or using the services SCORE offers, you can go to: https://sandiego.score.org/

or for the National SCORE the website is https://www.score.org/

If you would like to visit the Cal State San Marcos website and learn more about the foundation board, you can go to:

http://www.csusm.edu/giving/csusm-foundation/

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Yes! Sex is not just for young people. Dr. Susan Writer is going to talk to us about how we can have a vibrant, exciting sex life. You can listen to the show at http://rockyourretirement.libsyn.com/sex-isnt-just-for-young-people-episode-016

Sex is not just for young people!

Dr. Susan Writer has her Ph.D. in clinical psychology and has been working in the field for over 15 years in the San Diego area.  She works full time for Aurora Behavioral Health Care, doing community outreach and clinical education; and part time for HELP see individuals, couples and families in her therapy practice.  Dr. Writer sees a wide range of individuals.

but has specialized training in sexuality and gender and expertise working with older adults.

HEALTH & SEX

Susan is passionate about making sure that people have the vibrant, exciting sex lives throughout the entirety of their lives. In this episode we discuss the following:

* Learn what a sex therapist does and how it differs from a sex surrogate.

* The health and mental benefits of sex and intimacy and how it can improve the quality of your life as you age.

* Learn how Susan works with hospice or end-of-life patients who have long-term partners and how she helps them to recreate a sexual, sensual or intimate connection before they pass so that they may rekindle a part of their relationship that may have been lost.

* You aren’t the only person who may not know how to use a penis pump!

What do you think people should know BEFORE they retire?

Life will change and that it may not be exactly as they had expected.  Many people look at retirement as an opportunity to just sit back and relax.  But the problem is that all too often, the excess of this can lead to isolation, depression and dissatisfaction with life–or even the deterioration of physical (and mental) health.  Retirement really needs to be framed as a new chapter of activity in someone’s life.  That activity doesn’t have to be “work”, it can be fun and exciting–the key is that it is active and it continues to provide stimulation for growth (mentally, emotionally, physically and sexually).  Retirement is about creating an opportunity to explore everything that we offer ourselves in life–as opposed to waiting for life to offer things to us.

We have a lot of listeners who are new retirees or maybe feel stuck in their lives at the moment.  If you were sitting across the table from a new retiree, what’s the one piece of advice that you would give to have a successful retirement?

Get out, be social, be active, and re-create yourself… and don’t put your sexual self on a shelf to get dusty, or if you have–dust it off and get cracking!

Contact information: Email: [email protected]

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Thinking about the best gift to your grandchild? Enjoy today's podcast episode as Mira Simon gives an advice on what's the best gift you can give to your grandchild/ren. You can listen to the show at http://rockyourretirement.libsyn.com/the-best-gift-to-your-grandchild-ever-episode-14

The Best Gift to your Grandchild

Mira Simon can help you give the best gift to your grandchild EVER.

She is a professionally trained coach from the Institute of Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC), and an independent educational consultant who specializes in helping High School Students to go through the college planning, preparation and application process without overwhelm, so that they feel excited and confident that they have what they need to choose a college that is best for them.  How is her service the best gift to your grandchild?  Mira’s coach training provides the unique foundation that helps students to explore their talents, strengths and passions, discover their purpose and use that to develop their vision for the future so that they can design the path that helps them to find their college, IN college and throughout their life.

When she first started working as a coach, she worked with pre-retirees.  These were adults, who weren’t ready to retire yet and were looking for the next chapter in their careers. She noticed a lot of them had unfulfilled goals or dreams from their college. Let’s face it, how many of us really knew what we wanted to do in college?

SANDWICH GENERATION ISSUES

* Mira answers the question: What is a Pre-Retirement Coach and how one can help you?

* How you can give the Best Gift to your Grandchild ever by helping them create their college plan

* How college coaching can help high school students go through the college planning, preparation and application process without overwhelm.  Again, how this is the best gift to your grandchild-Ever!

* How Mira helps your grandchildren explore their passions and discover the colleges that would be best for them.

What do you think people should know BEFORE they retire?

Understanding what it is that you would love to have your retirement look like. Enter your retirement with a goal, a plan, and an intention.

If you were sitting across the table from a new retiree, what’s the one piece of advice that you would give to have a successful retirement?

Have a passion scavenger hunt!

Contact information:

858-437-4500

www.CoachMira.com

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Did you ever think about taking care of Alpacas? Julie Roy talks about it in this podcast episode.  You can listen to the show at the bottom of the page or on your smartphone.

Rocking Retirement by Raising Alpacas!

In 2004, Julie and her husband left their corporate jobs in San Diego to live on 10 acres. At the time, she was still the president of the San Diego Professional Coaching Alliance, which had 200 members.  She drove 90 miles every month to lead the meetings. She still coached some time, yet yearned for more. Enter raising alpacas!

They converted 2.5 acres into what is now Alpacas of Anza Valley.

SOCIAL AND FAMILY

* Julie spends time with children who want to see the animals.

* She enjoys writing and talking to people about them.

* Don and Julie have been married for 25 years.

* They are both enjoying their retirement doing something they love and are passionate about!

ADVENTURE AND TRAVEL

* Julie and her husband raise show quality alpacas.

* They board, breed, and assist other newcomers to the industry.

* Educational programs on the best ways to be successful with an Alpaca business.

* She has assisted with some 138 babies delivered at their ranch.

* Julie also runs a successful Boutique filled with handmade items created with yarn from her own herd or imported from Peru. Including dryer balls!

* They give guided educational and hands-on tours to local groups and individuals year round.

VOLUNTEER AND PHILANTHROPY

* Julie is the Director of Education at Southern California Alpaca Breeders association.

* She also volunteers for Alpaca Fest West.

HEALTH

* Julie meditates.

* They raise their own vegetables.

* Taking care of these lovable creatures is a great exercise!

Julie had a plan and knew what she wanted to do before she retired.

She thinks having a plan is the best advice.  Figure out what your passions are and what gets you excited. Listen to your heart and take chances.

www.AlpacasAV.com  www.alpacas4less.com www.profitingwithalpacas.com  http://alpacadryerballs.com/  Email: [email protected]

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People have been searching for the fountain of youth for a long time. In this podcast, Christine Burke will talk to us about the fountain of youth. You can listen to the show at the bottom of the page or on your smartphone.

Christine Burke is a fitness trainer and coach at San Diego Premier Training in Carlsbad, CA, which is in San Diego, California's North County.

As an un-athletic child and overweight young adult, Christine understands first hand the obstacles in losing weight, learning to exercise and making the time for healthy habits. Her customized fitness programs are designed to find the fun in your journey for good health.

Are you looking for a fountain of youth?

Try exercise

* Christine is an expert in different types of training. She does not cater to one specific type of person. She has clients ranging in age from 20s all the way up to their 90s with varying levels of abilities.

* Older adults need to be trained differently than younger adults.

* Exercise can increase your mobility, quality of life, and health.

* Exercise is the fountain of youth

* She talks about how in some cases, you can reverse some effects of aging with exercise — again exercise is the fountain of youth!

* She has a client who, at the age of 72, has gone hiking in the Himalayas.

* What is a standing or treadmill desk?

You are going to live a long time and don’t neglect your health.

Get up and start moving. Don’t sit as much as there is more to life than TV, so go get out and do stuff.

You can learn more about Christine and her light-hearted approach to fitness by contacting her: Cell: 760-575-4277 (Text)

www.lightheartedfitness.com

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