Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share The Joy of Age – An Introduction
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
The Joy of Age – An Introduction
In this opening episode, Patrick introduces himself and the idea for his podcast, The Joy of Age. In it he hopes to inspire an older generation (50+) to explore the challenges and opportunities of ageing well with the mantra ‘’It’s never too late to follow your dreams”, through all topics relating to living the very best life you want at any age.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- What’s so fun about age and getting older? It’s a question I’ve been asking myself recently and it’s why I’m starting this podcast, despite the fact there are hundreds of thousands of podcasts out there, why not me?! It’s like having a good friend in the room with you while you’re going about your daily life. I know a bit about getting older, so I hope to share my experiences with you.
- The elderly and teenagers have a lot in common, we ought to get together more – and I think there’s a very good reason that teenagers tend to get on better with their grandparents than they do with their parents, but that’s for another time. But, as an elder we’re still here having come through a lot in life. We think we’re in control, but we never actually are, all that we can do with life's flow.
- Grey hair and wrinkles, that physical sense of age and time and time taking its toll. We live in a society – in affluent nations – where we have an obsession of looking and needing to be younger and a terror of owning the process of the journey of life. The most beautiful elders that I’ve seen are the ones who have in no way tried to hide their ageing and the passage of time.
- Why not keep on doing what you love into your 80s or 90s? In order to get joy from life you have to, at some point in your life, discover what is yours. I was taken to see A Christmas Carol in the theatre as a 6 year old and my path was determined at that point while I watched this extraordinary world unfold before me. I didn’t know how they were doing it, but I wanted to be in that world.
BEST MOMENTS
‘I want to talk about the great things and the not so great things about getting older as well as challenging the ideas about getting older that we often come across in the media.’
‘Sometimes, those of us who are older have developed some resilience or skill at negotiating life and are able to put things into perspective.’
‘The messages from society are not positive. I was not being told that I can now look forward to an extraordinary period of my life. There’s a sense that when you retire you must sit on the shelf, go and do your hobbies, sit in your lounge and don’t bother people anymore, you’re not a significant or major member of society. There are many many exceptions to this rule.’
‘I want to talk about learning and trying new things. There are a lot of older people who are doing extraordinary things.’
ABOUT THE HOST
Patrick Kealey has been an actor, theatre director, writer and teacher and workshop leader for 0ver 40 years. He runs a professional theatre company based in Hastings UK where he currently lives. Please get in touch with me on the following links below!
CONTACT METHOD
www.theatrenation.org
https://www.instagram.com/pktheatrenation/
View all episodes
By Patrick KealeyIn this opening episode, Patrick introduces himself and the idea for his podcast, The Joy of Age. In it he hopes to inspire an older generation (50+) to explore the challenges and opportunities of ageing well with the mantra ‘’It’s never too late to follow your dreams”, through all topics relating to living the very best life you want at any age.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- What’s so fun about age and getting older? It’s a question I’ve been asking myself recently and it’s why I’m starting this podcast, despite the fact there are hundreds of thousands of podcasts out there, why not me?! It’s like having a good friend in the room with you while you’re going about your daily life. I know a bit about getting older, so I hope to share my experiences with you.
- The elderly and teenagers have a lot in common, we ought to get together more – and I think there’s a very good reason that teenagers tend to get on better with their grandparents than they do with their parents, but that’s for another time. But, as an elder we’re still here having come through a lot in life. We think we’re in control, but we never actually are, all that we can do with life's flow.
- Grey hair and wrinkles, that physical sense of age and time and time taking its toll. We live in a society – in affluent nations – where we have an obsession of looking and needing to be younger and a terror of owning the process of the journey of life. The most beautiful elders that I’ve seen are the ones who have in no way tried to hide their ageing and the passage of time.
- Why not keep on doing what you love into your 80s or 90s? In order to get joy from life you have to, at some point in your life, discover what is yours. I was taken to see A Christmas Carol in the theatre as a 6 year old and my path was determined at that point while I watched this extraordinary world unfold before me. I didn’t know how they were doing it, but I wanted to be in that world.
BEST MOMENTS
‘I want to talk about the great things and the not so great things about getting older as well as challenging the ideas about getting older that we often come across in the media.’
‘Sometimes, those of us who are older have developed some resilience or skill at negotiating life and are able to put things into perspective.’
‘The messages from society are not positive. I was not being told that I can now look forward to an extraordinary period of my life. There’s a sense that when you retire you must sit on the shelf, go and do your hobbies, sit in your lounge and don’t bother people anymore, you’re not a significant or major member of society. There are many many exceptions to this rule.’
‘I want to talk about learning and trying new things. There are a lot of older people who are doing extraordinary things.’
ABOUT THE HOST
Patrick Kealey has been an actor, theatre director, writer and teacher and workshop leader for 0ver 40 years. He runs a professional theatre company based in Hastings UK where he currently lives. Please get in touch with me on the following links below!
CONTACT METHOD
www.theatrenation.org
https://www.instagram.com/pktheatrenation/