The Retirement Wisdom Podcast

It's easy to take for granted how much we count on technology. Can you imagine life in the pandemic without it? But what does the future hold for technology that will make life easier for older adults? Keren Etkin, author of The Age Tech Revolution, previews what's coming and why Age Tech should be part of your planning, especially if aging in place is your goal.

We discuss:

What AgeTech is about

What a Gerontechnologist does - and what led her to that field

The two trends that are colliding and accelerating the development of new technology that will help older adults

The 6 areas where technology can enhance the capabilities of older adults

Myths about older adults and technology

How older adults will use technology in our daily lives 10 years from now

The Longevity Explorers and what we can learn from them

Why retirement is ripe for disruption

How reinvention and re-skilling are alternatives to traditional retirement

The role robots will be playing with older adults in the future

How planning for technology should be on your list if you're planning to age in place

The coolest technology for older adults she’d like to see developed

Keren Etkin joins us from Israel.

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Bio

Keren Etkin is the author of The Age Tech Revolution - a book about the intersection of technology and aging, founder of TheGerontechnologist.com, a media platform that covers the global agetech ecosystem and offers online courses through the AgeTech Academy, and the founder/director of AgeLabIL at Shenkar college in Israel, an interdisciplinary R&D center focusing on agetech.

Named one of the most influential people in aging, Etkin is a sought-after public speaker and advisor for agetech startups, investors in the longevity economy, care providers and organizations who work on innovation in aging.

Previously, Etkin was the first employee at Intuition Robotics, maker of ElliQ, a pioneering social robot designed with and for older adults, and co-founder & VP of Product at Sensi.ai, a startup that developed the first artificial intelligence solution for remote care monitoring.

She holds an M.A. in Gerontology and a B.Sc. in Life Sciences from Ben-Gurion University.

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For More on Keren Etkin

The Age Tech Revolution on Amazon

Website: TheGerontechnologist.com

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Podcast Episodes You May Like

Smarter Tomorrow – Elizabeth Ricker

Are You Ready for The New Long Life? – Andrew Scott

Who Will Take Care of You When You Are Older? – Joy Loverde

Successful Aging – Daniel Levitin

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Mentioned in This Episode

Apple’s iOS 15 Has a Fall-Prevention Feature Everyone Should Use

The Longevity Explorers

Stay Hydrated: There are a number of Water Bottles with sensors on Amazon - here's an example

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Wise Quotes

On Older Adults & Technology

"The facts are that older adults are adopting technology at increasingly growing numbers in the past decade and that this trend of of tech adoption has been around since before Covid. And the pandemic has definitely accelerated it. It accelerated tech adoption and tech usage for everyone, and that is also true for older adults. They bought tech devices they adopted more video chat than ever before, not just to to chat with their children and grandchildren but also also to consume healthcare care services and to use telehealth, and to chat with their friends. And their their book club steadily was online rather than in person.

You leave many things behind when you head off to retirement. But some surprising things tag along, including stress. And there will be new stressors to deal with in your new life. Psychiatrist Dr. Samantha Boardman, author of Everyday Vitality: Turning Stress into Strength, shares her insights from scientific research in positive psychology and her clinical experience, on how you can bolster your vitality and enhance your well-being.

We discuss:

Why she went went back to school to become a positive psychiatrist

How she defines Vitality

How two types of people – Teflon and Velcro -  react to stress

Emodiversity

Why old dogs can indeed learn new tricks

How you can create Uplifts in your day

The stories we tell ourselves - and the power of a new narrative

The benefits of expanding your horizons

How discomfort gives us valuable data

Why you should want some “desirable difficulty” in your life

Steps to have more Everyday Vitality

Dr. Boardman joins us from New York.

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Bio

Dr. Samantha Boardman is Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry and Attending Psychiatrist at Weill Cornell Medical College. She is also the founder of PositivePrescription.com, a website that combines her training from medical school and psychiatry with her work and training in the field of positive psychology. Her weekly newsletter, the popular Weekly Dose, shares actionable, productive and digestible advice with her devoted readers.  Samantha received her B.A. from Harvard University, an M.A. in Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Medical Degree from Cornell University Medical College where she was awarded the Oskar Diethelm Prize for Excellence in Psychiatry. Dr. Boardman has published papers in journals including Translational Neuroscience, The American Journal of Psychiatry and The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

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For More on Dr. Samantha Boardman

Everyday Vitality: Turning Stress into Strength 

Website

Newsletter: The Weekly Dose

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Podcast Episodes You May Like

The Mind-Body Connection and The Rabbit Effect – Kelli Harding

Chatter & Your Inner Voice – Ethan Kross

Retire Happy – Dr. Catherine Sanderson

How to Live a Values Based Life – Harry Kraemer

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Wise Quotes

On Becoming

"We get so stuck in this idea of who we are and the story we tell about ourselves. I am a morning person. I don't watch football. I can't stand this. And often, it's really preferences people have or habits about who they are. I think it's Dan Ariely, who spoke about how we're all sort of in the process of becoming. We can all look back and see how much we've changed, but we have such a hard time imagining how much we will change moving forward. And we're all in the process of becoming - no matter what age we are."

On Noticing

"Her advice was always look for three things every day that are different about your partner. Notice how different they look in that shirt. Notice the way that they are maybe doing something different. Notice when they tell you something. Maybe it's something they've never told you before. Prime yourself to be noticing nuance. This is the essence of mindfulness. It's not meditating. It's just noticing what's different - and what's new. For instance, if you ask people who are playing in an orchestra and they play the same thing every night, play it just a little bit differently. Not that anyone else would notice, but just for you so that there's more nuance in it."

On Values, Actions,

What are your goals and plans for this year - and beyond? Each year offers fresh opportunities for new pursuits, new goals and often big transitions. The fun part is the goal-setting, envisioning your future and how things can unfold. But how do you begin? How do you start to move forward on your big goals in a way that works, especially when you're pursuing something meaningful that really matters to you? My guest, Michael Bungay Stanier has answers in his new book How to Begin: Start Doing Something That Matters.

His full bio is below, but you should know that Michael Bungay Stanier has been named named #1 Thought Leader in Coaching. I've learned a ton from following his work over the past 12 years - and you'll come away with useful takeaways from this conversation and his book.

We discuss:

What makes something a Worthy Goal

What gets in the way of people starting to do things that matter

How to craft and thoughtfully sharpen Worthy Goals

What we can get wrong about resistance

Action verbs that resonate with him now

The value of doing hard things

His involvement in Malaria No More

Lessons he's learned about transitioning well

The key benefits of How To Begin: Start Doing Something That Matters

Michael Bungay Stanier joins us from Toronto.

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Bio

Michael Bungay Stanier helps people be a force for change. His latest book is How to Begin: Start Doing Something That Matters. He’s best known for his book The Coaching Habit which has sold close to a million copies and has thousands of 5-star reviews online, and The Advice Trap focuses on what it takes to tame your Advice Monster.

He founded Box of Crayons, a learning and development company that helps organizations move from advice-driven to curiosity-led. They’ve trained hundreds of thousands of managers to be more coach-like and their clients range from Microsoft to Gucci.

He left Australia about 30 years ago to be a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University … where his only significant achievement was falling in love with a Canadian …which is why he now lives in Toronto, having spent time in London and Boston.

Balancing out these moments of success, he was banned from his high school graduation for “the balloon incident” … was sued by one of his Law School professors for defamation … and his first published piece of writing was a Harlequin Romance-esque story involving a misdelivered letter … and called The Male Delivery.

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For More on Michael Bungay Stanier

How to Begin: Start Doing Something That Matters (Amazon)

Website: mbs.works

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Mentioned in this episode:

Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life by Richard Rohr

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Podcast Episodes You May Like

Tiny Habits Can Lead to Big Changes – BJ Fogg

Smarter Tomorrow – Elizabeth Ricker

Learning is a Lifetime Sport – Tom Vanderbilt

The Power of Fun – Catherine Price

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Wise Quotes

On Worthy Goals

"This is such a crossroad, isn't it? What David Brooks would call: are you ready to climb the second mountain? Because you've climbed the first mountain of your career and you've had success and you've got status and you're now resourced and experienced, and you've got, as they call it Nordic highlights. You've done great. You got all of that. and you are 50 or 55 or 60 or 65. And you're thinking to yourself, I've got 20 good years left. At least I don't want to play golf the whole time. What am I going to do? And so this book is written because I'm 50 something, 53 or something.

Planning for retirement is complex and challenging. My guest today, Rodney Brooks, shares his insights on retirement and we discuss his new book Fixing the Racial Wealth Gap: Racism & Discrimination Put Us Here, But This is How We Save Future Generations on the challenges African Americans face in retirement planning.

We discuss:

How he first become interested in writing about personal finance and retirement

After writing about retirement, how his life in "retirement" is going

What likely surprises people should be prepared for in retirement

The benefits of working longer

What regrets people have shared with him about their retirements

His new book Fixing the Racial Wealth Gap: Racism & Discrimination Put Us Here, But This is How We Save Future Generations

The size and scope of the wealth gap and the health gap

The unique challenges African Americans face in planning for retirement – and Black women in particular

His views on the most important things people need to do to plan for a successful retirement

How people can learn more

Rodney Brooks joins us from Maryland.

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Bio

Rodney Brooks is a veteran journalist, writer and author specializing in  retirement planning and other personal finance issues.  He’s written for many national publications, including USA TODAY and The Washington Post, His columns currently run in U.S. News & World Report and AARP’s Senior Planet. Brooks is a contributor for National Geographic, Next Avenue, and many others. He has also written about professional athletes and their finances for the Undefeated, an ESPN website.

He is author of the book Fixing the Racial Wealth Gap:what has put us here, but how we can save future generations.

He is co-author of Retirement Planning Essentials: A Guide to Living Well Without Running out of Money. He is also the author of Is One Million Dollars Enough: A Guide to Planning for and Living Through a Successful Retirement..

Prior to retiring in 2015 after 30 years, Brooks was Deputy Managing Editor for Personal Finance and retirement columnist for USA TODAY, where he coordinated all personal finance on all platforms for USA TODAY.

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For More on Rodney Brooks

Fixing the Racial Wealth Gap:what has put us here, but how we can save future generations.

Website: rodneyabrooks.com

Cornell Alumni profile

Follow on Twitter @Perfiguy

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Wise Quotes

On Retirement Today

"I don't really consider myself retired because retirement has changed and retired people people do many things in retirement. They don't sit home or watch westerns on TV like our daddies did. People keep busy and that's hard for a lot of people. My son-in-law asked: So, when are you really gonna retire?  I said I don't really anticipate it because what would I do."

"People aren't really prepared for figuring out what to do, if they don't have things planned out yet. I had a friend,  a good friend, who called me up and said Rodney, there's nothing to do! Well, think about that before you retire. I always tell people make sure you have a plan for how you're going to spend your time. If you're not going to work, have a plan to do something. Volunteer. You'll get real tired if you play golf every day or do all those home projects you thought you would get to [one day]. You'll run through those, but get bored really quickly."

On the Health Gap

"African Americans suffer disproportionately from 8 of the top 13 leading causes of death in the United States,  for a bunch of reasons. Black Americans have higher rates of heart disease, hypertension, and diabetes,

Retirement planning entails a series of important decisions, including lifestyle decisions with long-lasting consequences. My guest today, economist Larry Kotlikoff, discusses his new book, Money Magic: An Economist's Secrets to More Money,Less Risk, and a Better Life, and how to make smarter lifestyle decisions by understanding the true price tags for each of them.

See below for Larry Kotlikoff's full bio and links to learn more.

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Retirement Wisdom is partnering with One Day University to bring you a FREE live-streamed talk with renowned Amherst Professor Catherine Sanderson, on January 18th, at 7 pm ET | 6pm CT | 4 pm PT.

Professor Sanderson will present a live-streamed, one-hour version of her most popular course, Positive Psychology: The Science of Happiness, including time for Q&A in real-time.

If you can’t tune in live, everyone who RSVPs will receive a link to watch the class anytime they want. To RSVP today for this free class, just visit: www.onedayu.com/retirementwisdom

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Bio

Laurence J. Kotlikoff is a William Fairfield Warren Professor at Boston University, a Professor of Economics at Boston University, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Fellow of the Econometric Society, a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, President of Economic Security Planning, Inc., a company specializing in financial planning software, a Research Associate of the Gaidar Institute, and a Research Fellow of the Goodman Institute.Kotlikoff is also a New York Times Best Selling author. The Economist Magazine ranked Kotlikoff one of the world’s 25 most influential economists. His website is

Professor Kotlikoff received his B.A. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1973 and his Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University in 1977. From 1977 through 1983, Kotlikoff served on the faculties of economics of the University of California, Los Angeles and Yale University. In 1981-82 Professor Kotlikoff was a Senior Economist with the President’s Council of Economic Advisers. Professor Kotlikoff’s writings and research address personal finance, inequality, taxation, Social Security, climate change, investing, healthcare, deficits, and insurance.

Professor Kotlikoff is author or co-author of 20 books, hundreds of professional journal articles, and a multitude of op eds and blogs. His most recent books are Money Magic: An Economist's Secrets to More Money,Less Risk and a Better Life, You’re Hired, Get What’s Yours – the Revised Secrets to Maxing Out Your Social Security (a NY Times Best Seller co-authored with Philip Moeller and Paul Solman), The Clash of Generations (co-authored with Scott Burns), The Economic Consequences of the Vickers Commission, Jimmy Stewart Is Dead, Spend ‘Til the End, (co-authored with Scott Burns), Generational Policy (MIT Press), The Healthcare Fix, and The Coming Generational Storm (co-authored with Scott Burns). Kotlikoff’s columns have appeared in The NY Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Hill, The Financial Times, The Times of London, Forbes, CBNC, Bloomberg, PBS NewsHour, The Dallas News, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, the Seattle Times, Vox, Fortune, Seeking Alpha, Yahoo.com, VoxEU, Huffington Post, and other leading media.

Kotlikoff has served as a consultant to the Federal Reserve, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the Harvard Institute for International Development, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the Swedish Ministry of Finance, the Norwegian Ministry of Finance, the Bank of Italy, the Bank of Japan, the Bank of England, the Government of Russia, the Government of Ukraine, the Government of Bolivia, the Government of Bulgaria, the Treasury of New Zealand, the Office of Management and Budget, the U.S.

So, the noise is dying down on New Year's resolutions. That's good because studies show most New Year's resolutions fail.

But you still have the balance of your new year still ahead of you.

How can you make it a great one?

There are better approaches than New Year's resolutions.

Listen in on conversations with our expert guests for practical ideas you can use to build new habits, better align how you spend your time with your core values, exercise more, eat right, track your progress against your goals, be happier, have more fun - and be more kind to others.

Scroll down to the links to the full podcast conversations on the ones that resonate most with you.

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Free Learning Event - Exclusively for Listeners of The Retirement Wisdom Podcast

Retirement Wisdom is partnering with One Day University to bring you a FREE live-streamed talk with renowned Amherst Professor Catherine Sanderson, who will present a live-streamed, one-hour version of her most popular course, Positive Psychology: The Science of Happiness, including time to ask her questions, in real-time.

 January 18th, at 7 pm Eastern

To RSVP for this free class, just visit: www.onedayu.com/retirementwisdom

If you can’t tune in live, everyone who RSVPs will receive a link to watch the class anytime they want.

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Build New Habits:

Tiny Habits Can Lead to Big Changes – BJ Fogg

Live Your Values:

How to Live a Values Based Life – Harry Kraemer

Get Your Exercise in Different Ways:

The Joy of Movement – Kelly McGonigal

Eat Right:

Take Charge of Your Well-Being – John La Puma, MD

Track Your Goals:

Smarter Tomorrow – Elizabeth Ricker

Be Happier:

Retire Happy – Dr. Catherine Sanderson

Have More Fun:

The Power of Fun – Catherine Price

Be Kind:

The Mind-Body Connection and The Rabbit Effect – Kelli Harding

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Stay tuned for Season 5 starting next week.

In the meantime, you can browse all 4 seasons here

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About Retirement Wisdom

Retirement's about a lot more than money. You have to decide how to invest your time.

As a coach, I help people design their new life after they graduate from the world of full-time work.

Schedule a free call to discuss how I can help you.

 

We had the pleasure of talking with many interesting people on our retirement podcast this year.

Here are the episodes of our that generated the most positive feedback from listeners:

Why Retirement is About Much More Than Money – Ted Kaufman & Bruce Hiland

The Future You – Brian David Johnson

When Will You Flip the Switch? – Dr. Barbara O’Neill

A Tapas Life – Andy Robin

Believe In Yourself & Try Something New – Carol Cooke

The Retirement Roundtable

You can browse all 4 seasons of our podcast here

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Upcoming Events:

One Day University www.onedayu.com/retirementwisdom

Exclusively for listeners of The Retirement Wisdom Podcast, Professor Catherine Sanderson of Amherst College will present a live-streamed, one-hour version of her most popular course, Positive Psychology: The Science of Happiness, including time to ask her questions, in real-time.

This course will take place on January 18th, at 7 pm Eastern

If you can’t tune in live, everyone who RSVPs will receive a link to watch the class anytime they want.

To RSVP for this free class, just visit:

www.onedayu.com/retirementwisdom

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Explore retirementwisdom.com

There are seasons in our lives. Being aware of what life stage we're in - which one we may be approaching - can be useful. Eyal Danon has a model of five distinct life stages, each with a specific theme or focus. Moving from one life stage entails a transition to navigate. For example, moving from being a Builder to Mentoring.

We discuss:

How his life stages model works

What it's based on

What life stage he's in - and how it's shifted his priorities

The drivers and rewards of the Mentor life stage

The challenges people often face in transitioning from the Builder stage to the Mentor stage

The Giver stage and what it takes to transition into it

Who people in the Giver stage need to reconnect with – and connect to

His response to people who don't believe they fit into a life stages model

What people considering early retirement should keep in mind

His advice on how to best navigate life transitions

Eyal Danon joins us from New Jersey.

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Free Learning Event with One Day University

Retirement Wisdom is partnering with One Day University to bring you a FREE live-streamed talk with renowned Amherst Professor Catherine Sanderson. Professor Sanderson will present a live-streamed, one-hour version of her most popular course, Positive Psychology: The Science of Happiness, including time to ask her questions, in real-time on January 18th, at 7 pm Eastern

If you can’t tune in live, everyone who RSVPs will receive a link to watch the class anytime they want.

To RSVP for this free class, just visit:

www.onedayu.com/retirementwisdom

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Bio

Eyal Danon is the author of The Principle of 18: Getting the Most Out of Every Stage of Your Life, his third book.

As founder and President of Ignite Advisory Group, Eyal Danon is responsible for the company’s unique and effective approach to Customer Advisory Councils, with hands-on experience in developing and managing highly influential and strategic Customer Advisory Boards for many leading organizations, including Dell, HP Enterprise, Intel, Amazon Web Services, Xerox, Adobe, Aetna, Symantec, Verizon and Reuters.

A former Chief Marketing Officer for privately held and publicly traded software companies, Eyal has worked with innovative companies that experienced dramatic growth amid changing business environments. During his tenure with NICE Systems, he helped generate an incremental $1.3B of shareholder value in 5 years. A recognized expert on customer advocacy and customer experience, Eyal has appeared on CNN Headline News, NBC, ABC, Forbes, Fortune, BBC News, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle and BusinessWeek. Earlier in his career, Eyal worked as a leadership and management expert for InterContinental Hotels & Resorts in Europe, where he honed his group facilitation skills in a fast-paced and dynamic global environment.

Eyal received a Bachelor of Science in Hospitality Management, with high honors, from Florida International University in Miami, Florida, as well as a Masters in Business Administration from Boston University, and is a graduate of Columbia University’s Business School Executive Leadership Program.

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For More on Eyal Danon

Pre-order The Principle of 18: Getting the Most Out of Every Stage of Your Life

Company Website 

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Podcast Episodes You May Like

Are You Ready for The New Long Life? – Andrew Scott

The Skill Set for Life’s Transitions – Bruce Feiler

We had the pleasure of talking with many interesting people on our retirement podcast this year.

Here are the episodes of our that generated the most positive feedback from listeners:

Why Retirement is About Much More Than Money – Ted Kaufman & Bruce Hiland

The Future You – Brian David Johnson

When Will You Flip the Switch? – Dr. Barbara O’Neill

A Tapas Life – Andy Robin

Believe In Yourself & Try Something New – Carol Cooke

The Retirement Roundtable

You can browse all 4 seasons of our podcast here

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Upcoming Events:

One Day University www.onedayu.com/retirementwisdom

Exclusively for listeners of The Retirement Wisdom Podcast, Professor Catherine Sanderson of Amherst College will present a live-streamed, one-hour version of her most popular course, Positive Psychology: The Science of Happiness, including time to ask her questions, in real-time.

This course will take place on January 18th, at 7 pm Eastern

If you can’t tune in live, everyone who RSVPs will receive a link to watch the class anytime they want.

To RSVP for this free class, just visit:

www.onedayu.com/retirementwisdom

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Our Designing Your New Life in Retirement group program starts on January 20th.

5 virtual sessions.

Early Bird pricing ends on 12/31/21. Space is limited.

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If you're an astronaut, what can you do for an encore? Nicole Stott, author of Back to Earth: What Life In Space Taught Me About Our Home Planet – And Our Mission To Protect It, found her new mission. And it's instructive for all Earthlings, not just astronauts. If you're contemplating a second act or an encore career, the story of how she's redirected her skills and talents will inspire you. And it may change how you think about how each of us can make a difference in the lives of others.

We discuss:

The story of how she became an astronaut

What 104 days in space taught her about our planet

What it was like to create a painting in space - and how it led to what she's doing today

Her decision to retire from NASA - and her thought process

When she first knew that she had found her next mission

The work she's doing with The Space for Art Foundation

What needs to be done to address climate change

People who inspire her

What we can all do as individuals to make a difference

The key message of her book Back to Earth

Nicole Stott joins us from Florida.

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Take Charge of Your Future.

Learn More about the Designing Your New Life in Retirement program here

Starts January 20th 

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Bio

Nicole is an astronaut, aquanaut, artist, and mom - and now author of her first book Back to Earth: What Life In Space Taught Me About Our Home Planet – And Our Mission To Protect It. She creatively combines the awe and wonder of her spaceflight experience with her artwork to inspire everyone’s appreciation of our role as crew mates here on Spaceship Earth.

Nicole is a veteran NASA Astronaut with two spaceflights and 104 days living and working in space as a crew member on both the International Space Station and the Space Shuttle. Personal highlights of her time in space were performing a spacewalk (10th woman to do so), flying the robotic arm to capture the first HTV, working with her international crew in support of the multi-disciplinary science onboard the orbiting laboratory, painting a watercolor (now on display at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum), and of course the life-changing view of our home planet out the window.

Nicole is also a NASA Aquanaut. In preparation for spaceflight, she was a crew member on an 18-day saturation dive mission at the Aquarius undersea laboratory.

Nicole believes that the international model of peaceful and successful cooperation we have experienced in the extreme environments of space and sea holds the key to the same kind of peaceful and successful cooperation for all of humanity here on Earth.

On her post-NASA mission, she is a co-founder of the Space for Art Foundation — uniting a planetary community of children through the awe and wonder of space exploration and the healing power of art.

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For More on Nicole Stott

Back to Earth: What Life in Space Taught Me About Our Home Planet―And Our Mission to Protect It

Space for Art Foundation

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Wise Quotes

On Her Decision to Retire

"Well, it was difficult. I think in my heart I knew I was ready to move on and do something different. I was really feeling more and more attracted to sharing the experience and communicating that to as many people as I could and finding my way to do that. And I knew that I really wouldn't be able to do that while still with NASA. But it was difficult for so many reasons. Number 1, I was in line to fly in space again. I probably would have flown in space again had I not retired. And to take yourself out of that is a difficult thing to do. But I asked myself honestly: Okay, do I need to fly in space again? And the answer was...No.