"What's Next? Conversations with Boomers"

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At the heels of such a hot topic, Parental Estrangement, this week we chat about how to improve our communication with our adult children. Our best friend of the pod, Tim Wade, returns to help Barb dissect the intricacies of building a relationship with our children now that they are grown, living and making their own decisions. Mela weighs in on the subject and asks what happens when the communication has broken long before estrangement begun.

Find Tim at https://lionhearted.men/
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This fascinating topic has truly got a grip hold on us that we needed to discuss it further with our favourite co-host, Tim Wade. Tim returns and chats with Barb about taking ownership of our shortcomings, understanding and acknowledging their children, and how a relationship can heal if both parties agree to move forward and take accountability.

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Parental Estrangement within Millennials and Gen Z'ers have become so pervasive that some might call it an epidemic. Our guest this week is a coach and prolific Tiktoker, Crystal Allon, who specializes in Intergenerational Trauma and Addiction. She has documented her work and healing through Tiktok and has gone viral several times over, thus amassing an impressive 120K+ followers. Barb and Crystal discuss her own experience with parental estrangement, and her journey towards healing and repairing her relationship with her Millennial children.

Find Crystal on Tiktok @fiftiesrediscovery and to reach out to her directly you can email her at [email protected]

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Tim Wade returns to chat with Barb on another scenario that boomers face at the heels of retirement--when their adult children stay living at home and experience "failure to launch." They discuss their own children and what they went through while cohabitating with them in their early adulthood, how to establish ground rules when they're not minors anymore, and Mela weighs in on why this is happening--the economy, education, the job market, and the looming hopelessness that contributes to our children's stuntedness to find their own way.

Find Tim Wade at https://lionhearted.men/
Find Mela on Instagram @its.mela.duh

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Our very good friend of the pod, Tim Wade, returns for an in-depth look at what the different ways retirement can look like. Are you single and retired? Are you married and retired? And if so, are both you and your spouse living the life of leisure? Barb and Tim discuss the importance of communication before and after retirement, retirement in harmony vs. discord, and compromise and kindness in your partnerships.

Find Tim at https://lionhearted.men/ to reach him about his coaching services.

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Happy New Year! 2024 is here, and Barb is ringing in the new year with her podcast producer, Mela, to chat about "The Golden Bachelor." After several discussions about the dating life of 60-somethings, we thought it would be apropos to do a deep dive into the new iteration of The Bachelor franchise. It is also a great opportunity to do a cross-over episode for Barb's & Mela's podcast and have the two worlds collide in this fun and entertaining episode. We talk about a random flash mob, the outrageous helicopter date, and why the Golden Bachelor isn't quite as golden as the show made him out to be.

Find Mela's show "ANTI-POP!" here on Apple Podcast, or wherever fine podcasts are downloaded.

Find Mela on Instagram @its.mela.duh.

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Richard Ferguson is back to check in on Barb's progress after downsizing from a townhome to a 600+ sq. ft. condo. They talk about how it has been to purge more than half of her life, getting to know her neighbours while locking herself out, and the convenience of everything that she didn't know she needed.

Find Richard Ferguson at https://itstimetodownsize.ca/ or email him directly at [email protected].

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One of our favourite guest, Denise Torgerson, has returned to share some more wise words about dealing with transitions and changes. The overarching theme of this week's episode is simply "possiblities." Barb and Denise discuss difficult transitions,  not-so difficult transitions, as well beautiful transitions. They also get into Emotional Freedom Technique or EFT and how that is used in Denise's private practice of Life Coaching.

Find Denise Torgerson on Facebook at Clarity Coaching with Denise.

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Welcome to Season 8! In this season opener, Barb chats with our resident dating coach, Tim Wade, to continue their discussion on what it's like to date in your 60s.
They discuss why more of the boomer population are now living single and ready to mingle, the scams of online dating, and the 5 x 5's of dating--how to find your most ideal partner.

Find Tim Wade at https://lionhearted.men/

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Barb gets into 'Intimacy' just a little bit more with our favourite friend of the pod, Tim Wade. They talk about how men see 'Intimacy' vs. how women see 'Intimacy.' They get down to the nitty-gritty, so much so, even G.I. issues were mentioned. Tim broaches the uncomfortable subject of E.D., and how women should handle it if their partner experiences it during their most intimate moment.

Find Tim Wade at https://lionhearted.men/

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