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That Was Then, This Is Now: Design Your Own Next Chapter

2025 is the 6th Season of The Boomer Woman’s Podcast.

Each episode is a conversation between me – I’m Agnes Knowles, your host – and a guest who talks to a subject that relates to Boomer Women.  The guests can be any age, any gender, as long as their message is positive, informative, pertinent to our demographic.

When we were young many of us fell into step with societal or parental expectations and put our own dreams on the back burner. Now, this is our time.

This page is the Home of the podcast, but we can be found on most podcast platforms – check out the links below. And, of course, Share any episode that talks to you.

Scroll down now to meet this year’s guests, or click the appropriate link at the bottom of the page to meet any of the guests of the previous three years.

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Meet the guests of 2025!

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Beyond Intuition: 5D Frequency with Mariana Cooper

Guest: 10 July 2025

Mariana Cooper (Mari) is an internationally acclaimed intuitive life strategist, third generation intuitive and host of the Aha! Moments Radio Show.

In this episode, Mari explains:

  • Third generation intuitive
  • Aha Moments
  • 3D and 5D Frequency
  • The Energetic Communication system that we are all born with
  • Man-made constructs: shame, blame, guilt, fear, anxiety
  • “Clear, connect, communicate, create”

Mari has an interesting description of how younger generations are choosing their own paths, not following social expectations like we did.

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Model and Carpenter Creates Her Own Next Chapter with Maxx McGee

Guest: 03 July 2025

Brenda Cumby McGee – aka Maxx McGee – is that fabulous dichotomy of fashion model and union carpenter. She was also a trail-blazer for women in the trades.

Today, Maxx explains:

  • How those two parallel careers originated
  • Her covid success story
  • How things have changed for women in the trades in the last 30 years
  • Women in a traditionally male environment “sisters in the brotherhood”
  • “The Pant”
  • The process of getting a clothing concept from idea to market
  • And, of course: Ageism!

I really appreciate Maxx’s advice for us Boomer Women if dealing with a granddaughter who prefers tools and trades over more traditional “girl” careers.

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Overcome Challenges Like a Warrior with Zulma Williams

Guest: 26 June 2025

Zulma Williams has had her share of challenges, and sometimes struggled to overcome them. But she is a warrior, and she made it her mission to inspire people to discover and honor the warrior inside themselves.

“The swearing therapist” has such energy! The past proves it was enough to get her over her own hurdles and I’m sure it becomes contagious with her clients.

In this episode she discusses:

  • Her country of origin, Argentina
  • Why she deals specializes in anxiety, depression, and trauma
  • Why women MUST put themselves first
  • The therapy technique called ART – Accelerated Resolution Therapy
  • Clients who are resistant to healing
  • The parameters of client confidentiality

Zulma’s enthusiasm will make you believe you can get through whatever you’re going through. I always ask the “personal question” – I’ll sum up her answer: “It’s never too late!”

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Passions and Purpose Prevent Old Age with Joe Owens

Guest: 19 June 2025

Joe Owens is a story-teller… and an author. He’s released fiction and non-fiction, graphic novels and kids’ books. He’s also written a book for Boomers called “Feeling Groovy: A Boomer Guide to Ageless Aging”.

We talk about the book but also many other things:

  • Supra Ventricular Tachycardia
  • His interesting career
  • Staying young-ish
  • Technology & AI
  • How acting old invites age-ism
  • Internalized age-ism
  • We get on a tangent about history and critical thinking

Joe and I both agree that one secret to “living forever” is embracing Passion, People, and Purpose.

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Crushing the Cancer Curveball with Joelle Kaufman

Guest: 12 June 2025

Joelle Kaufman says “My passion is supporting cancer patients in finding their voice, taking control of their journey, and reducing the chaos and terror. As my family says, we’ve seen the movie. We know how to write a better ending.”

In this episode, Joelle explains:

  • Her mother, her sister, then her story
  • Cancer as a class of diseases
  • To celebrate life’s events… and non-events
  • Questions, Reactions and minding the joy
  • “Happiness Tripwires”
  • What to do for a friend who has cancer, or to ask of your friends if you get the diagnosis

Joelle is an amazing voice of strength and calm… it may not always have been so but that voice will help you navigate your journey should you get “the diagnosis”.

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Not Done By A Long Shot! with Jannette Anderson

Guest: 05 June 2025

Jannette Anderson, like many of the women she works with, is #NotDoneByALongShot! She is passionate about working with maturepreneurs to identify, claim and position their value so  they can make a meaningful difference AND a magnificent living!

Today she explains:

  • Why she’s so passionate about Maturepreneurs?… especially womanpreneurs
  • Why this group is growing so fast
  • The biggest challenges Maturepreneurs face
  • What a woman should do and who she needs to BE to get results
  • Her advice for getting started
  • Being poly-home-erous

Jannette has a lot of statistics on the tip of her tongue… and every one of them will encourage you!

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Learn Smart Phone Tech with Anne Goldberg

Guest: 29 May 2025

Anne Goldberg was looking for direction after 2009 happened. Then, in less than two weeks, six different seniors called and said the same thing: “I hear you teach the computer. Can you help me?”  But… Anne had never told anyone she taught computers, despite the fact that she was always helping my friends with their tech. Eleven years later, she is known for her outstanding teaching skills and patience working with older people.

Today, Anne explains:

  • The transition from executive recruiter to smart phone use expert
  • Android, IOS, and flip phones
  • The most common phone frustrations of the over-60 crowd
  • Security, safety, and updates
  • Messaging apps
  • Hearing and touch needs
  • Alexa and Siri

I hope you enjoy Anne’s explanation about what a modem is as much as I did.

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The Value of Couples' Therapy with Bruce Chalmer

Guest: 22 May 2025

Dr. Bruce Chalmer is a psychologist in Vermont who has been working with couples for over thirty years. Through his teaching, consulting, writing, podcast, and videos about relationships, his ideas have helped thousands of couples and their therapists.

Today, he discusses

  1. Why he chose Couples’ therapy?
  2. At what stage clients come to him
  3. Why grey divorce is a “thing”
  4. Stability and intimacy
  5. Mid-life crises… male and female
  6. Stability and intimacy
  7. The Oh Shit! Moments
  8. Ideas, ideologies, faith

Bruce is so good at explaining the inside conversations while looking at the issues from a 10,000 ft. view.

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Working Sustainably With Nature with Matthieu Mehuys

Guest: 15 May 2025

Matthieu Mehuys is a Belgian landscape architect on a mission to make the world a greener, healthier place. He has traveled the globe looking at and for solutions and is keen to share his knowledge with the world.

In this episode he explains:

  • How growing up on a family farm in Belgium started his journey
  • The role of developers in sustainability
  • How the planet is going to survive and restore itself with or without us
  • The benefits of individual gardens and large farms
  • “Invasive species”
  • How we Boomers are so important to this mission

Matthieu also explains how his Masterclass is a Train The Trainer kind of offering that we may well want to consider.

He is also the award winning author of “12 Universal Laws Of Nature: How To Use Your Land To Its Full Potential”.

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Let's Talk Urinary Tract Infections with Laura Helgeson

Guest: 08 May 2025

Laura Helgeson is the founder of Let’s Talk UTI, the only US-based patient advocacy organization dedicated to shining a light on the issues around urinary tract infections. The organization provides essential insights, advocates for research initiatives, and promotes education to create meaningful change in UTI care.

In this episode, Laura discusses:

  • what a UTI is and what causes it
  • If there is any correlation between the early childhood infections and lifelong chronic infections
  • Testing choices – then and now
  • The location of the urethra can make it a taboo subject
  • A decline in circulating estrogen causes changes that can increase the risk of UTIs.
  • UTIs in elders

Laura has several resources on her website that would be invaluable for anyone suffering from a UTI: how to prepare for a visit to the doctor and advanced testing methods that you could discuss with your doctor.

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Widowhood and Invisible Losses with Lynn Banis

Guest: 01 May 2025

Lynn Banis knows grief: “It isn’t just sadness; it’s disorienting. You wake up each day feeling like you’re walking through fog, unsure if you’ll ever find your way out.” This grief counsellor finally took herself in hand and applied her knowledge and skills to herself.

In this episode, Lynn discusses:

  • Her story of loss and the power of family
  • We all have different paths to healing BUT don’t get stuck
  • How much of life is ritual and habit
  • Things you can do now to prepare to lessen the blow, the loneliness
  • How world events have the potential to compound the grieving and any feelings of hopelessness
  • How to support someone else in the time of grief

Lynn also explains the value of a good counsellor to help you through your grief.  You’ll want to hear about her checklists and other resources to help you prepare for an impending loss.

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Business Succession Planning with Georgi Feidler

Guest: 24 April 2025

Georgi Feidler helps Baby Boomers in business navigate succession planning. Her passion is ensuring that business legacies continue successfully by equipping owners (and long-term employees) with the right strategies to transition leadership smoothly and intentionally.

Today she discusses:

  • Why succession planning isn’t part of business education
  • Why it’s important
  • Maturepreneurs know it’s a shorter time from start to finish
  • The pros and cons of “experiential knowledge”
  • What to start doing now to make your business saleable… or inheritable.
  • Using AI to create succession notes
  • Big businesses and “moms & pops”
  • Brick and mortar & online businesses

If you’re a Boomer business owner – or long-term employee – in these challenging times, you’ll appreciate Georgi’s tips and explanations.

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Financial Therapy and Retirement Planning with John Hankins

Guest: 17 April 2025

John Hankins is a licensed social worker, certified financial therapist, and certified financial social worker. Once he discovered the developing field of financial therapy and after a bit of exploration, he decided to reinvent himself as a financial therapist.

Today he explains:

  • What financial therapy is
  • Our generation was taught to not discuss money, the repercussions of that
  • Who becomes a financial therapist
  • Is there a common “money story” amongst Boomers
  • Couples where the “money story” is different and how that might affect retirement planning?
  • After 40 years of marriage, effective communication about money and retirement
  • Single people and retirement planning
  • Self sabotage
  • Suddenly being out of a job before being ready or prepared

Before we wrap, John explains what was it like to reinvent himself at age 71. “Retirement” apparently wasn’t in his crosshairs!

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Retirement Planning for Canadians with Joseph Curry

Guest: 10 April 2025

Joe Curry is a Certified Financial Planner and the founder of Retirement Planning Simplified. He is also the host of the Your Retirement Planning Simplified podcast, where he helps Canadians navigate the complexities of retirement with a focus on clarity, simplicity, and purpose-driven planning.

Today he explains:

  • Company stocks and pensions as sole retirement funds
  • CPP and OAS, the GIS, RRSPs, TFSAs, RIFs and LIFs
  • common retirement planning mistakes
  • eliminating or reducing any threats to retirement
  • the Retirement Navigator: goals… but values first
  • transitioning from saving to spending
  • the non-financial aspects of retirement

Such great information and then Joe says all the right things about feeling comfortable with your retirement/financial planner.

 

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Retirement Planning for U.S. Govt Employees with Mel Stubbs

Guest: 03 April 2025

Mel Stubbs is a financial planner with over a decade of experience, specializes in helping federal employees plan for retirement. A key focus of Mel’s work is aiding clients and viewers in assessing potential future tax challenges and devising proactive strategies to fix those problems.

Today he explains:

  • His advice for an American listener who is concerned about their job security
  • 10 decisions you have to make at retirement
  • Social Security, 401k’s, ROTHs, TSPs
  • How to manage and reduce the tax hit on retirement savings
  • Well-known routes and lesser-known routes to preserving retirement savings
  • Long-term planning for older married employees
  • Capital gains
  • Advice for and about your kids

Mel is so well-versed about this subject that I was running out of questions to ask him. A lot of food for thought even if you aren’t an American federal employee.

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Ethics and Assisted Reproductive Technology with Peter J. Boni

Guest: 27 March 2025

Peter J Boni was the “successful outcome” of assisted reproduction more than 7 decades ago but didn’t know that until mid-life. The science and the ethics involved in Assisted Reproductive Technology have been his focus ever since.

Today he explains:

  • The process at that time compared to now
  • The concerns about siblings not knowing they’re siblings
  • Genealogical bewilderment… health history
  • Donor conceived bill of rights
  • “DNA Surprise” and “Identity Trauma”
  • The U. S. Donor-Conceived Council

Peter shares really honest and candid personal truths in today’s conversation.

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Boomer Women and Mentorship with Deborah Heiser

Guest: 20 March 2025

Dr. Deborah Heiser is the CEO/Founder of The Mentor Project and author of The Mentorship Edge. She is a TEDx speaker and expert contributor to Psychology Today. Our conversation today is about mentorship.  Deborah explains:

  • why mentorship is so powerful for Boomer women
  • Ageism and the emotional trajectory
  • What makes a good mentor
  • A paid gig vs volunteer
  • Grandparents as mentors
  • wisdom meets innovation
  • non-profits and philanthropy

I was quite surprised at how clearly defined the role of mentor actually was.  So much great food for thought today!

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Passion Project to Purpose with Anne Alexander-Sieder

Guest: 13 March 2025

As a young woman in the U.S., Anne Alexander-Sieder was an actress. That ended when she followed a handsome young German fellow back to Germany as his wife. Sixteen years later she made the huge decision to go back to acting… in a second language… in a foreign country… at 47. Yikes!

Today she shares:

  • What prompted that decision
  • The community she found
  • How too many women are defined by their “roles”
  • “Our curiosities are the key to unlocking our purpose on this planet”
  • Reframing nervousness and fear as excitement
  • The concept of curating experts
  • Small intentional steps

Anne’s rekindled career in acting has included Netflix and Hallmark movies and has led to her program “Passion Project to Purpose”.

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Navigating Life’s Transitions Through Art Journaling with Susan Hensley

Guest: 06 March 2025

Susan Hensley helps with transitions and she brings a unique angle… using art journaling as a tool to navigate life’s changes, rediscover joy, and silence that inner critic. To say this time of life is a time of change might be an understatement. Perhaps you’ve made the leap from 9-5, perhaps you’re considering it, perhaps you’re planning your next adventure. 

Today Susan explains

  • Art journalling and the Zen of art journalling
  • Processing emotions
  • Making sense of life’s chaos
  • Silencing the inner critic
  • Working with duality using colour

Finally, Susan has traveled to 90+ countries! That part of our conversation is pretty cool!

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10 Little Rules for Adventures and Life with Teri M Brown

Guest: 27 February 2025

Teri M Brown has written 5 self-help books, a number of historical stories…  but this last one… about double butts – two mid-age people on a tandem bike cycling across the US, well, the title made me chuckle but the story caught my attention.

For Teri, it was an epic adventure.  Today she shares:

  • Why, and how, an epic adventure came to pass
  • Never quit on a bad day
  • You get a lot of junk out through tears
  • Becomes an author
  • The research that goes into writing a novel set in another place and time
  • Her writing process

Teri has great thoughts for us all when I ask what she wants you, dear listener, to think about.  She is a true inspiration.

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Counter-Feminism (not Anti-Feminism) with Jack Kammer

Guest: 20 February 2025

Jack Kammer is an advocate for men’s social issues and sexism against men. He says “Important social advances around gender equality remain to be realized by understanding sexism against men and boys.”

Today, he explains:

  • How men tend to see their role in the family
  • The training for men 60 years ago: “don’t show emotion”, “man up”.
  • His idea for a dating app.
  • Making men’s issues more prominent
  • The Maryland General Assembly and the Wimp Bill

Jack also discusses the possible update and republish of his book “Good Will Toward Men: Women Talk Candidly About the Balance of Power Between the Sexes”.

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Blending Creativity and History to Honor Our Past with Mica Anders

Guest: 13 February 2025

Mica Anders is a genealogist with very impressive credentials. She’s worked with clients and organizations in the U.S., Canada, Jamaica, and the UK, bringing underrepresented stories to light. Today she shares information and stories!

  • Tracing European heritage and African/American heritage
  • Digitized records vs “doing the legwork”
  • Finding surprises, skeletons and legends
  • Adoption and sperm donation
  • Two types of client searches
  • Searching the backgrounds of communities

Mica also gives us a few tips on getting started including the fine art of… are you ready?… Facebook “stalking”.

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Sex and Gender and Transition with Amethysta Herrick

Guest: 06 February 2025

Amethysta Herrick is… or has been…  a geneticist, a chemist, a software engineer, and a manager. She is also a transgender woman. If that sounds a little outside your comfort zone, in these times it’s all the more reason to listen in.

Ami was candid and open so our conversation went long – it’s divided into two parts on her page.

In this episode, Ami discusses

  • gender & identity; sex vs gender (things get sciencey!)
  • non-binary, pansexual, asexual, intersexual
  • dysphoria as pathology
  • the two aspects of transition
  • the truth behind puberty blockers and young people
  • advice for Grammas,     and lots more.

Facts! and Science! are not the norm it seems these days so if you need to listen twice like I did, do it.

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Reclaim Your Rights, Hold Employers Accountable with Taylor Crabill

Guest: 30 January 2025

Taylor Crabill has had the privilege of representing clients against some of the largest and most formidable companies in the world. These experiences have not only honed his expertise in employment law but has also reinforced his dedication to ensuring that employees are treated fairly and lawfully.

In this episode Taylor discusses:

  • The allure of employment law
  • Colour, sex, disability discrimination
  • Retaliation charges
  • Workplace incidents and hiring concerns
  • How to prepare to present to your lawyer
  • What happens next
  • Repercussions for employer

Taylor’s advice for you as an older employee feeling discrimination is really encouraging: times have changed since our parents were eased out of the workplace, and it costs you nothing.

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Living Trusts and Other Estate Documents with Oscar Vasquez

Guest: 23 January 2025

Oscar Vasquez is all about Living Trusts and other estate documents such as wills, POAs and authorizations. It’s so important to get these documents organized as soon as you can, and then review them regularly. In this episode, Oscar explains:

  • How 68% of American homeowners don’t have an estate plan
  • Living Trusts
  • Comprehensive Living Trusts
  • Advanced directives
  • Revocable vs irrevocable

If you’re an American, be sure to check out Oscar’s generous offer near the end!

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The Difficult Process of Divorce with Andra Davidson

Guest: 16 January 2025

Andra Davidson is a divorce coach.  She isn’t going to tell you whether you should or shouldn’t, she’s going to help you maintain your health and conscience and minimize conflict throughout the process.

In this episode, Andra discusses:

  • The rise of grey divorce
  • What coaching looks like
  • Acrimony during the process
  • Adult kids and long-term friends
  • Collaborative approach and collaborative law

I was surprised when Andra explained the #1 question she gets asked; I was pleased with her advice to anyone going through this difficult process.

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Urinary Tract Infections and Related Issues with Paula Cobb

Guest: 09 January 2025

Paula Cobb is a patient advocate for women who have been misdiagnosed with Interstitial Cystitis.  She is a retired physical therapist who has dealt with bladder issues since the age of 5. In this episode, Paula explains so much about UTIs and IC and more that I can’t list it all!

  • The bacteria and what they do to cause UTIs
  • Why antibiotics can be the problem
  • How a woman might suspect she has a UTI
  • Why women have to be their own advocates still (how often have we heard that?)
  • Castor oil! (Gramma, don’t say a word!)
  • Menopause, catheterization and the elderly
  • Procedures
  • How we can reduce our risk of a UTI

Like so many women who face a health issue, Paula has made it her life’s work to learn as much as she can, stay informed and stay up-to-date about Urinary Tract Infections and related issues.

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Awesomeness and 'Done Doesn't Exist' with Stella Scott

Guest: 02 January 2025

Stella Scott defies limits. A dancer who conquered club feet, she founded a dance company at 20. As an opera singer, she graced stages as Donna Elvira and the Queen of the Night.

She’s also a coach, Gestalt therapist, and astrologer. Stella helps women leaders transform their self-image and life story, guiding them to become the queens of their own lives through a unique blend of holistic practices.

In this episode, Stella explains

  • “Cosmic orchestra”
  • Flaws she perceives in western religion
  • Our awesomeness
  • “Done doesn’t exist”
  • Love and compassion for ourselves

Stella and I also discuss her amazing app. Her genius seems to have no finish line.

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