Be sure to join me on Wednesday, January 23rd at noon for a lively discussion of Boomers and the Peace Corps and how to tap the Boomer market, what author Matt Thornhill describes as America's largest, wealthiest and most influential group. (A rebroadcast from October 3, 2007.)
The "Hardest Job You'll Ever Love": The Peace Corps Wants Boomers
If the words Peace Corps only conjure up images of twentysomethings working in rural villages, think again. While today's Peace Corps still recruits college-aged adults, energy and effort is now being used to recruit Boomers because of our experience and wisdom. As organizers put it, "the end of work can be the beginning of adventure. With a public service twist." Join me for a conversation with two Peace Corps volunteers (one who returned to the field when she was 64 years old!) about the Corps' nearly 50 year history and its mission today.
The Secret to Attracting the Boomer Market
Matt Thornhill, co-founder of The Boomer Project and co-author of Boomer Consumer, Ten New Rules for Marketing to America's Largest, Wealthiest and Most Influential Group offers insights on how entrepreneurs and other business leaders can attract today's enormous Boomer market.
At 7 p.m. at Olsson's Books & Records-Penn Quarter, 418 Seventh Street, NW, please join me as I moderate a panel discussion entitled, "What's Next? Finding Satisfaction in Our Work and Personal Lives." The panelist include Ginger Pape, co-author with Diana Holman of Repotting,
10 Steps for Redesigning Your Life, and Julie Jansen, author of I Don't Know What I Want, But I Know It's Not This. (See earlier blog entry for more details.)
And please keep in touch! Email me at theheathertaylorshow@yahoo.com.
Heather Taylor
Host and Executive Producer
The Heather Taylor Show
Boomer Radio in the Nation's Capital
WMET 1160 AM
http://www.heathertaylorshow.com/
http://whatsnextradio.blogspot.com/
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
What's Next? Finding Satisfaction at Work and in Our Personal Lives: The Second in a Monthly Author Event at Olsson's Books & Records in DC
Wondering what's next for you in the quest to find and balance our work and personal lives? Join me Wednesday, January 23, 2008 at 7 p.m. to explore that question at the second in a series of monthly panel discussions sponsored by Olsson's Books & Records and The Heather Taylor Show, Boomer Radio in the Nation's Capital. Entitled, "What's Next? Finding Satisfaction in Our Work and Personal Lives", this month's panel features Ginger Pape, co-author with Diana Holman of Repotting, 10 Steps for Redesigning Your Life and Julie Jansen, author of I Don’t Know What I Want, But I Know It’s Not This.
For every woman who feels stuck in her current life, there is now an answer: “repotting.” Repotting 10 Steps for Redesigning Your Life is for 21st-century women who don’t need a better daily planner—they need a better life. Diana Holman and Ginger Pape offer answers to the question: “How do I change my life?” No matter where you are on your life’s journey, the ten-step process helps in the development of a personal repotting plan.
I Don’t Know What I Want, But I Know It’s Not This is the perfect guide if you want to find gratifying work but aren’t sure how to get started. Author Julie Jansen, now in her fifth career, gives simple, actionable steps for six situations that are typical of disgruntled workers (i.e., where’s the meaning; bored and plateaued; and yearning to be on your own) in this inexpensive manual. Taking you step-by-step through the process, Jansen urges readers to start by looking inward.
Hope to see you there!
Heather Taylor
Host and Executive Producer
The Heather Taylor Show
Boomer Radio in the Nation's Capital
http://www.heathertaylorshow.com/
http://whatsnextradio.blogspot.com
For every woman who feels stuck in her current life, there is now an answer: “repotting.” Repotting 10 Steps for Redesigning Your Life is for 21st-century women who don’t need a better daily planner—they need a better life. Diana Holman and Ginger Pape offer answers to the question: “How do I change my life?” No matter where you are on your life’s journey, the ten-step process helps in the development of a personal repotting plan.
I Don’t Know What I Want, But I Know It’s Not This is the perfect guide if you want to find gratifying work but aren’t sure how to get started. Author Julie Jansen, now in her fifth career, gives simple, actionable steps for six situations that are typical of disgruntled workers (i.e., where’s the meaning; bored and plateaued; and yearning to be on your own) in this inexpensive manual. Taking you step-by-step through the process, Jansen urges readers to start by looking inward.
Hope to see you there!
Heather Taylor
Host and Executive Producer
The Heather Taylor Show
Boomer Radio in the Nation's Capital
http://www.heathertaylorshow.com/
http://whatsnextradio.blogspot.com
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Conquering the Fear Factor: Retirement and Empty Nesting
On this week's edition of The Heather Taylor Show, we'll tackle the fear factor: how to retire fearlessly, and how to make a comfortable transition from a home inhabited by our children to an "empty nest". (The show is a rebroadcast from October 31, 2007.)
Scarier Than Ghosts and Goblins?
What's scarier than ghosts and goblins on Halloween? Not being ready for retirement! But taking away the fear doesn't simply involve smart financial planning, according to Randy Burnham, clinical psychologist and co-founder of My Next Phase, a retirement planning company. Burnham is a co-author of a new book, My Next Phase, The Personality-Based Guide to Your Best Retirement. He joins me to talk about how "personality, not your bank account, holds the key to a successful retirement."
Entering the Empty Nest Phase With Confidence
How many women are emotionally ready for the so-called empty nest stage of their lives? According to clinical psychologist and journalist Dr. Carin Rubenstein, the answer is most of the 30 million American women between the ages of 40 and 60. Through intensive research and conducting over one thousand interviews, Rubenstein discovered that Boomer women are "redefining themselves, reconnecting to friends, jobs and spouses, and creating full, rich lives afer their mommy roles have waned." Dr. Rubenstein joins me to talk about her new book, Beyond the Mommy Years, How to Live Happily Ever After...After the Kids Leave Home.
For those listeners in the Washington, DC area, be sure to attend the second of a monthly series of book events sponsored by The Heather Taylor Show and Olsson's Books & Records. I'll be moderating an hour long Q & A author book event. Here are the details:
Wednesday, January 23, 2008, 7pm
Olsson's-Penn Quarter, 418 7th St. NW
Washington, DC
202-638-7610
Panel Discussion led by Heather Taylor with Ginger Pape & Julie Jansen
Heather Taylor, host of The Heather Taylor Show, Boomer Radio in the Nation’s Capital on WMET 1160 AM moderates a Q & A event with Ginger Pape, co-author with Diana Holman of Repotting and Julie Jansen, author of I Don’t Know What I Want, But I Know It’s Not This, about finding satisfaction and balance in our work and personal lives.
For every woman who feels stuck in her current life, there is now an answer: “repotting.” Repotting: 10 Steps for Redesigning Your Life is for 21st-century women who don’t need a better daily planner—they need a better life. Diana Holman and Ginger Pape give you the answers to the question: “How do I change my life?” No matter where you are on your life’s journey, you can apply the ten-step process and come away with a personal repotting plan.
I Don’t Know What I Want, But I Know It’s Not This is the perfect guide if you want to find gratifying work but aren’t sure how to get started. Author Julie Jansen, now in her fifth career, gives simple, actionable steps for six situations that are typical of disgruntled workers (i.e., where’s the meaning; bored and plateaued; and yearning to be on your own) in this inexpensive manual. Taking you step-by-step through the process, Jansen urges readers to start by looking inward.
Have a great week and keep in touch!
Heather Taylor
website: http://www.heathertaylorshow.com/
email: theheathertaylorshow@yahoo.com
Scarier Than Ghosts and Goblins?
What's scarier than ghosts and goblins on Halloween? Not being ready for retirement! But taking away the fear doesn't simply involve smart financial planning, according to Randy Burnham, clinical psychologist and co-founder of My Next Phase, a retirement planning company. Burnham is a co-author of a new book, My Next Phase, The Personality-Based Guide to Your Best Retirement. He joins me to talk about how "personality, not your bank account, holds the key to a successful retirement."
Entering the Empty Nest Phase With Confidence
How many women are emotionally ready for the so-called empty nest stage of their lives? According to clinical psychologist and journalist Dr. Carin Rubenstein, the answer is most of the 30 million American women between the ages of 40 and 60. Through intensive research and conducting over one thousand interviews, Rubenstein discovered that Boomer women are "redefining themselves, reconnecting to friends, jobs and spouses, and creating full, rich lives afer their mommy roles have waned." Dr. Rubenstein joins me to talk about her new book, Beyond the Mommy Years, How to Live Happily Ever After...After the Kids Leave Home.
For those listeners in the Washington, DC area, be sure to attend the second of a monthly series of book events sponsored by The Heather Taylor Show and Olsson's Books & Records. I'll be moderating an hour long Q & A author book event. Here are the details:
Wednesday, January 23, 2008, 7pm
Olsson's-Penn Quarter, 418 7th St. NW
Washington, DC
202-638-7610
Panel Discussion led by Heather Taylor with Ginger Pape & Julie Jansen
Heather Taylor, host of The Heather Taylor Show, Boomer Radio in the Nation’s Capital on WMET 1160 AM moderates a Q & A event with Ginger Pape, co-author with Diana Holman of Repotting and Julie Jansen, author of I Don’t Know What I Want, But I Know It’s Not This, about finding satisfaction and balance in our work and personal lives.
For every woman who feels stuck in her current life, there is now an answer: “repotting.” Repotting: 10 Steps for Redesigning Your Life is for 21st-century women who don’t need a better daily planner—they need a better life. Diana Holman and Ginger Pape give you the answers to the question: “How do I change my life?” No matter where you are on your life’s journey, you can apply the ten-step process and come away with a personal repotting plan.
I Don’t Know What I Want, But I Know It’s Not This is the perfect guide if you want to find gratifying work but aren’t sure how to get started. Author Julie Jansen, now in her fifth career, gives simple, actionable steps for six situations that are typical of disgruntled workers (i.e., where’s the meaning; bored and plateaued; and yearning to be on your own) in this inexpensive manual. Taking you step-by-step through the process, Jansen urges readers to start by looking inward.
Have a great week and keep in touch!
Heather Taylor
website: http://www.heathertaylorshow.com/
email: theheathertaylorshow@yahoo.com
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
New Year's Resolutions You Can Keep: Saving for Retirement and "Test-Driving" That Dream Job
Greetings for the New Year!
We'll begin 2008 with a month of encore presentations of The Heather Taylor Show, Boomer Radio in the Nation's Capital. Here's a preview of the next broadcast on
Wednesday, January 9, 2008 from 12 noon to 1:00 p.m.:
Sensible Strategies to Help You Save for Retirement
Saving for retirement is easier than you think. That's the encouraging message of Dallas Salisbury, President and CEO of Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI). He joins me to offer a dose of practical, demystified advice about the often complex world of preparing for saving and retirement in the Boomer bonus decades. (www.ebri.org)
"Test Driving" That Dream Job
If you've often wondered about what might have been when it comes to your own particular career path, Brian Kurth asks you to consider a vacation--a special kind of vacation. In the second half of the show, the Founder and President of Vocation Vacations Brian Kurth joins me to share his company's prescription for helping you to explore ways to make your worklife dreams come true. The key is a risk-free, "vocation vacation"--a novel approach to find out what it might be like to realize that dream, whatever it is--wine bar owner, talent agent, sports announcer, chocolatier, choreographer, architect--the sky's the limit. (His new book, Test Drive Your Dream Job: A Step by Step Guide to Finding and Creating the Work You Love has just been published by Hachette Group USA.) (www.vocationvacations.com)
We'll begin 2008 with a month of encore presentations of The Heather Taylor Show, Boomer Radio in the Nation's Capital. Here's a preview of the next broadcast on
Wednesday, January 9, 2008 from 12 noon to 1:00 p.m.:
Sensible Strategies to Help You Save for Retirement
Saving for retirement is easier than you think. That's the encouraging message of Dallas Salisbury, President and CEO of Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI). He joins me to offer a dose of practical, demystified advice about the often complex world of preparing for saving and retirement in the Boomer bonus decades. (www.ebri.org)
"Test Driving" That Dream Job
If you've often wondered about what might have been when it comes to your own particular career path, Brian Kurth asks you to consider a vacation--a special kind of vacation. In the second half of the show, the Founder and President of Vocation Vacations Brian Kurth joins me to share his company's prescription for helping you to explore ways to make your worklife dreams come true. The key is a risk-free, "vocation vacation"--a novel approach to find out what it might be like to realize that dream, whatever it is--wine bar owner, talent agent, sports announcer, chocolatier, choreographer, architect--the sky's the limit. (His new book, Test Drive Your Dream Job: A Step by Step Guide to Finding and Creating the Work You Love has just been published by Hachette Group USA.) (www.vocationvacations.com)
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Home for the Holidays: The Latest News About Today's Boomer Grandparents; and 'Rightsizing Your Life' With the Right Surroundings
Hearth and home. It’s what alot of us are thinking about these days, in the midst of holiday celebrations. But how comforting is home? How does it suit us? Does our living space accommodate the way we live today? Those are some of the questions we pose on Boomer Radio in the Nation's Capital this Wednesday, December 26th at noon. According to Emmy Award-winning television producer, radio journalist, author and Boomer and senior coach Ciji Ware, in midlife, we make important discoveries about ourselves. Frequently, a typical discovery is that accumulating more "stuff" doesn't necessarily make our lives better. With the goal of "creat[ing] new surroundings that will profoundly impact the way [we] feel and behave", Ware suggests that we ask ourselves a few questions: "Where do I want to live now?...How can I build a meaningful, happy life...without a lot of stuff weighing me down?" Ciji Ware, author of Rightsizing Your Life: Simplifying Your Surroundings While Keeping What Matters Most joins me to talk about how to "rightsize" our lives. She outlines the seven critically important steps that can help us to get started to create the kind of environment we want and need. (rebroadcast of November 26th interview)
Just as we Boomers have transformed American life on nearly every front, from music to religion, the same has occurred as we enter grandparenthood. What can Boomer grandparents expect in this new stage? And what impact might our experiences have on the rest of society? These are a few of the questions that will be posed to my guest, Jackie Bartolotta, Director of Market Intelligence for Focalyst, a leading Boomer and Mature consumer research company based in New York City. Focalyst and the online resource website, Grandparents.com have just released the results of their new joint study, which highlights the "mindset...spending, media and behavioral habits," of today's grandparents.
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
TAKING THE GUESSWORK OUT OF GIFT-GIVING: FOR OTHERS, AS WELL AS OURSELVES
Every year alot of us are uncertain about what to do about gift giving. On today's edition of The Heather Taylor Show, Boomer Radio in the Nation's Capital, we’ll hear from two Boomers who've taken the guesswork out of giving. Involved in completely different careers--law and philanthropy, their stories tell us alot about what it's like to be a Boomer in the 21st century.
Belinda Reed was a veteran prosecuting attorney on the verge of burnout when she found answers in coursework at a very special kind of school. Those answers ended up having an impact on her professional and personal life. She joins me to talk about how studying applied healing arts at the Tai Sophia Institute changed her life. She's now "transitioning from prosecution to mediation and restorative justice, using [her] skills as a lawyer and [her] tools from AHA (Applied Healing Arts) to doing victim-offender mediation." (http://www.tai.edu/) (aboutresolution@yahoo.com)
In our first segment, the focus is on the kind of gift that keeps on giving. Like the ones at Heifer International, a nonprofit organization that helps end poverty and hunger. The organization, in existence since 1944, accomplishes its mission through charitable giving of livestock and basic materials in 800 projects spread over 50 countries. Ray White, Public Information Director for Heifer International, joins me to talk about how Heifer International strives to "change the world this holiday season," and year-round. He'll offer tips on finding unique holiday gifts for those on our holiday shopping list. (http://www.heifer.org/)
Just as we Boomers have transformed American life on nearly every front, from music to religion, the same has occurred as we enter grandparenthood. What can Boomer grandparents expect in this new stage? And what impact might our experiences have on the rest of society? These are a few of the questions that will be posed to my guest, Jackie Bartolotta, Director of Market Intelligence for Focalyst, a leading Boomer and Mature consumer research company based in New York City. Focalyst and the online resource website, Grandparents.com have just released the results of their new joint study, which highlights the "mindset...spending, media and behavioral habits," of today's grandparents.
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
TAKING THE GUESSWORK OUT OF GIFT-GIVING: FOR OTHERS, AS WELL AS OURSELVES
Every year alot of us are uncertain about what to do about gift giving. On today's edition of The Heather Taylor Show, Boomer Radio in the Nation's Capital, we’ll hear from two Boomers who've taken the guesswork out of giving. Involved in completely different careers--law and philanthropy, their stories tell us alot about what it's like to be a Boomer in the 21st century.
Belinda Reed was a veteran prosecuting attorney on the verge of burnout when she found answers in coursework at a very special kind of school. Those answers ended up having an impact on her professional and personal life. She joins me to talk about how studying applied healing arts at the Tai Sophia Institute changed her life. She's now "transitioning from prosecution to mediation and restorative justice, using [her] skills as a lawyer and [her] tools from AHA (Applied Healing Arts) to doing victim-offender mediation." (http://www.tai.edu/) (aboutresolution@yahoo.com)
In our first segment, the focus is on the kind of gift that keeps on giving. Like the ones at Heifer International, a nonprofit organization that helps end poverty and hunger. The organization, in existence since 1944, accomplishes its mission through charitable giving of livestock and basic materials in 800 projects spread over 50 countries. Ray White, Public Information Director for Heifer International, joins me to talk about how Heifer International strives to "change the world this holiday season," and year-round. He'll offer tips on finding unique holiday gifts for those on our holiday shopping list. (http://www.heifer.org/)
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Holiday Gift-Giving: A Cooking School Transforms Lives; Games that Yield Brain Fitness: Child's Play?; Holiday Decorating: Easy and Budget-Friendly
Boomer Radio in the Nation's Capital welcomes you into the holiday season with three interviews designed to help get you into the spirit.
-- At 12:05 p.m., meet Liesel Flashenberg, a social entrepreneur who's president of Through the Kitchen Door International, a DC area nonprofit "dedicated to empowering recent immigrants and low income adults and at-risk youth" as she talks about the mission of this nonprofit, and her surprising and satisfying career change in midlife.
-- At 12:25 p.m., Kunal Sarkar and Michael Scanlon, co-founders of Lumos Labs, a San Francisco-based company formed as the result of the founders' "desire to promote better brain health". Their brain training program focuses on "engaging brain games and exercises."
-- At 12:45 p.m., Tynesia Hand-Smith, co-owner of Metro Design Interiors in Washington, DC offers suggestions on how to spruce up your living space for the holiday season--without alot of effort, or budget-busting investment.
-- At 12:05 p.m., meet Liesel Flashenberg, a social entrepreneur who's president of Through the Kitchen Door International, a DC area nonprofit "dedicated to empowering recent immigrants and low income adults and at-risk youth" as she talks about the mission of this nonprofit, and her surprising and satisfying career change in midlife.
-- At 12:25 p.m., Kunal Sarkar and Michael Scanlon, co-founders of Lumos Labs, a San Francisco-based company formed as the result of the founders' "desire to promote better brain health". Their brain training program focuses on "engaging brain games and exercises."
-- At 12:45 p.m., Tynesia Hand-Smith, co-owner of Metro Design Interiors in Washington, DC offers suggestions on how to spruce up your living space for the holiday season--without alot of effort, or budget-busting investment.
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
A Personal Shopper Can Make Holiday Shopping Easy; and Staying Fit and Healthy in the Holiday Season and Beyond
Edutainer is what Dr. Pamela Peeke calls herself--part teacher, part entertainer--helping those of us with a lot less wherewithal to find ways to make healthy eating (ie. portion control, sigh...) and regular, physical exercise a routine part of our everyday life. And she does it remarkably well. Fight Fat After Forty, and Body for Life for Women had spectacular runs--both made it onto the best-seller list. Her most recent title, Fit to Live The 5-Point Plan to Become Lean, Strong & Fearless for Life picks up where these two books left off. The physician, Pew Scholar in nutrition and metabolism and clinical assistant professor of medicine joins me in the second part of the show to talk about her new book.
HOLIDAY SHOPPING MADE EASY: FREE HELP FROM A PERSONAL SHOPPER
In the first segment, tune into hear the fascinating story of DC-area Boomer,
Patrice Vales-Macarie, whose journeys first took her to Paris and New York for a modeling career. After marriage, children and ten years of homeschooling her children, she returned to fashion--her first love. Today, as the in-store Personal Shopper for Lord & Taylor's, Vales-Macarie competes with the best of them. In fact, this past April, she was selected as the winner in a Washington Post personal shopper competition.
HOLIDAY SHOPPING MADE EASY: FREE HELP FROM A PERSONAL SHOPPER
In the first segment, tune into hear the fascinating story of DC-area Boomer,
Patrice Vales-Macarie, whose journeys first took her to Paris and New York for a modeling career. After marriage, children and ten years of homeschooling her children, she returned to fashion--her first love. Today, as the in-store Personal Shopper for Lord & Taylor's, Vales-Macarie competes with the best of them. In fact, this past April, she was selected as the winner in a Washington Post personal shopper competition.
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