Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well
Stories of Aging Well
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well
Stories of Aging Well
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Stories of Aging Well
"Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well" with Jane Leder is a podcast celebrating the wisdom, resilience, and real-life experiences of older women navigating life after 50. Award-winning author and podcast host Jane Leder and her guests explore the joys and challenges of aging, covering topics like longevity, healthspan, identity, purpose, and meaningful relationships.
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Reinvention & Creativity: Judy Norton on Life Beyond The Waltons
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Aug 6, 2026
Good Grief w/ Jane Leder
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Jul 25, 2026
Living Without Limits: Evelyn Kelly Shares Her Life of Purpose, Travel & Curiosity at Age 91
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Jul 23, 2026
From Widowhood to Reinvention Diane Heiler on Grief, Healing & Finding Joy Again
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Jul 9, 2026
Crafting Your Best Later Life with Erika Andersen
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Jun 25, 2026
From Fashion Maven to Pro-Aging Advocate w/ the "Queen of Jeans" Diane Gilman
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Jun 11, 2026
Mother-Daughter Relationships After 50: Healing, Purpose & Aging Well | Debra Mandel, Ph.D.
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • May 28, 2026
Financial Independence for Women Over 50: Retirement, Divorce Recovery & Aging Well | Regina McCann Hess
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • May 14, 2026
Body Liberation After 60: Letting Go of Diet Culture & Rewriting Your Body Story with Deb Benfield
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Apr 30, 2026
Gray Divorce & Second Chances: Why Older Women Are Redefining Love, Marriage, and Purpose After 50 w/ Dr. Becky Whetstone
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Apr 16, 2026
60 Is Not The New 50; 70 is Not The New 60: Redefining Aging Well with Dr. Tracey Gendron
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Apr 2, 2026
The Cure to Loneliness May Be In Your Closet: Aging Well Through Style, Confidence, & Connection with Mollie Kaye
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Mar 19, 2026
Aging Freely: Rethinking Growing Older As Something to Embrace, Not To Resist w/ Kat Miller
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Mar 5, 2026
Solo Agers: Older Americans Living Alone w/ Sara Zeff Geber
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Feb 19, 2026
Grandma Luge: Olympic Athlete Anne Abernathy on Aging, Resilience, and Defying Limits
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Feb 5, 2026
Who Is That Woman Behind The Mic? w/ Jane Leder
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Jan 22, 2026
Keep The Memories & Not The Stuff: Rightsizing w/ Jeannine Bryant
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Jan 8, 2026
The Midlife Gals Gone Gray, w/ sisters Kelly and Sally Jackson
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Dec 18, 2025
Improv Wisdom: Don't Prepare, Just Show Up with Patricia Ryan Madson
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Dec 4, 2025
Think Cannabis Is Only for Getting High? Think Again. Health Benefits for Women & Men as We Age w/ Kelly Judge Goldberg
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Nov 20, 2025
"Likeable Badass: How Women Get The Success They Deserve" with the author, Alison Fragale, PhD
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Nov 6, 2025
Is This It for the Rest of My Life? Starting Over w/ Denise Taylor, PhD
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Oct 23, 2025
60 is NOT the new 50: 70 is NOT the new 60 w/ Tracey Gendron, Ph.D.
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Oct 13, 2025
Why More Couples Are Living Apart Together w/ Vicki Larson
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Oct 9, 2025
Happiness Is An Inside Job w/ Maria Leonard Olsen
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Sep 25, 2025
Staying Sane When The World Is In Turmoil w/ Gina Vild
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Sep 11, 2025
Painting with Music, w/ Conductor Roit Feldenkreis
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Aug 28, 2025
What Are They Up To Now? The Exciting Escapades of Three of Your Favorite Guests
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Aug 14, 2025
Eliminate Assumptions & Listen to Your Gut with Dian Griesel, Ph.D.
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Jul 31, 2025
My Mother, Her Death, Her Life: w/ New York Times Bestselling Author, Jill Bialosky
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Jul 17, 2025
Rewirement, Not Retirement w/ Clare Beckton
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Jul 3, 2025
TOO OLD FOR EATING DISORDERS?: THINK AGAIN w/ Michele Mason
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Jun 19, 2025
"Wisdom Whisperers:" Women Up Ahead With A Playbook to Share w/ Melinda Blau
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Jun 5, 2025
Laughing With Your Girlfriends w/ Carole Montgomery
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • May 22, 2025
Letting Go of Should & Embracing Want: The Journey of a Biracial Woman Under Apartheid And Beyond w/ Wendy Alexander
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • May 8, 2025
Storyteller Shelley Fraser Mickle Talks About Polio, NPR, Humor, and the Love of a Dog
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Apr 24, 2025
No Way Out of This: Loving A Partner with Alzheimer's w/ Sue Lick
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Apr 9, 2025
The Science of Aging Healthfully w/ Gillian Lockitch, retired MD, Medical Professor Emerita
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Mar 27, 2025
A Tale of a Geriatric Physical Therapist: Adapt, Adapt, Adapt with Judith Horn
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Mar 13, 2025
Older Women Living With ADHD w/ Leonie-Ruth Acland
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Feb 26, 2025
Taking Calculated Risks w/ Helen Hirsh Spence
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Feb 13, 2025
The Good GoodBye: Talking About Death Won't Kill You w/ Gail Rubin, Thanatologist & Author
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Jan 30, 2025
Disconnected: Love On The Spectrum with Eleanor Vincent
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Jan 16, 2025
Grandparent Encouragement Officer (GEO): Creating Beautiful Connections with Grandchildren w/ Kerry Byrne, PhD
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Dec 5, 2024
Sleep Talk For Women: Sleeping Pills, Dementia, Mortality with Lucinda Sykes
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Nov 21, 2024
"Aging Sideways:" A New Way of Looking at Getting Older" with Jeanette Leardi
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Nov 7, 2024
The Thinking Patient: Empowering Patient-Physician Communication for Better Health with Dana Sherwin
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Oct 24, 2024
All About Your Pelvic Floor: w/ Nabila Noor, MD
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Oct 9, 2024
Changing Those Damn Habits That Get In Your Way with Ronnie Loaiza
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Sep 26, 2024
From the Boxing Ring to the Ashram with Deborah Charnes
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Sep 12, 2024
Trying Not To Die: A Breast Cancer Warrior with Deb Krier
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Aug 29, 2024
The Gift of Longevity with Maddy Dychtwald
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Aug 1, 2024
Insomnia and Women Over 50 with Lucinda Sykes, MD
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Jul 18, 2024
Moms Who Dare with Jodi Silverman
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Jul 9, 2024
A Search For Deep Connections with Martie McNabb
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Jun 20, 2024
From Lawyer to Poet with Lynne Thompson
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Jun 6, 2024
Finding Your Creative Power At Any Age with Janis Johnston
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • May 23, 2024
The Long Distance Grandparent with Kerry Byrne
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • May 10, 2024
Eightysomethings: Letting Go, Aging Well, Finding Unexpected Happiness w/ Katharine Esty
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Apr 25, 2024
Late Bloomer Living with Yvonne Marchese
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Apr 10, 2024
Friendships That No Longer Work & What To Do About Them with Jan Yager
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Mar 28, 2024
Life As An All-You-Can-Eat Buffet with Diana Place
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Mar 14, 2024
Badass Women In The Workplace with Bonnie Marcus
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Feb 29, 2024
Love After 50: How to Find It, Enjoy It, and Keep It with Francine Russo
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Feb 14, 2024
Older Women In The Media w/ Susan Douglas, professor of Communication Studies, University of Michigan
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Feb 1, 2024
SuperAgers with Emily Rogalski, Director, SuperAgers Research Initiative
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Jan 18, 2024
No Joke: Getting Older Can Be A Hoot with comedian, Diana Wilde
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Jan 4, 2024
Giving Oxygen to Your Wonderful, Untapped Self with Linda Rossetti
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Dec 21, 2023
Slaying the Ageism Dragon with Janine Vanderburg
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Nov 30, 2023
The Joys of Intergenerational Friendships with Shannon Jarrott, Ph.D.
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Nov 16, 2023
Kicking Stereotypes to the Curb with Ashton Applewhite
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Nov 2, 2023
The Secrets, Wit, and Wisdom of Age with Filmmaker Sky Bergman
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Oct 19, 2023
Why Menstrual Equity Matters with Celeste Mergens, Founder of Days For Girls
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Oct 5, 2023
Perfection and Control: No Can Do with Joanne Greene
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Sep 21, 2023
The Fitness Gourmet with Patricia Greenberg
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Sep 7, 2023
Overcoming Trauma and Embracing Love: A Journey with Judy Foreman
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Aug 24, 2023
Age Bias in Fashion with Jacynth Bassett, The Bias Cut
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Aug 10, 2023
Reimagining Retirement, Friendships, & A Lot More with Helen Hirsh Spence
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Jul 27, 2023
Bridging the Pleasure Gap: A Deep Dive into Female Sexual Satisfaction with Dr. Laurie Mintz
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Jul 13, 2023
The Wonderful Assets to Getting Older with Social Gerontologist Jeanette Leardi
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Jun 30, 2023
Talking to Gen Z about Older Women with Lia Kahan
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Jun 15, 2023
Love, Sex, and Thinking Outside the Box with Vicki Larson
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • May 30, 2023
How to Navigate Messy Mid-Life with Ann Douglas
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • May 11, 2023
NextTribe: Women Aging Boldly with Jeannie Ralston
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Apr 27, 2023
How to Reboot Your Life After 50 with Margaret Crane and Barbara Ballinger
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Apr 13, 2023
Grandmothers for Reproductive Rights (GRR)
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Mar 30, 2023
Mindful Women 50+ with Lucinda Sykes, Retired MD
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Mar 16, 2023
Reinventing Your Life After Retirement and Following Your Dreams with Melissa Davey, Documentary Filmmaker
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Mar 2, 2023
How to Declutter & Organize Your Life with Regina Lark, PhD
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Feb 16, 2023
Kicking Ageism to the Curb with Ashton Applewhite
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Feb 2, 2023
Self-Care From the Inside Out with Nancy Colier
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Jan 19, 2023
How to Cope With Loss and Grief with Edy Nathan
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Jan 5, 2023
Why Diets Don't Work with Lizzie Merritt
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Dec 22, 2022
Insomnia and Women Over Fifty with Lucinda Sykes
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Dec 15, 2022
Women Aging But Not Growing Old with Karen Brees
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Dec 8, 2022
Older Women and Wisdom with Ilana Landsberg-Lewis
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Dec 1, 2022
Fitness for Older Women with Jan Malloch
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Nov 25, 2022
Hormones and Menopause: Holistic Treatment with Lorraine Miano
Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well • Nov 16, 2022
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