Aging Well: Finding Beauty in the Gray
Aging Well: Finding Beauty in the Gray is a podcast for everyone in or approaching the retirement years. There’s a lot to unpack here apart from the financial planning component, and we’ll do just that. We’ll explore new interests, priorities and goals and finding purpose for ourselves and in our relationships. Join me each episode as I share stories and chat with guests learning to live their best next act, lives. Have a question or comment? Please reach out to me, Hugh Willard, at willowwaycreations@gmail.com or via any of the social media links at the top of this page.
Episodes
108 episodes
Pippa Cutter-Humphrey: Taking the Living Room Elephant Out for a Walk. What Makes for a Good Death.
Pippa Cutter Humphrey is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with extensive experience as a Hospice and bereavement counselor. She shares her insights into this difficult, unavoidable but also really important process for caregivers and loved one...
Sharon Silcox: Mailing Jeeps Home One Piece at a Time
After working and raising two sons, Sharon spent many years working for North Carolina State University’s School of Design Library. That and engaging various volunteer pursuits, including sharing creepy crawlies with visitors of all ages at the...
Dr. Michael Smyer: Where's Your Special Place? From Climate Avoidance to Climate Action
Dr. Mick Smyer, who hails from New Orleans, was moved to become involved in hands on educational efforts to help people find their personal connection to care and stewardship of our natural world. What were the deciding factors that so inspired...
Tricia Inlow-Hatcher: From Tchaikovsky to Tarot Cards with the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at North Carolina State University
For many years, Tricia has been a mainstay at North Carolina State University. A lifelong learner herself, she now serves as the director of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at NC State. Under her leadership, with a small, dedicated...
Joy Jones & Myra Morgan: Double Dutch Delights with the DC Retro Jumpers
Joy Jones and Myra Morgan Martin met in 2004 over a shared love of good health and physical activity. Joy was putting together the initial experience that in time would come to be known as the DC Retro Jumpers. Joined by several others, they re...
Tuck Kamin: Connections Across the Ages
Hailing from small town Texas, Tuck Kamin's life and career have arced in the direction of a desire to understand the aging process and how people can choose a healthier and more vibrant path forward. One of the chief learnings for Tuck, the se...
Jonathan Ray: Creating On Stage and in the Classroom
Jonathan began his lifelong love affair with the stage as a child, making his debut at the historic Flat Rock Playhouse near his home in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. From there he parlayed this passion into a lengthy ca...
Welcome to Aging Well: Finding Beauty in the Gray
For this debut episode, Hugh gives an overview of the impetus and inspiration for this podcast, namely the exploration of identity, meaning, relationships, creativity and yes, beauty in the Third Age. The Third Age is the time of life in and ap...
