Loving Later Life
Special 1 Year Anniversary Episode!
Hello Loving Later Life family. Before I tell you about this very special episode in more detail, I must tell you if you don’t already know, that today, is a milestone day. Today is June 26th, 2023, and on June 27th 2022, Loving Later Life’s first official episode was born, making this the official one year anniversary of Loving Later Life!! I suppose this could be a very good excuse for a cake, yes?!
Well, the gestation for this baby took a lot longer than 9 months. If you haven’t listened to the very first full episode, I hope you will go back and do so as I share the story of its conception leading up to the date of birth. Click here to listen!
Cranking out one episode a week has been so much fun, and pretty intense. You may or may not know that I am a one woman band including writing, recording, editing for sound, sound effects (that episode # 12 was fun to create),… creating a page for each episode on the website: https://nancylanggibbs.com/shownotes/ , submitting it all to the podcast hosting platform, creating visuals to promote each episode, the weekly email and more.
On this anniversary day I am cognizant of walking the walk and taking moments to acknowledge my accomplishments without diminishing them by focusing on what could have been better or different. (But you know I’m going to go there for a second!) In my wildest dreams I wanted each episode Loving Later Life to be in thousands of listeners ears by this time, with wanna-be-Loving Later Life sponsors blowing up my phone. I should insert a record scratch sound effect here, because that didn’t happen…yet!
If I had to grade myself tho, I’d say that I did what I set out to do as far as sharing my experiences, talking with experts, and amazing women telling their compelling stories. And I hope that you have felt heard, understood, valued and connected.
The part I intend to continue to grow is the creating a safe place where we can connect, ask questions, get answers and feel inspired, part.
What do I mean by that? I want to grow this community of women in later life, both virtually and in real life. Or, IRL as they say!
I have some super exciting ideas that I’m working on, and I want to hear yours. What would interest and excite you? Would you like to see in person events, perhaps a monthly or by-monthly virtual way to connect with me and other Later Life listeners where we can share, learn, laugh and grow? What about a trip with fellow Loving Later Life listeners? These are not rhetorical questions. I would greatly appreciate your input.
After all, it has been a year now and you know me pretty well, so this is no time to be shy with your thoughts. Please, write me and let me know if you have ideas and/or interest in any of the above!
We all need community. Feeling a lack of connection with other women, especially at this age, is a recurring sentiment. Those of us with kids know that they have their lives. The landscape of our friends changes as we get older. Help me create this community with your feedback. It takes a village ladies.
When I do episodes myself, I share my thoughts, experiences and stories.
We’ve talked about love, loss, life after loss, and is there life after death. I’ve shared horrifying/funny dating experiences, my personal challenge of singing with a jazz band, pacifying perfectionism, tweaking the Golden Rule, listening with your whole face, talking with our younger selves, being afraid of joy, accepting the help of others, how the stories we tell ourselves are holding us back, getting out of our comfort zone, how setbacks and quitting may not be a bad thing, and so much more.
The episodes with guests have covered topics like reinventing, love stories, death and dying, techniques and insights for better sleep, living with Alzheimer’s, Medicare, finding your superpower, hormone therapy/menopause/libido, real estate, and the value of positive affirmations…on your socks! I talk with a TV Emmy winner NYT best-selling author, a financial advisor, real estate expert, a veteran of the stand-up comedy scene, a CBS Sunday Morning correspondent/ author, anti-ageism activist, America’s premiere dating expert, and yes, my mom!
As you may remember, with each guest, I ask the same 3 questions at the end of each conversation:
1. What for you have been the most rewarding things about getting older?
2. What are some of the most important lessons you have learned in your life.
3. With all that you have learned, what life advice would you pass along?
So, I thought it would be neat for today’s anniversary episode to do a sort of highlight reel of their answers, taking one question at a time. It’s fun to hear similar answers expressed differently, and fascinating to also hear totally different answers.
Putting this together was a lot of fun…for the most part! Anyhow, I hope you’ll listen to them all because these women are smart, insightful, funny, loving, caring humans. And to all you ladies who gave me the honor to speak with you…I must confess, I was humbled by your yes, to being my guest!! I am so very grateful to each and every one of you, and anytime you want to come back and visit Loving Later Life Land, I will welcome you with open arms.
Please listen until my parting words at the end which includes some very important information.
And….I want to thank you Loving Later Life Listeners….for being here not just at the beginning… for showing up with me week after week. While there may not be thousands of you yet, you are my core founding Loving Later Lifers! Without you, I wouldn’t be here and I hope you know how much I appreciate you. And now that we’re at the year mark, let’s move forward together.
Please remember to let me know how the Loving Later Life community can be there for you! What would interest and excite you?
Lastly, while I await your responses, I have decided to take the months of July and August off to regroup. I want to provide the time and space for ideas to perculate, cook and rise up so that I can create more opportunities for us all to love later life. And I hope you’ll add some ingredients into the mix by contacting me with what you’d like to experience.
The next episode of Loving Later Life will drop on Monday, September 4th, Labor Day.
Meanwhile, I’m hoping that if you are new to Loving Later Life, or you need to catch up on some episodes, this will give you time to listen to any of the other 52 episodes while you’re on summer vacation, on a road trip, or just chilling on a nice weekend. And if any of the episodes are helpful for you in any way I’d so appreciate if you would share them. Remember how viral covid became was when it was 1:1. Simply letting one other person know about Loving Later Life and asking them to do the same will help to grow this community of women exponentially.
Thank you so much, and let me hear from you!
Thank you so much for listening! And until the next time, live passionately, vulnerably, and keep loving later life!
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