Meet the Guests!

I’m a 72-year-old Business Executive, husband of 45 years, father of four, and grandfather of three. I have been in sales since I was 10, starting in a hot dog stand in Skokie, Illinois. I’m pretty sure I was the first one to say, “You want fries with that?” I started my career in sales. I soon w…

LOUIS J. GOODMAN Attorney at Law 1290 “B” Street, Suite 307 Hayward, California 94541 Tel: 510.582-9090 Mobile: 510.816-5371 www.louisgoodman.com ljgoodman@yahoo.com EXPERIENCE: ATTORNEY, Law Office of Louis J. Goodman, Hayward, California. Private practice of law emphasizing lit…

As a long-time fitness professional, performer, writer, coach, and motivator, I was shocked and scared in October 2022, when I was diagnosed out of the blue with breast cancer that quickly spread to my liver. I told my family and friends, got my papers in order and thought, “this is it.” But th…

Living life with passion and purpose, perpetually traveling the world for 17 years. Starting at age 50, I sold my belongings in the heart of Silicon Valley, where I lived for 39 years, raised my son, founded my photography business and was married. Launched my writing career, and have 6 books on Am…

I could never say what is next for me. I began training as a musician, became a CPA, transitioned to financial services where I founded my own fee-only Financial Life Planning firm, wrote 2 books, spoke to audiences internationally on Financial Life Planning, sold my firm to my partner, started Cha…

Michelle Passoff is an author, podcaster, speaker and c consultant who promotes the virtues of being clutter free. Her first book, LIGHTEN UP Free Yourself From Clutter talks about letting go of "conventional " clutter in an unconventional way. She proclaims that it is not just about being neat …

Mildred J. Mills was born in Wetumpka, Alabama. She grew up picking cotton in this small town twenty-five miles northeast of Montgomery. She attended Southern New Hampshire University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in creative writing nonfiction and English. She also earned a Master of Arts in…

For over twenty years, Mimi captivated audiences from the Fortune 100 to the just plain fortunate. She's won acclaim for her rousing keynote speeches, compelling workshops, and in-house training programs. She has shared the keynote platform with Colin Powell, Katie Couric and Suze Orman. Mimi ha…

Nina Hart is the founder of "Writing from the Top of Your Head" workshops. She offers writing workshops and 1:1 first draft book coaching, and is a certified KaizenMuse Creativity Coach and Gateless Method writing facilitator. Her workshops have also been inspired by the work of Paulo Freire and hi…

“Fitness has always been a part of my life,” according to Pauline Adeleke and she would go so far as to say that it has credited her with being not only physically fit but mentally sharp as well at the youthful age of 71. “I’ve always had an active lifestyle,” according to Ms. Adeleke yet, afte…

short: Our guest today brings her work as a professional theater and improv actor to create spaces and teach skills for human connection and emotional intelligence. She’s also a radio broadcaster (formerly with STAR 99.9 and now with WSHU, a local NPR affiliate), corporate trainer, podcast host, …

Ray Martin, aka The Daily Explorer, is an entrepreneur and award-winning business leader. As a coach, mentor, facilitator, speaker, writer, and mindfulness teacher, he is a torchbearer for greater human consciousness. Ray is also a marathon runner and fundraiser. He’s on a mission to empower people…

In February 2023, Raymond A. Jetson launched Aging While Black, a movement designed to amplify the value and experiences of Black elders by exploring the intersection of aging and race. The movement is being advanced through community building around three essential pillars: Recalibrating the Villa…

Dr. Regina Koepp is a Stanford-trained, board-certified clinical psychologist and nationally recognized geropsychologist. She’s the founder and CEO of the Center for Mental Health & Aging—the go-to place for mental health education focused on older adults. Her insights have been featured in the New…

Richard Eisenberg "unretired" from his job as Managing Editor and Money/Work Editor at the PBS site for people 50+, Next Avenue, in 2022. He now writes The View From Unretirement column for MarketWatch, freelances for Next Avenue, Fortune.com, Fodors.com, AARP and elsewhere. He teaches an NYU Maste…

Robert has been a passionate supporter of diversity, equity and inclusion throughout his 40 plus year consulting career. He now runs his own company, focussing on delivering keynotes, workshops and coaching for business executives to help them develop their inclusive leadership skills and so build …

Sadiya Abjani is SAGE's Director of Training and Instructional Design as well as a queer Muslim activist. She studied Islamic Studies and English at the University of Texas at Austin, where she spent time learning curriculum development and gaining expertise in training development and delivery. Pr…

Since growing up in the sixties, Sandra has been passionate about motivating positive societal change. She majored in Journalism in college intending on becoming a news writer, but the 1973-1975 recession sidetracked those goals. She landed in nonprofit management and continued to work for social j…

Dr. Sara Hart is a lifelong advocate for social change and an inspirational, motivating speaker. She is passionate about Prime Spark, an idea that became a movement to change the way our culture sees and treats senior women. As a speaker, she provides controversial, cutting-edge ideas in an inter…

Sara Freeman Smith is a seasoned Former HR/Recruiting leader, author, speaker, and Disability Advocate who has defied the odds with her resilience and inspiration with her personal story. It was midway through her professional life 20 years ago; she suddenly began losing her vision. A major road…

In 2020, Stefano Selorio launched Carevocacy, a learning platform that helps lifelong learners be tech-savvy. Carevocacy offers three interventions: private tech tutoring, group classes, and their latest product, Apo, a text-based digital health literacy coach powered by AI. Carevocacy has serv…

I’m Australian by birth and have lived in NYC since 2004. I’m a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and a Professional Portrait Photographer. Turning 60 in 2017, I noticed a great sense of invisibility amongst older women —both in society and within myself. This experience inspired my ongoing work, @…

Born in the Midwest in the 50's. I escaped to discover the world at age 17. Traveling to Texas for college was the spring board for my life. I tried out for the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders in 1977 and had no idea what was to come. I'm a confirmed, confessed and proud Gypsy. I haven't let fe…

Victoria Tomlinson FRSA is 68, founded her second business Next-Up five years ago and has developed an online platform to help employees coming up to unretirement, as well as running workshops for pre-retirement partners in professional firms. Victoria’s TEDx talk on a Generation of Wasted Talent h…