EP 77 The New Old: How to Age Magnificently
✨ "I'm living my life in the best way possible, and I want to have a wonderful time as long as I'm here." ~ Erika Andersen In this uplifting and joy-filled conversation, I sit down with Erika Andersen, bestselling author of The New Old: Crafting Your Best Later Life, to explore what it truly means to age magnificently. Erika and I explore how to consciously create a vibrant, purpose-filled third act - one grounded in curiosity, community, and intention. She shares stories and insights that ...
✨ "I'm living my life in the best way possible, and I want to have a wonderful time as long as I'm here." ~ Erika Andersen
In this uplifting and joy-filled conversation, I sit down with Erika Andersen, bestselling author of The New Old: Crafting Your Best Later Life, to explore what it truly means to age magnificently.
Erika and I explore how to consciously create a vibrant, purpose-filled third act - one grounded in curiosity, community, and intention. She shares stories and insights that remind us aging isn’t an ending, but a new beginning filled with possibilities for growth, purpose, and connection.
Here’s what we talk about:
🌿 Why aging magnificently is a choice, not luck
💫 How curiosity keeps us lifeful and open
💪 Why purpose doesn’t retire, it evolves
🧘♀️ The power of mindset and mindfulness in later life
🌍 The joy of learning new things at any age
❤️ Why community and connection are essential to thriving
Every moment becomes more precious as we age, and Erika’s wisdom is a beautiful reminder that it’s never too late to learn, grow, and glow.
Connect with Erika Andersen via her Website, Substack, and grab a copy of her book The New Old: Crafting Your Best Later Life.
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Founding Partner of Proteus International, Author
Erika Andersen is the founding partner of Proteus, a coaching and consulting firm focused on leader readiness. For over three decades, she has guided executives and organizations through transformative change, serving as an advisor to CEOs at companies including Spotify, Amazon, and Charter/Spectrum.
A bestselling author, Erika's previous works include Change from the Inside Out, Be Bad First, Leading So People Will Follow, Being Strategic, and Growing Great Employees. Her insights have been translated into seven languages and featured in Harvard Business Review, Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times.
As one of Forbes.com most popular leadership bloggers and creator of The Proteus Leader Show podcast (ranked in the global top 10%), Erika reaches audiences worldwide with practical wisdom about leadership, learning, and change.
Now in her seventies, Erika has turned her attention to the challenge of getting old well, using everything she’s learned helping individuals and organizations succeed to write her latest book, The New Old: Crafting Your Best Later Life, already a #1 Amazon Best Seller in the category of conduct of Life and Spirituality. She divides her time between Spain and the United States, embodying the principles she teaches by crafting her own vibrant "third act" of life.
