Women Over 70: Aging Reimagined

Women Over 70: Aging Reimagined

Author: Gail Zelitzky and Catherine Marienau Language: English Episodes: 100
Hosted by Gail Zelitzky and Catherine Marienau, Women Over 70: Aging Reimagined turns the page on a well-worn cultural script. This is not a series about decline, but a collection of dialogues focused squarely on expansion. You’ll hear from women who are starting businesses, deepening their creative practices, forging new relationships, and confronting societal expectations with a refreshing blend of honesty and humor. These conversations, rooted in personal journals and lived expertise, delve into the practical and the profound-from the science of longevity to the personal journeys of resilience that define this chapter. The podcast moves beyond inspiration to offer tangible insight, framing the later decades as a time of active reinvention. Tune in for stories that replace stereotypes with specificity, and discover a community redefining what it means to grow older with purpose and curiosity.
Episodes
210 Barbara Ellison: From Striving to Thriving: One Woman’s Journey [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 29:43
Barbara Ellison always wanted to have a TV show. Since waking up from her widow’s fog after her husband died when she was in her early 60’s, she has not stood still. She says, “I had no idea who I was, or what I was mean…
306 From Barmaid to Director of Intangibles - a lifelong obsession [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 27:30
Holly Zeinfeld, 79, has moved 22 times and lived in 8 states during her marriage to Steve. They were partners in life and in work until he died a little over a year ago. Holly cared for him in home hospice for 7 years wi…
304 Wendy Cole:  Demystifying the Transgender Journey [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 39:47
Wendy Cole, age 76, was 67 when she decided to live out in the world as the femaleshe was born to be. As a young person, Wendy was informed by ‘authorities’ that shewas a male with a psychological condition that was untr…