Boomers! Redefining life after fifty
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Episodes

Meet The Boomers

Episode 1: Relive the defining experiences that shaped the lives of Boomers and see how several 50-somethings are following their dreams and forging new paths.

Healthy Lifestyles, Longer Lives

Episode 2: Meet Boomers who share their secrets for maintaining good health. Learn how to maintain your brain in ways that experts say may reduce the risk of dementia. And discover how to shake your soul in a mind/body path to well-being.

Sex, Love, Relationships

Episode 3: Discover an array of ways Boomers are finding and experiencing love and intimacy. Meet a couple of high school sweethearts who reunited in their 50s. Drop in on Boomers dipping their toes back into the dating pool. And learn how a Boomer couple keeps the flame burning through the seductive art of Tango.

Retirement Reconsidered

Episode 4: Discover how Boomers are redefining the notion of retirement. Get valuable advice on how to evaluate your own plans for retirement. Learn how older Boomers are putting their years and experience to use in the workplace. And meet one Boomer who came out of retirement to reinvent herself and her career.

Pack Your Bags

Episode 5: Come along as we meet Boomers setting out to satisfy their wanderlust in a variety of ways. Explore Switzerland. Savor the tastes of the American Southwest. Sample a new kind of working vacation. And meet a Boomer who likes to give back while kicking back.

Welcome Home

Episode 6: Take a peek at an array of housing options available to Boomers. Join us as we visit active adult communities in California and New England. Drop in on a co-housing community in Colorado. Then, we head south of the border to meet Boomers who've relocated to Mexico, where the sun shines brightly and the dollar stretches for miles. Finally, meet a couple from West Virginia that built the home of their dreams.

Self and Spirit

Episode 7: Join us as we meet Boomers who are turning inward and seeking out their authentic selves through spiritual practices, old and new. Meet a nurse who discovers healing in a reinvented Mikveh. Learn the secrets of living a full and happy life through yoga and meditation.

Fiscal Fitness

Episode 8: Spend some time with Boomers who are undergoing the daunting challenge of planning financially for 20-30 years of retirement. Then, breathe deeply and consider the Zen approach to money and life.

Friends Forever

Episode 9: Meet Boomers who get together with friends for fun, mutual support and to help a worthy cause. Travel to Napa Valley with Divas Uncorked. Hang with a rock band. And meet rugby players who believe in staying friends forever!

Leaving a Legacy

Episode 10: Meet a Boomer couple in their 50s who decided to give back by joining the Peace Corps. Learn how Civic Ventures founder, Marc Freedman, is changing attitudes toward aging. Drop in on a meeting of the Hestia Fund, a giving circle of Boomer women who run their own charity. And learn the Dance of Tennis.

Be Your Own Boss

Episode 11: Find out if you've got what it takes to be your own boss. Hear the stories of Boomers who decided to take the leap and follow their passion. Discover how the entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well among restaurant owners, jewelry makers, techies and more. And meet one Boomer who measures success in terms of how well he uses his business savvy and connections for the common good.

Four Generations: A Family Affair

Episode 12: Discover the joys and challenges Boomers are facing as they find themselves caring for their grown children and their aging parents. And meet grandparents who are raising their grandchildren--full time.

Living The Dream

Episode 13: Spend some time with Boomers who are following their hearts and living their dreams. Soar with a ballet choreographer. Skydive with the mayor of Denver. And drop in on some expats living large in Puerto Rico.