Aging Gratefully: The Doctor and The Man from Hollywood on the Third Age of Life

Do you remember Queen for a day? Well, our guest on today’s podcast, Donna Henes, suggests in her latest book, The Queen of My Self: Stepping into Sovereignty in Midlife, that women in midlife and beyond become their own Queen. Certainly, many woman need to own their own authority and purpose, but what does it mean to become a Queen?   Donna will answer this and other questions on women’s issues.  She’s also an expert on creating rituals and celebrations for any occasion, not to mention that she’s got a great sense of humor.

Today we talk to the author of a little book that came out of nowhere to make a big national splash. If you haven’t read it, it’s called “The Sequoia Seed: Remembering the Truth About Who You Are.”  The author is Karen Wright, a woman who has had a lot of different careers and lived to tell about them.  In her life she’s been many things:  an educator, securities broker, TV news reporter, corporate consultant, author, speaker… Her book is about remembering the truth about who you really are.  How do you get to the bottom of yourself?  How did she do it?  Karen tells us which is the real Karen Wright, and why. We all want to know who we really are, unless we’re afraid to risk knowing the truth.  Karen’s online magazine – or ezine – along with her workshops and retreats -- helps women to connect to their deepest calling and take a step she calls “Risking mediocrity for greatness.”  How can you get ready to take that risk?  In the interview we talk about enlightenment and lasting happiness – do they exist?  What are they?  Do you/can you have them?

Aristotle said, "The gods, too, are fond of a joke."  Who can doubt the benefit of laughter?  The famous writer, Norman Cousins, is said to have cured his cancer with laughter.  What does every woman say she is looking for in a man?  A good sense of humor.   Today’s guest, Leigh Anne Jasheway-Bryant, author of Don’t Get Mad, Get Funny: A Light-Hearted Approach to Stress Management, believes it is her mission to help the world become saner and healthier through humor. Jasheway-Bryant has written fifteen books.  In 2003, she won the Erma Bombeck Award for Humor Writing, which probably explains why she has laugh lines on her face, her stomach, and oddly, her pancreas. She is a stress management and humor expert, health educator, comedy writer, and stand-up comic. Her mission, if she decides to accept it, is to help the world become healthier and more sane through laughter.  Leigh Anne claims to be the kind of girl who, as Mae West said, “Climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong.”

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