If there is one thing the majority of seniors could do to live longer and healthier lives, it is this: Stop Believing You’re OLD. A slew of studies show how acceptance of ageist stereotypes from the culture and our individual belief systems can shorten and sour our later years. Want more
How Boredom And Ageism Affects Retirees
Joy Cardin, host of the Wisconsin Public Radio Ideas Network program, The Joy Cardin Show interviewed the Retiree Rebels co-founders, Carol Larson and Mary Helen Conroy on August 7, 2017. Retirement may be a time for taking it easy after a lot of hard work during the career. However, instead of
On AARP, Ageism & Authenticity
Helen Marks Dicks advocates for Wisconsin's office of the American Association of Retired People (AARP), pushing for legislation serving seniors. But she also advocates for all of us to become as eccentric as possible. Helen lives her philosophy, and sat down with Mary Helen and Carol to discuss
Is Ageism like Sexism?
Is Ageism Like Sexism? It feels the same. Being told you can't do certain things, not because of your individual abilities, but because you belong to a group society thinks is less capable. In this Kitchen Table Talk, Mary Helen Conroy and Carol Larson explore the similarities between the sexism
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Writing, Creativity & Aging
Ever thought about writing your memoirs? Or do have a rip-snorting thriller in you? But do you think -or have been told- you're too old to start on such a big creative project? Hogwash! Three Madison authors presented their best arguments for writing at any age. Well-known author Jerry
Ashton Applewhite: “Old Person in Training”
Ashton Applewhite considers herself an Old Person in Training. At age 64 the author of This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism says the measure of our aging should not be how much we're like our younger selves, but how much we've embraced the benefits of our years. Interviewed via Skype,
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Carol Larson, WEAU, Channel 13, EauClaire Wisconsin - August 29, 2016 http://www.weau.com/content/misc/TODAY-INTERVIEW-Retiree-Rebels-391605311.html Larry Meiller, Carol Larson and Mary Helen talk about the epidemic of the Gray Divorce,