Identity and Transition in the Silver Years

10/13/23 • 35 min

Lisa Gilliam, 65 now, found herself in 2020 at loose ends. It was the beginning of the pandemic, and she experienced many changes in a short time: losing her job because of the pandemic, moving to a city from the country, and being unable to see her grandchildren, whom she was very close to. She wondered, what do I do
now?
Lisa tells an inspiring story of how she navigated big life transitions in her sixties, including age discrimination in her job search, empty nest grieving with both children and grandchildren, and learning the value of creativity as a healing process.
Find out why these ideas are important to Lisa, and how they can also help you through life transitions:
 Ask yourself, what do you LIKE to do?
 Be kind to yourself.
 It’s OK to quit something you no longer like to do.
 Embrace who you are, and be your own advocate.
 Choose to enjoy life and participate fully in it.

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Have you heard the term “spiritual direction” and wondered what it means?

In this podcast we talk to spiritual director Mary Louise McCullough about her journey to become a pastor, her retirement from pastoring, moving to a new part of the country, and beginning to offer spiritual direction in a new place and new season of her life.

Janice interviews both Mary Louise and Robin to answer these questions:

What is spiritual direction? And what is it NOT?

What actually happens in a spiritual direction session?

How do I find a spiritual director?

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Pursuing a Calling in the Silver Years

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Janice and Robin talk to Bishop Gloria Watson about how she was called to ministry as a young girl, how she pursued that calling through the years, and how she is following it now at age 63.

Gloria started a nonprofit called Kid Savers of America, Inc., which includes afterschool tutoring as well as ministry to the whole family and community. She is not stopping with this dream but also has a passion for ministry with the homeless.

We also talk about

How to handle obstacles that stand in the way of our vision
How closed doors can actually serve as the guidance we need
The discipline of “making your mind think right”
Overcoming the fear of failure by taking steps toward your vision

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