219: Mending Relationships and Aging Gracefully in Retirement with Karl Pillemer
Retire With Purpose - The Retirement Podcast
Casey Weade
4.7 • 564 Ratings
🗓️ 21 June 2021
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
Karl Pillemer is a leading family sociologist and expert researcher when it comes to aging. He's a Professor of Human Development at Cornell University, as well as a Professor of Gerontology in Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College.
Over the course of his career, he's focused on how family relationships change over the course of people's lives, working with both families and the professionals who work with them in his research.
In his book, Fault Lines: Fractured Families and How to Mend Them, he explores the issue of family estrangement. He shares what he learned over the course of hundreds of interviews with estranged and reconciled families to get at the heart of this silent epidemic, to better understand what breaks families apart, and how to heal.
Today, Karl joins the podcast to talk about his fascinating work in the nascent field of gerontology, why so many people struggle to find fulfillment or purpose in retirement, and what we all can learn from his conversations with people from all walks of life who have had long, satisfying relationships for decades.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Retire with Purpose podcast, a show specifically designed to help pre-retirees and retirees maximize their financial confidence. |
| 0:14.4 | Casey Wheat is a certified financial planner and president of Howard Bailey Financial. |
| 0:18.3 | His newest book, Job Optional, is a Wall Street Journal |
| 0:21.5 | bestseller and is available now on Amazon and at Retirewithpurpose.com. He's your host on |
| 0:27.9 | Retire with Purpose. Hey, I'm Casey, and I believe in retirement strategies that are driven by |
| 0:34.0 | meaning and purpose. Join me this week and every week as we discuss thoughts and ideas |
| 0:40.3 | with some of today's foremost experts in the field of finance and retirement, as well as discussing |
| 0:46.2 | trending topics that could impact your bottom line. These discussions can help you make |
| 0:51.7 | better financial decisions so you can live the lifestyle |
| 0:55.0 | you've always imagined and deserved. |
| 0:57.9 | Welcome to the show. |
| 1:00.1 | Dr. Carl Pillimer is a leading family sociologist and expert researcher when it comes to aging. |
| 1:06.8 | He is also the professor of human development at Cornell University, as well as the professor of gerontology at Cornell Medical College. |
| 1:15.0 | And you might be saying yourself sociology, expert researcher on aging, human development, gerontology. |
| 1:21.6 | Is this really something that I'm going to connect with? |
| 1:25.6 | And I want to tell you this, I truly believe it will be something everyone connects with. |
| 1:31.3 | This was somewhat of an emotional conversation for myself. |
| 1:34.3 | You might sense that throughout our conversation. |
| 1:37.3 | And I know it was that way for members of my family and friends that have had the opportunity to listen in and deliver feedback back to me, |
| 1:45.2 | maybe you've never dealt with family difficulties, estrangement in your family. And if you're |
| 1:51.5 | lucky enough to have never gone through that, this will prepare you for those difficult times |
| 1:55.7 | that are probably going to come at some point in your future. I'm sure you're going to |
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