An Empowering Take on Getting Older | Karen Walrond

Good Life Project

Jonathan Fields / Acast

Education, Wellness, Self-improvement, Midlife, Health & Fitness, Intentional Living, Personal Growth, Living Well, How To

4.5 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2023

⏱️ 63 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

We've been sold a story that aging means decline. But what if that was a lie?

My guest Karen Walrond flips the script on aging with her new book Radiant Rebellion: Reclaim Aging, Practice Joy, and Raise a Little Hell. She argues we can embrace getting older as a time of growth, joy, and possibility. Karen shares how we can rewrite narratives around aging illuminated by purpose, wisdom, levity, and curiosity. Imagine aging not as something to endure, but to embrace. Karen shows us how through exercises, perspective shifts, and reimagining living itself. Get ready to reclaim aging and live your most vibrant years ahead.

You can find Karen at: Website | Instagram | Episode Transcript

If you LOVED this episode you’ll also love the conversations we had with Tara Brach about making peace with the truth about our lives.

Check out our offerings & partners:

My New Book Sparked
My New Podcast SPARKED. To submit your “moment & question” for consideration to be on the show go to sparketype.com/submit.
Visit Our Sponsor Page For Great Resources & Discount Codes

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	The idea of doing something for something bigger than yourself, that might be the secret
0:05.5	sauce, honestly, right?
0:06.8	That might be the secret sauce to living well, that may be the secret sauce to happiness,
0:10.3	that might be the secret sauce to aging well, right?
0:12.9	It's sort of figuring out a couple of things.
0:15.4	One, what are the things that really sort of stir a passion in me and that passion could
0:20.2	be anger?
0:21.2	What are the causes that make me think it's not right that things aren't this way or
0:25.6	it's so great when things are this way, right?
0:28.3	Either one of those.
0:29.5	And how can I be a part of that and coupling that with, what am I really good at?
0:34.7	What are people thank me for and how can I use that thing in service of that cause?
0:39.2	Man, that is the secret sauce.
0:40.7	That to me is the way you live well and aging is living.
0:43.4	That is the way you age well is really sort of tapping into.
0:46.3	How can I help make the world the kind of world that I want to live in and that I want
0:52.7	people coming up behind me want to live in?
0:54.9	What is my small part and that's a really, really big part of it for sure.
1:00.4	So we have all had those moments catching sight of a gray hair spouting up, realizing
1:04.6	your high school reunions just around the corner, watching your kids grow up, even leave
1:08.7	the nest.
1:09.7	In my case, seeing my hair literally green out of my head and leaving reading glasses
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Jonathan Fields / Acast, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Jonathan Fields / Acast and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.