Helping You Handle Your Transition Into Retirement and Beyond
Whether you’re single or partnered, there are key questions worth exploring as you plan your next chapter. Being intentional now helps you avoid regrets later.
My free guide, “10 Key Issues to Consider as You Explore Your Retirement Transition,” gives you practical insights and resources to support your journey.
Retirement Interviews
On the fourth Tuesday of each month, Dori interviews an expert on the topic of retirement transition and navigating the second half of life to help you decide what’s next for you. Take a look at our upcoming speakers.
Retirement Speaker
Dr. Dorian Mintzer is a well-known authority on Retirement Speaking and Coaching. She presents at a number of local. national, and international events and conferences each year, speaking on retirement transition issues.
Dori’s TEDx New Bedford Talk
Dori brings a fresh perspective on designing the third stage of life, which she refers to as the BONUS years. She takes the audience on a journey of consciously deciding how they will live the richest, most fulfilling stage of their lives.
Latest Interviews
Romancing the Shadow in Later Life with Connie Zweig, PhD
In this conversation, host Dori Mintzer welcomes Dr. Connie Zweig back to explore how “shadow work” can become a powerful inner practice in midlife and beyond. They discuss what the “shadow” actually is, how it forms in childhood, and the many ways it shows up in...
Youngers and Olders Together: Ashton Applewhite on Dismantling Ageism
Author and activist Ashton Applewhite joins Dori Mintzer to expose how ageism, more than aging itself, undermines health, purpose, and connection across the lifespan. Drawing on her book This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism and her decades of work at the...
Making Joy in Dark Times with Steven Petrow
Award-winning journalist and author Steven Petrow joins Dori Mintzer to explore how to “make” joy, even in some of life’s darkest seasons. Drawing on his new book, The Joy You Make: Find the Silver Lining Even on Your Darkest Days, Steven distinguishes joy from...
Unlocking the Power of Purpose with Richard Leider
In this inspiring conversation, internationally best-selling author, coach, and keynote speaker Richard Leider explores why purpose is fundamental to health, healing, happiness, and longevity, especially in the second half of life. He explains why purpose is something...
Making Older Better: The Art and Science of Joyful Aging with Dorian Mintzer and Kerry Burnight
In this uplifting, research-rich conversation, Dr. Dori Mintzer talks with gerontologist Dr. Kerry Burnight, author of JoySpan: The Art and Science of Thriving in Life’s Second Half. Together they explore how to move beyond fear and decline-based views of aging and...
This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism with Dorian Mintzer and Ashton Applewhite
Episode Guest: Ashton Applewhite, speaker, author, and activist and the leading spokesperson to mobilize against discrimination based on aging Episode Description: From childhood, we're barraged by messages that it's sad to be old. That wrinkles are embarrassing, and...