Send me a message Do you ever feel lost? Forgotten? Invisible? I have and I'm betting you have too. I'm reminded of the saying that the only feeling worse than being alone is being alone in a crowded room. In this episode, I traverse the oft-overlooked landscape of the aging baby boomer generation, I open up about the bittersweet journey of feeling sidelined in a society that races towards the new, frequently sidelining the old. Will we lose stories untold and wisdom gained, becoming a...
Aug 22
15 min
Send me a message Help Support the Show: BUY ME A COFFEE In this episode of Bill Monty's Guide for Getting Older, I talk about the confidence that comes from honest self-awareness — knowing your values, understanding your boundaries, accepting yourself and learning that you don't have to fight every battle you're invited to. Knowing who you are doesn't mean becoming arrogant, difficult or confrontational. In fact, true confidence often allows us to become calmer, more compassionate and more w...
Aug 18
20 min
Send me a message Support the Show via Buy Me a Coffee. Thank you kindly. As we get older, it's easy to replay our mistakes and wonder if we could have done better. But what if the real measure of a life isn't perfection—it's simply doing the best we could with the knowledge, resources, and circumstances we had at the time? In this episode of Bill Monty's Guide for Getting Older, Bill explores why success and failure don't define us nearly as much as our willingness to keep trying. Inspired i...
Aug 4
16 min
Send me a message Please help support the show via Buy Me a Coffee Caregiving is one of the greatest expressions of love—but it can also be physically and emotionally exhausting. In this episode of Bill Monty's Guide for Getting Older, Bill Monty shares practical strategies to help caregivers protect their own health while continuing to provide compassionate care. You'll learn how to reduce stress, avoid burnout, set healthy boundaries, celebrate small victories, and remember that taking care...
Jul 21
16 min
Send me a message Buy Me a Coffee and Help Keep the Podcast Going Are Baby Boomers really trying to make Millennials feel bad about themselves? Some Millenial TikTok'rs, bloggers and YouTubers say YES! Boomers have no empathy towards us. "They don't understand what we're going through." I have some thoughts on this. Hit PLAY and we'll talk. Heard in This Episode: Canadian Kindness Empathy and Isolation Support the show Remember to LIKE, COMMENT, SHARE, SUBSCRIBE/RATE. 😘 Have a question or co...
Jun 23
16 min
Send me a message Help Support the Show - BUY ME A COFFEE Do you ever find yourself just channel surfing looking for something on tv? Whether you have cable, or you stream (like me) watching apps most of the time it seems like you always end up saying, "There's nothing to watch". Hang in there, True Believers cause help is on the way. In this episode, I discuss three shows and one movie that I find funny, engaging, touching and just the right amount of old-fashioned (this doesn't mean b...
Jun 9
22 min
Send me a message In this episode of *Bill Monty’s Guide for Getting Older*, Bill wraps up the final three steps of the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous and explores how these timeless principles can help anyone live a more peaceful, meaningful, and fulfilling life — whether or not addiction has ever been part of their story. This episode concludes Bill’s special series on applying the wisdom of the AA steps to everyday living and aging with grace, perspective, and purpose. If you enjoyed thi...
May 26
16 min
Send me a message In the 12 Steps, or Traditions, of AA, Steps 8 and 9 stand out as the vital actions to help heal old wounds, but admitting that our words and eeds from long ago might need addressing today can be difficult. Let's talk about how it can be accomplished and what life looks like afterwards. BUY ME A COFFEE AND HELP SUPPORT THE SHOW. THANK YOU!!!! Support the show Remember to LIKE, COMMENT, SHARE, SUBSCRIBE/RATE. 😘 Have a question or comment? Leave a Message: https://www.speakpi...
May 12
15 min
Send me a message Buy Me A Coffee In a continuation of The 12 Steps series, I examine the concept, derived from the 12 traditions of AA, of conducting a moral inventory in order to create a more truthful version of ourselves...for us. It can be hard to to admit the wrongs we have done to others, but it can even more difficult to admit the wrongs that we have done to ourselves. Conducting a moral inventory just may the way for you to do that and begin living a more forving, peacefu...
Apr 21
14 min
Send me a message Support the Show with Buy Me a Coffee and thank you. Have you ever felt like your life was unmanageable? We're supposed to be wiser as we get older but even at our age, we're making the same mistakes, and we have the same problems we've had throughout our lives. I might have an answer for you, and it can be found, believe it or not, in The 12 Steps used in programs like Alcoholics Anonymous. Simply put, if we apply these same ideals to our daily lives, even if we're no...
Apr 7
17 min
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