Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well

Jane Leder

Booking Overview

This interview podcast focuses on aging well, longevity, purpose, resilience, and the lived experiences of older women, typically featuring accomplished older women, authors, academics, and people with compelling personal stories. Suitable pitches include gerontologists, healthy-aging and longevity experts, memoirists, grief and caregiving specialists, and advocates with distinctive later-life experience; booking difficulty is low because the show features credible but generally accessible guests rather than requiring major public prominence.

Metrics

Episodes: 101

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.7/5.0

Estimated listeners: <1k

Gender skew: Female

Location: USA

YouTube: 1 subscribers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

j.leder@comcast.net

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Host

Jane Leder - Award-winning author focused on personal stories, aging, grief, resilience, and the experiences of older women.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

low

Typical Credentials:

Authors, academics, healthy-aging professionals, advocates, and older adults with substantial lived experience and practical insight into aging, grief, purpose, resilience, or later-life transitions.

Required Achievements:

Published books or memoirs, Academic or professional expertise, Advocacy work related to aging or resilience, Distinctive personal experience of later-life transition or achievement

Recent Guest Discussions

Evelyn Kelly - Purpose, Lifelong Learning, Travel, Resilience, Genetics, Gerontology, Retirement, Ageism, Independence, Emotional Health, Intergenerational Friendships, Widowhood, And Active Aging.

Diane Heiler - Widowhood, Anticipatory Grief, Caregiver Burnout, Healing, Journaling, Poetry, Reinvention, Resilience, Companionship After Loss, And Finding Purpose In A New Life Chapter.

Recent Topics

Older Women, Aging, Longevity, Resilience

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Older Women & Friends: Stories of Aging Well

My Single Mom Never Quit: Neither Have I: Eva Kennedy on Growing Up Black, Finding Her Purpose, Finding Her Voice

September 17, 2026

What happens when the career, identity, and titles that once defined your life no longer feel like enough? In this powerful episode of Older Women & Friends, Jane Leder welcomes empowerment speaker, leadership development professional, author, and life coach Eva Kennedy for an honest conversation about purpose, resilience, self-discovery, and remembering who you are.Eva spent 29 years building a successful leadership career at Allstate, eventually becoming the company’s first Black direct...

Reclaim Your Creativity: Claudine Marchand on Reconnecting With The Joy In Your Life

September 03, 2026

It's amazing, but research shows that 98 percent of five-year-olds rate themselves as a creative genius. But that number drops to two percent by adulthood. Creativity gets trained out of us, and we need to figure out how to get it back. Today's guest, therapist, coach, and wisdom sharer Claudine Marchand has a toolbox filled with science and ancient traditions. She was born in Morocco, now lives in Switzerland, and has spent time with Hawaiian elders and First Nations people. What a pleasure ...

From Geology Professor to Global Explorer: Dr. Tamie Jovanelly on Reinvention, Adventure, & Purpose

August 20, 2026

In this episode of Older Women & Friends, I welcome geologist, author, educator, entrepreneur, and world traveler Dr. Tamie Jovanelly for a fascinating conversation about reinvention, purpose, adventure, and creating a life without limits. After nearly two decades as a successful geology professor, internationally funded researcher, and Fulbright scholar, Tamie made the courageous decision to leave her tenured academic career and pursue a lifelong dream. Together with her husba...

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