Design Your Joyful Retirement is for Gen X women who want to prepare for thriving in retirement. We’re talking about everything from financial freedom, health & wellness, perimenopause and menopause to travel, relationships, downsizing and more. Get ready for expert interviews, actionable tips, and inspiring stories that will help you create the retirement you desire. We're diving deep into the areas that matter most to Gen X women. Everything that we’ll be talking about is to highlight the ...
…
continue reading
The Sydcast is all about intimate and informative conversations with fascinating people you may not know. Until now. Because everyone has a story. Listen in as Syd talks to entrepreneurs, community leaders, professional athletes, politicians, academics, authors, musicians, and many more about who they are and how they got there. Sydney Finkelstein is an award winning professor at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, and a best-selling author of Superbosses and 25 other books. He ...
…
continue reading
Relationships ebb and flow throughout our lives, including before, during, and after retirement. In this episode, we dive into the ways retirement can reshape our relationships with partners, friends, and family. As we transition into this new phase of life, the routines and social structures we once relied on often change, leading to both challeng…
…
continue reading
Ever wonder how to keep your skin glowing and your makeup flawless, no matter your age? In this episode, Cheri Larson Burwell shares makeup and skincare tips tailored for the mature woman. She spills a few secrets that will have you rethinking your beauty routine. Your face is your canvas. Bring out your inner artist, have a little fun, explore, ex…
…
continue reading
When you write your own obituary, you get to have the last word. With your Gen X independent nature, that might be right up your alley. In this episode, Jamie Passaro, owner and writer at Dear Person Obits, talks about the four benefits of writing your own obituary. If it's even a consideration, dip your toe in and just get started. It doesn't have…
…
continue reading
We all know that prioritizing fitness and nutrition is important throughout our lives. It's especially important during our forties and beyond when it becomes not just a choice, but a delightful necessity. Getting and staying active and nourishing your body with wholesome foods can make a world of difference for your long-term health. It's probably…
…
continue reading
On this March 8th, 2024, Happy International Women's Day! This is a day that has been celebrated around the world for 113 years. It’s about recognizing women’s achievements and raising awareness about what still needs to be done to achieve equality. In recognition and celebration of this day, I have a special episode for you. It's with my WoW frien…
…
continue reading
If you're 50+, you've likely received an invitation to join AARP (formerly known as the American Association of Retired Persons). If you're under 50, do you know you can join right now? Actually, you can become a member at 18. Who knew? In this episode with Amber Miller, Associate State Director of Community Outreach in Wisconsin, we're talking abo…
…
continue reading
Are you a Gen Xer who loves adventure and furry friends? If you'd like to travel in retirement (or anytime), and keep it as low cost as possible, this episode is for you. Imagine exploring new destinations while cuddling up with adorable pets. Pet and house sitting is the ultimate way to fuel your wanderlust and satisfy your love for animals at the…
…
continue reading
Are you ready to step into a financially empowered retirement? It’s probably no surprise that the #1 concern for Gen X women is…Will I have enough money to retire comfortably? Whether you’re on the mid 40s side of Gen X or in your late 50s, data indicates that your financial picture is likely something that makes you feel uncertain. In this episode…
…
continue reading
Gen X women, in today's episode we're debunking the myth that growing older means slowing down. Aging is not a disease. It's an empowering journey with life experience and wisdom on your side. In today's episode with Wendy Hutterer, Licensed Practicing Counselor and owner of Open Door Counseling LLC, we're talking about taking care of ourselves, le…
…
continue reading
Your retirement years are a chance to paint the canvas of your life exactly the way you've always envisioned it. Choosing the lifestyle you want and a home that fits that lifestyle are exciting and empowering decisions that set the stage for your next chapter. But where do you start? In today's episode, Liysa Callsen, realtor/broker/owner of Liysa …
…
continue reading
For most high-achieving women, their jobs give them a great deal of purpose and meaning. In retirement, you may find yourself searching for ways to feel that same sense of purpose and meaning. One of the options to explore could be the Peace Corps. In this episode, Kate Raftery takes us on a journey of discovery about the many benefits of serving i…
…
continue reading
Terra Hartman Genesis Integrative Medicine – Functional Medicine Practitioner Ready for some pro tips to prepare for a healthy retirement? It's never too early (or late) to prioritize your well-being. If you haven’t already, now is the time to build a foundation of strength and vitality and empower yourself to thrive before and during retirement. I…
…
continue reading
Belinda (Bel) Woodhouse, International Living Magazine – Mexico Correspondent While sitting on a beach in Bali, Bel realized she didn’t want to go back to work. She went home, put in her discharge papers to the Royal Australian Navy and started the journey of becoming a travel writer. After traveling through India, Cambodia, the Americas, Mexico, P…
…
continue reading
Welcome to this podcast for Gen X women that’s all about designing your joyful retirement. Whether you're an empty nester, have teenagers at home, are raising grandchildren or are simply embracing the freedom of exploring new horizons, this podcast is for you! We’ll be talking about everything from financial freedom, health & wellness, perimenopaus…
…
continue reading
Episode Summary In this final episode of Season 4, I bring you Rob Kapilow. A musical savant, innovator, and global presence, listening to Rob is like taking a master class in music, and in life. From Duke Ellington to Joseph Campbell, from Beethoven to the Beatles, and from Yale to Paris to Native American reservations, Rob Kapilow will take you o…
…
continue reading
Episode Summary How does it happen that an English teacher and sports coach becomes a renowned actor? Ben Koldyke – who played Don Frank on How I Met Your Mother and many other roles – tells us, along with cameo insights about Aaron Sorkin, Second City, and Dartmouth College. Sydney Finkelstein Syd Finkelstein is the Steven Roth Professor of Manage…
…
continue reading
Episode Summary What is it like being on the radio? In New Hampshire, that means interviewing would-be Presidents, but for Mike Morin it also means being curious, open-minded, and occasionally even pulling crazy stunts that upset half of his listeners. A life in radio in the “Live Free or Die” state. Sydney Finkelstein Syd Finkelstein is the Steven…
…
continue reading
Episode Summary Laurie Wallmark is a pioneer – one of the first women at Princeton, a software engineer, a computer science professor, an entrepreneur who created an online bookstore before Amazon ever did, and now, an award-winning writer of picture book biographies of women in STEM, for kids. Passionate about science, writing, teaching, and learn…
…
continue reading
Episode Summary How do we make it easier for people around the world to learn and get the tools to innovate and become entrepreneurs? In this episode, founder Alejandro Juárez Crawford shares his answer: RebelBase, a company that is helping people understand problems and launch experiments that can become solutions. Erudite and articulate, Alejandr…
…
continue reading
Episode Summary Hannah Kearney is an Olympic Gold Medal Winner in freestyle skiing. She’s won 46 World Cup races. And now she’s retired, and ready to reflect on what it’s like to be the best in the world and how you come down from that high to live a productive, and energizing, life. Sydney Finkelstein Syd Finkelstein is the Steven Roth Professor o…
…
continue reading
Episode Summary How’s life growing up in a neighborhood where no one looks like you? In this episode, I talk to a former student, Wendy Pease, who grew up overseas and learned to adapt to life where she was the one who stood out. Now, many years later, perhaps unsurprisingly, she runs a business focused on managing cultural and language barriers. F…
…
continue reading
Episode Summary John Carreyrou literally wrote the book on Theranos – the bestseller “Bad Blood,” which built on his earlier writing at the WSJ that broke the story. With Elizabeth Holmes scheduled to be sentenced this week, I sat down with John to get the inside scoop on how he uncovered the Theranos fraud, his take on Holmes, what went wrong and …
…
continue reading
Episode Summary What’s it like to work at the top levels of marketing in major companies? Kenny Mitchell – an Emmy Award nominated leader who combines creativity with business smarts – describes his move to Big Tech, life at Snapchat (he's the CMO there), augmented reality, and what he wished he knew when he was 20 years old that he knows now. Sydn…
…
continue reading
Episode Summary Dave Johnson is a Silicon Valley attorney and climate change activist whose attention to design thinking suggests a less well-traveled approach to dealing with global threats. Sydney Finkelstein Syd Finkelstein is the Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He holds a Master’s degree …
…
continue reading
Episode Summary Climate change is here, from wildfires to hurricanes and a gradual rise in temperatures. Carbon offsets have become prominent weapons in the war against climate change, but what does it really mean in practice? And on the ground in Brazil? Maron Greenleaf is an anthropologist studying these very questions. What is she learning about…
…
continue reading
Episode Summary Two women – one studying economics with her own fashion line (Avalux) and a member of the US 2020 Olympic team in rugby, the other a first-generation low-income Latina college student in bioengineering looking to increase representation in academia while studying developmental genetics in women’s health. An up-close conversation wit…
…
continue reading
Episode Summary University students and Covid. Scholar-athletes fighting to preserve their sport in a diminished resource environment during Covid. African-American students willing to have the “uncomfortable” conversations with classmates, professors, and administrators. Competing to get better every day. Kevin Boyce from Brown University, on The …
…
continue reading
Episode Summary Diversity in the workplace is top-of-mind for my MBA students and senior leaders alike. In this episode of The Sydcast, I want to profile one organization that’s on the front lines, creating opportunities for women in particular to fulfill their career potential. Kristy Wallace, up until very recently head of the Ellevate network, t…
…
continue reading
Episode Summary Cannabis is booming. Whether for medicinal or recreational purposes, more and more US states have legalized the business. How did we get here and where are we going next? A conversation with cannabis insider Chris Walsh on regulation, public policy, market growth, and which established industries will be the first to enter the game.…
…
continue reading
Episode Summary The Music Cognition Lab at Princeton University is where researchers study why we love music, how we process while listening, why we like what we like, and countless other creative questions that combine music, cognitive science, and neuroscience. Our guest on this episode of The Sydcast is the scholar and creative force behind the …
…
continue reading
Episode Summary Gina Bianchini is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and founder of Mighty Networks, a platform for creators (of anything) to build out and monetize their content. As a past business partner with legendary entrepreneur and investor Marc Andreessen, Gina has deep roots in startup culture. Who is Gina Bianchini, what is Mighty Networks, an…
…
continue reading
Episode Summary Boarding school. Enrichment and personal growth experiences. A supportive community. Natalie Tung is creating all of this … for black and brown high school girls in Trenton. The idea took shape while Natalie was at Princeton and reflected on her own experience growing up in Hong Kong. Now, just a few years later, she’s hit the tippi…
…
continue reading
Episode Summary “Knowing the history of my family, knowing what my grandparents decided to do, changed my life.” On this episode of The Sydcast, a story of Hispanic culture in America and how Marcela Gómez connected the dots in a way that others seldom did. Her journey, from Bogota, Colombia to Miami, Atlanta, Nashville, and New York City. Sydney F…
…
continue reading
Episode Summary A wide-ranging discussion with the multi-talented Gautam Mukunda. Leadership, Theranos, Failure and Learning, Luck, Russia and Ukraine, the Financial Crisis, Inequality, Innovation. Bezos, Jobs, Holmes, Neumann, Sackler, Putin. Sydney Finkelstein Syd Finkelstein is the Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Busine…
…
continue reading
Episode Summary John Pepper is a restaurant entrepreneur, angel investor, and a hands-on advocate for the rights of low-wage workers. He’s been an Uber driver, confronted small-town Vermont politics, and turned a banned college fraternity house into a shared work space for startups. Motivated by social justice, sustained by business, he shares his …
…
continue reading
Episode Summary Careers zig-zag, they don’t go in straight lines. But yet there is a thread that connects our paths over time. This is true if you run for Governor of New Hampshire, grow one of the top online education universities in the US, or lead the biggest collection of angel investors in the country. And it’s true if you’ve done all of these…
…
continue reading
Episode Summary Lowey Bundy Sichol writes books about entrepreneurship for kids. Think Google, Lego, and Disney. A multiple award-winner who used to write business school case studies, Lowey has figured out how to communicate to children in a way that makes them want to keep reading. On this episode of The Sydcast, Lowey tells her story. Sydney Fin…
…
continue reading
Episode Summary Diane Brady is one of the top business journalists in the world, with writing and editing gigs at the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Business Week, and Forbes. And also an old friend. She’s wise (“nobody needs more content, they need more intelligence”) and she’s a pro (“the best interviews are about listening”). In this episode, Di…
…
continue reading
Episode Summary Ukraine is Ground Zero for war, but also all manner of newer technologies, from cyber to AI. What is NATO seeing, and learning, and what are the implications of the war for global security, technology, and innovation? James Appathurai has a front-row seat at NATO HQ, on this episode of The Sydcast. Sydney Finkelstein Syd Finkelstein…
…
continue reading
Episode Summary What happens when a tech-savvy entrepreneurial young man from Africa comes to America for school? It’s his first time in the US and what does he learn? As he describes on this episode of The Sydcast, George Boateng learns that he is black. That simple, and powerful, observation will strike many listeners as profound, yet George unde…
…
continue reading
Episode Summary Scholar, leadership guru, author, speaker, and influencer, for the last 7 years Christine Riordan has been President of Adelphi University in New York. How did she get there? How did her leadership work translate to when she was sitting in the corner office? How did she navigate running a large university during Covid? And how does …
…
continue reading
An Athlete's Life, with Anouk Patty Episode Summary: So many people are afraid of change, but sometimes we get to talk to someone whose life is a case study of change. When it was clear that Anouk Patty – an NCAA champion ski racer – would not be good enough to reach Olympic medal heights, she changed. Business school and a successful career in tec…
…
continue reading
Dr. Lucy Gilbert: The Cancer-Curing Doctor Episode Summary: Dr. Lucy Gilbert – an oncologist at McGill University – has developed a genetic AI-based test to detect early stage ovarian and endometrial cancers, the third highest cancer-killer of women. In this episode of The Sydcast, Dr. Gilbert shares her journey from Singapore to London to Montreal…
…
continue reading
Episode Summary: Every once in a while our guest on The Sydcast seems to do everything well. Jay Rosenzweig, this week’s guest, is a great example. Entrepreneurial “breathing” is in his bones, whether that means building a major executive search firm, investing in dozens of Web 3.0 startups, or spearheading major initiatives at multiple non-profit …
…
continue reading
Episode Summary: Shelley Zalis is an entrepreneur, provocateur, connector, CEO, champion of women and equality, and (as some have called her) “chief troublemaker.” What makes Shelley so fascinating is that she simply refuses to accept the status quo when it’s broken, and what’s broken is the experience – both on the job and at home – of so many wor…
…
continue reading
Episode Summary: Recently, Syd launched a set of four online courses on the Coursera platform – the Strategic Leadership “specialization” – getting a first-hand view of how education has shifted from traditional classroom to digital media. Since the Sydcast is all about learning, it seems appropriate for the first episode of Season 4 to kick off wi…
…
continue reading
Episode Summary: Sarah Apgar – Princeton and Dartmouth alum, Iraqi war vet, volunteer fire fighter and EMT, and startup founder – wants to create a fitness and wellness movement based on the FitFighter steelhose product. In three conversations over the last year, we learn about Sarah and her company, her life as a Mom, her aspirations for her busin…
…
continue reading
Episode Summary: Italy. Food. Artisans. Culture. That is the life Professor Danielle Callegari is immersed in, and when you hear about it you’ll probably say, why didn’t I think of it! Except then you’ll need to spend years writing a book on Dante, then start the next book, cloistered in Italian libraries with no air conditioning during Roman summe…
…
continue reading
Episode Summary: Did you ever feel like you didn’t deserve the job you had? That you were faking it, and would soon be found out? That’s impostor syndrome in action, and my former MBA student Catharine Keene has been dealing with it for years. In this episode she tells her story, including how she’s figured out how to keep it under wraps as she sta…
…
continue reading
Episode Summary: Successful MBA leaves high-paying Wall Street job to build a start-up dedicated to helping women manage their careers and families. Joyce Cadesca tells us why she made this move, and in this As It Happens series, visits with us three times over the last year to talk about the challenges and wins she’s racked up. The truth: it hasn’…
…
continue reading