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"What's Next? Conversations with Boomers"
What’s Next? Conversations with Boomers is a candid, cross-generational dialogue exploring life after the milestones—career shifts, retirement, relationships, family, reinvention, and everything in between. Hosted by Barb Desmarais, a retired family & parenting coach and public speaker, each episode dives into honest stories and lived wisdom from Boomers navigating their “what’s next?” moments, offering insights that resonate across generations. Thoughtful, curious, and sometimes funny, the…
Episodes
- "What's Next? Conversations with Boomers"
The Way We Were (Re-release)
Send us Fan Mail My dearest and very long time friend of 57 years, Deb Pederson, stopped by for a nice chat this week. We reminisced about our childhood and…
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Season 3: The Finale
Send us Fan Mail It's a clip show! This week, as Season 3 draws to a close, we reminisce on the last 3 seasons. Theme Music: White Petals by Keys of Moon |…
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Friendship Deposits And Its Return On Investments
Send us Fan Mail It's another Deb Ped Special Episode! Our favourite podcast regular, Deb Pedersen, is back and this time she is wearing the interviewer hat…
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Oooh, Bop! FA-FA-FASHION!
Send us Fan Mail The final part of our 3-Part Series on How To Look Your Best Over 60. We are talking fashion! With our very special guest, Professional…
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The One About LOBs and Other Hair Styles
Send us Fan Mail A 3-part episode about How to Look Your Absolute Best After 60. Barb interviews her daughter-in-law, Jorey, once again, in Part 2 of the…
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Make Me GLOW!
Send us Fan Mail A 3-part episode about how to look your absolute best after 60. Part 1 MAKEUP Our very special guest, Lisa Vella, is a professional makeup…
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Single and [somewhat] Ready to Mingle
Send us Fan Mail The host becomes the interviewee. In an interesting role reversal, Barb gets interviewed by her producer, Mela, about what life is like as a…
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What's Next in Finances? Conversation with a Financial Advisor
Send us Fan Mail In this very informative episode, Barb asks questions you might have about how to manage your money after retirement. We talked to Grant Bell…
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Pack Your Patience, Let's Go Travelling!
Send us Fan Mail As Canada reaches its peak with Covid positivity rates, and words like "Endemic" are starting to bubble out within conversations among…
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Mommy's baby had a baby!
Send us Fan Mail As boomers, chances are your children are in the phase of their lives where they themselves are having children and raising their own…
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75 Is The New 55: The Upside of Aging
Send us Fan Mail Why does getting older have to be depressing? The answer is, it doesn't. Welcome to Season 3! In this premiere episode, Barb and pod bestie…
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TECH: A Useful Servant, But A Dangerous Master
Send us Fan Mail In our Season 2 finale, Barb and Mela discuss what technology means to both of them and how it has influenced their lives. They discuss some…
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"I am a woman. Phenomenally." (A Reprise)
Send us Fan Mail In this vibrant episode, Barb has invited pod favourite, Deb Ped, to continue our conversation about the ever changing roles of women, and…
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"I am a woman. Phenomenally."
Send us Fan Mail In this spirited, bi-generational conversation, Barb interviews our pod favourite, Deb Ped, and our very own audio phenom, Mela, about the…
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"Masculine Toxicity"
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Barb interviews her producer, Mela, about the state of Masculinity in the current dating landscape, and the ever changing…
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The Evolution of Food
Send us Fan Mail Feeling hungry? Us too. In this delicious episode, Barb and our pod regular, Deb Ped, discuss how much of what they ate and how they ate…
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Tales of Adoptions' Past
Send us Fan Mail Adoption in the 1950s/1960s was a very different reality to most women of that era. Babies born out of wedlock were forced to be surrendered…
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Grey hair, don't care!
Send us Fan Mail Have you thought about letting your hair go grey? Why is this topic more controversial for women than it is for men? In this episode, Barb…
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I Am My Mother's Daughter
Send us Fan Mail In this touching episode, we have invited back one of our previous guests, Jennifer Zibin, to talk about how caring for her 99 year old mother…
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En Français!
Send us Fan Mail Mais oui c'est clair! Barb interviews her French teacher, Simona Niculescu, on her approach to inspiring her students to immerse themselves in…
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The Beatles, Baby Duck, and Porphyry Pearl--A Groovy Adolescence
Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Season 2! To ring in the new season, Barb interviews our favourite guest, Deb Pedersen, and reminisce about what it was like to be…
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Boomers and Boomerangs
Send us Fan Mail Just when you think you're "empty nesters," your adult offsprings break the news that they are moving back in. In this episode, Barb…
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Grandma and Grand-Derek
Send us Fan Mail If the Pandemic taught us anything is that life is short and love can find you if you really want it--even in your 60s. In this episode, Barb…
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"Good friends, good books...the ideal life."
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we have not one, not two, nor three, but four guests on our show. Barb interviews her book club and they discuss what makes…
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"...I'll be there for you!"
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we are talking about FRIENDSHIP. And who better to discuss that with than our very first guest from Episode 1, Deb Pedersen…
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Keeping Up With The Zibins
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Barb talks to two of her good friends, Jennifer and Serge Zibin, who are living their best retirement lives full of crafts…
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INDY
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Barb interviews her son Marc, and his girlfriend Jorey, about the upcoming arrival of baby Indy. Original Music: White Petals…
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Anticipating Our First Grandchild
Send us Fan Mail In this fun episode, Barb interviews one of her best friends with whom she has shared a very special bond with. They experienced their first…
"What's Next? Conversations with Boomers"Our Son Became Our Daughter
Send us Fan Mail In this special Pride episode, Barb interviews Chris and Dale whose son became their daughter. For more information on Trans Health and…
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Exercise!
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Barb and her two workout buddies discuss the key to maintaining fun, sustainable exercise regimes. Guests: Sue Fabbro and Deb…
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Learning to Thrive After the Death of Your Spouse
Send us Fan Mail This week, join my friend Kelley Riley and I, as we discuss our new lives following the death of our husbands after more than thirty years of…
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The Way We Were
Send us Fan Mail My dearest and very long time friend of 57 years, Deb Pederson, stopped by for a nice chat this week. We reminisced about our childhood and…
"What's Next? Conversations with Boomers"What's Next? Conversations with Boomers.
Send us Fan Mail A quick teaser for Barb Desmarais' brand new podcast, "What's Next? Conversations with Boomers." Written by Barb Desmarais Produced, Edited…