Keep It Juicy
137 episodes - English - Latest episode: 29 days ago - ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsA lifestyle podcast for over-50s who know how to squeeze every bit of juice out of life. Host Helen Mitternight hosts weekly interviews with experts on relationships, sex, health, finance and lifestyle and people who are doing it right -- "Juicys."
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Episodes
Episode 85 - Joyful with Ingrid Fetell Lee
September 24, 2019 16:00 - 34 minutes - 28.2 MBWe talk with author Ingrid Fetell Lee about her book Joyful and about how you can create joy from the outside in. Joyful on Keep it Juicy!
Episode 84 - Stilettos: Thrill Junkies
September 10, 2019 16:00 - 9 minutes - 7.96 MBWhat does it take to feel alive? How close to death do you have to stand to feel really alive? Thrill junkies, on a mini-episode of Keep it Juicy!
Episode 83 - Mental Health with Michelle E Dickinson
August 27, 2019 16:00 - 29 minutes - 23.5 MBWe talk with Michelle Dickinson. Michelle grew up with a mom who had bipolar disorder and, as challenging as that was, it taught her some lessons that helped her when she had to deal with her own depression years later. Now she’s with us and she’s talking about mental illness, stigma, and the importance of generous listening. Michelle E Dickinson, on Keep it Juicy!
Episode 82 - Stilettos: Hacked
August 20, 2019 16:00 - 9 minutes - 7.92 MBEver been hacked? I was! Share my outrage on Keep it Juicy!
Episode 81 - S-age Sex with Doree Lynn
August 13, 2019 16:00 - 26 minutes - 21.9 MBWe talk with Dr. Doree Lynn. She’s a psychotherapist who calls herself a media sex-pert and she’s all about ridding us of the notion that good sex ends when youth does. Dr Doree Lynn on sex and intimacy no matter how old you are on Keep it Juicy!
Episode 80 - Stilettos: Love Ya, Mean It
August 06, 2019 16:00 - 9 minutes - 7.58 MBSome people give out the word "love" like loose change. I was never one of those people...until recently.
Episode 79 - Juicy Rhys Bowen
July 30, 2019 16:00 - 25 minutes - 21 MBMystery author Rhys Bowen talks about how she got her start, her writing process, and why a Celtic harp keeps her on track on the Keep it Juicy! podcast.
Episode 78 - Stilettos: Better Rich Than Smart
July 23, 2019 16:00 - 10 minutes - 8.73 MBA new study shows that it's better to be rich than smart. In other words, if you're pulling yourself up by your bootstraps, those boots had better be made of gold!
Episode 77 - Stress Less with Phyllis Ginsberg
July 16, 2019 16:00 - 29 minutes - 23.9 MBYou’ve heard the expression take a chill pill? Well, guest Phyllis Ginsberg talks about how you can chill out without the pill. You might think that once you’re out of the rat race, you just automatically calm down. Nope. We talk stressing less…no matter where you are in life on Keep it Juicy!
Episode 76 - Stilettos: Wedding Traditions
July 10, 2019 13:19 - 7 minutes - 6.49 MBI hate weddings. But my daughter is getting married this fall and I'm getting all the feels. Wedding traditions on Keep it Juicy!
Episode 75 - Who's Counting with Emily Luchetti & Erin McHugh
June 25, 2019 16:00 - 27 minutes - 22.2 MBWelcome back to “Juicy” chef Emily Luchetti and new guest, writer Erin McHugh. The two have paired up to create a book of inspirational quotes from lots of people you’ll recognize. The topic? Kick-ass aging, on Keep it Juicy!
Episode 74 - Stilettos: Censorship vs Banning
June 18, 2019 16:00 - 8 minutes - 6.69 MBIf you are like I am, you hate hate speech. But should we just look the other way, or should we actively block that kind of talk or writing? When is banning hate speech just censorship? Censorship vs banning, on Keep it Juicy.
Episode 73 - Meet Juicy Sheri Salata
June 11, 2019 16:00 - 38 minutes - 30.7 MBYou may have heard her name as the executive producer for Oprah Winfrey, but Sheri Salata has moved on to new adventures. She’s got a new book – The Beautiful No – what a great name! – and she shares her insights in what she calls part midlife rallying cry and part cautionary tale. Sheri Salata, on Keep it Juicy!
Episode 72- Stilettos: The Math of Life
June 04, 2019 16:00 - 10 minutes - 8.37 MBIn his poem The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, T.S. Eliot says, “I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.” Now I love coffee, but the truth is, we measure our life in time. Everybody knows that one plus one equals two. But sometimes, when you add up the hours you’ve spent on things, the math doesn’t add up. The math of life, on Keep it Juicy!
Episode 71 - Make Love, Not Porn with Cindy Gallop
May 28, 2019 16:00 - 24 minutes - 19.5 MBCindy Gallop is back and she's talking about real sex versus the porn most people watch. She's starting a social sex revolution! Make love, not porn on Keep it Juicy!
Episode 70 - Stilettos: Robots
May 21, 2019 16:00 - 9 minutes - 7.47 MBWhat do you really know? We're talking knowledge versus information and why we're better than robots on Keep it Juicy!
Episode 69 - Inheriting Chaos with Jennifer Luzzatto
May 14, 2019 16:00 - 27 minutes - 22.5 MBWe're talking inheritances. Whether you’re getting a lot of money or a little – or whether you’re the one divvying up the money after Aunt Gertrude dies – it can be a real mess. Guest Jennifer Luzzatto, talks about how to clean up the mess – or, even better, to make sure that the mess never happens.
Episode 68 - Stilettos: Letting Her Back In
May 07, 2019 16:00 - 9 minutes - 8.2 MBWho you let in your life matters. But who you let back in might matter even more. Whether to let an old friend back in, on Keep it Juicy!
Episode 67: Friends of All Ages with Honey Good
April 30, 2019 16:00 - 29 minutes - 24.2 MBHoney Good returns to the podcast. You might remember Honey from Episode 6 when she talked about the lessons of widowhood. Now, Honey talks her new project – a legacy book for grandparents to leave behind – and about her new network that encourages friendships of all ages. Friends of all ages, on Keep it Juicy!
Episode 66 - Stilettos: Touch
April 23, 2019 16:00 - 9 minutes - 7.66 MBIn this era of #MeToo and of potential presidential candidates being outed for creepy touching…what do we do about the need for human touch? Touch, on Keep it Juicy!
Episode 65 - Time Flies with Adrian Bejan
April 16, 2019 16:00 - 37 minutes - 30.2 MBYou know how time seems to fly faster the older you get? Well, there’s a scientific reason for that – and there are some pretty easy ways to slow time down, believe it or not. Physicist/engineer Adrian Bejan talks about the science behind time and why it seems to race by on Keep it Juicy!
Episode 64 - Stilettos: Great to Good
April 09, 2019 16:00 - 10 minutes - 8.43 MBHave you renewed your drivers license lately? Well, I just did and it threw me into a sort of existential crisis. Great to good on Keep it Juicy!
Episode 63 - Ageism in Ads with Cindy Gallop
April 02, 2019 16:00 - 30 minutes - 24.5 MBFlip through a magazine or turn on your television. Where are all the older people? Even the few ads that have older people – well, let’s just say they don’t look, act or talk like anyone I know. They’re all obsessed with insurance policies and wrinkles. AARP hired Cindy Gallop for its Disrupt Aging campaign to target ageism in advertising. They couldn’t have picked a better person. Cindy is kind of a legend in the ad world. She’s tart, funny and blunt – ageism doesn’t stand a chance. Cindy ...
Episode 62: Stilettos - Let's Pretend
March 26, 2019 16:00 - 8 minutes - 6.95 MBI’m still recovering from daylight savings time and it got me thinking about all the things we pretend together, like that the time has changed. It's amazing what mass hysteria will do. Let’s pretend, on Keep it Juicy!
Episode 61 - Healthy Eating with Lisa Johansen
March 19, 2019 16:00 - 34 minutes - 27.7 MBWe talk with registered dietician Lisa Johansen. You know, the older I get, the more that eating seems like a minefield. I just want to eat in peace and drink my glass of wine with dinner and not worry about pesky things like changing metabolism or the temptation of bread basket. Lisa walks us through how we can eat for health – and guess what, it’s not by dieting. Eating for health, on Keep it Juicy!
Episode 60 - Stilettos - Sourdough Lessons
March 12, 2019 17:10 - 9 minutes - 8.18 MBSourdough lessons. I’ve been trying to perfect sourdough and it’s left me feeling kind of crumby and crusty. Sourdough is science, it's art, it's Zen and it may just break me.
Episode 59 - "Juicy" Carrie Morgridge
March 05, 2019 17:00 - 31 minutes - 25.4 MBMeet "juicy" Carrie Morgridge. Carrie is a philanthropist and she and her husband recently rode mountain bikes from one end of the Continental Divide to another. You might think it takes loads of money to be a philanthropist – Carrie married into the Cisco Systems family after all – but she didn’t always have money and she talks about how giving has always been a part of her life. You're going to want to bottle Carrie’s energy!
Episode 58 - Stilettos - Why We Give
February 26, 2019 17:00 - 8 minutes - 6.77 MBWhat makes us break out our wallets? Psychology has something to say about that -- but did they get it right? Why we give on Keep it Juicy!
Ep. 57 - Author Dan Pink
February 19, 2019 17:00 - 32 minutes - 26.3 MBWhen should you schedule surgery? What about a new diet? We talk about the science that tells us WHEN we should do almost everything in life. Author Dan Pink of the best-selling WHEN, shares the cool stuff that he discovered and it may change your daily routines!
Episode 56 - Stilettos - Space in Love
February 12, 2019 17:00 - 9 minutes - 8.12 MBI read those Hallmark cards about my spouse being my other half and I just think they get it wrong. I talk giving space in love on Keep it Juicy!
Episode 55 - Mindful Relationships with Nancy Colier
February 05, 2019 17:00 - 33 minutes - 26.9 MBWelcome back to psychotherapist and mindfulness teacher Nancy Colier. Nancy talks about mindful relationships. You might think that being mindful in a relationship is just about paying attention to your mate…and it is…but it’s also about paying attention to yourself and the thoughts and emotions you bring to the partnership. Nancy talks about how to show up and how to deal with a really bad day. Mindful relationships, on Keep it Juicy!
Episode 54 - Stilettos - Everybody Lies
January 29, 2019 23:02 - 6 minutes - 5.62 MBDo you ever lie? Oh, come on, don’t lie…admit it. Everybody lies. We’re talking the lies we tell others, and the lies we tell ourselves, on Keep it Juicy!
Episode 53 - Side Hustles with Amanda Dixon
January 22, 2019 17:00 - 21 minutes - 17.8 MBWe talk with Amanda Dixon, an analyst for bankrate.com. I asked her on the podcast because I saw a study that we’re doing more side hustles than ever before. What’s a side hustle? We used to call it “moonlighting.” You know, that little extra job for that little extra cash. You might be surprised at why we’re side hustling these days…and what we’re doing. The Side Hustle, on Keep it Juicy!
Episode 52 - Stilettos: Rituals
January 15, 2019 17:00 - 7 minutes - 6.08 MBHow are you doing on those resolutions? Lost that weight or become a better person yet? Yeah, me neither. Forget resolutions for the new year, rituals may be the way to go. Lots of my friends have them and I asked them what they do. Rituals, on Keep it Juicy!
Episode 51- Failure with Brad Staats
January 08, 2019 17:00 - 33 minutes - 27 MBWe talk to Brad Staats. I read Brad’s book, Never Stop Learning, as part of a book club I belong to. The whole book is good, but I really was struck by his chapter on failure. Now, anyone with a podcast knows that the way is littered with failure. Guests who drone on and on, recordings that fail, sound that makes it sound like your podcast is under the sea…I’ve pretty much done everything about this podcast wrong at least once. So, when Brad wrote that failure is necessary and good? Made me ...
Episode 50: Living in Place with Erik Listou
October 30, 2018 16:00 - 33 minutes - 27.4 MBWe talk with Erik Listou from the Living in Place Institute. You might wonder what living in place is…it’s staying where you are, rather than having to go to a senior community or assisted living facility. Easy, right? All you have to do is stay healthy! Erik tells us that there are some relatively low-cost things you can do to your home that can keep you safely there…and it doesn’t have to look like an institution. Even if you’re not ready to think about this, your parents might be. Living...
Episode 49: Stilettos: Listening to Yourself
October 23, 2018 16:00 - 7 minutes - 6.53 MBWe’re talking about listening to yourself on Keep it Juicy! I was reminded recently that I don’t sound the way I think I sound. I'm talking about not just the quality of my tone, but the quality of my conversation. Listening to yourself, on Keep it Juicy!
Episode 48- Over-50 Dating App with Alexis Ferraro
October 16, 2018 16:00 - 23 minutes - 18.7 MBWe talk with Alexis Ferraro of Our Time, a dating app for over-50s. We're used to getting books, shoes and travel arrangements through online ordering. Why not love? Well, Alexis tells us that the book you're ordering doesn't have the option of not liking you back. The brave world of online dating for over 50s on Keep it Juicy!
Episode 47 - Stilettos - Finding Your Passion
October 09, 2018 16:00 - 7 minutes - 6.29 MBFollow your passion! That’s the advice you always get. But what if it’s just plain wrong? DON'T follow your passion, on Keep it Juicy!
Episode 46 - Boomer Aging with Tamara Sims
October 02, 2018 16:00 - 28 minutes - 23.5 MBWe talk with Tamara Sims of Stanford University about some fascinating data on how Baby Boomers are navigating the social parts of getting older. Spoiler alert – we’re getting isolated, and that’s not good. Boomer aging on Keep it Juicy!
Episode 45 - Stilettos - Hurricane Lessons
September 25, 2018 16:00 - 10 minutes - 8.37 MBI’ve been through a few hurricanes and there are things that the weather channel won’t teach you. Hurricane lessons, on Keep it Juicy!
Episode 44 - Comfy, Sexy Shoes with Taryn Rose
September 11, 2018 16:00 - 31 minutes - 25.3 MBShoes. Whether you’re into high, strappy sandals or stomp-the-earth combat boots, women love shoes. International shoe maven Taryn Rose is all about sexy AND comfortable. She’s an orthopedic surgeon, so she knows how to keep the foot from being tortured. But she’s a fashionista and, she’s short…so high heels are her thing. Pain is not. Sexy, comfortable shoes, on Keep it Juicy.
Episode 43: Stilettos: Brave
August 28, 2018 16:00 - 9 minutes - 7.48 MBYou hear that someone or something is "brave" so often that it almost loses its meaning. But what is "brave," really? Bravery on Keep it Juicy!
Episode 42 - Be Your Body's Boss/Dr. Heather Bartos
August 21, 2018 16:00 - 29 minutes - 24.3 MBOverweight? Underweight? When do we get to be perfect? Dr. Heather Bartos talks about how nobody is the boss of our body but us…and how sometimes we abdicate that responsibility to doctors or lovers or that tub of ice cream. Taking control of your weight and your health on Keep it Juicy!
Episode 41: Stilettos: Guilt-Shaming for Charity
August 14, 2018 16:00 - 7 minutes - 6.05 MBIt seems like the opposite of juicy to be cranky. And it's the opposite of juicy to compare yourself with other people. But what are we to do about all the people getting on board the charity train and making you feel guilty if you don't? First, you may feel a little bad. But then you get cranky. Guilt-shaming for charity on Keep it Juicy!
Episode 40 - Andrea Brandt - Loss
August 07, 2018 16:00 - 27 minutes - 22.6 MBWe’re talking about death and other losses. Sounds fun, right? Well, actually…our return guest, Dr. Andrea Brandt says death is really just a good way to get perspective on life. She says that death…and loss? Well, they’re gifts. And, since you can’t return them, you might as well enjoy them! The gifts of death and loss on Keep it Juicy!
Episode 39: Stilettos: FOGS
July 31, 2018 16:00 - 7 minutes - 5.99 MBWhat do you do to combat FOGS...the Fear Of Getting Stupid? For me, it's books...seven at a time. But what's your go-to? Mini-episode of "Keep it Juicy!"
Episode 38 - "Juicy" Beverly Donofrio
July 24, 2018 16:00 - 28 minutes - 22.8 MBI have lots of friends who are writers, or who want to be writers. We wonder what magic dust has been sprinkled over successful writers, and we want to know the clues. We're talking with best-selling author Beverly Donofrio about that magic dust – and guess what, it’s not magic. It’s hard work and rewriting and then even more rewriting. Beverly has written lots of books, but she first burst onto the scene with Riding in Cars With Boys, which became a movie starring Drew Barrymore. Since then...
Episode 37 - Stilettos: FOMO
July 17, 2018 16:00 - 7 minutes - 6.09 MBDo you have FOMO -- the Fear Of Missing Out? And is it a bad thing? I talk FOMO on the Keep it Juicy! podcast .
Episode 36- Trauma and Transitions with Riana Milne
July 03, 2018 16:00 - 29 minutes - 24.2 MBWe’re not children anymore, but the stuff that happened to us as children can still have a big impact on our lives. It can block us from living the life we want and it can block us from finding the love we need. And childhood trauma can really kick up a fuss when we try to manage the transitions that are part of being the age we are now. We talk to certified relationship and life coach Riana Milne about traumas and transitions.