The Geeky Grandma with an Encouraging Nudge

Solo Episode - Jill McCarthy

Christmas is the season of love and joy, and it's no wonder that many people want to get in the spirit of things by decorating their homes and making special memories with loved ones.

It is about family, food (and lots of it), and fun! But there are so many traditions that we have to keep together. If you're looking for some inspiration on how to celebrate Christmas this year, listen on as I will share my family’s fun traditions that make this time of year so much more enjoyable.

Episode Highlights:

● Christmas Tradition

● Family get-together

● Family

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Jill McCarthy, Podcaster Bio

I am a retired elementary school teacher from central New York 3 miles from the school that I worked at.

I spent most of my career time teaching second graders in this local elementary school.

I taught 7 & 8 years old children and I helped them to expand their imagination.

I have been married for 43 years, I have 4 grown sons and 6 grand children ranging from 18 to a year on the earth.

Love digital kind of project that's where 'geeky grandma' originated.

ESTELLE PARKE

Estelle Parke is a mother who writes the life story of her young son, whose unique life transformed the lives of so many around him. A much loved son, died at 14 years of age, but leaving a remarkably rich and inspiring heritage for all who wish to know his story. She is an author and has published a book which she has been trying to get it out since then. Her book kept her busy after her retirement.

She is a teacher, at Westside Christian College and former teacher at Groves Christian College. She is from Brisbane, Queensland Australia and Lives in Caloundra, Queensland.

https://www.amazon.com/One-Kings-Men-Estelle-Everingham-ebook/dp/B0794V3GFQ/

EVELYN WOOD BIO,

Evelyn Wood is a Filipina, married and has two beautiful children. Both of them are grown-ups now and they are fulfilling their dreams and ambitions in their life. She retired back in Sept 2020 after working 22 years in a California Department of Corrections. Although she thought retired life will just be sitting and doing housework routine, it was behold! Her life became more adventurous, a life that she never thought she would be doing. To live aboard life!

Her husband treats her like a queen and his goal in life is to make her happy. He knows that she loves adventure and travel. So one night... He asked her... “Babe, what do you think of us getting a sailboat??”

Then the adventure began …

ANN VARNEY

Ann Varney has created an Award-winning business as a single parent with 2 children, whilst teaching full-time creating not 1 but 3 massive burn-outs. She knew it was time to change as her inner self was lost, trapped in her own creation. As she thought she would be happy with not only the success but fulfilling what she thought was her passion.

Alongside meditation, intuition, energy healing, angelic healing, shamanism, manifesting, shadow work, alchemy, hypnosis. She is a world-renowned author from Scotland with 3 books with a Postgraduate Degree in Psychology and is qualified in Advanced Hypnotherapy and Meditation. An International Spiritual Teacher, specializing in; Shamanic Energy Healing; a Master of Sekhem/Reiki; Pranic healing; Firewalk Instructor, and Educational Leader.

She travelled the world with real Rinpoches, Native Americans, and Shamans to find the magic, spending in excess of £350k picking up psychological spiritual and scientific tools.

She can fast-track you into connecting to your heart and saving you burn-out, anxiety, stress and money. She creates a life that one loves by holding ones hand with a no-BS attitude which creates lasting results.

CARRIE SILVERHORN BIO,

Carrie Silverhorn is an Eastern Shawnee/Irish Artist and Graphic Designer, from Northeast

Oklahoma. She is a blessed mother of two and a grandmother to two preciouses

babies. She has been drawn to art and creativity since the age of two. She was

encouraged by her Parents and Grandparents in her artwork all her life.

After attending the Institute of Indian Arts in Santa Fe, NM as well as NEO A&M

College, obtained her degree in Graphic Arts and opened her own online design,

print, and web company.

Combining her love for art and design along with the strong desire to travel, she created Gypsy Soul Travel Magazine. She is also one of dedicated solo traveller. 

Today, she  travels full time in her camper and work for various resorts for the season and

shares her experiences with everyone in her magazine.

Utilizing her experiences in her travels and personal growth, hence has now written and

published the Dream Keeper Journal, and More or Less. Both are available on

Amazon.

She hopes that she can inspire others to pursue their passions, get out into nature and travel.

MANDY SNYDER BIO.

Mandy Snyder is a Somatic Healer who helps people feel more at home in their bodies. She leads groups and does individual work for emotional healing, trauma resolution, nervous system regulation and self-discovery. She loves to help people access their calm centers, from which grounded creativity and self-empowerment can emerge. Her super power is welcoming the shadow parts of us, with compassion and acceptance, and helping others to cultivate this capacity. In her free time, she loves walking in nature, making soup, laughing, and dancing.

CHERI L. NEAL

Cheri lives in Zion, IL where she raised her two amazing children as a single mom. She has been a certified life coach since 2006 and a mental fitness certified trainer. She is a town supervisor, professional speaker and belongs to the National Speakers Association Wisconsin Chapter, one time she has been the  president of that Association. This pace year, She participated Camino DE Santiago which is over 500 miles pilgrimage walk. After her trip she did half marathon, launched hot air balloons, then later did full marathon. She thrives helping others create their optimal life and by facing her own fears by sky-diving, pit crewing for hot air balloons. She is energetic and adventurous lady always looking for ideas bring back to her beloved town. When she isn’t working, she loves golf, gardening, raising Monarch butterflies and rides in the country in her convertible or on her Harley.

PS In this episode you will hear us both talking about a woman named Cheryl Tanner.  Cheryl Tanner was my guest on Episode #2 Growing with Mentors.  Check it out.

LINDA BRYCE, MA, Rev Bio.

LINDA BRYCE, MA, Rev, is an author, educator and bedside singer who offers emotional and spiritual support to those navigating serious illness and approaching death.

Linda’s early experiences with health care for seniors and later at the bedside of her dying husband took her to hundreds more, to sit vigil, to sing to the dying, and to offer her professional end-of-life doula skills.

Linda’s book, The Courage to Care: Being Fully Present with the Dying, was a #1 Amazon bestseller and winner of a 2022 first place Gold Award from the Global Book Awards. The book is “full of wise counsel and stories that will land in the mind of your heart,” “to provide compassionate support and a peaceful journey for those who are dying–and for their families.”

Her children’s picture book, Old Oak and Little Pumpkin, based on an original story by her late husband, was just published on September 30th, 2022. Next up is We’re Never Far Apart, a young reader chapter book, which follows the grief and healing journey of a young girl whose best friend dies.

Jacqueline Sisson MA:

MFCT

Certified Art Therapist (CAT)

She is a Master Relationship Coach and Licensed ordained minister for over 40 years.

Mind body and spirit coach helping women in self-actualization.

She is married to her soul mate over 50 years and lives in Danville, Illinois.

International Relationship Coach Jim Rohn international (JRI)

International speaker and Author for Relation Coach Rich Campe Inc

Director of Mars Venus counseling center and workshops with Dr John Gray

Lynne Parmiter Bowman

Author of Brownies for Breakfast

A Cookbook for Diabetics and The People Who Love Them

She is an extrovert who has done more than 80 podcasts to date, over the last 15 months. Loves talking to women about being whom they want to be. Most often, focusing on health & wellness and always happy to dive into free-ranging conversation.

Besides being an Author and public speaker for plant based and sugar-free Nutrition, Lynne Parmiter Bowman has incredible warmth and wisdom.

She has published cool, fun and beautiful guidebook for our loved ones with diabetes; Brownies for Breakfast is a cookbook for anybody who wants to eat healthy.

Lynne has been featured at women's expos throughout the country, teaming with actress Deidre Hall to write and publish Deidre Hall's Kitchen Close-up (2010) and Deidre Hall's How Does She Do It? (2012). In previous lives, she won national awards as a creative director for Silicon Valley companies, was Creative Director at E&J Gallo Winery, Advertising Manager at Red Ken Laboratories, and free-lanced for agencies in San Jose, Los Angeles, and New York.

She has also worked as an actress, makeup artist, screenwriter, illustrator, legal journalist and television Weather Person.

Lynne has three grown children, two grandchildren, and is president of The Pescadero Foundation. She and her husband have a small farm on the coast of Northern California.

lynne@LynneBowman.com

Laurie Wright, also known as Not Your Average Grandma, is a certified Master NeuroCoach whose mission is to help passionless empty nesters, who wake up most days feeling unmotivated and frustrated about their less-than-fulfilling lives, get clear on who they really are and what they truly desire so that they feel energized and excited about their next chapter, in a way they may have never experienced before.

Laurie has a corporate background in the software tech industry, with her longest stint at AOL where she spent 13 years climbing the corporate ladder. Although most would consider her rise from technical writer to Vice President in just 7 years to be the pinnacle of success, it left her empty and unfulfilled. After experiencing a couple of on-the-job panic attacks, she knew something was wrong and that she needed to change her life.

Now, after lots of research and training on this topic, she understands that her rise to the top took her further away from her soul’s purpose - the work that lights her up, brings her great joy, and that she now believes she was sent here to do. And because she believes everyone deserves to live from this lit up place, she’s dedicated her life to teaching people how to find that spark.

With her signature program, The Second Half S.P.A.R.K. School™, Laurie teaches women how to find their late-in-life spark by connecting with their authentic self and uncovering what they truly want out of life so that they won’t ever find themselves asking “What if?” She also has a podcast called “Not Your Average Lives” where she highlights inspirational stories of midlife transformation.

References during the podcast:

https://www.amazon.com/Simple-Abundance-Days-Balanced-Joyful-ebook/   by Sarah Ban Breathnach

https://sparketype.com/

https://sparketype.com/book/   by Jonathan Fields

Kathy White's BIO:

Born in the UK to a Canadian Mother and British Father, Kathy has been back and forth from UK to Canada many times. She currently lives on Vancouver Island. She took her first yoga class at the age of 25 in Victoria BC, from there moved to Spain and then settled in the Spiritual Community of Findhorn in Scotland where she met her husband, and they raised their two children. During this time Kathy trained as an Art Psychotherapist and became a certified Facilitator of The Work of Byron Katie. She has been teaching yoga since her first teacher training in 2000, and in the past 5 years has done some retraining in the Kaiut Method from which she has developed her joint-ful approach to yoga and the Joint Renewal System for men and women like herself who are over 50 and want to stay active and mobile as they age.

Keep an eye out...from time to time Kathy offers a 5 day challenge so that people can check out her unique class.

WEBSITE: www.kathywhiteyoga.com

Martha Davis Alexander

JD, Mediator, CFLC, Adult Children of Divorce

Biography:

Martha spent 50 years figuring out how to leave her parents’ divorce to parents and not carry around the guilt, anger, and trepidation that remained from their divorce. She went to law school and spent decades practicing family law to stop the emotional backlash from the divorce crash into the kids.

Now, she helps individuals of divorced parents of all ages break free of the emotional remnants and constraints of their parents’ divorce. She has dedicated her life to “fixing” divorce.

Kids of divorced parents can have all the joy and support of a family, without the divorce fallout. Martha knows that individuals of divorced parents can celebrate holidays, birthdays, and all their life achievements without a thought to their parents’ divorce.

Martha knows this is possible because she has done it!

Let’s make sure your parents���divorce does not continue to deplete your energy, focus, and joy or unnecessarily impact your children.

Email: marthadalexander@gmail.com

Liz Sumner is on a mission to help people feel good about themselves and their accomplishments. She works with women who are fed up with feeling stuck and disappointed, and who are ready for support to feel productive and deeply satisfied.
A recovering procrastinator herself, Liz understands women who struggle with motivation and are quick to say, “It’s probably too late.”  

But that’s not true.

In her podcast, I Always Wanted To, Liz interviews people who are doing things that others long to do. Her guests demonstrate just how possible it is to go after your dreams and learn new tricks.

An ICF-certified coach with a Master’s in Organization Development, Liz is also a certified Designing Your Life Coach. She lives in a lovely medieval village in central Italy, sings with a jazz orchestra, and does her best to communicate in Italian.

You can reach Liz via: 

https://lizsumner.com/

Jill McCarthy

Facebook: Empowering Women  https://www.facebook.com/groups/1834109433336492

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/owning_your_power/

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/empowering_women/_created/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jill-mccarthy-91322b27/

Email: mmccar1@twcny.rr.com

Editing: Jill McCarthy 

Biography

Margaret Agard is an award-winning author, former executive in the high tech industry and mother of eight children, step-mother to seven (they were never all at home at the same time!) She is a Christian mystic and Reiki Level II Healer.  

She is currently writing her third memoir titled Love: Becoming One with Parker, from her house next to a lake in Florida– viewing lake, not swimming in the lake because, well, alligators.

In this podcast you will hear the gentle words of this mother of eight, high tech executive, and author tell about when her to-do list got overwhelming how she turned it over to God to help her get through her day to day life.

https://inhisfootsteps.com/

https://www.facebook.com/margaret.agard/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/margaretagard/

https://www.instagram.com/inhisfootstepsbooks/

Podcaster:

https://www.facebook.com/jill.mccarthy.585

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1834109433336492

https://www.instagram.com/owning_your_power/

Melissa Conkling is a Certified Hypnotist, NLP Practitioner and Life Coach. Driven by her intuition and her own personal transformation, she takes pride in providing the best hypnosis possible, guiding her clients to create powerful changes in their lives. As a hypnotist, her goal is to empower women to become the best versions of themselves and live their lives from a place of confidence, joy and authenticity. Melissa was named one of the 10 Best hypnotists by Natural Nutmeg magazine in 2020 and 2021. 

Our guest for this episode is Lori Pino. She is an author, holistic life coach, and healing artist from the San Francisco Bay Area, whose mission is empowering others to live on purpose with purpose. She has just published a book titled Haight Words: Voices from the Street, wherein she attempts to bring light to the depth of humanity existing before our eyes--the homeless in our communities--compelling us draw on our own compassion and help bring voice to the silenced.

In today's episode Jill McCarthy interviews Rene Estes, who is also known as The Video Mentor. Finally, the "GEEKY" Grandma interviewed a kindred soul allowing their mutual love of photography, still, & video, software & editing to come out and play. Rene begins by sharing tell us about chapters in her life as a means of background information. That helps us to see the path see took on becoming The Video Mentor. Jill compared her own teaching young children's writing to Rene's creating a video project. That conversation led to a detailed discussion and comparison.

After discussing encouragement in Rene's life...we hit the jackpot talking about the generations of strong women that have inspired Rene, her life, and career. It sounds like Rene's female lineage had a head start compared to the rest of us in acting on their inner strength, and for not tolerating inequitable treatment. Be sure to check out these links below to discover more about Rene Estes and her work.

Today's episode is an interview with brand new author Richard Haiduck. Richard Haiduck is a former life sciences executive and mentor. Richard had a dream in his heart to write a book since he was 7 years old.  While that dream stayed hidden for decades...it reemerged in his retirement.  After listening to many of his buddies tell about the neat things they were doing in their retirements...Richard decided to collect these stories and fashion them into his first book.  In this episode he shares the stories of three of the women he interviewed and their unique retirement journeys.  I hope this interview sparks some dormant dreams in your heart so that they may be blossomed into fruition as you embark on retirement.  His book is called Shifting Gears, 50 Baby Boomers Share Their Meaningful Journeys in Retirement. His book launched on November 17th, 2020 and it is available in ebook and hardback at all major book selling locations.  Richard also writes a blog about his retirement adventures and can be heard as a guest on several different podcasts.