Growing Older Together | Personal Journeys Through Fear and Resilience

About Growing Older Together | Personal Journeys Through Fear and Resilience

Growing Older Together is a short-form podcast that explores the fears, turning points, and resilience of aging, with episodes under 15 minutes. Season One: Echoes of the Past, Visions of Tomorrow, looks at how earlier experiences continue to shape who we become. Season Two: Finding Strength in Our Fears, shares stories about fears, how it shows up in everyday life, how it keeps us quiet, and what it takes to speak about it in later life. From time to time, I share interviews with guests about their experiences of aging and the resilience they discovered along the way. Let’s keep growing older and wiser together.

Publisher

Lourdes Valtierra Dirden

Category

education · society & culture · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

29 Jan 2024

Latest episode

21 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

35 episodes in the feed.

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   21 Sept 2026

   S2 Ep 17 Growing Older While Caring for Aging Parents

   Send us Fan Mail In Episode 17, Lourdes talks about what it can be like to care for aging parents while also getting older yourself. She discusses how caregiving can affect your time, energy, emotions, relationships, and the way you think about your own future. RESOURCES Pew Research Center, Family Caregiving in an Aging America, February 26, 2026, Pew Research Center: Family Caregiving in an Aging America LET'S STAY CONNECTED Find episodes, show notes, and more: https://campsite.bi...

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   10 Sept 2026

   S2 Ep 16 When No One Is Listening

   Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I share what it can feel like when you keep trying to speak and people stop listening, brush you off, or make you feel like what you have to say does not matter. Over time, you may start holding things back, questioning yourself, or deciding it is easier not to say anything at all. RESOURCES SCIENTIFIC REPORTS Ageism in a health-related context: the physiological, psychological, and behavioral impacts of subtle age discrimination on older adults Ng et al. (20...

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   27 Aug 2026

   S2 Ep 15 - When Life Is A Horror Story

   Send us Fan Mail Sometimes life can feel like a horror story. A sudden phone call, stress that builds over time, the feeling of not being heard, or a change that leaves you wondering how to keep going. In this episode, I look at what it means to get through something you never thought you could, and how one small step can help when things feels out of control. RESOURCES Ageism in a Health-Related Context: The Physiological, Psychological, and Behavioral Impacts of Subtle Age Discrimination on...

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