Older Women & Friends
Hosted by Jane Leder · Jane Leder| Aging Well Advocate for Older Women
5.0from 289 ratings
- 104
- Episodes
- 12
- Transcribed
- 289
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2022
- First episode
About Older Women & Friends
What does it really mean to grow older as a woman? Forget the stereotypes. Older Women & Friends is a podcast about the real experiences of women in their 60s, 70s, 80s, and beyond, and the many unexpected possibilities that come with getting older. Host Jane Leder talks with fascinating women and leading experts about the subjects that matter throughout later life: healthy aging, longevity, relationships, friendship, ageism, money, body image, sexuality, grief, loss, reinvention, purpose, independence, and finding meaning as life changes. Some guests bring professional expertise. Others bring extraordinary stories from their own lives. Together, these conversations explore the realities of aging not as something to fear or simply “fix,” but as a stage of life filled with challenges, surprises, growth, connection, and possibility. Jane brings a unique perspective to these conversations because she is experiencing this stage of life herself. She began podcasting at 77 and is now 81. She continues to learn, question, and explore alongside her listeners. Growing older can be joyful, complicated, difficult, liberating, funny, and surprising all at the same time. Whether you're a woman over 50 or simply interested in understanding what life can really look like as we age, Older Women & Friends offers honest stories, thoughtful conversations, and perspectives worth hearing. Real women. Real experts. Real conversations about what it actually means to grow older.
- Publisher
- Jane Leder| Aging Well Advocate for Older Women
- Category
- society & culture · society & culture · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 16 Nov 2022
- Latest episode
- 15 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
12 of 104 episodes have a transcript.
15 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Women & Young Girls With ADHD: How They Feel & Why They Do What They Do w/ Dr. Kathleen Nadeau
1 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
How Do We Age Well? Social Gerontologist Sharon Rose on Creating a Home, Life & Community That Work for You
17 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
My Single Mom Never Quit: Neither Have I: Eva Kennedy on Growing Up Black, Finding Her Purpose, Finding Her Voice
Inside a recent episode
Women & Young Girls With ADHD: How They Feel & Why They Do What They Do w/ Dr. Kathleen Nadeau
Published 15 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Well, if we're talking about women and we're talking about across the lifespan, I'm curious to know whether hormones play a role for women in terms of ADHD. That's a great question. And absolutely, they play a role. And I think us women figured that out before the doctors did. I remember more than 20 years ago, maybe even 25, I led a panel talking about women with ADHD and And then we took questions from the audience. The audience was mostly women. All these hands went up. You know, is there any connection between the menstrual cycle or I'm in perimenopause or I'm in menopause? And I said, absolutely, yes, because I'd been working with women all those years and I am a woman with ADHD. […]
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- Kathleen Nadeau
- Sharon Rose
- Eva Kennedy
- Claudine Marchand
- Dr Tamie Jovanelly
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 33 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 256 ratings
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- 76
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 96
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Who hosts Older Women & Friends?
Jane Leder host the show. Published by Jane Leder| Aging Well Advocate for Older Women.
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