45 Forward

45 Forward

Thanks to advances in medicine and health, most of us are just at half-life when we reach our mid-40s, with many potentially productive years ahead. But there’s no road map to prepare us for this period. That’s where 45 Forward comes in.
My show provides you with strategies to shift the traditional ...

Recent Episodes

Feb. 24, 2025

The Well-Lived Life of a Serial Social Entrepreneur

There are many people who work for social service organizations during their lifetime, but few do it with the passion and vision of Paul Arfin. In today’s episode, Paul talks about his long and storied career, starting out in...
Feb. 19, 2025

Can You Find Personal & Professional Success through the “5 Ls”?

As we move through our fast-paced lives, year after year, trying to juggle personal, family and work demands, we inevitably face a pointed question: Has my life been a success? We’d like to think so, but how would we define s...
Feb. 10, 2025

Helping People with Disabilities Lead Independent Lives—with Canine Companions

For people with disabilities, leading an independent life can be an extraordinary challenge—at any age. But one proven way to help the disabled lead lives with greater independence is through the companionship of service dogs...
Feb. 3, 2025

Discovering the Path to Lasting Love in Today’s Troubling World

As we look forward to the end of winter, there’s always a bright spot in February—Valentine’s Day, our annual celebration of romantic love and friendship. But love can be complicated and hard to find (and keep) these days, am...
Jan. 27, 2025

Financial Planning for Childfree Families: A Distinctly Different Script

When experts talk about financial planning for retirement, many of them assume that people are following a standard life script—go to college, get married, buy a house, have kids and a career until traditional retirement. But...
Jan. 13, 2025

Two Old Friends Share their Journeys Helping People Navigate Life’s Changes

Today, on the 5 th anniversary of the 45 Forward podcast, my guest is Dr. Andrea Gould-Marks, a licensed psychologist, entrepreneurial coach, podcaster and seminar leader, based in Arizona—who also happens to be my life-long ...
Jan. 6, 2025

Encore - Can We Stay on the Crest of Ken Dychtwald’s Age Wave?

The first time I met Dr. Ken Dychtwald was in 1989, when I was writing a cover story about older workers as a business reporter for Newsday, Long Island’s daily newspaper. I remember it well. I was interviewing job experts an...
Dec. 30, 2024

How Do We Move on from the Sudden Loss of a Loved One?

As we come to the close of another year, it is a time when we naturally look both backward and forward. In looking back, it is often a time when we (individually and collectively) reflect on passings—the death of important pe...
Dec. 16, 2024

Cultivating a “Growth Mindset” to Help You Age Well and Wisely

Several years ago, as Scott Fisher and Ben Green approached their 70th birthdays, the challenges of aging loomed large for these two lifelong friends. Scott, an organizational psychologist, and Ben, a psychoanalyst, were curi...
Dec. 9, 2024

The Unexpected (and Rewarding) Journey of a Later-Life Actress

When we think about the career track of actresses today, we often envision a challenging path, auditioning for myriad jobs, hoping for breaks, and meeting the right director—but more often than not, working as a restaurant se...
Dec. 2, 2024

Navigating the Challenging Landscape of Mental Health Law

You can’t open a newspaper or go online today without seeing articles about anxiety, depression, burnout or suicide rates—clearly, we’re struggling with our mental health, individually and as a society. But the fact that we’r...

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