Rachel McAlpine A Poet’s Voice on Aging

S5 E8: Rachel McAlpine A Poet’s Voice on Aging What is your job? "What is your job when you no longer have a job? What is your work when you don’t go to work any more? When you retire you gain such a lot—like freedom and time and multiple choice. You left with relief so why this incongruity of grief? Work gave you friends, a schedule, a label a space and a fable a reason to get out of bed a dress code and your daily bread and at your very core a sense of who you are and what you’re for." © Rachel McAlpine Welcome to Tea Toast & Trivia. Thank you for listening in. I am your host, Rebecca Budd, and I am looking forward to sharing this moment with you. I am traveling virtually to Christchurch, New Zealand, to meet with Rachel McAlpine, a digital content pioneer, eminent New Zealand poet and author of 30+ books.  She joins me today to discuss her poetry and embracing our evolving journey with joyful anticipation. Rachel became obsessed with the ageing process from a personal point of view. At 75, when she discovered that her life expectancy was 99, she devised a boot camp for her bonus years. The outcome of this initiative was realistic optimism and a sense of control.  Now at 82, Rachel is helping others to confront the mixed blessing of longevity.  She inspires confidence that we can shape our old age.  I invite you to put the kettle on and add to this exciting conversation on Tea Toast & Trivia. Thank you for joining Rachel and me on Tea Toast & Trivia to discuss how to be old. Thank you, Rachel for sharing your profound insights on how the gift of longevity. This has been a wonderful conversation. Listeners you can meet up with Rachel on her website, Write Into Life, Amazon and Goodreads.  You are only an internet click away from journeys that enrich the soul. Music by Epidemic Sound S.A. Karl "Castor" https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/BUaOZZJ5UG/ Claude Signet "Together Is Better" https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/gPLIAeQ0Cj/ More Than Family "This Way My Dear" https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/qMY1hUHSLT/