Second Breaks
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Second Breaks is a health podcast hosted by Lou Blaser. It has 253 episodes, with the latest published May 2025.
Coffee chats with people I want to learn from — about life, work, becoming, and figuring things out (often in midlife, but not always). Hosted by Lou Blaser.About The Host: Lou Blaser is a corporate escapee turned writer, podcast host, and resident philosopher-next-door. She writes We’re All Getting Older — a newsletter about joy, purpose, and figuring out what matters now. She’s also the author of Break Free: The Courage to Reinvent Yourself and Your Career. loublaser.substack.com
health ·en ·253 episodes
236. An Invitation to Delight
235. Steer. Don't drift.
234. Eschewing Comfort Zones, Playing, and Staying Youthful
233. When The Scary Thing Becomes The Thing You Love
232. What's happening? Why are we pausing?
231. Answer The Call And Write Your First Book with Jen Louden
230. Un-hurrying Grief
229. Can We Talk About Grief? with Charlene Lam
228. Experiments on Slowing Down Time
227. Can We Slow Down Time? A Conversation with Yvonne Marchese
226. The Purpose of Liminal Spaces During Midlife Transitions
225. Finding Our Way Through Major Life Changes and the Midlife Emergence with Jen Berlingo
224. Settling Into Olderhood and Finding Our New Way Forward with Paul Long
223. How Do You Prepare to Retire From a Career You Love with Merle Saferstein
222. How To Master Ourselves Through Difficult Situations with Vivek Chakrabortty
221. The One About Change, Getting Older, The Things We Can (and Cannot) Control
220. Sustaining Our Drive and Ambition as We Get Older with Kathy Oneto
219. Deathbed Wisdom for a Happier Life with Dr. Kathy Zhang
218. Let's Make This The Best Year Yet: Goals for 2024
217. Year-End Reflections and Key Takeaways From 2023
216. A Conversation About Growth with Yvonne Marchese
215. [Dear Lou] Family Tension Following Retirement
214. Living Our Legacy with Merle Saferstein
213. [Curveball Series] When You're Forced to Retire From Your Corporate Career with Roberto Seif
212. How Our Definition of Success Change As We Get Older
211. How Much Money is Enough to Be Happy in Retirement with Luke Mathers
210. Retirement is Dead, Long Live Retirement (Modern Retirement, That Is!)
209. The Modern Retiree Manifesto: A Framework for Retiring in the 21st Century
208. Beyond Financials: The Skills We Need To Navigate Retirement in the 21st Century
207. My Unplanned, Messy, and Chock-Full O'Lessons Retirement Story
206. What Even Is Retirement Anymore? Should Retirement Still Be A Goal?
205. [Midlife Well-Being] Keeping Our Brains Healthy with Allison Liu
204. [Midlife Well-Being] Sexual Health with Dr. Alyssa Dweck, MD
203. [Midlife Well-Being] Stress Relief Principles with Shulamit Ber Levtov
202. [Midlife Well-Being] Intermittent Fasting with Laurie Lewis
201. Gratitude During Periods of Curveballs and Uncertainty with Holly Bertone
200. You’ve Come A Long Way Baby: A Conversation About Change with Yvonne Marchese
199. Working Midlifers: How To Prepare for the AI Disruption
198. [Curveball Series] Delayed Reactions with Stephanie Dethlefs
197. Midlife is a Call to Action: When Curveballs Hit (Part 2)
196. What and When is Midlife with Bernie Borges
195. Midlife is a Call to Action: The Case for Midlife Change (Part 1)
BONUS: Podcast Goals and What's Next for 2023
BONUS: Five Lessons I'm Taking Away From 2022
BONUS: How Different Are You From The 20-Year Old Version Of Yourself?
194. Want to spice up your year-end review process? Try these 3 atypical questions.
193. A Case Study in Personal Growth and Transformation with Vivek Chakrabortty
192. When You Must Do a Major Life Makeover in Midlife with Lori Saitz
191. Spotting Fear and Navigating Difficult Conversations with Nancy Burger
190. Pushing Out of the Comfort Zone and Doing Your Brave Thing with Yvonne Marchese
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