Windmills: Mastering Midlife

In this episode, Rob and I discuss common medical complaints and the importance of getting things looked at and taken care of before they become serious. (If you're over 45 and haven't had a colonoscopy, you're already past due!) Aligning with my conversation with Dr. Craig Witt, Dr. Dickson and I also discuss the importance of exercise as the primary key to improving and extending your health span within your life span.

In this episode, I interview Dr. Rob Dickson, who shares his professional journey from graduating from college with a Bachelor's Degree in Linguistics to building furniture and having a cabinetmaking business, to starting medical school at age 35 with a wife and five young children. He is now a successful family medicine practitioner and proud "Papa" to two beautiful grandchildren.

This episode is Part 2 of my conversation with Craig Witt, a Ph.D. candidate in Kinesiology at the University of North Alabama. In this episode, Craig shares specific exercise information and we talk about some of the myths and issues that people have surrounding fitness, wellness, and just getting started exercising. 

Against the backdrop story of witnessing a neighbor fail to comply with a basic social obligation, I discuss responsibility and ownership of the different situations we face (messes we make) in life.

This episode is the first of a two-part series. This is the first half of my interview with Craig Witt, a PhD candidate in Kinesiology at the University of North Alabama. In this interview, Craig shares his unexpected personal journey into Act 2 of his professional life after a medical incident effectively drew the curtain on a successful Act I.

An introduction to the host, Scott Infanger, and an explanation of why I chose the title "Windmills: Mastering Midlife."  Join me as I examine the challenges and opportunities we face in midlife. How do you balance all of the responsibilities and demands on your time? Who are you as you look at life as a parent, grandparent, child, professional, retiree, hobbyist, community member and/or leader? How do you keep the roles straight? What does it mean to be in midlife? What are the challenges and opportunities associated with midlife? Is this a time for crisis, or for growth and personal improvement? I explore all of these issues using the famous literary madman, Don Quixote and his early misadventure of jousting at windmills as a metaphor for life. Come along with me as I joust at the windmills of midlife!