What you’ll discover from “The Ethel” from AARP: Giving a voice to women 50+ to navigate loneliness:
- The story behind one successful initiative for older women to connect and have meaningful relationships and new friends – The Ethel from AARP, which gives a voice to women 50+ to navigate loneliness
- What loneliness & the art of making friends is like as older women with AARP’s The Ethel Circle℠.
- What AARP’s The Ethel Circle and The Ethel Gathering Groups are all about and how you can get involved.
- Why you might think that you’re too old to make new friends when you’re over 60.
- Why “The Ethel’s” are looking for purpose, people, and play.
- What the most common reasons are to feeling lonely as an older woman.
- What older women have in common and want to talk about in The Ethel Circle.
- Why challenging your mindset and thinking about making friends in midlife and beyond may be a good idea because you may be getting in your own way of developing new, meaningful relationships.
- Why and how your life’s circumstances, like divorce, retirement, etc., can create concern about making new friends as older women.
- Why it’s common for older women to feel uncomfortable stepping out of their comfort zone socially.
- Why women miss belonging to groups and having more people in their lives and why it’s important.
Welcome to Another Episode of the Women in the Middle Podcast
Loneliness is a common experience for older women. Today’s interview is with two women who are involved with AARP’s Ethel Gathering Groups, an initiative that is working well to help navigate loneliness with women over 50.
Lisa Marcellino, who, after facing isolation following her divorce and while caregiving for her parents, found a powerful sense of connection and lifelong friendships in her 60s through AARP’s Ethel Gathering Groups. She’s a living example of how it’s never too late to create meaningful relationships. In this conversation, we’ll explore how Lisa overcame loneliness and the impact of community as she navigated this chapter of life.
We’re also joined by Shelley Emling, Editor-in-Chief of The Ethel Circle at AARP, who will offer expert insights into the loneliness epidemic among older women and explain how programs like AARP’s Ethel Gathering Groups are making a difference in combating this issue.
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