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Living Your Best Encore: Samantha Reynolds

Are you living your best encore? We are delighted to introduce you to some people who are. Meet Samantha Reynolds. As an author, actor and director Samantha shares how she now creates, embraces and celebrates her multi dimensional life.
Life

The Experience Dividend: How Investing in Experiences Pays Back in Living a Life Without Regrets

We spend much of life saving for the future - our retirement, our security, our someday. Yet the richest dividends often come from our experiences. When we invest in these, the return isn’t measured in dollars but in a life filled with meaning and free of regrets.
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Ask a Retirement Coach: I've Lost Interest in My Retirement Dreams

Many people spend years dreaming about what they’ll do in retirement. But what happens when, after retiring, you realize it’s not quite what you expected? Retirement Coach Toni shares practical ways to rethink and reframe your next chapter.

Booming Bites Weekly: October 6, 2025

This week's Booming Bites explores how routines, connections, and purpose can shape a richer, longer life. From why breakfast timing may matter, to cultivating friendships later in life, to the diets of centenarians, and how brands can speak to mature audiences with authenticity These are just some of the topics we explore this week.
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Living Your Best Encore: Gemma Raeburn-Baynes

Are you living your best encore? We are delighted to introduce you to some people who are. Meet Gemma Raeburn-Baynes. As a community leader, Gemma now devotes her time in retirement to giving back and creating opportunities that empower young people to shine.
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Breaking the Retirement Spending Freeze: Learning to Enjoy Some Everyday Extravagances 

When we retire, if we planned well it can place us in the fortunate position to shift from saving to spending the money we worked so hard to accumulate. However, many people find it surprisingly difficult to start spending what they’ve spent a lifetime saving.
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Opinion

Thursday Murder Club: A Refreshing Take on Aging

Netflix's adaptation of The Thursday Murder Club may stumble slightly as a murder mystery, but it soars as a celebration of aging done right.
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Ask a Retirement Coach: Did I Retire Too Soon?

What should you do if you suspect you may have retired too early? Retirement Coach Toni offers several suggestions to help you navigate this situation.
Financial

Leaving Behind More Than Just Money: Balancing Equity, Love, and Legacy in Estate Planning

Estate planning is about more than distributing assets. It’s about passing on our values, memories, and the legacy of how we loved our family. Money can be part of that, but it should never be the whole story.
Purpose

The Importance of Finding Your Purpose in Retirement

Everyone needs a reason to get out of bed each morning and this is no exception in retirement. In this webinar, Retirement Coach Antoinette Petrillo and Booming Encore's Founder Susan Williams speak with Investment Advisor Orlando Lopez on the importance of having a purpose in retirement.
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Living Your Best Encore: Deborah Kimmett

Are you living your best encore? We are delighted to introduce you to some people who are. Meet Deborah Kimmett. Deborah continues to do what she loves - uplifting people but also now really appreciates her time and not having a to-do list.
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Training for Ironman at 70: Here's What I Learned About Strength and Healthy Aging

When Mike Drak decided to train for an Ironman at age 70, it was one of the hardest things he had ever done. But it was also one of the greatest things he had ever done because it was life changing. 
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Ask a Retirement Coach: How Can I Discover My Second Act?

After having a long and successful career, transitioning to retirement can be challenging. Retirement Coach Toni provides some advice on how someone can discover their second act.
Opinion

Is AI Stealing Our Voice and Thinking?

I used to love discovering someone who expressed things in a way I never would have thought of myself. But lately, everything I read feels eerily familiar. It’s as if we’re all being coached by the same invisible ghostwriter.
Inspiration

Living Your Best Encore: Jayne Galanka

Are you living your best encore? We are delighted to introduce you to some people who are. Meet Jayne Galanka. After a 42 year long career, Jayne shares how she is embracing retirement and looks to find joy each day.
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My Ironman Race: When It Just Doesn't Go As You Planned

The Ironman is regarded as one of the world’s toughest endurance races, and fewer than .01% of the world’s population have completed one. Mike Drak recently attempted this race in Ottawa, Canada. Even though it didn't go exactly as he hoped, he did end up stronger in many ways as a result.
Health and Technology

My 30 Day AI Wellness Experiment: The Final Review of My Experience

As someone who's watched with great curiosity AI evolve from a sci-fi concept to something we interact with daily, I wanted to share what actually happened during my 30 Day AI Wellness Experiment - the good, the surprising, and yes, the concerning. 
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Things to Consider to Successfully Age in Place

The vast majority of Canadians would like to age in their own homes. But to successfully do this, there are some physical aspects of our homes that we should consider to ensure that we will be able to successfully age in place. 
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My AI Wellness Experiment: Day 30 - Learning Truly Is in the Journey, The Destination is Just a Goal

When I started this AI wellness journey 30 days ago, I honestly wasn't sure what to expect. I knew I wanted to make some changes, but I had no idea how much I was going to learn about myself, my relationship with food, and what it really means to live a healthy life. 
Health and Technology

My AI Wellness Experiment: Day 29 - The Stumble that Taught Me Everything

I'm just about to cross the 30 day finish line, but tonight I stumbled. As I sit here writing this, I am so disappointed with myself. After 28 days of progress, after feeling so in control and mindful, I can’t help but ask, why did I do this? 
Health and Technology

My AI Wellness Experiment: Day 28 - Finding Success Beyond the Scale

By day 28 I believe the biggest change is that I feel much more in control of eating situations rather than just winging it. This feels like a major accomplishment. I've essentially created a framework that can adapt to real life while keeping my health as the foundation.  
Health and Technology

My AI Wellness Experiment: Day 27 - When Your Body Sends a Clear Message

Day 27 brought a very special event - my twin grandchildren's first birthday party! I had a wonderful time and felt so blessed to have been able to celebrate this milestone with our family. But I soon discovered that my body had some ideas of it's own. 
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My AI Wellness Experiment: Day 26 - The Fat Facts and the Importance of Reading Labels

Today I wanted to dig into something that's always confused me: different types of fat. I know there are good fats and bad fats, but what about the ones that seem to change status? Plus I discover how important reading labels is.
Health and Technology

My AI Wellness Experiment: Day 25 - Understanding Metabolism and Working with Your Body

Things are going well. I have lost 6.2 pounds so far without feeling like I've been sacrificing anything and this feels like a major success. It's got me thinking about the bigger picture of how my body processes all of this - specifically, the role metabolism plays in weight loss. 
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The Longevity Lifestyle: A Blueprint for Healthy Living

While we may not be able to control everything about aging, we can influence how we experience it.
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When AI Gets Personal: What I Learned in 30 Days with an AI Wellness Coach

At 61, I was facing the uncomfortable truth: my health was sliding into the "not great" category. But my motivation to get healthier was different this time along with my fascination with AI. Could combining these two things be a winning wellness combination?
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60 Before 60 Project

On her 59th Birthday, Susan Williams decided that she needed to shake her life up a bit. So she decided to do 60 different things before she turned 60.
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Living Your Best Encore

Are you living your best encore? We are delighted to introduce you to some people who are living theirs. Read as they share their stories, experiences and wisdom about what they learned while making their journey.
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Ask A Retirement Coach

You have questions. We have answers. Retirement is a major life transition that can be filled with lots of ups and downs. That’s where retirement coach Antoinette Petrillo can help!
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Pushing My Limits for Longevity

Everyone wants to live a long and healthy life but are we doing everything we can to possibly achieve this? Susan Williams wants to try and do this and push her limits on the way.
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