Living Well with The Village in Howard

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Welcome to Living Well, a podcast by The Village In Howard about us seniors living well and always on the move for more. Join your hosts, Mark and Joy, for a new podcast created by and for seniors 50+. We're excited to start our new adventure into the world of Podcasting to bring you entertaining and educational content so that you too can age well. Join us and our featured guests to explore your next chapter of living by sharing in personal stories and creative content. Stay tuned and tune-in as new episodes drop every other Wednesdays!

  1. Emotional Resilience in Our Senior Years, EP 18

    May 27

    Emotional Resilience in Our Senior Years, EP 18

    In this episode of the "TVIH Podcast/Living Well", a TVIH member, Mark Grokin, will share his experiences as a leader of a support group that helps seniors to navigation transitions.All of us have faced loss in transition, such as the loss of a a family member, friend or pet, downsizing from a house to an apartment, losing the ability to drive at night, or forgetting the name of your favorite store.How do we face the challenges and learn to let go and move on?  In this podcast, Mark will discuss the challenges and teach us the coping methods that we could all use.About our guest: Mark Gorkin is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker,  psychotherapist, speaker, author, and grief-trauma consultant. A former Stress Resilience and Team Building Retreat Leader for the US Army and Stress, and Violence Prevention Consultant for the U.S. Postal Service.   Mark has published many books: Practice Safe Stress: Healing and Laughing in the Face of Stress, Burnout & Depression, The Four Faces of Anger: Transforming Hostility and Rage into Assertion and Passion, and Preserving Human Touch in a High-Tech World: Writings, Raps & Rhymes.

    38 min
  2. Trip with a Grandchild, Episode 17

    May 13

    Trip with a Grandchild, Episode 17

    In this episode of the "TVIH Podcast/Living Well", TVIH members, Fran Lorenzi snd Bob Coburn, will share their experience of vacationing with a grandchild and going to the child's favorite destination.

    42 min
  3. wo Sisters: Union Electrician and CPA, EP 16

    Apr 22

    wo Sisters: Union Electrician and CPA, EP 16

    Karen was the first one of two female union electricians in DC. Why did she choose to be an electrician? What skills and education were required to become a master electrician? What kind of work did she do? How did she manage the challenges in a field dominated by men? Even today, only about 3 % of electricians are women.   Karen’s sister, Lisa Geerman, is a retired accountant. She worked in the Howard County Auditor's Office.    The two sisters grew up together in the same house. Why did they choose such different careers? In today's podcast, Karen and Lisa will tell us their stories.

    38 min
  4. Five Important Things Before Passing the Torch, EP15

    Apr 8

    Five Important Things Before Passing the Torch, EP15

    Mark and Joy are excited to welcome our guest, Kim Sherman, to our podcast studio. Kim and his wife Jane have been members of the Village in Howard since the village was started in 2014. He served as board member, and chairman of the membership committee. He and his wife Jane also organized many educational and social programs for our members.  Many of our members are in their 70s and 80s. Many live alone. Kim was a business professor at Loyola University. He is passionate about educating our members the importance of estate succession plans. Kim has organized many “speakeasy” workshops in the past for our members. “ Speak easy” was a program sponsored by the Horizon Foundation. The workshops gave us guidance on the “end of life instructions” that we needed to discuss with our children or a trusted relative or friend before a serious illness happened. Today Kim will give us a summary of the 5 most important things that we need to discuss with our loved ones long before some unexpected events happen when we are too ill or unable to communicate our wishes.  1.    The conversation with your family,  2.    How to do what I do  3.     Documents -  4.    Estate Succession -  5.    Powers

    35 min
  5. Howard County Home Share, EP 14

    Mar 25

    Howard County Home Share, EP 14

    Mark and Joy are delighted to welcome Dana Sohr, Outreach Director and Danielle Winston, Program Manager of "HoCo Home Share" to our podcast studio today. Dana and Danielle will introduce the new “HoCo Home Share” program, sponsored by the Howard County Department of Housing and Community Development.    HoCo Home Share, launched in 2025, is a free program (screening and matching) designed to help older adults in Howard County remain in their homes while gaining rental income, social connection and support around the home.

    48 min
  6. Meet A Foster Parent and A Host Parent for Exchange Students, EP13

    Mar 11

    Meet A Foster Parent and A Host Parent for Exchange Students, EP13

    Mark and Joy are excited to welcome two special guests today to our podcast studio, Duane St. Clair and Jenny Davis. Both are members of the village in Howard. The title of our podcast today is “Meet a foster parent and a host parent of foreign exchange students”.  Duane and his wife Janis were foster parents to 12 children for 10 years in the 1990s. They worked with the Howard County Department of Social Services and Baptist Family and Services. In addition to their own children, they raised teenage girls who had complicated problems. They even adopted two of the foster children. Starting in 1992, for more than 10 years, Jenny and her husband Richard were host parents to 10 international students from all over the world. They worked with the American Field Service, AFS. The exchange students stayed in their home for one year. Most presents can barely manage the challenges of parenting their own biological children. Duane and Jenny are the very special people among us who raised not only their own children, but also children not their own. Today they will share with us their heartwarming stories, love and sacrifices, the extraordinary challenges and rewards.

    37 min
  7. Issues Facing HoCo Seniors, EP 12

    Feb 25

    Issues Facing HoCo Seniors, EP 12

    We are delighted to have Virginia (Ginny) Thomas in our podcast studio today.  Ginny is well known and well respected in Howard County and Columbia. She has dedicated her life to public service (see below). She is an advocate for the healthcare and services for seniors.  For us, we want to thank Ginny for being one of the 12 Founding Members of TVIH in 2014.  Using her knowledge and experience in serving seniors, Ginny made significant contributions to the foundations of TVIH.  For 30 years Ginny has been the Board Chair at "Residences at the Vantage Point" (formerly called Vantage House). Many of our former TVIH members moved to Vantage House after downsizing. They are happy residents receiving 24/7 care there.  Ginny took time out from her busy schedule to share with us the important issues facing seniors in Howard County today: affordable housing, ADUs, newly approved CCRC in Clarksville, and fall prevention.

    48 min
  8. Tour of An Asian Supermarket, Episode 11

    Feb 11

    Tour of An Asian Supermarket, Episode 11

    On February 17, many Asian American families in the U.S. will celebrate the lunar New Year, the Year of the Horse. A traditional Chinese New Year’s dinner include whole fish, dumplings, big meat balls, whole chicken, spring rolls, rice cake and oranges. Each dish has a special meaning, related to wishing for enough food to eat, earning more money, getting a promotion, or getting good grades in school in the coming New Year. A New Years dinner for Chinese people is similar to the Thanksgiving dinner in the U.S. There is abundant, delicious food. Everyone returns home, if possible, to celebrate the New Year with close family members. Because plant based diet and Chinese restaurant food are popular, Mark and Joy will give a video tour of an Asian supermarket where you can find special cuts of meat, live fish, a large variety of vegetables, and sauces that are not available in a local supermarket.

    42 min
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Welcome to Living Well, a podcast by The Village In Howard about us seniors living well and always on the move for more. Join your hosts, Mark and Joy, for a new podcast created by and for seniors 50+. We're excited to start our new adventure into the world of Podcasting to bring you entertaining and educational content so that you too can age well. Join us and our featured guests to explore your next chapter of living by sharing in personal stories and creative content. Stay tuned and tune-in as new episodes drop every other Wednesdays!

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