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What makes a life meaningful? How do we build stronger relationships, become better people, and create a life that feels deeper than a list of accomplishments? On this episode of Second Wind, Joyce Buford explores the books and ideas of David Brooks, whose writing has examined everything from ambition and character to community, relationships, purpose, and the way we understand one another. Drawing from books such as The Road to Character, The Second Mountain, and How to Know a Person, Joyce loo

International travel has a way of changing more than your location. It can change your perspective, challenge your routines, and remind you just how big and interesting the world really is. On this episode of Second Wind, Sandra Beck talks with Joyce Buford about the rewards of traveling internationally—experiencing new cultures, trying unfamiliar foods, navigating different customs, and learning to be comfortable outside your usual environment. They discuss how travel can build confidence, curi

You don’t always have to get on a plane or travel hundreds of miles to feel like you’ve gotten away. On this episode of Second Wind, Sandra Beck talks with Joyce Buford about the joys of traveling locally—exploring nearby towns, trying new restaurants, visiting parks and museums, taking scenic drives, and discovering places you may have overlooked simply because they were close to home. They talk about how local travel can bring adventure back into everyday life without the expense, planning, an

Host Erin Kerry sits down with Lynnelle Peters, host of the Knowing Motherhood Podcast and author of But First Honesty, to talk about her journey through birth trauma, pregnancy loss, and a postpartum mental health crisis. Together, they discuss why Lynnelle struggled with postpartum OCD in silence for nine months, how anxiety she'd carried since childhood set the stage for that season, the link between hormone imbalance, stress, and the nervous system, why emotional suppression is a real stress

Leaving a 17-year career, losing an identity, and finding an unexpected way forward. You can spend years becoming very good at what you do—and be completely unprepared for the day you stop doing it. That’s what happened to Annette Mashi. After 17 years at Intel, leaving wasn’t simply a career change. Her work had become part of how she knew herself. So what happens when it’s gone? In this episode of Aging With Purpose and Passion, Beverley Glazer talks with Annette Mashi, founder of Write Wi...

Some seasons ask more of us than we ever expected to give. Loss, change, uncertainty, disappointment, and exhaustion can leave us wondering how we keep moving forward when life looks nothing like we planned. On this episode of Second Wind, Sandra Beck talks with Joyce Buford about finding grace in the middle of difficult seasons—not by pretending everything is fine, but by learning how to meet life where it is. Together, they explore what it means to give yourself room to struggle, release what