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Your Creative Midlife

Your Creative Midlife. With host Betsy Bush.I’m talking to people who are exploring the creative life post-career or as empty nesters: painting, writing, making music, theater, and film making. What about you? Is this the time to write that book? Return to arts you enjoyed as a kid or teen? Curious to try something new?Here’s the thing: It’s never too late to bring a creative practice into your life. My guests talk about the satisfaction they find as they develop their new skills. They also share

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34:28

Why Music and Performing Arts are Key to Creative...

Your Creative Midlife ·

2026/03/26

I am thrilled to share my conversation with John-Morgan Bush, Dean of Juilliard Extension. We talk about creative aging, Juilliard Extension, and how music and the performing arts can help us live more enriched lives. John-Morgan advocates for the importance of lifelong engagement with the arts, explaining that older adults bring a unique depth of emotional experience to their creative pursuits. He highlights how arts participation can combat loneliness, provide a sense of agency and choice, ...

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From Lawyer to Model & TV Extra, with Deidre Michael

Your Creative Midlife ·

2026/03/12

When you watch a movie, do you ever wonder about the people in the background? What would it be like to work as an extra in the movie business and how do you get that work anyway? In this episode, I talk with Deidre Michael, a former lawyer, about how she became a model and movie extra. It took Deidre following her curiosity to start this new phase of her life. What is something you are curious about, and where could that curiosity take you? Submit your story on my website contact form ...

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21:07

What Is Your Creative Midlife Going To Be? My Biggest...

Your Creative Midlife ·

2026/02/26

While you're learning to be creative, I'm learning how to do a podcast. In this episode, I reflect on the fantastic first year of the show, podcasting as an older woman, what AI means for our creativity, the connection between creativity and brain health, and what I’ll be exploring on the show in 2026. What is a creative project you are either working on or afraid to start? Write on the contact form on my website -- https://www.yourcreativemidlife.com/ Remember – it’s never too late t...

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37:51

She Made Her First Film at 65: Now, at 75, Melissa...

Your Creative Midlife ·

2025/12/04

Few of us would dare attempt to become a filmmaker at 65, but that is exactly what Melissa Davey did when she retired from corporate life. Her second documentary, "Climbing Into Life" profiles Dierdre Wolownick, the oldest woman to climb Yosemite’s El Capitan. Wolownick was guided through the climbing process by her son, Alex Honnold, famous for his free solo climb up El Capitan. Melissa recounts how she discovered Wolownick’s story, the process of producing and directing th...

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43:11

“I was actually just a storyteller my whole career”:...

Your Creative Midlife ·

2025/11/27

We've been following the journey that my guest, Graham Broyd, has taken as a first time author from developing a personal story into a manuscript that was published by Forbes imprint Advantage Press. In August, I was honored to be asked by Graham to help him launch Backpack, Jacket, Surfboard on its publication. Here we are at the Scarsdale Golf Club talking to a packed house about his journey as an author and as the book subject, a 20-year-old student from England, hitchhiking across America...

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41:05

Nobody Pays to See Normal, with Stand-up Comedian...

Your Creative Midlife ·

2025/11/20

What does it take to be a stand-up comedian in midlife? Jane Condon has been at it for several decades and gives us the inside scoop of what it really takes to get in front of audiences, develop material, and even recover when a routine bombs. Jane Condon shares insights into her comedic style, drawing from her life as a wife, mother, and resident of Greenwich, Connecticut, and her persona as an Upper Crust Rosanne (as described by Associated Press). Key topics include the ...

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43:06

His first book is in the top 10% of books sold this...

Your Creative Midlife ·

2025/11/13

Graham Broyd was a popular guest when I interviewed him back in February, as his book, Backpack, Jacket, Surfboard was in the final editing stages. Now his book has launched and is selling very well. Graham, a former banker, shares the surprising amount of work involved in selling a book after publication. His personal promotion efforts include leveraging his network, hosting book launch events in the US and London, and appearing on podcasts. He also shares surprising indust...

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Did a Family Ghost Lure Me to Nantucket? A Special...

Your Creative Midlife ·

2025/10/30

For the last Nantucket edition of the year, I’m sharing a personal story that kind of fits with the spooky season of Halloween. It’s the story of my first visit to Nantucket, only five years ago during COVID, when the island was shut down. During those months when the town was almost deserted, it was very easy to imagine Nantucket as the setting for ghost stories told at night on the beach around a campfire. Nantucket exerts a pull for many of us that we can’t really explain.&nbs...

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40:00

Enjoy this Replay with Astrologer and Tarot Reader...

Your Creative Midlife ·

2025/10/23

Enjoy this Replay with Astrologer and Tarot Reader Suzanne Keating! Summer can offer us time to contemplate the future and imagine life changes. If you are on Nantucket, you might consider consulting Suzanne Keating. She's an astrologer with a longstanding practice on the island. With interest in astrology and tarot growing, it's a great time to learn more about this ancient practice. Our talk also covered the historical roots of astrology and its connection to modern psychology t...

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33:00

Supporting Midlife Creativity in a Judgement Free...

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2025/10/16

Is there a connection between the relaxed vibe of Nantucket Island School of Design and Art (NISDA) and its way of inspiring creativity in midlife? This farm-turned-art workshop, with its silos and outbuildings on Wauwinet Road, feels like a true throwback to Nantucket in the ‘70’s, which is when it was founded. Laura Herhold, NISDA’s program director, talks with host Betsy Bush about NISDA's mission to provide a low-tech, judgment-free environment for creative exploration, with a...

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31:38

Writing with Purpose and the Magic of Nantucket: How...

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2025/10/09

Why is Nantucket such a powerful setting for novels about renewal and reinvention? The island seems to be a place where life can change in the course of a summer, especially for those in midlife facing an empty nest or a change in a relationship. As author Nancy Thayer explains, Nantucket is for many people a magical place that changed her own life and now provides a setting where her characters can reset and start over. Thayer has turned that magic into an amazing 35 novels, mos...

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27:45

50 Years of Nantucket Arts and Creativity with...

Your Creative Midlife ·

2025/10/02

Charley Walters proves that you don’t have to create art to be immersed in it. Over the 50 years he has lived on Nantucket, Charley has become a guiding presence in the island’s evolving arts scene. In this episode, he recounts his early career writing album reviews for Rolling Stone magazine and the Boston Phoenix while owning Nantucket’s only record store. As the music industry shifted, he leveraged his expertise to start a new career in midlife, becoming a radio host for a jazz...

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34:52

The Joys of Rock Music in Midlife: The Story of...

Your Creative Midlife ·

2025/09/25

How many of you out there have dreams of forming a rock group with your pals playing the music you love? In this episode, members of the Nantucket-based Beatles cover band, Cranberry Alarm Clock, discuss their recent experience traveling to Liverpool to perform at the International Beatle Week Festival. Band members Phil Proch, Tom Proch, Frankie Hunter, Skip Curtin share their origin story, how they came together as musicians in midlife on Nantucket. They reflect on the importance of communi...

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36:36

Write Your Memoir So That Others Will Read It with...

Your Creative Midlife ·

2025/09/18

“What an interesting life you’ve led. You should write a book.” Has anyone ever told you that? Or maybe you’ve thought this about your own life? There are many reasons to write a memoir. You may find it cathartic to “get it all out there” or maybe you have a life story that you think readers will find entertaining. Either way, says memoirist and writing workshop leader Sarah Saffian, there is a difference between therapeutic writing for its own sake and wr...

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27:50

Your Midlife Is Vibrant – Write About It! with Stella...

Your Creative Midlife ·

2025/09/04

Stella Fosse retired from her biotech career ten years ago and started writing. Her work encompasses a surprising range, from blogs to novels to non-fiction guides for midlife women who want to write their own stories filled with love and romance. Her new book is “Rock On: Power, Sex & Money After 60”. As she says, “Nobody told me how great life after 60 could be.” This episode covers: How Stella began her writing journey by joining a writing group that challenged...

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25:31

Blending Business and Art with John Kneapler, Painter

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2025/08/28

Discovering your creative outlet can be beneficial on many levels. Just ask John Kneapler, who found that painting helped him through the death of both parents. Then the impact of COVID on his graphic design business led him to move into painting full-time. John describes the profound importance of finding a creative passion and a supportive community, which he discovered at the Art Students League in New York City. We talk about overcoming perfectionism, the value of combining bu...

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40:00

A Different Way of Knowing with Astrologer Suzanne...

Your Creative Midlife ·

2025/08/21

Summer can offer us time to contemplate the future and imagine life changes. If you are on Nantucket, you might consider consulting Suzanne Keating. She's an astrologer with a longstanding practice on the island. With interest in astrology and tarot growing, it's a great time to learn more about this ancient practice. Our talk also covered the historical roots of astrology and its connection to modern psychology through figures like Carl Jung. For Suzanne, astrology and taro...

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29:52

No Rules, Endless Possibilities: Collage Artist Lela...

Your Creative Midlife ·

2025/08/14

Sometimes the first step in your midlife creative journey is to look back at the things you loved as a kid. For Lela Goldstein, it was building on her love of paper, images, colors and patterns that led her to explore the world of collage. As she approached retirement, she discovered collage as an ideal creative outlet: with “just scissors and paper and glue and something to put your images on,” collage offers endless creative possibilities with minimal investment. Starting just before the pa...

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18:28

Reliving Nantucket’s nautical past with the Shanty...

Your Creative Midlife ·

2025/08/05

The popular Shanty Cruise offers a unique experience for visitors and locals alike—evoking the spirit of long-ago ship crews who sang these working songs as they hoisted sails and weighed anchor. For anyone exploring creative pursuits in midlife or retirement, it’s a reminder that it’s never too late to join in something joyful, musical, and community-driven. Betsy’s conversation with the singers—both in studio and aboard the Minke—dives into the history and origins of sea shanties, as well a...

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42:08

Finding Joy in the Creative Process with Photographer...

Your Creative Midlife ·

2025/07/29

Lynn Savarese, a Harvard-trained lawyer, discovered her love of photography when she took a beginner's photography class at Manhattan’s 92nd Street Y. Soon after, she volunteered to photograph taxidermied birds at the American Natural History Museum, bringing her own materials and artistic viewpoint to the project. Lynn’s astonishing presentation of the birds led to her first solo exhibition, launching her photography career. Points covered in this episode:  Learning to use all the features ...

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