Aging Preconceived: A Podcast

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Does age really matter? Is life so simple that it can be broken down into milestones typically associated with specific ages? Zale breaks down the preconceptions of aging with his mother Robin Mednick, who has taken many twists and turns in her life, starting with an extensive education in law, economics and politics, but ultimately veering in completely different career paths. Robin challenges the notions that “younger is better” and that age puts limits on the goals we set to accomplish.

My mother’s life reflections

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I dedicate this first blog to the memory of my mother, Bernice Henry, a woman who lived life to the fullest and lived it on her own terms.

In June of 2013, I sat down with my mother and began to record her life reflections, those moments in time that she remembered from her life that held special meaning for her.  I began to ask questions, but she wasn’t listening to any of them. She just started talking and didn’t stop. At first I thought she wasn’t hearing me.  But then I realized that she just had so much to say that the questions were irrelevant to her.  I stopped asking, and let her just speak. And she did, for hours.

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