HeyJaredThe Midlife Academy at the U of MN
Welcome to the Midlife Academy podcast! Join hosts Briana Smith and Kate Schaefers, The Midlife Academy director and program manager, respectively, as they kick off conversations about navigating life's exciting next chapters.
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Aligning Money and Purpose (opens the original)
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How do money, purpose and life transitions intersect? In this episode of The Midlife Academy Podcast, host Bri Smith sits down with Kim Brown, President, and Elise Huston, Director of Advisory Services and Senior Advisor, JNBA Financial Advisors, to explore how alignment between financial planning and personal values can transform life’s biggest shifts.Together, they discuss moving away from traditional, linear retirement models toward viewing life as a series of ongoing transitions. Kim shares
The Improv Mindset (opens the original)
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What does navigating midlife have in common with improv comedy? In this episode of The Midlife Academy Podcast, program manager Bri Smith sits down with Jim Robinson — an alumnus of the Brave New Workshop, co-founder of Table Salt Productions, and psychology instructor — to answer that very question. Together, they explore the surprising parallels between improv theater and real-life midlife shifts. Jim shares how the principles of improv — such as letting go of past narratives, discovering inst
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