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✨🌿 Introducing the Thrivve Podcast ✨🌿—Hosted by Riette van der Merwe, it’s your space for real talk, wellness, creativity, purpose & connection — after 50. Completely changing the narrative around retirement. 💬 Real talk. Expert tips.
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When Adult Children Drift Away (opens the original)
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When an adult child pulls away, the pain can feel like grief without a funeral—especially when grandchildren and other family members are caught in the middle. In Season 5, Episode 3 of Thrivve, we explore why adult children sometimes distance themselves, why parents and children may remember the same family very differently, and what can help make reconciliation possible. This is not about blaming parents or assuming adult children are always right. Every family story is different. Sometimes di
When a Marriage Ends Later in Life (opens the original)
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What happens when the future you carefully planned suddenly disappears? In Season 5, Episode 2 of Thrivve, Riëtte explores the emotional, financial and deeply personal reality of divorce after 60. Drawing on her own experience of divorce, she speaks honestly about loneliness, guilt and the fifteen years it took her to forgive herself. She also explains why starting over later in life can feel especially frightening: retirement plans may change, finances may be divided, the family home may be sol
Why People Feel Invisible After 60 (opens the original)
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Have you ever felt as though the world started looking pastyou simply because you were getting older? In Season 5, Episode 1 of Thrivve, I share a small moment ina Woolworths checkout queue that left me feeling invisible—and opened the doorto a much deeper conversation about ageing, identity and belonging. Ageism is not always loud or deliberate. It can appear ineveryday assumptions, being excluded from decisions, or having someone speakabout you instead of directly to you. Feeling invisible can
SEASON 4 FINALE — THERE IS STILL MORE LIFE TO LIVE (opens the original)
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In this Season 4 finale of Thrivve, Riëtte reflects on thehonest realities of life after 50 and 60—the changes in our bodies,relationships, confidence, purpose and place in the world. Ageing can bring gratitude and grief, freedom anduncertainty, wisdom and loss. Life may not look exactly as we imagined, but itcan still be deeply meaningful. This episode is a heartfelt reminder that adapting is notthe same as giving up. You can still learn, love, contribute, change directionand begin again. There
Why Your Brain After 60 Works Differently — Not Worse 🧠🌿 (opens the original)
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Have you ever forgotten a name, taken longer to find the right word, or watched someone younger process something faster — and quietly wondered: “Is my brain getting worse?” After 60, some mental processes may take a little longer. But speed is only one measure of how well a brain works. Your brain has also spent decades building something extraordinarily valuable: knowledge, experience, pattern recognition, emotional judgement and perspective. In this episode of Thrivve , we explore why the age
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