Beyondhood

May 30 2024
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Childhood, adolescence, adulthood, elderhood… where and how do we go beyond elderhood?

Each episode celebrates a heartwarming and real-life story from a silent generation or a baby boomer. One that will make you appreciate older adults’ wisdom and life experience and make you think and discover how to live life fully and age with grace and meaning.

Go beyond elderhood - One chat at a time.

 




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Ep 8 - Field Trip: The Beyondhood Story - From hobby to the Hurlingham Club

May 30 2024 28 mins  
Love it? Have a question or comment? Click here to send me a direct message! EP#8 - We are going on a field trip this week! I received questions from listeners about the story of Beyondhood, so I will bring you on a field trip from the beginning of how we start to our 1st exhibition at the Agenda Festival in the Hurlingham Club on May 20th!Want to know what Beyondhood means? How di

Ep#7 Part II - Jenny Curran - Will l live past 35?

May 09 2024 37 mins  
Love it? Have a question or comment? Click here to send me a direct message! EP#7 - Part II: We are back for part II of Jenny's life story! When was the last time you said thank you that you can breathe every day? imagine if you only have 25% lung capacity, what would you do? Jenny turned her disadvantage into her passion and career - started accessible adventures to provide inclus

Ep #7 Part I - Jenny Curran - How many belly button do you have?

Apr 25 2024 40 mins  
Love it? Have a question or comment? Click here to send me a direct message! ANNOUNCEMENT! I have been receiving many positive and heartwarming comments from you guys! Thank you! Many of you ask if we can publish more than 1 episode per month. 🥁🥁🥁 I will release a new episode every 2 weeks! (my goal is to do weekly eventually, but hey - one step at a time) Each month: 1st

Ep 6 - Liz Bolton - Value your self-worth, learn to say NO!

Apr 10 2024 57 mins  
Love it? Have a question or comment? Click here to send me a direct message! Episode 6: We have the free spirit and funny Liz Bolton. She is energetic, passionate and a firecracker! We had one of the most amazing times recording her life story at her unique and beautiful home in London. Liz has the most unique upbringing: She was the first British born in Al-Fashir, Sudan and spent

#5 - Suen Sing - In life, the more you give, the more you get.

Mar 07 2024 39 mins  
Love it? Have a question or comment? Click here to send me a direct message! Our 5th episode is a special one! This episode is a time-travelling journey, from 2018 to now, from Cantonese to English, from past to present. This time, we travelled to 2018 Hong Kong, my home town, to listen to Suen Sing, my grandpa, life story. Born in 1930 in Dongguan China, Suen Sing grew up in pover

#4 - Mary M. - Do you remember what dedication mean?

Feb 07 2024 36 mins  
Love it? Have a question or comment? Click here to send me a direct message! Our 4th episode features Mary M. We travelled to Southern London to interview this hardworking and lovely Scottish lady. She is 87 years old and showed me what dedication means. We started with Mary's childhood with her favorite pony and the griddle scone recipe that her family still uses today. Want to kn

#3 - IronGran - Eddie Brocklesby - I am the lucky one

Jan 07 2024 44 mins  
Love it? Have a question or comment? Click here to send me a direct message! Our 3rd episode features Edwina (Eddie) Brocklesby - The oldest British woman doing the Ironman competition at age 80 who founded the charity Silverfit in her 70s. We listened to Eddie's influential and happy childhood stories: How her father's work had a big influence on her career and her grandma was Chu

#2 - Pat & Johnny O'Sullivan - Left, Right or Center?

Nov 27 2023 56 mins  
Love it? Have a question or comment? Click here to send me a direct message! Our 2nd episode features Pat & Johnny O'Sullivan - we travelled to Greystones, Ireland to talk to these two lovebirds of 50+ years. They are both 76 years old and they hold the best dinner party in Greystones. We chatted about Johnny's lifelong career in the textile industry and how he witnessed the ri

#1 - Donald Campbell - Look at the world around you

Jul 24 2023 56 mins  
Love it? Have a question or comment? Click here to send me a direct message! Our 1st episode features Donald Campbell - my energetic, healthy, and full-of-life Pilates classmate who is in his 90s. We chatted about his childhood, how he took 5 days from Canada to France and then to the UK, his adulthood, how he went from not knowing to sew to becoming a fashion designer that Princes

#0 Introduction & Welcome

Jul 22 2023 3 mins  
Love it? Have a question or comment? Click here to send me a direct message! Welcome to Beyondhood - where we go beyond elderhood - one chat at a time. In our introduction & welcome episode, we tell you why did we create the Beyondhood podcast, who is your host Nicole Suen, and why you should listen to Beyondhood.Find out more about us on our web. Follow us on Instagram, Linked