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Welcome to the Listener FAQs page for Stories from the Porch,Here, we address common questions about our podcast, 'Stories from the Porch,' and provide insights into what our listeners can expect. We hope this page clarifies any doubts and encourages you to engage with our content. Based in Phoenix, Arizona, we aim to be a tremendous resource for seniors navigating retirement opportunities and want to be available as a living, breathing, walking, talking "mistake eraser" when it comes to making decisions about where to live after downsizing and selling your home and looking for a place to reside as a senior retiree. In fact, you do not even have to be retired to choose a senior community and that's the biggest secret we have to tell!

Frequently asked questions

Find answers to the most common questions about 'Stories from the Porch.' Whether you're curious about life after employment, dealing with an empty nest, navigating life after the death of a spouse, divorce, or simply surviving without a partner, we aim to provide valuable insights. Our podcast is dedicated to offering a normal perspective on life's experiences.

What are listeners hoping to gain from listening to your podcast?

Listeners of 'Stories from the Porch,' typically aged 55 to 105, gain insight and advice about after employment, life after children leave home (empty nest), life after the death of a spouse, or life after divorce. We provide answers to questions generated by those experiences, normalising life without a spouse.

What about seeing the "*rich pot of gold"  at the end of the rainbow when one is living without a spouse or a partner and learning to SEE the opportunity of living alone in a different way....

We want to address the absolutely rich part at the end of the rainbow when one is living without a spouse or a partner.

What are some of the most common questions you get about "Stories from the Porch"?

"Stories from the Porch" is truly just a stage upon which we are performing skits of life! Sometimes we forget our lines and laugh or cry. Sometimes we break a leg just like upon a real stage. We are going to receive our first kiss and don't know how to take it and bring home our first babies and don't know how to raise them.. when we talk about putting the horse before the carriage, we're talkiobsoleteleft with a child to raise these are all stories from the porch. These are us. 
we are all on the same stage sometimes we are in Simply watching it walk by sometimes we are engaged and we're up there singing or we're in the audience are clapping and laughing, but these are all the stories from the porch! We are the stars. And we deserve awards for all of this!

How to find a retirement community?

We would like to address the questions of how to find a retirement community.

What questions are generated by children who don't visit a parent?

We address the continual and endless questions generated by children who don't visit a parent, and by parents who don't understand why that child isn't visiting. I remember telling a group of women who were constantly upset and complaining about the fact that their children didn't visit them enough that I wondered if they considered the absence of their children a positive perhaps a testimony to the fact that they have done a good job and that their children are out there living their lives and now we are here in our retirement, and we have got to craft our own lives. Now we have to learn to live without our children, some of us have learned to live with the loss of death of a child and the absolute total complete absence of a child is a painful thing.

What do you hope listeners will do or understand after reading the FAQs?

I personallyhope listeners will be absolutely fired up about contacting us and understanding what a tremendous resource we can be when they are looking for a place to live after retirement. I have so many answers to all of those questions. In fact where I live is the most wonderful place to live even before you retire. There are a lot of single men out there approaching retirement, who would love to have their apartments or their homes cleaned for them have their groceries delivered for them have their meals made for them, and this would be the perfect place to be so you don't have to be a retiree to listen to what we have to say when we're telling" stories from the porch"

What does your ideal listener look like?

My ideal listener from Stories from the Porch, Is someone between the ages of 55 and 105.

Explore senior living insights

Ready to delve deeper into living and retirement opportunities? "Stories from the Porch" provides valuable resources and insights. Contact us today to discover how we can assist you in finding the perfect retirement community and navigating life's transitions. We're not getting paid to do this. We're not getting paid FOR doing this. In fact we are paying for the honor of helping you by running this website and letting you tap into our life experience, Sharing our mistakes and Helping to save you thousands of dollars and the pain of making the wrong choices. "