S2-EP6: Debbie’s Story: What Happens When You Connect the Dots Backward
SUMMARY
In this episode, host Debbie Weil performs a five-minute personal story about what happened, beginning at age 25, when her life didn’t go as planned. Things look different when you connect the dots backward.
EPISODE NOTES
As a special episode to celebrate the conclusion of the first year of this podcast, host Debbie Weil shares her own story.
At her recent college reunion, she performed a five-minute story on the theme of picking up the pieces. That means finding happiness after a setback or a challenge or, in the case of some of her other classmates who told stories, a personal tragedy.
Debbie’s story starts when she is a young mother and takes us up to the present day. Don’t worry; it goes fast. Her story unfolds with some unexpected twists and turns. We knew this story had to air on the podcast because it’s a version of one we hear over and over from so many: what happens when things don’t go as planned?
Tune in to hear a story of how life can lead you down a path you never could have imagined. Debbie’s is a story of dreams fulfilled after the age of 60. It’s a story that proves it’s never too late to reinvent yourself.
Mentioned in this episode
- Island Women Speak (Debbie’s storytelling event in Maine)
- Gap Year After Sixty (the blog Debbie writes with her husband Sam)
- Taking a Gap Year After Sixty (interview with Debbie)
- VIDEO: a revised version of Debbie’s story, performed in Jan. 2020
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Credits:
- Host: Debbie Weil
- Producer: Far Out Media
- Music: Lakeside Path By Duck Lake
Connect with us:
- Email: [email protected]
- Twitter: @debbieweil
- Insta: @debbieweil
- Debbie and Sam's blog: Gap Year After Sixty
Thanks to our media partners
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