{"podcast":{"title":"Life Starts at Retirement","slug":"life-starts-at-retirement-6477522","podcast_index_feed_id":6477522,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/5906657/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/life-starts-at-retirement--5906657","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/50a61d1f29b515b17da1b8e1fb64ef16.jpg","author":"Maureen Dobranski","episode_count":150,"summary":"Retirement Around the world, many people are wanting to enjoy retirement through new experiences, adventures and embracing this fun and dynamic time of their lives. Life Starts at Retirement focuses on a positive attitude, well being, relationships with a minor focus on financial knowledge to ensure your retirement will be remarkable. I upload a new PODCAST every Saturday at NOON! Follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/groups/lifestartsatretirement","last_synced_at":"2026-09-13T04:19:15.195162+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/life-starts-at-retirement-6477522"},"episode":{"title":"She doesn't need me anymore....every grandparents worst nightmare!!","slug":"she-doesn-t-need-me-anymore-every-grandparents-worst-nightmare","published_at":"2026-07-25T17:45:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/life-starts-at-retirement-6477522/she-doesn-t-need-me-anymore-every-grandparents-worst-nightmare","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/life-starts-at-retirement-6477522","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/she-doesn-t-need-me-anymore-every-grandparents-worst-nightmare--73161771","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73161771/nobody_tells_you_retirement_is_full_of_quiet_goodbyes.mp3","summary":"Last week, my 15-year-old granddaughter came out to our trailer with a friend — and for the first time, I realized she doesn't really need me anymore. It hit harder than I expected. In this video, I'm talking about the quiet, complicated grief of watching grandkids grow up — the kind nobody warns you about in retirement. Nobody has done anything wrong. Nothing bad has happened. It's exactly what's supposed to happen. And it still hurts a little. We talk a lot about retirement finances, staying active, finding hobbies. But nobody tells you retirement is also full of quiet goodbyes — the last board game, the last time they want you to push them on the swing, the last sleepover where they still want Grandma to read a story. You rarely recognize these moments while you're living them. If you've felt this too — with grandkids, or your own kids growing into teenagers — I'd love to hear about it in the comments. I read every one. 💬 Related video: 6 Lies I Believed About Strength https://youtu.be/fmC4vSgoC6E?si=eIhYDTfchb7QEzTl #retirement #grandparents #lifeafterretirement","meta_description":"Last week, my 15-year-old granddaughter came out to our trailer with a friend — and for the first time, I realized she doesn't really need me anymore. It…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":462,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/life-starts-at-retirement-6477522/episodes/she-doesn-t-need-me-anymore-every-grandparents-worst-nightmare/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/life-starts-at-retirement-6477522/she-doesn-t-need-me-anymore-every-grandparents-worst-nightmare.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}