{"podcast":{"title":"Women Over 70: Aging Reimagined","slug":"women-over-70-aging-reimagined-892091","podcast_index_feed_id":892091,"rss_url":"https://feeds.blubrry.com/feeds/womenaging.xml","website_url":"https://podcast.show/womenaging/","image_url":"https://assets.blubrry.com/coverart/orig/748208-867872.jpg","author":"Gail Zelitzky and Catherine Marienau","episode_count":300,"summary":"Women Over 70: Aging Reimagined challenges outdated narratives about aging and celebrates what’s possible in later life. Through thoughtful conversations, personal reflections, and honest storytelling, the podcast explores creativity, purpose, resilience, and reinvention after 70. Each episode features real voices and lived experience, offering insight and inspiration for navigating this stage of life with curiosity and intention. This podcast is for women who refuse to be invisible, who are open to growth and change, and who believe aging can be a time of meaning, connection, and possibility.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T10:19:08.526571+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/women-over-70-aging-reimagined-892091"},"episode":{"title":"368 Diane Heiler: Once a Divorcee, Once a Widow — Now a Partner Re‑Engaged in Life","slug":"368-diane-heiler-once-a-divorcee-once-a-widow-now-a-partner-re-engaged-in-life","published_at":"2026-02-17T16:54:48+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/women-over-70-aging-reimagined-892091/368-diane-heiler-once-a-divorcee-once-a-widow-now-a-partner-re-engaged-in-life","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/women-over-70-aging-reimagined-892091","url":"https://podcast.show/womenaging/episode/152328516/","audio_url":"https://media.blubrry.com/womenaging/content.blubrry.com/womenaging/368_Diane_Heiler.mp3","summary":"Diane Heiler shares her deeply moving journey of caring for her husband during his 20‑month “death sentence” from an incurable disease — a journey she chronicles with raw honesty and artistry in her memoir, A Widow’s Fire: An Intimate Memoir of Heartbreak, Survival, and Moving On. With poetry and art as lifelong companions, Diane turned to daily journaling to navigate the relentless progression of her husband’s illness. Out of that quiet practice, poetry emerged — a lifeline and a mirror to her grief. In her poem See Me, she writes: See me… standing here with my broken heart in my hand… blowing kisses into the air and sending love up into the heavens… so far from where I am. After his passing, Diane retreated to her mountaintop home in North Carolina, seeking solitude in her sorrow. Months later, at her sister’s urging, she reluctantly attended a country club dance — and unexpectedly, a new chapter began. From her poem My Christmas Blessing: I have been blessed with the presence of living in the light of someone special. He is gone from me now. But the afterglow of his goodness and his love is still shining through the windows in his heart and gracing my existence. I follow a light in the pathway he has drawn for me and see that in his wisdom he wants me to be safe, happy, and fulfilled. I am blessed. Diane’s story reminds us that love continues in many forms — and that healing often begins in the most unexpected moments. “We stay true to ourselves even when others unfairly judge us.” - Diane Heiler CONNECT WITH DIANE: Email: misspriss12923@me.com Book: A Widow’s Fire: An Intimate Memoir of Heartbreak, Survival, and Moving On. Acknowledgments Plymouth Place: Thanks to our Sponsor, Plymouth Place in LaGrange Park IL where senior living is redefined with options and oppo…","meta_description":"Diane Heiler shares her deeply moving journey of caring for her husband during his 20‑month “death sentence” from an incurable disease — a journey she chr…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1570,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/women-over-70-aging-reimagined-892091/episodes/368-diane-heiler-once-a-divorcee-once-a-widow-now-a-partner-re-engaged-in-life/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/women-over-70-aging-reimagined-892091/368-diane-heiler-once-a-divorcee-once-a-widow-now-a-partner-re-engaged-in-life.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}