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I've had some pretty dramatic breakups in the past- no joke! In this episode I share a few of my messiest and worst break-ups EVER. Yip, it's embarrasing to say the least but it makes for rivetting podcasting, lol! I'll give you some background and a little context on what happened to lead to arguably the worst, messiest and most embarrassing break…

You're in you're geriatric years, ripe and (gasp) single! Unmarried! Zero sex partner, zero father/mother of the babies and zero boo. Baecations? You're going nowhere child because you're old ass is single with a capital S. Why are you single? In this episode I tell you why I am so so sooooo single and it's a lot! Maybe I'll meet my king tomorrow, …

Do you discriminate against people based on their age? No? Lies. You do. It's called implicit ageism and you don't even know that you do it. In this episode I highlight the common forms of ageism out there, as subtle as they are. Perhaps if you recognise these in yourself you can do something to stop perpetuating the problem. I don't have any solut…

Have you ever been in a relationship with someone and they all of a sudden without warning end the relationship by stopping all communication with you? That's called ghosting my babe and in this episode I talk about why this is trash behaviour, why it's not your fault and what to do if someone ghost you. Are you a ghoster? Why babe? It screams imma…

In this episode I go in about how absolutely unnecessary adulting is. It's a ranting and raving session about being an adult, being a Gerry and how expensive breathing is. A lot of us are frustrated, stressed and just not coping with the many demands of adulting and that's okay, we can scream together and break things together. After breaking every…

In this episode I talk about the importance of gratitude and the positive impact that it can have in your life. I also provide you with 6 tools to unlock gratitude so that you can unlock a better you. Please engage with me on social media by following @theblooming_geriatric on Instagram and The Blooming Geriatric of Facebook, you can also email the…

In my first episode ever and my first Mjolo The Pandemic series I want to discuss some of the reasons why I won't date you. I'm picky, although my mjolo history suggests otherwise (LOL!) I like a million things but it's a shorter list to tell you what irks me in a potential partner. Here are my Top 15 reasons why it won't work with me. Perhaps you …