Revolutionize Your Retirement Radio
Retirement isn’t just the end of a career, it’s the beginning of a new chapter filled with opportunity, meaning, and growth.
Revolutionize Your Retirement is a podcast designed to help you navigate this transition with purpose, confidence, and joy.
Featuring insightful conversations with leading experts in retirement and longevity. Each episode explores real-world topics like money, purpose, identity, relationships, lifestyle, and health, all aimed at helping you redefine what “retirement” means for you.
Whether you’re planning ahead or already living your next chapter, these conversations offer practical tools and inspiration for embracing the years ahead with curiosity and vitality. Because retirement isn’t just an age or a financial number, it’s a chance to live well today while building confidence for tomorrow.
More About the Host
Dorian Mintzer, M.S.W., Ph.D., BCC (Board Certified Coach) is a coach, therapist, teacher, and writer with extensive clinical experience. She previously taught in a graduate gerontology program at Regis College in Wellesley, MA , and was part of the faculty for the Certified Professional Retirement Coaching 2.0. program.
She is the co-author of The Couples Retirement Puzzle: 10 Must-Have Conversations for Creating an Amazing New Life Together and a contributor to numerous other books and articles on aging, relationships, and purpose. Her insights have been featured in leading media outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, USA Today, Washington Post, NPR, ABC Evening News, and The Today Show.
Her TEDx Talk, “Embracing Your Bonus Years: A Time to Grow, Learn, and Evolve,” captures her belief that later life is a time for reflection, reinvention, and renewed purpose. Through her podcast, coaching, and teaching, Dr. Mintzer continues to empower people to live their later years with intentionality, vitality, and joy.
Dr. Mintzer also hosts the monthly Revolutionize Your Retirement Interview with Experts Series, an engaging webinar held on the 4th Tuesday of each month, offering fresh perspectives to help professionals and the public alike embrace the opportunities of the “bonus years.”
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The Artichoke Assessment
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In this episode, Dorian welcomes back Renee, founder of Positivity Pro, for her third appearance on the show. Renee returns to talk about her new book, The Artichoke Assessment, a guide that uses the humble artichoke as a powerful metaphor for self-discovery, career transitions, and finding what truly brings you joy.
Renee explains why she chose the artichoke over the more familiar "peeling an onion" metaphor: an onion makes you cry and leaves you with nothing at the center, but an artichoke has real layers (called bracts), a challenging "choke" you have to work through, and a tender, nourishing heart waiting underneath. She shares the story of the dinner party where the idea was born, walks through how she's used the artichoke as an assessment tool with real clients, and connects it to Japanese principles like Ikigai, Kaizen, and Chado that emphasize patience, intention, and small steady steps.
Whether you're navigating retirement, a career change, or simply feel like something is missing even though life looks good on paper, this conversation offers a gentle, reflective framework for slowing down and reconnecting with what really matters.
About Renee
Renee is the founder of Positivity Pro and has spent many years working with individuals and organizations through transitions and change. She is the author of The Artichoke Assessment, a guide built around using the artichoke as a metaphor and tool for self-reflection, and previously co-authored an earlier, much longer book back in 2007. Renee is known for bringing humor, warmth, and a deep well of client experience into her work helping people find clarity and joy in their lives.
Connect with Renee
- Website: positivitypro.com
- Email: renee@positivitypro.com
- Text: 646-327-2119
- Book: The Artichoke Assessment, available on Amazon or directly through Renee
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