Psychologists tell us that our formative years are roughly the first seven years of our lives. Those years are when we, as children, are sponges soaking up what we see and hear around us. So it was for Kathie Donovan. So it is for all of us.

We accept what we hear from our parents and early teachers about ourselves without questioning its veracity. If we’re lucky, what we hear about ourselves is positive for the most part.

But often that’s not the case and we grow up with beliefs that we are not good enough, that we lack something that would make us better people. Our lives end up reflecting those beliefs perfectly.

That’s how it was for Kathie, who, despite a highly successful career in television, was a “hot mess” in her personal life.

Until she decided enough was enough.

Today, at 73, Kathie offers courses, seminars, books, and a podcast series that guide us to finding what she calls “sustainable happiness.” If you want to be inspired right now, listen to what she has to say as our guest on The Art 2 Aging.

What’s your travel dream? Visit every county in Ireland, every state in the Union, every province in Canada?

Why not think bigger? How about every country in the world? That’s the goal of our guest and his wife this week on The Art 2 Aging.

Wayne and Sally Schmidt are in their 60s. They gave up their Groundhog Day life in Australia and embarked on a journey that, to date, has spanned 81 countries and taken seven years.

Their story is one long travel adventure and Wayne lays it all out, along with some great travel tips, in this week’s episode.

Visit their website: traveldinestay.com where you can share vicariously in their adventure.

Wills and estates.

Alongside life insurance, wills and estates are two things most people don’t want to think about, let alone do any planning around what happens to their assets when they die.

This is why 68% of Americans and about 50% of Canadians will give their heirs lots of headaches at death.

This week, The Art 2 Aging takes a very practical look at wills, estates, estate planning and death taxes.

We have engaged the expertise of a top financial planner in Toronto, Canada to help navigate the ins and outs of all this.

Even though tax and estate laws may vary from country to country, at a high level the financial concepts and strategies are very similar, if not identical.

This is vital content to know if you own anything, let alone anything of value!