About this episode

Gail Rice discusses choosing expansion over disappearance in life after 70.

Scaring Yourself Alive: How to Re-Story Your Life at Any Age with Gail Rice What does it actually look like to choose expansion over disappearance — not just as an idea, but as a daily act of courage? This one is for the woman who has ever felt the pull to play it smaller, quieter, safer. The one who wonders if her best chapters are behind her. The one who's tired of waiting for permission. Spoiler: the permission slip is yours to write. Gail Rice is a psychologist, writer, and late bloomer who got her psychology degree at 50, built her own practice, and moved to Australia temporarily — then stayed for 40 years. When she turned 70, she felt something she wasn't expecting: an existential dread that she was fading away. Becoming invisible. Losing her voice. So she did something about it. Something unexpected. Something that didn't go the way she planned — and ended up changing everything anyway. In this conversation, we get into: — Why Gail is more afraid of not living than dying — The decision she made at 70 that woke her up (it's not what you think) — What she calls "re-storying" — and how to actually do it — Why the worst moments became the loudest wake-up calls — How regret and…

People in this episode

Host: Yvonne Marchese

Guest: Gail Rice

Topics covered

• personal growth
• aging
• psychology
• life stories
• courage
• self-discovery

Keywords

• expansion
• disappearance
• re-storying
• existential dread
• personal growth
• aging
• courage

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Australia

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