Connie Goldman

Caregiving

Formerly on the staff of National Public Radio, Connie Goldman is an award-winning radio producer and reporter who currently devotes herself to programs and projects exclusively concerned with issues and images of aging in America. During the past twenty-five years, as president of her own non-profit company, she has produced several radio programs that reflect the insights, inspiration, and wisdom of the rapidly growing midlife and older population.

Her programming has been distributed through the stations of the public broadcasting system without charge by both National Public Radio and Public Radio International. Ms. Goldman was given the Senior of the Year award in 2001 at the annual joint conference of the American Society on Aging and the National Council on Aging.
She has been a keynote speaker and presenter at conferences, seminars, and special events. Her talks, workshops and seminars are grounded in the art of storytelling. Connie has collected hundreds of personal interviews that focus on the challenges and changes in mid-life and the years beyond. Her presentations inform, empower, and inspire.

Connie Goldman’s most recently published book is Late Life Love—Romance and New Relationships in Later Years. (Fairview Press 2006) She is also the author of The Gifts of Caregiving—Stories of Hardship, Hope, and Healing (Fairview Press, 2002); The Ageless Spirit, 2nd Edition (Fairview Press, 2004), Secrets of Becoming a Late Bloomer, co-authored with Richard Mahler (3rd edition 2007) and Tending the Earth, Mending the Spirit: The Healing Gifts of Gardening (Hazelden 2000) also with Richard Mahler.

Her message on public radio, in print and in person is clear—makes any time of life an opportunity for new learning, self-discovery, spiritual deepening, and continued growth. Colleague Jim Lehrer, host of The Newshour on public television, summed up Goldman’s impact with these words: “Connie Goldman is on to something. It’s called life. Life for all of us who used to be considered on the other side of the hill.”