What does it mean to have a good death—and who can help us prepare for it?In this episode of Grand Plans, Susanna Barton speaks with Nada Frazier, LCSW, a palliative care social worker, grief counseling specialist,...

When we talk about planning for the second half of life, the conversation usually focuses on legal documents, finances, and housing decisions. But what about the daily habits that determine how we actually feel as we age?In this...

One in four Americans is a caregiver — yet many are quietly operating in crisis mode, assuming they’ll plan for their own future “someday.”In Season 4, Episode 5 of Grand Plans, Susanna Barton sits down with Susan Stern, ...

What happens when “a little extra help” suddenly becomes 24/7 care?In this episode of Grand Plans, Susanna shares a deeply personal story about serving as primary caregiver and financial power of attorney for friends’ aging pare...

In this inspiring international episode of The Grand Plans Podcast, Susanna sits down with Joanne Hickox, Executive Director of Seniors on a Mission and visionary behind the groundbreaking G3 Village concept in Nor...

In this episode of Grand Plans, host Susanna Barton sits down with lifelong friend Brian Levy, Chief Relationship Officer of Cambridge Caregivers and Manchester Homes, for an honest, behind-the-scenes conversation ...

Caregiving doesn’t start with a crisis—and it doesn’t end with a checklist.In this powerful Season 4 opener of Grand Plans, host Susanna Barton sits down with Jeanette Yates, a Jacksonville-based author, lifelong caregive...

Happy New Year! No better time than the start of 2026 to relaunch Grand Plans the Podcast. This episode gets into our plans for the season to start the hype! So here’s your small, powerful action step for today—this week, not “someday”:...

How exciting to launch the first episode of the new Grand Plans podcast, "GeriTales" with two awesome senior living professionals, Sarah Dymond and Kari Bell from River Garden Hebrew Home for the Aged in Jacksonville, FL. This podcast is going ...

Today's conversation is with Jacksonville-based Seniors on a Mission Executive Director Joanne Hickox. In addition to leading and founding a nonprofit organization that brings purpose and community to local seniors through hands-on volunteer op...

In this final recording of the five-session Grand Plans: The Workshop, participants discuss the last four steps of a workable Grand Plan, including having a legacy mindset, playing the "What If?" and "Ask Yourself Honestly" games and being real...

We are back in the Literary Lounge for the fourth meeting of Grand Plans: The Workshop. Today, we unpack some of the nuances around steps 13-16 including trusting the people who love us, embracing technology and creating supportive community fo...

In this Season 3 episode of the Grand Plans podcast, a recording of the third Grand Plans: The Workshop gathering, we unpack steps 9-12 of a workable Grand Plan, putting things in drive with topics like "relinquishing the keys" and embracing ou...

Grand Plans: The Workshop launched January 23 and continued January 30 with a lively discussion around the conference table at The Literary Lounge bookstore. We dissected and discussed and dug into steps 5-8 of a workable Grand Plan and I hope ...

Grand Plans: The Workshop launched January 23 with a lively discussion around the conference table at The Literary Lounge bookstore. We dissected and discussed and dug into the first four steps of a workable Grand Plan and I hope you enjoy hear...

Heather Bayfield, founder and president of Jacksonville Beach, FL-based Life Management Advisors and Care Management Advisors, helps clients manage tasks of daily living that can feel complicated and time-consuming as they age. Heather is a wea...

International, award-winning health researcher and Wellness Discovery newsletter author Heather Hausenblas PhD talks to us about some exciting senior-related topics including how to protect against Alzheimer’s, outwalking the Grim Reaper and th...

Amy Gunther, M Ed, an ACE-certified personal trainer and group fitness instructor has been working with active adults on their health and fitness for decades and has developed a seven-point plan we can all use for maintaining good physical func...

Amy Gunther, M Ed, an ACE-certified personal trainer and group fitness instructor has been working with active adults on their health and fitness for decades and has developed a seven-point plan we can all use for maintaining good physical func...

Kerry Speckman, a writer, podcaster and pink-everything extraordinaire in Jacksonville FL, knows a thing or two about parental loss and how complicated and emotionally challenging that can be -- no matter your age. Her mother died when she was ...

Realtor Kimberly Waterhouse has always been a hard-charging, go-getter who has excelled in sales, marketing and real estate. But personal loss and change lent new perspective on the importance of community, faith, identity and communication in ...

But wait! There's more! Sewanee yoots Marley Barton and Frances Moseley reveal answers to the most pressing question of all: will you put us in a home? Grand Plans' Episode 2 of Season 2 is off to a super fresh start thanks to this engaging con...

We start off Season 2 of the Grand Plans podcast with a fresh perspective of Grand Planning, courtesy of some really cool young people -- Marley Barton, Frances Moseley and Cat Lamm -- Sewanee yoots who happened to be around my dining room tabl...

Laura McLauchlin, DNP, AGACNP Jacksonville-based practice Begin Health is a telehealth internal medicine provider and certified health coach. Both personally and professionally invested in best health practices, she helps patients achieve the r...

There are three core elements of best practice Grand Plans: the financial planning, the medical care and the legal piece, which we discuss in Episode 7 of the Grand Plans podcast. Kent Sausaman, an attorney with Jacksonville FL-based Frazier &a...