The Retired Mindset® - Seven Trails™
The Retired Mindset and its Seven Trails podcast is about living your BEST life in retirement. We’ll dive into how to best follow those Seven Trails on your journey in retirement toward mental and physical health, staying young at heart, maintaining connections, and achieving true holistic longevity during the "third trimester" of life’s journey. Bob's vision is to help you—yes, both men and women—unlock your full potential, reconnect with what makes you uniquely YOU, embrace aging, and thrive as you transition away from your career.
Episodes
25 episodes
Recalibrate In Retirement
Silence can feel uncomfortable until it becomes the most honest sound in your life. Before the Labor Day weekend, I’m in the Eastern Sierra, where I've just gotten off the trail from backpacking near Mammoth Lakes in the Inyo National Forest wi...
Vitality as a Spark in Retirement, ft. Kathryn Linehan
Retirement isn’t a retreat. It’s a chance to rebuild your energy, your clarity, and your sense of purpose, starting with something most of us ignore until it breaks: the nervous system. From a wellness space in Santa Monica, Founder...
The Remarkable Number Seven
The Number seven keeps showing up in my life, and it’s not just a quirky coincidence. I’m Bob Preston, founder of The Retired Mindset, and I share the true story behind why my approach to aging well and thriving in retirement naturally formed a...
What's Wrong With Today?
“Maybe someday” can sound mature, responsible, even wise and it’s also where a lot of dreams quietly go to die. We’re pulling on that thread and asking the one question that cuts through delay, second-guessing, and the endless mental rehearsal:...
Where Soul Meets Body
“Where soul meets body” sounds like a slogan until you sit with it and realize it might be the missing piece in your retirement plan. We take five focused minutes to explore why this phrase sits at the center of the Retired Mindset and how it p...
What Does Retire Mean?
Send Us a Voicemail!The word “retire” has a secret built into it, and once you hear it, you can’t unhear it: it literally means “to withdraw.” That single definition quietly shape...
Purpose Doesn't Have to Retire, ft. Kathy Eldon
Send Us a Voicemail!Retirement can be a relief, but it can also quietly steal something essential: the feeling that you have a reason to get up and go. From a sunlit morning in Ma...
The Retired Mindset Relaunch!!
In this Five Minute Friday episode, Bob shares why the Retired Mindset paused for a few months, is now relaunching, and what changed after months away living a “bucketlist dream” and rethinking what retirement really requires. We are moving fro...
Five Minute Friday 10: Expanding Your World
Travel in retirement is about far more than sightseeing — it’s about staying mentally sharp, physically active, and deeply engaged with life. In this Five Minute Friday episode of The Retired Mindset, host Bobby P records on location from Munic...
Five Minute Friday 9: Stepping Into 2026
Hello Mindsetters! We took a short break during the holidays, but we're back and ready to bring you great new content for the New Year in 2026!As we step into 2026, this Five Minute Friday is a moment to pause, reflect, and intentionally...
Episode 5: Roaming with Purpose, Ft. Outdoors Photographer Alan Kassan
In this soulful and scenic episode, recorded amidst mountain winds coming off of Lake McLeod in the Eastern Sierra, host Bob Preston sits down with longtime friend and nature photographer Alan Kassan. In retirement, Alan traded his career and o...
Five Minute Friday 8: Personal Development in Retirement
In this Five Minute Friday, Bob is exploring why retirement isn’t the end of personal growth and development — it’s the beginning of an entirely new, more intentional chapter. Personal development becomes not just optional, but essential, as we...
Five Minute Friday 7: Expressing Gratitude: A Thanksgiving Reflection
As we head into Thanksgiving week, today’s Five Minute Friday is all about one of the most grounding and transformative practices we have in retirement: gratitude. I am grateful for our new sponsor, a cool clothing line...
Episode 4: Friendship, the Key to a Happy Retirement, Ft. Dr. Jaimie Krems
In this episode of The Retired Mindset, Bob sits down with Dr. Jaimie Arona Krems, Associate Professor of Psychology at UCLA and Co-Founder/Director of the UCLA Center for Friendship Research—the first academic hub dedicate...
Five Minute Friday 6: Ditch the Phrase "Golden Years"
This week on Five Minute Friday, we’re taking on a big cultural myth — one that desperately needs a modern-day reboot.You’ve heard the phrase “The Golden Years” your whole life, right? That overly sentimental term that so...
Five Minute Friday 5: The Power of Friendship and Community
In this week’s Five Minute Friday, host Bobby P reflects on one of the most significant emotional shifts in retirement: the loss — and rediscovery — of community. When we step away from full-time work, we don’t just give up tasks, meet...
Episode 3 Part 2: Faster Than a Speeding Bullet, Ft. NASA SR-71 Test Pilot, Rogers E. Smith
In this powerful Part II conversation, Bob Preston welcomes back aviation legend Rogers E. Smith—NASA test pilot, SR-71 Blackbird pilot, and lifelong student of leadership and passion—to explore how he has carried his core values into re...
Five Minute Friday 4: Giving Back
In this week’s Five Minute Friday, podcast host Bob Preston reflects on the true joy that comes from giving back — inspired by one of his lifelong heroes, legendary UCLA basketball coach John Wooden, who once said:“Nothing can give you ...
Five Minute Friday 3: Mental and Physical Health
Hey Mindsetters! TGIF — and welcome back to another Five Minute Friday with me, Bob Preston. This week, Podcast Host, Bob Preston is coming to you from the base of beautiful Mammoth Mountain, where the air is fresh, the p...
Five Minute Friday 2: Retirement is Hard
Hey Mindsetters! TGIF and welcome to The Retired Mindset’s second rendition of Five Minute Friday! Podcast Host, Bob Preston, shares his biggest surprise about retirement — it’s harder than it seems. Mo...
Episode 3 Part 1: Faster Than a Speeding Bullet, Ft. NASA SR-71 Test Pilot, Rogers E. Smith
Hello Mindsetters! Welcome to Episode 3 of The Retired Mindset—and trust us, this one is something special. Podcast host Bob Preston's guest today is aviation royalty. Rogers E. Smith—“Rog” to his friends—is a former Royal ...
Five Minute Friday 1: Podcast Vision
Hey Mindsetters — TGIF! In this very first Five Minute Friday, Bob kicks off a brand-new series of short, on-location mini-episodes designed to bring you quick bursts of insight, fun, and adventure every Friday — all in five minu...
Episode 2: Trail Angels
In this special episode, The Retired Mindset host, Bob Preston, goes solo to share a heartfelt reflection on the concept of Trail Angels—the kindhearted individuals who have profoundly impacted his life and hiking adventures. Bob discu...
