Explorez tous les épisodes du podcast The Wisdom Trust Podcast for Gay Men 50+
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| Gay Men Over 50: Is Comfort Keeping You From Becoming Who You Really Are? | 24 Sep 2026 | 00:52:03 | |
Have you become comfortable—or have you become yourself? For gay men over 50, the second half of life can bring questions we may have spent decades avoiding. Who am I now? What am I holding onto because it feels safe? How much of my life reflects what I genuinely want—and how much comes from who I learned I was supposed to be? In this episode of The Wisdom Trust, Loren Crawford talks with psychotherapist and Somatic Experiencing teacher Burns Galloway about inner work, authenticity, aging, identity, purpose and connection. Inner work isn't limited to therapy. It can include spiritual practice, coaching, self-inquiry, listening to the body, questioning old beliefs and becoming more conscious about how we want to live. Burns also challenges some familiar assumptions: Do we always need a purpose? What happens when we stop performing for other people? And can comfort itself become something that keeps us from changing? Perhaps most importantly, they explore why meaningful change can be difficult in isolation. The Wisdom Trust is a podcast and community for gay men over 50 who want deeper connection, meaningful friendship, honest conversation and a richer second half of life. Join the community! Come Meet Your People at The Wisdom Trust: | |||
| Gay Men Over 50: It’s Time to Find Your People | 16 Sep 2026 | 00:53:17 | |
What does it take to rebuild your life—and find your people—after 50? In this episode of The Wisdom Trust, Loren Crawford talks with Steven Nofziger, a 55-year-old gay father whose journey has included a conservative religious upbringing, coming out later in life, rebuilding family relationships, moving across the country, finding love, and creating a new community. When Steven moved to Boston, he made a decision: he was going to show up. He joined a gay ski club, a tennis group, a running group, and Gay Fathers of Greater Boston. Slowly, those experiences became friendships, belonging, and a new life. Today, Steven helps create the kind of community he once needed himself. Loren and Steven also talk about the “second adolescence” some men experience when coming out later, sobriety, joy, creativity, staying active, friendship, resilience, and the wisdom we inherit from gay men who came before us. At the heart of this conversation is a simple challenge: Finding your people requires showing up. If you're a gay man over 50 looking for deeper friendship, connection, chosen family, and a richer second half of life, join us inside The Wisdom Trust. And when you arrive, don't stay on the sidelines. Come introduce yourself. We want to know you. Come Meet Your People at The Wisdom Trust: | |||
| Gay Men Over 50: It’s Never Too Late to Reinvent Yourself | 09 Sep 2026 | 00:38:24 | |
Is it ever too late to reinvent yourself? After more than 20 years in real estate, Ray Aubel reached a point in midlife when the career he'd built no longer felt rewarding. Then the pandemic created space to ask a bigger question: What did he actually want to do with the rest of his life? That question eventually led Ray to train as a hypnotherapist and positivity coach working largely with the LGBTQ+ community. In this episode of The Wisdom Trust, Loren Crawford talks with Ray about changing direction later in life, the fear that comes with starting again, the old emotional patterns many gay men carry, and why our past doesn't have to dictate our future. They also explore shame, internalized homophobia, emotional awareness, purpose, and the importance of being genuinely ready for change. Ray's message for anyone wondering whether they've waited too long: "It's never too late and you're never too old." The Wisdom Trust is a podcast and community for gay men over 50 exploring friendship, purpose, belonging, reinvention, chosen family, conscious aging, and what it means to create a richer second half of life. Join The Wisdom Trust community for more conversations about navigating this stage of life together. Come Meet Your People at The Wisdom Trust: | |||
| Coming Home to Yourself: Sex, Desire and What You Really Want | 02 Sep 2026 | 00:50:22 | |
What happens when the life you’ve built looks good from the outside—but inside, you feel like you’re disappearing? In this episode of The Wisdom Trust, Loren Crawford talks with UK-based sex and intimacy coach Michael Dresser about sex, touch, pleasure, desire, and what it means to come home to yourself. Approaching 40, Michael had a long-term relationship, successful career, beautiful home, friends and an active social life. But he describes feeling as though he were suffocating. Leaving that life began a much deeper journey. Michael rediscovered his sexuality and his relationship with his body. He spent time deliberately single. He began listening to what he calls his “inner compass.” And he started asking a question many of us may lose touch with over the years: What do I actually want? Loren and Michael also explore intimacy and touch, pleasure beyond orgasm, old patterns that once protected us, the difference between feeling pulled toward something and feeling that we “should” do something, and why letting go of fixed outcomes can open unexpected doors. For gay men over 50, this conversation offers a different way to think about sexuality—not as something separate from the rest of life, but as one possible part of connection, authenticity and being fully alive. If this conversation opens something up for you, join The Wisdom Trust community for more important conversations with gay men over 50 about connection, friendship, purpose, aging and living more consciously. Come Meet Your People at The Wisdom Trust: | |||
| Change Your Space, Change Your Life: A Fresh Start After 50 | 26 Aug 2026 | 01:04:55 | |
What if making a change in your life could begin with something as simple as organizing one drawer, one closet or one box? In this episode of The Wisdom Trust, Loren Crawford sits down with professional organizer Michael Villarroel to explore the connection between our physical spaces and our emotional wellbeing. Michael shares how he left a more traditional career path, became a single father, built his own business, and found work that feels aligned with his natural gifts. They talk about clutter and overwhelm, sentimental possessions, simplifying your home, finding purpose after 50, and why reinvention doesn’t have to happen all at once. The conversation also turns toward a question many gay men will face as we grow older: How do we create homes, friendships, chosen families and communities that allow us to age with greater connection and independence? Sometimes the next chapter doesn’t begin with a giant leap. Sometimes it begins with one box. The Wisdom Trust is a podcast and community for gay men over 50 exploring friendship, belonging, purpose, chosen family, conscious aging and creating a richer second half of life. Join us and become part of the conversation. Come Meet Your People at The Wisdom Trust: | |||
| Your Life Can Get Bigger After 60—If You Let It | 20 Aug 2026 | 01:02:24 | |
Your life can get bigger after 60. When Jack Kohler’s marriage ended five years ago, he suddenly had to face one of his greatest lifelong fears: being alone. What followed wasn’t a quick transformation. Jack filled his calendar because being home alone frightened him. He struggled with Friday nights and New Year’s Eve. He questioned his worth when there wasn’t someone beside him. Slowly, he began discovering something different. He could take care of himself. And as the fear loosened its grip, his world expanded. In this conversation, we explore loneliness versus being alone, learning to choose yourself, friendship and community after 50, physical and emotional wellness, creativity, self-trust, and the unexpected possibilities of getting older. Jack shares a beautiful metaphor for this stage of his life. After his marriage ended, he felt as though he were suspended between two trapezes. At first, he thought he was falling. Then he realized he was flying. And eventually he began wondering whether he needed to grab another trapeze at all. For gay men over 50 who are questioning a relationship, facing an ending, living alone, rebuilding their social lives, or simply wondering what else might be possible, this is a conversation about what can happen when fear stops making our decisions. The Wisdom Trust is a community for gay men over 50 who want richer conversations, deeper connections, conscious aging, and more from the second half of life. Join us and be part of the conversation. Resource: Loneliness - Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection, John C Cacioppo and William Patrick Come Meet Your People at The Wisdom Trust: | |||
| What If the Life You Built No Longer Fits? | 13 Aug 2026 | 00:51:32 | |
For many of us, the second half of life brings a strange realization. The career, beliefs, roles, or expectations that carried us this far may not be the things that carry us forward. In this episode of The Wisdom Trust, Loren Crawford talks with Gregg Taylor about what it means to listen when something inside you says it’s time for a change. Gregg’s life has included career reinvention, going back to university at 50, recovery from alcohol addiction, coming to terms with being gay, wrestling with Christianity, and eventually finding a way to bring the different parts of himself together. But this conversation isn’t really about changing careers or even starting over. It’s about becoming more fully yourself. Gregg shares a powerful lesson from decades of helping people through career and life transitions: sometimes we know years before we act that something no longer fits. We stay because it feels safe. But as Gregg says, “Playing it safe is not safe.” For gay men over 50, that question can go especially deep. We’ve lived through enormous changes in how the world sees us—and often in how we see ourselves. The second half of life gives us an opportunity to ask what we still want to carry forward and what we’re finally ready to leave behind. We talk about: • Why careers and identities can have an “expiry date” Chapters 00:00 — Welcome to The Wisdom Trust The Wisdom Trust is a podcast and community for gay men over 50 who want more from the second half of life—more connection, meaning, friendship, honesty, purpose, and possibility. If conversations like this are what you’ve been looking for, come explore The Wisdom Trust community. You don’t have to figure out the next chapter alone. Come Meet Your People at The Wisdom Trust: | |||
| It's Never Too Late to Choose Yourself: Finding Yourself Again After 50 | 06 Aug 2026 | 00:48:38 | |
Many of us spend years taking care of everyone else. Our careers. Then one day we wake up wondering... Where did I go? In this heartfelt conversation, Matt Fugate shares how leaving a toxic work environment helped him rediscover the joyful, authentic person his husband thought he'd lost. The moment his husband said, "I had lost you...and now you're back." everything changed. Together we explore why choosing yourself isn't selfish, why permission often comes before transformation, and how small daily choices can reconnect us with the life we've been longing for. If you're a gay man over 50 wondering whether life still has another chapter waiting for you... This conversation is for you. In this episode:
Chapters 01:02 Meet Matt Fugate 06:23 The moment everything changed 11:58 "I had lost you..." 15:24 Giving yourself permission 22:32 Why self-care isn't selfish 31:11 Community changes us 42:08 Matt's Wisdom Moment If this conversation speaks to you, we'd love to welcome you into The Wisdom Trust—a growing community for thoughtful gay men over 50 who want deeper connection, purpose, and authentic conversation. If this conversation speaks to you, we'd love to welcome you into The Wisdom Trust—a growing community for thoughtful gay men over 50 who want deeper connection, purpose, and authentic conversation. If this episode helped you, please like, subscribe, and share it with another man who may need this reminder: It's never too late to choose yourself. Come Meet Your People at The Wisdom Trust: | |||
| What If Your Purpose Was There All Along? A Conversation on Aging, Freedom & Soul | 29 Jul 2026 | 00:56:44 | |
What if you stopped trying to figure out your purpose... and started noticing the thread that has been running through your life all along? In this episode of The Wisdom Trust Podcast, Loren Crawford sits down with author, music historian, songwriter, and self-described Soul Ambassador, David Nathan. At 78, David reflects on a remarkable life that took him from London to New York, into the world of soul music, and ultimately into a deeper understanding of purpose, creativity, intuition, and conscious aging. Together they explore:
For gay men over 50, this conversation offers a powerful reminder that there is no expiration date on growth, creativity, joy, or becoming more fully yourself. The Wisdom Trust is a community for thoughtful gay men who want deeper connection, meaningful friendship, emotional honesty, and a richer second half of life. 👉Find David here: https://davidnathan.com/ 👉Learn more and join The Wisdom Trust community. (links below)
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| The Courage to Start Again After 50 | A Conversation Every Gay Man Needs | 22 Jul 2026 | 00:50:54 | |
You don't need all the answers. Sometimes you just need enough courage to ask a different question. In this episode of The Wisdom Trust, Loren Crawford talks with Davidson Koay—a gay man who has spent more than 25 years building a successful career while quietly wondering whether the life he's created still fits the man he's becoming. Together they explore:
This isn't a conversation about having life figured out. It's about discovering that the second half of life may be the first time we're truly free to choose differently. If you're a gay man over 50 wondering whether it's too late to reinvent yourself, this conversation is for you.
00:00 Welcome to The Wisdom Trust 01:15 Meet Davidson 09:30 The Midlife Crossroads 15:00 Confidence, Identity & Self-Worth 22:00 Money vs Meaning 31:00 Why Retirement Isn't the Only Dream 41:00 Marriage, Support & Community 45:00 Davidson's Wisdom 50:00 Final Reflections Join The Wisdom Trust community where thoughtful gay men over 50 are creating deeper connection, purpose and belonging. #GayMenOver50 #Midlife #Purpose #CareerChange #LGBTQ #ConsciousAging #ChosenFamily #TheWisdomTrust Come Meet Your People at The Wisdom Trust: | |||
| Tantra Is Not About Sex: A Gay Man's Journey from Anger to Love | 15 Jul 2026 | 00:37:10 | |
Tantra Is Not About Sex: A Gay Man's Journey from Anger to Love What if the greatest transformation of your life didn't come from achieving more... but from surrendering? In this episode of The Wisdom Trust Podcast, Loren Crawford sits down with Armin Heining, founder of Gay Tantra, to explore a remarkable journey through spirituality, sexuality, addiction, forgiveness, and conscious aging. Armen shares how a longing for God led him into a Benedictine monastery, how his coming out inspired the creation of Gay Tantra, and how a personal crisis forced him to confront anger, addiction, and old wounds. Together they explore:
For gay men over 50, this conversation offers a powerful reminder that growth doesn't stop with age. Sometimes our most meaningful transformations happen in our wisdom years. If you're interested in deeper connection, chosen family, emotional growth, purpose, spirituality, and conscious aging, you're in the right place. Find Armin here: gay-tantra.eu 👉 Join The Wisdom Trust community for essays, conversations, and connection.
00:00 Introduction to Armin Heining #TheWisdomTrust #GayMenOver50 #ConsciousAging #GayTantra #SpiritualGrowth #ChosenFamily #LGBTQCommunity #EmotionalWellbeing Come Meet Your People at The Wisdom Trust: | |||
| After Losing His Husband, He Found Love Again at 74 | 08 Jul 2026 | 00:38:57 | |
What if your best chapter hasn't happened yet? At 74, Dale Williams has lived through profound love, heartbreaking loss, unexpected renewal, and a surprising new relationship that arrived when he least expected it. In this heartfelt conversation, Dale shares his life in the California desert, his 26-year marriage, caring for his husband through the end of life, navigating grief, and discovering that connection, friendship, creativity, and even love can still arrive in your wisdom years. For many gay men over 50, there is a quiet fear that aging means becoming invisible, isolated, or disconnected. Dale's story offers another possibility. A life filled with curiosity. A life filled with friendship. A life filled with purpose. And perhaps most importantly, a life that remains open to new beginnings.
Many gay men over 50 struggle with loneliness, loss, isolation, and questions about what's next. Dale reminds us that aging isn't the end of the story. Sometimes it's where the most meaningful chapters begin. Chapters 00:35 Introduction to Dale Williams Find Dale on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alva.d.williams
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| What If the Next Chapter of Your Life Starts Somewhere Unexpected? | 01 Jul 2026 | 01:01:52 | |
What if the growth you're looking for isn't where you've been searching? In this episode of The Wisdom Trust Podcast, Loren Crawford sits down with Dale Rowse for a conversation about personal transformation, life after crisis, awakening, creativity, stillness, and the unexpected paths that can open when life forces us to rethink who we are. After careers in professional dance and real estate, Dale faced a serious health challenge that changed everything. What followed was a journey into alternative approaches to personal growth, self-discovery, writing, spirituality, and energy work. This conversation isn't about finding a single answer. It's about staying curious. It's about being willing to explore possibilities that may not fit neatly into conventional ideas about growth, healing, purpose, and meaning. For many gay men over 50, there comes a moment when the old answers stop working. The question becomes: What's next for me? Whether you agree with every idea discussed or not, this episode invites you to consider new perspectives, reflect on your own path, and remain open to the possibility that your next chapter may come from somewhere unexpected. In this episode:
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| He Left the Perfect Life at 50—and Found Himself Instead | 24 Jun 2026 | 01:01:01 | |
What happens when the life that looks perfect from the outside no longer feels right on the inside? In this episode of The Wisdom Trust, Loren Crawford sits down with Jaime Fernandez, a first-generation Latino gay man, attorney, engineer, lifelong learner, and passionate advocate for personal growth. Jaime shares his journey through divorce after a 14-year marriage, returning to law school in his 50s, confronting childhood abandonment wounds, navigating grief and loss, and discovering a deeper sense of purpose. Together, they explore:
If you're a gay man over 50 wondering what's next, this conversation offers hope, perspective, and practical wisdom. The Wisdom Trust is a community for thoughtful gay men who want deeper connection, meaningful friendships, conscious aging, and a richer second half of life. 👉 Subscribe for more conversations about friendship, purpose, aging, emotional wellbeing, and chosen family. Chapters Come Meet Your People at The Wisdom Trust: | |||
| The Unexpected Freedom of Life After 50 | Liam Ball on Aging, Curiosity & Reinvention | 17 Jun 2026 | 00:52:18 | |
What if the second half of life isn't about slowing down... but becoming more fully yourself? In this episode of The Wisdom Trust, Loren Crawford sits down with Liam Ball, a Canadian expat living in Maui, photographer, curiosity junkie, and self-described loving-kindness pilgrim. Liam shares his journey through career burnout, an unexpected relationship ending, turning 60, and the surprising freedoms that come with aging. Along the way, he explores what it means to let go of old identities, stay curious, build meaningful community, embrace sexuality, and keep reinventing yourself. This isn't a conversation about decline. It's a conversation about possibility. For gay men over 50, questions about purpose, belonging, friendship, visibility, relationships, and aging often become more important than ever. Liam offers a refreshing perspective: maybe this stage of life is less about holding on and more about discovering new ways to live, create, connect, and grow. If you've been feeling stuck, uncertain, or curious about what's next, this conversation may give you a broader perspective on what's possible. In This Episode 00:40 Welcome to The Wisdom Trust Join The Wisdom Trust Community The Wisdom Trust is a community for thoughtful gay men over 50 who want deeper connection, meaningful conversations, emotional honesty, and a richer second half of life. 👉 Subscribe for more conversations like this. #GayMenOver50 #ConsciousAging #ChosenFamily #LifeAfter50 #LGBTQAging #Friendship #Purpose #Community #AgingWell #TheWisdomTrust Come Meet Your People at The Wisdom Trust: | |||
| Gay Men Over 50: Why Your Best Years May Still Be Ahead of You | 11 Jun 2026 | 00:29:25 | |
Your best years may not be behind you. For many gay men over 50, life brings unexpected questions. Who am I now? Where do I belong? How do I build deeper friendships, purpose, and community as I age? In this opening episode of The Wisdom Trust Podcast, Loren Crawford shares his personal journey—from career success and yoga teaching to bankruptcy, reinvention, coaching, and ultimately discovering a deeper calling: creating community for gay men in the second half of life. This conversation explores loneliness, personal growth, conscious aging, friendship, authenticity, purpose, and why aging can become a springboard into your most meaningful years. If you're a gay man over 50 looking for deeper connection, chosen family, emotional honesty, and a richer life experience, you're in the right place. In this episode:
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