Your Next Mission, Should You Choose to Accept it, is to Grow From Older to Elder, with our Guest, Dr. Marc Cooper
Welcome back to Pizza Quest!
Once again, the operative word for this episode is Quest, as we welcome author, mentor, and game changer, Dr. Marc B. Cooper. Marc’s mission and personal quest is to restore a sense of meaning and purpose for those of us who fall into the “senior citizen” bracket (but, really, it’s a timeless mission for all of us regardless of age). The title of his new book. “Older to Elder” says it all, so I won’t try to recap it for you here but, rather, encourage you to listen to this fascinating conversation that might very well transform your life. Marc is, like me, a Philly boy, so I plan to invite him back to talk pizza in a future episode, but in this episode you will hear the culmination of a lifelong journey of wisdom-seeking that far surpasses the search for the perfect pizza (except in the metaphorical sense, of course).
For those who want to follow-up and get his book (and this is unsolicited, as I get no kickback from Amazon or anyone for promoting Marc’s book), here’s a link
In the meantime, join Dr. Marc Cooper and me as we discuss why becoming an elder is far more important than simply getting older…..
NOTE: This episode marks the end of our 2024 season, a year full of a number of fabulous conversations with fellow questers on pizza and other important matters. Our tagline, as you may know, is a “Journey of Self-Discovery Through Pizza,” and this year’s episodes have taken us deeper into the “self-discovery” aspect of that mission. Please check out our archives for episodes you may have missed. We plan to return in early 2025 with a whole new season of thought-provoking and, of course, delicious explorations in our never-ending Pizza Quest, both literal and metaphorical. Have a joyous holiday season and we’ll see you in the new year!
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