Marilyn Olsen's guest appearances

Marilyn Olsen

Wilderness Podcast

MINDRAMP PODCAST - LIVE LONG, LIVE WELL

Chris Palmer

Bob Marshall

John Allen

DERRICK JENSEN

Lisa Mosconi

Judy Rubin

Paul Doherty

Phil Knight

Scott Brennan

Erik Stensland

Dahr Jamail

Christopher Ketcham

Josh Ewing

J. Baird Callicott

Albert Garcia-Romeu

OwlTail

Marilyn Olsen is the  Executive Director of Villages Oklahoma City (VOKC).  On this short podcast, Marilyn discusses an exciting partnership with MINDRAMP Consulting, the launch of The MINDRAMP Academy. The short excerpts explore: Why Marilyn and VOKC are working with MINDRAMP, How VOKC and MINDRAMP developed the concept for an ongoing brain health initiative for Oklahoma City, andWhy the VOKC members wanted an ongoing, sequential brain health curriculum. Marilyn's comments are pulled from a radio interview she did with Robin Gunn for Robin's  RISE &amp; THRIVE radio show in Oklahoma City.   ·     

Marilyn Olsen is the  Executive Director of Villages Oklahoma City (VOKC).  On this short podcast, Marilyn discusses an exciting partnership with MINDRAMP Consulting, the launch of The MINDRAMP Academy. The short excerpts explore: <ul><li>Why Marilyn and VOKC are working with MINDRAMP, </li><li>How VOKC and MINDRAMP developed the concept for an ongoing brain health initiative for Oklahoma City, and</li><li>Why the VOKC members wanted an ongoing, sequential brain health curriculum. </li></ul>Marilyn's comments are pulled from a radio interview she did with Robin Gunn for Robin's  RISE &amp; THRIVE radio show in Oklahoma City.  ·

Marilyn Olsen on The MINDRAMP Academy

Marilyn Olsen is the innovative Executive Director of Villages Oklahoma City (VOKC). She is redefining villages and developing new and innovative ways to serve older adults and to promote positive approaches to the aging process. In this podcast interview, Marilyn explains how she got involved in the Village Movement and how her approach in OKC differs from the standard. She describes two signature programs that are foundational to VOKC. One foundational program is the GIFT program – Gathering Information for Transitions. Members who take the GIFT workshop develop a notebook that gathers all pertinent information that might be needed in times of major , late-life transitions.  It is the information you will need when you may be incapable of thinking straight. The second major program is an ongoing brain health initiative that includes classes and workshops to help members understand how to minimize their risks for cognitive decline and dementia. Learn more about Marilyn’s positive and optimistic approach to Qualongevity – living long and living well. Chapters: IntroductionThe roots of VOKCThe GIFT ProgramThe Brain Health InitiativeQualongevityConclusion

Marilyn Olsen is the innovative Executive Director of Villages Oklahoma City (VOKC). She is redefining villages and developing new and innovative ways to serve older adults and to promote positive approaches to the aging process. In this podcast interview, Marilyn explains how she got involved in the Village Movement and how her approach in OKC differs from the standard. She describes two signature programs that are foundational to VOKC. One foundational program is the GIFT program – Gathering Information for Transitions. Members who take the GIFT workshop develop a notebook that gathers all pertinent information that might be needed in times of major , late-life transitions.  It is the information you will need when you may be incapable of thinking straight. The second major program is an ongoing brain health initiative that includes classes and workshops to help members understand how to minimize their risks for cognitive decline and dementia. Learn more about Marilyn’s positive and optimistic approach to Qualongevity – living long and living well. Chapters:<ul><li> Introduction</li><li>The roots of VOKC</li><li>The GIFT Program</li><li>The Brain Health Initiative</li><li>Qualongevity</li><li>Conclusion</li></ul>

Re-Imagining a Village; Re-Defining Aging.  A discussion with Marilyn Olsen, Executive Director of Villages Oklahoma City 

Howie Wolke

“I’ve come to the conclusion that groups like The Wilderness Society are no longer apart of our movement. They’re doing something that is completely different. They have strayed so far from their visionary founders. The Wilderness Society, Montana Wilderness Association and the Greater Yellowstone Coalition… I don’t consider any of these groups to be apart of the Wilderness Conservation Movement any longer.” -Howie Wolke on Wilderness PodcastIn this episode, I interview Howie Wolke and Marilyn Olsen. Howie is a past two time president of Wilderness Watch and has been on and off the Board of Directors over the past twenty five years. He is also a recently retired wilderness backpacking guide. Marilyn is a retired nurse and also a retired long-time wilderness and backpacking guide. We talk about how they met, their Wilderness backpacking business (Big Wild Adventures which now has new owners), the cumulative impact of exposing people to Wilderness and wilderness values, the disconnect of employees in many conservation organizations and their deviation from traditional grassroots wilderness advocacy, influence of corporations and foundations expecting compromise and collaboration from conservation groups that they fund, selfishness of certain recreational users, the Gallatin Range (right up against their backyard), the formation of Montanan’s for Gallatin Wilderness, how to revive grassroots wilderness movements, examples of when the Big Greens sold out and abandoned wilderness principles, a message to the Gallatin Yellowstone Wilderness Alliance and how to reach young folks and making the wilderness movement relevant to them.Howie and Marilyn continue their crusade by writing articles and letters in defense of wilderness and wild places.Support the show

“I’ve come to the conclusion that groups like The Wilderness Society are no longer apart of our movement. They’re doing something that is completely different. They have strayed so far from their visionary founders. The Wilderness Society, Montana Wilderness Association and the Greater Yellowstone Coalition… I don’t consider any of these groups to be apart of the Wilderness Conservation Movement any longer.” -Howie Wolke on Wilderness PodcastIn this episode, I interview Howie Wolke and Marilyn Olsen. Howie is a past two time president of Wilderness Watch and has been on and off the Board of Directors over the past twenty five years. He is also a recently retired wilderness backpacking guide. Marilyn is a retired nurse and also a retired long-time wilderness and backpacking guide. We talk about how they met, their Wilderness backpacking business (Big Wild Adventures which now has new owners), the cumulative impact of exposing people to Wilderness and wilderness values, the disconnect of employees in many conservation organizations and their deviation from traditional grassroots wilderness advocacy, influence of corporations and foundations expecting compromise and collaboration from conservation groups that they fund, selfishness of certain recreational users, the Gallatin Range (right up against their backyard), the formation of Montanan’s for Gallatin Wilderness, how to revive grassroots wilderness movements, examples of when the Big Greens sold out and abandoned wilderness principles, a message to the Gallatin Yellowstone Wilderness Alliance and how to reach young folks and making the wilderness movement relevant to them.Howie and Marilyn continue their crusade by writing articles and letters in defense of wilderness and wild places.<a href="http://www.wildernesspodcast.com/support" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a>

Big Wild Adventures | Howie Wolke & Marilyn Olsen | Ep. 031