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SEASON 5 COMING SOON IN 2026! You can find the Grand Plans (and GeriTales) podcast through your podcast listings or directly on the Buzzsprout hosting page. This podcast invites expert and experienced guests to share their advice on navigating some of the biggest challenges of senior care and management — and how we can craft our own best Grand Plan. Here is the most recent lineup:

Season 1:

Grand Plans Episode 1: Northeast Florida Hospice Nurse Jillian Dunbar

Grand Plans Episode 2: Viral Obituaries and Death Binders with Bonnie Upright

Grand Plans Episode 3: The Importance of Community, Faith and Connections with “The Queen of Fun” Suzanne Honeycutt

Grand Plans Episode 4: Lessons Learned and Let’s Talk About It With Liz Morgan

Grand Plans Episode 5: Life Planning Partners Founder Carolyn McClanahan Talks About the Money Side of Grand Planning

Grand Plans Episode 6: Commander Staging & Interiors Founder Barbara Commander

Grand Plans Episode 7: Essential Legal Documents You Must Prepare Before You Die with Attorney Kent Sausaman

Grand Plans Episode 8: The 411 on Health and Aging

Season 2:

Grand Plans Season 2 Episode 1: A Convo With the Yoots About Old People Stuff

Grand Plans Season 2 Episode 2: More Convo With the Yoots About Old People Stuff

Grand Plans Season 2 Episode 3: The Softer Side of the Sunset Stroll with Kimberly Waterhouse

Grand Plans Season 2 Episode 4: When You’re a Motherless, Fatherless Daughter and Death is Complicated with Kerry Speckman

Grand Plans S2 E5 The 7 Pillars of Senior Health & Fitness with Amy Gunther M Ed Part 1

Grand Plans S2 E6 The 7 Pillars of Senior Health & Fitness with Amy Gunther M Ed Part 2

Season 2 Episode 7: Alzheimer’s, Outwalking the Grim Reaper & Super Agers with Heather Hausenblas PhD

Season 3

Grand Plans Season 3 Episode 1: Grand Plans The Workshop Session 1

Grand Plans Season 3 Episode 2: Grand Plans The Workshop Session 2

Grand Plans Season 3 Episode 3: Grand Plans The Workshop Session 3

Grand Plans Season 3 Episode 4: Grand Plans The Workshop Session 4

Grand Plans Season 3 Episode 5: Final session of Grand Plans: The Workshop

Grand Plans Season 3 Episode 6: Interview with Seniors on a Mission Director Joanne Hickox

Season 4 GeriTales

GeriTales Season 1 Episode 1: Sarah Dymond and Kari Bell from River Garden Hebrew Home for the Aged

The video version of the Grand Plans and GeriTales podcast, what we like to call a vlog, is on the Grand Plans YouTube page, which you can access here or via the episode links below:

Season 1:

Grand Plans Episode 1: Interview with Northeast Florida Hospice Nurse Jillian Dunbar

Grand Plans Episode 2: Viral Obituaries and Death Binders with Bonnie Upright

Grand Plans Episode 3: A conversation with Suzanne Honeycutt about community, faith and connections

Grand Plans Episode 4: Lessons Learned and Let’s Talk About It With Liz Morgan

Grand Plans Episode 5: Life Planning Partners Founder Carolyn McClanahan Talks Financial Planning

Grand Plans Episode 6: Commander Staging & Interiors Founder Barbara Commander

Grand Plans Episode 7: Essential Legal Documents You Must Prepare Before You Die with Attorney Kent Sausaman

Grand Plans Episode 8: The 411 on Health and Aging with Laura McLauchlin

Season 2:

Grand Plans Season 2 Episode 1: A Convo with the Yoots About Old People Stuff

Grand Plans Season 2 Episode 2: More Convo with the Yoots About Old People Stuff

Grand Plans Season 2 Episode 3: The Softer Side of the Sunset Stroll with Kimberly Waterhouse

Grand Plans Season 2 Episode 4: When You’re a Motherless, Fatherless Daughter and Death is Complicated with Kerry Speckman

Grand Plans S2 E5 The 7 Pillars of Senior Health & Fitness with Amy Gunther M Ed Part 1

Grand Plans S2 E6 The 7 Pillars of Senior Health & Fitness with Amy Gunther M Ed Part 2

Season 2 Episode 7: Alzheimer’s, Outwalking the Grim Reaper & Super Agers with Heather Hausenblas PhD

Season 3

Season 3 Episode 1 from Day One of Grand Plans: The Workshop

Grand Plans Season 3 Episode 2 Grand Plans The Workshop Session 2

Grand Plans Season 3 Episode 3 Grand Plans: The Workshop Session 3

Grand Plans Season 3 Episode 4 Grand Plans: The Workshop Session 4

Grand Plans Season 3 Episode 5: Final session of Grand Plans: The Workshop

Grand Plans Season 3 Episode 6: Interview with Seniors on a Mission Director Joanne Hickox

Season 4 GeriTales

GeriTales Season 1 Episode 1: Sarah Dymond and Kari Bell from River Garden Hebrew Home for the Aged

The 10 “Concrete Steps” of a Grand Plan

  1. Write it Down: Create a ‘death binder’ of essential, obituary and funeral information
  2. Lawyer Up: Hire an attorney to get legit about your affairs.
  3. Bean Count: Get your financial house and plan in order.
  4. Advance Your Directives: Write your prescription for health, consider your medical thresholds.
  5. Know Aid ABCs: Get knowledgeable on government programs and long-term care plans
  6. Find Help: Research professional resources available to you
  7. Welcome Home: Educate yourself on the cost, scope and reality of the life and housing you envision.
  8. Toss It: Minimize the hell out of yourself and your stuff.
  9. Real Talk: Communicate with your people, early and honestly and often
  10. Buckle Up: Relinquish the keys and be ready to ride.

And there are 10 more slightly softer steps! Learn more about all 20 steps by ordering the book Grand Plans 2.0: How to Mitigate Geri-Drama in 20 Easy Steps on Amazon, today!

Reach out to learn more about personal consultations or to see how Grand Plans can share its mission of planful aging strategies with your organization. Presentation, workshop, column, book event and ambassador partners have included: