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The Importance of Rituals and Gathering With Bruce Feiler
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Dorian Mintzer, Ph.D.  BCC -- Retirement Expert Dorian Mintzer, Ph.D. BCC -- Retirement Expert
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Dateline: Boston, MA
Wednesday, May 13, 2026

 

In this episode of the Revolutionize Your Retirement Interview with Expert Series, host Dori Mintzer welcomes back author Bruce Feiler to discuss his new book, A Time to Gather, and why rituals matter more than ever. Together, they explore how rituals help people navigate transition, reduce loneliness, and create connection in a fragmented world.

Bruce shares the personal experience that sparked the book, including his family’s transition from an empty nest to a full nest and back again, and how that led him to study group rituals around the world. He explains the difference between individual life transitions and collective “group quakes,” and why modern people are increasingly creating bespoke rituals for divorce, illness, grief, retirement, and other major life changes.

This rich conversation also explores examples from Bruce’s research, including divorce parties, grieving circles, rituals for loss, and customized ceremonies that help people face shame, fear, and uncertainty with support from others. Bruce outlines five core elements of an effective ritual: boundaries, stakes, compromise, empathy, and hope.

Connect With Bruce here:

Website: https://www.brucefeiler.com/

Substack: https://brucefeiler.substack.com/?utm_campaign=profile_chips 

LinkedIn:   / brucefeiler  

Instagram:   / brucefeiler  

Youtube:    / @brucefeilervideos   


A Time To Gather: How Ritual Created the World and How It Can Save US, is available from Amazon, Barnes & Nobles, and from independent booksellers. Prior to the book’s release date of May 19th, you can order a signed copy from Greenlight Bookstore in Brooklyn, NY. Go to https://brucefeiler.substack.com/about to find the link. 

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Dorian Mintzer, M.S.W., Ph.D., BCC (Board Certified Coach) is a coach, therapist, teacher, and writer with extensive clinical experience. She speaks to professional and community groups. As a coach, she helps women, men, and couples reinvent themselves in the second half of life. She is a co-founder of Certified Retirement Coaching 2.0., the host of Revolutionize Your Retirement Radio podcast, and the founder and host of a monthly webinar on the 4th Tuesday of each month: Revolutionize Your Retirement Interview with Experts Series for professionals and the public. She weaves adult development, holistic life planning, and positive psychology into programs that tap and shape clients' energies into roadmaps for wiser, more enhanced living.

She has written about many topics pertaining to the second half of life and aging. She is the author of Honoring the Art of Our Lives: An Interview with Alan C. O'Hare, co-author of The Couples Retirement Puzzle: 10 Must-Have Conversations for Creating An Amazing New Life Together, and has also contributed to Out Of The Box Retirement: Creative Ideas, Role Models, New Possibilities; Rightsourcing Retirement: Best Practices for Employers and Employees; Not Your Mother's Retirement; 70 Things to Do When You Turn 70; 80 Things to do When you Turn 80; Six Secrets For a Happy Retirement; 65 Things to Do When You Retire: Travel; Live Smart After 50!; 65 Things To Do When You Retire; Remarkable and Real; and Making Marriage a Success. She is also co-producer of The Career Playbook: Second Half Plays.

She's been featured in various media such as the WSJ, NY Times, USA Today, Washington Post, NPR, ABC Evening News, and the Today Show. She delivered a TEDx talk on "Embracing your Bonus Years: A Time to Grow, Learn and Evolve."

For more information on Dorian Mintzer, visit her website at https://www.revolutionizeretirement.com.

 

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