
← Wiser with Rob Bialostocki21 May 2025 · 12 min
Ep 23 - The Oyster-catcher: Turning Down the Noise in Your Second Half
Ep 23 - The Oyster-catcher: Turning Down the Noise in Your Second Half
In this episode, I talk about my trip to Great Barrier Island, about 95km from Auckland, visiting friends who ditched their corporate lives in their late 50s for a simpler existence. No TV, no news, no social media, and definitely no traffic noise – just the natural world around us. Walking along the coast on day two, I found myself sitting on rocks, watching the tide move seaweed around beneath the surface. It got me thinking about how rare these quiet moments are in our everyday lives. Let'...