Because experience shouldn’t retire.
What if the experience of a lifetime
could keep helping people?
Sometimes people just want to talk. Project LIVE ON brings together younger adults standing at a life crossroads and older adults (60+) who have already walked the road—for free, private, 30-minute conversations grounded in real life, not textbook advice.
I’m looking for perspective
Talk with someone who has lived through career changes, big moves, and life transitions.
I’m 60+ and want to share my story
Lend your ears and your hindsight to someone navigating what you’ve already survived.
Takes 3 minutes • Read by real people, not an algorithm • Zero pressure or obligation.
“Everyone my age tells me to stay in corporate consulting. But I wake up exhausted. I need to talk to someone who walked away and survived.”
“I spent 15 years in banking before leaving at 42 to start a community design studio. The fear you feel is real, but it is rarely fatal.”
No advice formulas. Just two humans across 39 years sharing what really mattered.
Browse by Life Chapter & Crossroads
Meet Our 60+ Guides
Marc, 60
Verified GuideFlexible mornings & evenings (GMT+7)
Former hotel professional who took early retirement at 56 after experiencing corporate burnout. He moved to Thailand to build a more independent lifestyle, with interests in photography, stock trading, and nomad life. Japan was a destination for a photography trip, rather than a place he lived. Yoga has become an important part of his daily life, helping him find better balance, sleep, eating habits, and a more peaceful lifestyle.
- Overcoming Corporate Burnout & Early Retirement: Recognizing when professional exhaustion is taking its toll and finding the clarity and courage to step away at 56.
- Creating an Independent Life After a Long-Term Career: Designing daily routines, managing your own time, and building self-reliance after decades in structured corporate environments.
- Moving to Thailand & Cross-Cultural Adaptation: Embracing island living in Koh Samui, adjusting to local rhythms, and feeling at home in a foreign culture.
- Following Your Path Despite Family Misunderstandings: Handling differences in worldview with family when you choose an unconventional lifestyle, maintaining respect and peace.
- Photography, Stock Trading & Independent Living: Pursuing creative passions through photography trips, managing personal investments, and enjoying nomad freedom.
- Yoga & Mindfulness for Balance and Well-being: How daily yoga practices restore sleep, nutrition, stress resilience, and deep mental tranquility.
- Building a Fulfilling Life Beyond Traditional Retirement: Redefining retirement as an active, adventurous chapter of self-discovery rather than passive sitting.
Heiko, 68
Verified GuideTuesdays & Thursdays (GMT+7)
Ex-Global HR Executive at IBM, AkzoNobel and Metro with 36 years of experience across Europe, US and Asia. Highly experienced in HR, leadership development, cross cultural experiences, cultural change, coaching.
- Corporate Navigation, Global Leadership & Team Development: Navigating complex corporate environments, global organizational change, and nurturing high-performing individuals and teams across 36 years.
- Overcoming Major Childhood Health Setbacks: How surviving and navigating early medical challenges shaped long-term resilience, empathy, and personal perspective on life.
- Divorce, Self-Discovery & Cross-Cultural Relationships: Moving through separation with dignity, discovering who you truly are, and building loving, healthy relationships across cultures.
- Understanding Life Patterns & Resolving Present Struggles: Examining your personal backstory and recurring emotional patterns to gain clarity and resolve challenges in work and life.
Erika, 70
Verified GuideWeekday afternoons (GMT+7)
An artist and former Art Director in Hawaii, Erika began her career in graphic design before moving into wellness. After meeting Mexican hotel owners, she was invited to help establish and open wellness and spa centers for island hotels in Central America. She later returned to the U.S. to be closer to her mother. After her mother's passing, Erika sold everything and moved to Thailand, where she now lives with her four cats and dog. She is also a certified sound healer and the author of Retiring in Thailand, available on Amazon.
- Career Changes & Reinvention: Design to Wellness: Moving from graphic design and art direction into wellness, hospitality consulting, and sound healing.
- International Opportunities: Island Spas in Central America: Working on wellness and spa projects in Central America, seizing unexpected cross-border opportunities.
- Art & Creativity: Living as a Creative Professional: Life as an artist and creative professional, nurturing artistic integrity across different chapters.
- Starting Over Later in Life: Moving to Thailand: Making a major life change, selling everything, and moving permanently to Thailand with pets in your 60s.
- Retirement Abroad: Adapting to Culture & Lifestyle: Adapting to a new country, lifestyle, and culture — author insights from Retiring in Thailand.
- Sound Healing & Well-being: Her experience as a certified sound healer using vibration and presence to calm mind and body.
- Life Choices & Family: Choosing Where to Live: Making personal decisions and choosing where to live while staying lovingly connected to family.
Bruce, 70
Verified GuideFlexible mornings & afternoons (EST / GMT-4)
Bruce worked as a tool and die maker for 32 years at Chrysler before retiring. He and his wife shared 43 years together and built a life raising their three sons. After his wife's recent passing, Bruce is navigating life without his lifelong partner and learning to adjust to a new chapter. He values kindness, empathy, and taking time to consider both sides before making important decisions. Bruce is open to sharing his personal and professional life experiences and hopes his conversations can help others feel understood and see situations from a different perspective.
- Loss & Grief: Navigating Life After Losing a Lifelong Partner: Navigating life after losing his wife, adjusting to a major life change, and processing grief with patience.
- Long-term Relationships: 43 Years of Partnership: His experience of a 43-year partnership, mutual support, commitment, and navigating life together.
- Family & Parenting: Raising Three Sons: Raising three sons and practical lessons learned through family life, fatherhood, and growing together.
- Career & Retirement: 32 Years at Chrysler: Working at Chrysler for 32 years as a skilled tool and die maker and transitioning smoothly into retirement.
- Life Decisions: Considering Perspectives Before Deciding: Taking time to consider different perspectives and evaluating both sides before making important choices.
- Empathy & Mutual Support Through Difficult Times: Supporting others through difficult times, active listening, and learning from each other's life stories.
- Starting a New Chapter: Finding a Way Forward: Adapting to major life change, establishing new personal routines, and finding purpose forward after loss.
Khun DD, 64
Verified GuideFlexible afternoons & evenings (GMT+7)
Khun DD previously worked in the five-star hotel industry before transitioning to freelance work as a construction interpreter. She has two adult children who are currently studying and working in Bangkok. She has also experienced deep emotional heartbreak and difficult periods in her life. Through mindfulness and support from others, she gradually found ways to navigate those challenges and rebuild her emotional resilience.
- Heartbreak & Starting Over: Navigating emotional pain and finding the strength to move forward after a difficult relationship experience.
- Emotional Well-being & Healing: Finding ways to cope with difficult emotional periods and learning to care for yourself.
- Parenting Adult Children: Understanding how parent-child relationships evolve as children grow up, and building stronger connections.
- Career Transitions: Hospitality to Freelancing: Moving from five-star hotel work to freelance construction interpreting and adapting to a new way of working.
- Mindfulness & Self-care in Life Crises: Using mindfulness, personal grounding, and support systems to navigate challenging times.
Khun Porn (พี่พร), 65
Verified GuideWeekday mornings & weekends (GMT+7)
Khun Porn has been running a family business with her husband and children since 1984. Over the years, she has experienced both good times and difficult periods in business and family life. She is also a Dhamma teacher, sharing Buddhist teachings and life perspectives with others.
- Family Business: Running Enterprise with Loved Ones: Working alongside family members and navigating the challenges that come with running a business together since 1984.
- Family Relationships & Harmony Across Differences: Living with differences, understanding family dynamics, and learning how to build more harmonious relationships.
- Life & Business Lessons Across Decades: Insights gained from both the rewarding and challenging moments of running a business and navigating life.
- Buddhist Teachings & Everyday Life: Applying Buddhist perspectives to understand life, navigate challenges, and find a way forward during difficult times.
What actually happens in 30 minutes?
You don’t need an agenda, and you don’t need to worry about awkward silences. Here is what actual conversations look like:
The Career Crossroads
You’re 29 and terrified of walking away from a “safe” path. You spend 30 minutes talking with a retired architect who reinvented his life at 42.
Starting Over Somewhere New
You’ve moved far from home and feel unmoored. You talk with someone who spent forty years building community across three countries.
Just Needing a Grounded Ear
Everyone your own age is just as stressed as you are. Sometimes the most calming thing in the world is talking to someone with a 50-year horizon.
What this is (and what it isn’t)
Trust begins with clarity. We want you to feel completely safe and grounded before taking part.
- A warm, unhurried 30-minute conversation: One-on-one time to share questions without feeling rushed.
- Honest hindsight from lived experience: Stories of real failures, recoveries, and turns in the road.
- Free during our founding community pilot: Supported by our founders to build genuine connection.
- Personally matched with care: Read and paired by real community coordinators in Koh Samui.
- Not clinical therapy or medical counseling: We do not diagnose, treat, or offer mental health interventions.
- Not a corporate networking pitch: No sales, no recruiter funnels, and no business solicitations.
- Not a lecture from a parent: An open peer conversation free of family expectations or guilt.
- No algorithms selling your data: Your notes remain strictly confidential with the human team.
Standing at a life crossroads?
You don’t have to guess in the dark. Write down a few sentences about what you’re currently facing. Our team will personally introduce you to a 60+ Guide who understands that road.
Lend your ears and your hindsight
You don’t need coaching certifications or computer expertise. Just bring your lived honesty. Talk by phone or video whenever it fits your schedule.
Why We Started Project LIVE ON
We founded Project LIVE ON here in Koh Samui, Thailand with a simple observation: In an age of endless AI advice and noisy social media, genuine wisdom still lives in human voices across generations.
Younger adults face unprecedented crossroads, while adults over sixty hold decades of lived lessons from reinventions, setbacks, and fresh starts. Connecting the two isn’t charity—it’s mutual dignity and grounded friendship.
We are growing this community one personal conversation at a time. Whether you come to listen or to share, we are honored to welcome you.
Air (Nutpapat) & Dave Lefor
Co-Founders, Project LIVE ON • Koh Samui, Thailand