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Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Are You a Magnet for Insect Bites? with Eugene ZabolotskyIn EPISODE 205 OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER,host,Dr. Gillian Lockitch, welcomes Eugene Zabolotsky, founder and CEO of Health Helper, a pioneer in nature-inspired consumer medical devices. With over two decades in the pharmaceutical and medical tech industries, Eugene has made it his mission to create affordable, accessible solutions for common health issues—from bug bites to menstrual pain to muscle recovery. He developed the Bite Helper, a hand-held device using thermal pulse technology to alleviate the itch and sting of insect bites. Launched in 2017, the Bite Helper is available in the US and globally, and is particularly effective in...2025-04-2137 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Hydrogen Water. Safe and Effective? with Greg, the Hydrogen ManIn EPISODE 203 OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER, Dr. Gillian Lockitch talks with Greg, the Hydrogen Man, about the potential health benefits of molecular hydrogen and hydrogen water. Greg shares his personal journey from years of severe multi-system health issues to recovery through the use of hydrogen therapy. He explains the importance of using high-quality hydrogen generators and clean water, emphasizing the role of hydrogen in reducing inflammation, combating oxidative stress, and improving cellular health. Greg highlights the significant improvements in his own health and shares success stories of others, including reversing heart conditions and resolving autoimmune issues. He stresses t...2025-04-0743 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Happiness Revisited with Jeff GoldenIn EPISODE 202 OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER host Gillian Lockitch, and Jeff Golden discuss the complex relationship between happiness, health, and longevity, emphasizing that materialism does not enhance well-being. Despite economic growth, happiness levels have declined since the 1940s. Two years ago, in episode 136 I first spoke with Jeff Golden, author of Reclaiming the Sacred: Healing Our Relationships with Ourselves and the World, which won the Grand Prize at the Nautilus Book Awards. Since then, the world has continued to change in ways that affect our emotional, social, and even physical health. Today, Jeff joins m...2025-03-3139 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Become Invincible as You Age with Fiona LambertIn this inspiring episode 201 of Growing Older, Living Younger, Dr. Gillian Lockitch welcomes Fiona Lambert, a former fashion executive turned fitness role model and author of Invincible, Not Invisible. Just nine weeks before her 60th birthday, Fiona made a bold decision—to get into the best shape of her life. You’ll discover how she transformed her body, mind, and energy levels through mindful exercise, optimized nutrition, and an alcohol-free lifestyle. Fiona shares the powerful mindset shifts that helped her embrace aging as an opportunity for reinvention rather than decline. You’ll learn why age is just a number, how to...2025-03-2441 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Living Younger Longer:Longevity Science Then and Now with Dr. Joe ChangIn this landmark 200th episode of Growing Older, Living Younger, your host, Dr. Gillian Lockitch welcomes back Dr. Joe Chang, a leading expert in longevity science, to explore groundbreaking advancements in aging research. You’ll discover how ageLOC technology is revolutionizing cellular health and how Ai-driven precision wellness is transforming the way you may influence your aging processes. Learn why supporting mitochondrial function, autophagy for cellular cleansing, and modulating gene expression are keys to optimizing your healthspan and delaying age-related decline. Dr. Chang unveils the Prysm iO, a next-generation tool that allows you to track your nutritional he...2025-03-1753 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Becoming a Healthy Human with Emma TekstraIn this data driven episode of Growing Older, Living Younger, Dr. Gillian Lockitch welcomes Emma Tekstra, actuary, global health consultant, and author of How to Be a Healthy Human: What Your Doctor Doesn’t Know About Health and Longevity. You’ll discover how data-driven insights challenge conventional health wisdom and why your lifestyle choices—not just your genes—determine how you age. Emma shares how traditional health care often fails you, why many medical myths persist, and what doctors don’t tell you about optimizing longevity. You’ll learn how nutrition, fasting, and movement influence gene expression, how to strengthen y...2025-03-1043 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Burning Question - Hot or Just Me? with Carin Luna-OstraseskiIn EPISODE 198 OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER, Dr. Gillian Lockitch welcomes Carin Luna-Ostrasesky, an inspiring entrepreneur and founder of Hot or Just Me, a go-to resource for managing perimenopause and menopause. Carin shares her personal journey through perimenopause, including struggles with hot flashes, brain fog, and other symptoms that led her to create a platform providing expert advice, curated products, and a supportive community for women navigating this stage of life.Before entering the menopause wellness space, Carin made history as the first American woman and Hispanic person to create a Scotch whiskey. Her award-winning blend, launched via a...2025-03-0338 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Where Have All the Doctors Gone? with Dr. Joe ShermanIn EPISODE 197 OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER, Dr. Gillian Lockitch and Dr. Joe Sherman discuss the challenges faced by both healthcare providers and patients in modern healthcare systems. Dr. Sherman, a board-certified pediatrician with 35 years of experience, shares his journey from treating medically complex children in the USA, Uganda and Bolivia to becoming a physician coach. He is a Master Certified Physician Development Coach through the Physician Coaching Institute, and a trained facilitator with the Center for Courage and Renewal. His services include individual coaching, medical team support, physician retreats and workshops. He has helped over 200 physicians and other h...2025-02-2442 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Passion Fit: Empowering Wellness with Reena VokounIn EPISODE 196 of GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER, Dr. Gillian Lockitch hosts Reena Vokoun, founder and CEO of Passion Fit. Reena is the author of two books on empowerment: The Wellness-Empowered Woman™ and The Wellness-Evolved Woman™. Reena shares her journey from a corporate career at Google to founding Passion Fit, which focuses on holistic wellness through health and wellness coaching, personal and professional development, and corporate wellness programs. She emphasizes the importance of holistic wellness, combining physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health. They discusses the benefits of exercise for aging, the importance of a balanced diet, and the significance of underst...2025-02-1738 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Aging Well. Be Silver Savvy with Laura Lynn MorrisseyIn Episode 195 of GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER, Dr. Gillian Lockitch hosts Laura Lynn Morrissey, founder of Silver Savvy, in a conversation about personalized aging pathways. Laura shares her journey from Wall Street to founding Harmony Healthcare, a successful home care company, and becoming a certified aging specialist. She emphasizes the importance of physical activity, social networks, and life care planning for aging well. Laura Lynn debunks common misconceptions about aging, such as the notion that older adults are not tech-savvy or ready to spend. She stresses the need for businesses to treat older clients with respect and for individuals...2025-02-1037 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Mentoring. A Gift for Mentor and Mentee with Dr. Deborah HeiserIn EPISODE 194 OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER, Dr. Deborah Heiser, an applied developmental psychologist and founder of the Mentor Project, discusses the transformative power of mentorship, particularly in midlife and beyond. She emphasizes that true mentorship involves intrinsic motivation, a meaningful connection, and a goal, distinguishing it from coaching or advising, which are often extrinsically motivated. Deborah Heiser highlights the emotional and psychological benefits of mentorship for both mentors and mentees, sharing examples like Nobel laureate Bob Lefkowitz's "legacy tree." She encourages you, our listener, to recognize mentorship opportunities in your daily life. Create your own legacy tree to...2025-02-0337 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Say Goodbye to Chronic Pain - with Rick OldermanIn EPISODE 193 OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER Dr. Gillian Lockitch and Rick Olderman discuss the causes and solutions for chronic musculoskeletal pain. Rick, an expert with 25 years of experience, explains his new book "Pain Patterns," which addresses back, sciatic, and sacroiliac joint pain. He emphasizes the role of fascia, particularly myofibroblasts, in pain generation and the concept of functional linking, where old injuries affect current pain. Rick also introduces the idea of thigh bone rotation and its impact on pain. Gillian shares her personal experiences with pain and discusses the importance of a systems approach to understanding and managing...2025-01-2743 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Utilize Strength Training As You Age - with Troy TaylorYour host, Dr. Gillian Lockitch, talks with Troy Taylor, Senior Director of Performance Innovation at Tonal, to discuss the importance of strength training for aging well. Troy emphasizes the benefits of consistent, progressive overload in resistance training, noting that it can improve muscle mass, strength, and bone density at any age. He highlights that strength training can also enhance cognitive function and glucose homeostasis. Troy addresses common misconceptions, such as the danger of resistance training and the belief that it's too late to start. He recommends starting with small, manageable exercises and gradually increasing intensity. Troy also discusses the...2025-01-2039 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Can Anger be a Force for Positive Change with Bronwyn SchweigerdtIn episode 191 of Growing Older, Living Younger, Dr. Gillian Lockitch explores the transformative potential of anger with Bronwyn Schweigerdt, a licensed psychotherapist, anger expert, and host of “Angry at the Right Things” podcast. Bronwyn has masters degrees in both Counseling and Nutrition. She shares her unique journey, from a career in nutrition to becoming a psychotherapist, inspired by her personal struggles with severe depression and anxiety. Through her story, she highlights how suppressed anger often manifests as anxiety, depression, or physical symptoms, emphasizing the importance of addressing its root causes. Bronwyn reframes anger as a signal from the body—much l...2025-01-1339 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,The Power of Memoir: From Suffragette to Seductress with Sue Camaione In EPISODE 190 OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER I talk to author, Sue Camaione, author of “The Practical Seductress: How I Learned to Take My Hat and Run”, about the value of writing a memoir. Sue is a member of The Writers Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Two of the chapters from The Practical Seductress were originally presented to Washington DC–area audiences at the Story Fest Short Slam storytelling contests. In addition to performing in area storytelling competitions, Sue is penning her second book, a dark comedy of errors, and learning to play drums. Sue’s eclectic professional life include...2025-01-0636 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Retroscope 2024 to Telescope 2025 with the Dancing Doc and Multitasking Mompreneur EPISODE 189 This special NEW YEAR edition of the GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER is co-hosted by The Bionic Dancing Doc, Dr. Gillian Lockitch, and the Multitasking Mompreneur, Amanda Lockitch, who also co-hosts the Disability with Possibility podcast. They discuss the evolution of the Growing Older, Living Younger podcast, which explores longevity, healthy aging through science, medicine, and traditional healing arts. Dr. Gillian, a retired medical specialist, and author of Growing Older Living Younger: The Science of Aging Gracefully and the Art of Retiring Comfortably, tells how her recovery and rehabilitation after spinal surgery, inspired her interest in epigenetic s...2024-12-3038 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Martin Pytela: A Journey to Life Enthusiast.In EPISODE 188 OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER I welcome functional medicine and metabolic typing coach, Martin Pytela, whose mission is to restore vitality to us and sustainability to our planet. Martin has a fascinating story to tell, which he shares in The Pain Manifesto. You will find that link in the show notes. With over 12,000 clients coached since 2011 and over 60,000 students enrolled in his Udemy courses, Martin has a wealth of knowledge to share on topics ranging from healing trauma and managing stress, to gut health and overall health. He also explores a wide range of topics in his podc...2024-12-2342 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Chad Austin: Making Fitness a PriorityIn EPISODE 186 OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER, Dr. Gillian Lockitch talks with fitness expert and author, Chad Austin, about the importance of fitness in healthy aging. Chad is an award winning author of the book series, “Make Fitness A Priority.” and former host of the talk radio show, “Be Fit...For Life”. An athlete, coach, and a personal trainer since 2006, Chad is the owner of Priority Fitness in Overland Park, KS. He emphasizes that maintaining fitness should be a lifelong priority, not just a short-term goal, and shares his journey from personal trainer to fitness advocate. He introduces the concepts of...2024-12-0939 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,185 Butch Phelps: Pain Relief through Stretch N' ReleaseIn EPISODE 185 of GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER Dr. Gillian Lockitch talks with Butch Phelps, creator of the Stretch and Release technique. Phelps, a licensed massage therapist with a Bachelor of Science in Aging Sciences, discusses his approach to alleviating chronic pain through targeted stretching and the role of the brain in muscle tension. He emphasizes the importance of focusing on specific muscles and using proper breathing techniques. Phelps shares success stories, including that of a 72-year-old cyclist who recovered rapidly from a post-accident hip replacement, using his methods. He offers over 150 free YouTube videos to help people manage their...2024-12-0241 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Michael Breus PhD. Uncomplicating Wellness: Sleep, Drink, BreatheEPISODE 184 OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER focuses on a 3 pronged approach to wellness and healthy aging. Dr. Michael Breus, a clinical psychologist and sleep specialist, discusses his new book "Sleep, Drink, Breathe: Wellness is Too Complicated," which offers a three-week program on sleep, hydration, and breathing. He explains the importance of understanding one's chronotype and how it influences sleep patterns. Breus emphasizes the need for deep, diaphragmatic breathing, proper hydration, and consistent sleep schedules. He suggests practical solutions to common issues like muscle cramps and sleep interruptions and highlights the benefits of simple, consistent wellness practices, encouraging us to...2024-11-2544 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Rob Rene: Healing From Ancient TraditionsEPISODE 183 OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER focuses on healing methods derived from ancient biblical traditions to modern research. I talk to Rob Rene, a former high-level athlete and near-death survivor. He describes his transformative journey of healing following a tragic accident, to become a herbalist, speaker and ... podcast host. Rob discusses the combination of biblical herbs and molecular hydrogen for enhancing energy, improving gut health, and reducing inflammation. He also critiques the modern medical system, questioning the control of information by big corporations, media, and government while advocating for personal responsibility through research and a holistic approach to health.2024-11-1843 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Thomas Weimbs PhD. From Lab to Life. Ketogenic Metabolic Therapy in Chronic Kidney Disease (CKDand PKD)In EPISODE 182 OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER, Dr. Thomas Weimbs and Dr. Gillian Lockitch discuss the prevalence and management of chronic kidney disease (CKD), which affects one in seven adults in the U.S. Dr. Weimbs highlights the importance of diet and lifestyle in managing CKD, particularly through ketogenic metabolic therapy. He explains that ketosis, induced by a low-carbohydrate diet, can slow the progression of polycystic kidney disease (PKD) by reducing inflammation and improving kidney function. Dr. Weimbs describes the Ren-Nu program, a three-month nutrition and lifestyle intervention for kidney disease patients, which has shown significant improvements in kidney fu...2024-11-1146 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Lynne Parmiter Bowman. Brownies For Breakfast!In EPISODE 180 OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER, Dr. Gillian Lockitch and Lynne Bowman discuss healthy aging and nutrition. Lynne, a multifaceted professional, shares her journey to writing "Brownies for Breakfast," a cookbook for diabetics. She emphasizes the importance of whole, real food, and plant-based diets, highlighting the need for practical, joyful eating, and the significance of colorful, nutrient-dense meals. They also discuss the challenges of maintaining a healthy diet, the role of sleep in health, and the evolving understanding of nutrition in medical treatment. Lynne has worked as an actress, makeup artist, screenwriter, Illustrator, legal journalist, wedding p...2024-11-0444 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Dr. Shai Efrati: Enhancing Potential Hyperbaric Oxygen TherapyEPISODE 180 OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER focuses on the transformative potential of targeted applications of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) for enhancing brain health and slowing the aging process. Dr. Shai Efrati, a leading expert in HBOT, joins Dr. Gillian Lockitch to discuss how the therapy promotes neuroplasticity, aids in the treatment of conditions like age-related macular degeneration and fibromyalgia, and enhances overall performance. Listeners will learn about the science behind the hyperoxic-hypoxic paradox and the importance of personalized health strategies for aging well. Episode Timeline: 0:01 Introduction to the Podcast and Guest 4:30 Dr. Efrati's...2024-10-2843 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Lainne Love: Step Into Your Bigger MissionEPISODE 179 OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER focuses on releasing “stuck” trauma that holds you back from achieving your full potential and living a fulfilled life of purpose. I talk with author, award winning Spiritual Psychology Coach, Leading Edge Healer, CEO, and Momma, Lainne Love. Lainne posits that when trauma gets stuck in our bodies it causes dis”ease” which further stresses the body, resulting in more rapid aging. To counteract these inhibiting thoughts, trauma work may reduce stress and release bottled up emotions. Lainne roots her therapeutic processes in Universal Law and Metaphysics, informed by spiritual psychology and neuroscience, and suppo...2024-10-2137 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Andy Paige: Beat Ageism - Look Years YoungerEPISODE 178 OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER focuses on how we can counteract ageism by manifesting our inner and outer beauty, to look and feel years younger than our chronological age. I talk with actress, author, entrepreneur and TV personality, Andy Paige. Andy is a beauty and style expert, and she shares insights on how we can let our inner beauty shine, regardless of age. Whether you want to beat ageism or just have a youthful mindset to thrive in your environment, today's conversation will inspire actionable steps for your journey of aging gracefully and living youthfully. In her current...2024-10-1438 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Dr. Brad Stuart. The End of Life - Not The End of HopeIn EPISODE 177 OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER, Dr. Gillian Lockitch talks with Dr. Brad Stuart about his book "Facing Death: Spirituality, Science, and Surrender at the End of Life." Dr. Stuart discusses his transition from emergency medicine to hospice care, emphasizing how he came to realize the importance of healing over simply curing. He shares personal experiences and scientific insights into near-death experiences and the role of the default mode network in the brain. He highlights the spiritual and emotional aspects of end-of-life care, advocating for a holistic approach that includes mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being. He also touches...2024-10-0746 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Dr. Jonathon Hill: How Applied Epigenetics May Extend Your HealthspanIn EPISODE 175 OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER with Dr. Jonathon Hill, VP of Science and Technology at Wasatch Biolabs, we explore the importance of epigenetics in understanding and combating unhealthy aging and the so-called aging-associated disorders. He explains how epigenetic effects such as DNA methylation, hydroxy-methylation and addition of histones, significantly impact gene expression and overall health. Dr. Hill highlights Wasatch Biolabs' work on developing tools for detecting neuro-degeneration from blood tests, potentially allowing for early Alzheimer's detection. We discuss the role of lifestyle in epigenetic changes and the future of personalized medicine, using genetic and epigenetic data to...2024-09-2336 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Kimberly Gillan. Healthy Eating on a Low BudgetIn EPISODE 174 OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER we explore the important topic of Food Security. Dr. Gillian Lockitch and Kimberley Gillan discuss the importance of maintaining healthy nutrition despite rising food costs and a restrictive budget. Kimberley shares insights from her book "How Low Can You Go: Nutritious Meals from $50 per Week." She emphasizes the need for nutrient-dense foods like chickpeas, parsley, and frozen vegetables, as well as strategies such as shopping for a five-week cycle to maximize the use of discounts. She highlights the role of dehydrated goods and milk powder as cost-effective alternatives to fresh products. Dr...2024-09-1637 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Tom Ingegno: Cupping and Other East Asian TherapiesEPISODE 163 of GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER focuses on cupping, acupuncture and other East Asian therapies. We discuss the history and safety of cupping therapy, a traditional Chinese medicine practice, and its integration with modern research. We also explore various East Asian medical techniques and practices, including acupuncture, moxibustion, and Chinese herbal medicine. Emphasizing the importance of tailoring treatments to an individual's constitution, health, and health goals, we discuss the role of mindset in the effectiveness of acupuncture and wellness practices, and also explore the concept of chi in East Asian medicine and its origins, evolution, and misconceptions. Today’s fe...2024-07-0139 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Sherri Lukac: Pillars of Wellness and Personal Empowerment EPISODE 162 OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER focuses on four pillars of wellness, and the importance of mind-body practices, such as yoga and meditation, in managing stress and anxiety. We emphasize the need to identify your passions and purpose in life, and to listen to your body through personalized nutrition rather than following the latest fad. We share practical tips and insights for incorporating these practices into daily life, and emphasize the importance of being open-minded and trusting oneself. A key takeaway is that it's important to release limiting beliefs and embrace the present moment in order to l...2024-06-2439 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Duncan Bhaskaran Brown: Real Men Quit... Drinking! EPISODE 160 of GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER focuses on alcohol use, excessive drinking, and the destructive effect of alcoholism on health. Alcohol consumption is highest in the Boomer Generation, and there are differences between alcohol use in men and women. I speak with Duncan Bhaskaran Brown, author of “ Real Men Quit. Our conversation revolved around the common assumptions that lead men to indulge in excessive drinking, and the importance of understanding the advantages and disadvantages of different systems for addressing addiction. We discussed how to overcome alcohol addiction in midlife, emphasizing the need for empathy and open communication and touched on...2024-06-1435 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Dr. Torkil Faero: Balance Stress, Optimise Health and Live LongerEpisode 159 of GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER focuses on the use of monitoring devices and trackers, measuring biometric data such as heart rate variability, sleep patterns and multiple other approaches, to achieve optimal health and well-being. We explore the intricate relationship between sleep, movement, and music on overall health, and highlight the therapeutic potential of activities such as dance and music. Today’s Featured Expert, Dr Torkil Færø is author of The Norwegian bestseller, The Pulse Cure: Balance Stress, Optimize Health and Live Longer, in which he describes how the causes of our modern diseases are most ofte...2024-06-0340 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Sandra Scheinbaum PhD: Functional Medicine Health CoachingEPISODE 158 OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER focuses on functional medicine, and the value of having a health coach to support the lifestyle changes you might make to promote wellness and live younger longer. I talk with functional medicine health coach trainer, Sandra Scheinbaum, founder and CEO of the Functional Medicine Coaching Academy (FMCA), a collaboration with the Institute for Functional Medicine. Sandra has been an educator, clinical psychologist, author, and public speaker for over 40 years. She hosts the Health Coach Talk podcast. At 65, rather than retiring, she founded the FMCA to train health coaches and grow the health coaching...2024-05-2737 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Rodney George: Fulfil Your Bucket List ChallengeEPISODE 155 OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER focuses on travel and the value of seeking out and relishing new experiences for living young. My favourite form of travel was dance cruising and for years I shared my Dance Cruise Travelblogues on my lifestyles website. When covid hit us and the world shut down, travel, and especially dance cruising, was no longer feasible. Now like many of my contemporaries, I am ready to fill the holes in my travel bucket list. And so I'm specially delighted to talk today with Rodney George, a luxury travel consultant with over 15 years of experience in...2024-05-0637 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Joe Friel: Endurance Training for Super-Aging?EPISODE 154 OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER illustrates the importance of mental attitude and physical activity for enhancing health span. Today I talk with triathlon and endurance coach, Joe Friel. With a master's degree in Exercise Science, Joe was a marathoner and running coach throughout the 1970s and early 1980s. After his first triathlon in 1983 he began coaching multi sport athletes, becoming one of the first triathlon coaches in the country. His book The Triathletes Training Bible, remains the best selling book on triathlon training. Joe currently lives and trains in the mountains of northern Arizona. It struck me that...2024-04-2936 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Dr. George Ackerman: A Conversation on Parkinson's DiseaseEPISODE 152 OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER focuses on Parkinson’s Disease, the impact on individuals with Parkinson’s. and on their family and caretakers supporting them. Parkinson’s Disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer's Disease. In the US nearly 90,000 people are newly diagnosed each year and in Canada, around 11,000. In this episode we highlight the efforts of one man to honor the life and memory of his mother, by raising awareness of Parkinson’s disease through TogetherForSharon®. See links below. Today’s featured guest is George Ackerman PhD. From Brooklyn, N.Y, but now residing...2024-04-1533 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Amy K Wilson: Fat Loss the FASTer WayEPISODE 151 OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER focuses on individualized nutrition and exercise programs to prevent and reverse diseases as we age. Today’s Featured Expert is Amy K. Wilson, a Board Certified Geriatric Pharmacist and certified fitness professional. Amy is also a certified nutrition coach using the FASTer Way to Fat Loss platform. Amy’s mission is to empower and equip her clients to take charge of their health, by developing individualized health plans to help prevent and reverse diseases with nutrition and fitness. Through her personal and professional experience, she has seen first hand how diet and e...2024-04-0838 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Dr. Gillian Lockitch: Changing Aging to Live Younger LongerIn EPISODE 150 OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER I celebrate the power of commitment and constancy that enabled this podcast to reach the milestone of 150 episodes, aired every Monday for three years without fail. Previous episodes have spotlit strategies from authors, researchers and experts about changes in lifestyle and habits that can have a big impact on your health and vitality as you age. Today to celebrate the commitment and constancy that enabled me to reach the milestone of 150 consecutive episodes, the author, researcher and wellness, beauty and healthy aging expert I am spotlighting is me, as I share with...2024-04-0112 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,John Nolan PhD. Nutrients for Your Eyes and Brain: The Magic of MarigoldsEPISODE 147 OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER focuses on protecting eye, brain and overall health with the antioxidant carotenoid pigments, especially lutein, zeaxanthin and meso-zeaxanthin, as determined in the Central Retinal Enrichment Supplementation Clinical Trials (CREST). Download my free Guide to the Colourful Antioxidants in Your Food that explains the wellness benefits and food sources of these protective nutrients. To tell us how key nutrients can protect our eyes from macular degeneration, and help preserve memory and mental acuity, I talk with today’s Featured Expert, Professor John Nolan. He is a Fulbright Scholar, and a ful...2024-03-1144 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Susan O'Connell: A Zen Inspired Senior Living CommunityTHIS EPISODE OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER focuses on the practice of Zen, Buddhism and how being part of a Zen inspired community can enhance our own practice of calmness and inner peace. Today’s Featured Guest is Zen teacher, Susan O'Connell, who has lived at the San Francisco Zen Center since 1995. She held many positions there, including 10 years as Vice President and President, and she is a fully ordained Zen teacher. Prior to her life as a Zen student, Susan owned and operated two film production companies with offices in LA and San Francisco, and produced fo...2024-03-0438 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Christopher Burres: Uncover Longevity Secrets - Live Younger Longer EPISODE 144 of GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER focuses on healthy aging and longevity, to increase health span not just lifespan.Today’s featured guest is Christopher Burres, founder and chief scientist at MyVitalC. In Episode 112 of this podcast, I heard from Chris about ESS60, a unique carbon nano molecule, shown in a single 2012 toxicity study to significantly enhance longevity in the exposed group of Wistar rats. Since our interview, Chris has written, together with Jerome Corsi, a book titled Live Longer and Better: Your Journey to Living Longer and Better has Never been more Achievable than Today. I was als...2024-02-1937 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Mary Elaine Petrucci: Hypnosis and Your Unconscious MindTHIS EPISODE OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER focuses on the power of hypnosis to reach the unconscious mind and free you of limiting beliefs that may hold you back in many areas of your life. Today’s Featured Guest is Mary Elaine Petrucci, Institute Head and Trainer for Neurolinguistic Programming and Hypnosis, of the Phoenix Rising Life Institute, where she assists people who sit on the sidelines of their lives to live an enriched, purpose-filled life. She initially pursued a career in healthcare as a Speech Language Pathologist with the mission to give children and adults a ‘voice’...2024-02-0538 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Paul Lawrence Vann: You are A LeaderTHIS EPISODE OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER focuses on empowering everyone to accept that they are leaders in their own lives, and with leadership comes responsibility. As we age, there many contexts in which we are providing leadership, whether volunteering in our community, teaching workshops or crafts, leading entrepreneurial teams, or even modelling positive behaviours for our grandchildren. Today’s Featured Guest is Paul Lawrence Vann, founder and President of Wealth Building Academy, LLC, a leadership consultancy based in Fort Washington, Maryland. Paul is the author of the book, Leadership Is influence and is a two-time, #1 international best...2024-01-2938 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Judith Frizlen: Telling Tales of Wisdom and WonderTHIS EPISODE OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER reflects on the unique perspective of grandparents, having the freedom to love their grandchildren without the responsibility of shaping them and highlights the value of empowering ourselves to value and share the wisdom we have accumulated through life with the young ones around us. Today’s Featured Guest is Judith Frizlen, writer, teacher, mother, grandmother, founder of the Rose Garden Early Childhood Center and author of Where Wisdom Meets Wonder: 40 Stories of Grandma Love. An advocate for young children and everyone who cares for them – she is a champion of play...2024-01-2232 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Justin Frandson: Human Performance, Healing and EMFTHIS EPISODE OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER focuses on the effects of EMF (electromagnetic fields) on health and athletic performance and whether there are natural forms of protection from these forces. Today’s Featured Expert is Justin Frandson, Athleticism Performance Coach and Founder of Athleticism.com and EMFRocks.com. He is the author of “Athleticism, Whole Body + Whole Brain = Performance.” Justin works with amateur and professional athletes in most major sports, using light, sound, frequency and vibration to facilitate healing and performance. About a decade ago he saw his athletes breaking down from wearable technology and looked to natu...2024-01-0841 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Blanche Boyce: The Power of QiTHIS EPISODE OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER focuses on incorporating practices such as Tai Chi or Qi Gong for seniors to enhance physical and mental well being, and healthy aging. Today’s Featured Guest is Blanche Boyce, an Acupressure Therapist and a Master of Medical Qi Gong. Attaining a degree in philosophy in the 1970s, Blanche has long held an interest in metaphysics and mysticism although it wasn't until much later that she began to study the Eastern practices of Acupressure, Tai Chi, Qi Gong and Martial Arts. She is currently working on a Doctorate Program in Me...2024-01-0134 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Jeff Golden: A Question of Happiness?In this episode of GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER we ask the question, once our basic needs are met, does money and material goods bring happiness? Today’s Featured Expert is Jeff Golden M.Ed., author of Reclaiming the Sacred: Healing Our Relationships with Ourselves and the World, winner of the Grand Prize at the Nautilus Book Awards. Jeff is a former Fulbright Scholar in sustainable development, was awarded the US State Department’s Millennium International Volunteer Award, and has directed several nonprofits dedicated to sustainability and social justice. He was most recently a scholar-in-residence at Vassar College. Jeff's...2023-12-2542 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Glenn Livingston PhD. Avoid Addictions, Conquer Cravings and Overcome Food ObsessionsTHIS EPISODE OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER focuses on avoiding cravings and food addictions to create a healthy relationship with food, and embrace a nutrition lifestyle based on whole, unprocessed foods. Today’s Featured Expert is Glenn Livingston Ph.D, a veteran psychologist and long time CEO of a multi-million dollar consulting firm to the food industry. Disillusioned by what traditional psychology had to offer overweight and/or food obsessed individuals, Dr. Livingston spent several decades researching the nature of bingeing and overeating via work with his own patients and a self-funded research program with more than 40,000 partic...2023-12-1840 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Dr. Glenn and Phyllis Hill: Creating Connection in Marriage and LifeTHIS EPISODE OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER focuses on counteracting loneliness, and fostering emotional connection in relationships through the program, Connections Codes Today’s Featured Experts, Dr. Glenn Hill and Phyllis Hill share their personal journey of discovering the emotional side of relationships and how they sidestepped each other's triggers early in their marriage, leading to a lack of emotional closeness despite having successful careers and family. Their program, the Connection Codes, evolved out of their own need to create connection in their marriage. Having spent those first 30 years of marriage living in disconnect, Glenn went back to scho...2023-12-1143 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Jeremy Bryant: No Stories Lost - Capture Your MemoriesTHIS EPISODE OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER focuses on preserving family memories and stories by capturing personal stories. Today’s Featured Speaker is Jeremy Bryant, cofounder of No Story Lost, an organization dedicated to preserving the wisdom and stories that shape families for generations to come. Soon after starting his career as an auditor at a big four accounting firm, Jeremy realized that he wanted to make more of an impact with his career. Teaming up with his cousin and best friend, Andrew Hall, he started Meal Share, a charity that has shared nearly 6 million meals with yo...2023-12-0429 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Dr. Michael Breus: Sleep Times and Chronotypes: Are You a Lion, Bear, Wolf or DolphinTHIS EPISODE OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER focuses on understanding how our unique internal circadian rhythms, derived from interaction of genotype with environment, define our chronotype, which can help us optimize the times at which we should sleep, eat, exercise, interact with others and much more. Today’s Featured Expert is Dr. Michael Breus, Clinical Psychologist, diplomate of the American Board of Sleep Medicine, and a fellow of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Dr. Breus is the author of The Power of When, a biohacking guidebook showing that, based on your genetic, biological chronotype, there is an...2023-11-2737 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Dr. Jeffrey Gross: Spinal Surgery or Stem Cells?THIS EPISODE OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER focuses on application of stem cells and other regenerative practices as alternatives to early use of spinal surgery Today’s Featured Expert is Dr. Jeffrey Gross, neurosurgeon and regenerative medicine practitioner. Dr. Gross, graduated from the University of California Berkeley with a degree in biochemistry and molecular cell biology. He earned his Doctor of Medicine in 1992 from the George Washington University School of Medicine, contributing to virology research during his studies. His residency in neurological surgery at the University of California, Irvine Medical Center, was followed by a fellowship in sp...2023-11-2042 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Dr. Gillian Lockitch: The Change Your Aging Masterplan.THIS EPISODE OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER highlights how each one of us can create a personalized roadmap for aging gracefully and in optimal health. During her quest to reverse the negative effects of unhealthy aging due to inactivity after incapacitating spinal nerve damage, Dr. Gillian Lockitch evolved her personal roadmap to living younger longer. She recounts her story in her book, Growing Older Living Younger, the Science of Aging Gracefully and the Art of Retiring Comfortably. Dr. Lockitch seeks to advance a movement to help individuals extend their health span rather than just lifespan, enjoying an active. Independent...2023-11-1334 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Louisa Valentin: Fitness with Fun for Healthy AgingTHIS EPISODE OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER focuses on the importance of finding a fitness program that is safe, fun and enjoyable so that it become a sustainable activity as your age. Today’s Featured Expert is Louisa Valentin, a certified Empowerment Wellness Coach, a BSN Registered Nurse, fitness enthusiast.and cofounder of a nonprofit group aimed at healing and spirituality. Louisa helps busy women prioritize and transform their health while having fun. She empowers women to discover how to achieve their optimal state of mental, physical, and spiritual health, by enabling them to prioritize themselves and ch...2023-11-0636 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Tom Paladino: Scalar EnergyTHIS EPISODE OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER focuses on the enigmatic world of scalar energy, a force explored by Nikola Tesla in the 1800’s, yet remains outside the realm of mainstream physics or conventional healthcare today. We will explore origins and claims about the diverse array of applications of this force. My guest expert on scalar energy,Tom Paladino, is on a personal mission to make a difference in the world by providing people with the education and tools to restore optimum health and enhance their quality of life. Tom's thesis is that scalar energy or scalar lig...2023-10-3034 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Rich Maggiotto: PEPPERMINT - a Digital ClubhouseTHIS EPISODE OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER focuses on a new on-line community specially created as a digital clubhouse for boomers and seniors to connect, interact, learn and play. Today’s Guest is global entrepreneur and operator, Rich Maggiotto, who together with his network of top venture capitalists, debt finances, and high net worth investors, has built and collaborated with high caliber, global cross functional teams, and completed diligence negotiation and integration for five mergers and acqisitions, and seven joint ventures across the Americas, Europe and Asia. Now Rick has turned his entrepreneurial attention to creating Peppermint, a n...2023-10-2330 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Dr. Stan Goldberg: Senior Moments- A Window into our Minds ?THIS EPISODE OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER focuses on recognizing, understanding, preventing and managing “senior moments” . Is this term a misnomer? Many senior moment behaviours may result from memory lapses that are neither momentary nor occur only in seniors. Learn more. Today’s Featured Expert is Dr. Stan Goldberg, author of Preventing Senior Moments How to Stay Alert into your 90s and Beyond. Dr. Goldberg is a professor emeritus from San Francisco State University, who for more than 25 years, taught, provided therapy, researched and published in the areas of learning problems, aging, communication disorders, loss, change, and end of...2023-10-1640 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Scott Kim: Mindbending Puzzles to Challenge Your BrainTHIS EPISODE OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER focuses on challenging your brain to keep mentally sharp, with a variety of mindbending puzzles. Today’s Featured Expert is Scott Kim, a puzzle designer, innovation coach and educational game designer with a background in music, mathematics, computer science and graphic design. In the puzzle world he focuses on creating original puzzles that challenge and delight every area of the brain, including verbal, spatial, mathematical and visual puzzles, as well as kinesthetic and audio puzzles. He has worked on many puzzle video-games, including Tetris and Bejeweled, created a monthly puzzle co...2023-10-0233 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Kristin Maxwell: Create Healthy Habits through the Power of TappingTHIS EPISODE OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER focuses on using EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) better known as Tapping to create a positive mindset that will enhance your ability to age gracefully and live younger longer. Today’s Featured Expert is Mindset Success Coach, Kristin Maxwell.Using the analytical skills she honed as a litigation attorney, Kristin now acts as a Mindset Success Coach, where she uses evidence-based techniques, such as tapping, to help individuals get out of their heads and find the motivation and strength to create the lives they yearn for. Mindset Success Coach, Kri...2023-09-2540 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Marc Perry: Become Leaner and Fitter as You AgeTHIS EPISODE OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER focuses on fitness training to change body composition, reduce obesity and build lean active bodies as we age. Today’s featured expert is Marc Perry, the Founder & CEO of BuiltLean. Marc is a globally recognized body transformation expert for busy professional men. Episode Timeline 0:11 Introduction to Episode 2:37 Marc’s journey from weight gain to weight loss 4:32 Impact of sedentary lifestyle 8:36 Mindset of belief 12:52 Key components of transformation 16:36 Differences in working with women 20:36 Overall goal of the progra...2023-09-1834 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Steven Munatones: KAATSU- A Tool to Help Live Younger LongerIN THIS EPISODE OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER we discuss how KAATSU: a training technique that uses bands or cuffs to restrict blood flow to muscles during exercise (also referred to as Blood Flow Restriction (BFR) training) may help promote healthy longevity. Today’s featured expert is Steven Munatones, the bilingual (English and Japanese) CEO and co-founder of KAATSU. We discuss how he studied kaatsu, while living and working in Japan, as the only westerner on a Hitachi R&D team of 6500 Japanese. Episode Timeline: 0:11 Introduction to this episode 4:38 Steven’s journ...2023-09-1141 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Udo Erasmus: Good Fats, Bad Fats, Essential Fatty-acids and Your HealthTHIS EPISODE OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER focuses on the health benefits and nutritional importance of fats and oils in our diet, especially essential fatty acids, omega-3, omega 6 and their metabolites. Today’s Featured Guest is Udo Erasmus, author and co-founder of the Udo’s Choice product line. Episode Timeline 0:11 Introduction to this episode 2:46 Early challenges and how Udo Erasmus found his life purpose 5:38 Nutrition and Health 10:06 How light and heat affects oils 14:22 Creating stable healthy oils for consumption 18:41 Saturated fats 23:52 Micronutrient nutri...2023-08-2839 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Dr. Douglas Scharre: Alzheimer's ? or Simply Aging ?THIS EPISODE OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER focuses on the effect of aging on brain functions, affecting many attributes of cognition, like memory and processing speed; and on the importance of recognizing the early warning signs of dementia for early treatment. Today’s guest is neuropsychiatrist and creator of the SAGE test, Dr. Douglas Scharre Episode Timeline: 0:11 Intro to this episode 3:19 Aging and memory loss 6:33 Distinguishing between normal aging and dementia. 11:23 The SAGE Test (Self Administered Gerocognitive Examination) and its benefits 15:38 Why use the SAGE test...2023-08-2140 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,David Dennis: Gameness: Land On Your Feet, Not Your FeelingsTHIS EPISODE OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER focuses on Gameness: the state of being determined, persistent, and unwavering in the pursuit of a goal. We discuss the impact of gameness on personal growth, performance, and the pursuit of goals, such as the goal aging in health to live younger longer. Today’s Featured Expert is David Dennis, author of Gameness: Land on your Feet Not on Your Feelings. His powerful personal story illustrates how one can find advantages in adversity. David is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Eckerd Connects, one of the nation’s largest nonpr...2023-08-1445 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Amanda Lockitch & Dr. Gillian Lockitch. Celebrating Longevity: Growing Older Living Younger Turns 100.THIS EPISODE OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER celebrates the 100 episode milestone. In Celebrating Longevity. Growing Older Living Younger turns 100, the tables are turned and interviewer becomes interviewee. Podcast host, Dr. Gillian Lockitch, is interviewed by Amanda Lockitch, aka The Multitasking Mompreneur, about the show, its longevity and the future. We discuss statistics that indicate that reaching only 20 episodes places a podcast in the top 1% of almost 400 million podcasts registered in 2023, and what has enabled Growing Older Living Younger to reach the 100 episode milestone. We review the Growing Older Living Younger program, discuss the introduction of the Changing A...2023-04-1734 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Michael J Lockitch. Will Your Insurance Policy Last for Your Lifetime ?THIS EPISODE OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER focuses on why it is important to test and ensure that your life insurance policy will be there till you die, especially if your plan was to provide retirement income as well as death benefits for your beneficiaries. Today’s Featured Expert is Michael J. Lockitch, CFA We discuss the importance of understanding the reliability of your life insurance policy for providing you the benefits you expect. This assumes even greater importance with the increase in average life expectancy, and if you follow your Growing Older Living Younger roadmap for he...2023-03-2737 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Dr. Mike van Thielen: Biohacking: Science Fiction to Science FactIn today’s conversation with Dr. Mike Van Thielen, we discuss how biohacking can further the Growing Older Living Younger mission of extending healthspan to live younger longer. The term, biohacking sounds very futuristic and science-fiction, but the GOLY concept of making small changes in lifestyle and habits to support metabolism and change physiology, is in fact biohacking, to enhance mental and physical well being and optimize performance. We discuss 3 levels of biohacking and the primary importance of mindset in optimizing heathy aging.Dr. Mike Van Thielen has a PhD in Holistic Nutrition, a Doctor of Oriental Medicine, an...2023-01-3043 min
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Dr. Joseph Antoun: Fasting and Nutrition for Healthy Aging and LongevityThroughout the animal kingdom, from fruit flies to worms to primates, one of the critical keys to longevity, or lifespan, and even more important, health span, is caloric restriction. Ensuring that you obtain all the essential nutrients, yet eat less of them, is one of the ways to do that. Eating food within a narrow time window rather than continually throughout the day, also flips genetic switches that cleanse our cells and support a healthy metabolism. While many experts affirm the health value of fasting in different ways, the question of what is meant by healthy nutrition arouses much...2022-11-1437 minGrowing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Larisa Petrini: Sleep Deprivation and the Aging EffectThe goal of the Growing Older Living Younger podcast is to show you how small changes in lifestyle and habits can have a big impact on your health and vitality as you age. The way we develop, mature and age, is governed by an ongoing complex interaction of our genome, the DNA blue print we get from our parents, with our environment. This synergy of nature and nurture makes us who we become by switching genes on and off. This is the biological force we call epigenetics. One such factor that has a major effect on our health and...2022-10-0337 minGrowing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Penelope Jane Smith: The Financial Freedom FormulaGet your money working harder FOR you so you don't have to work so hard. (Penelope Jane Smith) A theme that has come up repeatedly in this podcast is the effect that undue stress can have on health and health span. As today’s guest knows only too well, one of the top stressors for many people is money. And rather than thinking about it, too many of us do the ostrich thing, and bury our heads in the sand. Whenever I’ve heard the words bitcoin or cryptocurrency, I have filed them away as something to look i...2022-09-2631 minGrowing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Erica Hornthal: Movement, Emotion and Mental HealthAlbert Einstein famously said “life is like a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.” Keeping physically active and moving is a key factor for overall wellness, and for healthy aging. Many studies have shown a strong association between a sedentary lifestyle and decreased longevity. Conversely, movement activities such as dance, specially partner dancing, have been associated with delaying cognitive decline. Today I am talking with Erica Hornthal, the Therapist Who Moves You”, about dance therapy and why it works. Erica is a licensed clinical professional counsellor, a board-certified dance/movement therapist, and the CEO and found...2022-08-0136 minGrowing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Frances Edmonds: RepottingYour LifeIn today’s conversation I talk with Frances Edmonds, Inspirational Speaker and author of “Repotting Your Life: Sense When You’re Stuck. Explore What’s Possible. Claim Room to Grow.” When I first read this book, my thoughts jumped to the colourful collection of red, purple and blue African Violets on my sun-drenched mantelpiece. I recalled how I transferred the tiny plants that grew from leaf cuttings, first to small individual containers, then to larger pots and ultimately, I repotted them in the large pots that will remain their permanent home.Frances conceived the idea of repotting, t...2022-07-2536 minGrowing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Dale Neale: Dance for Health and HappinessToday our conversation centres around the benefits of dance for enhancing healthy aging for both mind and body. I was reflecting on the many ways in which dance has positively impacted my life, and I thought that John Travolta says it best. “ Dancing's part of my soul. I enjoy it, it makes people happy, and it makes me happy.” For me, dance is the best fitness activity.It is relatively low impact, the variety of styles and music constantly challenges my brain to adapt, and I leave each class, high on endorphins, after a dance workout that was bo...2022-07-1833 minGrowing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Amy Schoen: Can You find Love After 50? Absolutely !I was contemplating my upcoming conversation with Life and Relationship coach, Amy Schoen, when I came across this quote from Margaret Mead, who said: “One of the oldest human needs is having someone to wonder where you are when you don't come home at night.” That gave me pause for thought. Five years ago, single person households in Canada comprised 28% of all households. That’s a lot of people living alone, with no-one there to wonder where they are when they don't come home at night. While many single people may not feel the need for an intimat...2022-07-1131 minGrowing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Louise VN Liebenberg: How Unresolved Trauma Affects Our LivesPsychologist, Peter A Levine points out that ” trauma is a fact of life. It does not, however, have to be a life sentence”. In today’s conversation with my guest, Louise Liebenberg, we look at ways to identify how unresolved traumas may be adversely impacting our lives, and discuss strategies to help deal with such traumas. Louise Liebenberg, is an international bestselling author, transformational coach and counsellor, who specializes in Adult Child Syndrome, Self Esteem Development and Transforming Unresolved Grief. I first met Louise when she invited me to participate in an online summit on Trauma to Triumph...2022-07-0431 minGrowing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Dr. Mort Orman: Stop Stress from Aging You Prematurely.Some of the most frequently used, possibly overused, words that I have heard over the past few years are “I’m so stressed.” Psychologist, Wayne Dyer, said that the truth is that there is no actual stress or anxiety in the world; it's your thoughts that create these false beliefs. You can't package stress, touch it, or see it. There are only people engaged in stressful thinking.Yet as a physician, I learned that there is such a thing as stress and it comes in many different forms, physical, mental and metabolic. My guest today, physician and author, Dr. Mort...2022-06-2735 minGrowing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Dr. Katharine Grabek. How Animal Genomics Can Inform Human HealthIn today’s episode we discuss how the study of animal genes may shed light on human disorders of aging such as stroke, heart disease and Alzheimer’s disease. We know that our circadian wake and sleep rhythms are controlled by a biological master clock deep in the hypothalamus of the brain. And that the change in melatonin levels, dropping with daylight and rising at night, mediates the master clock, and other on-off switches of biological clocks throughout the body. So waxing and waning of light creates our daily wake/sleep cycles. But animals that hibernate, such as bears, bats...2022-06-1330 minGrowing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Gary Rogers. I Won't Retire till They Bury Me.“You can’t help getting older, but you don’t have to get old” (George Burns) “I Won’t retire till they bury me.“ (Gary Rogers) Today’s guest, Gary Rogers, exemplifies one who is “older but not old”. I met Gary at an online networking event about a year ago. I was so struck by his energy and vitality, that I took him up on his offer of a free master class on presentation skills. It was only much later that I learned Gary’s chronological age, and realized that he is the epitome of one who is Growing Older...2022-04-2537 minGrowing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Maria Lucassen. Secrets for a Blissful Retirement"I see retirement as just another of these reinventions, another chance to do new things and be a new version of myself." (Walt Mossberg) When I was contemplating early retirement from my hospital and university work, like Walt Mossberg, I believe that retirement was a chance to do new things and learn skills I had long wanted to pursue but that I had not had the time and freedom to do while I worked. Today, when living into one’s eighties or nineties is increasingly common, it becomes even more important not to squander those years and to e...2022-04-1832 minGrowing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Emma Auriemma-McKay: Your Home, Your Safe Place."The ache for home lives in all of us. The safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned." (Maya Angelou) “It’s like putting a puzzle together, arranging the pieces to make a perfect picture.” (Emma Auriemma-McKay) Several years ago, as retirement from my 25 year medical career was approaching, I was about to be living alone in the large suburban home where my family of 6 had lived for over 2 decades. I needed to downsize to a new home for my post retirement years. In the psychological and financial turmoil that came from this ne...2022-04-0436 minGrowing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Hans Parge. PhD. Reset Your Aging Through Science "The idea is to die young as late as possible." (Ashley Montague) "The trick is to have fun, fun, fun, die, and rectangularize your survival curve, or compress your morbidity to as late in life as possible." (Hans Parge) Today's guest, Dr. Hans Parge shares my mission to change aging with science-based systems that extend health rather than just longevity. Dr. Hans is trained in biomedical research and pharmaceutical drug discovery. His primary training is as an x ray crystallographer. He did his PhD at Trinity College in Dublin, and postdoctoral work in Berlin at...2022-02-2833 minGrowing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Mandy Shintani. Urban Poling: Active Walking for Fitness and Healing"Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving." (Albert Einstein) "You think of all the things we do to stay healthy, all the things we spend our money on and time thw can we get fit and healthy and the Scandinavians are primarily just walking." (Mandy Shintani) Today, I am delighted to be able to introduce Mandy Shintani, founder and developer of Urban Poling to discuss how Urban Poling may be used to keep us moving, whether for rehabilitation or for simply enhancing mobility and fitness. Mandy has been a...2022-02-2132 minGrowing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Dr. Daniel LaRoche. Glaucoma: The Silent Thief of Sight "The only thing worse than being blind, is having sight but no vision." Helen Keller "Glaucoma is called the silent thief of sight...because when you have elevated eye pressure, and it's damaging your eyes, you don't feel it. It can make you lose 90 to 100% of your vision before you notice it." Dr. Daniel La Roche While Helen Keller speaks to the vision with which we approach growing older, in today's conversation we focus on loss of sight vision. It is critical to prevent those vision disorders that become...2022-02-1438 minGrowing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,The Super Age: Decoding Our Demographic Destiny with Bradley Schurman "If future generations are to remember us more with gratitude than sorrow, we must achieve more than just the miracles of technology. We must also leave them a glimpse of the world as it was created, not just as it looked when we got through with it." Lyndon B Johnson Today we reflect on how our life on earth will be impacted, as declining birth rates and increased longevity drastically reshape population demographics. My guest today is Bradley Schurman, a demographic futurist and author of The Super Age: Decoding our Demographic Destiny. He is t...2022-02-0735 minGrowing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Christine Martel: No Ageism Here. Celebrate Your Silver Years "The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm. (Aldous Huxley) I would add "never lose the enthusiasm, the curiosity about the world and the fearlessness of childhood". The message from today's guest is that while we stay youthful and vibrant as we grow older, we must celebrate ourselves along the journey. It was delightful to meet my guest, Christina Martel, at a virtual networking event where she and I were both featured speakers on the theme of Living Younger. We share a comm...2022-01-2430 minGrowing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,035 Dr. Joe Casciani The Living to 100 Club: A Psychologist's Insights on Aging Well'To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent—that is to triumph over old age' - (Thomas Bailey Aldrich) Today's guest, Dr. Joseph Casciani, will encourage you to triumph over old age, by 'turning aging on its head.' Dr. Casciani is the author of two books, Handbook of Health and Behavior and Living Longer IS the New Normal and hosts the podcast, Living to 100 Club Dr. Casciani has a 40-year history in aging as a psychologist and manager of mental health practices. He was awarded the first contracts from the California Depart...2022-01-1735 minGrowing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Dr. Dave McCarthy: D for Deficiencies, D for Diseases 'A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.' (Steve Martin) Sadly, especially in recent times, too many people get too little sunshine, literally and metaphorically, to make a difference in their lives. Today we talk about the sunshine vitamin, Vitamin D, and how recent science changed the way long time family physician, Dr. Dave McCarthy, thought about deficiency diseases. We discuss Vitamin D and other deficiency states, criteria for determination of nutritional adequacy, and the cost effectiveness of prevention. About Dr. Dave McCarthy:After obtaining his Doctor of Medicine (MD) from the Univ...2022-01-0344 minGrowing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Dr. Tracey Gendron: Ageism Unmasked: Ending Age Bias Too old at 72? Careful. Ageism is out. We'll have the law on you! (Melvyn Bragg) Hubris? I avoid 'isms' but I open this conversation with an anecdote of the first overt instance of ageism that I personally encountered, just before recording this podcast. Today's guest explores the structural ways we tolerate and promote behaviors toward people based solely on their age and how cultural norms and prejudices unconsciously shape our treatment of others and expectations about our own aging. We talk about what ageism, ableism and successful aging means and how these concepts aff...2021-12-2733 minGrowing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Joshua Black: Loss, Grief Dreams and Aging Well "Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live". (Norman Cousins) Not allowing joy to die within you when you suffer a major loss of a loved one is vital for an optimistic, positive life view. Yet finding joy again can be hard, seemingly impossible. We increasingly experience the death of friends and family as we age. The better we can decrease the stress of these losses, the less impact this will have on our aging trajectory says today's guest. Joshua Black, PhD, is one o...2021-11-2233 minGrowing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Brian Morgan: Think Deeply, Speak Clearly, Bridge the Divide Albert Einstein wrote 'We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.' The intent of the Growing Older Living Younger podcast is to introduce new ways of thinking about the problems of how we age, to help our listeners discover their personal roadmaps to aging well. As this episode kicks off Season 2, we reflect that we have listened to many experts, but what did we actually hear them say? I talk with Brian Morgan. President of Think Deeply, Write Clearly about bridging the many divides that ar...2021-11-1530 minGrowing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Dr. Gillian Lockitch: Lonely? You Are Not AloneIn my book Growing Older, Living Younger, the Science of Aging Gracefully and the Art of Retiring Comfortably, I describe my personal roadmap for aging well, based on seven foundational pillars. Today I talk about the fifth foundational pillar. I call Pillar Five You Are Not Alone, and it focuses on Connection. As I was reflecting on living alone, loneliness, and the potential adverse consequences for mental and also physical health, I was grateful for the insights that had earlier led me to prepare myself to avoid the dangers of isolation. 2016 data from Canada and t...2021-11-0811 minGrowing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Dr. Gillian Lockitch: Aging Gracefully the Keto Way One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well. (Virginia Woolf) Today I talk about what dining well means to me, and how, embracing ketogenic nutrition and time-restricted eating changed my aging trajectory from a downward path to ill health, to aging youthfully with energy, vitality and grace. On my journey of recovery from sciatica and emergency spinal surgery, I learned to think of food as medicine. Once I discarded all the tired myths and misinformation about food and nutrition, this changed my life. I lost body fat, regained my energy...2021-10-2514 minGrowing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Dr: Gillian Lockitch Am I Losing My Mind? "What we hold in our heads, our memory, our feelings, our thoughts, our sense of our own history, is the sum of our humanity.' (Richard Eyre) When I asked baby boomer and Gen X men and women what they feared most about growing older, memory loss and a fear of developing dementia were major concerns. Many find it hard to differentiate between forgetfulness or memory loss that happens to all of us at some time or another, mild cognitive impairment in which they experience more severe symptoms than their age cohort, and dementia. As t...2021-10-0714 minGrowing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Michael Johnson: Emotional Superpowers to Design and Fulfil Your Life Plan 'If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much. (Jim Rohn) 'I had to figure out a way to turn on my heart and mind, connect them together with my body, and once I did that, everything started going up from there' (Michael Johnson) As a professional ballroom dance competitor, Michael Johnson had natural talent and a great work ethic but he found himself searching for something more, the 'it' factor that would take him...2021-07-1936 minGrowing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Dr. Gillian Lockitch: The Story behind Growing Older Living Younger 'Life is a journey that must be travelled, no matter how bad the roads and the accommodations' . (Oliver Goldsmith) 'I found my personal roadmap to healthy aging; together we can find yours'. (Gillian Lockitch ) In this episode, in response to those who asked to hear the story underlying the Growing Older Living Younger book and podcast , I talk about the series of traumas that left me in a dark unhealthy place and of the pivotal 'light bulb' movements that altered the trajectory and the mission of my life. To reach your destination you need to...2021-07-0527 minGrowing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Connecting People and Providers with Hedieh Safiyari 'Hope lies in dreams, in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality.' (Jonas Salk) 'My mission was to revolutionize client and health and wellness provider experiences with an easy to use app that would help people find the services that they need where they live' (Hedieh Safiyari0 At some stage in our lives almost all of us will find ourselves looking for health care resources needed by ourselves, a family member or a friend. And even though you may yourself be part of the system, a nurse, a d...2021-06-2120 minGrowing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Richard Steinhoff: Living Your Purpose'Everyone has a purpose in life and a unique talent to give to others. And when we blend this unique talent with service to others, we experience the ecstasy and exultation of our own spirit, which is the ultimate goal of all goals.' (Kallam Anji Reddy) 'When you live your purpose you are in the flow. Life is effortless, opportunities flow to you and you become unstoppable" (H. Richard Steinhoff) As we explore the steps we can take to lead ourselves to a happier, healthier life, it becomes increasingly evident that the starting point...2021-06-0724 minGrowing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,010 Dr. Henry Mahncke: Rewiring Your Brain'Brains at any age are capable of rewiring and changing. No one should be aging, thinking that it's all downhill from here' (Dr. Henry Mahncke) 'The human brain has 100 billion neurons, each neuron connected to 10 thousand other neurons. Sitting on your shoulders is the most complicated object in the known universe" (Michio Kaku) In this conversation with research neuroscientist, Dr. Henry W. Mahncke, we unpack new insights into how we can keep that 'most complicated object' working optimally. The brain is a physical organ that can change anatomically, or be damaged by trauma, infections or...2021-05-3147 minGrowing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,Welcome to Growing Older Living Younger "The choices you make, your thoughts, what you eat, how you move, how you interact with others, can change your aging at the cellular level.' (Gillian Lockitch) Welcome to Growing Older, Living Younger (GOLY), the podcast where you will discover ways to boost your metabolism, enhance your mental and physical energy, and ward off disorders we wrongly think are inevitable as we age. Your host, Dr. Gillian Lockitch, evolved her personal road map to aging youthfully during her rehabilitation from emergency spinal surgery following a series of catastrophic life events . After leaving her 25 year career as a spec...2021-04-0706 min