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,...

EPISODE 153 OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER focuses on the healing power of creativity through expression of the visual arts. Art therapy in the broadest sense is a form of psychotherapy that allows individuals to express themselves in ways that words cannot. It provides a safe outlet for emotions, thoughts, and experiences. In previous episodes we have explored dance therapy and music therapy. Visual art forms include painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, photography, video...

EPISODE 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...

EPISODE 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...

In 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...

 EPISODE 149 of GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER focuses on developing and maintaining a positive relationship with food, to reach and maintain a healthy target weight. Today’s Featured Expert is Kim Shapira, celebrity dietitian, nutritional therapist, and author of This Is What You're Really Hungry for: Six Simple Rules to Transform Your Relationship with Food to Become Your Healthiest Self. Kim has a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology from Tulane University and a Master’s degree in Human...

 EPISODE 148 of GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER focuses on the power of Emotional Freedom Technique (tapping) and Hypnotherapy to overcome past traumas, anxiety and adult ADHD. Today’s Featured Expert is EFT Master Practitioner and Hypnotherapist, Theresa Lear Levine.Theresa is the, Founder of Becoming More Me, LLC, Creator of the Becoming More Me Signature Program and Author of BECOMING MORE ME: Tapping into Success– Subconscious Secrets of an ADHD Entrepreneurial Mom. As a self-described an...

EPISODE 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...

THIS 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...

THIS EPISODE OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER focuses on the impact of environmental toxins and toxicants on our health, how to recognize the adverse effects on our health and how to detoxify ourselves and our environment. Though we think we live “clean”, toxins are everywhere- in food, water, the air we breathe.  Today’s guest Is Dr. Wendie Trubow, who together with her husband, Dr. Ed Levitan, co-authored the book,  "Dirty Girl: Ditch the Toxins, Look Great, and Feel Freaking Amazing." A...

 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...

THIS EPISODE OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER focuses on resilience  and triumph over adversity, through keeping a mindset of personal responsibility for your own happiness, and creating a joyful life. We also discuss the fascinating story of the  Gold Rush and  Klondike Kate. Today’s Featured Guest is Susan Janzen, author of “Living and Loving Each Day”, and host of the "Living and Loving Each Day” podcast. Susan is an accomplished singer and recording artist who represented Edmonton for two...

THIS 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...

THIS 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,...

THIS 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...

THIS EPISODE OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER focuses on an innovative home fitness program that combines world travel experiences with exercise for a fun fitness activity that will  keep you coming back for more. Today’s Featured Guest is Mark Evin, CEO of Ludica Health and the innovative mind behind LudoFit. Mark has created a digital platform that combines world travel experiences with beneficial fitness routines to revolutionize the way seniors engage with exercise. From virtually skiing...

THIS 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,...

THIS 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,...

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...

THIS 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...

THIS 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...

THIS 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...

THIS 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...

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...