Podcast
It’s no secret that in our culture most older people experience ageism– discrimination that’s based on a person’s age. In fact, in a recent study reported this year in the Journal of the American Medical Association 93% of people ages 50 to 80 reported experiencing one or more forms of ageism in their everyday lives.…
Read MoreKeri Gans is the author of “The Small Change Diet”, and a blogger for US News & World Report. “The Keri Report”, her own bi-monthly podcast and newsletter, helps to convey her no-nonsense, sometimes controversial, and fun approach to living a healthy lifestyle. Today we’re going to get her true confessions–including that she doesn’t like…
Read MoreAs we age, we often have more time and energy for creativity. And there’s even a theory that after we’re done having babies we need to do something with all of that creative energy. But where to start? What if you can’t even draw a stick figure? Faigie Kobre helps women who may be intimidated…
Read MoreDr. Joshua Coleman is the foremost expert on parent/child estrangement. He’s been on every media outlet you can think of–including Sesame Street! I think he’s the first of over 300 guests who have had that honor. Dr. Coleman talked to me about why parent/child estrangement is on the rise. Some even call it a national…
Read MoreMeg LaPorte co-created Art Against Ageism as an alliance and media platform for the purpose of identifying, amplifying, and creating artistic endeavors that confront and tackle damaging stereotypes and misperceptions about age, older adults, and being older. Find out more about their creative (and humorous) initiatives: https://artagainstageism.org/ Find out more about the Zestful Aging Podcast…
Read MoreSome of you may have heard of a little show called HGTV. Traci Schubert Barrett was one of the founding team members, but after thirty years of experience in corporate America, she began to wonder “what if there’s more to our lives than job success?” In a huge leap of faith, she quit her executive…
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