Live HAPPIER Longer Podcast

Dr. Kerry Burnight serves as the Chief Gerontologist at GrandPad®. From her background as a professor of geriatric medicine, to the founding National Center on Elder Abuse and the Ageless Alliance, a non-profit focused on elder abuse, Dr. Burnight is dedicated to improving the lives of senior citizens. She strongly believes that technology can be a great part of combatting isolation in seniors, but it must be "brilliantly designed and lovingly executed to be embraced by family, friends, and caregivers."

Going the Distance and Empowering Women with Kathrine Switzer, "Marathon Woman"

Loretta Sayers started her blog, Loretta's Countdown to 60 , in 2017 with the intention of stepping into vulnerability and letting go of the fears that were holding her back. In the process of sharing her authentic self, so many women have reached out to her and shared that because of her courage, they can do the same. From the very beginning, her tagline has been, “Let’s do this together.” The decision to start the blog, has transformed Loretta's life and we talked with her about it all.

Phil Riley's book, The Life of Riley, explores the statistics of longevity and how five lifestyle habits can add extra, enjoyable years to your life. Five lifestyle habits that are directly related to morbidity that you can change are: smoking, over-consuming alcohol, obesity, sedentary lifestyle and eating less through intermittent fasting. Phil shares his journey from being overweight, sedentary and over-drinking to a healthier, longer life and shares why it's never too late to start!

Suzy GAMMON , 75, is a blogger who describes herself as  super old and writing about it on her website, AgingTimeBomb.com." Her blog started without a real focus. Suzy says, "I was afraid to look back and pick at my life’s scabs because I feared I could bleed to death without the tough crusts protecting me." Hear about her journey and why she believes finding peace with who we are and how we arrived here is the greatest gift we can give ourselves.

Cherie Gruenfeld is a 18-time winner of the Ironman Triathlon. She holds 13 world titles. Cherie will be 75 in July and she now runs the 70.3 Triathlons (that's half of the above) and will be doing FIVE of those this year! She is a vivid example of how to live HAPPIER, longer! Angela and I, perhaps because we've trained for a half-marathon together and because Angela's family includes some competitive cyclers, were just mesmerized by what Cherie has accomplished both in her sport and in her foundation.

The framework of habit formation is so important especially when you apply it to our five daily actions for a HAPPIER, longer life! According to author James Clear, a habit is simply an action that has happened often enough to become automatic. Of course, as Clear points out, that makes habits a "double-edged sword". They can work for you, or against you which is why understanding how they form is so important. Listen in to learn about James Clear's four laws of creating habits and the habit loop.

Do you know Jack LaLanne?  Known as the "Godfather of Fitness" he was a pioneer in the fitness industry. He was the first to have a nationally syndicated exercise show on television. On that show he introduced the idea of women working out with weights. His model? His wife...Elaine. (LaLa) Jack, was definitely a Super Ager and passed away in 2011 at the age of 96. His wife, LaLa, carries on his legacy and at the age of 92 (she will soon be 93) is still doing push-ups.  She shares her best tips for l

We're summarizing and distilling a lot of what we learned this month with our focus on "healthy" diets this week on the podcast. We talk about changes you can make and the overriding theme with all of our guests.  Our guests included Lisa King from The Fulfilled Pharmacist; Deb Gutierrez of Solful Life; Tina Tuszynski from Perennial Aging and Mr. Fitness Confidential himself, Vinne Tortorich and his NSNG®  diet. Plus we share just a few takeaways from the book The Compound Effect written by Darren Hard

This week on the podcast, we talk with our last guest in our series on "healthy eating". Tina Tuszynski, a wellness coach and anti-aging trainer, who practices a 90% plant-based diet. You'll hear how this Midwest-born-and- bred, hot-dog loving lady changed her health when she adopted a largely plant-based diet. Tina strives to make creative dishes and to have every meal be 90% vegetarian.

This week we continue our January focus on "healthy eating". We aren't really talking about weight loss but intermittent fasting has been shown to help with weight loss as well as brain health and longevity. On today's episode we talk with holistic health coach and personal trainer, Deb Gutierrez, about the benefits of fasting for overall health, fat loss and brain health. www.solfullife.com

This week on the podcast we are continuing our January focus on "healthy diet" and how that looks from different perspectives. We were absolutely thrilled to speak to Vinnie Tortorich about all things "ketogenic". Vinnie is the host of a wildly successful podcast called "Fitness Confidential". His diet lifestyle, NSNG®, is very similar to all the the diets you've heard about like Keto, Atkins and Paleo and it's really a simple, no-nonsense approach to both weight management and disease prevention.

Lisa King is sharing her perspective on healthy diet. As a pharmacist and health consultant, Lisa sees first hand the impact dietary choices have on health. Diet can be used as a way to prevent and treat disease.  Lisa's  top three tips: *Reduce Sugar (listen to hear specifics) *Eliminate Toxins with fiber *Eat The Rainbow and avoid processed food You'll learn about specific recommendations for sugar intake as well as which diseases you can help prevent with Lisa's tips.

This week on the podcast we're talking to an empty-nester who has made a unique life decision when it came to downsizing. Ben Soto, and his wife Julie made the decision to move into urban co-housing. What we learned from Ben is just how modern and intentional their co-housing environment is.Ben and Julie were involved from the ground up and benefited from having the architect, Grace Kim, also be one of the residents. Grace did a TED talk on co-housing and how it can make us happier and help us live longer.

On this episode we're talking about the science of gratitude. Not just the "woo woo" feel-good idea of gratitude, but how practicing gratitude activates parts of your brain and has been proven to have overall health benefits.We talk about lessons we've learned about practicing gratitude and recognizing joyful moments. We talk about going from the retroactive process of looking back at your day and appreciating moments to actively looking for "wonder" and joyful moments in real time.