Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,

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Welcome to Growing Older, Living Younger, 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. Hosted by Dr. Gillian Lockitch, former specialist in Medical Biochemistry, professor, researcher and international speaker, the show airs weekly every Monday. Each episode is a 30 - 45 minutes, exploring ways in which genetic and epigenetic (gene expression) science and medicine may intersect with ancient, non-western wellness practices to help you extend your health span to live younger. The show features practitioners in mental and physical health, fitness, nutrition, personal care, community, networking and entrepreneurship, to help you create your personal roadmap to aging youthfully.

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158 Sandra Scheinbaum PhD: Functional Medicine Health Coaching

May 27 2024 37 mins

EPISODE 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

157 Rod Jeter: Why Be Angry?

May 20 2024 36 mins

EPISODE 157 OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER focuses on one of the key pillars of the Growing Older Living Younger Roadmap for healthy aging - positive relationships built through personal and community connections. We recognize the importance of positive relationships in counteracting negative, stress-response evoking emotions such as loneliness or sadness, that impact physical and

156 Janet Singer Applefield. Janet's Story: Finding Herself in the Holocaust

May 13 2024 34 mins

EPISODE 156 OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER focuses on the powers of love, resilience, curiosity and courage to enable one to survive the most profound and catastrophic childhood traumas imaginable. Used wisely, those same powers will lead us to age gracefully to live younger longer. My guest today exemplifies survival through courage and resilience. Eighty-eight year old Janet Si

155 Rodney George: Fulfil Your Bucket List Challenge

May 06 2024 37 mins

EPISODE 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 ma

154 Joe Friel: Endurance Training for Super-Aging?

Apr 29 2024 36 mins

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

153 Karen DeLoach, Art as Self Therapy. Wellness through Creativity

Apr 22 2024 35 mins

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 m

152 Dr. George Ackerman: A Conversation on Parkinson's Disease

Apr 15 2024 33 mins

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

151 Amy K Wilson: Fat Loss the FASTer Way

Apr 08 2024 38 mins

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 equ

150 Dr. Gillian Lockitch: Changing Aging to Live Younger Longer

Apr 01 2024 12 mins

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

149 Kim Shapira: Six Simple Rules to Transform Your Relationship to Food

Mar 25 2024 42 mins

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 Healthi