Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan‪,‬ Dr. Gillian Lockitch

 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 the effects of alcohol consumption on health and wellbeing, including the impact on cortisol levels, sleep quality, memory recall, and brain shrinkage. As both of us enjoy dancing, the conversation also touched on the social advantages of dance and how it can be enjoyed without the need to drink.
Episode Timeline
0:11 Introduction to alcohol  and its effects on health, touching on men and women's differences.
4:18 Personal experiences of alcohol addiction and recovery, and the impact on relationships.
9:20 Alcohol addiction, local politics, and dance.
14:28 Traditional English folk dancing and social effects
17:05 Moderate drinking's effects on sleep and memory.
9:56 Unpacking beliefs and managing thoughts to change behavior.
25:66 Using techniques like visualization, action, and unlearning to overcome negative habits like drinking.
 30:31 The value of a coach to help quit drinking
Learn more about about Duncan Bhaskaran Brown and “Real Men Quit.”
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Episode 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 often found in the stresses our lifestyles place on our bodies. Dr. Faero is a general practitioner and emergency physician, a documentary filmmaker and photographer, and author of five books, including The Pulse Cure. He has taught photographic workshops in Norway, and other countries such as Morocco, France, Cuba, Ethiopia, Israel, Palestine, the Faroe Islands, Croatia, Sri Lanka, Montenegro and Spitsbergen. He has traveled by car, bicycle, motorbike, and kayak and sailboat through over 80 countries. In 1996, he was one of the first Norwegian medics to work with Doctors Without Borders,  in war torn Angola. In his 25 year career as a freelance doctor, working all over Norway he has gained a unique picture of the diseases that plague our modern society
Episode Timeline:
0:01 Introduction to aging, health, and lifestyle changes “through the lens” of a  doctor-photographer.
6:59 Heart rate variability as a stress indicator, using devices to measure it, and how it can impact health.
15:13 How sleep and lifestyle changes impact heart rate variability.
25:51 Aging and using biometric data for wellness and  personalized health.
32:09 Aging and longevity with a focus on the autonomic nervous system, and the importance of movement and nutrition
Learn more about about Dr. Faero
Website: thepulsecure.com
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/torkil-f%C3%A6r%C3%B8-97348b1/
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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 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 profession so that  people can get the support they need to lead healthier lives.
Episode Timeline
0:11 Functional medicine is a systems-based approach to healthcare that focuses on root causes and personalized treatment plans.
11:23 Becoming a functional medicine coach or practitioner.
17:16 How the functional medicine coaching program, through personal transformation can promote youthful aging.
24:40 Nutrition, exercise, and connecting with community as 3 key pillars for healthy aging.
32:39 Changing aging, wellness, and nutrition with a functional medicine coach.
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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 mental health. When there is strife within a partnership or a marriage, a vicious cycle may ensue, of negative emotions causing stress responses, which in turn causes  partners to engage in further angry behaviors, triggering more negative emotions. Anger is one of the most effective emotions in damaging a relationship. Feelings of annoyance, outrage or hostility, release stress hormones, cortisol and adrenaline, and ramps up the negative ways in which the couple interact with each other. But what if there is a simple and fun way to break the cycle of blame and recrimination ?
In today’s episode I talk with Rod Jeter, who asks the simple question, “Why Be angry?” A couple of years ago, Rod and his wife were kicked out of marriage counselling in what was just the fifth, of what was supposed to be twelve, sessions. Rod admits it was clearly his fault for being stubborn. So he set to work to create a game to help couples resolve their disagreements in minutes. This game is YBAngry. We discuss how and why the game works  to fix relationships and resolve differences.
Episode Timeline
0:11 Breaking cycle of blame in marriages with game creator, Rod Jeter
4:01 Marriage counselling and relationship issues.
7:41 Resolving disagreements in relationships.
14:05 Example of the car issue with ranking and agreement.
19:25 Communication techniques.
26:30 Communication and conflict resolution
30:06 Effectively resolving relationship issues through a game
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 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 Singer Applefield,  holocaust survivor and author of “Becoming Janet: Finding Myself in the Holocaust”, was given away by her parents when she was seven years old. It was days before her parents were forced to report for a mandatory selection, the Nazis term for systematically separating those to be immediately murdered, from those to be worked to death. She survived the holocaust by hiding on a farm under a false identity. Miraculously, her father survived the camps and 3 years, found her in an orphanage. Janet learned 72 years later, that her mother had been exterminated at the Belzec death camp. If there's anyone who can teach us about bravery, resilience and hope, it is Janet Singer Applefield, through her memoir, showing how profound tragedy can be transformed into hope, self determination, and ultimately joy.
Episode Timeline
  0:11 Resilience, courage, and hope in the face of childhood trauma and the Holocaust.
5:13 Janet’s Holocaust survival story, starting with her separation at age 7 from her parents
 11:32 Surviving WWII as a young Jewish girl, reuniting with her father after 3.5 years, and immigrating to America.
19:18 How today, she shares her holocaust stories through speaking invitations, to thousands of children a year.
  22:00 Insights  on living with purpose, keeping busy and constantly challenging one’s assumptions to keep youthful
  26:00 Sharing insights on preparing for retirement and finding purpose in older age.
  30:7  Gratitude for the heroes of her story, who saved her life at the risk of losing their own and how the smallest act of kindness has a ripple effect.
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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 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 the travel industry.  Rodney leads an agency of travel professionals with a combined 185 years of travel experience, dedicated to providing personalized service and curating perfect travel experiences. Whether it's a romantic getaway or a family vacation, Rodney’s extensive knowledge of the best hotels, resorts and destinations around the world, as well as the latest safety protocols and travel trends, allows him to tailor each trip to his client’s specific needs and preferences.
Episode Timeline
0:11 A conversation on aging, health, and travel with a luxury travel consultant.
5:28 Luxury travel, cruises, and those pesky single supplements.
12:43 Luxury travel planning and budget constraints.
18: 42 Cruise travel planning and the importance of expert advice for aging baby boomers.
24:38 Luxury travel, including customized tours and experiences.
32:41 Memories, travel and aging and tips for living younger.
Learn more about about Rodney George and Luxury Travel at:
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