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The Art 2 Aging podcast will demonstrate with each weekly episode how all of us 60+ can rediscover how to live happily and with good health. Our guests include naturopaths, integrative medicine practitioners, cardiologists, energy healers and individuals who are "living the dream". Join us and discover how you can squeeze the juice out of the lemon! theart2aging.substack.com

  1. 4 DAYS AGO

    How To Meditate

    If you are a regular listener to The Art 2 Aging, then you likely grew up in the 60s, an astonishing time to be young and alive. First, there was the massive transition in music. Then came the drugs. Alongside the negative aspects of the drug culture, emerged something that we can call New Consciousness, for lack of a better term. New Consciousness meant exploring the inner depths of one’s self. Transcendental meditation burst into the culture as one popular method and the exploration of the soul was underway. It was the “dawning of the Age of Aquarius,” as sung by the Fifth Dimension in 1969. Transcendental meditation (TM, for short) did not disappear like many of the musical acts from the 60s did; it is still with us along with several other types of meditation. What this amounts to today is this: a revitalized, even stronger search for the connection between man and God, Source, All That Is – whatever you choose to call it. TM established scientifically that meditation has profound positive effects on our bodies and minds. The same can be said of all types of meditation. Our guest this week is James Adams. James is a former broadcast journalist, former Bill Clinton campaign worker and the former V.P. of Marketing for Chipotle Mexican Grill. Today, James follows a different path and in an open, honest, and forthright way, he explains his past struggles with life and his newfound inner journey with meditation as his companion. Get full access to a2a: the art 2 aging at theart2aging.substack.com/subscribe

    27 min

  2. 1 FEB

    Aging Well Around The World

    Our regular contributor on our Point of View segments, Dave McCaughan is back this week. Dave, as you might know, has a wealth of knowledge and experience in advertising and marketing, having worked for McCann, the global giant, in Asia for decades. He has always had a fascination with aging demographics because it impacted his work in a major way. Dave is now involved with the Global Wellness Institute, compiling a lengthy report on how aging well is perceived in different countries around the world. The report is still a work in progress but Dave has a number of interesting observations that his team has already gathered and he shares them with us this week. Get full access to a2a: the art 2 aging at theart2aging.substack.com/subscribe

    8 min

  3. 30 JAN

    Unsung Heroes

    As world populations age, there are numerous challenges around how to take care of older adults who need help. Most often, they surround healthcare systems. However, one aspect of aging populations may not get the same amount of attention: caregiving. More and more of us unwittingly become caregivers for a loved one, most often an aging parent. In December, The Art 2 Aging featured an interview with Debbie Howard, a former caregiver who is working hard to create support in her community in Texas for other caregivers. All too often, caregivers don’t have community resources that they can access to lessen their burden. If you are a caregiver, then you know what we’re talking about. In the Canadian province of Ontario, there is an organization whose mission is to support caregivers. It’s called the Ontario Caregiver Organization (OCO). OCO recently completed a year end review for 2025 that paints a disturbing picture of caregiving in the province; the strain that caregiving produces is showing up dramatically in the numbers. This week, A2A speaks with Amy Coupal, the CEO of Ontario Caregiver Organization. And if you’re a caregiver looking after an older person, perhaps a parent, then you need to hear this. Get full access to a2a: the art 2 aging at theart2aging.substack.com/subscribe

    27 min

  4. 23 JAN

    Fear

    The world is a frightening place right now. Frankly, there are few times in history when it hasn’t been. Fear of the future has been ratcheting higher and higher since You-Know-Who entered office for the second time. But fear lives in the minds of each of us regardless of geopolitics; it’s an emotion that we experience almost more than its opposite, love. How do we deal with it? Especially if we are older adults with less time in front of us than behind us? There are many ways and strategies that we can employ to continue to get joy out of our lives, no matter what is going on within or without. Wayne Lehrer has been a frequent guest on The Art 2 Aging. His books, The Prodigy Within and The Art of Conscious Aging, describe our human experience in ways that open up new possibilities for all of us. Wayne has become a good friend, so, who better to turn to, I thought, when I wanted to discuss how all of us can live lives free of fear. Get full access to a2a: the art 2 aging at theart2aging.substack.com/subscribe

    34 min

  5. 21 JAN

    Ageism In The Gym?

    We all know that physical activity goes directly to lifespan and, indeed, healthspan - how healthily we are living our lives. That message has been embraced by those of us who are older adults; we get the connection between being strong and flexible and living a fit life. That’s why many older adults will happily join a local gym, determined to regain strength or increase it. Unfortunately, what do many find? Ageism. Not in the workplace this time. But in the fitness class, perhaps the last place they would suspect ageism to lurk. Erin Eleu is a functional aging specialist and falls resiliency coach who leads and teaches physical activity programs for older adults and who is vehemently opposed to ageism in the gym. She is also the host of the podcast series, AGEnts of Movement, and is our guest this week on Point of View. Get full access to a2a: the art 2 aging at theart2aging.substack.com/subscribe

    5 min

  6. 6 JAN

    Does Form Follow "Function"?

    Scott Fulton is an extremely talented individual. He’s a mechanical engineer by training who shifted into home design with older adults in mind, forming a company called Home Ideations. In fact, he custom built his own home in Virginia using the principles from Home Ideations. He dug deep – and still does – into how to live better as we age. Scott is well into his 60s, is very active and excels at physical fitness, competing in ironman triathlons and long distance running. His abiding interest in healthspan and longevity impelled him to dive into a vast trove of health data to answer one simple question: what’s the most important thing people can do for their bodies and brains that can help them live longer? By crunching many millions of bytes of data from 700 thousand adults, spanning 10 million person years, Scott has answered the question he posed and written a book called Function that lays out his findings. The answer to the question he posed to himself will surprise you.. Settle in for a fascinating conversation. Get full access to a2a: the art 2 aging at theart2aging.substack.com/subscribe

    31 min

  7. 20/12/2025

    Family Caregiving

    There are nearly 60 MILLION Americans who are unpaid caregivers today. Now think about that; these are people who likely have full time jobs working 40 hours a week and who are working another 26 hours a week on average looking after an aging loved one. It’s a tough picture and it’s made worse by the lack of any kind of support available in the United States. Certainly this long term healthcare crisis (and it is a crisis by any definition of that word) is not exclusive to America alone. There are aging populations all over the world and countless millions more caregivers but many other countries have been proactive in implementing policies designed to mitigate the pressure that unpaid caregivers experience. Debbie Howard, a professional market researcher, knows what it’s like to be a caregiver after spending some years caring for her cancer-stricken mother. As a result, Debbie has devoted nearly 20 years to agitating for caregivers in the U.S., forming Aging Matters International and thecaregivingjourney.com along the way. She is our guest this week on The Art 2 Aging. Get full access to a2a: the art 2 aging at theart2aging.substack.com/subscribe

    34 min

  8. 10/12/2025

    Old-Timer Boulevard

    Dave McCaughan has made frequent appearances on The Art 2 Aging; he is an experienced marketer with decades of real, “in the trenches” marketing expertise and he has made the issue of marketing to an aging population a kind of mission for the past three decades. Today, he provides another thought-provoking Point of View in which he talks about how demographers have known for decades that the world’s population is aging (some countries faster and sooner than others, like Japan for example) and that an aging population will bring unique challenges and demands before it starts shrinking. So, if demographers have known this for more than 40 years, Dave asks, why is it now only just dawning on policy makers? Further, is encouraging women to have more babies really a viable tactic to reverse aging in any country? Or just a silly idea with no merit whatsoever (hint: it’s the latter…)? Get full access to a2a: the art 2 aging at theart2aging.substack.com/subscribe

    6 min
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The Art 2 Aging podcast will demonstrate with each weekly episode how all of us 60+ can rediscover how to live happily and with good health. Our guests include naturopaths, integrative medicine practitioners, cardiologists, energy healers and individuals who are "living the dream". Join us and discover how you can squeeze the juice out of the lemon! theart2aging.substack.com

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    Strategies for Healthy, Joyful Living
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
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