Age Less / Live More

The way we work has changed more in the past four years than it has in the past 20. An estimated 43 percent of Americans are now working at least partially from home, artificial intelligence is making most people at least marginally more productive, and we're all connected all of the time. This sounds good–or at least exciting–but is it working for you? Are you more efficient? More balanced? More creative? My guest on this week's podcast wrote a book on efficiency in our modern world, a quickly changing landscape where decade old systems and processes have become obsolete.

Listen and learn:

• How time energy management is now more important that time management
• Why productivity should be measured in terms of results not total work completed
• How to break up your day based on your peak creative blocks
• Why we need to rethink the way we measure and track work

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www.MithuStoroni.com

ABOUT OUR GUEST

Dr. Mithu Storoni is a medical doctor, neuroscientist, and author, best known for her work on stress and its effects on the brain. Her books include Stress Proof and her forthcoming title, Hyperefficient.

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Despite the obvious fact that every woman will experience menopause, support and education on the topic remains embarrassingly sparse. Worse still, misinterpreted studies have left many fearful of hormone replacement therapy and determined to simply white knuckle their way through this transition. My guest on this week's podcast is an OB-GYN specializing in women's hormonal health, who'll help you understand your options.

Listen and learn:

• Why the breast cancer risk of HRT was misinterpreted and remains a false boogeyman
• How balanced hormones can improve sleep, preserve bone mass, and even provide cardioprotective benefits
• The reality of patches, creams, sublingual tablets, and ingestions
• About timelines and planning for the future

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Dr. Liz's Site

ABOUT OUR GUEST

Dr. Liz Lyster is a board-certified OB/GYN with over 25 years of experience specializing in hormonal health, wellness, and longevity. She is an acclaimed speaker and author of Go For Great! and Dr. Liz's Easy Guide to Menopause.

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The joint pain market is fraught with wild claims, fringe treatments, and scary interventions. At the same time, whether you've got hip, knee, or back pain, there are some truly remarkable mainstream and alternative options you'll want to consider. But you need to take agency over the process as your decisions can have a huge impact on the quality of your life. My guest on this week's podcast is a surgeon who takes a holistic and non-surgical approach when possible.

Listen to learn:

• Why hip replacements are so successful compared with other joints
• How a total hip replacement might be a better option than resurfacing
• Why knee interventions are more complex and individual
• How to weigh up your options with injections, cryotherapy, and treatments
• Why exercise, both strength and cardio, are crucial for joint health

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Professor Lee's site

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Professor Paul Lee specializes in knee and hip surgeries and is a double board certified surgeon. He has extensive expertise in sports medicine and general musculoskeletal conditions.

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According to the WHO at least 14 percent of people over 60 have a mental health disorder with depression and anxiety at the top of the list. Loneliness, isolation, chronic pain, and diminished health are contributing causes, and unfortunately, many suffer in silence. My guest on this week's podcast has dedicated her career to geriatric psychiatry and shares her insights into finding peace and joy in later life.

Listen and learn:

• What happens to the aging brain
• Potential problems with polypharmacology
• Why mental health medications lose efficacy
• The power of singing, chanting, music and devotion

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About Helen

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Dr. Helen Lavretsky is a psychiatrist and professor at UCLA, specializing in geriatric psychiatry and integrative mental health. Dr. Lavretsky is a leading voice in promoting mental wellbeing, particularly in later life.

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In middle age and beyond, your metabolism changes. It's easier to gain weight - particularly around your midsection - and it's very hard to lose it. The same foods that kept you lean when young suddenly cause imbalance. Why? What changed? Aging creates a cascade of changes, but insulin resistance is a key driver that is rarely measured or understood. On this week's podcast, you'll meet a health provider whose work is focused on tackling this issue, particularly in older adults.

Listen and learn:

• Why fasting insulin tests are not common but easy to get
• Why we have less wiggle room, metabolically in middle age and beyond
• How stress, sleep, and nutrition all play a role in metabolic dysfunction
• Why your standard blood work might miss insulin resistance

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Dr. Nolte's Site

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Dr. Morgan Nolte is a geriatric physical therapist and the founder of Zivli an organization that helps people reverse insulin resistance and lose weight.

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Digestive health issues can make every day a challenge, put strain on personal relationships, and even become life threatening if advanced and untreated. My guest on this week's podcast suffered from severe Crohn's that left him emaciated and very ill. He found his way back to health through functional medicine and now dedicates his career to helping others.

Listen and learn:

• About the usefulness and confusion around testing
• The individuality of responses to toxins and treatment
• The importance of a custom-tailored approach
• Why it's important to focus on the big offenders in diet and lifestyle

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Website

ABOUT OUR GUEST

Dane Johnson is a Board Certified Nutritionist who naturally recovered from a near-death experience battling Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. He is the founder of CrohnsColitisLifestyle.

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No one wants to die alone, and yet according to Pew Research, 29% of people aged 50 to 64 are single. That number jumps to 36% for those over 65. Dating is a minefield at any age, but how do you start again in the later chapters of life? On this week's podcast, you'll meet a dating coach who helps women do just that.

Listen and learn:

• Why a pragmatic approach is needed
• How to view yourself as the CEO and your dates as interns
• The truth about dating apps vs. real life
• Mistakes commonly made around height, age, and income desires

Guest's website

ABOUT OUR GUEST

Evan Marc Katz is a dating coach and author who has been helping singles to find love for over 20 years. He is the founder of Love U, an online dating coaching program, and author of the books, Why You're Still Single and I Can't Believe I'm Buying This Book.

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If you're lucky enough to live a long life, you'll inevitably be challenged by loss - the loss of family, friends, potentially even your spouse. Despite the obvious inevitability of loss, most people avoid even talking about it, much less preparing for the death of those we love. On this week's podcast, you'll meet an author who's dedicated her career to grief and loss.

Listen to learn:

• About power of attorney, death certificates, bank details and logistics
• How all loss, even invisible losses, can leave us spinning
• The process of healing and integrating loss

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ChristinaRasmussen.com

ABOUT OUR GUEST

Christina Rasmussen is a grief educator and author. She is the founder of The Life Reentry Institute, a grief counseling organization and author of Invisible Loss, Second Firsts, and Where Did You Go?

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Much of how we interact with the world comes from early experiences from our childhood, with our family, and in our community. Attachment styles are psychological models for understanding the ways in which we tend to bond to others, particularly our spouses. This week's guest reveals how understanding your attachment patterns might help you navigate your relationships with more grace.

Listen and learn:

• The difference between secure, anxious, and avoidant attachment styles
• Why we often partner with people who make attachments more challenging
• How to move toward the ever-elusive secure attachment style

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Jessica's Site

ABOUT OUR GUEST

Jessica Baum is the founder of Be Self-full® and The Relationship Institute of Palm Beach. She's the author of Anxiously Attached: Becoming More Secure in Life and Love.

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The world of professional athletes and the concept of your body being your business, with its performance directly linked to your paycheck is completely outside of anything most of us have experienced. For most of us, we wake up to a to-do list of tasks, and it's unclear if we're winning or losing, what the score is, or whether anyone is even keeping score. My guest on this week's podcast shares how he's taken his experiences as a professional baseball player off the field and into office life.

Listen and learn

• How to find a flow state in your work
• Why you need a clear goal and to push outside your comfort zone
• The importance of finding your "why" at work

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Derin's podcast

ABOUT OUR GUEST

Derin McMains is a former professional baseball player who was drafted in the eleventh round of the 2001 Major League Baseball Draft by the San Francisco Giants. He spent six seasons in the Giants' minor league system, earning the Harry S. Jordan Award for the Giants' best spring training rookie in 2006. Currently, he serves as the Director of Mental Conditioning at ReliaQuest, a cybersecurity company.

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