Model and actress Carré Otis-Sutton, after surviving an abusive marriage, sexual assault, heroin addiction, and gunshots, turned to Tibetan Buddhism to embark on a new path. We have the power to dramatically change our lives, and our minds. A daily meditation practice helped her face and make sense of her suffering, and gave her the opportunity to apply her experiences toward helping others. She tells David how her spiritual practice informs every aspect of her life, what inspired her to create the Bare Mama Project, the importance of showing up for yourself, and how her silver hair is just one more beautiful silver thing she gets to wear. 

"We have to be active participants in our change”

Bare Mama Project
Beauty Disrupted: A Memoir by Carré Otis
This Naked Mind by Annie Grace
Tara Mandala

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How to overcome the inner voices that say we can’t or shouldn’t try. SuperAge host David Stewart openly describes his journey, complete with the fears, failures and learning curves, and looks at how we can all find our unique purpose. In his mid-fifties, he left a successful career as a photographer to become the founder of AGEIST. Our brutal inner critics combined with the negative messaging of the media can make life transitions like this feel impossible and David, too, had to overcome this. He had found himself in a “metaphorical wilderness” as his long-time industry collapsed and he searched for his purpose in life.

“For me, part of purpose is having a sense of agency in the world…and having a community. And, in my case, we created it and we brought like-minded people together, which is — I can’t tell you how orders-of-magnitude richer and more fulfilling my life is now than when I was a photographer.”

www.weareageist.com

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A few years ago, John Peine’s digestive tract effectively shut down. Acute pancreatitis had caused his body to cease producing the enzyme levels needed for a healthy digestive system. The experience piqued his curiosity, and he began deep research that led him to the creation of the  digestive enzyme supplement FRISKA.

John and David discuss the link between gut health, emotional well-being and cognitive function, the difference between probiotics and prebiotics, and what it's like to launch a new product at the height of a pandemic.

“If you want better health, there’s really no better place to start than a healthy gut.”

www.getfriska.com

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Full of energy and vitality, actress Cheryl Ladd, known for fighting crime as one of Charlie’s Angels, is fit, active, and ready for action. When she was diagnosed with cataracts she wasn’t about to accept the limitations they imposed on her life. As with so many of the things we needlessly fear, cataracts now have good solutions. She shares her story with us, reminding us how far cataract surgery has come in the last few years. And David is relieved to understand that his future cataracts will not be debilitating. 

cherylladd.com

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Jonathan Cheung, recently Head of Global Design at Levi’s, cultural anthropologist, denim Jedi and voracious reader, sits down with David to discuss his SuperAge books: how we read, why we read, and the intricacies of three top non-fiction picks:

Antifragile by Nassim Taleb
Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker, PhD
Breath by James Nestor

These three books are full of wisdom and life lessons, as well as addressing our health and vitality in powerful ways: gaining strength from stressors, the importance of sleep for physical health and cognitive performance, and the surprising benefits of breathing through your nose.

Blinkist
Oura ring
Anders Olsson
Wim Hof Method

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Robin co-founded Chōsen Experiences to help people establish a lifelong habit of curiosity and learning. Through her journey from a competitive martial arts athlete to leading clean-tech venture capital investments, she personally saw how stress and pressure negatively affects people’s health and decision making. Her quest is to change the world by helping people expand their comfort zone and take on big challenges of all kinds. We all avoid the difficult things we don’t understand, but by facing these challenges with good support around us we learn these can be good and promising. She tells us how to create a default plan of daily self-care: movement, brain health, proper nutrition and, most importantly, recovery.

“The key here is starting to build people to a place where they can be comfortable being uncomfortable.”

https://www.chosenexperiences.com/
https://www.thisischosen.com/

Robin's List of Influential Books
Non-Violent Communication by Marshall B. Rosenberg
The Untethered Soul by Michael A. Singer
Any books by Brené Brown
The Foundation Series by Isaac Asimov
The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu

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Dr. Bill Dorfman seems to be some kind of superhero. Not only is he a leader in cosmetic dentistry,  seen on TV programs including Extreme Makeover and The Doctors, he is the co-founder of LEAP, a motivational leadership program for 15- to 25-year-olds, and is so fit that he appeared on the cover of British GQ for a feature on working out over the age of 60. He talks to David about his work, his fitness regime, singing with Dolly Parton, and the myriad ways he is wonderfully “not normal.”

Dr. Bill on Instagram
Dr. Bill Dorfman Dentistry
LEAP Foundation
GQ Magazine: How to Workout When You're Over 60

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The founder of the Institute for Aging Research at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Nir Barzilai is one of the leading pioneers of longevity research and a proponent of regarding aging as a treatable disease, just like any other disease. Nir has a new book Age Later: Health Span, Life Span and the New Science of Longevity. He is a strong advocate for using Metformin and intermittent fasting as proven methods of extending health span and life span. The future of aging will be to erase it at a cellular level. We discuss how COVID has brought all this into focus and what the heck the COVID toe is that I had. Let's get into some science.

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Fitness expert, New York Times best-selling author, and self-described adrenaline junkie Kathy Smith talks to David about the importance of maintaining muscle strength for longevity and youth, being age- and body-positive, and the life-transforming power of engaging in activities that bring you joy.

"There's a connecting to this spirit of what turns you on that will connect you to the spirit of the rest of your life."

https://www.kathysmith.com/

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Join thought leader and founder of AGEIST magazine David Stewart as he explores how we can all live our best lives. Together through lively conversations with a range of high profile guests, we uncover the secrets to wellness, health, fitness, style, and relationships, unbound by age, place, or culture. 

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