Brain fitness is similar to physical fitness, but instead of exercising your body you are strengthening your mind. In this episode, we’re talking about how engaging in consistent mental effort activates different parts of your brain and how this ultimately affects your cognition (e.g., memory). To help us better understand how an engaging lifestyle can delay cognitive aging and change your brain, I’ll be sharing the work of Dr. Denise Park and her research - The Synapse Project.

Many of us believe that helping others is a virtue. We want to contribute to our communities and give back to society through, for example, volunteering, helping our neighbours, and making charitable donations. This episode covers how prosocial behaviour changes with age and takes a more in-depth look at what motivates these specific types of behaviours. Are older adults more prone to prosocial behaviour than younger adults? Tune in to find out!

Staying independent and living in your home is of utmost importance to you. In line with this goal, you must create a home environment that supports any changes to your physical mobility, flexibility, and balance as you age. In this episode, we’re talking with one of the founders of “Aging Evolved.” Their mission is to elevate the concept of aging into something empowering and help older adults live independently at home for as long as possible.

What is your initial reaction when you hear the word “SHAME”? How does that word make you feel? For many of us, “shame” is a bad word, and we would rather avoid it than talk about it. In this episode, Dr. Shawn Horn enlightens us about an alternative way to approach shame and teaches us about the differences between healthy and unhealthy shame. Dr. Horn talks about how a better understanding of our own shame experiences can help us improve our relationship with ourselves, as well as with those aroun

This episode concludes our three-part series on the impact of sleep, exercise, staying socially engaged and your diet on the development of dementia and the health of your brain. Our guest, Dr. Mylea Charvat, is the founder and CEO of Savonix - a digital cognitive assessment company. This episode covers part 3 (conclusion) where Dr. Charvat discusses how food and nutrition affect your brain and shares more about her company Savonix and the interesting work they are doing.

The last episode (#30) covered part 1 of a three-part series on the impact of lifestyle factors, including sleep, exercise, staying socially engaged and your diet, on the development of dementia and the health of your brain. Our guest, Dr. Mylea Charvat, is the founder and CEO of Savonix - a digital cognitive assessment company. This episode covers part 2 of this three-part series, where Dr. Charvat talks about how exercise and socializing affect the health of your brain.

The next three episodes will be a series that discusses the impact of 4 lifestyle factors on the health of your brain: sleep, exercise, staying socially engaged, and your diet. Our guest, Dr. Mylea Charvat, is the founder and CEO of Savonix - a digital cognitive assessment company. This episode covers part 1 of this three-part series. Here you’ll learn about cognition and the first lifestyle factor that impacts the health of your brain: sleep.

Have you ever wanted to explore a new career path post retirement? Do you have interests that you never got to fully realize, and you always wondered “what if”?

In this episode, we’re talking about alternative approaches to aging with Suzi Grant - an author, broadcaster & founder of “Alternative Ageing" (a successful blog for the over 50s). After a career in TV, radio and writing health books, Suzi retired at 60. By 65 she had started a blog to help spread her positive aging message.

This is the conclusion of our two-part series on the benefits of weightlifting for seniors. The content covered in this series (episodes #27 and #28) comes from an article titled the “78 Science Backed Benefits of Weightlifting for Seniors” written by Nicholas Rizzo and published on RunRepeat.com.

This episode will cover the benefits of weightlifting for seniors on cognition, mental health, mortality rates, how your body processes glucose (or sugar) and your sleep!

Part one of this 2-part series on the benefits of weightlifting for seniors will cover reducing age-related muscle loss, increasing your metabolism, reducing your risk of falls, improving your bone health and optimizing your cardiovascular health. The content covered in this series is from an excellent article entitled the “78 Science Backed Benefits of Weightlifting for Seniors” written by Nicholas Rizzo and published on RunRepeat.com.