Are you living your life in a business-as-usual manner but somehow hoping for better results? What if you could make doable changes that increase your level of energy to actively engage with the world, avoid chronic conditions, and achieve peace of mind? Alan Carpenter’s book, “Choose Better, Live Better – Nine Healthy Choices that Nurture Body, Mind and Spirit”, is a great guide to doing just that. Alan will give you simple, practical, evidence-based suggestions to make it happen. Find out more at AlanTCarpenter.com. Check out https://copenotes.com/zestful for an innovative app that supports mental health. Find out more about the Zestful Aging Podcast at ZestfulAging.com.

Emily Harman is trailblazer, and part of the sixth class of women to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy. Recognized as a role model, she served as a Company Officer and Leadership Instructor in the U.S. Naval Academy. But somehow she got lost along the way. The responsibilities of being a career woman and mother drowned out any dreams she may have had about the future she really wanted. Eventually, she became a coach so she could help other women find themselves in the second half of life. Find out more at EmilyHarman.com. Check out https://copenotes.com/zestful for an innovative app that supports mental health. Find out more about the Zestful Aging Podcast at ZestfulAging.com.

Laura Davis’s new memoir, “The Burning Light of Two Stars: A Mother-Daughter Story” is the riveting story of her embattled relationship with her mother Temme, their determination to love one another, and the dramatic and surprising collision course they ended up on at the end of Temme’s life. For the millions of readers of Laura’s first book, “The Burning Light of Two Stars” is both prequel and sequel of “THE COURAGE TO HEAL”, revealing in page-turning, intimate detail how Laura reconciled with the mother who betrayed her, and came to care for her in her final days. Find out more at https://lauradavis.net. Check out https://copenotes.com/zestful for an innovative app that supports mental health. Find out more about the Zestful Aging Podcast at ZestfulAging.com.

Dominic Campbell is the co-founder of “Creative Aging International” using celebration as a strategy for transformational change around the world. Pandemic initiatives include “Ageing Voices” connecting across community, healthcare and civic agencies to reduce isolation and facilitate “un-lockdown”, and a nationwide localized arts program for Irish Hospice Foundation to process grief and loss through making meaning. He is an inaugural fellow of Global Brain Health Institute and Atlantic Fellowship, a Next Avenue Key Influencer on Aging, and board member of Africa’s Arts in Medicine Fellowship. Find out more at https://www.gbhi.org/profiles/dominic-campbell. Check out https://copenotes.com/zestful for an innovative app that supports mental health. Find out more about the Zestful Aging Podcast at ZestfulAging.com.

Kristin Neff is a pioneer in the field of self-compassion research, which began when she was a graduate student and wanted to help herself through a dark period of her own life. Her new book “Fierce Self-Compassion: How Women Can Harness Kindness to Speak Up, Claim Their Power and Thrive” explains the different kinds of self-compassion and how understanding these can be life changing for women. Find out more at Self-Compassion.org. Check out https://copenotes.com/zestful for an innovative app that supports mental health. Find out more about the Zestful Aging Podcast at ZestfulAging.com.

If you’re over 50 and single, you may believe that your chances for love are gone. But according to Francine Russo’s new book “LOVE AFTER 50: How to find it, Enjoy it, and Keep it”, you’re now primed for the best relationship of your life. Francine Russo is a veteran journalist, and a long time contributor to “TIME”. Find out more at FrancineRusso.com. Check out https://copenotes.com/zestful for an innovative app that supports mental health. Find out more about the Zestful Aging Podcast at ZestfulAging.com

Lori Sokol is the Executive Director and Editor-in-Chief of Women's eNews, an award-winning non profit news organization that reports on the most crucial issues impacting women and girls around the world. She is also the author of the award-winning book, She Is Me: How Women Will Save The World. FInd out more at https://womensenews.org/ Check out https://copenotes.com/zestful for an innovative app that supports mental health. Find out more about the Zestful Aging Podcast at ZestfulAging.com.

Wendy Conklin is a former educational consultant turned boutique chair designer. She took a big leap and started a new business in middle age creating unique and charming upholstered chairs. Her mission is to help clients create surroundings that genuinely reflect their uniqueness, zest, and personality through bespoke chairs and fabric selections. She teaches others to add color and charm to their lives in a number of ways. Have a look at her beautiful website: Chairwhimsy.com. Check out https://copenotes.com/zestful for an innovative app that supports mental health. Find out more about the Zestful Aging Podcast at ZestfulAging.com.

With the perspective of age, many of us find ourselves looking back at our lives and asking questions such as “was my life a good life? Did I make good choices? What are my regrets?” In his new book “A Round of Golf With My Father”, William Damon illustrates the life review by describing his journey to uncover the hidden story of his father, whom he never met and knew almost nothing about until a sudden recent discovery. Find out more at: https://coa.stanford.edu/people/william-damon or https://www.amazon.com/William-Damon/e/B001ITXNVA/ Check out https://copenotes.com/zestful for an innovative app that supports mental health. Find out more about the Zestful Aging Podcast at ZestfulAging.com.

In her nursing career, Yvonne Heath witnessed our grief-phobic society first hand and how our reluctance to talk about, plan and prepare for grief, death and dying causes excessive suffering personally, professionally in life, and at the end of life. She believes that when we learn to talk about and plan for grief and life's challenges something amazing happens. We live more fully and we suffer less at the end of our life. Our loved ones and workplaces suffer less and are able to move through their grief. Find out more: LoveYourLifetoDeath.com. Check out https://copenotes.com/zestful for an innovative app that supports mental health. Find out more about the Zestful Aging Podcast at ZestfulAging.com.