Age Better with Barbara Hannah Grufferman

In this inspiring episode, GRUFFtalk host Barbara Hannah Grufferman talks with renowned TV journalist and stroke survivor Mark McEwen about his personal journey of stroke that changed his life forever, how he relearned everything like walking and talking, and the importance of stroke prevention. Mark shares insights from his illustrious career, discussing interviews with celebrities and US preside...

May is National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month, which is the best time to have an episode focusing on the best ways to keep your bones strong.  In this episode of GRUFFtalk: How to Age Better, host Barbara Hannah Grufferman chats with Lindsey West, Chief Program Officer of the Bone Health and Osteoporosis Foundation (BHOF) about the importance of bone health throughout life with a foc...

In this episode, the amazing Dr. Gladys McGarey, the "Mother of Holistic Medicine," joins GRUFFtalk podcast host Barbara Hannah Grufferman to talk about her beautiful new book, “The Well-Lived Life: A 102-Year-Old Doctor’s Six Secrets to Health and Happiness at Every Age.”  Dr. McGarey has spent her life pioneering the integration of traditional medicine with alternative therapies, and she shares...

This week, host Barbara Hannah Grufferman welcomed Dr. Breno Diniz to the show. Dr. Diniz is the lead author of an important new study that shows how depression later in life can speed up aging.   We all know that depression can be debilitating, but thanks to Dr. Diniz and his team of researchers, we now also know that depression, especially later in life, can actually accelerate biological aging,...

This week, GRUFFtalk host Barbara Hannah Grufferman welcomes Katie Fogarty to the show to talk about midlife, being fearless, and when and how to pivot in life and career.    Katie is the host of the very popular “A Certain Age” podcast and founder of the Instagram community, “Age Out Loud.” But Katie also has a “day job” as a coach to women who are looking to navigate the often tricky waters of m...

This week GRUFFtalk welcomes Cyndi Hutchins, Director of Financial Gerontology at Bank of America, who talks through the unique financial challenges that you might confront as you think about and plan for your next stage of life.   Not long ago, host Barbara Hannah Grufferman asked people on social media to name their #1 fear; that thing that keeps them up at night. Based on the many responses she...

Sex after 50 can be amazing, exciting, gratifying, and possibly the best sex you’ve ever had.  What’s the key? Accepting that your body is changing and work together with your partner on reassessing, tweaking, and experimenting in new ways. Yep. It’s that easy.  GRUFFtalk host Barbara Hannah Grufferman had a chat with Ellen Uzelac, who is the former West Coast bureau chief for The Baltimore Sun, a...

Spring is in the air, which is the perfect time to add a few new hacks to your “age better toolkit” – like the ones host Barbara Hannah Grufferman shares in this episode.  She’s a big believer that you won’t remember every detail of every episode you’ve listened to, so on occasion she pulls out some of her favorite tips she has learned from the guests that have been on the show during the past yea...

In today’s episode, host Barbara Hannah Grufferman welcomes frequent guest, Dr. Margaret Nachtigall, to talk about metformin: what it is, what it does, and how it might help you age better.  Some things you will learn about metformin during the discussion include:  What is metformin?   Metformin is an oral medication commonly prescribed to treat type 2 diabetes. It works by decreasing the amount o...

March is National Nutrition Month, so GRUFFtalk host Barbara Hannah Grufferman invited Heidi Skolnik back on the show to talk about how to fuel your body with the right food to age better. Heidi is the co-author of the New York Times best-selling book The Whole Body Reset: Your Weight-Loss Plan for a Flat Belly, Optimum Health & a Body You'll Love at Midlife and Beyond and is a sought-after expert...

March is National Nutrition Month, so we decided to re-share this episode from May 2022.   Host Barbara Hannah Grufferman talks with Stephen Perrine and Heidi Skolnik, co-authors of The Whole Body Reset: Your Weight-Loss Plan for a Flat Belly, Optimum Health & a Body You'll Love at Midlife and Beyond. They share how to stop age-related weight gain with the power of protein timing.  So much of the...

Moving more is one of the best ways to age better and this week, GRUFFtalk host Barbara Hannah Grufferman welcomes Gretchen Reynolds to the show to talk about the newest science-backed research focusing on exercise and fitness.   For many years, Gretchen was one of the most-read, most popular columnists for the New York Times. She wrote the Phys Ed column which was Barbara’s go-to for the latest r...

GRUFFtalk host Barbara Hannah Grufferman is joined today by humor writer Wendi Aarons, who recently wrote a very funny memoir about motherhood, career, relationships, and yes . . . getting older. The book is “I’m Wearing Tunics Now” and it has quickly become a must-read for women in midlife.  Barbara and Wendi had a very fun – and funny – conversation about Wendi’s new book, but also about how usi...

Back in the 50s, the very popular magazine, Ladies Home Journal, ran a column called “Can This Marriage Be Saved?” It was one of the most-read magazine columns in the history of magazine columns!   This episode of GRUFFtalk picks up on where ‘Can This Marriage Be Saved’ left off . . . and focuses on a topic that could help couples get closer and yes, maybe even save their relationships: better com...

“Breathe with your nose. Breathe low. Breathe slow.”   Patrick McKeown, founder of Oxygen Advantage    Listen to the conversation host Barbara Hannah Grufferman had with the founder of Oxygen Advantage, best-selling author, and one of the world’s leading authorities on sleep and breathing, Patrick McKeown.   You’ll learn how you may be a ‘dysfunctional breather’ and what you can do to become a ‘fu...

Approximately 6,000 women reach menopause every day in the U.S. By 2025, there will be more than 50 million postmenopausal women in this country and more than 1.1 billion worldwide. Meanwhile, millions more women in their 40s will just be getting started. With women reaching menopause at an average age of 51, most of us will spend decades of our lives in post-menopause. A growing body of research...

This week, host Barbara Hannah Grufferman is joined by Dr. Jordan Metzl, a highly regarded Sports Medicine Physician at the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in NYC. Dr. Metzl is making his second appearance on GRUFFtalk: How to Age Better. A few months ago, he answered questions about how to keep knees strong and pain free . . . so you can keep moving (Episode 5: How to Keep Knees Strong) Today,...

In today’s episode, host Barbara Hannah Grufferman talks with a leading psychologist and Zen monk about karma and happiness. What is karma, anyway? Do good and good will come back to you, right? Behave badly and well . . . suffer the consequences. But karma, as Dr. Douglas Gentile will explain, is a bit more complicated than that, and in fact, plays a starring role in getting unstuck and – hopeful...

Research focusing on women’s health and specifically on menopausal women . . . is severely lacking and terribly underfunded.   Today’s guest is determined to change all that.   Host Barbara Hannah Grufferman chats with Denise Pines about new research she conducted in partnership with AARP focusing on the health and wellness needs and goals of women over 40.  Denise is a longtime community health a...

To kickstart your New Year, GRUFFtalk host Barbara Hannah Grufferman shares her 10 favorite science-backed ways to get back on track with everything you need to do to age better and . . . just as important . . . stick with your plan!    Pssst . . . she saved the best one for last so definitely stay tuned to the end! And share with your friends and family so they can get back on track right along w...

If you’re worried that running or other forms of exercise might hurt your knees, or if you are having knee pain and don’t know what to do, hit the play button right now. In this re-broadcast, GRUFFtalk host Barbara Hannah Grufferman talks with Dr. Jordan Metzl, one of the country’s leading authorities on sports medicine, best-selling author, television personality, and founder of the IronStrength...

One of the most effective tools to age better is to move more. In this episode of GRUFFtalk, host Barbara Hannah Grufferman talks with Danny Dreyer, the founder of ChiRunning, a unique way of moving, which he believes will help you keep moving for the rest of your life. Danny Dreyer is the founder of ChiRunning, an approach to running technique based on the movement principles of T'ai Chi. He and...

About 53 million Americans, most of them women 45 and over, serve as unpaid caregivers for family members – often aging parents -- who need help. They are the backbone of homecare in this country, and are true unsung heroes. You might be one of them. In fact, Rosalynn Carter once said, “Here’s the reality: you are a caregiver, or have been a caregiver, or will be a caregiver. And maybe one day you...

Host Barbara Hannah Grufferman talks with Heidi Skolnik, co-author of the New York Times best-selling book, The Whole Body Reset, which Heidi co-wrote with Stephen Perrine from AARP. It sheds light on how to stop age-related weight gain with the power of protein timing. Heidi Skolnik is a nutritionist and exercise scientist who works with professional athletes, Broadway stars, and also oversees Pe...

Sleep is a critical tool to help you age better, but it isn’t always easy to get enough sleep or quality sleep, especially if you’re going through menopause or are postmenopausal. Host Barbara Hannah Grufferman talks with a leading voice behind the science of sleep and specifically its strong connection to common and chronic diseases. For example, experts now know that quality sleep can help lower...