Dr Mara Karpel & Your Golden Years

We are back with another live show! Joining us are Robert Signore and Linda Fisher of the Thrive Pavilion.  Thrive is a nonprofit senior community based entirely in virtual reality that provides numerous social activities to help seniors combat isolation while improving their physical and mental well-being.  We will delve into the origins of the Thrive Pavilion and how the community has grown to i...

We're back with another great live program! We'll be joined by Scott Couchenour, Personal and Professional Coach of 4th Quarter Coaching.   Scott will discuss finding meaning and purpose in the 4th quarter of our lives. Also, Dr. Mara with more tips from the field...advocating for our loved ones in long-term care while living a passionate life.

We're back with another live show from Austin, TX! And we'll be joined from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico by Empowerment Coach and Certified Holistic Health Coach, Marcella Castellanos, to discuss how energy healing can help people release stored, stuck energy from old childhood wounds and trauma from the past so that they can live with a renewed sense of freedom and confidence.  We'll learn how to get ...

We're back with another great live program! We'll be joined by Scott Couchenour, Personal and Professional Coach of 4th Quarter Coaching.   Scott will discuss finding meaning and purpose in the 4th quarter of our lives. Also, Dr. Mara with more tips from the field...advocating for our loved ones in long-term care while living a passionate life.

We'll be joined from Florida by vegan chef and author of the new vegan cookbook, Oh So Yum!  Inspiring Others to Explore the Many Flavors of Plant-Based Nutrition with Everyday Favorites and Weekend Fun Food, Lori Gibson.  Lori will talk about eating a plant-based diet for nutrition and enjoyment...and some cooking tips! Producer Art Mendoza will talk about his whirlwind trip to Bay Of Banderas fr...

Keynote Speaker, President of Stackpole & Associates, and Co-Host of the podcast, The Medical Travel Show, Irving Stackpole, Irving Stackpole returns to the program to discuss overcoming obstacles to higher quality of life for long-term care residents.   And Dr. Mara on tips from the field as a family member of a long-term care resident, recent wins regarding care issues and lessons learned!

We'll be joined from Florida by vegan chef and author of the new vegan cookbook, Oh So Yum!  Inspiring Others to Explore the Many Flavors of Plant-Based Nutrition with Everyday Favorites and Weekend Fun Food, Lori Gibson.  Lori will talk about eating a plant-based diet for nutrition and enjoyment...and some cooking tips! Producer Art Mendoza will talk about his whirlwind trip to Bay Of Banderas fr...

Family Sociologist, Teen and Parent Communication Coach, often referred to as the Teen and Parent Relationship Whisperer, & Bestselling Author of How to Raise Respectful Parents: Better Communication Tips for Teen and Parent Relationships, Laura L. Reagan, returns to the show.  Laura Lyles Reagan, MS helps parents and teens and launching young adults co-create communication breakthroughs to build...

Keynote Speaker, President of Stackpole & Associates, and Co-Host of the podcast, The Medical Travel Show, Irving Stackpole, Irving Stackpole returns to the program to discuss overcoming obstacles to higher quality of life for long-term care residents.   And Dr. Mara on tips from the field as a family member of a long-term care resident, recent wins regarding care issues and lessons learned!

After this interview you may never look at water the same as before. Michael Mascha, founder of FineWaters.com, and aficionado on waters from around the world, will join us to discuss WATER....from glass bottled to plastic bottled, international waters to American waters, purified vs. natural sources.  He has been on or program before, but with all that is happening in the world to put our water a...

Keynote Speaker, President of Stackpole & Associates, and Co-Host of the podcast, The Medical Travel Show, Irving Stackpole, joins us to discuss how Long Term Care, especially skilled nursing facilities, is the scene of the collision of money, politics and denial.  With the loss of direct care workforce and closures of nursing centers, there's a "fatal contraction" of supply in long term care.  Ir...

We are joined from Toronto by Christiana Egi, RN, geriatric and mental health specialist, author, and owner/operator of Alexis Lodges, providing person-center care for individuals with Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia.   Christiana will talk about Dementia and her children's books, including her book, A Rose for Grandma, explaining to children why their grandparent might be acting d...

We're back live from Austin, TX on this Memorial Day weekend! Joining us, once again, from Austin, TX, by Jay Schneider. Jay is the founder of Bridge to Shore Interventions, conducting addiction Interventions both Nationally & Internationally, as well as working with families, lawyers, admission specialists, physicians, agents or anyone that may be concerned with a friend, family member or loved o...

We are joined from Toronto by Christiana Egi, RN, geriatric and mental health specialist, author, and owner/operator of Alexis Lodges, providing person-center care for individuals with Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia.   Christiana will talk about Dementia and her children's books, including her book, A Rose for Grandma, explaining to children why their grandparent might be acting d...

We're back live from Austin, TX on this Memorial Day weekend! Joining us, once again, from Austin, TX, by Jay Schneider. Jay is the founder of Bridge to Shore Interventions, conducting addiction Interventions both Nationally & Internationally, as well as working with families, lawyers, admission specialists, physicians, agents or anyone that may be concerned with a friend, family member or loved o...

We're back with another live show from Austin, TX!   Joining us from Austin is Rosie Davis, founder of the international organization, Yellow Heart Memorial, advocate for COVID victims, and co-author of the book, Who We Lost: A Portable Covid Memorial.  Rosie lost her mother, Mary Castro, to Covid-19 in May 2020 and she put her own grief into action by starting Yellow Heart in January 2021 with th...

Alice Bonner, Senior Advisor for Aging Institute for Healthcare Improvement and Chair of Moving Forward: Nursing Home Quality Coalition and  Mark Miller, President of National Association of State Ombudsman Programs, both join us for a discussion of Long Term Care and what we can do to improve the quality of life for residents now and in the future. And Dr. Mara with more on Passionate Living and...

Geriatrician, Dr. Michael Wasserman, is the Chair of the Public Policy Committee of the California Association of Long Term Care Medicine. He was a tireless advocate for vulnerable older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic, with multiple publications and television appearances. He served as a member of the National Academies "A Framework for Equitable Allocation of Vaccine for the Novel Coronaviru...

We will be joined by Shonté Jovan Taylor, Neuroscientist and Founder of  OptiMind Coach & Leader Training Institute.   Shonté will help us start off the New Year with a discussion of harnessing the power of our brains.  Dr. Mara continues with the discussion of finding our way back to our path of passion, as well as some caregiver issues in 2023's "new normal." And twins Ruben & Minerva continue e...

Alice Bonner, Senior Advisor for Aging Institute for Healthcare Improvement and Chair of Moving Forward: Nursing Home Quality Coalition and  Mark Miller, President of National Association of State Ombudsman Programs, both join us for a discussion of Long Term Care and what we can do to improve the quality of life for residents now and in the future. And Dr. Mara with more on Passionate Living and...

Geriatrician, Dr. Michael Wasserman, is the Chair of the Public Policy Committee of the California Association of Long Term Care Medicine. He was a tireless advocate for vulnerable older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic, with multiple publications and television appearances. He served as a member of the National Academies "A Framework for Equitable Allocation of Vaccine for the Novel Coronaviru...

We are back live from Austin, TX! Host of The Attracting Lasting Love Podcast, and author of the new book, Relationship Bootcamp: Hard-Core Training for Life, Love & the Pursuit of Intimacy, Roy Biancalana returns to discuss finding love in 2023! And a new singer songwriter Celaine Andrus will be joining us to talk about her music and we'll listen to a couple of her songs Dr. Mara with more about...

Keynote Speaker, President of Stackpole & Associates, and Co-Host of the podcast, The Medical Travel Show, Irving Stackpole, joins us to discuss how Long Term Care, especially skilled nursing facilities, is the scene of the collision of money, politics and denial.  With the loss of direct care workforce and closures of nursing centers, there's a "fatal contraction" of supply in long term care.  Ir...

Family Sociologist, Teen and Parent Communication Coach, often referred to as the Teen and Parent Relationship Whisperer, & Bestselling Author of How to Raise Respectful Parents: Better Communication Tips for Teen and Parent Relationships, Laura L. Reagan, returns to the show.  Laura Lyles Reagan, MS helps parents and teens and launching young adults co-create communication breakthroughs to build...

Vietnam War veteran, Zen Buddhist monk,  Founder of the Zaltho Foundation, and author, Claude AnShin Thomas, has been on the show several times to discuss finding peace within and around us.  When he was last on the show, on March 1, 2022, soon after Ukraine was invaded, to discuss creating peace in this time of wars around the world and increasing violence, he told us he was headed as part of a h...