The Aging Mask- A Lifestyle Medicine Podcast

Send us Fan Mail We talk a lot about building a life together, but what happens when two people  want different things out of life, What happens when your dreams are different? One dreams of living near the beach. The other dreams of mountains. One wants adventure. The other wants roots. One wants to downsize and one wants to stay. Whose Dream Wins? In this episode we take a look at  a question th...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever forced yourself to like something just to avoid the guilt of admitting you don't? In this episode, I open up about a conversation with my girlfriend that completely changed how I think about "self honesty".  We were talking about the Podcast when she said out loud and very matter of fact " I don't like the Ayurveda stuff you talk about it. Ay...

Send us Fan Mail We are going to take a journey that I call “Top of your head to the tip of your toes Did you know” Journey. I will share some of the many things I found about our bodies that  at one time or another really stuck with me, and have made me stop and appreciate what a miracle our body is. Every part of us was built for a specific reason, not one thing on us or in us  goes to waste, an...

Send us Fan Mail Today’s topic came to me as I witnessed one of the strangest things this past week, it was definitely a first for me. I came out to get in my car, which is garaged btw, and there were ants all over the front of my car. As I watched them crawl over my car for the 3rd consecutive day, I found myself wondering if you all know why ants exist,  and why fly’s exist??  I know that Most o...

Send us Fan Mail Hi. Welcome back to the Aging Mask Podcast. A lifestyle medicine podcast where together we  explore lifestyle, wellness, and our everyday choices that shape the way we age. I am Joanne Demers Your weekly wellness companion. Thank you for listening. What do you think of  when I say Abracadabra? Do you immediately think of a magician standing on stage waiving his wand, and performin...

Send us Fan Mail Hi. Welcome back to the Aging Mask Podcast. A Lifestyle Medicine Podcast that explores Lifestyle, Wellness, and our Everyday Choices that shape the way we Age. I am Joanne Demers. Your weekly wellness companion.  Thank you for listening. Today, we are talking about veins, not just veins, but spider veins and varicose veins. Those not always tiny, red, blue purple or bulging veins...

Send us Fan Mail Today’s episode is on something I have been trying to work on for years, and honestly, I still struggle with it every day.  And that is the art of “Patience”. And I am not even going to pretend I have mastered this art because I absolutely. have. not. In fact, I am the most impatient person  I have ever met…and I am not joking. I have been struggling with patience for as long as I...

Send us Fan Mail Today’s class is on role models . I want you to know this true fact.. “ Everybody is a role model to somebody ”. That means YOU are a role model to someone whether you realize it or not. Your behavior is always  being observed, and not just by kids, or somebody you are close too, but by friends, coworkers, family and even strangers. *Someone out there is watching the way you speak...

Send us Fan Mail At the most basic level, a parasite is an organism that lives in or on another living organism- called  the host , and relies on the host for survival.  Parasites survive in or on a host by taking nutrients and  resources from the host body, which can interfere with normal bodily functions. Parasites may live in the digestive system, blood, in or on the skin or other tissues depen...

Send us Fan Mail “Don’t Ever Change”- It sounds like one of the nicest things you could say to someone , or have someone say to you. Right?  It sounds loving,  and it sounds like something you would say to someone you care about a lot. But what if it’s not loving?  If you really sit with it, it just might be one of the worst pieces of advice that we have normalized as a society.  “Don’t Ever Chang...

Send us Fan Mail Today’s topic is on procrastination.  It’s probably safe to say that we have all procrastinated, if not, we still do. Telling ourselves “I will do it tomorrow.” Putting things off. Waiting for the right time, the right mood, or waiting  for a better version of ourselves to show up and handle it for us. So today is about what procrastination really is, why we do it, what it’s costi...

Send us Fan Mail Most of us think that getting dressed every day Is just something we have to do, just another day, another outfit. Maybe for some of you , getting dressed is about personal style, or what looks good, or maybe it’s  just about putting something on and moving on with your day. But there is a layer underneath all of that ,that most of us are not paying attention to, and that is COLOR...

Send us Fan Mail The word superstition originally was used to describe an excessive fear of supernatural forces. Today the description of superstition is:  A belief or behavior meant to influence luck or avoid harm, without scientific proof.  This doesn’t mean they are meaningless, because Psychologically Superstitions give us something very real. They give us a sense of control , and you know WE...

Send us Fan Mail See No Evil- Hear no Evil- Speak no Evil. You have heard & seen this before. Three Monkeys covering their eyes, ears, and mouth. While its premise seems simple, this phrase  actually holds a powerful lesson. It’s about “mastering ” how you move through the world, how you protect your mind, your actions, and your influence   so  you do not become part of what’s wrong with the w...

Send us Fan Mail If you are a human being you have heard the phrase “Keeping up with the Joneses”. It is a phrase that has been alive, and used for over a hundred years, since 1913. It was originally from a comic strip(of the same name) about a family trying to match the lifestyle of their rich neighbors. That comic strip has become a cultural reference for the pressure to maintain a certain socia...

Send us Fan Mail I am going light and fun on today’s topic. I want  to share with you Ten, “Old  school Household Rules” that were once standard in well run homes and  considered part of running a respectable home. They are not easy- but they actually work. They made sense, and still make sense- and not just for appearances- but they make sense for your mental health, your  physical health, and ho...

Send us Fan Mail   A Virtue  is  both a quality and a habit. It’s not just something you believe in. It’s something you practice until it becomes a part of who you are.  Some of the most common virtues: Honesty Courage Kindness Integrity And Loyalty A virtue is a good quality of character. They are the character traits  that make you trustworthy, dependable, honorable and good to others. A virtue...

Send us Fan Mail When you meet someone for the first time, it is always the eyes you notice first? I love eyes. I have always been intrigued by them, and  I love the saying” I could see it in your eyes” & I could see it in THEIR eyes. You can tell a lot about someone by looking into their eyes. Some people have very bright lively eyes, some have tired eyes, and sometimes you see someone whose...

Send us Fan Mail Is it just me, or do you feel in the last year or so, there has been this huge push on supplements? Especially Creatine and Collagen?  They have become the modern fountain of youth. The supplement culture has wrapped itself so tightly around fitness, aging and physical beauty, it’s a lot to take in.-What used to be marketed heavily to  Men for muscle performance and physique, is n...

Send us Fan Mail Today’s topic is on yet another lovely human trait we’ve all been blessed with,  I call it a habit -even a low key addiction, its one that none of us can pretend that we don’t do. No one is exempt. Today’s topic is judgement  Judgment is forming a conclusion about someone’s life without living inside it. Judgment is “certainty” without context. It is forming a conclusion about som...

Send us Fan Mail It doesn’t matter who you are, there are 3 simple words we all struggle to say out loud- Even  though we know that NOT saying them  could costs us our relationship. I am sorry I apologize I was wrong Tiny little sentences, but massive impact, and yet, somehow they get stuck in our throats like a slab of  concrete. We would rather stay silent than say them- even when that silence s...

Send us Fan Mail When was the last time you sat down in your favorite spot with an actual book? Remember when this was normal?  I bet Reading feels like a luxury to a lot of you, you feel guilty when you sit down to read, and you probably feel like you  should be doing something productive, so you don’t feel good picking up that book- right? I am here to remind you that reading a book isn’t  Unpro...

Send us Fan Mail In relationships we are taught to focus solely on love. But no one really talks about partnership. I want to talk about Relationships as a Partnership.  This is for anyone building a life with another human being; whether that is: Living together Raising kids together Sharing bills  or Sharing responsibilities , the moment your life becomes intertwined with someone else’s you are...

Send us Fan Mail The hidden ways your feet affect your body, mind and daily life and why care matters. Your feet are literally the first thing to touch the ground every morning, they carry our weight , support our balance, they carry our stress, our aging,  our pace in life, and most importantly; your feet carry your direction in life.  I want to talk about feet as your Foundation. If you think ab...

Send us Fan Mail There once was a time when smell was not something that we hid, it was something we relied on. Babies knew their mothers by scent, partners were drawn to each other by smell, and the body used smell to signal your health status, hormone status and emotional status. Today, instead of listening to that signal we mask, we spray, roll, rub, layer and mask our natural scent every singl...