The Art 2 Aging

How should we be looking at aging in the 21st century? There are a lot of ways we could tackle that question. We could come at it from the point of view of health and medical breakthroughs occurring continually around longevity. We could examine the question by considering whether or not we shift our thinking around retirement. Or, like our guest this week, we take on all of the challenges and thr...

Nearly 30 years ago, a University of Toronto professor named David Foot wrote a book called Boom, Bust and Echo . The book dealt with how the global population was aging and how savvy investors could profit from the graying trend that would become a tidal wave. In fact, Foot referred to it in terms akin to those of a tidal wave. The book was a best seller. 30 years ago. Foot wasn’t blowing smoke;...

Janice Walton and her husband, Dan, were married for more than 60 years. They made every decision, planned every holiday together. For six decades. They raised their two kids together, providing them with a safe and secure home environment. Dan was the love of Janice’s life when, overnight, their world went pear-shaped. He began to experience signs of dementia. Janice found herself thrust into a r...

Baby boomers have grown up with technology. We’ve seen enormous change over the past seven decades. It’s staggering what has transpired since the days of telephone “party” lines in homes, rotary dial phones,  two or three TV channels via an outside antenna – the list goes on. So, it’s always odd to hear someone who is NOT a baby boomer make the assumption that older people are clueless about techn...

A company called Rest Less has released the results of a survey it did on self employed individuals in the U.K. Rest Less has a simple mission: help those in their 50s and older to find jobs. What their survey discovered is that a record number of individuals over 60 have become self-employed. This represents nearly a quarter of all of those in the U.K. who work for themselves. It would be a real...

Most of us blunder into retirement without any realization about how much our lives are going to change. We’re entering unchartered waters. Or, as our guest this week on The Art 2 Aging, Wayne Lehrer, would say, we are entering our third act without the knowledge of how to make it extraordinary. That’s why Wayne looks at life as a play in three acts. Act 1 is our personal development up to age 20....

This week on The Art 2 Aging, we resume our conversation with Jim White. If you’re Canadian, then you will know what President’s Choice is. As well as PC. Well, that’s Jim White.  And if you’ve ever eaten a muffin from Starbuck’s, then you have consumed a Jim White recipe. You have probably enjoyed food and beverage products from Costco, Walmart, Wegman’s, Safeway and many other food retailers thr...

There aren’t many entrepreneurs who can boast that they are responsible for not one but two case studies at the prestigious Harvard School of Business. Or that they created the best selling cookie in Canada. But Jim White can. Jim is a 78 year old guy who lives with his wife in Napa Valley. He was born in the U.S. but became a Canadian citizen and lived in Canada for many years. During his time no...

Cell senescence. Oxidation. Inflammation. These three terms represent what often happens to our cells as we grow older. Cell senescence refers to cells that lose their fuel and slip back into idle. They aren’t dead cells but they’re basically useless cells that can become cancerous. Oxidation is a process in the cells that impacts the cell’s electrical charge in a detrimental  way and inflammation...

There is so much happening at the forefront of health and wellness right now that it’s difficult to know where to begin. What science has discovered about the human body is that it is not chemically based but electrically based. This means your body is electrical and responds to electrical energy. In fact, the body can be healed electrically. So, this week on The Art 2 Aging, we’re going to do jus...

How do we measure victory? Armed forces do it by defeating the enemy on the battlefield and in the air. Sports teams do it by outscoring their opponents. Athletes do it by setting world record times. Politicians do it by winning elections. You get the picture. But what about personal victories? Okay, so what do we mean by personal victories ? Well, why not ask Gary Buzzard ? For years, Gary wanted...

There may be one question that all of us, old and young, grapple with. We may not articulate it clearly but it goes something like this: does Life have a meaning? The inherent folly in that question is based on an assumption that Life has the same meaning for all of us. In fact, nothing could be further from the truth. How could your life mean the same to you as my life means to me? Now here’s ano...

Everyone talks about the “stages of life”: childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and then, the Big One – old age. The problem with thinking in stages is that it has the effect of segregating life into different compartments. That’s exactly how marketers and advertisers think. They segregate the population into market segments. Makes sense for them but here’s the problem: when marketers who are in the...

Tiny electrical currents, known as microcurrents, which can generate rapid healing within the body, allowed an NFL Hall of Famer to play in the Super Bowl only six weeks after breaking his leg and tearing his Achilles tendon. Terrell Owens was that player. Microcurrent healing was in wide use in the late 19th century. And while it worked,  it was never carefully studied or documented. With the bir...

Here’s a shocking fact: 98% of  dementia sufferers are being cared for at home. That’s shocking because it means that the caregiver is likely a family member, often a spouse or adult child. Dementia victims suffer greatly and so do their caregivers, especially family members. That’s why what Allyson Schrier is doing is so amazing. Allyson’s husband was diagnosed with a form of dementia when he was...

This week features a captivating story of a man named Tom Meschery . If you’re a fan of the NBA, then you’ll likely remember Tom. The Mad Russian. Number 14 for the Philadelphia and Golden State Warriors and the Seattle Supersonics. Teammate of Wilt Chamberlain. When it comes to life stories, Tom has an amazing one. It starts with overcoming adversity as a child, rising to become a star in the NBA...

Dr. Warrick Bishop If you know  anyone who has seen a cardiologist, it was probably because their general practitioner was alerted to a potential problem and referred them to a heart specialist. That’s often the pattern, particularly among older adults. In fact, those over the age of 65 are more prone to heart problems as the heart muscle begins to wear out. Trouble arises when we take the heart f...

There comes a point in the lives of many adult children when they are faced with the challenge of changing roles with their parents. The child becomes the parent and the parent becomes the child who needs their grown offspring to help them as they get older. Laura Tamblyn-Watts, the CEO of CanAge , an advocacy organization for seniors in Canada, has written an important book to help adult children...

There are people in this world who refuse to accept the idea that they have limitations placed on them. Especially those people who are what the rest of us would consider “old”. And we applaud them. Fred Woolman is one such person. And you’ve got to hear his story to really appreciate that he doesn’t give a damn what the rest of the world might think he “should” be. Click the link to listen to the...

How do we stay positive about our lives as we get older? Can we stay positive or is it too late for us? It’s a tough assignment made tougher by the fact that the majority of us have spent a lifetime trying to control the events we experience, attempting to bend life to our will. As we get older, though, the years of hitting our heads against brick walls adds up and our optimism in life slides or g...

In this short trailer episode, we lay out our content strategy for the weekly episodes in the future. We have lined up experts from the medical profession, including cardiologists, integrative medicine practitioners and even energy healers. Our scope is broad, informative and thought-provoking. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus ep...