Zestful Aging

Evelyn Tribole is an award-winning registered dietitian and was the nutrition expert for "Good Morning America" and was a national spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association for six years. Elyse Resch is a nutrition therapist with over thirty-eight years of experience specializing in eating disorders, Intuitive Eating, and Health at Every Size. Evelyn and Elyse co-authored the cutting edge...

Jodie Filogomo is the voice behind "Jodie's Touch of Style" where she showcases how it's never too late to look great. Her styling adventures include her mother, Charlotte, who is 82 years old, and friend, Lesley, who is 70 years old along with Jodie who is 54. Jodie is a retired dentist and has reinvented herself to discuss tips and tricks about style, budget shopping and positivity. It's all abo...

Sanjeev Javia, a.k.a. Jeevers, is an expert on all things CBD. He has almost two decades of experience formulating CBD compounds, and he assists elite athletes (including Olympiads) in achieving the highest performance possible. His products are organic and third party lab verified for pureness. Jeevers is a frequent speaker on radio and television, as well as conferences. Find out more about Jeev...

Marina Cantacuzino is the founder of "The Forgiveness Project" a UK-based charity that uses real stories of victims and perpetrators of crime and violence to help people explore ideas around forgiveness and alternatives to revenge. With no political or religious affiliations, "The Forgiveness Project's" independent and inclusive approach ensures its core message is that everyone has the potential...

A special episode for Veteran's Day: The Puppy Development Program at Clear Path for Veterans is designed to raise and train dogs who will be placed with a selected Veteran who has a diagnosis of PTSD. Each puppy is carefully selected for health, temperament, and trainability prior to being selected. Veterans are then trained to train their own service dogs, increasing the bond and understanding b...

Amy Newmark is the bestselling author, editor-in-chief, and publisher of the "Chicken Soup for the Soul" book series. Since 2008, she has published more than 170 new books, most of them national bestsellers in the U.S. and Canada. Amy loves to collect stories; she has travelled throughout Brazil's impoverished northeast region, collecting stories from regular people. She is delighted to have come...

Donald Altman is a psychotherapist, international mindfulness expert, former Buddhist monk and award-winning author of over 15 books who has taught mindfulness to thousands of healthcare workers and others. He's featured in "The Mindfulness Movie" and is profiled in the "Living Spiritual Teachers Project". Learn more at https://mindfulpractices.com/. Check out https://copenotes.com/zestful for an...

Mollie McGlocklin is the creator of "Sleep Is A Skill", a company that optimizes people's sleep through a unique blend of technology, accountability, and behavioral change. The company was born from "scratching her own itch" after a lifetime of poor sleep habits culminated into a mega-challenging bout of insomnia for months without end. With a background in psychology & human behavior, she went do...

Since 2016, Dr. Noelle Nelson, who is the author of "Happy Healthy…Dead", has been posting stories about older folks (she calls them Amazings) on a Facebook page "Meet The Amazings." These are older adults who have achieved impressive feats or are living truly fulfilling lives. She's featured almost 450 of these folks. As our older population grows, Dr. Nelson believes it's important (and inspirin...

As a suicide/abuse survivor, Johnny Crowder spent his formative years searching for resources to help him cope with his mental health conditions, ranging from OCD and bipolar disorder to schizophrenia. His searching led him to develop a new way to address mental health challenges. His app, Copenotes, helps support mental health and increases the emotional health of the planet in an accessible and...

The Black Lives Matter movement reminds some of us of the 1960s when Americans protested the Vietnam War. Author Rita Dragonette spells out some of the parallels between now and the resistance to the Vietnam war. Her award-winning novel, "The Fourteenth of September", is based upon Rita's personal experiences on campus during The Vietnam War. It's a story about the coming of conscience, and it dem...

Tara Haelle is a science and health journalist, and the author of the article "Your Surge Capacity is Depleted--It's Why You Feel Awful", which went viral. I shared her article with many of my clients and in my monthly newsletter "THE ZEST". At six months in, many of us might feel as though we should be used to this "new normal," but that's not how it actually works. Tara talks about what we learn...

Rachel Lankester is the founder of Magnificent Midlife, an online hub with several offerings including a podcast. Rachel wants to change the world for women in midlife and beyond and the perceptions of how the world views us, and how we view ourselves. She is passionate about challenging outdated ideas about menopause and aging. In this episode we talk about another kind of discrimination--systema...

Special episode for International Alzheimer's Day Lori La Bey is an international icon in the field of Dementia. She has been recognized by Oprah as a "Health Hero," AARP as a "Disruptor and Inspiring Leader," Maria Shriver as an "Architect of Change," and by Dr. Oz "As the #1 Influencer Online for Alzheimer's." She's passionate about helping people understand Alzheimer's Disease and its effects o...

Rebecca Scritchfield is a well-being coach, registered dietitian, nutritionist, certified exercise physiologist, and author of the book, "Body Kindness: Transform your health from the inside out and never say diet again". Rebecca has influenced millions through her writing, podcast, workshops, and appearances in over 100 media outlets including "NBC Nightly News", "CNN", the "TODAY show", "O Magaz...

"Hot Flashes and Cool Topics" Podcast is devoted to all things mid-life. Colleen Ricci Rosenblum and Bridgett Biagi Barratt talk about the good, the bad, and the freedom we have earned at this stage of life. They explore life's challenges, including menopause. They don't hold back from any subjects and their friendly interview style brings out the best in their guests. Check them out here: http://...

Laura Zam is the author of the bestselling book "The Pleasure Plan: One Woman's Search for Sexual Healing". She's also an award-winning health writer who's been featured in "The New York Times" (Modern Love), "Salon", "Huffington Post", Her work explores the impact of trauma on our lives, and in particular, our sex lives. As the child of a Holocaust survivor and a victim of sexual abuse, she uses...

In 2013, Barbara Mancini was arrested and prosecuted in Pennsylvania on the charge of aiding the attempted suicide of her dying 93-year-old father after handing him his prescribed morphine. A hospice nurse and police authorities ignored his written advance directives, and he was hospitalized and treated in defiance of his end-of-life wishes. A year later, a judge dismissed the case against her. He...

Eugenia Brown is a Cicerone Certified Beer Server, Founder of Beer Chick LLC and beer influencer who uses her platform to celebrate, empower, and connect people who share a love of beer. She is active in her community and is an advocate and champion for diversity and inclusion in all spaces and places. Her goal is to continue to change the narrative as a black woman in the craft beer industry, and...

Jodi Stolove is the queen of joyful exercising. A fractured foot forced her to conduct her dance and aerobic classes from a chair and The Chair Dancing® Fitness concept was born. Creativity born of necessity resulted in her developing unique seated fitness programs combining the pleasure of exercise, dance, and music. While she "sat down" to bring exercise to meet the needs of anyone wanting to em...

Frank King was a writer for The Tonight Show for 20 years. But these days he's helping prevent suicide. Depression and suicide run in Frank's family. He was just a young boy when his grandmother committed suicide, an image that's seared into his mind. He's thought about killing himself more times than he can count. He's fought a lifetime battle with Major Depressive Disorder and Chronic Suicidalit...

Rebecca Winn, a highly awarded landscape architect, has written a celebrated new memoir, "One Hundred Daffodils", about her unexpected marriage breakup and past traumas, and how she transforms her pain into new growth. Rebecca's life in the garden and connection to nature helps her grow into the woman she's always wanted to be--confident, self assured, and more clear of her own needs and desires....

Aaron Gendle is a best selling author of "Conquest: 10 Simple Steps to Conquer Life and Leave a Lasting Legacy". Aaron founded "Write a Book University" where he helps others tell their story and leave their legacy by writing a book. He also hosts the "Daily Authors Podcast", where he interviews brilliant new, self-help authors daily, providing a platform for authors to share their stories and hel...

Daniella Mestyanek Young was born a third-generation member of the infamous religious cult, The Children of God, which has often garnered national and international attention for its unconventional and criminal practices including forced polyamory/polygamy, child marriages, religious prostitution, widespread pedophilia and the murder/suicide of the founder's son and heir apparent. As a 15-year-old...

Nancy Davis Kho is the author of "THE THANK-YOU PROJECT: Cultivating Happiness One Letter of Gratitude at a Time". Nancy is also a podcaster whose work covers "the years between being hip and breaking one" at MidlifeMixtape.com and on the Midlife Mixtape Podcast which was included in "Wall Street Journal's" 2019 list of "8 Podcasts for Anyone Nervously Facing Retirement". Find out more about Nancy...