Zestful Aging

Reema Zaman is an actress, model, writer and is the 2018 Oregon literary arts writer of color fellow. She is the author of the new memoir "I AM YOURS", which will be on sale in January 2019. Her book is receiving enormous buzz, given it's profound timeliness and the beauty and impact of the writing. "I Am Yours" tells the story of Reema's unwavering fight to protect and free her voice from those t...

Nicole takes the mic to talk about a kinder, gentler New Year's resolution-- the kind that's not a set up for failure and disappointment. Find out more at NicoleChristina.com. Find out more about the Zestful Aging Podcast at NicoleChristina.com, and become a patron at Patreon.com/ZestfulAging.

Zannat is a passionate registered dietician and a regular on Canadian TV and media, helping people thrive through the five pillars of health: eat, move, breathe, explore and create. She calls herself a foodie and a food and health storyteller. She is also interested in influencing policy in the direction of better health for all citizens. Zannat co-commissioned a survey on healthy aging in Canada...

Dr. Katherine Pettus is the Advocacy Officer for Human Rights and Palliative Care at International Association of Hospice and Palliative Care. She travels to meetings around the world, advocating for improved access to internationally controlled essential medicines such as morphine, as a component of the right to health. She also addresses palliative care issues for older persons, for children, in...

Meg LaPorte is a writer, communications specialist and advocate for aging. Inspired by Humans of New York, she's created a project called "Age In America" (www.ageinamerica.blog) that combines the power of storytelling and social media to change peoples' perspectives about being older and growing older. Find out more about the Zestful Aging Podcast at NicoleChristina.com, and become a patron at Pa...

Kerry Egan is a hospice chaplain, graduate of Harvard Divinity School, and author of "On Living and Fumbling: A Journey of Love", "Adventure, and Renewal on the Camino de Santiago". Her work has been featured on PBS and CNN, and her essays have appeared in Parents, American Baby, Reader's Digest, and CNN.com, where they have been read more than two million times. Find out more at KerryEgan.com. Fi...

Antonia Rolls is an artist and a soul midwife, which is a holistic companion and support for people at the end of life. Her "A Graceful Death" exhibition, includes portraits and words from the end of life. Her workshops include "Coming Home" and "Coming Back To Yourself". Though she deals with endings, her great interest is in life and how we live it. Dying puts our living into focus. Find out mor...

Ruthi Cohen-Joyner, MPH, RDN, is "gratefully addicted" to yoga, meditation and Tapping. She is also a nutritionist, motivational speaker and ​certified ​in ​hypnotherapy, EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) and Matrix Reimprinting. Ruthi's focus is on helping women create loving relationships with their mind, body and soul through releasing the emotional weight that is holding them back from ​​all...

Joy Loverde is the author of Who Will Take Care of Me When I Am Old? and the best-seller, The Complete Eldercare Planner. She's shared her expertise on the Today Show, CBS Early Show, Wall Street Journal, National Public Radio among many others. Joy serves as a mature-market consultant and spokesperson for some of America's best-known companies and associations. She's known widely in the industry...

Erin Casperson is the Dean of the Kripalu School of Ayurveda, Erin loves sharing how the ancient practices of Ayurveda can be applied to modern-day living. She also teaches other outdoor programs at Kripalu, and has many years of hiking and backpacking experience in the woods of New England and has summited all 48 4,000-foot mountains in New Hampshire. Banyan Botanicals is a great source of inform...

Molly Watts and Angela McDade are the hosts of the brand new podcast "Live HAPPIER Longer". They have developed a system and planner called "5 For Life" to help encourage and maintain healthy habits for aging well. www.fiveforlife.co is their website. Visit https://fiveforlifeplanner.com for free copy of the planner. Find out more about the Zestful Aging Podcast at NicoleChristina.com, and become...

A career nurse, Katie Williams was a Midwife then in Elder Care and finished up as a Palliative Care Nurse -- caring for people From Birth to Death. She describes it as a normal progression and a very satisfying one. Katie is turning heads by creating the Kiwi Coffin Club -- a place where people can come together in a community and design their own coffins, with the help of people in the Club. Con...

Carol Bursack is an expert on caregiving and elder support .She's the author of "Minding Our Elders" which she calls a portable support group for caregivers. Her popular column "Minding Our Elders", has been running for 12 years. Carol has also contributed to many other caregiving and dementia support books and is working on her second solo book. She's been interviewed on national radio shows, inc...

Marilynn, 76, and Sheila, 81, are the Hosts and Co-Executive producers of the James Beard Foundation-nominated television series, THE FOOD FLIRTS, for PBS. Cookbook authors, television producers, and culinary historians, The nationally-aired series features the sisters exploring the diversity of cuisines and cultures in America. Find out more on their facebook pages and at www.thebrasssisters.com...

Jonathan Rauch is the author of six books and many articles on public policy, culture, and government. He is a contributing editor of "The Atlantic" and recipient of the 2005 National Magazine Award, the magazine industry's equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize. He is the author of "The Happiness Curve; Why Life Gets Better After 50". Learn more at HappinessCurveBook.com

Wendy Van de Poll is a pioneer in the fields of pet loss grief support and animal communication. She is a twelve time International Bestselling Author and the founder of Center for Pet Loss Grief. Wendy is a Certified Life, and End-of-Life and Grief Coach. She holds a Masters degree in Wolf Ecology and has run with wolves in Minnesota, coyotes in Massachusetts and foxes in her backyard. Find out m...

Michelle DaRin is a sculptor, jewelry artist and designer. Her pieces are tribal and unique, and have a "protective" quality about them. Her home and airstream trailer studio are located on 8 acres in scenic Upstate NY, where she is surrounded by nature. Find out more at MichelleDaRinJewelry.com. Find out more about the Zestful Aging Podcast at NicoleChristina.com, and become a patron at Patreon.c...

Eileen Schell is Professor of Writing and Rhetoric at Syracuse University. She directs the Composition and Cultural Rhetoric Doctoral Program at SU and is the author, co-author, and editor of seven books. She, along with her colleague Ivy Kleinbart, started an intergenerational community writing group for veterans in 2010 in honor of her late uncle Brady Lane Smith, who served in Vietnam as a heli...

Mary Giehl's art echoes themes that she had encountered through her work experience as a Registered Nurse in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. She often cared for children after they had been abused and much of her work focuses around this theme. There are hints of darkness and confinement in her installations, along with a mixture and balance of playfulness and seriousness. Mary is also a dedicate...

Joan Moran is a former actress, theater and film producer, screenwriter and author turned yoga teacher. Through her own personal experiences she knows it is possible to age gracefully, find an authentic voice, pursue a passion or two and discover a spiritual balance.­ Joan is a writer and blogger for "SixtyandMe" among others. Learn more about Joan at joanfrancesmoran.com.

Sandra Fish is an actress on the acclaimed Netflix series Sense8. She's also a writer and caregiver, with decades of passion for prison reform and end of life issues. Sandra is Co-Chair for "San Francisco End of Life Network" and has trained and worked as a hospice volunteer with added training in pediatric hospice and vigil. Learn more at: humaneprisonhospiceproject.org, and San FrancsicoEndofLif...

Susan Collins left her beloved career in homebuilding when the industry hit the skids in 2007 and started a consulting business. When she ran across an ad for The Transition Network, she realized that she was indeed in transition. She joined the Network just as the Philadelphia Chapter was being started, got involved and 5 years ago took the helm of the organization as its Executive Director. Susa...

Tula Goenka is a breast cancer survivor, and the project director of the "Look Now Project". The interview focuses on her personal experience with breast cancer, and her desire to bring the subject out in the open for the benefit of survivors as well as the general public. She is also a filmmaker, author, human rights activist, and professor of Television, Radio & Film in the S.I. Newhouse School...

Sally Fox is a writer, coach and performer who helps people find and shape their stories, at work, for their careers, and in life. As a professional writer, she writes regularly for 3rd Act Magazine and the website Sixty and Me and publishes a weekly blog of reflections on leadership, creativity and storytelling. A storyteller and performer herself, Sally recently entertained the audience at Ignit...

Barbara Demorest recently retired from her 30 year career as a CPA in order to pursue her passion for connecting volunteer knitters and crocheters with breast cancer survivors to provide free knitted knockers to those that can use them. Barbara has traveled to Rwanda to teach women how to knit their own knitted knockers. She says, "After hearing the awful words, you have cancer and struggling with...