Zestful Aging

Christine Herbes-Sommers is an award winning independent film maker who has produced over 100 hours of documentary, dramatic and educational programming for PBS since 1976. In her latest documentary, "Coming of Age in Aging America", she asks: what does it mean for a society to have so many people living so much longer? Rather than looking at aging as an individual predicament, the documentary mak...

International Podcast Day Special Episode. Adela Mizrachi is the founder of the Podcast Brunch Club, which is like a bookclub but with podcasts. Since our original episode, the Podcast Brunch Club has exploded in popularity, and Adela was interviewed in Forbes Magazine. Find out more at: podcastbrunchclub.com. Find out more about the Zestful Aging Podcast at NicoleChristina.com. You can become a p...

Dr. Pepper Schwartz is an acclaimed author, researcher, television personality, and AARP's Love and Relationship Expert & Ambassador. She is a prolific writer, authoring many academic and popular articles as well as 25 books on the subjects of love, sexuality, and commitment. Two of those books were featured on Oprah. Find out more on Dr. PepperSchwartz.com.

Jane Duncan Rogers is an award-winning Life and Death coach who helps people prepare well for the best ending of life possible. She's been in the field of psychotherapy and personal growth for more than 25 years, she is also author of "Gifted By Grief: A True Story of Cancer, Loss and Rebirth" and "Before I Go: Practical Questions to Ask and Answer Before You Die". She founded "Before I Go Solutio...

Alua Arthur is the Founder of "Going with Grace", an end of life organization, which supports people as they answer the question "What must I do to be at peace with myself so I may live presently and die peacefully?" As a death doula and attorney, the perspective Alua has gained from her unique 15 year career allows her to help her clients focus on the practical and emotional needs while contempla...

Kristi Nelson is the Executive Director of A Network for Grateful Living, a nonprofit organization offering support to tens of thousands of people around the world who want to live their lives more gratefully more of the time. Kristi has worked with the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society with Jon Kabat-Zinn, the Soul of Money Institute with Lynne Twist, and was Director o...

Priti Robyn Ross is a long time yoga teacher and self-care specialist, Priti Robyn pioneered the first cardiac yoga program with Dr. Oz. She is an advocate of cultivating self care by taking "little nurturing breaks" and teaches practical ways to "refill your well." Her belief is that unless we are ourselves well cared for, we can't bring our care out into the world, where it is desperately needed...

Hilary Henderson planned to retire at 65. Instead, she found herself unexpectedly walking out of her last job the day before she turned 60. Using her training as an occupational therapist, life coach, and earning an MBA she reinvented herself as a retirement coach. She helps her clients navigate one the most important transitions of their lives. Though located in South Africa, she has coached peop...

Dr. Jane Barratt is the Secretary General of the International Federation on Ageing (IFA), an organization in formal relations with the United Nations and World Health Organization. With over 35 years of experience in the field of ageing and disability across sectors she brings to audiences her insights into the new frontier of thinking and action with and on behalf of older people. The recent IFA...

Heidi Holtz is founder of "Stillwork Consulting". She has a long history in theatre and arts administration, worked at the Gifford Foundation, a private non-profit foundation, and has taught at Syracuse University. She is an expert in mediation, and conflict resolution which she uses to assist boards of non-profit foundations. Her mother passed away a year ago, her first grandchild is on the way a...

Marci Alboher is one of the nation's leading authorities on career issues and workplace trends. She works at Encore.org, a nonprofit innovation hub which develops initiatives for the 50+ worker. A former blogger and columnist for The New York Times, her latest book is "The Encore Career Handbook: How to Make a Living and a Difference in the Second Half of Life." Marci has been interviewed by NBC's...

Michelle Dalbec is a yoga and meditation teacher at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in the Berkshire region of Massachusetts, the largest yoga training facility in the US. She brings an unusual twist to meditation--if you'll pardon the pun. Michelle has developed a class around mindfulness and knitting, and some of the benefits might surprise you. Find out more at myoga.com. Find out more about...

Jean Kilbourne is internationally recognized for her groundbreaking work on the image of women in advertising and for her critical studies of alcohol and tobacco advertising. In the late 1960s she began her exploration of the connection between advertising and several public health issues, including violence against women, eating disorders, and addiction, and launched a movement to promote media l...

Florence Williams reports on the scientifically proven benefits of spending time in nature. She travels through Asia to learn about the ongoing initiatives to increase their citizens' exposure to nature, takes a rafting trip with women veterans with PTSD, and reflects on her own need for solitude and wilderness. Find out more about Florence and her work at FlorenceWilliams.com. Find out more about...

Dr. Lisa Nelson is the Director of Medical Education at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in Stockbridge, MA, the largest yoga training facility in North America. She is co-author of Yoga and Diabetes, published by the American Diabetes Association, and She works with numerous community groups throughout the Northeast to increase awareness about the treatment and prevention of chronic disease...

Julie Dillon's focus is on helping her clients develop a more intuitive and joyful relationship with food. She is a passionate proponent of the non-diet movement. In response to her clients' fears that without dieting they will be "giving up", she responds, "It's not letting yourself go, it's letting yourself be." Julie blogs, podcasts and presents widely on intuitive eating, self-compassion, and...

Angela Littleford specializes in developing services for older people at Helping Hand Aged Care in South Australia, which has a legacy of providing culturally sensitive, wholistic health care. Programming includes community-based care and support for people with disabilities and mental health issues, restorative and transitional care, and dementia care. She will be presenting at the International...

Diane Wiener, Ph. D., is the Director of the Syracuse University Disability Cultural Center. She is an educator, social worker, advocate, singer, bassist, and artist, among other roles. She has longstanding commitments to mindfulness, interfaith and secular contemplation, and humanism. Her new book of poems "The Golem Verses" was published by Nine Mile Art Corporation, June 2018. Find out more abo...

Kris and Deb both left their jobs to start a brand new online magazine which looks at the challenges and triumphs of aging. They profile ordinary people doing extraordinary things, and challenge the stereotypes about aging. Learn more at boomalally.com, and kristhescribbler.com. Find out more about the Zestful Aging Podcast at NicoleChristina.com. You can become a patron of the Show at Patreon.com...

Christina Matz-Costa is an associate professor at Boston College School of Social Work and a Senior Research Associate at the Center on Aging & Work. Her research focuses on aging and work--both paid and volunteer. Christina was involved in developing one of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare's Grand Challenges for the next decade, focused on maximizing productive and meaningfu...

Christy is a Certified Holistic Health Counselor, and a Mindfulness Trainer. She became an expert in the gut-brain connection when her daughter was struggling with allergies and stomach problems. She teaches mindfulness and health in the Glendale, CA school system, and has won multiple awards for her programs. Find out more at ChristyJones.com. Find out more about the Zestful Aging Podcast at Nico...

Eve Abrams is an audio documentarian, writer, and educator. She produces the audio project "Unprisoned", which focuses on how mass incarceration affects people serving time outside. www.unprisoned.org/ "Unprisoned" has received a Gabriel Award, a New Orleans Press Club Award, and was a Peabody Finalist. Abrams' 2015 documentary Along Saint Claude received the Edward R. Murrow award and a New Orlea...

Conni is a retired physics teacher, Zumba instructor, dog rescuer Connie started teaching Zumba at age 58, and has been teaching for 7 years. She rescues dogs from her hometown in Texas, and they are transported to Syracuse NY by Underdog Express - www.petslowcostspayandneuter.org/programs/underdog-express/. Her and her husband have fostered about 70 dogs and delight in seeing them adopted in Upst...

Lisa Sutz is a Social worker at DOROT, a nonprofit organization whose goal is to alleviate social isolation and provide concrete services to older adults. DOROT has been an innovative leader in the fields of aging services and volunteerism. Lisa is an expert on the importance of having friends of different ages as we get older--known as intergenerational friendships. Find out more about DOROT at D...

Cat Schuller taught the first plus-size course in the Continuing Education Studies division at F.I.T. in New York City. One of the original full-sized models, she refused to conform to the unrealistic size requirements of the modeling industry. She spends much of her life involved in movements which foster body acceptance; Runway the Realway, Divabetics, among others. Cat is also the widow of Mark...