Episodes

If you’re 50+ and believe that there is so much more to explore in life, welcome to Age & Attitude. Host Malin Svensson – celebrity trainer to the 50+ crowd such as Jane Fonda, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Maria Shriver – will get you feeling empowered and motivated through conversations with people who embrace their age and have a great attitude towards life. Join her for monthly one-on-one interviews with her clients and friends where you too can hear the secrets to living a fun, healthy, and fulfill...

On this Living to 100 Club podcast, we welcome a designer of a breakthrough product for anyone struggling to open child-proof pill bottles. Our guest is Rocky Batzel, CEO of SnapSlide, a packaging innovations company dedicated to making it easier to access, use, and store pharmaceutical products. We discuss the mounting medical accessibility issue for the millions of Americans with loss of hand dexterity, due to arthritis, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, stroke, and a host of other disa...

On this Living to 100 Club podcast, our guests, dubbed the “Golden Dating Doctors,” discuss the art of finding a new relationship after separation or loss of a partner. Both in their 80’s, Dr. Gloria Horsley and Frank Powers met each other online after their marriages ended. Their new book, Open to Love: The Secrets of Senior Dating, chronicles the process of finding love in our senior years. They met on a dating website for seniors, decided to meet in person, and the rest is history. In this po...

This Living to 100 Club’s podcast introduces our listeners to Samaritan’s Feet International. This is an organization devoted to giving shoes to seniors around the world. Our guest is Deborah Cox-Roush, Development Officer, and Senior Program Manager for the organization. We discuss the prevalence of foot problems in older adults. How does the lack of proper footwear increase the risk of falls. She explains how it contributes to balance problems, foot pain, and difficulty with mobility and indep...

On this Living to 100 Club podcast, we invite Dr. Torkil Faero to discuss the value of monitoring our heart rate variability. Dr. Faero’s latest best-selling book, The Pulse Cure, focuses on the strategies to staying healthy. It explains how to use a smart watch or other wearable device to monitor heart rate variability. We discuss the now well-known strategies for longevity, including nutrition, exercise, reduced alcohol consumption and stress levels, hydration, and cold-water immersion. Accord...

Our guest on this Living to 100 Club podcast is Dr. Marjorie Burns, who goes by the name, Bijee. In this conversation, we learn about Bijee’s latest period of her life as the author of a new book of fiction, The New Cadets. And, as a very busy octogenarian, we learn about her attitude to “keep it moving.” Now in her 80’s, our guest hikes, bicycles and skis in her home state of Washington. She has a 27-foot climbing wall in her home, which she puts to good use. Why does she stay so physically act...

On this Living to 100 Club podcast, we hear a love story from our guest, Sarah Cart. Sarah shares the journey of her husband’s acute medical illness and serious decline during Covid. In this conversation, she shares the toll it took on her and her entire family. These include her husband's kidney failure, hip fracture, and congestive heart failure to a heart transplant, cardiac rehabilitation and recovery from painkillers. Throughout all, Sarah’s husband, Ben, experienced an onslaught of hospita...

This Living to 100 Club podcast invites as its guest Michael Rubino, the founder of Home Cleanse. Home Cleanse is dedicated to addressing poor indoor air quality, a factor that has worsened in recent years. This is especially so as our homes get more energy efficient. Because energy efficiency impacts ventilation and air exchange, particles and toxins can increase. In turn, this contributes to spores and mold growth. Our guest educates us on the relationship between poor air quality and respirat...

This Living to 100 Club podcast introduces our audience to Hormone Replacement Therapy. We discuss the use of all natural hormones that ease the degenerative side effects of aging. Our guest, Dr. Greg Brannon, is the Founder and Medical Director of Optimal Bio. This company specializes in Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy (BHRT). We learn how BHRT is different from the usual therapy with synthetic hormone replacement. BHRT uses hormones that are identical to hormones made by our body. Our...

On this Living to 100 Club podcast, we invite Frances Woolley as our guest. Dr. Woolley is an economist at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. She is an authority on challenges ahead as the Baby Boomer generation contemplates the risk of needing long-term care. We discuss the demands on health care systems as our population ages. Also discussed are the shortage of long-term care beds, and the inequities in paying for this care. Families now make huge sacrifices in caring for spouse or a paren...

In this Living to 100 Club podcast, we invite Dr. William Levine to discuss the incidence of gum disease, its causes, and treatments. Dr. Levine has practiced the specialty of periodontic dentistry for over 35 years. He has been at the forefront of revolutionizing the way we treat and manage disease. We discuss why gum disease is so prevalent, its connection to inflammation, and the consequences of leaving gum disease untreated. Our guest discusses a mouthwash product he created, PeriActive. We ...

This podcast takes a close look at the risk factors for prostate cancer, the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S. Our guest is Paul Arangua, MPH in Epidemiology and an educator/researcher with the Prostate Conditions Education Council. We explore the incidence of prostate cancer, the risk factors, screening recommendations, and treatment outcomes. Why is prostate cancer so virulent? When left untreated, why does it spread so rapidly to other tissue and organs in the body? What is th...

This Living to 100 Club podcast introduces our listeners to an innovative home-based medical care program, WellBe Senior Medical. Our guest is Dr. Iyad Houshan. We discuss the benefits of at-home medical care with older adults who are faced with multiple and complex health challenges. Our listeners will learn about the “full risk” model of reimbursement, vs. the traditional fee-for-service model. We understand how this incentivizes WellBe to provide a comprehensive, holistic services program. We...

Our guest for this Living to 100 Club podcast is Katie Wee, who shares her prescription for happiness. This is a way of liberating ourselves of our inner critic and moving toward getting and staying happy. Katie is a wellness retreat leader who helps individuals visualize their “wants” in the areas of home life, health, finances, relationships, and career. From here, she helps to create a path to not only reach these desires but also to bring these realized desires into one’s current life. The a...

This podcast introduces us to the groundbreaking City of Longevity, located at The Overlook Senior Living Community in Charlton, Massachusetts. We have two guests today: Tameryn Campbell, President and CEO at The Overlook. Our second guest is Lynne Corner, Deputy Director at the UK National Innovation Centre for Ageing (NICA). We learn about the concept of NICA’s Cities of Longevity. These communities actively support all ages, healthier lifestyles for all, as well as the programs, experiences, ...

In this podcast about healthy aging, Dr. Joe Casciani is interviewed by Pam Fultz, Senior Community Relations Manager for the Vi Senior Living Communities. Vi operates 10 Life Plan Communities across the United States. Residents enjoy stylish apartments, varied lifestyle programming, and deep friendships. Their podcast series, Senior Living Straight Talk, hosted by Pam Fultz, brings together guests from a variety of backgrounds and experts on topics of interest to senior living communities. Dr. ...

In this Living to 100 Club podcast, we invite as our guest Harriet Tubman Wright. Our discussion focuses on the contributions that older adult women can make to establish a safer, more balanced, and humane way of life for themselves and for others. Harriet describes the different environments – from the business world to our personal relationships – where women can recognize the strengths they have and overcome their self-limiting views. What is the awareness and consciousness that will sustain ...

Our Living to 100 Club conversation today takes a close look at gender ageism. This are the ageist societal views held against older women – the views that older women are irrelevant. Our guest is Dr. Sara Hart, the developer of Prime Spark, an organization that encourages senior women to find the spark deep inside that “ignites the way forward.” Sara discusses why the second women’s revolution is here, and what she describes as a time of the ascendancy of older women. What is the impact of gend...

In this Living to 100 Club Podcast, we invite as our guest Dr. Noelle Nelson. We discuss longevity secrets, the common thread found in older adults who enjoy longevity: doing what you love. Noelle is the author if 15 books including The Longevity Secret: How to Live Happy, Healthy, and Vibrant into your 70s, 80s, 90s and Beyond. We explore findings from the research that shows how your passion leads to a longer, healthier life. And we learn more about the hundreds of older adults she has feature...

This Living to 100 Club podcast welcomes Dr. Michael Howard for an encore guest visit. Today’s event is also the first of its kind here at Oasis, where we have a live audience in our studio for an engaging, interactive program. Welcome everyone to our podcast, when we'll be discussing the building blocks to better aging. In this program, we explore the many dimensions to successful aging. We discuss stress management and resilience to happiness and good health. What does science tell us about th...

This is an encore guest appearance by Dr. Faye Girsh. Faye was one of our early guests back in 2019, when she spoke about preparing for a peaceful death. As a former president of the Hemlock Society, Dr. Girsh is one of the preeminent authorities on the right to die movement. In this podcast, we continue with this right-to-die discussion, and specifically address the question of when we would be ready to have our life end. How would we talk with our closest family and friends about our decisions...

On this Living to 100 Club podcast, we talk with Peter Ross, CEO and Co-Founder of Senior Helpers. Senior Helpers is a non-clinical skilled care company, with approximately 30,000 caregivers working in 350 offices in 43 states in the US and in other countries. Peter shares his history with the company and its growth over the years. What are the goals of the company, how does it help to keep seniors living at home, and what are the unique features of this company that keep it at the forefront of ...

Our guest for this Living to 100 Club Podcast is Jeff Seckendorf. At age 70, in about two years, Jeff will attempt to break a U.S. or international cycling hour record. Our guest shares with us his process-oriented training program, incorporating both mental and physical dimensions in his cycling competition. In addition, this conversation takes a close look at finding our sense of purpose, especially after a life change like retirement, separation or divorce, or other major event. We discuss th...

This Living to 100 Club podcast explores the world of vagus nerve stimulation (“VNS”), and the breakthrough industry of neuro-modulation. Our guest for this podcast is Vitalijus Mayorovas, the co-developer of Pulsetto. Pulsetto is a product that targets the vagus nerve with mild electro-magnetic signals. Because the vagus nerve is considered the main “highway” between the brain and our internal organs, with unique branches to every organ, VNS’s are now used in a variety of medical treatments tar...