Episodes
April 16, 2023
Avoidable Mistakes When Settling an Estate: Good Advice for Older Adults and Their Children
David Edey is our guest on the Living to 100 Club podcast. David is a Certified Executor Advisor and has been in the financial planning industry for 35 years. From personal experience, David shares the problems that arise when families resist, avoid, and ignore conversations about death and the need for estate planning. When settling an estate, we learn that parents often do not convey their wishes out of fear of upsetting their children or procrastinate on conversations about inheritance or end...
April 16, 2023
Ketogenic Diets and How They Reduce Cognitive Decline
On this Living to 100 Club podcast, we discuss the topic of ketogenic diets. Specifically, we discuss the beneficial effect they have on reducing or “rescuing” cognitive decline in older adults. Our guest is Nicole Laurent, a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Certified in Nutrition and Integrative Health. We explore the type of diet to produce ketones, and the effect ketones have as a fuel to create “brain health” through the increase of healthy mitochondria in our cells and reduction of infl...
April 12, 2023
A Conversation about Embracing Aging, with the HSN “Queen of Jeans,” Diane Gilman
Diane Gilman is the guest on this episode of the Living to 100 Club. Diane had the number one best selling brand of jeans in tele-retailing history on the Home Shopping Network. From this, she became known as the “Queen of Jeans.” In this podcast, we discuss Diane’s inspiration for women who are embracing their “third act.” We discuss Diane’s history designing a brand of jeans suited for the 50+ age group. Her recent book is Too Young to Be Old: How to Stay Vibrant, Visible, and Forever in Blue ...
April 6, 2023
The Sinclair Method: An Innovative Approach to Reduce Excess Drinking with an FDA-approved Medication
Tune in for this conversation about an innovative way to reduce alcohol use, using an FDA-approved medication in an “off label” way. Brian Noonan is our guest, and he describes the Sinclair Method, now available in 35 states, using the medication Naltrexone. This physician-prescribed medication is typically used to treat an alcohol use disorder during a period of abstinence. The approach that our guest describes, the Sinclair Method, reduces the pleasurable or euphoric effects of drinking. But, ...