According to the WHO at least 14 percent of people over 60 have a mental health disorder with depression and anxiety at the top of the list. Loneliness, isolation, chronic pain, and diminished health are contributing causes, and unfortunately, many suffer in silence. My guest on this week’s podcast has dedicated her career to geriatric psychiatry and shares her insights into finding peace and joy in later life.

Listen and learn:

• What happens to the aging brain
• Potential problems with polypharmacology
• Why mental health medications lose efficacy
• The power of singing, chanting, music and devotion

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About Helen

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Dr. Helen Lavretsky is a psychiatrist and professor at UCLA, specializing in geriatric psychiatry and integrative mental health. Dr. Lavretsky is a leading voice in promoting mental wellbeing, particularly in later life. 

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In middle age and beyond, your metabolism changes. It’s easier to gain weight - particularly around your midsection - and it’s very hard to lose it. The same foods that kept you lean when young suddenly cause imbalance. Why? What changed? Aging creates a cascade of changes, but insulin resistance is a key driver that is rarely measured or understood. On this week’s podcast, you’ll meet a health provider whose work is focused on tackling this issue, particularly in older adults.

Listen and learn:

• Why fasting insulin tests are not common but easy to get
• Why we have less wiggle room, metabolically in middle age and beyond
• How stress, sleep, and nutrition all play a role in metabolic dysfunction
• Why your standard blood work might miss insulin resistance

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Dr. Nolte’s Site

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Dr. Morgan Nolte is a geriatric physical therapist and the founder of Zivli an organization that helps people reverse insulin resistance and lose weight. 

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Digestive health issues can make every day a challenge, put strain on personal relationships, and even become life threatening if advanced and untreated. My guest on this week’s podcast suffered from severe Crohn’s that left him emaciated and very ill. He found his way back to health through functional medicine and now dedicates his career to helping others.

Listen and learn:

• About the usefulness and confusion around testing
• The individuality of responses to toxins and treatment
• The importance of a custom-tailored approach
• Why it’s important to focus on the big offenders in diet and lifestyle

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Website

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Dane Johnson is a Board Certified Nutritionist who naturally recovered from a near-death experience battling Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. He is the founder of CrohnsColitisLifestyle.

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No one wants to die alone, and yet according to Pew Research, 29% of people aged 50 to 64 are single. That number jumps to 36% for those over 65. Dating is a minefield at any age, but how do you start again in the later chapters of life? On this week’s podcast, you’ll meet a dating coach who helps women do just that.

Listen and learn:

• Why a pragmatic approach is needed
• How to view yourself as the CEO and your dates as interns
• The truth about dating apps vs. real life
• Mistakes commonly made around height, age, and income desires

Guest’s website

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Evan Marc Katz is a dating coach and author who has been helping singles to find love for over 20 years. He is the founder of Love U, an online dating coaching program, and author of the books, Why You’re Still Single and I Can’t Believe I’m Buying This Book.

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If you’re lucky enough to live a long life, you’ll inevitably be challenged by loss - the loss of family, friends, potentially even your spouse. Despite the obvious inevitability of loss, most people avoid even talking about it, much less preparing for the death of those we love. On this week’s podcast, you’ll meet an author who’s dedicated her career to grief and loss.

Listen to learn:

• About power of attorney, death certificates, bank details and logistics
• How all loss, even invisible losses, can leave us spinning
• The process of healing and integrating loss

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ChristinaRasmussen.com

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Christina Rasmussen is a grief educator and author. She is the founder of The Life Reentry Institute, a grief counseling organization and author of Invisible Loss, Second Firsts, and Where Did You Go? 

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