Zestful Aging Podcast

Series produced by Nicole Christina

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Zestful Aging Podcast 

Nicole Christina, a psychotherapist of 30 years, interviews a wide variety of influential guests about the joys and challenges of aging. She calls herself "the Terry Gross of healthy aging".

Zestful Aging's mission is to share optimism about aging, and to challenge the negative and limiting stereotypes that are so harmful. Guests include authors, medical experts, athletes, artists, poets, advocates, researchers, and designers. A psychotherapist by training, Nicole's interviews go beyond soundbites; she prides herself in connecting with her guests in an intimate and vulnerable way.


Additional Files

15 Pieces

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First
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A professor of Art at Syracuse University specializing in printmaking now aware of how toxic some art materials are and how damaging the mining and...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
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Rona Maynard found happiness at 65—a story she tells in her new memoir Starter Dog: My Path to Joy, Belonging and Loving This World.

  • Added: Mar 31, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
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This episode looks at the difficulty of realizing that a loved one is experiencing cognitive decline.

  • Added: Mar 17, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
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Anyone else need an adventure? Today we’re going to talk about the benefits of traveling with Jeannie Ralston,

  • Added: Mar 05, 2024
  • Length: 28:01
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Over the past 40 years, Dr. Ken Dychtwald has emerged as a foremost visionary and original thinker regarding the lifestyle, marketing, health care,...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2024
  • Length: 28:02
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Kim Rahir is a 60 year old mother of three who was diagnosed with MS 10 years ago and was in a wheelchair. She ignored her doctor's advice and slow...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2024
  • Length: 28:04
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I think we all are searching for a more meaningful and joy filled life, but don’t quite know where to start

  • Added: Feb 04, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
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Twins Cynthia and Edwina Bringle are 84 year old artists and legends at the renowned Penland School of Craft in North Carolina. The new documentar...

  • Added: Jan 01, 2024
  • Length: 28:01
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Claire and James Davis are the British dynamic duo of midlife health and well being. They are experts in, among other subjects, menopause and hormo...

  • Added: Jan 01, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
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She was uninspired, out of shape, and longing for the younger version of herself. She thought a hip hop dance class might solve some of her problems.

  • Added: Dec 26, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
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Dog Mountain is set on 150 acres on a private mountaintop spot in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. The grounds are always open to people and their dogs.

  • Added: Dec 17, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
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Mary Bryant Schrader is the host of “Mary’s Nest”, a Youtube channel with over a million subscribers.

  • Added: Nov 28, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
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Diane Jones is a composer, musician, and host on WCNY Classic FM in Syracuse. After too many years in the administrative world, she left the corpo...

  • Added: Nov 28, 2023
  • Length: 27:58
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There’s been a lot of buzz about the new weight loss drug like Ozempic. Celebrities are singing their praises. But are they appropriate for midlife...

  • Added: Nov 17, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
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Have you ever considered hiking in Europe but think of hiking as too strenuous? Well, it doesn't have to be. Cassandra Overby is the author of "Exp...

  • Added: Nov 17, 2023
  • Length: 27:51