Anti-Aging is Anti-Living: Flourish Instead

About this episode

Constance interviews gerontologist Barbara Waxman about flourishing in life as we age.

In this episode, Constance goes into full on fan-girl mode with our guest Barbara Waxman, a gerontologist and coach who helps people lead an undiminished life as they age. We talk about flourishing and recognizing the importance of not just our life span and health span, but something Barbara calls the Third span, comprised of our mindset, relationships and purpose at this stage of life. We unpack the growing issue of well-being burnout, and Barbara offers lots of research findings and tips f...

People in this episode

Hosts: Constance Bauer, Lori Dube

Guest: Barbara Waxman

Topics covered

• aging
• well-being
• mindset
• relationships
• purpose
• flourishing

Keywords

• anti-aging
• well-being burnout
• health span
• life span
• third span

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: gerontologist

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