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 of life wishes. Up to 50% of older adults do not have a will or an estate plan. And executors, when designated, can expect to spend up to 100 hours over 18 to 24 months to settle the estate even when there is a will. Tune in to hear why David says, “the biggest gift of love is to leave an estate that is organized.”

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David E. Edey is a Certified Executor Advisor (CEA) who has worked in the financial planning industry for more than 35 years. But David is not just an expert; he is someone who knows this topic inside and out from personal experience, having spent seven years and $50,000 in lawyer fees to come to an agreement with his siblings over settling his parents’ estate. And that was with a written will! 

The grief, frustration, and stress of that experience were life-altering for David. He was determined to write a book in order to help others successfully navigate the difficult tasks of estate planning and executorship—so that their families could stay together, rather than fall apart.

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David's Website: David Edey

David's Discounted E-book and Audiobook for Club Listeners: https://buy.bookfunnel.com/ij75rikwqy

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, without the abstinence. In effect, the behavior of excess alcohol use does not produce the same desired effect, thus reducing the “reward” for drinking. This is in contrast to the traditional approach that requires that the person abstain from alcohol while using the drug. Hence, the “off label” descriptor. Be sure to join us.

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Passionate about helping to control the alcohol epidemic, Brian earned his Nurse Practitioner Degree from Vanderbilt University, with specific training at the Vanderbilt Institute for Treatment of Addiction. For the last 15 years, Brian has helped thousands of patients to decrease their alcohol consumption using The Sinclair Method, as well as treating many other general psychiatry patients including those with depression, anxiety, ADHD, and more. He now focuses on spreading the word about The Sinclair Method so that more people can break free from their negative alcohol use patterns.

Brian's Website: The Sinclair Method

Today’s Living to 100 Club program explores the many opportunities to stay active in our senior years. Our guest, Richard Ashworth, discusses one of the leading active aging programs that is available, Silver Sneakers, and its new joint offering with Apple Fitness+. What is Silver Sneakers? What does the affiliation with Apple Fitness mean for its members? And how is technology impacting the health care space for older Americans? Join us as we talk with our guest about healthy life-changing solutions. And learn what active aging opportunities are available for the senior population.

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Richard Ashworth is President and CEO at Tivity Health, a leading provider of healthy life-changing solutions, with flagship brands including SilverSneakers®, the nation’s leading fitness program for older adults, along with Prime® Fitness, and WholeHealth Living®. Tivity Health works hand in hand with members, clients, and health care partners to create everyday opportunities for long-lasting health and vitality. These flagship brands are sought after by consumers and organizations alike.

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Richard’s Website: Tivity Health and SilverSneakers

The Living to 100 Club is especially excited to invite as its guest for this Podcast Michele Blood. Our guest shares with us her work on affirmation power, and helping others transform their lives into a positive, true purpose and connect with our unique gifts. Michele was a successful rock singer in Australia and after a near-fatal car accident, she created positive Affirmation Songs. These not only healed her body but also took her to worldwide success. She has since worked with many notable, transformational figures, including Wayne Dyer, Deepak Chopra, Jack Canfield, and Bob Proctor. We discuss the road she took to her own self-discovery and how she now works with tens of thousands around the world to experience what they say is “impossible.” Be sure to tune in to this uplifting and powerful conversation with our esteemed guest.

This is the second guest appearance with Marie Ruggles, RD, nutritionist, and award-winning author of Optimize Your Immune System. In her first appearance on the Living to 100 Club podcast, Marie shared her insights and experience about optimizing our immune system for healthier functioning to offset the challenges of aging. This new program explores foods for improving our focus, memory, and mood. Research has revealed that there are specific foods and lifestyle enhancements that create a healthier brain and reduce our risk of getting Alzheimer’s disease. Marie presents expert tips that we can all start right away. Tune in to this conversation and learn what are the best foods to prevent cognitive decline.

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Marie Ruggles, MS, RD, CN, CDE is an author, clinical nutritionist, certified diabetes educator, and is known as “The Kitchen Pharmacist.” She started her career in research at Columbia University, where she earned a degree in nutrition and public health.  She drills down the science into simple actions steps to help busy people stay healthy and age gracefully. Her book, Optimize Your Immune System: Create Health and Resilience with a Kitchen Pharmacy, is a winner of the Readers Favorite award.  It reveals the “secret sauce” for viral protection and aging gracefully.

In her telehealth private practice, Marie specializes in creating personalized nutrition plans for pre-diabetes, diabetes, soothing achy joints, bone health, and prevention of cognitive decline.

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Marie’s website: Marie Ruggles

Marie’s book: Optimize Your Immune System

In this Living to 100 Club, Podcast, we look at various aspects of aging and positive ways to view aging. How old are you and when is someone is considered “old.” Our guest is Lisa Rill, a professional with a long history in geriatric services and research, and currently Executive director at Senior Life Source, a non-profit organization that provides education on aging for all ages. We discuss the differences among chronological, functional, and subjective ages. When does aging begin, how do we define someone as old, and when do we consider our self as old? Dr. Rill sheds light on overcoming ageist attitudes and how to confidently advocate for our self and our loved ones when necessary. Living to 100 Club welcomes this conversation about the various perspectives on positive aging. Then you can answer, how old are you?

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Lisa Rill received her Ph.D. in Sociology, specializing in Aging/Health. She served as a geriatric social worker and worked as Research Faculty for the Claude Pepper Center on Aging at Florida State University addressing quality of life in long-term care. Dr. Rill is an editorial board member for the Certified Senior Advisors Journal, and a Certified Eden at Home Associate/Mentor. She is currently the Executive Director at Senior Life Source, a non-profit organization that provides education on aging for all ages.

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Lisa’s Website: Senior Life Source

This conversation invites as its guest, Dr. Nayan Patel to the Living to 100 Club Podcast. Dr. Patel is a leading authority on the role that antioxidants play in the body’s detox system. He shares with us his 11 years of clinical research on glutathione, an antioxidant. He discusses its role in fighting disease and increasing our energy level. How do we provide the body with the tools it needs to defend itself? How can we promote a healthy lifestyle that fits pace with the modern world? An added plus, we hear the story of his father who went from a 40-year history as a type-2 diabetic, obese, and arthritic to someone who is now diabetes- and arthritis-free and traveling the world at age 87. Be sure to tune in. Mini Bio

Dr. Nayan Patel is an alumnus of the University Of Southern California School Of Pharmacy, where he now serves as adjunct faculty. A pharmacist for over three decades, Patel is an internationally recognized expert, consultant, and lecturer on the Master Antioxidant Glutathione. He has traveled the world educating practitioners and pharmacists on advanced biochemistry and antiaging science. 

Dr. Patel founded Auro Wellness in 2011 to create products to help the body function at an optimal level and reduce the long-term impact of stress on the body. Through his research, Dr. Patel stabilized Glutathione, improved absorption, and increased its effectiveness with the Auro GSH™ Antioxidant Delivery System. He is the author of The Glutathione Revolution: Fight Disease, Slow Aging & Increase Energy, which addresses how powerful and essential Glutathione is to the body’s detoxification system and how to increase the body’s levels naturally.

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Dr. Patel’s websites: Auro Wellness and Auro Skincare

His book: The Glutathione Revolution