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IGA037: Aging Differences: Men vs. Women: Who Wins??

Posted on March 13, 2018April 9, 2020 by lmowatt

Summary:

This episode digs into many topics (tangents??) as Lee takes a journey into exploring the different ways men and women age. He goes into detail about why these gender differences may exist and/or what may be causing them. Lee builds a solid case for his ending conclusion that women have to bare a greater burden in how our culture has depicted aging. Along the way to these conclusions, Lee talks about how “Placebos” have been used to influence our thinking, and the trickery of statistics, both of which provide intriguing side notes that contribute to a deeper understanding. This is definitely one for those who may be more intellectually inclined. But even if you find this level of detail boring, there are enough chuckles here to make it worth your while.

“Women have stronger societal pressures to resist and hide the signs of their aging than men do. So it is no wonder men seem to have an easier time dealing with the signs of aging than women.” Lee Mowatt

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What You Will Learn About In This Episode:

What are Lee’s four F’s of Life?
The trickery of Statistic and why stats should never be trusted.
What is “Cultural Placebo”?
Why learning about gender differences in aging is useful.

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IGA036: Reverse Aging And Disease with Human Celluar Regeneration??

Posted on December 5, 2017December 5, 2017 by lmowatt

Summary:

Many species possess an ability to regenerate damaged tissues to regrow new limb or organs through the mechanism of cellular regeneration. Research is indicating that humans have similar regenerative capabilities, but only at specific times during embryonic development. If this capability could be extended or ignited throughout our lifespan, it would be a major blow to the rise of chronic degenerative conditions currently on the rise. Cancer, Arthritis, Diabetes, kidney diseases, degenerative brain disorders, plus more could be effectively addressed with such medical technology. How real are these possibilities? How soon could we see drugs and other therapeutics become available to combat our chronic conditions?

Lee explores these possibilities with Ira S. Pastor, the CEO of a Bioquark, a company pushing the envelope in this area. Ira educates Lee (and you, the listener) on many of the concepts involved in bringing these solutions to market, and what the present status is on such developments. This is an intriguing conversation, teaching us much, and providing a useful look into a hopeful future.

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What You Will Learn About In This Episode:

What is cellular regeneration and why is it important
The different types, or modes, of cellular regeneration found in nature
What are “Biologic” drugs?
The limitations of Stem Cell research
The three R’s of cellular research – Regeneration, Repair, and Rejuvenation.
what diseases consume the largest portion of the 7 Trillion dollars spent on healthcare around the world?
new paradigms in understanding (and curing) cancer

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IGA035: End-Of-Life Plans -A Roadmap for Loved-Ones To Carry On

Posted on November 2, 2017November 2, 2017 by lmowatt

Summary:

When someone passes away, their loved ones most often go on a scavenger hunt to pull together the pieces of the deceased life to form a proper legacy, to resolve all matters of the estate, and to put all affairs at rest and at peace. We have a sense of duty to make the burdens of our passing as easy as can be on those we leave behind. And End-Of-Life (EOL) planning is very important in relieving these kinds of burdens. Lee speaks with Jonathan Braddock, who authored a book on the subject with a catchy title – “Click here when I die”. Jon also runs a website that gives individuals an avenue to create and manage EOL planning. This conversation opens the mind on how we can continue to love our loved ones after our demise.

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What You Will Learn About In This Episode:

Why there are billions of unclaimed dollars for life insurance policies.
What does End-Of-Life Planning mean? What does it do?
What is included in End-Of-Life Planning?
How to write your own obituary.
Where to keep documents that will be needed after you are gone.

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Thanks so much for listening! Have some feedback you’d like to share? Leave a note in the comment section below, or you can leave me a message directly to me at Lee@InnerGameOfAging.com

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IGA034: Re-creating Senior Living With Technology Innovations

Posted on October 22, 2017October 22, 2017 by lmowatt

Summary:

We now live in a world where technology has become essential in the management of our lives. Despite the negative effects, technology has brought so many new capabilities and benefits. However, we can see pitifully few of these benefits when it comes to Senior living and senior care. Whether we are talking about independent living communities, assisted living facilities, traditional nursing homes, or memory care units, the tools, and solutions that could be used to further the convenience and capability of older citizens have remained essentially untapped. The senior living options show little evidence of the technological advances that surround us in our normal environments. Lee discusses this situation with Lisa Cini who has been working hard for more than 20 years to study how technology improve the lives of our parents and grandparents (and ourselves). Lisa has authored two books on the topic and provides excellent food for thought in this intriguing conversation.

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What You Will Learn About In This Episode:

The 2 primary reasons people go into senior care facilities
How technology can be brought into the senior housing market for significant impact on convenience and care.
Several interesting and insightful examples of today’s technology which could improve senior living and senior care facilities.
- Data mining
- House sensors
- Medication assistance
- health monitoring devices

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Thanks so much for listening! Have some feedback you’d like to share? Leave a note in the comment section below, or you can leave me a message directly to me at Lee@InnerGameOfAging.com

If you enjoy the show why not get more engaged by subscribing and/or downloading a bunch of episodes from iTunes.

IGA033: Inter-Generational Learning – Finding Teachers in Strange Places

Posted on October 12, 2017October 12, 2017 by lmowatt

Summary:

This episode delves into the concepts of Inter-Generational Learning (IGL). Inter-Generational Learning (IGL) is the oldest form of learning dating back to when the old taught the young how to create pictures on cave walls. Lee has recently had two intense experiences showing the immense value of IGL for both young and old. The telling of these experiences provides an educational and entertaining view of how Lee is “mixing it up” with the younger generations and what he (and they) are learning from the interactions. He starts off with his recent trip to Lake Placid, NY, where he meets up with an entirely different culture. The episode finishes with his considerations and ultimate signing up to be a member of a new gym where “kids” are training parkour skills. This episode will have you chuckling a bit, but more importantly, Lee hopes to inspire your own inter-generational experiences.

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This episode explores :

What younger people can teach us about getting older.
How to learn about getting older from the young.
Lee’s personal experiences engaging much younger people in his pursuit to understand life and aging.

Audio File Timestamps:

Lake Placid, NY trip descriptions – 6:14
Pivotal Parkour descriptions – 24:15
Winding Down (Reminders, Announcements) – 34:06

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Pictures from Lake Placid, NY Trip (2017) (click picture to enlarge)

Pivotal Parkour Website
If you are older than 50, you should have learned NOT to do this stuff. Kids are made of rubber. You are NOT.

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IGA032: Introducing the Aging Academy

Posted on June 13, 2017June 13, 2017 by lmowatt

Summary:

The challenges of aging is something most of us are not yet familiar with. But we will all face these challenges. And who will teach us how to see and approach these difficulties (or pleasures) of getting older. This episode introduces “the Aging Academy” where Lee offers to become a “pioneer for aging” by exposing his personal challenges that affect him as the years mount up. Lee, like everyone else, is getting older. Increasing stress, shifting priorities, aching bones, and changing social patterns all have their impact, and Lee wants to share with you, through the Aging Academy, how he is (or is not) dealing with these issues in his life. Lee talks about his anticipation and expectation for the Aging Academy project to be a source of specific information on tackling common problems of aging in our culture.

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What You Will Learn About In This Episode:

— The brief history of the “Inner Game of Aging” projects
— What is the “Aging Academy” effort and why it is being launched
— How the “Aging Academy” information can benefit you as you age.
— How to gain access and follow the “Aging Academy” information

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Thanks so much for listening! Have some feedback you’d like to share? Leave a note in the comment section below, or you can leave me a message directly to me at Lee@InnerGameOfAging.com

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IGA031: The Cost Of Ageism – Clouding up Beautiful Sunsets

Posted on May 27, 2017May 27, 2017 by lmowatt

Summary:

No matter who we are or what group we belong to, we are all growing older. All of us must prepare in some way to optimize the later years of our life. Rising to the status of a wise old Elder is something we all should aspire to. This is a revered position in many cultures. Cultural ageism takes away this aspiration and robs us of the wisdom that is contained in so many of our elders. This episode sparks our own internal exploration to discover our personal relationship with Ageism. Learning the many faces of ageism can save our older years from falling into its trap.

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What You Will Learn About In This Episode:

What is ageism
Where does ageism come from
Why we need to address this problem
How we might tackle this problem in ourselves and in our culture

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Research Articles
- http://www.livescience.com/34825-older-adults-happiness-negative-emotions.html,
- http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/10/scientific-proof-that-the_n_5110179.htm,
- http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=4688191
- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12150226
- http://www.stat.columbia.edu/~gelman/research/unpublished/cohort_voting_20140605.pdf
- http://www.people-press.org/2014/06/26/the-political-typology-beyond-red-vs-blue/
- http://richardleider.com/inner-kill-the-art-of-dying-without-knowing-it/
- http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/21/new-old-age_n_5365199.html

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IGA030 – Can We Change The Future Of Aging?

Posted on May 11, 2017May 11, 2017 by lmowatt

Summary:

Aging is both a biological and cultural process. Getting older in one culture can be very different than aging in another culture. What determines the aging characteristics of a culture? In this episode, Lee ponders on how we see and feel about our aging and how that influences our actual aging outcomes. He ends with an inspiring definition of “Silver Inspiration” who are role models that inspire a better view of aging in living their lives.

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Questions Explored In This Episode:

How we feel about getting older
How we come to feel as we do about aging
Aging stereotypes that surround and influence us
How we might encourage a more productive cultural view of aging.

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Are you A Silver Inspiration? Take The Quiz and Find Out.

Research Articles

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IGA029: Shared Housing – Real Solutions With Real Benefits

Posted on April 26, 2017April 26, 2017 by lmowatt

Summary:

More Americans are living alone than at any time in the past 42 years, according to the American census bureau.And as we all get older this will present many challenges both individually and socially as a culture. For single seniors, living alone is not always the ideal solution, having both good and bad aspects. But there are new choices on the horizon. For this episode, Lee chats with Annamarie Pluhar who is a strong advocate for the concepts of Shared housing and living with housemates. Of course, having housemates is not really new, but Annamarie has uncovered a process for doing this that minimizes the downsides while emphasizing safety and compatibility. Lee and Annamarie explore these areas and talk about her book which guides an interested person through the whole business of finding the right house-mate. This episode will interest anyone who may be exploring housing options for themselves or those they know or care for.

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What You Will Learn About In This Episode:

Required topics to discuss with a potential housemate:
- cleanliness,
- neatness,
- kitchen use,
- routines, guests,
- tasks,
- noise,
- bills,
- pets.
4 basic principles for successful housemate relationships:
- Understand how you would want to be treated (The golden rule)
- Deal with problems while they are small. Speak up to prevent bigger issues.
- Your room is your private domain
- Must remain non-romantic and non-sexual
How to start the process of finding housemates.
How to stay safe.
Options if it doesn’t work out

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Table Of Contents

A Guidebook for Finding and Keeping Good Housemates
National Shared Housing Resource Center

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