Jul 25, 2026
I’ve been following this week’s guest on Facebook for many years. Her posts about emotional health and recovery from trauma are always wise and resonant. So when I discovered that she’d just released a book about her experiences as a trauma survivor, I knew I wanted to have her on the show.
Shavaun Scott is a...
Jul 11, 2026
After a long and successful career in the corporate world, today’s guest took the leap to fulfill her dream of being a filmmaker. You may remember our conversation years ago when she created “Beyond Sixty”. Since then she’s created “Climbing into Life”, a film about the oldest woman to scale El Capitan (she...
Jun 27, 2026
I don’t know about you, but I haven’t thought about my eye health that much over the years. I’ve been pretty lucky that I haven’t had many concerns. I have begun wearing eye protection for pickleball when I learned that you can suffer from a detached retina. But it turns out, eye health is the most overlooked...
Jun 13, 2026
Some of us don’t mind admitting that we’re a little afraid of death. This week’s guest says she thinks about her death 20-30 times a day. A psychologist and memoirist who has been on Zestful Aging before, Liz Scott’s new book “You're Going to Die But I’m Not!” delves into all things death. Liz describes...
May 30, 2026
When is the last time you had a belly laugh? Most of us haven’t had a good laugh in recent memory. Our guest this week is Yvonne Conte who is a nationally recognized keynote speaker, bestselling author, and corporate culture expert who has spent more than 30 years studying the power of humor, laughter, and joy in...