We have had a number of guests on The Art 2 Aging who have spoken out about ageism in the workplace and how its insidious nature prevents qualified older adults from re-entering a job market that believes if you’re over 50 or 60 you’re irrelevant.

This week, thanks to our powerhouse guest, Loren Greiff, we tackle the problem from the point of view of the job seeker. What does an executive with 30 years experience need to do to get re-hired - and not just re-hired but with a substantial pay increase as well? You’ll find some great answers in this week’s episode.

As someone once famously said, “everything is related.” When it comes to our bodies, that couldn’t be more true.

This week on POV, yoga expert instructor, Janine Agoglia who writes Yoga Living 50 And Beyond on Substack, talks about how movement is vital in our lives. Without movement, our bodies will stiffen up which, in turn, will affect our emotional wellbeing and then our mental state of mind. That’s what we mean when we say that everything is related.

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Ever wonder about how social policy - especially healthcare policy- is created? It’s not something that many people consider because social policy just is. However, the story behind healthcare policy, social security, meeting the needs of the older population, feeding the poor – is far more complex and downright complicated than you would ever consider.

Our guest this week is Erin Maruzella and she is neck deep in social policy creation, especially when it comes to healthcare for older Americans. Formulating such policy in the current political climate is an almost Herculian task., as she explains in this week’s episode of The Art 2 Aging.

Regular contributor, Dave McCaughan, joins us this week for his POV on how to keep life interesting during retirement or, really, at any time in our lives.

Dave is a former ad executive with McCann in Australia who has turned his attention to examining and commenting on retirement – something that has led him to very interesting observations about living in our later years.

Every so often, we come across someone who is ripping up the rule book on aging. And we know we have to get them on the show.

Our guest this week is a 70 year old man named Mike Drak. Mike lives just north of Toronto. And he decided a few months ago that he wanted to lose a lot of weight, regain his health and keep it that way.

So, he committed to competing in a full triathlon in early August and began training hard. Here’s his story and it includes some disturbing details about his experience with a popular weight loss drug.

AI is all the buzz these days. And with good reason. It’s having an enormous impact on virtually every corner of the global economy and this is especially true when it comes to what is known as Age-Tech.

Think of Age-Tech as the intersection of an aging population and technology.

It’s a perfect example of how AI can help. Or not help.

There are potential problems with unfettered AI for the older population even alongside the many benefits.

Our contributor on POV this week, Ezra Schwartz, has plenty to say on the subject.

Millions of people around the world practice yoga. It’s an ancient form of exercise, originating in India more than 5 thousand years ago.

Used to be that you had to physically attend a yoga class to receive instruction but the combination of online technology and the pandemic has produced numerous ways to hit the mat, as they say, from the comfort of your own living room.

One of the best newsletters we’ve found on Substack on the subject of yoga is called Yoga Living 50 and Beyond. It’s the brainchild of our guest this week, Janine Agoglia who has really mastered the online format and tailors her classes for those over 50.

May 1st kicked off a unique and very special social media campaign that runs until the end of the month. It’s called Flip the Script and it’s the brainchild of a group of volunteers led by Janine Vanderburg. Janine is CEO of Encore Roadmap and her mission - one she has chosen to accept - is to tear down the old walls of prejudice surrounding aging. Flip the Script intends to destroy the outdated narratives around aging, particularly in the workplace. Janine Vanderburg offers us her POV this week.