Ep 58: Aging Gracefully - Lessons Learned from a Centenarian with Judy Gaman

Judy Gaman is an award-winning author, public speaker, and CEO of Executive Medicine of Texas. She’s spent nearly a decade offering advice on longevity and vitality as a voice of The Staying Young Radio Show, which was nationally syndicated on 58 stations. She has appeared on Fox News Radio, Good Morning Texas and San Diego Living, among numerous other outlets. Judy also tours as a public speaker, and has been entertaining audiences of all sizes for years. She crafts her presentations around engaging and easy-to-understand concepts including longevity, vitality, and healthy living. Her presentations touch on topics like curing workaholism and burnout, while still being a strong leader. Judy’s award-winning books include Stay Young: 10 Proven Steps to Ultimate Health, Age to Perfection: How to Thrive to 100, Happy, Healthy and Wise, and her latest, Love, Life, and Lucille: Lessons Learned from a Centenarian.

In this episode, we discuss:

· The different cultural views towards the elderly.

· Lucille’s unique life and how their friendship formed.

· Judy’s history of being a workaholic and how Lucille helped change her view towards work and life.

· The underlying issues that were driving her workaholic nature.

· What Lucille taught her about true friendship.

· How comparisonitis holds us back from being vulnerable with our friends.

· What children and the elderly have in common but the rest of us lose sight of.

· The health and longevity benefits of finding a balance between routine and variety.

· The importance of connection with family.

· And the biggest lesson Lucille taught her about the meaning of life.

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