Featuring our SuperAging News Network partner, Barb Desmarais, host of the popular podcast series: “What’s Next: Conversations With Boomers.”
Vancouver-based Barb Desmarais, a Boomer herself, offers a series of engaging conversations with Boomers on a wide range of topics, from Health to Finance to fitness to Relationships and more.
We first met Barb when we were guests on her podcast, and we made some repeat appearances as well. Check them out here, here and here . We’ll be bringing you many other podcasts from Barb, because they speak both informatively and entertainingly to so many of the issues of SuperAging.
In this empowering episode, Barb is sits down with renowned physician and healthy Aging expert, Dr. Gillian Lockitch (who is also a SuperAging News partner), for a conversation that could change the way you think about getting older. With decades of experience in medicine and a personal journey that exemplifies vitality in later life, Dr. Lockitch shares her top 5 evidence-based strategies for healthy aging—covering everything from nutrition and movement to mindset, Sleep, and purpose.
Whether you’re in your 50s or well into your 70s, this episode offers practical, inspiring guidance on how to take control of your health span—not just your lifespan. Dr. Lockitch believes that aging doesn’t have to mean decline—and she’s here to show you exactly how to stay strong, sharp, and spirited as the years go on.
Get Dr. Gill’s book “Growing Older, Living Younger” here. Her podcast, with the same title, is now available on all podcast platforms, or you can listen here. Find Barb on Instagram @barbjanet.

Social media – The good, the bad, the misinformation
Solo, not sorry – the liberating art of traveling alone
Online dating, rejection and the culture of incivility
The power of gratitude: Barb talks to David Cravit and Larry Wolf
What if you’re tolerating too much? Barb sits down with life coach Denise Torgerson
Dating in your 60s: Barb chats with relationship coach Tim Wade
You can find Barb on Instagram @barbjanet
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