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146 Susan O'Connell: A Zen Inspired Senior Living Community

  1. 146 Susan O'Connell: A Zen Inspired Senior Living Community Dr. Gillian Lockitch 38:14

THIS EPISODE OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER focuses on the practice of Zen, Buddhism and how being part of a Zen inspired community can enhance our own practice of calmness and inner peace.

Today’s Featured Guest is Zen teacher, Susan O’Connell, who has lived at the San Francisco Zen Center since 1995. She held many positions there, including 10 years as Vice President and President, and she is a fully ordained Zen teacher. Prior to her life as a Zen student, Susan owned and operated two film production companies with offices in LA and San Francisco, and produced four independent feature films, and one TV movie. She is the visionary behind Enso village, a Zen inspired senior living community in Northern California.

Episode Timeline:

0:11 Intro to Zen practice and its impact on Aging

3:26 Zen practice and Buddhism

11:37 Buddhism and Personal Development

17:05 Buddhist practices and philosophies

23:31 Zen philosophy and community living

28:59 Aging gracefully

Learn more about Susan O”Connell, the San Francisco Zen Center, and Enso village, here:

enso.kendal.org,

 sfzc.org

About  Your Host: Dr. Gillian Lockitch

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Download your free Guide to Living Younger Longer. 

Schedule a free Discovery Call with Dr. Gill

website: https://www.askdrgill.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gillian.lockitch/ GOLY Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/growingolderlivingyounger

Dr. Gillian Lockitch is an international speaker, author of Growing Older, Living Younger: The Science of Aging Gracefully and The Art of Retiring Comfortably, and host of the Growing Older, Living Younger Podcast. As a dual-certified Specialist in Paediatrics and Medical Biochemistry and Professor at the University of British Columbia, her professional career was rooted in science. During her rehabilitation from life-saving emergency spinal surgery, her passion to be able to dance again led her to explore the intersection of medical and epigenetic science with non-Western healing traditions, to understand how to change aging at the cellular level. Within the Growing Older, Living Younger Project, the Change Your Aging Masterplan cycle is a year-long 3 part coaching program to preserve mind and brain, build your best body, and to survive and thrive in your environment. At 70 Dr. Lockitch became a first time entrepreneur, building a global online business with the premiere wellness and beauty company, to help others extend their healthspan, stay vibrant, active, and independent as they age. Now retired from medical practice, Dr. Lockitch is an empathetic coach and mentor but does not diagnose, treat or prescribe for medical diseases.

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