Own Your Age and Your Wisdom with Zannat Reza

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This week, healthy aging advocate Zanna Reza joins the show to talk about shaking up the system so we can grow older on our own terms. In a world where getting older (at any age) can come with a lot of stereotyping and discrimination, we talk about why we, as women, need to own our age - and the wisdom we've earned every day. In this conversation we discuss the importance of staying passionate, curious and creative at every stage in life - and why all humans need to feel a sense of purpose at any age!

Zannat Reza is a healthy aging advocate whose mission is to promote health and well-being and shake up the system so we can grow older on our own terms. Zannat is the Director of the Future of Aging social impact team at SE Health, a not-for-profit, home health social enterprise. She is also the host of The Future Age Podcast.

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This Episode Is For…

This episode is for those who...

  • struggle with appreciating the wisdom they've accumulated - and sharing it with the world

  • who worry it's too late to try the next thing

  • need a confidence boost 

  • are afraid of showing up as their true selves - especially as they get older

  • dread the next milestone birthday - be it 30, 40, 50 and beyond.

  • are afraid to own their age

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own your wisdom

They’re best friends!

In this episode we discuss:

  • Zannat’s journey from media dietitian to healthy aging advocate

  • the work she does with SE Health and why it’s important

  • what is ageism and why women seem to experience it more

  • the comfort in knowing ourselves and liberation that comes with age - and how that can create confidence

  • the fear of becoming invisible or irrelevant as we get older - and how that can undermine our confidence

  • intergenerational interaction, work and socializing and how that contributes to a vibrant life and the smashing of sterotypes

  • how the most successful entrepreneurs are over 40

  • the riduculousness of the number 65

  • how purpose and passion contribute to a longer, fulfilled life

  • why it’s never too late and how to get ourselves over that hurdle of feeling like we’ve left it too late to try something new.

  • the importance of social connections

  • life-long earning and why it’s so critical to healthy aging

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