Ashton Applewhite is at the forefront of the emerging movement to raise awareness of ageism and make age a criterion for diversity. An internationally recognized expert on ageism, Ashton is the author of This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism and a co-founder of the Old School Anti-Ageism Clearinghouse. She speaks widely at venues that have included the United Nations and delivered an inspirational talk on ageism (one of the best TED Talks I have ever heard) on the TED mainstage. In 2022, the United Nations named Ashton one of the Healthy Aging 50: fifty leaders transforming the world to be a better place to grow older.

In this episode, Ashton shares strategies to combat ageism, how to address it within ourselves and to advocate for change. She acknowledges the intersectionality of prejudices and biases, and helps us all expand our perspectives.

Learn more at the links below about this extraordinary activist, author and speaker who is changing the dialogue on age. Consider joining one of the anti-ageism and consciousness raising gatherings Ashton spearheads, including weekly discussion groups and the first in-person event focused on ageism and how to undo it, August 17-19, in Montreal, which is called Summer School 2024. See OldSchool.info/events for more info.

This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism⁠⁠TED talk: Let’s End Ageism⁠⁠

thischairrocks.com⁠ (website personal site)⁠

oldschool.info (anti-ageism clearinghouse with many excellent resources)

⁠⁠yoisthisageist.com⁠ ⁠

facebook.com/ThisChairRocks

⁠@thischairrocks

Michelle Jacoby has successfully coached and matched hundreds of happily married couples. She is a certified matchmaker, dating and relationship coach, and the owner of DC Matchmaking, a boutique matchmaking and coaching company for commitment-minded singles in the Washington, DC area that was founded in 2009. DC Matchmaking is a discreet, upscale matchmaking company for successful commitment-minded singles in DC, Maryland and Virginia.

Michelle is a leader in the matchmaking industry. She was voted Best Matchmaker in the US at the 2017 iDate Awards and awarded finalist for Best Matchmaker and/or Best Dating Coach in the industry in 2015, 2016, 2018 and 2020. Michelle has been featured in The Washington Post, Bethesda Magazine, Huffington Post, and on WUSA Channel 9, News Channel 8 – Let’s Talk Live, WJLA Good Morning Washington, NBC Washington, ABC, FOX, Newsy, NPR, and more. Her articles have appeared in Self, Washington Life Magazine, YourTango.com, ThoughtCatalog.com, The Mind’s Journal, Yahoo, EHarmony Advice, and many more.

With a loving hand and an authentic voice, Michelle offers clear actionable advice so that singles are empowered to finally find healthy, happy, sustainable relationships. One tip she shared in this episode is that our goals should be to spread our warmth and kindness wherever we go so that people leave each encounter with a smile. She also maintains that "assumptions keep you single," in that those looking for possible partners should keep an open mind and get to know a person before deciding that a relationship would not in one's interest.

Michelle is offering listeners a free book she wrote called Never Waste Time on the Wrong Man Again. In this game-changing book, Michelle walks you through the exact steps she used to stop wasting time on the wrong men and finally meet her husband. Those very same strategies have helped hundreds of Michelle’s clients find love, and they’ll work for you too. "It’s not your fault, and there’s nothing wrong with you," Michelle says. "Dating is a skill that’s not intuitive, and you simply need a new, smarter strategy. This book will teach you everything you need to know to stop wasting precious time so you can finally meet the man of your dreams!" Michelle shared a few tips from her book, which were gems that apply to relationships in general, and not necessarily just those in the romantic realm. The book is available at her website at www.MichellesBook.com.

Michelle lives in the Washington, DC area with her husband, Rob, and has four children. Her coaching clients come from all over the world, as it is conducted primarily online. Her matchmaking business is concentrated on the greater DC area or for those interested in moving to the DC area. And she is super talented at both sides of her business!

To learn more, go to:

https://www.dcmatchmaking.com/

Follow her on Instagram at Michelle_Jacoby.

Tanya Willis teaches women how to make small, sustainable shifts over time to add vibrancy to their lives. She offers a one-stop on-line membership called Vibrant Living Academy, where she teaches women all the skills she learned to embrace life to its fullest. She calls this The Olympics of Life, i.e., being able to be functionally fit in your daily activities. "The journey to vibrant living is a process; it's not something you can have right away," Tanya explains in this episode.

Tanya Willis has more than 30 years of experience in the health and wellness field as a personal trainer, fitness/pilates instructor, Behaviour Change Coach, PNL1 Nutrition Coach, Pain-free Movement Specialist, Fascia Rolling, Stress, Sleep & Recovery Coach, Older Adult Health & Fitness Coach and more. Her book, Cookie Dough in the Dark, in which shares her sugar addiction challenges, has inspired many women to learn new skills to help them reduce their sugar consumption, improve their health and heal their relationship with food.

Tanya is the host of the Menopause Made Easy with Tanya podcast where she inspires women over 35 to make simple shifts to improve the quality of their lives. Tanya helps women over 35 uncover unhealthy habits that are no longer serving them with a variety of programs that she teaches online in her Vibrant Living Academy, such as the Midlife Reboot.

"I worked at an office job upon graduation of university which was not in alignment with my souls’ purpose and as a result I suffered panic attacks until I found the courage to step full time into personal training, teaching fitness/Pilates, health coaching and more and I love what I do," Tayna says. "I’m on a mission to be an inspiration to women that they don’t have to give in to the messages of aging that are prevalent in society – you can get older and be strong, healthy, and vibrant. My purpose is to help women make peace with their body, reduce their aches and pains, increase energy and vitality by sharing everything I've learned and how they can take the simple shifts consistently over time to improve the quality of their lives." She shares some of these tips, including how to design a "menopausal plate," movement and mindset tips to help listeners uplevel their wellness and vitality. Tanya offers listeners five free hacks to cut cravings:

https://www.vibrantlivingwithtanya.com/5-Hacks-to-Cut-Cravings

Check out Tanya's Midlife Reboot, which includes the fasting and fat release program: ⁠https://www.vibrantlivingwithtanya.com/midlifereboot ⁠

Follow her: Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/vibrantlivingwithtanya/⁠

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tanya.willis.18

Menopause Made Easy Podcast with Tanya:

https://open.spotify.com/show/7kxh1LQ7Ol7yuoy576PbkF

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/menopause-made-easy-with-tanya/id1661982133

Contact Tanya on email: tanya@moveyourbody.ca