You may have heard that inner peace and tranquility are important for your mental well-being. This is entirely true. You do need both in order to incorporate healthy habits and to have strong mental well-being overall. You should always try to stay in tune with your thoughts and emotions. But it can seem challenging at…

The new year is a time for reflection and resolutions. For many people, this means committing to living a healthier lifestyle. But what about your mental health? This year, why not try living more mindfully? Mindfulness is a form of meditation that can help you focus on the present moment and live in the moment.…

Long gone are the days when only the patchouli-wearing hippies got their toke on.  Nowadays, everyone from all walks of life uses it for health benefits, not just to get high. But where do you start? This blog is a deep dive into the benefits of CBD and THC together, so you know what you’re…

Getting a dementia diagnosis is one of the moments you hope never to experience. However, families need to know the difference between the types of dementia such as vascular dementia, lewy body dementia, frontal lobe dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease. Today’s guest is Alzheimer’s Care Strategist and Dementia coach Kerry Mills. She helps families manage the…

You know when you are stressed out, and you say to yourself, “Ok self, take a deep breath! Calm your ass down.” So, you take a deep breath or two, and magically you start to feel better. It’s not magic my friends – it’s breathwork. Imagine how you’d feel if you consciously focused on your…

How To Find Your Purpose in Life in 2021 “Life is not just worth living. It is worth living fully.” – Michelle Maldonado. Michelle Maldonado is a certified emotional intelligence and mindful leadership expert. She describes purpose as our fuel in life that propels us forward and gives us the energy to find focus and…

Betty Zimmer, a humorous and deeply spiritual 95-year old, is a special guest on Modern Aging.  She shares valuable life lessons on how to live your best life. Her key secret to longevity is to work on improving yourself and meditating. “When you focus your mind and you are at peace, you eliminate the illness…

Happy New Year! As we welcome 2021 and reflect on 2020, we can all agree that 2020 sucked. The pandemic has caused a lot of stress and anxiety and for many of us, our careers and lives were put on pause. However, the pandemic has also allowed us to stop, be still, and reflect on…

“Western medicine is the only medical society that removes the mind out of the body in healing, but there is no healing without healing the mind because the body is an extension of the subconscious mind,” shares Lisa Ludovici,  a medical support hypnosis practitioner. She teaches people how to mobilize their own inner resources for…

In this episode of Modern Aging, Risa shares a recorded visit from 2019 with her mom, her sister, and cannabis doctor Dr. June Chin. This recorded consultation contains useful information about how medical cannabis can be used to treat Parkinson’s Disease among many other illnesses. For patients with Parkinson’s Disease, the body is constantly contracting…

Lisa Ludovici is a medical support hypnosis practitioner who talked with us about how hypnotherapy can help relieve chronic illness, pain, and anxiety in a previous video. Lisa is back to talk about how negative emotions can have a bad ripple effect on our physical and mental health. We have all experienced stress and a wide…

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Today, Risa is joined by life and business strategic transformation expert, former Mustang Marine and founder of the Take Command Project, Paul Gowin, to discuss how to overcome stress, fear and anxiety especially during stressful times. Anxiety is prevalent right now for so many reasons — the ongoing uncertainty of the Covid-19 pandemic, political unrest,…

This episode was originally recorded in March 2020 at the beginning of the pandemic for Modern Aging’s YouTube Channel.  Host Risa Morimoto addresses anxiety, fear, and panic about Covid-19. She offers guidance on how to take a step back to stay in perspective. There’s a lot of things we can’t control like who gets sick…

If you struggle with insomnia, pain, or difficult emotions, simply learning how to breathe may help relieve some of your symptoms. Breathing is something very simple, but sometimes we forget to do it and do it consciously. Especially when we are experiencing strong emotions that are hard to handle, it’s critical to breathe deeply through all the…

As we get older, it seems that it is impossible to not to know someone who has not been touched by cancer. Many of us know cancer survivors as well as those who have not been so lucky. It touches all of us. How can we use the cancer to do deeper soul healing and…

Yes this video is about loss, grief and mourning, but it is also about resilience of the human spirit.  For those of you who follow this channel, you probably know that I have had a lot of loss this year.  My mother passed away 8 months ago from a uterine tumor after battling Parkinson’s and…

The anger, fear and anxiety is palpable online and off. The decades of systematic racism and ignorance has hit a tipping point that we hope will create substantial change for communities and societies not only in the U.S. but worldwide as well. This is not solely an American problem. But as we navigate these stormy…

“The purpose of life is self-discovery.” – Darel Rutherford One thing I find very meaningful and rather surprising during this period with COVID-19 is that many people are showing up more real. As we experience a massive pause from the constant bombardment of highly produced advertising, live entertainment, sporting events, fashion shows and more, we…

Wondering how you’re going to stay home during the coronavirus pandemic for 14 days, 30 days or longer without becoming sedentary or staring at an electronic screen for hours?  Try some new activities that could bring fun, excitement and even learning during this crazy time.  The coronavirus pandemic is rapidly changing our daily work and…

Success Comes To Those Who Have The Courage And Confidence To Say “No” To What They Don’t Want, And “Yes” To What They Do Want. Does your head feel like it is spinning with the current intense rate of change? With so much uncertainty regarding sustaining the health and wellbeing of ourselves and our loved…

Overcome Your Fears and Anxiety in a Coronavirus World, Interview with Paul Gowin **NOTE: SORRY – WE DID THIS INTERVIEW LIVE AND HAD AN ISSUE WITH MY MIC – FIXED AT 2:23 SO THEN YOU CAN START HEARING ME! SO PLEASE FAST FORWARD. LESSON LEARNED. :)** **MEDICAL DISCLAIMER: This interview / video is for informational…

The minimalists way of life seems liberating to some, and to others completely crazy and unrealistic. If you have ever sought simple ways in which you can start to declutter your physical space to create a minimalist lifestyle then this video is for you. Minimalism allows for greater mindfulness and intentional living because you have…

In our lifetimes, the average person eats about 80,000 meals, 80,000. How much of those meals incorporate fruits and vegetables for you? Probably not enough. If you look at the blue zones around the world, you know, those areas where there’s concentrated number of people who live to be like 90 plus, a hundred plus,…

Getting a dementia diagnosis is one of the moment you hope never to experience. Although usually by the time you get to the doctor’s, you pretty much know as there are signs of Alzheimer’s Disease and signs of dementia along the way. Families need to know the diffences between vascular dementia, lewy body dementia, frontal…

Are you true to yourself at all times or do you change to be morecomfortable in some situations? Do you feel good enough as you are,or do you find yourself wanting to please others to gain their approval?We all experience moments of inauthenticity when we find ourselves insituations outside our comfort zone. For example, taking…

After we turn 50, we look at many of our major life decisions in the rearview mirror – our beliefs about life, where we live, our career, the people around us, whether we have children and how we raised them, and so on. As we now look forward in our 50s or later, if we…

Getting a dementia diagnosis is one of the moment you hope never to experience. Although usually by the time you get to the doctor’s, you pretty much know as there are signs of Alzheimer’s Disease and signs of dementia along the way. Families need to know the diffences between vascular dementia, lewy body dementia, frontal…

The bad news: Alzheimer’s and dementia is on the rise, especially among people over 65, and there is no known cure. The good news: there are many things that families can do to cope and manage the disease and its progression. There are different types of dementia – Alzheimer’s Disease, Frontal Lobe Dementia, Lewy Body…

My birthday is in November (hey my Sagittarius sisters and brothers :)) and since the year is quickly coming to an end, I thought it would be fun to get a tarot card reading! Have you had your astrological chart read? I did many many years ago. It’s always fun to see what kind of…

Are you always super busy and often feel overwhelmed? Do you roll your eyes when people talk about self-care because you simply don’t have time to do anything for yourself? You have kids or parents to take care of. You work full time and are running around just trying to figure out how to get…

​Every year we look for gift ideas for Christmas. We search holiday gift guides, Christmas gift ideas, but what do you get for your minimalist friend or loved one? What about the person who only wants green gifts or DIY presents? In a world overflowing with consumer goods, it is time to give meaningful gifts…

​ Hospice is a service that most of us will either experience as a care advocate or as a patient. Yet there is still is a lot of confusion about what hospice care is. Only 10% of people will die suddenly, which means 90% of us will be able to plan (somewhat) for our death.…

No one wants to plan a funeral but planning a funeral can be quite therapeutic and cathartic. It is a way to show your love and appreciation by creating a ceremony that celebrates their life. Funeral homes are not the only way to have a funeral service. There are green burials, home funerals, cremations, so…

If you have ever been curious about hypnotherapy and the mind body connection, now is your chance to discover why hypnosis is the most powerful self-help tool available. Lisa Ludovici shares the why and the science behind why the mind is the key to healing

  No one ever wants to get the diagnosis for Alzheimer’s Disease.   When my dad was diagnosed in 2016 for frontotemporal dementia, it was a mixture of overwhelm (we have been caring for our mom since 2001 who had a stroke and now has Parkinson’s), sadness, anxiety and frustration.   But there was also some relief…

As they often say, the years seem to go by faster as we grow older.  It feels so true, doesn’t it?   As we ring in another year, I thought it would be a good time to talk about starting your or your loved ones’ care plan.  That starts with having the initial conversation. 

“There are over 5 million people with Alzheimer’s in the U.S.  It is estimated that 60% wander out of bed.  In addition, 1 out of 3 seniors are at risk of falling. Each fall exacts a devastating physical and emotional toll not only to the patient but the family as well.” Nighttime wandering (actually any-time-of-day…

“Attention is the dominant cognitive skill that we use. If that skill is diminished without activity that provides you physical support, comprehension skills actually diminish.” Do you know what physical literacy is and why it is critical to our overall physical and mental health? When we are children, we learn to use our physical bodies…