Aging Awesome: Finding Your Longevity & Legacy Sweet Spot

Barbara has spent twenty years proving something the longevity mainstream is only beginning to accept: how you think about aging changes your biology. She works with adults midlife and better, not to fight time but to design toward it, with intention, vitality, and the full expectation of getting better.

She’s a gerontologist by training, a credentialed coach by practice, and a counter-cultural voice by conviction. That combination is what makes her work different: the science is real, the coaching goes deep, and the perspective is unapologetically pro-aging.

Barbara serves on the Advisory Council for the Stanford Center on Longevity, co-leads Stanford’s Lifestyle Medicine Gratitude and Purpose pillar, and is a resident faculty member and advisor at the Modern Elder Academy. Her insights have appeared on CBS This Morning and Thrive Global. Her books, including The Middlescence Manifesto, have shaped how a generation thinks about midlife.

Tim Parr is the CEO and Founder of CADDIS, an eyewear brand that crushes age stereotypes. He believes in defying our society’s addiction to youth and fueling getting older and owning it.

Tim got his start as an entrepreneur when he founded Swobo, a California action sports clothing company that expanded into a bike company. After that he worked for some of the world’s most respected brands, such as Patagonia, L.L. Bean, Filson, and many more. He has lectured at the Stanford School of Design, Modern Elder Academy, San Francisco Academy of Art, and the California College of Arts.

In 2013, he formed a bluegrass band and hit the road touring the Western United States – despite not knowing how to play the guitar. He has made a successful life out of defying norms and expectations and exploring opportunities based on his interests and instincts rather than what mainstream thinking would have us believe is the “proper” way to do things.

Now he’d like you to understand how awesome your life can be when you embrace possibility and “do the thing” you have been dreaming about doing.

Lisa Taylor has been working with career professionals and researching what people in midlife want and need to thrive in the workplace for over 20 years.

In 2012, Lisa founded Challenge Factory, a B Corp research agency and consultancy offering unique career and transition tools designed for older workers. Challenge Factory’s founding purpose was to enhance work for employees of all ages by re-engaging older workers who are “successful but not satisfied” and are looking for more purpose and fulfillment in their work.

Lisa’s unique background in older worker career development and workplace engagement led to her appointment as an Associate Fellow at the National Institute on Ageing. She the co-host of two podcasts and the author of five books.