Barbara Waxman

Barbara Waxman is a highly sought-after longevity and leadership advocate who translates cutting-edge research and collective wisdom in ways that enable others to understand how the dynamics of our aging world impact individuals, communities, companies, and the planet.

Her leadership as a gerontologist in the coaching field has culminated in the transformative coaching model Entrepreneurship Turned Inward™️ (ETI), the evidence-informed Seven Lifestyle Levers Assessment™️ and the Longevity Roadmap™️. She is an expert coach, caring truth-teller, strategic thought partner, and accountability advocate, and buoys her approach with compassion, honesty, research-based expertise, and a light heart.

Barbara serves as an Advisory Council Member for the Stanford Center on Longevity, an Advisory Board Member for Stanford Lifestyle Medicine and ExtraFood.org, and a faculty member at Chip Conley’s Modern Elder Academy, and an angel investor in the Active Aging and Longevity Fund with Portfolia. She has appeared on CBS This Morning, and has been featured in Marin Magazine, Arianna Huffington’s Thrive Global, Next Avenue, and is a frequent podcast guest.

Listen to Chip and Barbara Waxman on the Midlife Chrysalis podcast:

Episode 30

November 17, 2025

Barbara Waxman: How to Flourish and Find Purpose in Midlife

Workshops

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Wisdom Well Blog

Guest Post: Yale Just Proved What the Longevity Mainstream Doesn’t Want to Admit

March 29, 2026

There is a study just published that you need to know about. It stopped me in my tracks, and made...

Guest Post: Would You Want to Live to 100?

February 1, 2026

Barb Waxman is our longest-serving guest faculty member and one of our most popular teachers. Her upcoming workshop Your Longevity...

The Longevity Paradox: Living for the Future Without Losing the Present

February 8, 2025

If you want to create your own Longevity Roadmap™, I highly recommend you read Barbara’s guest post and consider her...

The Revolutionary Truth About Longevity

January 11, 2025

I cherish the month of January because after years on this planet it’s become written in my DNA—while September feels...

Endbeginnings

August 18, 2024

I encountered this beautiful made-up word several years ago when I read Dr. Rachel Remen's (highly recommended) book, Kitchen Table...

The Tao of Pooh.

January 13, 2024

I'm writing to you from the New York Public Library and have a confession to make. As a native New...

How To Be a Good Ancestor.

September 23, 2023

This was an important piece of information because my father, a man whose primary identity was as a devoted physician,...

Speed Up by Slowing Down: An Ode to the Micro-Ambitious.

February 26, 2023

The garden is an exercise in alignment and authenticity because nothing in it stays the same, and it's up to...

The Often-Overlooked Opportunities in Change and Transitions.

January 5, 2022

Cocooning, defined as being surrounded in a comforting way, has meant I've taken any discretionary time to catch my breath,...

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Midlife Compass

Anti-Aging Points You Backward. Life Design Points You Forward

May 26, 2026

You’ve heard these data points before: we’ve added more than 30 years to life expectancy in little over a century....

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