David Edey is our guest on the Living to 100 Club podcast. David is a Certified Executor Advisor and has been in the financial planning industry for 35 years. From personal experience, David shares the problems that arise when families resist, avoid, and ignore conversations about death and the need for estate planning. When settling an estate, we learn that parents often do not convey their wishes out of fear of upsetting their children or procrastinate on conversations about inheritance or end of life wishes. Up to 50% of older adults do not have a will or an estate plan. And executors, when designated, can expect to spend up to 100 hours over 18 to 24 months to settle the estate even when there is a will. Tune in to hear why David says, “the biggest gift of love is to leave an estate that is organized.”

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David E. Edey is a Certified Executor Advisor (CEA) who has worked in the financial planning industry for more than 35 years. But David is not just an expert; he is someone who knows this topic inside and out from personal experience, having spent seven years and $50,000 in lawyer fees to come to an agreement with his siblings over settling his parents’ estate. And that was with a written will! 

The grief, frustration, and stress of that experience were life-altering for David. He was determined to write a book in order to help others successfully navigate the difficult tasks of estate planning and executorship—so that their families could stay together, rather than fall apart.

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David's Website: David Edey

David's Discounted E-book and Audiobook for Club Listeners: https://buy.bookfunnel.com/ij75rikwqy

Tune in for this conversation about an innovative way to reduce alcohol use, using an FDA-approved medication in an “off label” way. Brian Noonan is our guest, and he describes the Sinclair Method, now available in 35 states, using the medication Naltrexone. This physician-prescribed medication is typically used to treat an alcohol use disorder during a period of abstinence. The approach that our guest describes, the Sinclair Method, reduces the pleasurable or euphoric effects of drinking. But, without the abstinence. In effect, the behavior of excess alcohol use does not produce the same desired effect, thus reducing the “reward” for drinking. This is in contrast to the traditional approach that requires that the person abstain from alcohol while using the drug. Hence, the “off label” descriptor. Be sure to join us.

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Passionate about helping to control the alcohol epidemic, Brian earned his Nurse Practitioner Degree from Vanderbilt University, with specific training at the Vanderbilt Institute for Treatment of Addiction. For the last 15 years, Brian has helped thousands of patients to decrease their alcohol consumption using The Sinclair Method, as well as treating many other general psychiatry patients including those with depression, anxiety, ADHD, and more. He now focuses on spreading the word about The Sinclair Method so that more people can break free from their negative alcohol use patterns.

Brian's Website: The Sinclair Method

Today’s Living to 100 Club program explores the many opportunities to stay active in our senior years. Our guest, Richard Ashworth, discusses one of the leading active aging programs that is available, Silver Sneakers, and its new joint offering with Apple Fitness+. What is Silver Sneakers? What does the affiliation with Apple Fitness mean for its members? And how is technology impacting the health care space for older Americans? Join us as we talk with our guest about healthy life-changing solutions. And learn what active aging opportunities are available for the senior population.

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Richard Ashworth is President and CEO at Tivity Health, a leading provider of healthy life-changing solutions, with flagship brands including SilverSneakers®, the nation’s leading fitness program for older adults, along with Prime® Fitness, and WholeHealth Living®. Tivity Health works hand in hand with members, clients, and health care partners to create everyday opportunities for long-lasting health and vitality. These flagship brands are sought after by consumers and organizations alike.

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Richard’s Website: Tivity Health and SilverSneakers