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The Aging Mask- A Lifestyle Medicine Podcast

The Aging Mask- A Lifestyle Medicine Podcast

Written by: Joanne Demers
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The Aging Mask is a Life Style Wellness Podcast, where Lifestyle Medicine meets curiosity, learning and great conversation.

The Aging Mask is a Podcast dedicated to exploring the transformative power of Lifestyle Medicine. Here is where I will share with you what I have learned, and continue to learn as an "Ayurvedic Health Counselor".


Life Style Medicine is a complete healing system focused on giving you the tools and practices to create greater health and happiness on a daily basis by using your innate healing ability. We will also discuss, and do a deep dive into the

six (6) most important pillars of health; which are; sleep, movement/physical activity, healthy emotions, meditation, nutrition and self-care.


There is no" one size fits all" prescription for your well- being, it is experiential, which means the choices you make about your experiences shape your body and mind, including your choices about food, personal relationships, sensory experiences, sleep, work social interactions and daily routine. As you shift your experiences, your biology will shift because your biology is the metabolism of experience.


Please join me for engaging and educational discussions that highlight how every aspect or your lifestyle contributes to your overall health and happiness!

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Episodes
  • Head to Toe: Did You Know?

    Head to Toe: Did You Know?
    Jun 24 2026
    Send us Fan MailWe are going to take a journey that I call“Top of your head to the tip of your toes Did you know” Journey.I will share some of the many things I found about our bodies that at one time or another really stuck with me, and have made me stop and appreciate what a miracle our body is. Every part of us was built for a specific reason, not one thing on us or in us goes to waste, and there isn’t a part of us that doesn’t have a very hard and taxing job.Alright, let’s start this journey with hair.First- is your HAIRI think it is safe to say that most of us have a love hate relationship with our hair which is why we panic the minute we see large amounts of our hair in the shower and on our combs and brushes. BUT, before you sound the alarm, you should know that most of us naturally lose about 50- 100 hairs every day, and it’s absolutely normal.Hair is everywhere we look, it’s on the floor, on us , on the couch, the counters, its everywhere. It sounds like a lot of hair loss until you realize you have around 100,000 hair follicles on your scalp, so losing a few dozen hairs daily is nothing at all. Your hair is constantly growing, resting and shedding as part of its natural cycle.That your hair is actually at its weakest when its wet, and it is strongest when it is dry?Water causes each strand of hair to swell- making it more elastic and easier to stretch farther than normal, which means it’s also easier to break.Wet hair stretches and breaks a lot easier than dry, so be very gentle with your wet hair.Honestly, whenever possible It’s best to let your hair air dry naturally before combing it- if you can’t wait for a natural air dry then please use a wide-tooth comb this works through the tangles instead of forcing a brush through your wet hair.This is important.. hair is one of the first places our bodies gives us a clue that something is out of balance.If you notice that you are losing/shedding hair more than usual your body may be trying to tell you that something has changed. Increased shedding can sometimes happen after a significant illness, major stress event, rapid weight loss, hormonal changes, certain medications, or maybe you are not getting enough protein or iron.Aging Mask takeaway..Healthy hair starts from the inside out.Feed your body with enough protein, iron, zinc, healthy fats, daily movement, good sleep, and good stress management. Be gentle with wet hair.And if you start losing more than 100 hairs a day-please don’t ignore it- maybe, your hair is telling you to take a hard look at what’s happening inside your body.Eye LashesEye lashes. The envy of many.The are one of the first things we notice, long, full eye lashes are so desirable that there is an entire industry built around making eye lashes long and full. We have extensions, lifts, mascara, and serums.The funny thing is.. eyelashes were not made to be admired.. they were designed to protect us.They are the first line of defense against dust, dirt, pollen, teeny tiny insects, and other particles that can get in and irritate your eyes. Eyelashes trigger the blink reflex when something gets too close giving your eyes an extra layer of protection.Just like the hair on your head, eyelashes have their own life cycle of growth, rest and shedding, and because they are on different schedules you don’t lose them all at once.Each eye lash typically lives about 4-11 months before it naturally falls out and is replaced by a new one. Aging Mask takeaway.. if you are spending a small fortune on eyelash products , castor oil may be worth trying. Its inexpensive, and it conditions your lashes and your brows making them look healthier and fuller.Remember I am not an ophthalmologist, so if you have an eye condition, or your eyes are sensitive, check with your eye doctor before using anything in or around your eyes.Nose-Let’s travel down to the nose. We don’t really appreciate our noses.Every breath you take passes through your nose, where the air is filtered, warmed and humidified before it ever reaches your lungs.And while our human sense of smell is pretty amazing, it is still no match for a dog’s. It is estimated that humans have around 5-6 million scent receptors, while a lot of dogs have close to 300 million.And depending on the breed, a dog's sense of smell is 10k-100k times more sensitive than ours.Did you know that your nose doesn’t actually use both nostrils equally all day long. Instead, it follows something called the nasal cycle. Every few hours, one of your nostrils becomes slightly more open while the other becomes a little more congested- then they switch- turns every couple of hours.And then theMucus.Your nose and sinuses produce about 1 to 2 quarts of mucus every day. That’s equivalent to a standard 32-ounce carton of milk every single day, that to me is mind blowing- we don’t even notice it as Most of it drains down the back of your throat, and you swallow it...
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    31 mins
  • The Heavy Lifters We Never Notice

    The Heavy Lifters We Never Notice
    Jun 17 2026
    Send us Fan MailToday’s topic came to me as I witnessed one of the strangest things this past week, it was definitely a first for me.I came out to get in my car, which is garaged btw, and there were ants all over the front of my car.As I watched them crawl over my car for the 3rd consecutive day, I found myself wondering if you all know why ants exist, and why fly’s exist?? I know that Most of us don’t have warm and fuzzy feelings toward either one. They give us the ick. They are not nice to look at.Ants invade our spaceandFlies annoy us with their buzzing, and all the gross things they do.But are you aware that both of them play a very important role in maintaining the eco systems that WE humans depend on? Now, before you wonder what the heck ants and flies have to do with Lifestyle Medicine, stay with me.This episode isn’t really about insects.It’s about awareness.It’s about appreciation.It’s about learning to recognize the things that quietly support our lives on a daily basis.Sometimes the greatest lessons about health and life come from the most unexpected places,Sometimes they come from an Ant and a Fly.Most of us spend very little time appreciating them.We swat them away.Spray them.And avoid them.Yet both of them perform jobs that are essential to life on Earth.Ants may be tiny, annoying, creepy little things, BUT they are among the hardest workers on the planet.When they are not in your house or on your car, think of ants as tiny gardeners.*Ants spend their lives moving and breaking down organic material through the soil, creating tunnels underground that naturally aerate the Earth. Their tunnels help water penetrate deeper into the ground.Which helps roots growHelps the soil stay healthySome ants disperse seeds which help plants reproduce and spread- and some ants breakdown dead insects and organic waste (yes poop).Ants support entire ecosystemsFun Fact: Scientists estimate there are about 20 QUADRILLION ants on earth.That is roughly 2.5 million ants for every person on earth, just so you know the math is right, I looked it up.The takeaway; don’t worry. EVER. About terminating them, they will replenish… and replenish in a blink of an eye.Flies have the worst public image in the insect world.They always land where we don’t want them too.Just as the ant, flies are also so important they have one of nature’s most important jobs.They clean up.They are one of nature’s recyclers.They help recycle dead plants, animals and organic waste back into the eco system- which returns nutrients back to the soil.- So While flies drive us nuts, we need them, they do very critical work- they keep our ecosystems functioning.Get this.. there are more that 160k known species of flies. And did you know that a lot of these species also pollinate plants? It’s not just Bees. Flies are pollinators too.Both ants and flies are working every day, all day.And both of them contribute far more than most of us realize.With that being said, imagine if they disappeared.Imagine waking up tomorrow and every ant and fly was gone, of course at first, it would be great:No antsNo fly’s No annoyanceSounds pretty great until we realize what they took with them. Soil quality would sufferNo flowersDecomposition would slow The food chains would be disrupted.A lot of birds, fish and reptiles would lose an important food source.The effects would ripple through entire eco systems. They would be enormous.This got me to thinking..Just as natures ecosystems depend heavily on ants and flies, our human ecosystem relies heavily on a group of contributors we rarely notice.The buildersThe Sanitation workersThe Utility workersThe road workersThe people maintaining systems most of us rarely, if ever, think about.Imagine if they disappeared too.It would not take long at all before we found ourselves in a world of hurt.Have you ever thought to yourself, why do we tend to overlook things that contribute so much.The world is sustained by workers-both insect and human- that most of us never notice until their gone.We humans have a funny habit.We don’t really notice what’s working.We notice what’s missing.We enjoy the finished product, but we rarely think about the work that made it possible. We love our clean waterOur Safe roadsWe love our Comfortable, safe homesOur healthy soilAnd food love food on the table.But we really don’t stop to consider everythingrequired to make those things possible.Maybe that’s because success is often invisible.The better something performs its job, the less attention it receives.Familiarity creates blindness.We don’t overlook important things because they are unimportant. We overlook them because they are familiar.They are there everydayDoing what they have always done.The more consistently something serves us, the less attention we give it.We stop noticing it.We stop appreciating itAnd we begin to expect it.What once felt so remarkable, slowly becomes ordinary. Not...
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    22 mins
  • Abracadabra: I Create as I Speak

    Abracadabra: I Create as I Speak
    Jun 10 2026
    Send us Fan MailHi. Welcome back to the Aging Mask Podcast. A lifestyle medicine podcast where together we explore lifestyle, wellness, and our everyday choices that shape the way we age.I am Joanne DemersYour weekly wellness companion.Thank you for listening.What do you think of when I say Abracadabra?Do you immediately think of a magician standing on stage waiving his wand, and performing magic? A word used to represent magic, mystery, & entertainment?Or did you immediately think of the famous abracadabra song by Steve Miller-who used the word to express something spellbound or irresistible?Either way, most of us do associate the word abracadabra with magic, mystery and entertainment. BUT what if I told you that long before magicians and musicians borrowed the word- Abracadabra carried a much deeper meaning? For centuries , Abracadabra was actually associated with the power of language and the belief that words possess influence & power.Abracadabra means …“ I create as I speak.”Think about that..“I create as I speak.Not create in a magical sense.But create through beliefs.Through perceptionThrough identityAnd through our everyday choices.Whether we realize it or not, we are constantly creating something with our words.We are creating stories and expectations, and we are creating limitations or possibilities.We are creating the way we see ourselves and the way we move through the world.Think about it this way…Before we become anything we speak about it first.Our words are not just sounds coming out of our mouths but forces that help shape our beliefs, our actions, our confidence, our relationships and ultimately our lives. So today, we are going to explore abracadabra not as magic, and not lyrics, but as a reminder that what we repeatedly speak, our words, Influence the person we become.It’s funny think about words.Words don’t weigh anythingYou can’t hold them in your handsYou can’t measure them on a scaleYet, words have the power to change the course of your life.Now, does science prove that we can magically create our lives simply by speaking something out loud?NO.BUT.It does show that the stories we repeatedly tell ourselves influence how we think, how we act, and how we respond to challenges.What gives words their power is not their sound, but the impact they have on our mind.The words we use internally shape the direction we move in. Overtime, our words influence our confidence, motivation and our willingness to engage with challenge or change.This is not because words directly produce outcomes- but because they contribute to our internal mindset that determines whether we approach life with avoidance or engagement.Words help you create the person who will either moves forward toward possibility, or away from it.Pursue the outcome or avoid it.I don’t think most of us realize how often we predict our own future with the words we use.The words we speak determine whether we move toward something, or away from something.Possibility Matters- Possibility matters because when we believe growth is possible, we tend to take action.· We try· We practice· We learnAnd· We improveOur words become the doorway through which action enters.. a lot of us unknowingly close that door to action before we even take the first step.Every day we are speaking something over our lives.A possibilityOr A limitation.A door openingOr a door closing.And more often than not. We dont realize which one we are choosing until years down the road -when we look back and see where those words have taken us.Now, let me be clear.. when I say“words create our reality”- it’s not about magical thinking, we can’t simple sayabracadabra and make it appear or disappear…*words don’t change the weather*they don’t erase challenges*And words don’t magically make life easy.But our words definitely influence how we experience the world around us.Words influence thoughtThought influences behaviorandBehavior influences outcomesAbracadabra, “I create as I speak”. Maybe the real meaning isn’t that words magically create our lives. Maybe, it’s that our words help create the person who creates our life.And that person is You.Please, please understand that words possess power, a lot of power. And even more than words, repetition is powerful.I think a lot of us underestimate how powerful repeated words really are.What we repeatedly say becomes what we repeatedly believe, and what we repeatedly believe, influences what we repeatedly do.And overtime, repetition shapes our perceptions, influences our expectations, and reinforces the stories we tell ourselves about who we are and what is possible.Our mind pays attention to what it hears all the time. And once your mind absorbs repetition, especially emotional repetition, your brain listens, your nervous system listens, your relationship listens, kids listen, and even your body listens -then your mind & body respond to the ...
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    20 mins
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