EP145: Own Your Age and Your Wisdom with Zannat Reza

The And She Looked Up Podcast

This week, healthy aging advocate Zanna Reza joins the show to talk about shaking up the system so we can grow older on our own terms. In a world where getting older (at any age) can come with a lot of stereotyping and discrimination, we talk about why we, as women, need to own our age - and the wisdom we've earned every day. In this conversation we discuss the importance of staying passionate, curious and creative at every stage in life - and why all humans need to feel a sense of purpose at any age!
Zannat Reza is a healthy aging advocate and the Director of the Future of Aging social impact team at SE Health, a not-for-profit, home health social enterprise.

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This is a great episodes for creatives who:

• struggle with appreciating the wisdom they've accumulated - and sharing it with the world
• who worry it's too late to try the next thing
• need a confidence boost
• are afraid of showing up as their true selves - especially as they get older
• dread the next milestone birthday - be it 30, 40, 50 and beyond.
• are afraid to own their age

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Episode 145: Own Your Age and Your Wisdom with Zannat Reza
You can learn more about the work Zannat does at SE Health's Future of Aging website or through her podcast, The Future Age. You can also connect with her on LinkedIn.
You can find Melissa at finelimedesigns.com, finelimeillustrations.com or on Instagram @finelimedesigns.

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Each week The And She Looked Up Podcast sits down with inspiring Canadian women who create for a living. We talk about their creative journeys and their best business tips, as well as the creative and business mindset issues all creative entrepreneurs struggle with. This podcast is for Canadian artists, makers and creators who want to find a way to make a living doing what they love.
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Chapters

1. Embracing Wisdom and Creativity in Aging (00:00:00)

2. Aging and Health Communications Opportunities (00:10:59)

3. Challenging Systemic Ageism, Advocating for Aging (00:16:04)

4. Combatting Ageism and Embracing Aging (00:22:03)

5. Exploring Ageism and Finding New Purpose (00:36:33)

6. Creative Aging (00:52:45)

7. Creative Women (01:03:17)