In this engaging presentation, Dr. Roger convincingly shows that where you live matters because how you live matters. The research is clear. A healthy longevity depends mostly on our lifestyle choices and those are affected by the company we keep. Dr. Roger provides in a practical and entertaining way, what to look for in a living environment. What should be the qualities of the culture? What sort of people live there? What lifestyle choices are celebrated there? How do I find such a community? This presentation will empower you to look at the next stage of your life in a positive and practical way.

This vital presentation is core to understanding what is necessary for maintaining a healthy lifespan despite the inevitable change, loss, and challenges of longer life expectancy. Dr. Roger provides a thorough review of what builds and what erodes our resilience, not only to disease but also to the challenges of daily life. With a particular focus on older adults, this presentation imparts an optimistic yet realistic view of aging in a better way.

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed everything. In this provocative presentation, Dr. Roger explores the profound changes in how we live, work, and play as a result of the COVID-19 assault on humanity. There has been unspeakable tragedy, but there is also an opportunity for each of us to become more resilient and significantly improve the quality and even quantity of our lives. Dr. Roger guides us through the rubble of the pandemic into a more realistic yet optimistic road to a healthy longevity.

With the COVID-19 pandemic thoroughly disrupting our lives, Dr. Landry leads us through a fascinating discussion of the difference between being alone, being lonely, and being isolated, and how to persist in a pandemic. He combines a heavily research-based approach with a practical and story-rich one to give the audience a solid understanding of the clear negative effects of isolation, the pros and cons of loneliness, and the optimistic as well as the less desirable aspects of being alone. He reminds us that we are social creatures and must strive to stay connected substantively with others preferably physically, but when necessary, using creative paths to connection, including technology.

Everyone wants to be happy. Although universal, most of us have a poor understanding of what exactly happiness is and, more importantly, what it takes to be happy. Dr. Roger guides us through an understanding of the differences between happiness, pleasure and joy. He surprises us with a remarkably simple pathway to happiness, which applies to nearly all, and which is easily incorporated in our daily lives.

Calling on powerful research on healthy longevity, Dr Roger tells us that we are in the driver’s seat for our own aging journey. This is a very entertaining presentation for those concerned that living longer only means decline and suffering.  Who are those who live long and die short?  What do they do that we can also do no matter how late we may be starting?  What are the key factors in living a healthy longevity?