David Stewart

“You are never too old to become younger” is the motto of @Sufferosa, a project of The Kissinger Twins, Kasia and Dawid, a director duo experimenting with interactive storytelling. Their project, a satire on the social media obsession with youth and beauty, is gorgeously produced, and is, as far as we...

Something very interesting is happening out there in the 50+ work world. Women are taking the lead in starting new businesses, leading organizations and just all around grabbing the baton and saying “This is my time.” AGEIST publishes gender-balanced content, yet 65% of our readers are women. We find...

Some of our people go through multiple career pivots as they search for paths to give them more meaning or opportunity. Then there are those who are clear they love what they are doing and find ways to keep doing it, while at the same time finding paths to...

AGEIST: Do you see gender differences in hiring over 50? Diane Flynn: My primary demographic at ReBoot Accel is women re-entering the workforce. Many are over 50, and they have 3 strikes against them. They face gender bias, age bias, and pause bias. So yes, I definitely see how challenging it...

Carole Montgomery is sassy. You need to be if you're doing stand-up comedy, as she has for the last 40 years. Showtime recently released Funny Women of a Certain Age with Fran Drescher, which she directed and produced. "I’ve been performing stand-up comedy for almost 40 years. When I started there...

Digital has a way of pushing the prices of everything down. Phone calls used to cost real money. Photographic imagery used to be highly priced and bespoke. We used to buy music; now it’s an option, not a requirement. These easily digitized realms were the low-hanging fruit. Now we are...

Naveen Jain will be a keynote speaker at the YBL (Your Best Life) Conference June 11, 2019 in Los Angeles. More info here. Naveen Jain: billionaire, entrepreneur, disrupter, innovator. A man who embodies the AGEIST manifesto that curiosity + drive will carry a person a very long way. Seven wildly...

We were in Chattanooga, TN last week and caught up with AGEIST favorite Lori Carter. Lori is doing great; her business is thriving, she is excited for what the future will bring. But what was most interesting to us was Lori's enthusiasm for podcasts. As we often say, our...

Nai Vasha, energy powerhouse and mover of cultures, will be on stage at the YBL Conference speaking with Susan Feldman, founder of One Kings Lane and Into The Groove, in an intergenerational conversation about life and business. AGEIST: When did you found UNDO Magazine, and what is it about? Nai Vasha: UNDO,...

Imperfection Is Sexy Watching this video of Betsy Huelskamp discussing her wardrobe — loves fringe, the color brown and customizing everything in sight — we are struck by her utter self-possession. The root of this seems to be that she fully owns who she is, with all of the imperfections, and thus is seemingly fearless....