The Longevity Book Club:
A Conversation with Maddy Dychtwald
June 6, 2024

In Ageless Aging: A Woman’s Guide to Increasing Healthspan, Brainspan, and Lifespan, aging and longevity expert Maddy Dychtwald provides a practical guide based on cutting-edge research that helps women take advantage of the scientific, psychological, and physical knowledge and tools to feel vital, youthful, and purposeful into your 60’s, 70’s, 80’s and beyond. Dychtwald points out that we are currently in the beginning stages of a longevity revolution with women at the forefront. Women hold the power to change the aging narrative once and for all, by emphasizing the gifts of long life and taking steps to minimize physical and mental decline. On June 6th, Maddy joined the Longevity Book Club to talk with Ken and Martha about her research, discuss why it’s so important to create a new and improved experience of long life, especially designed for women, and share actionable steps to help women increase their healthspans, brainspans, and lifespans.

Maddy Dychtwald is an internationally acclaimed author, public speaker, and thought leader on longevity, aging, the new retirement, and the ascent of women. She co-founded Age Wave, the world's leader in understanding and addressing the far-reaching impacts of our aging population, and has led numerous acclaimed studies on women and money. In addition, she has been involved in more than 25 thought leadership research studies worldwide on aging, longevity, retirement, health, family, caregiving, housing, and leisure, which have cumulatively garnered more than 14 billion media impressions. Maddy has been featured in Bloomberg Businessweek, Forbes, Newsweek, Time, Fox Business News, CNBC, and NPR, and others. She has written many blog posts for the Wall Street Journal, and Huffington Post. Maddy is the author of three previous books: Influence: How Women's Soaring Economic Power Will Transform Our World for the Better, Gideon’s Dream: A Tale of New Beginnings (a children’s book) and Cycles: How We Will Live, Work, and Buy. She lives in San Francisco with her family.