{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"EP 52: Where Science Meets Soul: Finding Your Joyspan with Dr. Kerry Burnight &amp; Claire Burnight","description":"What if joy\u2014not time, success, or wealth\u2014was the real measure of your life? And what does joy truly mean? In this powerful episode of Crazy Amazing Humans, hosts Katrina Carlson and Jefferson Denim sit down with Dr. Kerry Burnight, a nationally recognized gerontologist, and her daughter Claire Burnight, a future naturopathic doctor, to explore how to move beyond Lifespan and Healthspan into the groundbreaking concept of Joyspan\u2014the measure of how much joy, vitality, and meaning we experience throughout our lives. Drawing from over 30 years of gerontology research, Dr. Burnight challenges our culture\u2019s obsession with anti-aging, inviting us to redefine aging as a season of continued growth, connection, and purpose. She shares her keys to living with vitality and fulfillment, helping you shift your mindset, cultivate connection, and embrace aging as evolution\u2014not decline. You\u2019ll also learn practical ways to strengthen both body and spirit through her Inner Four: Grow, Connect, Adapt, and Give. Meanwhile, Claire Burnight shares her deeply personal story of surviving a life-threatening brain tumor in her twenties and finding alignment through holistic medicine. She encourages us to find stillness each day, listen to our bodies, and see illness not as failure, but as communication guiding us back to balance. Her gentle wisdom highlights the essential determinants of health\u2014sleep, nutrition, connection, sunlight, and gratitude\u2014and how to nurture them in our daily lives. Together, this inspiring mother-daughter duo reminds us that joy is an inside job, available to every person at any age. Whether you\u2019re 4 or 104, thriving means using all the tools you have to shift your mindset, strengthen your connections, nurture gratitude, find purpose, and embrace each season of life. As Dr. Kerry Burnight says, \u201cIt\u2019s not about adding years to your life\u2014it\u2019s about adding life to your years.\u201d Don\u2019t forget to make sure you\u2019re subscribing to our newsletter, following us on Instagram and&amp;nbsp; subscribing to our YouTube version of the podcast so that you\u2019ll know about this episode as well as the many Crazy Amazing Humans featured in all of our episodes. Thanks for being part of the Crazy Amazing Humans community. We appreciate you! Peace and love, Katrina Carlson &amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"Crazy Amazing Humans","author_url":"http:\/\/crazyamazinghumans.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/39004445\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/195369200"}