Neelam Brar Launches The Mind My Age Podcast

Hey, I'd like to welcome you to another episode of Mission Matters. My name is Adam Torres, and if you'd like to apply to be a guest in the show, just head on over to MissionMatters. com and click on Be Our Guest to Apply. Alright, so today is a very special episode. We have Neelam Brar, who's founder of Total Life Therapy. Neelam, welcome. Welcome to the show. Thank you, Adam. Great to be here. All right. So I like that you said that, by the way. Great to have you, Neelam, because you are, we're announcing the launch of your new show. So we're going to get into that. And you're normally telling your guests, Hey, great, great to have you because now you are behind the microphone. So I'm going to, we're going to get into that. And I also want to talk about the work that you're doing over at Total Life Therapy, of course. But before we do that we'll start this episode the way that we start them all. All right. with what we like to call our mission matters minute. So a mission matters. Our aim and our goal is to amplify stories for entrepreneurs, executives and experts. That's our mission. Neelam, what mission matters to you? So the mission that I'm really focused on these days is helping older adults get access to support online. That is both affordable and accessible with a large and growing aging population across the US and Canada. It's imperative that we find ways to keep mom, dad, grandpa, grandma, young, healthy, vibrant, physically fit, and that all starts with a strong mind and a strong outlook. And so, I started a company called Total Life where we actually focus on getting seniors or older adults access to therapy and support to help them navigate the challenges of aging, the challenges of life, and the big transitions that occur after you turn 65, from retirement to loss to maybe moving or downsizing. These are really big shifts. And it's my mission to ensure that people enjoy those transitions and find a way to be positive and, and enjoy the rest of their life. Amazing. It's a great mission. And actually, I was thinking about you and your podcast recently when I went to go see my mom. So she lives in Florida and she's in one of those you know, where, you know, People go to Florida to, to retire and to and to grow old and happy. I like to say, so she's over there and we're kind of talking a little bit about this. And, and, you know, I'm obviously she's going through her normal processes and challenges of growing older. And and I started thinking about. Some of your content, and it got me to thinking, when did you originally start focusing on like that, on that niche or really on that, on that challenge and helping and, and start focusing on aging, like, where did that come from for you? You know, it's interesting. Cause I, I turned 45 this year and I'm proud of that. I think far too often we're all ashamed of like getting older, especially as women. And it did cause me some pause. And. Possibly a little bit of anxiety that like, you know, there are certain things in life now that might not be possible and That's that started to form a negative mindset for me And I realized that it's it's all about how we train our minds to think about Where we are in life I'm sure there's a few things in life that I won't be able to, some of them are pretty, pretty significant but there's so many things that I can now do because I have 45 years of experience and wisdom, knowledge that will guide me for the next. 65 years possibly and science is going the way it is, maybe a hundred more years. It really, I started to kind of understand that power of your mind to influence both your health, your inner wellness, and as well as your future opportunities. In addition to that, what drove me to start Total Life. Is that during COVID, I moved home back in with the parents and it was beautiful to spend time with my parents. I'd been, you know, traveling and working for about 20 years, right after college, I left the house. And, It's coming back as a older child. I suddenly found myself really helping mom and dad navigate some really critical challenges. My mother went through a number of major surgeries, they were really difficult. The recovery was hard and she really struggled. It's very hard. Common for older adults once they get discharged from a hospital to be readmitted because of depression, anxiety, inability to take you know, do their care plan day to day. And it's a really high statistic that can actually be reduced by just providing support. And thankfully I was home and my siblings were home to help mom navigate that. But the reality is most of the time we're not around our parents. And if we can be there provide services that can reach them in a way that they can access them and afford them. Right. We can have a huge impact on keeping our loved ones healthier and happier as they age. In parallel, my father about a year in 2021 decided to retire and that transition was a huge blow to his confidence. He didn't tra

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