Living Well Into Our Older Years

Come along with me on my iHeartRadio journey — I'm live every evening at 6:30 ET through Dec 10!We are on day six of the iHeart Radio competition and I need your help to become a Top Host. I am so grateful for your votes so far.It is definitely a challenge to stay engaged and optimistic during this long process, but I am holding onto the top position thanks to your support. We have a ways to go until the December 10th deadline, and I am working hard to keep the momentum going.If you want to see me succeed, please keep casting your votes daily. Your help is what keeps me in this position. Subscribe to follow my journey as I push toward the finish line, and let me know in the comments if you have voted today!VOTE HERE DAILY THRU DEC 10: https://tophost.org/2026/mary-catherine-georgeTruthfully, I'm MC, a health psychologist with 30 years of research experience. This vote helps our healthy aging message reach more women in their 40s, 50s, and beyond.Join me tomorrow at 6:30. Be well, my friends — we have this one precious life.📥 FREE E-BOOK — Chronic Pain: Use Your Brain Power. Non-drug pain treatments explained (acupuncture included), free for the first 50 readers:→ https://www.healthybygeorge.com/shop🎙️ ABOUT DR. MARY CATHERINE GEORGE:Dr. Mary Catherine George (MM PhD) is a health psychologist and host of Healthy by George — a podcast about healthy aging, longevity, brain health, and wellness for adults 50 and beyond. Where science meets soul.📲 CONNECT:Instagram: https://instagram.com/myhealthybygeorgeTikTok: https://tiktok.com/@healthybygeorgeWebsite: https://www.healthybygeorge.com⚠️ DISCLAIMER: This video is for educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Always talk with your healthcare provider before starting or stopping any treatment — especially if you take blood thinners, have a pacemaker or implanted device, or have a bleeding disorder or weakened immune system. Acupuncture works alongside your medical care, never instead of it.

Come along with me on my iHeartRadio journey — I'm live every evening at 6:30 ET through Dec 10!VOTE HERE DAILY THRU DEC 10: https://tophost.org/2026/mary-catherine-georgeTruthfully, I'm MC, a health psychologist with 30 years of research experience. This vote helps our healthy aging message reach more women in their 40s, 50s, and beyond.Join me tomorrow at 6:30. Be well, my friends — we have this one precious life.📥 FREE E-BOOK — Chronic Pain: Use Your Brain Power. Non-drug pain treatments explained (acupuncture included), free for the first 50 readers:→ https://www.healthybygeorge.com/shop🎙️ ABOUT DR. MARY CATHERINE GEORGE:Dr. Mary Catherine George (MM PhD) is a health psychologist and host of Healthy by George — a podcast about healthy aging, longevity, brain health, and wellness for adults 50 and beyond. Where science meets soul.📲 CONNECT:Instagram: https://instagram.com/myhealthybygeorgeTikTok: https://tiktok.com/@healthybygeorgeWebsite: https://www.healthybygeorge.com⚠️ DISCLAIMER: This video is for educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Always talk with your healthcare provider before starting or stopping any treatment — especially if you take blood thinners, have a pacemaker or implanted device, or have a bleeding disorder or weakened immune system. Acupuncture works alongside your medical care, never instead of it.

Come along with me on my iHeartRadio journey — I'm live every evening at 6:30 ET through Dec 10!VOTE HERE DAILY THRU DEC 10: https://tophost.org/2026/mary-catherine-georgeTruthfully, I'm MC, a health psychologist with 30 years of research experience. This vote helps our healthy aging message reach more women in their 40s, 50s, and beyond.Join me tomorrow at 6:30. Be well, my friends — we have this one precious life.📥 FREE E-BOOK — Chronic Pain: Use Your Brain Power. Non-drug pain treatments explained (acupuncture included), free for the first 50 readers:→ https://www.healthybygeorge.com/shop🎙️ ABOUT DR. MARY CATHERINE GEORGE:Dr. Mary Catherine George (MM PhD) is a health psychologist and host of Healthy by George — a podcast about healthy aging, longevity, brain health, and wellness for adults 50 and beyond. Where science meets soul.📲 CONNECT:Instagram: https://instagram.com/myhealthybygeorgeTikTok: https://tiktok.com/@healthybygeorgeWebsite: https://www.healthybygeorge.com⚠️ DISCLAIMER: This video is for educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Always talk with your healthcare provider before starting or stopping any treatment — especially if you take blood thinners, have a pacemaker or implanted device, or have a bleeding disorder or weakened immune system. Acupuncture works alongside your medical care, never instead of it.

Come along with me on my iHeartRadio journey — I'm live every evening at 6:30 ET through Dec 10!VOTE HERE DAILY THRU DEC 10: [PASTE YOUR VOTE LINK HERE]Truthfully, I'm MC, health psychologist with 30 years in research. This vote helps our healthy aging message reach more women in their 40s, 50s and beyond.Join me tomorrow at 6:30. Be well, my friends — we have this one precious life.

Come along with me on my iHeartRadio journey — I'm live every evening at 6:30 ET through Dec 10!VOTE HERE DAILY THRU DEC 10: https://tophost.org/2026/mary-catherine-georgeTruthfully, I'm MC, a health psychologist with 30 years of research experience. This vote helps our healthy aging message reach more women in their 40s, 50s, and beyond.Join me tomorrow at 6:30. Be well, my friends — we have this one precious life.

https://tophost.org/2026/mary-catheri...I am beyond excited to share the big news with you all, I've been selected for the prestigious iHeartRadio competition, a dream come true for any aspiring host. As a huge fan of Ryan Seacrest, who is known for his incredible work on iHeartRadio, I am thrilled to have this opportunity to showcase my skills and potentially become the next tophost. This competition is a chance to learn from the best in the industry and take my hosting career to the next level. I am looking forward to the challenge and the chance to work with iHeartRadio, and I hope you will all join me on this journey. With the support of my amazing audience, I am confident that I can make it to the top and become a renowned host, thanks for watching and I will keep you all updated on my progress in the iHeartRadio competition

Does acupuncture really work for chronic pain? Health psychologist Dr. Mary Catherine George has an answer few can give: 17 years of monthly acupuncture herself — and six years watching it manage her late husband's chronic low back pain and gout while she cared for him through multiple sclerosis.This is the honest version, from someone who reads the research for a living. The strongest evidence: the Back in Action trial (2025) randomized 800 older adults with chronic low back pain into three groups — and acupuncture beat standard care. A review of 29 high-quality trials covering roughly 18,000 patients with back pain, neck pain, osteoarthritis, and chronic headache found real benefit that was still there a year later. And the honest limits: the gout evidence is weak, sham-controlled studies are genuinely hard to design, and the placebo effect in pain research is enormous — though as MC puts it about her husband's relief: "Was it placebo? Who cares? It worked."Just as valuable is the practical half nobody covers: what Medicare actually pays for (up to 12 sessions for chronic low back pain, 8 more if you're improving — and only with a medical-professional provider), how to use an FSA/HSA for everything else, why 1–2 sessions is not a fair trial, and who should talk to their doctor first — anyone on blood thinners, with a pacemaker or implanted device, or with a weakened immune system.And a hard-won warning from her husband's story: pain relief is not the same as treatment. Acupuncture eased his gout pain, but it couldn't lower the uric acid quietly damaging joints and kidneys — and his heart attack taught her to look at what the body doesn't announce, which is why she's now getting a coronary calcium score herself.🔑 WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:✦ The 2009 house-call that started 17 years of acupuncture in her family✦ The Back in Action trial: 800 patients, and acupuncture beat standard care for low back pain✦ 29 trials, ~18,000 patients: benefits that lasted a full year✦ Where the evidence is thin: gout, electroacupuncture, and the sham-study problem✦ What Medicare covers (12 + 8 sessions, chronic low back pain only) and the FSA/HSA route for everything else✦ Why you must give it 6–10 sessions before judging — and when to stop paying✦ Safety cautions: blood thinners, pacemakers, fragile skin, weakened immunity✦ The gout lesson: treat the underlying cause, not just the pain✦ The questions to bring to your doctor — including the one about your heart📥 FREE E-BOOK — Chronic Pain: Use Your Brain Power. Non-drug pain treatments explained (acupuncture included), free for the first 50 readers:→ https://www.healthybygeorge.com/shop💌 JOIN THE GLOW UPDATE — MC's free weekly newsletter on healthy aging, mindfulness & intentional living:→ https://www.healthybygeorge.com/#newsletter🎧 LISTEN ON THE GO:Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1851374108Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6ixJ7RXL3uVhMx9UrJOYzcWebsite: https://www.healthybygeorge.com⏱️ CHAPTERS:00:00 — 2009: an acupuncturist comes to our home01:01 — Treating my husband's back pain and gout02:21 — The three weeks that proved it wasn't just placebo04:54 — The Back in Action trial: acupuncture beat standard care06:07 — 29 trials, 18,000 patients: benefits that lasted07:30 — The placebo problem in pain research08:31 — The gout evidence, honestly weighed09:52 — What it costs and how to pay for it12:08 — What Medicare actually covers (and for what)13:40 — Who should be cautious before trying it15:31 — Pain relief is not the same as treatment16:49 — My husband's heart — and the test I'm now getting18:14 — How to try it right + questions for your doctor21:28 — Outro🎙️ ABOUT DR. MARY CATHERINE GEORGE:Dr. Mary Catherine George (MM PhD) is a health psychologist and host of Healthy by George — a podcast about healthy aging, longevity, brain health, and wellness for adults 50 and beyond. Where science meets soul.📲 CONNECT:Instagram: https://instagram.com/myhealthybygeorgeTikTok: https://tiktok.com/@healthybygeorgeWebsite: https://www.healthybygeorge.com⚠️ DISCLAIMER: This video is for educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Always talk with your healthcare provider before starting or stopping any treatment — especially if you take blood thinners, have a pacemaker or implanted device, or have a bleeding disorder or weakened immune system. Acupuncture works alongside your medical care, never instead of it.#Acupuncture #ChronicPainRelief #HealthyAging

Tonight MC talks about the excitement of sharing her ideas of how our words said aloud reveal who we are and she is so excited that she was included in the iHart Radio competion that starts on 10/5 and runs through 12/10. The goal is to bring my ideas of listening and sharing to who I believe would benefit and who I could serve.

Mounjaro 15mg side effects made me quit the highest dose after three injections — relentless heartburn that Gaviscon, Tums, small meals, and allergy medicine couldn't touch. Now there's a 15mg pen sitting in my refrigerator, and I have to decide: do I try again?In this episode, health psychologist Dr. Mary Catherine George — 55 pounds down over three years on her GLP-1 journey — talks through the dose-increase decision in real time, and lands somewhere she didn't expect. Along the way: what her body-composition band shows that the scale can't (lean mass up, visceral fat down, skeletal muscle up), why studies show higher doses mean more weight loss but not what KIND of weight, and the question that matters more than the number — is it muscle or fat you're losing?This is also an honest episode about the mental side of GLP-1 weight loss: quieting food noise, emotional eating, why she stopped stepping on the scale every day, and what happened when she started actually enjoying her food again ("I forgot I'm a really good cook").🔑 WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:✦ What "failing" on a GLP-1 dose actually looks like — and why it isn't failure✦ The heartburn that ended her 15mg attempt (and the allergy-season factor that made it worse)✦ The three keys to success on Mounjaro or any GLP-1: diet, movement, side-effect management✦ "The highest dose isn't a trophy — it's just the dose"✦ What body composition reveals that pounds don't: muscle up, subcutaneous and visceral fat down✦ The muscle-loss question every dose-increase decision should include✦ Why she skips the daily weigh-in now — and what she tracks instead✦ Her decision on the 15mg pen, made out loud by the end of the episode📥 FREE E-BOOK — Chronic Pain: Use Your Brain Power. Behavioral pain treatments that don't involve pills, free for the first 50 readers:→ https://www.healthybygeorge.com/shop💌 JOIN THE GLOW UPDATE — MC's free weekly newsletter on healthy aging, mindfulness & intentional living:→ https://www.healthybygeorge.com/#newsletter🎧 LISTEN ON THE GO:Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1851374108Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6ixJ7RXL3uVhMx9UrJOYzcWebsite: https://www.healthybygeorge.com⏱️ CHAPTERS:00:00 — What "failing" on a GLP-1 actually looked like01:00 — The relentless heartburn — and the allergy twist01:44 — Quitting 15mg after three injections02:06 — Beyond the scale: muscle up, visceral fat down03:01 — The three keys to GLP-1 success (and 55 lbs in 3 years)04:29 — Emotional eating and food noise06:15 — On the fence before the health-coach call06:49 — Why I stopped weighing myself every day07:33 — Rediscovering food I actually enjoy08:52 — The 15mg pen sitting in my refrigerator09:45 — More weight loss — but muscle or fat?11:06 — My decision, made out loud12:36 — The pants problem + staying curious14:26 — Outro🎙️ ABOUT DR. MARY CATHERINE GEORGE:Dr. Mary Catherine George (MM PhD) is a health psychologist and host of Healthy by George — a podcast about healthy aging, longevity, brain health, and wellness for adults 50 and beyond. Where science meets soul.📲 CONNECT:Instagram: https://instagram.com/myhealthybygeorgeTikTok: https://tiktok.com/@healthybygeorgeWebsite: https://www.healthybygeorge.com⚠️ DISCLAIMER: This video is for educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Mounjaro is a prescription medication — every decision about dosing, starting, or stopping belongs with you and your prescriber. Never change your dose based on someone else's experience, including this one.#Mounjaro #GLP1 #WeightLossJourney