Mark Sullivan MD, PhD

Kathryn interviews Author David Cravit.People are living longer and longer. Someone turning 65 today can typically look forward to an additional 15 years or more of high-quality living. Centenarians are quickly becoming the fastest growing age-group, with more and more people living into their 80s, and even their 90s. David Cravit uncovers seven simple key components—Attitude, Awareness, Activity, Autonomy, Achievement, Attachment, and Avoidance—that teach us to turn the period after age 65 into one of the most productive and fulfilling times of our lives - from taking control of our health, to revolutionary ways of thinking about retirement, money, housing and even relationships. Cravit, an executive at ZoomerMedia appears frequently on radio and TV as a commentator on new trends and developments leading to a complete ‘reinvention' of what it means to be ‘older’.Kathryn also interviews Author Mark Sullivan MD, PhD.Do we have a right to pain relief? Our belief in a right to pain relief rests on a belief about the nature of pain: namely, that pain is a mechanical, impersonal process that originates outside of the individual. But the origins and experience of pain are far more complex—particularly with chronic and/or unexplainable pain. Physical pain doesn’t operate independently of the person who bears it. It intersects with all of the unique psychological and social factors at work in the individual in his or her life. Mark Sullivan MD, PhD reveals how popular misconceptions around pain, among doctors and the medical community, are as much to blame for the opioid epidemic as ‘greedy' pharmaceutical companies. He is Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington. His most recent article was published in the Boston Globe in 2023.