Perseverance, Resilience, & Reinvention: Joan Lunden

What was it like to be the co-host on Good Morning America in the
80s and 90s? How did Joan Lunden balance her booming career and
being a new mother all while being on TV every morning? How did
age play a role in Joan leaving GMA? What are the 3 things we
need in our lives to age better? What are Joan Lunden’s health
non-negotiables? 


The iconic Joan Lunden joins us this week to discuss these
questions. She is inspiring, humble, and curious with a
tremendous amount of wisdom to offer. When Joan became the
co-host for Good Morning America in 1980, she had just found out
that she was pregnant. She had her child and, 7 weeks later, she
was back in the co-host chair. She didn’t know it then but she
was changing the TV industry and work force for women. When she
left GMA after being there for 20 years, her biggest problem was
learning what opportunities to say no to. She had no intention of
slowing down and now at 71 years old she is still ticking things
off of her to-do list. 


What you will learn in this episode:


What the TV industry, and work force, was like for women in
the 80s and 90s

How Joan managed being a new mother with her booming
career 

Joan’s health non-negotiables

The importance of cleaning your living space

The top 3 things we must have to age better



“Look at us! Do we look old? No we don’t. So then why do we have
to be called older? Act older? Think older?” 


“I literally took on my health as another job, as a second
occupation, and I started working with a nutritionist and a
trainer and I have really changed myself. It’s not just that I
lost 35 pounds, I changed the way I lived my life, I came to
understand that I needed to honor myself.” 


Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. 


Read Joan’s book, “Why Did I Come Into This Room?”


Connect with Joan: 


Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/joanlunden/?hl=en 


Website - https://www.joanlunden.com 


Twitter -
https://twitter.com/JoanLunden?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor


Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/JoanLunden 


LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joanlunden/ 


Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/user/JoanLunden


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