Barbara Waxman, MS, MPA, PCC

Talks that connect science with story—and move audiences to live, love, and lead longer, better.

From leadership to longevity, expect research-backed content that lands with diverse audiences and drives action.

What makes these talks stick:

More than inspiration—fresh thinking and practical insights that last long after the applause.

As a gerontologist and masterful coach, Barbara blends evidence-informed frameworks with story to provide clarity and actionable insights. She meets your brief and your audience, translating complex ideas into clear, messages that activate conversations that matter.

Informed by decades of life experience and real world work, she brings a proven coaching methodology and science-informed approach to the stage—keeping the experience engaging,relevant and upbeat.

Audiences leave with a shared language, 2–3 realistic micro-practices, and a simple first-step plan they can use on Monday—to live, love, and lead longer, better.

The Future of Resilient Leadership

Lead From Your Chair with Resilience, Equanimity, and Impact

Relentless change and invisible loads are draining us, at home and work.. In this energizing keynote, gerontologist and master coach Barbara Waxman shows how to become your own Chief Energy Officer—building durable capacity, equanimity, and focus. Grounded in research from leadership, longevity, and optimal performance, Barbara explains how to navigate during times of transition enabling her audiences to leave with tools and feeling prepared to face what life has in store..

Leadership

Middlescence Mastery

New age, new stage—a practical guide to the modern midlife.

Gerontologist and life-stage expert Barbara Waxman makes the case for Middlescence—the newest phase of adult development emerging from today’s demographic shifts—and shows how naming it unlocks agency. This keynote replaces outdated myths with a clear lens and simple practices to redesign roles, align choices with values, and amplify energy for a flourishing second half of life.

Middlescence

The Thirdspan^™: Longevity’s Next Frontier

From metrics to meaning: energy, connection, purpose, and mindset in practice

Longer lives become an opportunity when you have a way to navigate them. In this keynote, Barbara brings together her coaching methodology, the Seven Lifestyle Levers™ Assessment, and her Middlescence and Third Span frameworks to create the Longevity Lifeplan™—a human, science-informed approach that links what matters most to your next right steps. Participants walk away with a living roadmap they’ll return to again and again, carrying momentum well beyond the event.

Longevity

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