What does it mean to have a beautiful mind? Judy Stadt chats with us about how she nourishes her life so at the ripe young age of 69, she is a semi-finalist in the "Beautiful Minds" award sponsored by the National Center for Creative Aging and Martek Biosciences. The award looks at the following 4 dimensions of brain health: nourishment, mental engagement, physical activity, and socially connected. Judy is blessed with the positive energy to overcome a diagnosis of "you will never walk again" to wearing high heels and dancing at her son's wedding a year later. Listen to the whole show below to find out how she did it.
Judy Stadt is an entertainer extraordinaire appearing in over a dozen films and 80 stage performances. She knew she was born to entertain at 5 years old. She delivers her own weekly radio show "The Lunch and Judy Show" on PWRN which is a variety of music, conversation and plenty of laughs. Of course, her varied background - or the fact that audiences have dubbed her the American Judi Dench - might have something to do with her celebrity demeanor, too. A quick look at her resume reveals that she wrote some of those 80 plays she appeared in; produced illustrations and greeting cards for her company, JudyStadt Graphics; designed fashion jewelry for JStadt Jewelry (found at high-end retailers like Saks Fifth Avenue) and clothing for the now-retired Judith and Charles boutiques in New York. She is even a licensed real-estate sales representative. Throw in a handful of awards and skills in jazz-singing, character-voicing, puppeteering, ballroom- and tap-dancing, and you've got a regular Renaissance woman.
She has some insightful words about how you can have a beautiful mind too.
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