164: New Life Perspectives with Liz Larson and Bill McKenna - Episode 164

164: New Life Perspectives with Liz Larson and Bill McKenna - Episode 164

Curious about how others cope with the challenges of staying sharp as they age? This chat with Liz Larson and Bill McKenna digs into something many people quietly worry about: the fear that memory, focus and quick thinking are on a permanent slide downhill.

Focusing on simple eye movements as “anti-ageing brain exercises”, they argue that the eyes are “the visible part of your brain” and that where you look can either stress the brain or help it reconnect and work better. You’ll hear Bill talk about his 87-year-old mum, who went from gripping the steering wheel in panic and driving far below the speed limit to cruising calmly at normal speeds after years of daily eye-based exercises.

She even regained confidence walking long distances after a serious fall. Liz and Bill share stories of clients terrified by memory lapses, brain fog or strange visual issues – like a man who couldn’t tolerate anyone standing on one side of him, or a mum whose anger at her homeschooled son vanished once they changed where he sat.

They link these shifts to targeted eye movements paired with body movement, which they say help the brain “cycle” information between left and right hemispheres and calm long-held emotional stress. They also talk about lab tests where someone improved their performance on a cognitive task by over 30% after just 45 minutes of this work, even though the session focused on resolving emotional trauma rather than “brain training” directly.

If you’re in recovery, dealing with long-term stress, or just anxious about getting older, you may recognise the mix of fear, frustration and hope in these stories. It might leave you asking: what if some of those “just getting older” issues aren’t fixed, but actually changeable?