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The Odyssey Group with Longevity & Leadership Advocate Barbara Waxman
Living, Leading and Loving Longer, Better with Barbara Waxman

Optimize Your Whole Life,
Now and For the Long Run

Barbara guides people midlife and better to optimize for what matters most, where clarity, connection, vitality, joy and purpose become part of your equation for a life well lived.

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Enjoy increased longevity
with true vitality and energy.

Design an authentic life of meaning,
purpose, joy and connection.

Consciously curate a path that turns
science into wisdom for life.

Trade burnout and overwhelm
for resilience and clarity.

Life feels full. But does it feel fully lived?

The calendar is crowded and expectations are stacked. Even wins can feel oddly thin. It’s common to appear to be thriving on the outside while wondering what’s missing inside. You’re not looking for another fix—you want clarity, a well of energy, deep and abiding relationships, and a lifestyle that feels deeply authentic and sustainable. This is where Barbara’s work begins: reconnecting what you do every day with what makes life worth living, now and for the long run.
  • Are you ready to fill the gap between living longer and living well?
  • Do you want your days to reflect meaning, purpose, joy, and connection?
  • Would guidance that turns research into lived wisdom help you move forward?
  • Is it time to trade burnout for resilience, clarity, and calm momentum?

Let’s step into the space that makes it all worth it.

From fully busy to fully lived.

You want more than a long life; you want a life that feels fully inhabited. Filling the gap between living longer and living well means reconnecting daily choices with what matters—so success, well-being, relationships, and purpose stop competing and start reinforcing one another. Sustainable energy replaces push; clarity replaces noise; an abiding presence returns. This is the shift from managing a life to actually living it.
Barbara Waxman Leadership Coach Longevity Advocate

Barbara Waxman MS, MPA, PCC

Your caring truth-teller and strategic thought partner, balancing compassion with candid, actionable guidance.

Barbara deeply understands the complexity of midlife and better—life transitions, career pivots, and reinvention—not only from professional study but from lived experience. She recognizes what often hides beneath outward success: the pull between external validation and inner fulfillment, the drain of well-being burnout, and the questions that surface.

She meets people where they are and helps them move forward with clarity, resilience, sustained energy, and authentic joy.

At the forefront of redefining aging, midlife, longevity, and leadership, Barbara serves on the Advisory Council for the Stanford Center on Longevity, advises Stanford’s Lifestyle Medicine program, and is a resident faculty member at the Modern Elder Academy (MEA). Her insights have appeared on CBS This Morning, Thrive Global, and other major platforms, and her books, including The Middlescence Manifesto, have shaped cultural conversations about energy, aging, and purposeful living. Barbara guides people to design lives that are not just longer, but richer, more intentional, and profoundly fulfilling.

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The Seven Lifestyle Levers Assessment™

Optimize for what matters most.
Your energy, vitality, and well-being.

Surrounded by rigid protocols and endless data, we’re burning out in the name of wellness. The Seven Lifestyle Levers Assessment™ cuts through the noise with a science-informed approach that reconnects you with your own wisdom and lived experience. It offers a personalized snapshot that empowers you to take a decisive step toward meaningful action.

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The Future of Resilient Leadership

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