{"podcast":{"title":"Junk to Jewels Podcast with Georgette Beck","slug":"junk-to-jewels-podcast-with-georgette-beck-6740500","podcast_index_feed_id":6740500,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/dreamtoachieve/feed.xml","website_url":"https://dreamtoachieve.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/17588509/0_-_26-7-30_resize_Junk_to_Jewels_Podcast_Cover_Soloawb5d.png","author":"dreamtoachieve","episode_count":74,"summary":"Have you ever felt like your life's broken pieces couldn't possibly become something beautiful? This show was made for you. Junk to Jewels Podcast with Georgette Beck is a podcast about turning life's hardest moments into purpose, healing, and hope. Georgette is an author, speaker, and founder of the Bella Healing Hearts Foundation. With a Master of Arts in Human Services - Marriage & Family Counseling, she brings both professional insight and personal experience to every conversation — because heart matters truly matter. Each week, Georgette and her guests explore the real, raw topics that shape our lives: healing from divorce, loss, abandonment, rejection, and grief; navigating blended families, stepparenting, and remarriage; wrestling with faith, depression, self-worth, and life purpose — and finding beauty on the other side of all of it. Episodes feature stories from Georgette's own journey, affirmations, scripture, wisdom from books she loves, and guest speakers who share their own Junk to Jewels transformations. This podcast was inspired by Georgette's book, Junk to Jewels: A Journey from Brokenness and Despair to Beauty and Delight, available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.c…","last_synced_at":"2026-09-22T18:21:23.649116+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/junk-to-jewels-podcast-with-georgette-beck-6740500"},"episode":{"title":"Dr. Gillian Lockitch: The Bionic Dancing Doc's Comeback Story","slug":"dr-gillian-lockitch-the-bionic-dancing-doc-s-comeback-story","published_at":"2026-08-24T19:36:46+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/junk-to-jewels-podcast-with-georgette-beck-6740500/dr-gillian-lockitch-the-bionic-dancing-doc-s-comeback-story","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/junk-to-jewels-podcast-with-georgette-beck-6740500","url":"https://dreamtoachieve.podbean.com/e/dr-gillian-lockitch-the-bionic-dancing-docs-comeback-story/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/62yhwdtqk57pdjvc/J2J-DrGillianLockitch-AudioOnly.mp3","summary":"SHOW NOTES SUMMARY In this episode of the Junk to Jewels Podcast, recorded live at the Podapalooza Podatorium, Georgette sits down with Dr. Gillian Lockitch — physician, author, and host of the Growing Older, Living Younger podcast, affectionately known as “The Bionic Dancing Doc.” After emergency spinal surgery threatened her mobility, Dr. Gillian became determined to ballroom dance again — and along the way discovered the power of epigenetics to reshape her own aging trajectory. She shares the science behind the antioxidant score, why she believes many age-associated disorders are really unhealthy-living-associated disorders, and the mindset shift that keeps her thriving at 81. Episode Highlights Her emergency spinal surgery and the 10-month journey back to the ballroom floor How discovering epigenetics changed the way she approaches aging Losing both parents to coronary artery disease — and what it taught her about prevention What an antioxidant score is, and why carotenoids matter for eyes, brain, and heart Her own diagnosis of myopic macular degeneration and how she has worked to protect her vision The seven pillars of her GOLY (Growing Older, Living Younger) Project — and the one most people neglect: mindset Her guiding belief: “If you believe you can, you can” Her free resource: the Guide to Nature's Colorful Antioxidants GUEST CONTACT & BIO Dr. Gillian Lockitch Physician, Author & Podcast Host | “The Bionic Dancing Doc” A dual-certified Specialist in Paediatrics and Medical Biochemistry and former Professor at the University of British Columbia, Dr. Gillian is the author of Growing Older, Living Younger: The Science of Aging Gracefully and The Art of Retiring Comfortably. 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