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What stresses you out the most? Have you noticed stress hurting your health? Today, Jay sits down with Dan Harris, journalist, meditation advocate, and the author of 10% Happier. If you’ve ever felt like stress and anxiety are running the show in your life, this episode is here to remind you that you’re not alone—and better yet, there’s a way forward. Dan opens up about the growing levels of anxiety and stress we’re all feeling, thanks to modern life’s endless distractions like social media, political turmoil, and the ripple effects of the pandemic. He unpacks the difference between stress and anxiety and offers some eye-opening perspectives on why we often feel overwhelmed. But this isn’t just a heavy conversation about what’s wrong with the world—it’s packed with solutions. Jay and Dan dive into the magic of human connection, the science of mindfulness, and the art of not being so hard on yourself. Dan shares personal stories about grappling with anger, dealing with claustrophobia, and navigating his own inner critic. You’ll hear how meditation has been a game-changer for him, not in making life perfect, but in making it manageable—and even joyful. They also get into the nitty-gritty of practical tips: How do you set boundaries with your phone? How do you learn to live with discomfort instead of running from it? And how can you reframe that negative self-talk that’s always lurking? Spoiler alert: It’s not about silencing your inner critic; it’s about befriending it. In this interview, you'll learn: How to Differentiate Stress from Anxiety How to Build Meaningful Connections That Reduce Stress How to Reframe Negative Self-Talk How to Identify the Root Cause of Your Anger How to Embrace Discomfort for Personal Growth How to Recognize and Change Destructive Habits You don’t need to have all the answers or fix everything overnight. It’s about showing up, being kind to yourself, and embracing the messy, imperfect journey of personal growth. With Love and Gratitude, Jay Shetty What We Discuss: 00:00 Intro 01:08 How Are You Handling Stress? 02:51 What is Stressing You Out? 07:24 How to Build Deep Relationships 11:32 How Develop a Healthy Relationship 19:43 The Possibility of Reprogramming Your Inner Dialogue 24:16 The Benefits of Meditation 26:51 What is “ME”? 31:14 How Do You Befriend Your Mind? 38:37 There’s a Reason Why You Keep Wanting More 40:39 Get More Familiar with Your Thoughts 43:39 What is Your Daily Meditation Practice? 47:10 The Modular Model of Mind 51:49 Healthy Anger Versus Destructive Anger 57:07 Are You Defensive or Dismissive? 01:00:12 The Power of Having a Sense of Humor 01:03:05 Observe Nature to Understand Yourself 01:07:23 Dan on Final Five Episode Resources: Dan Harris | Website Dan Harris | TikTok Dan Harris | LinkedIn Dan Harris | Instagram Ten Percent Happier | YouTube 10% Happier with Dan Harris 10% Happier (10th Anniversary): How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works—A True Story See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Komlanvi Dodjro on his inspiring journey from Togo to Canada, discovering how small steps can lead to big changes, his love of salsa dancing, awakening the inner health warrior, the healing power of Reishi mushrooms, and the relevance of the hippo--As always, thanks so much for tuning into Breaking Brave! If you like the show, please subscribe, review, and/or send us your suggestions or questions via the platforms below! For more from Marilyn Barefoot or to get in touch with her directly, please connect via:Marilyn's website: https://marilynbarefoot.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marilynbarefootbigideas/ Twitter: @MarilynBarefoot Instagram: @marilynbarefoot ABOUT Marilyn Barefoot, the Host of Breaking Brave:Breaking Brave is Hosted by Marilyn Barefoot, one of the foremost business coaches & creative ideators in North America - Marilyn gets hired by several of the world's biggest brands, companies, and organizations (the NHL, McDonald's, Deloitte, Coca-Cola, MTV, Viacom, The CFL, Forbes Magazine; to name just a few) to help them get unstuck and generate big, creative ideas.It helps us so much to have your feedback which goes a really long way in helping us shape the future of Breaking Brave and host the guests you're most interested in hearing from! So if you have the time, please subscribe, review, and connect with Marilyn on social media or through her website! And as always, thanks so much for tuning in!
This week, Dr. Dave Rabin, a renowned psychiatrist and neuroscientist, joins us to discuss his pioneering work in mental health and wellness.If we get outside the box that we create for ourselves, a whole new world is there for us. Dr. Rabin talks about the Apollo Neuro device, which uses soothing vibrations to help manage stress and improve sleep. Next, he explains how ketamine therapy is transforming the treatment of depression and PTSD, providing a new lease on life for many patients. Dr. Rabin also touches on the broader implications of psychedelic therapies and how they can help us tap into our full potential. Join us for a look into the future of mental wellness and ask yourself “am I living inside my own box?” Want More? Subscribe to the AGEIST weekly magazine today at: ageist.com/newsletterWhat kind of SuperAger are you? Check the SuperAge Quiz and find out! (visit: ageist.com/quiz)Thanks to our sponsors:Apollo Neuro - Use the code AGEIST at checkout for $40 off Apollo Neuro, visit: https://apolloneuroscience.pxf.io/c/3793750/1828977/12331 DIVI – take back control of your hair and scalp health, and do it with Divi's clean, science-backed ingredients. Listeners get 20% off your first Divi order at diviofficial.com/AGEIST or enter code "AGEIST" at checkout. InsideTracker – the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 10% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST.Key Moments00:20:46"Is it possible that what I was taught I'm capable of in this life is not the full story?"00:27:45Noticing, just noticing with awareness where you start to judge yourself. And when you start to think about yourself. These are ways you start to practice. You replace that practice of judgment with a practice of gratitude.00:30:23"I think that we have to be really intentional about what we learn and what we decide to take in as information. Because if everything is outside the box, then we want to be extra careful about what it is that we decide to spend our time on. And that can be something that's helpful to us, or could be something that's unhelpful, right?"Connect with Dr. DaveWebsiteInstagramTwitterFull TranscriptConnect with AGEISTNewsletterInstagramWebsite
This week, we welcome Dr. Robyne Hanley-Dafoe, an expert in human resiliency and performance at Trent University. Dr. Robyne discusses the misconceptions surrounding resilience, emphasizing that it isn't just about grit and toughness but also about proactive coping strategies. She outlines five key tenets essential for building resilience: belonging, perspective, acceptance, hope, and humor. Through her research, Dr. Robyne shows us how understanding and practicing these principles can help in navigating life's challenges more effectively.Subscribe to the AGEIST weekly magazine today at: ageist.com/newsletterWhat kind of SuperAger are you? Check the SuperAge Quiz and find out! (visit: ageist.com/quiz)Thanks to our sponsors:Our Place – our favorite cookware brand for non-toxic, PFA-free pots and brands. Use code “AGEIST” for 10% off at fromourplace.com DIVI – take back control of your hair and scalp health, and do it with Divi's clean, science-backed ingredients. Listeners get 20% off your first Divi order at diviofficial.com/AGEIST or enter code "AGEIST" at checkout. InsideTracker – the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 10% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST.Key Moments“Having your person in your corner is absolutely key, for some it could be your family system, but for others it could be a teacher, a coach, a community member. It's this one person that doesn't let you give up on yourself.”“I think there's a different purpose in different seasons of our life, and it's this evolution of ourselves and our character."“Ask yourself, what's your favorite self? What are you doing? Who's around you? Why does it feel so good? This is actually pretty helpful to do some of that good work as well.”Connect with Dr. RobyneWebsiteInstagramFull Transcript
Dr Edythe Heus began her career as a chiropractor specializing in kinesiology. She's spent a lifetime studying muscles and movement. She is the inventor of Revolution in Motion which is a system of fascia and neuro-based exercises. She is also the author of ProBodX. Her innovative Rev6 training system emphasizes the importance of fascia in achieving optimal physical function, demonstrating impressive results across various age groups and fitness levels. Dr. Heus discusses the transformative effects of her methods, including increased elasticity and mobility, and how these principles can be applied to both high-level athletes and everyday individuals.Subscribe to the AGEIST weekly magazine today at: ageist.com/newsletterWhat kind of SuperAger are you? Check the SuperAge Quiz and find out! (visit: ageist.com/quiz)Thanks to our sponsors:InsideTracker – the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST.LMNT Electrolytes — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/AGEIST. Timeline Nutrition — our #1 supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners receive 10% off your first order of Mitopure with code AGEIST at TimelineNutrition.com/ageist. Key Moments“And this is what happens. Time slows down and you feel oneness with all of it. I know people look for that in their meditations and that's really cool. I would love to get it every time I'm moving and exercising and Rev6 helps keep people in that micro flow state.”“The movements are the result of the design of our body. The exercises are all full body and take into consideration things like the small muscles, which is really contribute to your core. I referred to the small muscles like your lower abs, the muscles of your spine deep in your hip rotators, even your your pelvic floor, your hands and your feet.”“The fascia is really the connector between the nerve and the muscle, and the fascia is so interconnected that every cell is surrounded by fascia, it happens so quickly and it's so dynamic and it's so malleable, so fast.”Connect with Edythe Heus:ProfileRev6Full Transcript
This week, we welcome Peter Landesman, a journalist, novelist, and filmmaker, to share his compelling journey. Peter opens up about his 17-year substance use, highlighting the isolation it brought and his ultimate realization of its impact on his life. He reflects on the profound transformation he's undergone since achieving sobriety and the importance of emotional sobriety in his personal growth. Peter's story is a powerful testament to resilience and the pursuit of authentic connections and self-awareness.What kind of SuperAger are you? Check the SuperAge Quiz and find out! (visit: ageist.com/quizThanks to our sponsors:Timeline Nutrition — our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners receive 10% off your first order of Mitopure with code AGEIST at TimelineNutrition.com/ageist. Our Place – our favorite cookware brand for non-toxic, PFA-free pots and brands. Use code “AGEIST” for 10% off at fromourplace.com InsideTracker – the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST.Connect with Peter Landesman:Debut NovelIMDBInstagramFull Transcript
This week, we sit down with ultra-endurance athlete Rebecca Rusch, who shares her incredible journey from managing sports teams, to conquering the Iditarod, to biking the Ho Chi Minh Trail. At 55, Rebecca continues to push her limits, embracing an explorer's mindset and maintaining a top performance level. She opens up about her strategies for recovery, the importance of mental preparation, and the insights she's gained from decades of outdoor adventures. Rebecca also discusses her mission to inspire others through the Rush Academy, encouraging everyone to find their own adventure and embrace resilience.What kind of SuperAger are you? Check the SuperAge Quiz and find out! (visit: ageist.com/quiz)Thanks to our sponsors:InsideTracker – the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST.AmeriCorps Seniors — Get involved in your community through AmeriCorps Seniors' volunteer opportunities and change your life. Go to AmeriCorps.gov/YourMomentLMNT Electrolytes — Our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/AGEIST. Key Moments“I have the nickname the Queen of pain. I'm known for being tough as nails, gritty, all that kind of stuff. But people are always surprised when they meet me. I am quite soft and sensitive and caring, and they don't expect that.”"I feel like probably the biggest metric that has been helping me is learning how much stress the body is absorbing, even when you're not working out. Whether its a stressful job, or you're thinking and ruminating on something, the body is taking that almost as workout stress.""Real diligent self-care. We used to think that that was reserved for Olympians and world champions–athletes have been doing this stuff for a while. Now it's accessible to everybody. And people are realizing, oh, if I treat myself like world champion, I'm going to perform like a world champion in whatever arena I'm in. And it feels great to feel good, doesn't it?""Astronauts do the same thing. They go through the routine of knowing what's going to happen so that when something unexpected happens, you fall back on what you know, and you don't have to be an astronaut or someone riding your bike in Alaska to take that kind of training to everyday life."Connect with Rebecca Rusch:- Website- Instagram- LinkedIn- Rush AcademyFull Transcript
This week, we sit down with Ryan Smith, founder of TruDiagnostic, and a leading figure in the evolving field of biological age testing, to explore the remarkable advancements in health diagnostics. Ryan discusses the development of personalized health metrics that not only measure biological age with unprecedented precision but also provide actionable health insights. Delving into the science behind these innovations, Ryan explains how these metrics can predict and improve individual health outcomes by identifying the biological markers of aging. Our conversation provides a fascinating look into how cutting-edge science is transforming our approach to health and longevity, making personalized healthcare a reality.What kind of SuperAger are you? Check the SuperAge Quiz and find out! (visit: ageist.com/quiz)Thanks to our sponsors:InsideTracker – the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST.Timeline Nutrition — Our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners receive 10% off your first order of Mitopure with code AGEIST at TimelineNutrition.com/ageist. LMNT Electrolytes — Our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/AGEIST. Key Moments"The best models will come from integrating multiple data sets. But for the sake of time, convenience and price, we're trying to consolidate all into just epigenome methylation. We think it's uniquely suited to do that.""So you can actually get the test back and say, where do I rank among the true diagnostic cohort for my glucose? Is it higher or lower than average? Is my fattening higher."Get In Touch with RyanTruDiagnosticLinkedInFull Transcript
In this week's episode of the SuperAge podcast, we're joined by Lyn Slater, Ph.D. Also known as the Accidental Icon, she is an author, former social worker, and professor. Along with her new book How To Be Old, Lyn discusses how her career in social work–dealing with trauma and violence–led her to seek creative outlets, which ultimately inspired her transition to fashion blogging. Lyn emphasizes her aim to explore fashion sociologically, as a tool for identity expression and subversion, rather than focusing on age. She then recounts her unexpected rise to fame via a Valentino ad, and how it shifted her identity from a person to a brand. As an influencer, she experienced a loss of creativity and control, leading to dissatisfaction. The pandemic provided a turning point, allowing her to reconnect with her passion for writing and reshape her engagement on social media. Lyn's insights on idealized aging, its relation to privilege, and the need for more inclusive and realistic portrayals of aging are thought-provoking. She advocates for aging as a creative practice, using her experiences to encourage others to embrace risks and accept life's unpredictable nature, regardless of age.What kind of SuperAger are you? Check the SuperAge Quiz and find out! (visit: ageist.com/quiz)Thanks to our sponsors:InsideTracker – the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST.Our Place – our favorite cookware brand for non-toxic, PFA-free pots and brands. Use code “AGEIST” for 10% off at fromourplace.com LMNT Electrolytes — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/AGEIST.Key Moments“Being old is a transaction between a mind, a body and a context.”“I think part of why it worked was because I was an ordinary woman, and so a lot of ordinary people saw me and said, wow, if she could do that, maybe I could too. And so that was the time I was getting like 100,000 followers in a day. And my phone was going crazy.”“The difference between when all those things happened to me during my 20s is that I probably had a toolbox, a toolbox that had a hammer in the nail, and but at 70, I have so many skills, so many experiences, so many assets that I can bring to the challenges of age.”Get In Touch with LynLyn's new book: How To Be OldInstagramAccidental Icon WebsiteFull Transcript
In this week's episode, we talk with Nick Holt, a passionate health coach and personal trainer, about the ins and outs of DEXA scans. These scans, Nick explains, are not just for measuring body fat and bone health (which is important to keep an eye on as we age), but are also vital for understanding overall metabolic health.Additionally, Nick shares insights on the difference between subcutaneous and visceral fat, emphasizing the health implications of each. We also explore the significant role of muscle mass in our bodies, not just for physical strength and function, but also for metabolic health and glucose regulation.What kind of SuperAger are you? Check the SuperAge Quiz and find out! (visit: ageist.com/quiz)Thanks to our sponsors:InsideTracker – the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST.Timeline Nutrition — our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners receive 10% off your first order of Mitopure with code AGEIST at TimelineNutrition.com/ageist. LMNT Electrolytes — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/AGEIST. Key Moments“I think it's a powerful tool to see how your training is going and if you're on the right track or if you need to change or modify anything which gets into the muscle mass conversation too, which is just as important for metabolic health in addition to performance.”“So a lot of the guys that I'm working with, we're on sort of a 6 to 12 month cadence with the test. I think it's a really good idea to have it as sort of like a baseline test at first and then chart out sort of a goal 6 to 12 months later to try to hit either a body composition goal, or a lot of people use it for some of their female friends who have had some osteopenia, osteoporosis.”"Visceral fat, which is in and around your organs is really inflammatory and can be quite problematic. But subcutaneous fat, the stuff that's kind of in between muscle, the jiggly stuff that's soft, and maybe doesn't look as nice, but is pretty innocuous." Get In Touch with NickNick Holt is a personal trainer and health coach based out of Tamarindo, Costa Rica.Surfing transformed his body from a debilitating back injury and got him in the best shape of his life in his 40s. He's created a unique system of training that uses the principles of surfing, functional mobility, and strength training to help guys over 40 get leaner and stronger.You can grab a free copy of his Unlock Your Body Guide to learn the basics of how to build a strong, lean, and fit body at any ageFull Transcript
Today's SuperAge episode features author, pilot, and lifelong adventurer Caroline Paul, who shares her insights on the importance of outdoor adventure and its positive impacts as we age. Caroline emphasizes the significance of embracing new experiences, breaking through societal norms, and the unique empowerment that comes from stepping outside one's comfort zone. Her personal journey, highlighted by her various outdoor exploits, illustrates how engaging with nature can lead to a richer, more fulfilling life in one's later years. Caroline's message is clear: aging isn't about slowing down but about rediscovering oneself through adventure and exploration.What kind of SuperAger are you? Check the SuperAge Quiz and find out! (visit: ageist.com/quiz)Thanks to our sponsors:InsideTracker – the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST.Fatty15: C15 is the first essential fatty acid to be discovered In 90 years. Fatty15 is on a mission to replenish your C15 levels and restore your long-term health. Get 15% off their 90-day subscription Starter Kit here or enter code: AGEIST at checkout.LMNT Electrolytes — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/AGEIST. Key Moments“I used to be a whitewater rafter who did first descents with a team of women around the world. We did rivers that hadn't been done before and that kind of thing. I mean, it's cool to be first at things. When I was a firefighter, I wanted to be the first into the fire.”“There are some [awe] triggers for awe. And one of them is just vastness.”“Actually, turning your focus away from your self outward has been shown to be much better for your mental health. I'm not taking away from therapy or massages or anything, but it's worth saying that if we need to feel better, focusing outwardly is a valuable component of self-soothing.”Connect with CarolineWebsiteTough Broad BookInstagramLinkedInFull Episode Transcript
In this episode, we dive deep into the intricate relationship between client expectations and the effort they're willing to put into their dieting journey. We unpack the common discrepancies between what clients anticipate from a diet plan and the actual dedication required to achieve their goals. Alongside this exploration, we share the inspiring journey of Emily, a client who underwent a remarkable transformation as she recovered her internal health by reshaping her mindset and lifestyle. Doing the "hard work" isn't just in the gym and the kitchen, it's looking inward, too. Join us as we navigate the challenges and triumphs of aligning expectations with effort, and discuss the power of inner health transformation in Emily's story.Interested in working with us? Start here:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/18z53V0tV9ZELZW4eYv0BskXc3fY4MCCI0Y9Au7Yesbg/editWatch this episode on Youtube here:https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJFsCcTb7uZShEhjGVOuYnWSXwo272dUC&si=R8bO0YudtWHjGeB-EveryCalorieCounts (Tim's) IG:https://instagram.com/everycaloriecounts?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==Marina's IG:https://instagram.com/marinapietrifit?igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA==Ares Nutrition Code ECC15 for 15% off:https://aresnutritionnj.com/
In this week's episode, we welcome Sune Lehmann, a network and complexity scientist at the Technical University of Denmark. Sune shares insights into his revolutionary work using algorithms to predict health outcomes, income, and mortality, drawing on extensive datasets from Danish citizens. He emphasizes the power of viewing human lives as sequences of events, akin to language, and how this perspective can lead to groundbreaking predictions about individuals' futures. We also get into the ethical considerations and future implications of this research, highlighting the balance between predictive accuracy and the importance of shared risk in insurance. Additionally, he touches on the once-Danish-now-global phenomenon of cold water swimming, illustrating how this practice offers a unique sense of well-being and mental clarity.What kind of SuperAger are you? Check the SuperAge Quiz and find out! (visit: ageist.com/quiz)Thanks to our sponsors:LMNT Electrolytes — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/AGEISTTimeline Nutrition — our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners receive 10% off your first order of Mitopure with code AGEIST at TimelineNutrition.com/ageistInsideTracker – the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEISTKey Moments“From a certain perspective, human lives are sequences, right? You're born, you are seen by a doctor. They do some measurements and all of that information can be structured to create, let's say, the sentence of your life.And so what we did is that we took an enormous dataset and we used the same technology that lies underneath the AI large language models, and we built a kind of general model for human lives.”“That model, as long as you have training data, can really predict anything about humans. I mean, it might do things with kind of varying quality, but for the things that we've tested it, it performs better than any other algorithm that we can find.”“So lots of people have kind of contacted me saying let's let's use this for something that's actually meaningful and useful. And I think, you know, what's amazing about what we do is that we also model not just the medical data, but the data around the life that people live.”Connect with SuneArtificial intelligence can predict events in people's livesPersonal websiteX (twitter)Transcript
This week, SuperAge explores the world of music and community with John Loken. John, an Executive VP of Marketing for The Recording Academy, discusses his work with the GRAMMYs, highlighting their role in supporting and celebrating music creators. He emphasizes the academy's purpose-driven nature, focusing on advocacy, education, and crisis support beyond just the glitz of the GRAMMY Awards. John also gets into the power of music when it comes to creating a sense of tribe and belonging, transcending barriers of language, politics, and culture. His insights reveal the profound impact of music in unifying people and fostering a global community.What kind of SuperAger are you? Check the SuperAge Quiz and find out! (visit: ageist.com/quiz)Thanks to our sponsors:InsideTracker – the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST.Timeline Nutrition — our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners receive 10% off your first order of Mitopure with code AGEIST at TimelineNutrition.com/ageist. DIVI – take back control of your hair and scalp health, and do it with Divi's clean, science-backed ingredients. Listeners get 20% off your first Divi order at diviofficial.com/AGEIST or enter code "AGEIST" at checkout. Key Moments“Yes the GRAMMYs are a key part of what we do. That's what we're famous for. But the other 364 days a year, we are in Washington, D.C. advocating for creator rights. We are in schools helping to educate young people. We also have a Health and Human Services operation called MusicCares, which is not just about addiction support, but but really for people in any kind of crisis, economic crisis or otherwise”“There's something about music and the way that music makes us feel that whether it is a classical artist, a jazz artist, a country artist, a hip hop artist, any EDM artist or rock artist, we're all in this music tribe, and it just really generates an incredible feeling of belonging.”“We want to make sure we're talking about craft, right? There are plenty of award shows that are about the most streamed artists, or maybe the artists that sold the most tickets or had the most revenue off of their tours or whatever. That's not us. We're a different thing.”Connect with JohnInstagramLinkedInThe Recording AcademyTranscript
In this week's episode of SuperAge, we are joined by Maryjane Fahey, the founder of Glorious Broads. Maryjane discusses her transition from a successful career in design and creative direction to pioneering a community that redefines aging for women. She emphasizes the importance of challenging societal norms around aging and encourages embracing life with vigor and fearlessness. Her commitment to empowering women of all ages highlights the vitality of intergenerational connections and the beauty of living life on one's own terms.What kind of SuperAger are you? Check the SuperAge Quiz and find out! (visit: ageist.com/quiz)Thanks to our sponsors:InsideTracker – the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST.DIVI – take back control of your hair and scalp health, and do it with Divi's clean, science-backed ingredients. Listeners get 20% off your first Divi order at diviofficial.com/AGEIST or enter code "AGEIST" at checkout.Timeline Nutrition — our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners receive 10% off your first order of Mitopure with code AGEIST at TimelineNutrition.com/ageist. Key Moments“The beauty industry. That damn industry really relies on women's fears.”“I'd like to see how strong I can be. I'm about to turn 74. And I'm also going to say I want to see how hot I can be.”“Why not take this chance and create this community? I am not alone here feeling more brave about the fact that there's less time ahead. It's a big ‘why not?'”Connect with MaryjaneGlorious BroadsLinkedInMaryjanefahey.com
This week on the SuperAge podcast, we dive into the world of integrative and preventive medicine with Dr. Chris Renna. Dr. Renna, with a career spanning over three decades, shares his unique perspective on achieving optimal health and longevity. From discussing the nuances of detoxification and the role of the microbiome to exploring the future of biotech and AI in medicine, Dr. Renna provides a comprehensive look at modern healthcare techniques. He emphasizes the importance of individualized treatment plans and the integration of various modalities like nutrition, sleep, and exercise for overall well-being. The conversation challenges conventional medical thinking and a road map into the future of personal health management.What kind of SuperAger are you? Check the SuperAge Quiz and find out! (visit: ageist.com/quiz)Thanks to our sponsors:InsideTracker – the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST.Timeline Nutrition — our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners receive 10% off your first order of Mitopure with code AGEIST at TimelineNutrition.com/ageist.LMNT Electrolytes — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/AGEIST. Key Moments“The Goldilocks concept is really the goal, but it is really complicated and highly individualized, meaning balance is quite subjective.”“We're on the verge of developing generative A.I. Now we're considering both the risks and benefits of sentience, and I think that the way our brain works, we are naturally drawn to the risk before we're drawn to the opportunity. And I think that works, you know, like that's kept us here and that's brought us forward in our technologies.”“If God had a complete understanding of every physiologic system and all of its implications and interactions, what would God recommend we have for supper? Generative A.I. holds that potential. It would only inform us. So I think that, you know, the future is amazingly bright.”Connect with Dr. Chris RennaLifeSpanContactBook
This week, we speak with Karl Pfleger, PhD who, after studying Machine Learning at Stanford and working a successful tech career, now does all he can to support longevity research and biotech. Karl discusses the inadequacies of traditional healthcare in addressing the root causes of aging and shares insights on groundbreaking research that can slow down or even reverse aging processes. He emphasizes the significant impact of lifestyle choices on longevity and previews promising future therapies, including stem cell treatments and mitochondrial health interventions.What kind of SuperAger are you? Check the SuperAge Quiz and find out! (visit: ageist.com/quiz)Thanks to our sponsors:InsideTracker – the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST.Timeline Nutrition — our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners receive 10% off your first order of Mitopure with code AGEIST at TimelineNutrition.com/ageist. AmeriCorps Seniors — Get involved in your community through AmeriCorps Seniors' volunteer opportunities and change your life. Go to AmeriCorps.gov/YourMoment Key Moments“So the traditional health care and medical practice in our country, in the US and most of the world concerns really considering everyone to be baseline healthy until they get sick to a level where they're very sick and they cross some kind of a threshold for diagnosis of having an actual disease. So even though we call it health care, a lot of people kind of pejoratively describe it as sick care.”“In short-lived species you can extend lifespans manyfold. One single gene mutation in worms can extend their lifespans by 10X, for example. And even in mice, we have interventions now that can extend their lifespans by 30% or 40% sometimes. And many of these interventions work across multiple species. So we believe they're likely to work for people as well."“I wanted them to realize how big [the longevity field] had gotten so that they wouldn't delay getting into it with more serious amounts of money. They didn't realize that they were two years behind given how fast it was growing.”Connect with Karl PflegerXAgingBiotech.infoLinkedIn
Our first guest of 2024 is Dr. Darshan Shah, a surgeon, longevity expert, and founder of Next Health. In their conversion, David and Dr. Shah take a snapshot of today's ever-changing health optimization and longevity landscape.The two discuss new diagnostic tools like executive physicals and AI-enabled heart scans, highlighting the power of early detection in combating conditions like Alzheimer's, heart disease, and cancer. David also takes the opportunity to learn all about up-and-coming treatments like gene therapy from an expert. Dr. Shah also shares his personal journey from surgery to functional medicine, emphasizing the importance of looking beyond traditional Western healthcare to prevent chronic diseases. What kind of SuperAger are you? Check the SuperAge Quiz and find out! (visit: ageist.com/quiz)Thanks to our sponsors:InsideTracker – the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST.Science Research Wellness — improve your cellular health. Listeners receive 20% off all products with code AGEIST20 at SRW.co.LMNT Electrolytes — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/AGEIST. Key Moments“I think there's a lot going on in the world of longevity that unfortunately the FDA is trying to block. But you know, the research continues to go on in other countries and it will continue to flourish and we will be able to do a lot of these things here at some point, whether it be in the United States or outside.”“I always tell people that we have a few different goals in mind. Our first goal is to optimize along the most common things we need to make sure your nutrition, your exercise and your sleep is perfect, right? And so as close to perfect as we can get it.”“If Steve Jobs were alive today, and he had an executive physical, he would have been saved from pancreatic cancer."“I always tell my patients, you need to know what your hemoglobin A1C level is. I should ask you, and you should be able to tell me what it is.”Connect with Dr. ShahWebsiteNext HealthMaking the Cut: 10 Things You Should Consider Before Having Plastic SurgeryInstagram
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This week, we discuss the importance of setting realistic and sustainable goals. If we can form positive, long-term habits rather than resorting to extreme, short-term “resolutions,” we can get more healthy every day. Reflecting on previous goals, David shares personal anecdotes and lessons learned. Why not take a gradual approach to fitness and nutrition that aligns with one's lifestyle and capabilities? The episode is a blend of practical advice and motivational insights aimed at fostering a healthier, more self-aware approach to personal growth and well-being.Thank you to our sponsors: LMNT – our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/AGEIST. InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST.Timeline Nutrition — our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners receive 10% off your first order of Mitopure with code AGEIST at TimelineNutrition.com/ageist. Key Moments“When people think about goals for the new year, they often initially think about things like diets and exercise, fitness, these sort of things. What I have seen, I've seen this multiple times. I have engaged in this myself and I can tell you it does not work.”“We're looking to establish habits, habits that we can keep for a long period of time. Extreme diets are not a habit. They're sort of a short term occasion, and just a recipe for failure. We want to slightly modify what we're doing so that we can achieve it, so we can pat ourselves on the back and say “great job, reevaluate in three months.”“So this is an achievable target and it's measurable, which is really key about this.”
This week, we host James Whittaker, entrepreneur and bestselling author of Think and Grow Rich: The Legacy and Andrew Carnegie's Mental Dynamite. James turned his struggle with anxiety into a journey of self-discovery and success. James highlights his 'WIN method' - Wonder, Intent, Nurture - as a framework for purposeful living and defining success on a personal basis. Emphasizing self-awareness and resilience, James aligns perfectly with SuperAge's vision of meaningful growth.What kind of SuperAger are you? Check the SuperAge Quiz and find out! (visit: ageist.com/quiz)Thanks to our sponsors:InsideTracker – the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST.Timeline Nutrition — our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners receive 10% off your first order of Mitopure with code AGEIST at TimelineNutrition.com/ageist. LMNT Electrolytes — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/AGEIST. Key Moments“It's better to be green and growing than ripe and rotting. Like just because you've had a few wins and adventures in your past doesn't mean that you need to hang up your hat.”“The longer we're in an environment where we're by ourselves, that's where this stuff gets really, really dangerous because we simply lose track of what's possible. So we retreat to autopilot, which works on the condition that you're very intentional with it. If you're not intentional and you don't have a process of getting around really high-level thinkers on a consistent basis, then you need to be conscious that that autopilot is going to eventually work against you”“It's really important to think about what season of life you're in and what is the metric for you to determine whether or not you're making the right progress. And sometimes just simply being on the right journey is enough. It doesn't matter about some of these other things that may or may not have manifested, just simply being on the right path and being aware of what's around you and putting one foot in front of the other, knowing that the universe is working for you.”Connect with JamesWebsitePodcastBooksGet in Touch
In this week's episode of SuperAge, Dr. David Spiegel, who, after receiving a PhD in medicine from Harvard, went on to become a renowned expert in hypnosis, dissociative disorder, PTSD, as well as a Stanford professor. He has also authored many books over the course of his 40-year career, including Living Beyond Limits: A New Hope and Help For Facing Life-Threatening Illness. In our conversation, Dr. Spiegel shares his insights on harnessing the power of the mind for healing and wellness. Drawing from experience, Dr. Spiegel discusses the significant impact of hypnosis in managing pain, stress, and anxiety, especially in cancer patients. He illustrates how self-hypnosis can be a vital tool for emotional and physical wellbeing and provides fascinating stories about its effectiveness. This episode offers a unique perspective on research-backed alternative healing methods, emphasizing the untapped potential of the human mind in health and recovery.What kind of SuperAger are you? Check the SuperAge Quiz and find out! (visit: ageist.com/quiz)Thanks to our sponsors:DIVI – take back control of your hair and scalp health, and do it with Divi's clean, science-backed ingredients. Listeners get 20% off your first Divi order at diviofficial.com/AGEIST or enter code "AGEIST" at checkout.InsideTracker – the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST.Science Research Wellness — improve your cellular health. Listeners receive 20% off all products with code AGEIST20 at SRW.co.Key Moments“We started out helping people to stop smoking and we found that one out of five people just stopped smoking using the [Reveri] app right away. So that's about as good as I get when people are sitting in my office and I'm doing it. And it's about as good as you get using varenicline or bupropion or nicotine patches as an alternative.”“They learned to control their pain with self-hypnosis so that a new pain in their chest didn't automatically mean to them that their disease was progressing. It meant they needed to do something to control the pain. And they did. So they had half the pain. And in our original study that we published in The Lancet, we found that the women randomized to work groups actually live longer than the control patients by an average of a year and a half.”“We found actually that people with breast cancer who were inefficient sleepers, who had trouble getting to sleep or staying asleep, actually also had shorter survival. But the other way around is that good sleepers live longer. It was having a long period of good 7 hours of consistent sleep at night, predicted with fewer disruptions, predicted longer survival with breast cancer.”“After a deep inhale, a slow exhale is important. And part of why it is is, you know, we're used to saying, you know, if you're anxious or tense, take a deep breath. Well, actually, the inhale actually tends to increase sympathetic activity because it reduces venous return or blood to the heart. If you think about it, you're lowering pressure in the chest.”Connect with Dr. SpiegelReveri AppStanford Healthcare Profile
In this show, we learn that incredibly high powered AI is now being used in human nutraceutical research, specially targeting the 9 hallmarks of aging. Our guest Greg Macpherson, CEO of SRW Labs in New Zealand, joins us this week to share all about how automated labs are making unprecedented progress in identifying and creating compounds that may solve human longevity. By automating many of the tedious testing and refinement processes, AI labs are able to work with extreme efficiency, which translates to bringing meaningful longevity products to the public with extraordinary speed. We are very excited to learn about this from Greg, and to hear that we could be expecting to see some new targeted products hitting the market by summer 2024. What kind of SuperAger are you? Take the SuperAge Quiz and find out! (visit: ageist.com/quiz)Don't forget to watch this week's episode of “Since You Asked” a new Q&A show from AGEIST. Thanks to our sponsors:InsideTracker – the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST.Timeline Nutrition — our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners receive 10% off your first order of Mitopure with code AGEIST at TimelineNutrition.com/ageist.LMNT Electrolytes — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/AGEIST.Key Moments“So we are going to get to a stage where we get to have a DNA test before we start taking medicine and you know there may be 10 drugs on the shelf that are appropriate for whatever condition that's being treated and they'll select the one that's best for you. But also they'll be able to look at it and go, okay, look, there's a high chance, given your genetic makeup, that these are going to be a problem.”“There are animals out there that live for 200 years like the bowhead whale. They are mammals just like us, so there's no reason that we can't learn from whatever genetic hacks that they've got which mean that they live longer. And then, of course, the Greenland shark lives for 500 years. So these are animals. We can learn from them, and once we do, then all bets are off as to what kind of longevity we're going to see.“Of course it's not the longevity that we think of today. We're going to be talking about bodies aged 30 to 40 and having those bodies for 200 years, which is a little outside a frame of reference right now. But future humans are going to go ‘golly, those poor people back then who only got to live for 80 years and only 40 years in good health.'”“In 3-5 years, there will be a product to slow or stop the aging clock”“You know, unfortunately, sugar is cheap and it's tasty and it's nice and we all love it. So there's just a huge industry around it, but it's not serving us well, and now we understand that, just like we went through taxing tobacco, maybe we've got to do the same just to nudge the population away from it and educate people how bad it is for us.”Connect with GregProfile PieceSRW Supplements
How you talk to yourself, ie, your thoughts are habits that affect your daily life, including 'success' or 'failure'. I use those terms loosely, as they are defined by your thoughts too! Join us for an informative talk with Amy Lang. She's a master health coach, author, podcast host, and known as the Habit Whisperer. Amy's focus is helping women take a look at their thought habits and how they affect health and weight loss.Like so many subjects on The Midlife Mommas, weight loss is about mindset. We hope you enjoy Amy's talk and pay attention to her "fundamental five" as s foundation. 00:00 Overcoming unhealthy habits and rediscovering joyful eating.06:22 Discover your values, find strength, embrace purpose.08:34 Self-love, inner health, and personal values.12:59 Prioritize habits for a meaningful change.14:48 Create habits at a level 9 or 10.17:34 Distinguishing between intuitive and joyful eating program.23:00 Culture shifted to unhealthy food mindset; seek joy.24:32 Love is not indulgence. Self-care vs love.29:37 Amy expresses concerns about flaws in food culture.32:08 Frame thoughts with kindness and empowerment always.33:58 Importance of positive mindset in strength training.37:20 Grateful for podcast opportunity, book is labor.Connect with Amy:Podcast: Happy and Healthy with Amy Lang IG/YouTube: @habitwhisperer on FB and LinkedIn: @amylangcoaching Free Resources from Amy:https://www.amylangcoaching.com/thoughtsarehabitstoo https://www.thoughtsarehabitstoo.com/roadmapStay Connected!Amelia Website: https://www.thehelpfulplate.com/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/thehelpfulplate/ Cam Website: https://www.camoyler.com/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/heymomma_cam/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@heymomma_cam Midlife Mommas IG: https://www.instagram.com/midlife.mommas/ Please share, rate, and review the podcast. We appreciate you! ❤️
We are very excited to have sports and performance psychologist Dr. Lauren Loberg on the show this week to ruminate on the intersection of everyday life and this idea of a “performance mindset.” Everyone wants to do their best, and using insights from working with the world's top athletes (think: NFL stars and pro skiers like Mikaela Shiffrin), Dr. Loberg shares her tips on how we can implement high performance mental strategies into our daily lives. Together, we discuss anxiety, flow state, and the value of mental preparedness. What kind of SuperAger are you? Check the SuperAge Quiz and find out! (visit: ageist.com/quiz)Don't forget to watch this week's episode of “Since You Asked” a new Q&A show from AGEIST – coming soon.Thanks to our sponsors:InsideTracker – the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST.DIVI – Take back control of your hair and scalp health, and do it with Divi's clean, science-backed ingredients. Listeners get 20% off your first Divi order at diviofficial.com/AGEIST or enter code "AGEIST" at checkout.Key Moments“If someone comes to you and says I want to be fit this summer, what does that mean? What exactly does that mean? Or ‘I want to be more present.' Well, what does that mean for you? What does that look like? Like, what's the action? Because when people provide us with these really arbitrary things and sometimes they do, they can keep judging themselves on it because there's no measurement to it. Does that make sense?”“I think that everyone can be mentally tough, but it's also a thing that takes time. Remember that some of the things you struggle with mentally, might stem from a pattern that you've had for 50 years. Putting this in the context of sports, if you tried to change your golf swing or basketball shot after 50 years of playing, would you be able to fix it in five tries? No. The same goes for mental toughness.”“You can kind of learn how to embrace fear, the fear of when it becomes paralyzing. That's the part that you have to talk through.”Connect with LaurenPyramid PerformanceAbout LaurenContact
Is it possible to build muscle without lifting weights? Can we tone our facial muscles? Is it possible to improve our cardiovascular system with almost no effort? Today, we sit down with former USA swim coach and Kaatsu CEO Steven Munatones. He tells us all about his decades-long journey of discovery and tutelage under Dr. Yoshiaki Sato in Tokyo, wherein he studied the myriad benefits of Japanese Kaatsu bands and developed a plan to introduce this technology to the world. Huge amounts of research out of Japan are showing that one can maintain strength and vitality as they age, improve overall vascular function, rehabilitate injuries all with zero risk of injury.What kind of SuperAger are you? Check the SuperAge Quiz and find out! (visit: ageist.com/quiz)Thanks to our sponsors:Timeline Nutrition — our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners receive 10% off your first order of Mitopure with code AGEIST at TimelineNutrition.com/ageist. LMNT Electrolytes — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/AGEIST.InsideTracker – the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST.Key Moments“Why would someone [restrict blood flow]? They do it for a variety of reasons, and there's a lot of literature out there by researchers, scientists, physicians, and physical therapists, and you want to do this mostly to build muscle. Building muscle helps if you're injured, maybe you had a surgery on your knee, maybe you broke your arm. It helps reduce atrophy. And so part of the recovery process is rebuilding that muscle loss. When you use BFR, you actually reduce the amount of muscle atrophy that you get, so your body will heal itself and then you go through a shorter recovery period because you're not losing as much muscle mass.”“Fundamentally, what's happening is a bit of hypoxia or lack of oxygen in the muscle. If you do movement as simple as bicep curls. It could be stretching, it can be walking, whatever you want to do that leads to that uncomfortable feeling you have when you work out. That lactate sends a signal through your central nervous system up to your brain. And then the brain thinks that you are doing something very vigorous, something very intense. And when the brain receives that signal again, the brain does not know if you're lifting heavy weight or you're just doing BFR. So it reacts as it naturally does and produces growth hormones amongst other metabolites, which flow through our vascular system and promote muscle growth”“The Japanese found that when you engorged the limbs and blood and you do slight movement, this is the most effective way to trigger those signals up to the brain and then release a variety of hormones.”Connect with StevenKaatsuLinkedInBook: Open Water Swimming
This week, we host Chris McDougall, runner, reporter, and author of Born to Run, on the show to discuss his wide-ranging life experience. His concept of the hero is that they are responsible for others, that we humans are designed to be cooperative, that we are at our best when we are thoughtful and caring. In it all, it is important that we seek out fun. From learning from Mexico's Rarámuri ultrarunners, to training a mistreated donkey to join him in competing in the 29-mile Pack Burro race in the Rockies, Chris' life has been anything but average. Now living on Oahu, Hawaii, the 61 year-old continues to push himself to uncover stories, pick up new hobbies, and reflect on how his past informs his present day outlook on health, wellness, and keys to longevity.What kind of SuperAger are you? Check the SuperAge Quiz and find out! (visit: ageist.com/quiz)Thanks to our sponsors:InsideTracker – the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST.SRW Labs – Science Research Wellness — improve your cellular health. Listeners receive 20% of all products with code AGEIST20 at SRW.co. DIVI – Take back control of your hair and scalp health, and do it with Divi's clean, science-backed ingredients. Listeners get 20% off your first Divi order at diviofficial.com/AGEIST or enter code "AGEIST" at checkout.Key Moments“I think what bothers me the most–and this applies in every aspect of our lives–is this sad human arrogance that we can outthink two million years of evolution. Natural selection has created this unbelievably complex self-healing device.”“I spent a lot of time on the Greek island of Crete looking at World War II resistance fighters. Crete was one place that had a sensational story about average citizens who rose up to resist the German occupation. Again, these are not trained soldiers, these are just citizens who overnight, literally from one week to the next, went from being citizens into being military operatives against the most formidable army on the planet. And so my question was well, how do you do that physically? How do you turn yourself into a super soldier? And one of the things I looked at was diet.”“You know one thing when you look at the human animal, there are two things that we are really good at. We are extraordinarily adaptive–we're very creative and ingenious. But secondly, we're extraordinarily cooperative. What is the internet all about? It's about trading stuff, trading images, trading thoughts, trading ideas. We are probably the most cooperative animal on the planet and we tend to forget that sometimes because, particularly in America and particularly in this era in America, we've come across this very sad notion. You know you gotta be tough. You know you gotta close the borders, you gotta be strong, you gotta crush this guy, you gotta win, win, win. That's not who human animals are. You know human animals throughout history have coexisted and have shared and cooperated. And if you look at most ancestral cultures, they were not about accumulation and acquisition and conquering. They were about coexistence, cooperation and learning from each other.“Connect with ChrisBorn to RunWebsiteContact
What are the actions we can take to maintain our long-term brain health? This week, we discuss this and more with Dr. Marc Milstein, author of The Age-Proof Brain. It turns out that even small behavioral changes, such as eating less processed foods and regularly challenging yourself with activities like playing an instrument will support overall brain fitness and neuroplasticity. Furthermore, Dr. Marc also breaks down the surprising link between gut and brain health. What kind of SuperAger are you? Take our quiz today and find out! Visit: ageist.com/quizThank you to our sponsors: Timeline Nutrition — our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners receive 10% off your first order of Mitopure with code AGEIST at TimelineNutrition.com/ageist. InsideTracker – the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST.LMNT Electrolytes — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/AGEIST.Key Moments: “Anything that is processed is likely to feed bad bacteria. These bacteria have been around much longer than us, and so the things that they like to eat are the things that were around much longer than us, long before we got here, and the bad bacteria tend to feed on the things that we created.”“There's definitely foods that are great for brain health, but it's really about variety and we really have evidence that it's a synergistic relationship. It's not one food item that is just like this brain-boosting magic food. It's how the foods work together and that's why we believe that supplements can be beneficial, but they're not in many cases as beneficial as dietary changes, because what's in the food works together with other nutrients.”“So what we see is that it's not about this stress-free lifestyle. Our brain is like a car, I like to say, and if you don't drive it, it falls apart, and if you over drive it, it falls apart. Stress is a burst of cortisol. Say I want to get something done. There's a challenge, I want to tackle something. All those moments of stress are actually good for our brain because they release cortisol and there's a part of our brain called the hippocampus which is really important for memory, and a squirt of cortisol in a moment of stress actually helps the hippocampus stay strong.”Get in Touch with Dr. MarcThe Age-Proof BrainWebsiteContact
This week, we chat with Dr. Rich Joseph, the Chief Medical Officer at Restore Hyper Wellness, founder of vim Medicine, and co-founder of Vital CxNs. David made ample use of the Restore facilities during his recovery from knee surgery, and we like how their business helps to make treatments like hyperbaric oxygen therapy, red light therapy, IV drips, and others accessible to the public. During our conversation, Rich shares his view on the literature supporting up-and-coming therapy treatments, the importance of challenging oneself at any age, biomarkers, and his nonprofit work with underserved populations in Boston. What kind of SuperAger are you? Take our quiz today and find out! Visit: ageist.com/quizThank you to our sponsors: DIVI – Take back control of your hair and scalp health, and do it with Divi's clean, science-backed ingredients. Listeners get 20% off your first Divi order at diviofficial.com/AGEIST or enter code "AGEIST" at checkout.InsideTracker – the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST.LMNT Electrolytes — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/AGEIST. “My whole background is walking this fine line between the traditional medical system and the wellness industry. I was a personal trainer for a long time and that was my first foray into health and wellness before becoming a doctor. Now I help bridge the gap between these two sides. I think we have to be humble, the more I learn, the less I know about this stuff. Human health and our biology is very complicated, and yet there's unfortunately still this imperative to like, make claims and to be bold in order to get people's attention.”“This stuff is nuanced and we hope that people who really take their health seriously also have the responsibility of helping to advance the data and dig into the science.”“How do you push the body into stress right in a way that's adaptive for the body? And that's what cold therapy does, it's what heat therapy does. This is sort of “perturbing” our homeostasis so that the body becomes more adaptive over time, and is able to better regulate itself.”“Entropy is working on us all the time and so you have to push back against that and that's uncomfortable. That means welcoming and inviting discomfort into your life and to your day and that, to your point, is sort of against everything that we're sold right now and what we're taught to believe is best.”Get in Touch with Dr. JosephRestore Hyper Wellnessvim Performance MedicineVital CxNs
Your Day Off @Hairdustry; A Podcast about the Hair Industry!
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This week, David breaks down the ins and outs of his recent knee surgery–from dealing with insurance, to what to ask your surgeon, to the best strategies for choosing a physical therapist. Today, at 7 weeks post-op, he has almost fully returned to physical activity with the help of intensive physical therapy, regular hyperbaric oxygen therapy sessions, a clean diet, and more. Listen in to hear about how recovery modalities align with protein intake, catabolic vs metabolic states, Katsu therapy, vitamin D, along with additional top-level insights. Thank you to our sponsors: LMNT – our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/AGEIST. InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST.SRW Labs – Science Research Wellness — improve your cellular health. Listeners receive 20% off all products with code AGEIST20 at SRW.co. Key Moments“He said first order of business, we want to reduce your time in the catabolic state as much as we can, and try to keep you anabolic if possible. How do we do that? Clean diet.”“He says to me this is perceived instability. So your brain thinks the knee is unstable because you have this irritation in your meniscus. But your knee is stable.”“So they reduce the recovery time by 50%. I am not an elite athlete. However, this “cutting down recovery time” sounded really good and so I had maybe an hour-long conversation with Scott about what to do.”
Is chronic pain just a function of our brains? If so, how do we change our perception of pain? Today, we speak with licensed clinical psychiatrist and pain researcher Dr. Afton Hasset. Throughout her career, Afton has delved into the connections between the brain, chronic pain, physical activity, and emotion. She remains at the forefront of her field, and in our conversation she shares several of her favorite takeaways from her most recent book with us. Those of us intimately familiar with chronic pain know just how severely it can impact quality of life and happiness. With that in mind, join us to learn new, game-changing pain management strategies and therapies. What kind of SuperAger are you? Take our quiz today and find out!Visit ageist.com/quiz – Dr. Afton is a Fox!Thank you to our sponsors: Ned Mellö Magnesium — essential supplement to improve sleep, reduce stress, increase energy, and more. Use code “AGEIST” for 15% off at helloned.com/AGEISTInsideTracker – the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST.Timeline Nutrition — our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners receive 10% off your first order of Mitopure with code AGEIST at TimelineNutrition.com/ageist. Key Moments“A little bit of pain is proper. What happens, though, is pain can change from being something like a stimulus response, meaning that you burn your finger and you experience pain. It can turn into something that's not just pain experienced by a burning finger and the brain, sometimes brain actually creates the experience of pain.”“What we see in chronic pain is that the default mode network is talking way too much to another network called the salience network, which is a network that says, hey, pay attention, this is really something big, watch out. And so these two networks are over connected. And so what we look for sometimes in interventions is does the treatment actually start disentangling these two networks?”“So when we define pain, pain is a sensory, it's an emotional and it's a cognitive, for it's a thought derived process. Pain exists because there is this awareness of it. So when people are anesthetized, you don't feel pain.”About Dr. Afton Hasset:Chronic Pain Reset: 30 Days of Activities, Practices, and Skills to Help You ThriveLinkedInBio
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This week, we welcome Elli Kaplan, co-founder of Neurotrack onto the show. Her company is dedicated to the detection and management of cognitive health. Elli and I chat all about the difference between cognition and IQ exams, highlighting the importance of tests like hers in identifying temporary or long-term cognitive changes ranging from overmedication to age-related mental decline. Bonus: we kick the episode off with AGEIST's infamous Tinder origin story. What kind of SuperAger are you? Take our quiz today and find out!visit: ageist.com/quizThank you to our sponsors: DIVI – Take back control of your hair and scalp health, and do it with Divi's clean, science-backed ingredients. Listeners get 20% off your first Divi order at diviofficial.com/AGEIST or enter code "AGEIST" at checkout. InsideTracker – the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST.LMNT – our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/AGEIST. Key Moments“This is not an IQ test, this is a cognitive function test and everybody should want to understand how their brain is functioning and if there are issues that you could then fix–and that may be. As you point out, it may be that someone is on too many medications that are conflicting with each other. It may also be that they are eating fried food seven days a week, are not sleeping, and never exercise.”“You know, historically we haven't had good drugs for, or even good supplements, from a treatment perspective, for cognitive issues. I think that is also starting to change, at least on the lifestyle side. We know that there's a tremendous number of things that you can do to help your brain function.”Get in Touch with Elli Kaplan:NeurotrackLinkedIn
Today we have Phd professor and researcher Michael Leon on the show alongside perfume entrepreneur and founder of Scents of Wood, Fabrice Croisé. In July, Prof Leon published a study which identified a link between olfactory stimulation and memory improvement. Participants in the enriched group's memories improved by 226%. Michael also discusses how regular exposure to varied scents (think 40 per day) can actually combat the effects of dementia.Join us to learn about this fascinating connection and what you can do to take advantage of this new knowledge. Thank you to our sponsors: Timeline Nutrition — our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners receive 10% off your first order of Mitopure with code AGEIST at TimelineNutrition.com/ageist. InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST.Ned Mellö Magnesium — essential supplement to improve sleep, reduce stress, increase energy, and more. Use code “AGEIST” for 15% off at helloned.com/AGEISTKey Moments“We gave humans different odors on a regular basis, and over the course of six months, they too had a massive improvement in their memory 226% better than a similar group of older adults who didn't get this kind of olfactory enrichment”“When you look at sommeliers and perfumers, the memory parts of their brains have expanded significantly. So it's not just that they're experiencing a nice odor, it's that it's actually changing the memory centers of their brain.” “I'm fascinated. I mean I've never, of the many, many, many things that I've heard about about smelling and fragrances and scent over the past 30 years of my career, I've never heard this and it's obviously not the angle that we usually take when we create a fragrance, but it is incredibly fascinating.”Get in Touch with Dr. Michael Leon:Memory Airmleon@uci.eduMichael's StudyGet in Touch with Fabrice CroiséScents of WoodInstagram
We are back this week with Dr. Kelly Stankiewicz, our favorite Dermatologist. Dr. Kelly is at the forefront of her field, specializing in laser skin treatments that combat the effects of aging and can even create a youthful glow–if that is your jam. In addition to discussing the latest and greatest in dermatology, we also break down the four core pillars of a sound skincare routine: cleanse, exfoliate, nourish, and protect. Lastly, I ask Dr. Kelly to give us some context around Jimmy Buffett's tragic passing in terms of the skin cancer that he battled and what we can all do to protect ourselves. Want personalized SuperAger tips? Check out the all-new SuperAge Quiz!Thank you to our sponsors: Timeline Nutrition — our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners receive 10% off your first order of Mitopure with code AGEIST at TimelineNutrition.com/ageist. LMNT Electrolytes — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/AGEIST. InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST.Get in touch with Dr. KellyWebsiteContactKey Moments:“What's important is that you're hitting all four of the categories: sunscreens, antioxidants, exfoliants, and cleansers.”“So people, when they hear that someone has died of skin cancer they get very concerned because skin cancer is quite common. The type that Jimmy Buffett had is very, very rare. So all of my patients who've had multiple basal cell carcinomas and squamous cell carcinomas, which don't typically metastasize, are, you know, kind of up in arms because they don't really understand the difference.”“When you're doing fractional resurfacing, you're decreasing your risk for skin cancer probably (or at least according to this one study) by about two times or maybe a little bit more.”
Dr. Scott Sherr has been a frequent guest and audience favorite with his information-dense guest appearances on The SuperAge Show. This week we speak about new information on some of the brain chemical influences on depression, sleep, and anxiety- specifically the overlooked neurotransmitter GABA. We review the symptoms of GABA dysregulation and the methods for correcting it. Dr Sherr is a clinician, meaning he sees patients and comes at the issues from a more nuanced point of view than pure researchers sometimes do. In the middle of the episode, Dr Scott brings up a surprisingly simple zero risk to increase sleep effectiveness. Toward the end of the conversation, David asks about how to increase concentration and focus, and we get into the practical usage of nicotine, methyl blue, and low-dose psychedelics.Additionally, don't forget to check out the all-new SuperAge Quiz!Thank you to our sponsors: SRW Labs – Science Research Wellness — improve your cellular health. Listeners receive 20% off all products with code AGEIST20 at SRW.co. InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST.Ned Mellö Magnesium — essential supplement to improve sleep, reduce stress, increase energy, and more. Use code “AGEIST” for 15% off at helloned.com/AGEISTKey Moments“So when I do analysis with patients, I'm usually looking at a gamut of labs and what I found over the last several years is that GABA is a big problem, and it's not GABA itself that you're typically looking at, but you're actually looking at some of the amino acids and some of the cofactors that are typically deficient in these kinds of patients that are having symptoms like that are very much correlated with GABA deficiency, and some of those are symptoms that all of us have gone through in our life. From a mental health perspective, we know GABA deficiency is associated with anxiety, with fear, with depression, with short temper, with phobias, with impulsiveness, with disorganization, and addiction.”“The problem with GABA as a supplement is that it's a very big molecule and it doesn't cross the blood brain barrier very easily at all. There are only a couple of different ways to get GABA through. One of them is using something called nicotinoyl GABA or vitamin B3 attached to a GABA”“Cava is a GABA agonist so it helps increase the amount of GABA that binds. It doesn't bind to that GABA site itself, it binds to a separate site a little further away, but it helps with increasing the amount of GABA that's going to bind and you're going to have that feeling of feeling like you've had a couple beers, kind of thing. But the nice thing about cava is it doesn't bind with the same affinity and it also binds to other receptors that help increase wakefulness.”“The first part of this conversation is that nicotine is a fantastic cognitive enhancer. It's very short acting. It's about one to two hours and if you don't smoke it or vape it, keep it very low, and dose less than four milligrams a day. The chance of addiction is minutely small, minuscule. So it's very, very powerful and very quick, and so for people that are looking to feel more of a cognitive edge. They can actually just have some nicotine on its own and it will do that.“Connect with Dr. SherrInstagramHBOT
This week, we dive in with Dr. Mike Wagner, a Stanford-trained anesthesiologist, to examine the balance between longevity and health practices. Dr. Wagner provides insight into the vast and evolving landscape of health, blending the science with his personal and practical commitment to healthspan, as we explore the intersection of medicine and age. Dr. Wagner shares his perspective on living the most enjoyable and healthy life. Thank you to our sponsors: Timeline Nutrition — our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners receive 10% of your first order of Mitopure with code AGEIST at TimelineNutrition.com/ageist. InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST.LMNT Electrolytes — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/AGEIST. Key Moments:“The best drug you can have is exercise, and so I try to stay fit with both aerobic and strength resistance training because I think both are important. You know, as you get older, one of the major causes of death is falling, certainly over the age of 65.”“When it comes to healthspan and longevity, we're probably never going to have great randomized placebo-controlled studies because simply nobody's going to pay for that and it would take way too long to start people at 50 and then follow them for 40 or 50 years to see who lives longer; that would be hard.”“I started statin when I was 35, I'm 49 now, just because I had a strong family history of heart disease and that was most likely going to be the thing that would kill me later in life.”“I take statins because there are hundreds of different randomized placebo-controlled, well done studies that show a direct correlation: the lower you get your LDL, the less likely you are to have a cardiac event. You know, what we call MACE, or a major adverse cardiac event. So the lower you go the better.”
What if the key to navigating life's unanticipated storms lies not just in physical strength, but in the resilience of the mind? Dr. Sharon Bannister is a retired Air Force Major General who's spent her career harnessing the power of resilience. Drawing parallels between military and civilian life, our conversation delves into the necessity of adaptability, mental strength, and the art of preparing for the worst-case scenario.Dr. Bannister encourages us to step out of our comfort zones, embrace new experiences, and always be ready to lend a helping hand. She reminds us that every action, no matter how small, is vital in cultivating a sense of community and resilience. This conversation is not just about survival, but about how we can better build community, navigate big life transitions, and thrive in the face of adversity.Thank you to our sponsors: InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST.SRW Labs – Science Research Wellness — improve your cellular health. Listeners receive 20% off all products with code AGEIST20 at SRW.co. LMNT Electrolytes — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/AGEIST. Key Moments“So what are those things that you're doing for yourself that make you more resilient when bad things happen?”“To me, one of the interesting aspects about the military is this idea of adaptability. We can sort of control how we think and how we prepare, but we need to be adaptable to circumstances. In that line of work you never know what's going to happen, right?”“I think that it would be easy to sit in your house and worry, and worry, and worry. I think that it's a lot more productive to get out and go do something a little bit different to keep you moving.”Get in touch with Dr. BannisterProfileLinkedIn
There is a science to retirement, and if we do it with purpose it can turn out very well. Ever wonder how to make the most of your money, work, and time as you age? There is data out there about this and we will dive into it. Today we talk with professor Michael Finke about finding the happy medium between these three, the meaning of money and the impact of work. Michael Finke, Ph.D. is a Professor of wealth management and Frank M. Engle Distinguished Chair in Economic Security at The American College of Financial Services and an expert on all things related money, retirement satisfaction and the psychology of retirement.Knowing that various 'asset classes' like relationships, health, and intellectual curiosity can provide both immediate and long-term rewards, we explore opportunities to balance finances while still pursuing these other joy-forward assets. We also talk about the struggle of transitioning from a saving to a spending mindset in retirement - and where people often go wrong-which involves the limbic system of the brain and how it conflicts with our pre-frontal cortex. Thank you to our sponsors: Timeline Nutrition — our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners receive 10% off your first order of Mitopure with code AGEIST at TimelineNutrition.com/ageist. InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST.LMNT Electrolytes — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/AGEIST. Key Moments:“Now, I have found in my research that having more money is associated with greater life satisfaction. It is, but you know why? If it's just dots on a computer screen, why does it make you feel good?”“And in retirement, money facilitates. It's an avenue towards activities that actually do make you happy.”“It's the spending of the money on the right kind of things that make you happy.”“People feel differently about spending money from savings than they do spending money from income… Well, people spend more when they have $35,000 of income versus having $500,000 in savings. That's an example of how using your money the right way can actually help you get more satisfaction.”Get in touch with Michael FinkeWebsiteTwitter (X)Facebook Contact
In today's episode, Anil and Ashish sit down with Amy Elizabeth Fox, a person who played a huge role in Ashish's own transformation.Amy Elizabeth Fox is the co-founder and CEO of Mobius Executive Leadership, a premier firm specializing in transformational leadership. They offer immersive executive development services like experiential leadership sessions, coaching, and retreats. With two decades of experience, she has guided senior leaders from various sectors, including CEOs and Board Chairs of Footsie 100 companies and Fortune 500 team members. She's a pioneer in integrating trauma literacy into vertical leadership development and founded the Next Practice Institute to elevate industry standards.Since 2007, she has been a senior consultant at McKinsey & Company. Starting Fall 2023, she'll be part of the faculty at the University of Chicago's Leadership In Society program and the African Leadership Institute's Tutu Fellows program. In 2024, she'll co-lead a global certificate program for trauma informed consultants and coaches with Thomas Huebl.Throughout the episode, Amy sheds light on the importance of trauma healing for leaders, and how it can unlock their true leadership potential and bring about positive transformation. She shares insightful stories and examples, helping us understand that trauma is not limited to extreme experiences, but rather it encompasses various events that overwhelm us emotionally and linger in our lives.She also talks about the connection between inner health and leadership, understanding how trauma affects our behaviors, decisions, and relationships in the organizational setting. Amy urges leaders to embark on their healing journey and foster a culture that encourages open dialogue and vulnerability, allowing employees to grow and thrive together.Listen now and be inspired to embark on your own path of transformation!What You'll Learn in this Show:The power of trauma literacy in leadership development.The three layers of the heart chakra and their impact on leadership.How leaders can create a culture of healing and vulnerability.The importance of interdependence and support in the healing journey.Practical steps for organizations to embrace trauma-informed approaches.And so much more...Resources:Traumainformedconsulting.com Happinesssquad.com @MyHappinessSquad InstagramAshish Kothari LinkedInAnil Ramjiani LinkedInHappiness Squad Youtube ChannelBooks:Healing Collective Trauma: A Process for Integrating Our Intergenerational and Cultural Wounds