Hack My Age : Menopause Upgrade

Backlog Episode 2020. Life Coach Samantha Thomas explores the reasons we sabotage our efforts to stay fit and eat right. She explains how we can get back on track and stay motivated to reach all of our health goals.  Samantha Thomas is the founder of Sparkd - a platform to help women heal emotional eating. She offers personalized programs on her website www.sparkdcommunity.com, is a public speaker...

Today we talk about the top 5 skin rejuvenating treatments that are the most effective for women over 50 with specialist aesthetics writer and founder of the Tweakments Guide Alice Hart-Davis. You're probably wondering what is a tweakment and a tweakment guide? Alice explains the tweakment, but the guide is a content and e-commerce business focused on aesthetic treatments and skincare. This means...

This episode is a recording with one of my Hack My Age VIP members from France discussing how to read and interpret food and nutrition labels to make healthier choices for a longer better life. You're a fly on the wall in the private discussion and may even identify your own self and own questions. Go to the YouTube channel to watch the video presentation. Join the Hack My Age community on: Facebo...

Cathleen Toomey speaks my gerontology language. She isn't a gerontologist, but she knows a lot about the aging process and has worked with a lot of older adults. A lot more than me. She understands how our experiences through our lifecourse impact our health and longevity. And today we talk about something you may never have thought could kill you early…loneliness. We also talk about a lot of othe...

Backlog episode November 2020. Clinical nutritionist and Aussie Craig Burton shares his knowledge on the immune system, the gut microbiome and how to support a gut that is struggling and needs a reboot. Craig has over 20 years experience as a health coach, and has achieved many qualifications in nutrition, as well as in health and fitness along with mental and lifestyle coaching. He attained a B.A...

Dr. Richard Johnson is back for more! Today we talk about unexplained weight gain, the fat switch, uric acid, the truth on agave and so much more. Some of you have already read his first book, "The Fat Switch" , which he published in 2012 and now our honored guest Dr. Richard Johnson has another book out called "Nature Wants Us to Be Fat: The Surprising Science Behind Why We Gain Weight and How We...

Backlog Episode 2020. Life Coach Samantha Thomas explores the dysfunction in body image in our modern society and how to overcome unhealthy perceptions of our bodies in order to move towards health, strength and functionality as we age.  Samantha Thomas is the founder of Sparkd - a platform to help women heal emotional eating. She offers personalized programs on her website www.sparkdcommunity.com...

Today's guest is one of my favorite….and based on your feedback from our first interview on brain health , your favorite too. Dr. Sandy Kaufmann is THE coolest expert on anti-aging and someone who just "gets us" women who are over 50. Because she is one of us. She doesn't accept ageist stereotypes and is carving out her own path to aging. She literally wrote the book on it, called the Kaufmann Pro...

Learn more about testing our biological age and how we can see how fast or slow we are aging with Ryan Smith. This is kind of important for me, so that I can see how fast I am heading to my death, so I can be sure I do what is necessary to make that journey as slow, painless and enjoyable as possible. Ryan clears a lot of the confusion on all these test kits that are on the market that measure dif...

There are many foods that support our skin and our overall health, but there are 5 major ones we should probably avoid, or at limit, in our diet that will accelerate aging skin, which brings wrinkles and dull and droopy skin or uneven skin tone. Enjoy this mini episode to get quick tips on what these 5 foods are and learn more about our aging skin and what it's trying to tell us about our health. ...

We have another great sleep expert on the podcast today! Mollie McGlocklin is going to share some amazing tips on how to optimize our sleep, but more particularly, she is going to cover why in the world are women over 50 waking up in the middle of the night and how to stop it so we can actually experience sleep like we did in our 20s and 30s. We have already heard from sleep researchers and biohac...

Bob Soulliere and I talk about using our breath to change our mindset, find our lost voice, gain more energy and vitality and find our inner feminine selves. This may sound more like the job of a woman, but it's a guy. It's a guy who has worked with many women and can connect with them using the breath to restore their inner power, take control of their lives, improve their mental health and sport...

Biohacking besties Leslie Kenny and Amy Lamotte, give us the most efficient and cost effective (i.e. FREE) tips on how to hack our sleep, fix our circadian rhythm and reduce our chances of Alzheimer's, heart disease and all cause mortality.  Leslie Kenny is a biohacker, certified health coach, patient advocate, Harvard & Berkley graduate, sexologist and founder of Oxford Healthspan, a nutraceutica...

I rarely have guests come on for a round two, but there was no way I could not invite Selene Yeager on again to tell us about her and Dr. Stacy Sims new book : Next Level - Your Guide To Kicking Ass, Feeling Great and Crushing Goals Through Menopause And Beyond. These two amazing women have a whole tribe behind them of inspirational older women who really are smashing it through menopause and tota...

Clinical nutritionist and Aussie Craig Burton shares his knowledge on fasting, who should do it, who shouldn't and where it can go wrong. Craig has over 20 years experience as a health coach, and has achieved many qualifications in nutrition, as well as in health and fitness along with mental and lifestyle coaching. He attained a B.A. in Applied Science (Sports Science and Psychology) from Edith C...

Dr. Kara Fitzgerald breaks down the science of DNA methylation and how we can actually reverse our age. We discuss her new book Younger You: Reduce Your Bio Age And Live Longer, Better.  Her book has been highly praised by all the big players in our biohacking space like Dr. Dale Bredesen, Dr. Mark Hyman and Dr. Sara Gottfried. I loved reading it and can highly recommend you to read it too. We scr...

There are many foods that support our skin and our overall health, but there are 5 major ones to include in our diet that will accelerate the repair and rejuvenation process that we want to eat every single day. Enjoy this mini episode to get quick tips on what these 5 foods are and learn more about our aging skin and what it's trying to tell us about our health. Enjoy the snack bite! Join the Hac...

Today we clear up some confusion on NAD and NAD boosters with Dr. Nichola Conlon. NAD is a molecule we have in our bodies that can regulate aging. We lose it as we age and that's one of the reasons we get tired. Nichola is going to share some of the latest research on menopause and biological age and how managing our NAD levels at the appropriate time may help us not only feel better, but may help...

Julie Angel is a movement coach, an artist, a filmmaker and an author. She is the first person in the world to have a Ph. D in parkour. If you don't know what that is, we'll explain it later. Because she fell in love with parkour, she also learned to move with grace and with strength from some of the best teachers and coaches in different movement worlds. You'll hear, that she's an optimist and ho...

This episode is a backlog from 2020. Life coach Sam Thomas shares the importance of sticking to a morning routine to get results in our health, work and other goals.  Samantha Thomas is the founder of @sparkd - a platform to help women heal emotional eating. She offers personalized programs on her website www.sparkdcommunity.com, is a public speaker, has her own podcast You Are Infinitely Loved an...

This podcast is going to clear a lot of confusion for us. If you've been on the biohacking trail for a while, you probably have heard of kits that test your telomeres, DNA, glycans and other biomarkers that give you a clue how fast or slow you are aging or if your keto diet or fasting routine is working for you on a cellular level. There are a ton of kits out there, so which one do we use? And wha...

Wow, what a surprise guest. I had no idea what I was getting into with Ikar, but it turned out to be magical and intergenerational. Today's guest is totally different from any other I have had on. We are usually geeking out on the science of biohacking, but never enough on the spiritual side. So master breathwork practitioner Ikar Wood is going to bring us there. Ikar first came to the world as Br...

This a 3 way discussion with my 2 biohacking besties, Nathalie Niddam and Sandy Kruse, who are also podcasters and also women over 50. We hash out the pros and cons of metabolic gadgets like Lumen and Biosense that claim to help you lose weight. It all sounds rosy and THE gadget you must have. We only hear the good side of these devices…especially if it's an influencer out there trying to sell som...

Our guest today has been the most anticipated so far. When I announced that Joan McDonald of Train With Joan is joining us for this podcast recording, the response was overwhelming. Everyone loves Joan! With over a million and a half fans on Instagram, Joan is rockin life in her 70s. But it wasn't always that way. Joan is now 75 years old, but only 5 years ago was on medication for high blood pres...

What are my 5 favorite supplements for skin? There are some you probably know of and a few that may be new to you. Take 5 minutes to listen to which ones I focus on, how I take them, when I take them and in what dosages. This formula has been keeping my skin strong and youthful as part of my skincare regime. This is a very mini episode, where you can get quick information without all the fluff. En...