The Aging Project

The Aging Project (TAP) Mini Meditations are designed to feed the mind and calm the nervous system. Most of our guests have spoken about taking moments to stop and pause in the day. It's our hope you'll take 5 minutes to stop and breathe upon waking, and throughout the day, using our mini meditations to support you relax, and clear the mind. Please write a review, comment or email us at hello@thea...

Today on The Aging Project Podcast, we’re joined by Michelle Kenway — one of Australia’s leading pelvic floor physiotherapists, with over 1 million followers on YouTube. We talk honestly about bladder urgency, prolapse, leaking, constipation, pelvic floor strength and why so many women silently stop exercising after 50. If you’re always looking for the toilet, crossing your legs when you sneeze, o...

What if the problem isn’t your willpower… but your biology? In this powerful episode of The Aging Project Podcast, we sit down with Dr Chris Lekich to unpack one of the most misunderstood conditions impacting women today: lipoedema. For the women who: lose weight everywhere except their legs feel pain, heaviness or tenderness in their thighs bruise easily have been told to “just eat less and move...

We’re popping in with something a little different (and something we’re very excited about): a behind-the-scenes look at The Fitgenes Program. Today we're sharing The Fitgenes LIVE Workshop Replay.  This is a conversation between Sam Shay, the global trainer at Fitgenes and Amanda Attwood, the co-founder of The Aging Project, who manages The Fitgenes Program and 120 Club. Our growing communit...

Today you'll meet Dr Carli Axford , founder of the Spinal Flow Technique , about a new way of looking at back pain, spinal tension, stress, and the nervous system. We know around 4 million Australians live with back problems, and as we age, back pain can affect far more than movement. It can impact sleep, mood, confidence, independence, and overall quality of life. Dr Carli explains what Spinal Fl...

In this must listen episode, we sit down with Australia's leading liver expert Professor Jacob George to talk about one of the body’s most important — and most overlooked — organs: the liver. This miracle organ keeps us alive. It filters, processes, stores, regulates, and protects us, yet most of us know very little about it until something goes wrong. Today that changes.  We discuss the basi...

This episode is such an important listen. We’re joined by Professor Katherine Samaras — an Australian endocrinologist, medical researcher, and one of the country’s leading experts in metabolic health, obesity, diabetes, ageing, and body fat distribution. She’s spent years helping people understand that the waistline is not just about appearance — it can be one of the clearest early signs of what’s...

Today’s episode is about something powerful — and often misunderstood. Your genetics. Not as a prediction of your future… But as the playing field you’re working in. Because the truth is this: Many of us spend years guessing when it comes to our health.  Trying different diets. Different supplements. Different routines. Hoping something works. Something helps.  But what if you could unde...

Blood pressure is one of the most important numbers for your future health — yet most people rarely check it.  In this episode, we sit down with leading preventative cardiologist Dr. Ross Walker to unpack what blood pressure really means, why it often rises after 40, and how it quietly affects your heart, brain, and longevity. We explore the “Heart Dashboard” — four powerful markers that reve...

We all want to age well. To live strong into our 80s, 90s — maybe even 120. But there’s one thing that can quietly steal the joy from those years: pain. Back pain. Hip pain.  Glute pain. Nerve pain that makes you stiff, cautious, and afraid to move. In Australia alone, millions are living with back problems — and for many women in peri and menopause, pain seems to arrive just as they’re tryin...

On Sunday 8 March , we’re coming together for a FREE live webinar   event — and we'd love you to join us. Our last live event had over 4,000 women and we can’t wait to do it again. To register visit: https://theagingproject.com/free-webinar-event/   Got a question? Email us at hello@theagingproject.com.au  

Today we’re joined by Nicola Laye — Australia’s leading breathwork teacher for women. This isn’t a long episode. It’s an invitation. Take five minutes with us… and just breathe. Breathwork is something our clinical nutritionist prescribes to every client — not as a “nice extra,” but because it matters. Your breathing patterns influence your nervous system, your stress response, and even markers li...

In this deeply reflective episode, Marianne Williamson  explores midlife not as decline, but as an awakening — the moment many women quietly realise time isn’t endless, and something inside starts asking for a truer life. We talk about why some women feel stuck while others come alive in midlife, and Marianne reframes menopause as a “second puberty,” where biology, life load, and inner truth...

So much of what changes after 40 can’t be felt — it’s invisible says todays guest Dr Vonda Wright . Bones quietly thin. The heart and blood vessels shift. Blood glucose and insulin creep up. And before we know it, we can drift toward osteoporosis, heart disease, and diabetes without realising… unless we track what matters. In this episode, Dr Vonda Wright  breaks down the key “dashboard numbe...

The Aging Project (TAP) Mini Meditations are designed to feed the mind and calm the nervous system. Most of our guests have spoken about taking moments to stop and pause in the day. It's our hope you'll take 5 minutes to stop and breathe upon waking, and throughout the day, using our mini meditations to support you relax, and clear the mind. Please write a review, comment or email us at hello@thea...

“The Vagus Nerve Whisperer” j oins The Aging Project Podcast.  In this episode we go goes deep into one of the most important — and most overlooked — pillars of women’s health: nervous system care. Shelley welcomes Tracy Whitton, a practitioner with 22 years’ experience and a unique gift: the ability to feel, sense, and intuit what a woman’s body is holding. Her clients call her “the vagus ne...

We’re popping in with something a little different (and something we’re very excited about): a behind-the-scenes look at The Fitgenes Program. Today we're diving into   The Dietary Choice Report , one of the 6 reports found inside The Fitgenes Program.  Ever wondered why some people can stop at one biscuit… while others eat the whole packet? The answer might be in your DNA. This episode...

The Aging Project (TAP) Mini Meditations are designed to feed the mind and calm the nervous system. Most of our guests have spoken about taking moments to stop and pause in the day. It's our hope you'll take 5 minutes to stop and breathe upon waking, and throughout the day, using our mini meditations to support you relax, and clear the mind. Please write a review, comment or email us at   hel...

Before you inject yourself with GLP1 Peptides — try this. These are the foundations every woman over 40 needs to build, for life. In this must-listen episode, Shelley sits down with Clinical Nutritionist Lynsey Koch to uncover how to activate your body’s own GLP-1 pathway naturally. GLP-1 is the powerful appetite-regulating hormone that helps control cravings, stabilise blood sugar, and reduce bel...

Caring for someone you love is one of the hardest — and most profoundly human — experiences we will ever face. And yet, most of us arrive at that moment unprepared, overwhelmed, and often deeply alone. In this episode we sit down with journalist, author, and health communicator Casey Beros, whose book Next of Kin shines a light on what it really means to step into the role of carer. Drawing from h...

Weight after 40 can feel like an uphill battle. Hormones shift, metabolism slows, and what worked in our 20s simply doesn’t cut it anymore. In this episode, we dive deep into the role of weight loss medications — including GLP-1s like Mounjaro and Ozempic — and what women over 40 need to know before considering them. We explore how these medications actually work in the body, who they’re designed...

At 54, exhausted and running on empty, Monique van Tulder did something radical — she walked away from the life that was draining her. What started as a small step — changing lightbulbs in another house — turned into five months of solitude, adventure, and self-discovery. She calls it A Grown Up’s Gap Year. In this conversation, Monique shares the truth so many women over 50 will recognise: years...

Cancer. It’s a word that stops us in our tracks — bringing fear, grief, or uncertainty depending on our own story. And as we age, that word carries even more weight. Despite decades of research, cancer still feels mysterious to many of us, and the “one-size-fits-all” treatments of the past haven’t been enough. That’s why this episode is so important. We sit down with Professor David Thomas — one o...

The Aging Project (TAP) Mini Meditations are designed to feed the mind and calm the nervous system. Most of our guests have spoken about taking moments to stop and pause in the day. Its our hope you'll take 5 minutes to stop and breathe upon waking, and throughout the day, using our mini meditations to support you relax, and clear the mind. Please write a review, comment or email us at hello@theag...

We’re popping in with something a little different (and something we’re very excited about): a behind-the-scenes look at The Fitgenes Program. Today we're diving into The Health and Wellbeing Report , one of the size reports found inside The Fitgenes Program.  Discover all 6 reports HERE: https://www.fitgenes.com/products/mega-bundle/?v=322b26af01d5  We know that words like DNA, epigenet...