Julian Prendergast is a state swimming champion in his age group. He is 79, a father of five children and a grandfather of 8. Julian lost his wife Barb to cancer seven years ago. He hasn’t let his challenges in life define him negatively; instead he is allowed every challenge to make him stronger.

Having been a self-confessed slob almost 30 years ago, Julian has been swimming four times per week and staying active every since an ad in the local paper back in the 1990s encouraged him to return to the pool.

This fascinating interview on purpose, movement, grief, family and love will inspire you to make the rest of your life the best of your life!

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Damian has flown to Perth to attend a practitioner-only Microbiome conference. Before he attends, Damo & MP discuss –

** The hulabaloo and lies that “wellness” entrepreneurs are spreading as part of another “health scare” campaign

** The parasite craze that has people dropping “nuclear bombs” on parasites

** The ideal philosophy to adapt in order to allow for optimal gut health

If you love listening to Damo share his wisdom here, then you’ll love him even more at The Wellness Summit – book your tickets at www.thewellnesssummit.com – August 17 & 18 in Melbourne featuring 14 of your favourite Wellness Couch speakers.

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If we started our lives seeking the most fulfilling lives and taking each opportunity that arose, would we all start to see that life is an incredible gift?

Given humanity’s tendency to accept mediocrity and survival, do we all have equal opportunity to live our best lives? Does the environment we find ourselves in dictate inequality in relation to our opportunity to create our ideal life?

These big questions and more get discussed on this open and vulnerable conversation of 100 Not Out.

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Marg Smalley is a wonderful loyal member of The Wellness Couch tribe, whose Mum, Muriel Burns, has just turned 100. Muriel Burns has called Shepparton, Victoria, home for 100 years. Muriel joined us a day after celebrating her 100th birthday in the same church that she was baptized and married in. What has she learnt Listen In

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When Victor Hugo was born, life expectancy at the time hovered between 30 and 40 years of age. How then, did people like Hugo go on to live to age 83? The author of Les Miserables and The Hunchback of Notre Dame, is by no means alone.

You don’t have to be famous to dramatically outlive life expectancy, and wealth is not a precursor to longevity either. Nutrition is often thought to be the key driver, but we know that not to be the case.

Hugo buried four of his five children, and the only child to outlive him was a schizophreniac who lived and died in a mental institution.

So what is it? Why do people like Hugo not live just a few years past life expectancy, but decades longer?

The answers (well at least our thoughts) and more in this episode of 100 Not Out.

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We have both had family members make some brave, bold decisions recently, and they are in the third act of life (aka they are not our children, but instead our parents).

Both examples of this conservative courage are on the back of houses being sold – and tie in with our regular conversation on “loving where you live”. At some stages, not loving where you live but “hanging in there” can pay great dividends. Being Stoic over Snap Happy and resisting the urge to be reckless can be just as revered.

Will this ever change? Or have the rules for successful living changed? Is being stoic and persevering something that we only get better at with age, or is it something we can learn and embody at any time?

All of this and more on the latest edition of 100 Not Out.

Photo by Oliver Cole on Unsplash

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We’ve discussed many times before on this podcast just how important nutrition is for successful ageing, and also how it’s not the everything.

To dive deeper into this topic we bring on respected medical doctor Dr Alice, who featured on episode 256 of 100 Not Out alongside her inspirational mother Ada.

Today we talk about –

** The importance of nutrition

** The impact of stress, particularly when you’re eating well!

** The power of meditation and the art of being present

And so much more.

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Damian is due to give a presentation out the front of a McDonald’s Restaurant. We discuss how he feels about this and talk more broadly how extremism exists in the wellness community. Talk of “unfriendly” extremism and the pros and cons of exposing ourselves and our loved ones to both sides of the health and sickness spectrum come up. Is it OK for your children to eat McDonalds or other junk foods? Have we taken wellness too far? What of the graceful agers who we’ve interviewed – would they have eaten at McDonalds?

This episode of 100 Not Out is yet another wake up call about what it takes to age well.

Want more?

Visit damiankristof.com and foragecereal.com to find out more about Damo

Visit marcuspearce.com to find out more about Marcus

Visit 100notout.com to find out more about our 10-Day Longevity Experience on the Greek Island of Ikaria

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Good friend of the podcast Kale Brock joins us shortly after returning from Okinawa and shortly before venturing to Ikaria and the USA. His travels are the basis of his upcoming documentary The Longevity Film. 

What has Kale learnt in Okinawa – one of National Geographic’s official Blue Zones. What is it about older people that Kale has observed sets them apart from their younger counterparts?

And what of biohacking? Are there traditional “hacks” taking place in longevity cultures that we can adapt in today’s world?

All this and more on the podcast.

To keep up to date with Kale’s work and to be notified of the official release of The Longevity Film, go to www.kalebrock.com.au

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There seems to be no end in sight of humanity’s commitment to finding a “cure” for ageing. Anti-ageing continues to dominate the psyche of many, and there continues to be a determination from within science to “defeat” ageing and defy this thing called death.

Billions of dollars get spent each year on research into what nutrients help slow down the ageing process, and there are many people who take hundreds of pills each day in a bid to extend their lifespan.

But are they barking up the wrong tree? We tend to think that longevity is not a combination of biohacks or pills.

This conversation and more in this episode of 100 Not Out.

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