It is the final episode of season two and we are going out in a splash of colour and something a little different. George Reddings is a highly successful designer and creative in fashion, furniture, homewares and textiles. She has worked on iconic brands such as Gap, Victoria’s Secret, Mothercare and Next, as well as independent start-ups and celebrity collaborations including Little Bird.

George is about to launch her new venture, Colour Story which is statement pieces, in mood-enhancing colours and sustainably made. As she puts it – versatile enough for brunch or the Baftas.

George chatted to us about how the idea for Colour Story came from trying and failing to find exactly what she wanted in the shops. We talk about the psychology of colour, and how bright colours can raise our mood. The way a little colour “pop”  makes all the difference.

Ageing with agency means knowing yourself and knowing the style that works for you. The essence of Colour Story – no trends, no seasons, no fads, fabulous cuts, and silhouettes that suit you in every colour -  is exactly what we all need.

Find out more about Colour Story at https://colourstorystudio.com/

And on her Instagram page

https://www.instagram.com/colourstory_studio/

How old are you? A simple question, with a simple answer, right? Wrong.

In this episode, we chat with the brilliant Ryan Smith, co-founder and VP of TruDiagnostic.

TruDiagnostic is a global leader in tests that measure our epigenome and uncover what it tells us about biological age. At the risk of oversimplifying something quite complex, biological age describes the real rate at which your body is ageing and there are various ways to measure it.

Ryan invited us to test out their TruAge test. We did the required blood spot tests, and sent them off and in this episode, we talked to Ryan about the results. Am I ageing faster, or slower than my biological age?  And what does it mean? I'm not telling you here, take a listen and find out.

Without giving anything away, seeing my results from this test has been fascinating. It has inspired me to maintain lots that I do and it has motivated me to explore new habits in my longevity quest. Epigenome testing is still in its infancy in the longevity field, but there is no doubt that this will be the future of how we look at health optimisation.

We have a 12% discount we can pass on if you want to explore your own biological age. Use this link to make sure you get the 12% discount for TruDiagnostic

In this episode, we welcome the brilliant Dr Meg Arroll to tell us all about her brand-new book “Tiny Traumas”

If you have ever felt that things were not quite  “right” but you struggled to put your finger on what exactly is wrong, this book will be a game changer.

Tiny traumas are events that have happened to us over the years. They might not seem “significant” when we describe them, or even when they happened. They could even be things we do to ourselves, such as negative self-talk. Dr Meg explains how if we ignore them, they creep up and undermine or sabotage us. 

Dr Meg is  a chartered psychologist, she discovered and developed her insights and approach to Tiny Traumas while working in academia and in clinical practice. The more we learned about this, through speaking to Meg and reading the book, it helped make sense of so many things that can undermine our self-esteem, our wellness, and our vitality. It’s definitely worth a read.

Enjoy the podcast and to find out more about Meg and her work visit her website: https://www.drmegarroll.com/

Tiny Trauma is available at all good booksellers

A few examples:

Bookshop.org

Amazon.co.uk

In this podcast, we dive into our inner geek and talk all about biological therapy and how it is the future of living stronger longer and ageing with agency. 

Our guest this week is Dr Konrad Slynarski, an internationally recognised orthopaedic specialist and pioneer in using cell and biological therapies for bone and skeletal health.  

It is well known that being active is the key to living stronger for longer, yet as we age we are more at risk of osteoarthritis and other types of aches and pains that can inhibit our activity and even stop us from doing the sport we love. The conventional approach to these issues has been painkillers or anti-inflammatory medication until the problem is so bad it requires a knee or hip replacement. Dr Konrad explains how all that has changed with the advent of injectable cell and biological treatments which can maintain our joints optimally. 

What’s so exciting about these therapies is that they engage the body’s potential to heal itself. They resolve the issue of ageing joints, rather than simply dealing with the symptoms. 

At about 30 mins in – there is a dialogue about the male / female difference in the experience of pain that Dr Konrad sees. 

Plus, we look at how nutrition and lifestyle can optimise the impact of these biological therapies.

You can contact Dr Konrad directly on [email protected]

 Or via  [email protected] at  www.theregenerativeclinic.co.uk

Dr Konrad’s bio:

Dr. Slynarski completed his MD and Ph.D. degrees at The Medical University of Warsaw, Poland, and completed research fellowships at Case Western University in Cleveland, USA, with Prof. Arnold Caplan on Mesenchymal Stem Cells - based cartilage repair (funded by the Polish-American Kosciuszko Foundation), and also with Prof. Matts Brittberg, Sweden. He subsequently completed a knee fellowship with Prof. Rene Verdonk, Belgium. He was a principal investigator in several comprehensive clinical studies on osteoarthritis, cartilage repair, osteotomy, medial knee load-absorber and patello-femoral unloading. 

He works on development and improvement of knee joint preservation procedures, including osteotomy and cell-based therapies for cartilage repair. He organized several symposia and courses in the field of cartilage repair, including Warsaw ICRS World Congress in 2007, Polish Arthroscopy Society Congresses and Warsaw Joint Preservation Congress. Dr. Slynarski was Head of several private sports medicine centers in Warsaw. 

He was a President od Polish Arthroscopy Society, member of Education Committee of International Cartilage Repair Society (ICRS), Cartilage Committee, Meniscus Committee and Osteotomy Committee of European Society for Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery, and Arthroscopy (ESSKA).

Our relationship with food and our appetite cues can trigger us to either overeat or eat the wrong things and it’s a topic that probably hasn’t had the coverage it should and that certainly fascinates us at SHL.

We asked Dr Helen McCarthy, clinical psychologist to come on the pod and talk to us about how she helps people to retrain their appetite.

Dr Helen shares how she helps people get back into touch with their hunger signals which leads to a sense of freedom and increased pleasure from food.

We talk about:

• Fasting and how it relates to appetite
• How to learn to listen to your natural hunger cues
• Deconstructing emotional eating
• How her approach leads to increased pleasure from food
• Why focussing on future goals and values is the key
• Stepwise behavioural change and how to manage obstacles

This episode is full of simple practical tips to help you understand your own appetites, cravings and emotional eating

To find out more about Dr Helen and her work, which includes some brilliant webinars 

Follow her on Instagram

Go to her website

Connect with her on Linked In

Or buy her book How to Retrain Your Appetite

Hello, and welcome back to series 2

If you are wondering what we did to Pioneers of Ageing we decided to rename ourselves the Super Human Living podcast.

We kick off series 2 with the brilliant Deanna Minich.

Deanna Minich, MS, PhD, CNS, Certified Functional Medicine Practitioner (IFMCP), is a nutrition scientist, international lecturer, teacher, and author, with over twenty years of experience in academia and in the food and dietary supplement industries.

When we saw she had published a paper on Melatonin where she called it “The next Vitamin D” we knew we had to talk to her.

The big myth about melatonin is that it’s “just about jet lag”.

The truth is rooted deep inside our bodies. Our mitochondria are colloquially known as the powerhouses of our cells. Keeping these running actively and smoothly is critical for longevity. Melatonin, the hormone of darkness, does exactly that. Melatonin is highly concentrated in the mitochondria membrane where it helps to quell the oxidative burst of activity coming from our mitochondria.

Deanna explains all this as well as knowing if you have enough and the difference between synthetic and the form found in plants.

To find out more about Deanna and access a lot of free resources visit her website https://deannaminich.com/

This feels like a fitting finale to series 1! (Series 2 will be back in September!)

We talk to Rebekah Brown, founder of mPowder winner of Hip & Healthy’s Best Health Product of the Year, 2022.

She shares how it was frustration and lack of information coupled with a shot of anger – as she experienced worrying symptoms during what would turn out to be, her own perimenopause that led her into this journey.

Her ambition is to empower people to embrace and take agency for part 2 of their lives.

Rebekah shares How she applied her research background to menopause and how she has taken consumer-led research and evolutionary approach to developing products, supported by natural health practitioners and doctors that work and support women.

We talked about the process of reframing menopause, how we as a society need that, and how transformational it can be for individuals who do. 

She has created a fantastic community of people sharing their stories, collaborating on building a product and building agency for their own health and wellness.

To find out more and to join that community, go to https://mpowder.store/

To try the products, use the discount code PIONEERS15 which is valid for 15% off until 20th August 2022 and is valid on the 900g pouches only (non-subscription)

We will see you in September!

We talk to Fran Millar, CEO of Belstaff and Jodie Harrison, Global Brand Director for Belstaff.

Belstaff is one of those iconic British brands, which is transforming itself to stay as relevant today as it always has been.

Fran has come from the world of Elite Cycling, as CEO of Team Ineos, and before that was central to Team Sky. She has been instrumental in transforming British Cycling and for all those British winners we celebrated at the Tour de France and the Olympics.

Jodie has also worked on iconic brands such as Soho House and Mr Porter and has a phenomenal track record in creative and brand strategy.

We start by talking about their personal transformations in their own careers. Fran shared how she brought all she knew about high-performance sport into building a team and a culture she is genuinely proud of.

For Jodie, the red thread has always been communication.

We moved into the transformation journey they are embarked on for the Belstaff brand and the Old is Good campaign.

The campaign is built on a very simple insight: Belstaff makes stuff that is built to last a lifetime. The age of the brand, indeed a Belstaff jacket or other item is one of the most beautiful things about it. They wanted to celebrate that truth and the people who wear it.

It is a brilliantly authentic campaign which we absolutely love and cant wait to see more of.

A way to celebrate and give a voice to people who have something to say. Something we wholeheartedly support at Pioneers of Ageing.

What can we say about this episode? It is a corker as we talk to Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel, an Integrative Medicine doctor, scientist and educator and Directly of award-winning Synthesis Clinic. She is a font of all knowledge on female health and frankly we could have spoken to her all day. We started with her route into integrative medicine, she describes herself as a scientists first and how it was following the science and asking “why” that led her into lifestyle medicine, nutrition, breath work and the many other modalities she uses At the heart of what she does, is to “treat people, not protocols” – it is all about personalisation. She is strong advocate for individuals to become agents for their own health and wellness. On coaching and helping people to change she talks about the importance of understanding behavioural change and motivational techniques. As Dr Nina says: “Lifestyle medicine is the most invasive thing you can do; it asks you to change everything you do from the moment you get up”. To support someone making those changes we have to connect with their “why”. Reprioritising the art of human relationships is something she strongly believes in; listening, being curious, being open. On breathwork, no one walks out of her clinic without a breathwork prescription. Sher references the work by James Nestor and his book Breath as a brilliant starting point (she says Wim off the blackbelt, this is more of an entry point. https://www.mrjamesnestor.com/. She also mentioned https://www.instagram.com/breathpod/ (Stuart Sandeman) (NB Dr Nina says breath work can be too much for an individual who has experienced trauma). We chatted about autoimmune thyroid disease and she shared the 3 key factors she considers for each individual: Genetics Gut microbiome Immune regulation Find out more about Dr Nina’s work at: https://www.synthesisclinic.co.uk/ https://www.drninafullershavel.com/ Dr Nina´s full Bio is MB BChir MA Hons (Cantab) IFMCP DipIM PG Cert DipION RYT300 Precision Health & Integrative Medicine Doctor, Scientist and Educator Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel is an Integrative Medicine doctor, scientist and educator with degrees in Medicine and Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge, as well as an ongoing MSc in Precision Cancer Medicine at the University of Oxford. Dr Fuller-Shavel is a Fellow of the College of Medicine and the Co-Chair of BSIO (British Society for Integrative Oncology). Alongside her scientific and medical training and over a decade’s experience in integrative health, Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel holds multiple qualifications in nutrition, integrative medicine, functional medicine (IFMCP), health coaching (FMCA), herbal medicine, yoga, mindfulness and other therapeutic approaches. Dr Fuller-Shavel is the founder and Director of Synthesis Clinic, an innovative multidisciplinary practice in Hampshire, specialising in women’s health and integrative cancer care. Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel has recently won a prestigious Innovation Leader of the Year award at UKBIA 2022 for her inspirational vision for healthcare, excellence in clinical work and leadership of the Synthesis Clinic team. Alongside her work at the clinic, Dr Fuller-Shavel delivers educational programmes for medical and nutrition professionals, as well as participating in research in integrative medicine and precision health and contributing to editorial boards and guideline development panels nationally and internationally.

You can find more about Dr Nina here:

https://www.synthesisclinic.co.uk/ 

https://www.drninafullershavel.com/ 

Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-synthesis-podcast-clinic-clients-connection/id1612788240

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/drninafullershavel/

What we Love.

A monthly curation of longevity boosting gems

In this episode we talk about products, ideas and gems that we love for their longevity potential.

BeautyPie

https://www.beautypie.com/

Continuous Glucose Monitors:

https://www.diabetescare.abbott/products.html

https://www.supersapiens.com/en-EN/

https://helloinside.com/

Studio10

https://studio10beauty.com/

Check out episode 8 where we chat to Studio 10 founder, Grace Foder

You can use TREAT15 for 15% discount (this offer cannot be used with any other promotion)

Saliva Hormone Testing

https://www.mintdiagnostics.com/

Crackers Recipe: 

½ cup of flaxseeds

3 tbsp of white sesame

3 tbsp of black sesame

3 tbsp of pumpkin or sunflower seeds

1 tbsp of chia seeds

1 tbsp of corn flour

1 cup of boiling water

Mix seeds and water together with the hot water and leave for 10 minutes.  Roll out the mixture between 2 sheets of baking paper until cracker thickness.  Pop in the oven at 160c for half an hour or until golden brown and crisp.

Ange & Becks X