Intermittent fasting (IF) is a health and wellness strategy gaining popularity for its potential benefits in preventing or treating various conditions such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, obesity, and dementia.

As I welcome you all to another exciting year, I am here to guide you on a transformative journey toward enhancing your health and wellbeing. This year, we're taking a focused approach, utilizing specific tools, tactics, strategies, and techniques that will make a significant difference in your life. My aim is to keep my content for you research-oriented, drawing from my fascination with human physiology and psychology to help you become your best self.

To that end I have a series of questions I challenge you to ask yourself!

The power of heat in enhancing health and wellbeing is evident from both historical use and modern scientific research. The production of heat shock proteins during heat exposure is a key factor in these benefits, offering protection and support to various body systems. By incorporating heat therapy such as sauna sessions into our routines, we can harness these benefits for improved health and longevity.

As we near the end of 2023 I am considering so many things. But the one thing that keeps coming up are my friends and family. Those I love. I am blessed to be surrounded by my favourite people who elevate me and help me to thrive in my life.

Here is an idea that I have been exploring this year. Give Your Energy Away to Get More Back. How is it possible to get back more than you give away? If you give away money, you have less money. If you give away goods, you have fewer goods. If you give away time, you have reduced availability for other things.

In this episode of the Beyond Age podcast series, host Jennifer Botterill interviews Dr. Greg Wells, a health and high performance expert, about wearable technology and its potential benefits. Dr. Wells explains that wearable tech refers to any device that collects data about our physiology or psychology and provides information to help us live healthier lives. He discusses popular wearable devices like Fitbit, Apple Watch, and Garmin, highlighting their features and strengths. Dr. Wells emphasizes that wearable tech can be beneficial for people of all ages, from older individuals using it as a safety device to younger people tracking their physical activity levels. He also mentions upcoming trends in wearable tech, such as blood glucose monitoring and oxygen saturation measurements. Dr. Wells believes that the future of wearables and technology in healthcare should focus on prevention rather than treatment, with the goal of empty hospitals and a shift towards healthier lifestyles. He encourages listeners to use wearable tech to make small lifestyle adjustments and track their progress over time.

Movement is perhaps the most powerful stimulus to build and strengthen our mitochondria.  Mitochondria are the energy factories of our bodies and brains. Mitochondria break down the food that we eat to create ATP. Remember that ATP are the energy of our cells.

When we are stressed, anxious and afraid, our breathing gets shallow and fast, almost like rapid panting. This breathing pattern can spark and modulate our “fight, flight or freeze” stress response. While critical to our survival in dangerous situations, this response can be crippling in our modern world. Extreme stress, fighting, running away, hyperventilating, or feeling paralyzed rarely serve us.

Leadership is at a pivotal point in time—balancing the demands of high performance while navigating the complexities of the AI era. The Work Innovation Lab by Asana, in collaboration with Greg Wells, Ph.D., founder and CEO of Wells Performance, embarked on a comprehensive study of 6,000 high-performing executives and leaders from the world’s top companies. What we discovered is a science-backed approach to leadership that goes beyond innate talent or working harder—it’s about working smarter.

Mitophagy is the process whereby old and damaged mitochondria are broken down and removed so that your brain and body can function properly and maintain health. It’s an ongoing process that you can influence through proper rest, moving your body, eating well, taking care of your spiritual and emotional needs, and so on—all the positive practices we’ve been exploring.

Energy practice is where the rubber hits the road—where you learn how to transform your understanding of scientific concepts like mitohormesis into real-life action.

Do you find yourself forgetting things more and more? Or feeling fuzzy minded when you need to be clear and sharp? You may be losing your edge if you’re not moving your body.

 Breathing moves oxygen into our lungs and blood and removes carbon dioxide from our bodies. Oxygen gets transported in our blood—bonded to the hemoglobin in our red blood cells—to the working tissues of our body, like our muscle cells or neurone cells in our brain.

Four-time bestselling author Dr. Greg Wells has the answer in his new book, Powerhouse: Protect Your Energy, Optimize Your Health, and Supercharge Your Performance. It shows readers how to boost energy, fight inflammation, and optimize their health cell by cell by focusing on the mitochondria — the “energy factories” that power each and every one of our cells.

In highly stressful situations, or even under the pressures of daily life, some of us crumble or merely survive while others thrive. These pressures can be occupational, familial, financial, social, or health-related, and they can have damaging consequences on our overall health and wellbeing.