The Aging Project

Aging. Everyone’s doing it, right? And it’s a hell of a lot better than the alternative. So why is it so often portrayed as something for women to fear and fight, rather than embrace and celebrate?
The Aging Project is proud to present this trail-blazing podcast series that flips the bird to the notion that women in their forties and above should be either slowly fading into the background, or in a constant battle to look younger. We want to show you how we can all choose to age fabulously and without apology, and to own our age with pride - with great health, style and vitality.
Hosted by Shelley Craft, the first season of The Aging Project podcast features candid, no-holds-barred interviews with twelve of the world’s leading and most inspiring minds in the field of aging well.
Join Shelley as she discovers how everything from nutrition to meditation, style to gut health (and lots more!), can not only positively impact our journey into middle-life and beyond, but help make it the best time of our lives.
We’re all in this together, ladies - let’s learn how to do it WELL.

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Sep 17, 2022 • 25min

Your body is telling you everything you need to know – but are you listening? With Dr. Libby Weaver

In this episode of The Aging Project podcast, we chat with Dr. Libby Weaver about how our body tells us exactly what it thinks of our lifestyle choices. Dr. Libby is a nutritional biochemist with more than 20 years of clinical experience, who’s also a thirteen-times best-selling author, and a renowned international speaker. She’s passionate about helping women understand how incredible their bodies are, and empowering them to take charge of their health and happiness by understanding the connections between their nutrition, their emotions, and their biochemistry. She’s able to explain even the most complex of bodily systems in easy-to-understand terms, and she shares a wealth of knowledge and easily actionable tips in this entertaining and hugely informative interview. Join Shelley for episode #8 of Season Two of The Aging Project Podcast, as she chats to Dr. Libby about: • Why she believes we’ve become so disconnected from our bodies • How we can create greater energy, flexibility, and strength by listening to our bodies and acting upon what they’re telling us • How the choices we make don’t just dictate how we look and feel today, but also impact our future wellbeing • How the body’s detoxifying systems work • The most common nutritional deficiency in the western world • How to know when your liver needs some TLC – the signs to look out for • The three biggest factors that impact the way we feel day-to-day • How our modern lifestyles can confuse our physiology • How to ‘detox’ our thoughts and mitigate the negative impact they can have on our physical health •The changes we can make to support our liver • Her (very easy!) challenge that’ll make a huge difference to the health and efficiency of your liver The Aging Project is on a mission to discover and share the secrets to aging well, and to empower you to make great choices for your health and wellbeing in your forties and beyond. Hosted by Shelley Craft, The Aging Project Podcast will introduce you to the leading minds in the field of aging fabulously. Her insightful interviews will inspire you to take middle age by the horns and make it the best time of your life! A BIT EXTRA! Thank you to Dr. Libby Weaver for taking the time to chat with us. If you’d like more information about Dr. Libby and her work, you can find it here: www.drlibby.com https://www.instagram.com/DrLibby/ Want to know more about The Aging Project? Come and visit us here: https://www.theagingproject.com.au/ DID YOU LOVE THIS INTERVIEW? If you found this interview interesting, helpful, entertaining or inspiring, we need your reviews! Great reviews will enable us to keep creating amazing content to help us all age well – so, if you liked what you heard, we would be so grateful if you took a few seconds to submit a review on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts. We will read every review, and will feature the best one each week on our socials! READY TO AGE WELL WITH US? If you’re ready to get started on making the rest of your life the best of your life, please join us on our socials! We’ll share challenges and tips so we can all age well together - one small shift at a time. https://www.instagram.com/theagingproject/ https://www.facebook.com/theagingproject We have a newsletter too – you can subscribe at www.theagingproject.com.au YOU MUST TRY IT! Our sister site, ‘You Must Try It’, has launched! We’re here to make shopping for yourself fun again, with a carefully selected range of health, beauty, and lifestyle products. No confusion, no overwhelm – just the good stuff! @youmusttryit www.youmusttryit.com GOT FEEDBACK? WE’D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU! If you’ve got feedback or a burning question, please send it to us at hello@theagingproject.com.au CREDITS: Host: Shelley Craft Producer: Amanda Attwood, founder of The Aging Project Podcast Studio Team: Poly Studios - https://polystudios.com.au

Aug 6, 2022 • 31min

Let’s make physical health AND mental health equal priorities as we age, with Amy Crawford from The Holistic Ingredient.

In this episode of The Aging Project podcast, we chat with Amy Crawford from The Holistic Ingredient about the importance of nurturing and strengthening our mental health as we age. Amy is a qualified health coach and CTC Master Therapist, who helps women free themselves from fear, self-doubt, and inner blocks, and uses multi-modalities to help her clients process challenging emotions in a healthy, productive way. She’s the founder of The Holistic Ingredient, which has become a wellness hub for women all over the world, and has developed a whole foods recipe series called ‘A Nourishing Kitchen.’ None of this would’ve been possible, though, without a very challenging life event of her own. Learning how to get through it healthily, both physically and mentally, totally changed her life path, and she shares this journey candidly in this fascinating discussion. Join Shelley for episode #7 of Season Two of The Aging Project Podcast, as she chats to Amy about: ● How the way we’re raised can shape the way we process challenging emotions in our forties and beyond ● How debilitating chronic fatigue hit the reset button on her life, and changed its course for the better ● How challenges can get us to a better place when we process them in a healthy way ● A simple way to start being more aware of our mental health ● How reliance on vices inhibits us from building mental strength ● Some simple strategies for processing challenging emotions ● Who to reach out to when we’re overwhelmed, and how prioritising your connection with a therapist is crucial to your progress ● What EFT therapy is and how it works ● Boundaries – how to identify yours, and how you can express them The Aging Project is on a mission to discover and share the secrets to aging well, and to empower you to make great choices for your health and wellbeing in your forties and beyond. Hosted by Shelley Craft, The Aging Project Podcast will introduce you to the leading minds in the field of aging fabulously. Her insightful interviews will inspire you to take middle age by the horns and make it the best time of your life! A BIT EXTRA! Thank you to Amy Crawford from The Holistic Ingredient for taking the time to chat with us. If you’d like more information about Amy and her work, you can find it here: https://www.theholisticingredient.com/ https://www.instagram.com/theholisticingredient/ Want to know more about The Aging Project? Come and visit us here: https://www.theagingproject.com.au/ DID YOU LOVE THIS INTERVIEW? If you found this interview interesting, helpful, entertaining or inspiring, we need your reviews! Great reviews will enable us to keep creating amazing content to help us all age well – so, if you liked what you heard, we would be so grateful if you took a few seconds to submit a review on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts. We will read every review, and will feature the best one each week on our socials! READY TO AGE WELL WITH US? If you’re ready to get started on making the rest of your life the best of your life, please join us on our socials! We’ll share challenges and tips so we can all age well together - one small shift at a time. https://www.instagram.com/theagingproject/ https://www.facebook.com/theagingproject We have a newsletter too – you can subscribe at www.theagingproject.com.au YOU MUST TRY IT! Our sister site, ‘You Must Try It’, has launched! We’re here to make shopping for yourself fun again, with a carefully selected range of health, beauty, and lifestyle products. No confusion, no overwhelm – just the good stuff! @youmusttryit www.youmusttryit.com GOT FEEDBACK? WE’D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU! If you’ve got feedback or a burning question, please send it to us at hello@theagingproject.com.au CREDITS: Host: Shelley Craft Producer: Amanda Attwood, founder of The Aging Project Podcast Studio Team: Poly Studios https://polystudios.com.au

Jul 30, 2022 • 33min

Your eyes are the windows to your soul AND health, with Dr. Rani Banik

We’ve all heard the old saying that the eyes are the windows to the soul, but our podcast guest this week wants you to know that they’re also the windows to your overall health – and to how well you’re aging. In this week’s episode, we’re asking what our eyes can tell us, and how we can maintain optimal eye health as we get older. To help us answer those questions is Dr. Rani Banik – a world-leading board-certified neuro-ophthalmologist who’s joining us all the way from New York City. Dr. Rani specializes in the intricate connections between our eyes and our brain, and is an authority on how our lifestyle and dietary choices can impact our eye and brain health as we age. I loved this episode – Dr. Rani’s passion for her work is so evident in her chat with Shelley, and the discussion really got me thinking about my eye health, which has been something I must admit I haven’t thought that much about ‘till now. The episode is now ready for you to listen to – I hope you enjoy it as much as I did! I hope you were as inspired by last week’s incredible chat with Dr. Yael Joffe as Shelley and I were. I know I for one have been incorporating some raw cruciferous veggies into my meals to turn on those amazing detoxifying genes! And finally, thanks to all of you who’ve been tagging @theagingproject on social media – we love seeing the impact The Aging Project is having on our community! Amanda x On the podcast this week: ‘Our eyes are a window to our health’ - DR. RANI BANIK\ Dr. Rani Banik has been a neuro-ophthalmologist caring for the eye/brain connection of her patients for more than twenty years, but it wasn’t until western medicine failed to cure her own debilitating migraines that she started thinking there must be something more. After doing her own research into alternative therapies, and then specialist training in functional medicine, Dr. Rani now combines traditional medical and surgical methods with lifestyle and dietary modifications to give her patients a holistic approach to improving their eye and brain health. Shelley’s chat with Dr. Rani covers a lot of ground – from how to eat for good eye health, to blue light, to the most common eye issue for women over forty, and much more. Enjoy ladies – and here’s to good eye health! ‘LET’S AGE WELL TOGETHER’ SEASON TWO CHALLENGE SERIES This week’s challenge: Increase your Omega 3 consumption this week. Try to fit in some oily fish like salmon, or plant-based options like chia seeds, or hemp seeds. Dr. Rani mentioned we need over 25 nutrients to keep our eyes healthy, and the best way to get them is to eat as many different coloured fruits and veggies as possible. She suggested if we eat a different colour with each meal, we’ll get close to those 25 nutrients over the course of a week. Try that! Make a note of the changes in your vision (e.g. floaters, peripheral vision, flashing lights) and discuss them with your doctor or ophthalmologist. Take positive action and book an appointment with a neuro-ophthalmologist. Here is the website Dr. Rani mentioned to help you find one near you: https://www.nanosweb.org/ Reflect on the changes you’ve made over the last four weeks and do something nice for yourself to celebrate. Making changes to long-held habits isn’t always easy, but by doing it little bit by little bit, big progress is possible! We’re so glad you’re here with us on this aging well journey! What we’re loving this week: This week we’re loving Dr. Rani’s Instagram page! She offers so many great tips for maintaining eye and brain health, and she’s so engaging and easy to watch. Check it out here: https://www.instagram.com/dr.ranibanik/?hl=en You Must Try It The launch of our new sister site is getting closer! Like you, we’ve become so confused about what products to buy for ourselves. There’s just way too much choice - and how do we know what really works? Our goal at You Must Try It is to bring you tried and tested products – good stuff only! From skin care to supplements, we will have you covered. Sign up to know when we’re launching: https://youmusttryit.com/ Missed a podcast episode? If you’re new to The Aging Project or you’ve missed an episode of the podcast, don’t worry! Every episode from Season One is still available for you when you’re ready – just search for The Aging Project wherever you get your podcasts. Keep those reviews coming! Thank you SO much to all of you who’ve left us a review on iTunes during Season One! If you’re loving the podcast and haven’t left a review yet, we would appreciate it so much. READY TO AGE WELL WITH US? If you’re ready to get started on making the rest of your life the best of your life, please join us on our socials! We’ll share challenges and tips so we can all age well together - one small shift at a time. https://www.instagram.com/theagingproject/ https://www.facebook.com/theagingproject We have a newsletter too – you can subscribe at www.theagingproject.com.au YOU MUST TRY IT! Our sister site, ‘You Must Try It’, has launched! We’re here to make shopping for yourself fun again, with a carefully selected range of health, beauty, and lifestyle products. No confusion, no overwhelm – just the good stuff! @youmusttryit www.youmusttryit.com GOT FEEDBACK? WE’D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU! If you’ve got feedback or a burning question, please send it to us at: hello@theagingproject.com.au CREDITS: Host: Shelley Craft Producer: Amanda Attwood, founder of The Aging Project Podcast Studio Team: Poly Studios https://polystudios.com.au

Jul 23, 2022 • 52min

Genetics and genes - a beginner’s guide to why they matter, with Dr. Yael Joffe.

Dr. Yael Joffe is a world-leading expert in nutrigenomics, and is here with us to share her incredible knowledge and passion for the way our lifestyle and dietary choices can change the way our DNA dictates how well we age. She is the co-author of three books, ‘It’s Not Just Your Genes’, ‘The SNP Journal’, and ‘Genes To Plate’, and the founder of 3x4 Genetics, a company that has developed a life-changing genetic test designed to give people personalised and actionable health recommendations based on their unique DNA. Dr. Yael is dedicated to training medical practitioners to use the testing to understand and help their patients on a deep, difference-making level. We’re so excited to welcome Dr. Yael to the podcast – she has a knack for simplifying this incredibly complex topic so that everyone can understand how insight into our DNA is the key to aging well. Join Shelley for episode #5 of Season Two of The Aging Project Podcast, as she chats to Dr. Yael Joffe about: How the death of her grandmother changed her career, and set her on a whole new life path How our diet and lifestyle choices change the way our genes switch on and off, creating an opportunity for healing and great health and longevity How insight into your DNA allows you to take action that will help you age well How cruciferous vegetables like broccoli and cabbage have magical powers over our Genes The incredible power of phytonutrients to work with the body to create good health, and how they’re more effective than pharmaceuticals How disease is the result of our lifestyles not matching our DNA How our DNA dictates the way we experience hunger, appetite, and fullness The well-known BRCA gene, and how you can delay or prevent it from expressing itself and creating breast cancer The Aging Project is on a mission to discover and share the secrets to aging well, and to empower you to make great choices for your health and wellbeing in your forties and beyond. Hosted by Shelley Craft, The Aging Project Podcast will introduce you to the leading minds in the field of aging fabulously. Her insightful interviews will inspire you to take middle age by the horns and make it the best time of your life! A BIT EXTRA! Thank you to Dr. Yael Joffe for taking the time to chat with us. If you’d like more information about Dr. Yael and her work, you can find it here: https://www.3x4genetics.com/ Want to know more about The Aging Project? Come and visit us here: https://www.theagingproject.com.au/ DID YOU LOVE THIS INTERVIEW? If you found this interview interesting, helpful, entertaining, or inspiring, we need your reviews! Great reviews will enable us to keep creating amazing content to help us all age well – so, if you liked what you heard, we would be so grateful if you took a few seconds to submit a review on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts. We will read every review, and will feature the best one each week on our socials! READY TO AGE WELL WITH US? If you’re ready to get started on making the rest of your life the best of your life, please join us on our socials! We’ll share challenges and tips so we can all age well together - one small shift at a time. https://www.instagram.com/theagingproject/ https://www.facebook.com/theagingproject We have a newsletter too – you can subscribe at www.theagingproject.com.au YOU MUST TRY IT! Our sister site, ‘You Must Try It’, has launched! We’re here to make shopping for yourself fun again, with a carefully selected range of health, beauty, and lifestyle products. No confusion, no overwhelm – just the good stuff! @youmusttryit www.youmusttryit.com GOT FEEDBACK? WE’D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU! If you’ve got feedback or a burning question, please send it to us at hello@theagingproject.com.au CREDITS: Host: Shelley Craft Producer: Amanda Attwood, founder of The Aging Project Podcast Studio Team: Poly Studios https://polystudios.com.au

Jul 16, 2022 • 57min

Aging well begins in the mouth with Dr. Mark Burhenne

Functional dentist Dr. Mark Burhenne wants you to forget what you think you know about oral health. With 35 years of clinical experience, Mark is passionate about educating the industry and the public about the vital importance of functional dentistry to our overall health. Known internationally as Dr. B, Mark is one of the world’s leading authorities in functional dentistry, is the author of ‘The 8-Hour Sleep Paradox’, and has a huge Instagram following on his page @askthedentist, where he shares game-changing tips on how best to care for our health via our mouths. In this eye-opening conversation, Dr. Burhenne shares his insights into how the influence of our oral microbiome has been underestimated for way too long, and how a healthy mouth will help us age better. In this episode we ask the question, could the health of our oral microbiome be a crucial piece of the aging well puzzle? Join Shelley for episode #4 of Season Two of The Aging Project Podcast, as she chats to Dr. Burhenne about: How what happens in our mouths can age us prematurely How functional dentistry differs from the traditional approach we’re used to How the division between medicine and dentistry is counter-productive and harmful, and how collaboration between doctors and dentists can vastly improve patient outcomes The link between gum disease and dementia How oral inflammation causes inflammation in the body How oral microbiome testing is beginning to improve oral care in the USA The products you’re probably using every day that are damaging your oral microbiome His top tips for creating and maintaining a healthy oral microbiome The dangers of fluoride The four top enemies of a healthy mouth The crucial importance of nose-breathing to longevity and dental health The things we can do right now to start improving our oral microbiome and dental health The Aging Project is on a mission to discover and share the secrets to aging well, and to empower you to make great choices for your health and wellbeing in your forties and beyond. Hosted by Shelley Craft, The Aging Project Podcast will introduce you to the leading minds in the field of aging fabulously. Her insightful interviews will inspire you to take middle age by the horns and make it the best time of your life! A BIT EXTRA! Thank you to Dr. Mark Burhenne for taking the time to chat with us. If you’d like more information about Dr. Mark and his work, you can find it here: www.askthedentist.com Instagram: @askthedentist Want to know more about The Aging Project? Come and visit us here: https://www.theagingproject.com.au/ DID YOU LOVE THIS INTERVIEW? If you found this interview interesting, helpful, entertaining or inspiring, we need your reviews! Great reviews will enable us to keep creating amazing content to help us all age well – so, if you liked what you heard, we would be so grateful if you took a few seconds to submit a review on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts. We will read every review, and will feature the best one each week on our socials! READY TO AGE WELL WITH US? If you’re ready to get started on making the rest of your life the best of your life, please join us on our socials! We’ll share challenges and tips so we can all age well together - one small shift at a time. https://www.instagram.com/theagingproject/ https://www.facebook.com/theagingproject We have a newsletter too – you can subscribe at www.theagingproject.com.au GOT FEEDBACK? WE’D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU! If you’ve got feedback or a burning question, please send it to us at hello@theagingproject.com.au CREDITS: Host: Shelley Craft Producer: Amanda Attwood, founder of The Aging Project Podcast Studio Team: Poly Studios https://polystudios.com.au

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