The Over 50 Health & Wellness Podcast

Send us a textThere are two types of us listening to this podcast right now. Those of us who have experimented with psychedelic or hallucinogenic drugs, and those of that haven’t. And when I say psychedelic drugs I’m talking about things like LSD, psilocybin (often referred to as magic mushrooms), peyote, DMT, mescaline, ayahuasca, and other consciousness altering substances. These substances had their heyday back in the late 60s and were championed by people like Timothy Leary and Terence McKenna. But then in the 70s the entire class of psychedelic substances were banned and made illegal here in the US. They became Schedule 1 drugs – which is the harshest classification of controlled substances and carry the potential for serios prison time for possessing these substances, and much more severe if you were caught selling them. And mass hysteria followed. We heard nightmarish tales of people having bad trips and falling to their deaths from tall buildings because they thought they could fly under the influence of these dangerous drugs. But there is another side to this story. Back in the 1960s there was some very promising research on the amazing healing properties of these substances – that they had the potential to be powerful medicines for treating things like PTSD, depression, addiction, and depression. But all that ground to a halt when these substances were declared illegal and dangerous. Today a new generation of researchers are re-examining the claims that these drugs are dangerous, and are exploring the amazing healing and life altering effects these medicines can have.   My guest today is Matt Zemon. Matt is the CEO on co-founder of HAPPYY, a mental wellness company that specializes in psychedelic-assisted therapy and the author of new book Psychedelics for Everyone: A Beginners Guide to These Powerful Medicines for Anxiety, Depression, Addiction, PTSD, and Expanding Consciousness. Join us this week as Matt helps us separate fact from hysteria and how we can safely and effectively use these powerful medicines. Whether you are already a fan of these medicines, or are simply psychedelic-curious, this is a fun and informative discussion you won’t want to miss! You can connect with Matt in the following ways: Main Website - https://www.mattzemon.comHappyy Website - https://www.happyy.meLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattzemon/Instagram - @matt.zemonBook “Psychedelics for Everyone” – https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BF36K4RL Matt mentions the following resources in this episode: Dance Safe - https://dancesafe.orgNetflix “How to Change Your Mind” Series - https://www.netflix.com/title/80229847Retreat Guru - https://retreat.guruGuide to Micro Dosing - https://www.mattzemon.com/over50Spirit Pharmacist - https://www.spiritpWant to rewrite the narrative of your life and health? Visit the link below to see if our 1:1 coaching services are a perfect fit for your long term goals: https://go.silveredgefitness.com/schedule/coaching-inquiry Want more over 50 health and wellness goodness? Check out our private Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/silveredgefitness

Send us a textToday we have another edition of the Coaches Corner – so no guest today – it’s just me, and we’ll be back next week with our regular interview format. I thought it would be fun to talk about some of our core tenants and beliefs over here at the Silver Edge. So, I compiled a list of 15 ideas that make up our core philosophy. And here is the list in no particular order.1.     We can be in the best shape of our lives after age 502.     Metabolic health trumps weight loss3.     There are no shortcuts to a strong, lean, healthy body4.     We need to focus on building functional strength5.     Cardio sucks for weight loss6.     The food/pharma machine does not have our best interests at heart.7.     We are our own best health care advocates8.     We can be overweight AND undereating9.     The common advice of “eat less move more” is poor advice for most of us10.  Diets don’t work11.  The more restrictive the diet (keto, vegetarian, vegan, etc.) the more difficult to maintain optimal health12.  There is nothing magical in intermittent fasting13.  We should eat primarily whole foods14.  We should eat more quality protein15.  The common narrative of aging sucks!I realize that some of these might be controversial or maybe even triggering for some folks, but join me today as I walk through each of these core tenants.The links to all the resources we discussed in this episode are below:Shelly Stettner Interview - https://silveredgefitness.com/episode74/Free Metabolic Assessment – https://silveredge.ac-page.com/metabolic-assessmentCoach’s Corner – Lose 20 Pounds In 2 Months - https://silveredgefitness.com/episode139/Fix My Diet Assessment - https://silveredge.ac-page.com/fix-my-dietOver 50 Guide to Healthy Protein - https://silveredgefitness.com/free/ Want more over 50 Health & Wellness Goodness? Check out our private Facebook group:Over 50 Lean Body Blueprint Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/silveredgefitnessWant to rewrite the narrative of your life and health? Visit the link below to see if our 1:1 coaching services are a perfect fit for your long term goals: https://go.silveredgefitness.com/schedule/coaching-inquiry Want more over 50 health and wellness goodness? Check out our private Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/silveredgefitness

Send us a textWe all know someone who talks about manifesting love abundance and joy in their life – or maybe you are that person. But what does that really mean? And how would we even start to manifest these things in our life?  Our guest today says that your thoughts and feelings are like magnets and that what you feel on the inside is what you attract from the outside. In other words, what you focus on is what you attract. I think it’s safe to say that deep down we all want to attract the same things – we want to have an abundant life. We all want to feel happy and joyful and in love with life.  Why is it then that so many of us feel like we don’t have joy, love, and abundance in our lives? What would our lives look like – how would we be different – if we learned to manifest the things we truly desired? My guest today is Sarah Vie. Sarah is an internationally sought out energy healer, meditation guide, and spiritual mentor, helping women and men break the cycle of their ancestral traumas so that they can live abundant, joyful, and peaceful lives. She is an award-winning author of the children’s book, Let Your Inner Golden Sparkle Shine, as well as I Wish I Had Known which is her memoir of her personal healing journey.  Join us today as Sarah helps us break the cycles of our past, and to heal and harness our energy to reimagine and manifest lives filled with love, joy, and abundance.  You can connect with Sarah in the following ways: Main website - https://sarahvie.com/Books - http://www.books.sarahvie.com/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/coachsarahvieInstagram - @sarah_vie_llcYouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBdv5Km1NJ7NjpLMUJ-8iCw Want more over 50 health and wellness goodness? Join our private Facebook group:https://www.facebook.com/groups/silveredgefitnessWant to rewrite the narrative of your life and health? Visit the link below to see if our 1:1 coaching services are a perfect fit for your long term goals: https://go.silveredgefitness.com/schedule/coaching-inquiry Want more over 50 health and wellness goodness? Check out our private Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/silveredgefitness

Send us a textToday we have another edition of the Coaches Corner – so no guest today – it’s just me, and we’ll be back next week with our regular interview format. Today I want to talk about rapid fat loss. Specifically, what’s involved with losing weight in a manner that’s sustainable for the rest of your life. It seems to me that we don’t so much have a problem losing weight – we have a problem maintaining our hard-won weight loss. And really what we need is a diet exit strategy. If you’ve struggled with maintaining weight loss, you’ll definitely want to give this episode a listen! The links to all the resources we discussed in this episode are below:Silver Edge Personalized Coaching Service - https://silveredgefitness.com/coaching/ Want more over 50 health & wellness goodness? Join our private Facebook group!https://www.facebook.com/groups/silveredgefitness Want to rewrite the narrative of your life and health? Visit the link below to see if our 1:1 coaching services are a perfect fit for your long term goals: https://go.silveredgefitness.com/schedule/coaching-inquiry Want more over 50 health and wellness goodness? Check out our private Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/silveredgefitness

Send us a textOK folks, we have another classic rewind episode for you this week. Dr. Gabrielle Lyon’s episode originally aired back in August of 2021 and has consistently been one of the top 3 most popular episodes ever since! In fact at the time of this posting her episode is sitting in the number one all time spot. I chose this particular episode for this week’s replay because Dr. Lyon’s message is so important for those of us over the age of 50. So for all you OG listeners who have been around for a while and perhaps -listened to this episode when it originally aired, I’d strongly recommend giving this episode a second listen!And for you newer listeners, you’re in for a treat! I’ll be back next week with a new episode, but for now here’s Dr. Gabrielle Lyon!Here in the United States, more than two-thirds of all adults are overweight or obese.  And despite increasing awareness of the health risks associated with weight gain, the obesity epidemic continues to grow.  In the US alone, an estimated 45 million people go on a diet each year, and we spend an average of $33 billion annually on weight loss products.  Estimates of the cost of treating adult obesity here in the US range from 147 to 210 billion dollars each year.  And this epidemic isn’t just affecting adults, approximately 20% of children and teenagers are now classified as obese, and that percentage is climbing.  And we know that obesity increases our risk for other diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, and certain types of cancers. So why, with all of our medical advancements and scientific understanding, are we not able to stop – or even slow – the prevalence of obesity?  What if obesity itself isn’t the actual problem in and of itself, but rather the symptom of a much greater problem?  What if the problem isn’t so much that we’re over fat, but that we’re under muscled?  What if we change our focus from obesity to skeletal muscle health – that is to muscle-centric medicine? My guest today is Dr. Gabrielle Lyon.  Dr. Lyon helps motivate people of any age to reach their ideal weight and fullest health potential with the principles of muscle-centric medicine.  She received her doctorate in osteopathic medicine and did her fellowship in geriatrics where she studied obesity medicine and nutritional science.  Dr. Lyon has been published in Muscle & Fitness, Men’s Health, Women’s Health, and Harper's Bazar just to mention a few.  In today’s show Dr. Lyon breaks down the critical role of nutrition and why muscle is the organ of longevity.  In this episode she tells exactly how much protein aging people need, as well as the best sources of protein for us athletes of aging.  And the answer may surprise you.  This was a fantastic episode, and I personally took a ton of information away from this conversation.   You can connect with Dr Lyon in the following ways:Instagram - @drgabrielelyonWebsiteYouTubeWant to rewrite the narrative of your life and health? Visit the link below to see if our 1:1 coaching services are a perfect fit for your long term goals: https://go.silveredgefitness.com/schedule/coaching-inquiry Want more over 50 health and wellness goodness? Check out our private Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/silveredgefitness

Send us a textTell me if this sounds familiar. You tell yourself you’re not going to eat that left over ice cream in the freezer. I mean, this is the new healthy you after all. But then you have this nightmare-ish day at work – you know – one of those days where everything goes wrong, and you’re pulled in 15 different directions and nothing you do seem good enough. So, you leave work late in a foul mood, and the traffic is horrendous. Where do all these people come from and where did they learn to drive?  You finally get home only to find that your husband forgot to pick up the shrimp you were planning to use for your stir fry tonight. Seriously? The man has the attention span and memory of a gnat. Now you need to improvise, because the neighbors are coming over in 45 minutes for dinner. So, you pull some frozen chicken out of the freezer and throw it in the microwave to defrost while you curse your idiotic husband under your breath.  But – you’re a bad ass, and you manage to pull off a delicious dinner and put on a happy face and are a gracious host. You finally shoo your company out the door and clean up. You curl up in your favorite chair, turn on the tv, and for the first time today take a big breath and relax.  And then you remember the ice cream. You consider it for a moment and then decide, nope, you’ve been on a health kick lately and things are going well. You start flipping through the recently added selections on Netflix, and the image of the ice cream comes back, but this time you can almost taste it’s chocolatey goodness. You consider the proposition for a minute – I mean after the day you’ve had, a little bit of ice cream would be a nice treat. But your willpower wins, you put the ice cream out of your mind and go back to browsing new releases on Netflix.  But there’s some part of your brain, deep down, that’s just relentless, and suddenly you’re sitting there with your remote in your hand reasoning with yourself why having a little bit of ice cream is no big deal. I mean, you’ve had the day from hell, and you’ve been so good with your exercise and nutrition this week, why wouldn’t a little ice cream be the perfect reward right now.  And somehow – almost magically – you go from having that conversation with yourself to digging into the bottom of the container to get the very last bit ice cream out of the corner of the carton. And as you come out of your ice cream coma, you think to yourself… how does this keep happening to me? My guest today is Dr. Glenn Livingston. Glenn is an author and psychologist who has dedicated decades to researching the nature of overeating and bingeing. Join us today as Glenn shares his thoughts on the causes of overeating, and more importantly what steps we can take to permanently end binge eating.  You can connect with Glenn. In the following ways: Website - https://www.neverbingeagain.com/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/NeverBingeAgain/Twitter - @NeverBingeAgainInstagram - @livingstonglennYouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLD5wZRmKOuixUvFvDQH2JgWant to rewrite the narrative of your life and health? Visit the link below to see if our 1:1 coaching services are a perfect fit for your long term goals: https://go.silveredgefitness.com/schedule/coaching-inquiry Want more over 50 health and wellness goodness? Check out our private Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/silveredgefitness

Send us a textIf you’re reading this, chances are you’re interested in healthy aging. We can look at healthy aging as a spectrum – with sickness on the far left, and optimal health and vitality on the far right. And I think it’s fair to say that regardless of where you currently fall on this spectrum, you’d like to move further to the right, towards a life full of health and vitality.  But exactly HOW do we do that? And what separates those that are successful in this journey from those that seem to struggle? There’s so much conflicting information floating around – most of it from people and companies trying to sell us something – it’s no wonder that many of us struggle when it comes to long term sustainable health and fitness. Today we’re going to cut through the hype and clutter and focus on the essential elements of strong vital healthy aging. In other words – how to become ageless men and women. My guest today is Nate Wilkins. Nate is a health and wellness educator, renowned speaker, fitness trainer, and author. Nate is also the co-founder of Ageless Workout where he teaches that ageless is a mindset and that we can defy the aging process and live our healthiest, most vital lives as we age gracefully. Join us today as Nate share what it take to obtain – and maintain – an ageless mindset and body. You can connect with Nate in the following ways: Website: www.agelessworkout.comLinkedIn: Nathaniel WilkinsFacebook: @agelessworkoutTwitter: @agelessworkoutInstagram: @godfather_agelessworkout Sponsor Info: Energy Bitswww.silveredgepartners.comBe sure to use coupon code “silveredge” at checkout to save 20% off your purchase. Want more over 50 health and wellness goodness? Head over to our private Facebook group:https://www.facebook.com/groups/silveredgefitnessWant to rewrite the narrative of your life and health? Visit the link below to see if our 1:1 coaching services are a perfect fit for your long term goals: https://go.silveredgefitness.com/schedule/coaching-inquiry Want more over 50 health and wellness goodness? Check out our private Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/silveredgefitness

Send us a textI’m going to start today’s episode with what might be a difficult question. What do you see when you stand naked in front to the mirror? More importantly – what do you feel? What kind of a relationship do you have with your body? Is your body a peaceful home and a beautiful place to live?  Or are you at war with your body? Do you harbor feelings of hate, shame, guilt, or frustration with your body? What kind of relationship do you WANT to have with your body? How would you even go about starting to engage with a healthy relationship with your body? And then how would you foster that relationship? How do you get to a place where you are kind, caring, supportive, and nourishing to and with your body? In other words, how do you go from body war to body peace? My guest today is Nina Manolson. Nina is a body peace coach who helps people end the war with food and body and finally feel truly at home in their body. She has over 30 years of experience as a therapist and a health & wellness coach. Join us today as Nina helps us learn how to enter a new relationship with ourselves and our bodies, and how to finally end our body wars and create meaningful lasting body peace. You can connect with Nina in the following ways: Website - https://ninamanolson.comFacebook - @ninamanolsonbodypeaceFacebook Group - @nourishedwomannationInstagram - @ninamanolsonYouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/NinaManolson Sponsor InfoNed - https://silveredgefitness.com/partners/Use coupon code “silveredge” at checkout for 15% off your order. Want more over 50 health & wellness goodness? Check out our private Facebook group:https://www.facebook.com/groups/silveredgefitnessWant to rewrite the narrative of your life and health? Visit the link below to see if our 1:1 coaching services are a perfect fit for your long term goals: https://go.silveredgefitness.com/schedule/coaching-inquiry Want more over 50 health and wellness goodness? Check out our private Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/silveredgefitness

Send us a textHi folks, coach Kevin here. I’m on vacation this week, so we’re bringing you a classic rewind episode. This episode originally aired a little over a year ago, and we’ve gained a bunch of new listeners since then. This is one of the most inspirational guests we’ve had on this show – and even if you originally listened to this episode last year, it’s worth a second listen!  Our guest today is Julia Linn, and as you’ll soon hear, she has an amazing transformation story. Julia is a coach, author, speaker, double-organ transplant recipient, and all-around inspirational and uplifting human being. At the end of this interview, I asked Julia what was next for her and she mentioned that she was starting a coaching practice. And now a year later she has a new website and training practice. You can check out her new website at www.bodybeautylovelife.com – and you can sign up to get into her next 4-week Transformation Master Class as well, where you’ll learn how to spiral up your mindset, nutrition, exercise, and how to build beauty in mind, body and spirit. You can connect with Julia on Instagram @dolphinine.Want more over 50 health & wellness goodness? Check out the Over 50 Lean Body Blueprint Facebook group:https://www.facebook.com/groups/silveredgefitnessWant to rewrite the narrative of your life and health? Visit the link below to see if our 1:1 coaching services are a perfect fit for your long term goals: https://go.silveredgefitness.com/schedule/coaching-inquiry Want more over 50 health and wellness goodness? Check out our private Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/silveredgefitness

Send us a textWhat’s the difference between lean healthy fit people and those who seem to constantly struggle with weight issues? Why is it that so many of us have such a hard time of not necessarily losing weight, but of maintaining a lean healthy body? Is it a lack of willpower or motivation – maybe these folks lack the grit and the determination necessary for long term changes. Or maybe it’s lack of knowledge – if they just understood what foods to eat and what exercises to do that would lead them to the promised land of having a lean fit healthy body. Or maybe the problem is that the vast majority of nutrition and fitness advise is coming from people who are already lean fit and healthy. And what works to keep them lean and fit might be terrible advice for someone who has 30,40,50 or more pounds to lose – because they are in a different starting place.  Maybe it’s time to reexamine why diets fail, and more importantly, when they do fail, why do we blame the dieter for that failure? My guest today is Dr. David Prologo. David is a dual board-certified interventional radiologist and obesity medicine specialist, and the author of the book titled The Catching Point Transformation: A Twelve-Week Weight Loss Strategy Based in Reality. He has spent more than twenty years specifically analyzing the phenomenon of diet attrition and why diets fail. Join us this week as David explains exactly how those of us who struggle with sustainable weight loss can meet themselves where they are and learn how to prepare themselves for a successful journey to obtaining – and maintaining – a lifelong lean, fit, and healthy body. You can connect with David in the following ways:Website - https://www.drprologo.com/Instagram - @jdprologoFacebook - @jdprologoTwitter - @jdprlogoBook – The Catching Point Transformation: A Twelve-Week Weight Loss Strategy Based in Reality Sponsor Info2Pood - https://2pood.com/Use coupon code “silveredge” to save 10% on your order. Want more over 50 health and wellness goodness? Join our private Facebook group!https://www.facebook.com/groups/silveredgefitnessWant to rewrite the narrative of your life and health? Visit the link below to see if our 1:1 coaching services are a perfect fit for your long term goals: https://go.silveredgefitness.com/schedule/coaching-inquiry Want more over 50 health and wellness goodness? Check out our private Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/silveredgefitness