Yassou to you and welcome to 100 Not Out … In this first part of a three-part series, we sit on the patio of Marika and her husband Jakovus … We ask the 87 year old Marika many questions including … How the rise in popularity of longevity has impacted longevity …...
Damian has just moved house, and not only has he moved house, but he has left the rent game and become an owner-occupier. What does it feel like moving from a rental to your own home? And what are the benefits of loving not only your home, but the community you...
Our oldest Wellness Summit attendee was 79 year old Val Lennox. Val is the mother of Kay who stole the show at the 2018 Wellness Summit (watch the highights video here and Kay is the one singing). Val has been dancing her way through life and still has dreams and...
Damo’s lost his voice. It’s the third time in four years. Is there’s a deeper meaning behind all of this, or is the Melbourne winter causing Damo’s laryngitis to act as a protective defense mechanism? With The Wellness Summit just behind us – did Damo’s voice...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...