What are your values in life?

I value independence.

I value the capacity to make decisions.

Well, those can be taken away from me unless I intervene now, right?

There is no doubting the data that mobility and muscle and bone are going to give you more longevity and better life while you get there.

Vondaright is an orthopedic surgeon who says immobility, joint pain and bone fractures do not have to be

inevitable in later life. Hello, welcome back to the Lizard Well-Being Show, the podcast

helping all of us have a better second half. And I'm your host,

Liz Earle. And oh my gosh, I am on such a mission to find ways for all of us to thrive in our

later life by investing in our health and our well-being today. Now, I am dedicating all this month

to resting, recharging, recovering and resilience.

So lots on the restorative powers of red light and heat and how to come back from burnout coming up in the next few weeks.

But it's resilience I really want to focus on today.

And the resilience of our musco-skelital systems in particular.

If you are a midlife woman like me, the 60s midlife?

Yeah, I'd say so.

You'd know just how important it is to talk about our bones.

We know that osteoporosis, for example, is a major killer of women.

Problem is, we might have overlooked this important bit of skeletal scaffolding for many years, so what's do about it?

Well, Vonda is an extraordinary orthopaedic surgeon and an internationally recognised authority on human performance, longevity and women's health.

It's an absolute pleasure to have her here today.

Her new book is called Unbreakable, a woman's guide to aging with power. It is a brilliant read, warm, wise, packed with

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