Dr. Will Cole: Inflammation - The Health Issue Behind the Health Issues
Over 50 & Flourishing with Dominique Sachse
Dear Media
4.8 • 864 Ratings
🗓️ 26 January 2026
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Over 50 & Flourishing, I’m joined by Dr. Will Cole, New York Times bestselling author, leading functional medicine expert, and host of The Art of Being Well podcast, for a powerful conversation about what’s really driving many of the health challenges we face in midlife.
Dr. Cole is one of the nation’s top functional and integrative doctors and the founder of the world’s first functional medicine telehealth centers. He works with patients around the globe, specializing in uncovering the root causes of chronic issues like inflammation, thyroid dysfunction, autoimmune conditions, hormonal imbalances, digestive disorders, and brain health concerns.
Together, we explore why inflammation lies at the heart of so many chronic conditions, how stress and unresolved trauma impact the body, and the practical lifestyle changes that support lasting health and vitality.
In this episode, we discuss:
- What inflammation really is and why it’s behind so many health issues
- The gut–brain connection and its role in hormones and immunity
- Why functional medicine focuses on root causes, not symptoms
- The foods and lifestyle habits that fuel (or fight) inflammation
- How chronic stress and trauma show up in the body
- Why midlife is a powerful time to reclaim your health
- How to make sustainable changes without extremes
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast is a Dear Media production. |
| 0:13.2 | Hello and welcome back to Over 50 and Flourishing. |
| 0:16.5 | Today we are diving deep into the world of functional medicine with one of its most recognized |
| 0:21.9 | pioneers. Dr. Will Cole, he's a leading functional medicine expert, New York Times best-selling |
| 0:27.6 | author, and the host of The Art of Being Well podcast. Dr. Cole has helped thousands of people |
| 0:33.3 | around the world uncover the root causes behind their chronic issues, from autoimmune to thyroid |
| 0:39.2 | problems, to inflammation, hormonal balances, and gut dysfunction. But I love so much as his approach. |
| 0:45.2 | It's not about chasing symptoms, but it's about restoring balance, body, mind, and spirit. |
| 0:51.3 | We're going to talk about reclaiming your health naturally, what intuitive fasting really means, and how stress and spirit. We're going to talk about reclaiming your health naturally, what intuitive fasting |
| 0:55.8 | really means and how stress and emotions affect your gut, and why inflammation is the hidden |
| 1:01.9 | link behind so many struggles. So grab your matcha or your morning coffee, settle in, and let's |
| 1:07.6 | learn the art of being well. |
| 1:14.1 | Hey, Will. in and let's learn the art of being well. Hey Will, it is so good to have you on over 50 and flourishing. I'm going to talk your |
| 1:19.3 | ear off today. Are you ready? Of course. Yes, I love talking about this stuff. Thanks for |
| 1:24.0 | having me and giving me the opportunity. It's my pleasure. It's my pleasure. |
| 1:28.0 | You know, I, as I told you before we even started, I am such a believer in functional |
| 1:33.0 | medicine. I love talking to people who are outside the box of the traditional world. We know we |
| 1:39.5 | have been served that and people can most certainly opt in in that arena should they so choose. |
| 1:45.9 | But I have loved this emerging world of functional medicine, which to me is sort of getting |
| 1:51.1 | back to the basics, getting back to nature, getting back to what God has provided for us out |
| 1:56.4 | there and understanding it and realizing how it works for our bodies. |
| 2:00.4 | So tell me about you and you getting into this space. |
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