Midlife Crisis? Why Life After 50 Could Be Your Best Years Yet | Chip Conley

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Dr. Mark Hyman

Health & Fitness, Nutrition, Medicine

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🗓️ 23 October 2024

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Is the thought of aging holding you back, or could it be your chance to thrive? On this episode of “The Doctor’s Farmacy,” I sit down with Chip Conley to challenge the outdated view of midlife as a time of decline. We explore how this stage can become a period of growth, from finding new passions to building deeper connections. Learn why happiness often increases after 50 and get actionable tips for staying active, curious, and engaged. In this episode, we discuss: Research on the U-curve of happiness, showing that life satisfaction typically dips around ages 45-50 but improves steadily with each decade after. The importance of social wellness and relationships as a key factor for longevity and well-being The Modern Elder Academy Overcoming the fear of aging The importance of maintaining curiosity and openness to new experiences, which are strongly correlated with living a longer, happier life. View Show Notes From This Episode Get Free Weekly Health Tips from Dr. Hyman Sign Up for Dr. Hyman’s Weekly Longevity Journal This episode is brought to you by Rupa University, BIOptimizers, Armra, and Qualia. Rupa University is hosting FREE classes and bootcamps for healthcare providers who want to learn more about Functional Medicine testing. Sign up at RupaUniversity.com. Tackle an overlooked root cause of stress with Magnesium Breakthrough. Visit Bioptimizers.com/hyman and use code HYMAN10 to save 10%. Save 15% on your first order of ARMRA Colostrum and unlock the power of 400+ functional nutrients. Just visit TryARMRA.com/Mark or use code MARK. Decrease your "zombie cells" with Qualia Senolytic. Visit QualiaLife.com/Hyman to get 50% off and use code HYMAN for an additional 15% off your order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Coming up on this episode of the doctor's pharmacy.
0:02.5	When you shift your mindset on aging from a negative to a positive,
0:06.7	you gain seven and a half years of additional life.
0:09.8	Which is more life than if you stop smoking
0:12.1	or if you start exercising at 50.
0:14.0	Yeah, I mean actually if you end cancer and heart disease in the face of the planet,
0:18.0	you'd only get five to seven years of life extension.
0:20.0	I know.
0:21.0	It seems that every day more and more patients come into my office bringing ever increasing
0:26.8	amounts of health care information with them.
0:28.7	And I love it when this happens because it means people are taking ownership of their health but it also means I have to stay
0:34.2	on the top of my game. So as a health care practitioner how do you make sure that when a
0:37.4	patient walks in your office and says hey I really want a Dutch
0:39.9	complete or a GI map that you have the right answers and tools?
0:43.2	The answer is Ruby University.
0:45.0	They are the number one educational institute for root cause medicine with over 20,000
0:48.8	practitioners a year learning about functional and specially lab testing.
0:52.1	Not only do they have absolutely free
0:53.5	live classes hosted every week but they bring in industry experts to teach in-depth
0:57.8	six-week boot camps on all the most popular functional tests. If you want to
1:01.5	level up your knowledge of functional
1:03.0	lab testing, make sure to visit rupa University.com.
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