Your Third Third
Your Third Third is the essential guide for people aged 50 and above, pivoting the conversation from anti-aging to "pro-living" with purpose and intention. Host Steve Gershik invites listeners to redefine the years 60-90 as the era of integration, meaning-making, and intentional legacy, not decline.
Your Third Third
Dying to Live Longer
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Steve Gershik
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In This Episode:
- The Supplement Aisle Panic: Why midlife health feels like a high-stakes performance review.
- Longevity Fixation: When self-care morphs into self-surveillance.
- The Science of Stress: How cortisol accelerates your "GrimAge" faster than skipping the gym.
- Orthorexia: When "clean eating" becomes a social cage.
- The "Enough" Protocol: Trading the obsession with data for the power of connection.
Resources & Research Mentioned:
- GrimAge & Stress: The study from Translational Psychiatry on how cumulative stress accelerates epigenetic aging: GrimAge acceleration and stress
- The Finnish Study: Research comparing the life expectancy impact of stress versus physical inactivity in men: Heavy stress predicts lower life expectancy
- Orthorexia Nervosa: Information on the fixation on righteous eating, coined by Dr. Steven Bratman: Orthorexia.com
- Blue Zones: The data on social connection and longevity: Power 9 - Blue Zones
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