Dr Jenna Macciochi

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That 15 minute walk in the park, like you're giving yourself something that you didn't have before that you deserve, which is just peacefulness, a nice bit of fresh air.

And I think that's really, yeah, incredible, but so simple.

And, yeah, I hope we can start to sprinkle this in alongside all of the amazing medical treatments and things that we have available, which has given us this really long lifespan that we now potentially have.

But I think to really have a depth of life and not just be chasing some horizon, optimizing for the sake of it.

And actually, one of the things that blew my mind was...

You know, we're always looking at all these longevity hacks, you know, there's protocols everywhere, there's morning routines, like you can really indulge in that content online if you want to, the latest hacks, the equipment, the technology.

But one of the best ways of sensing how long you might live is actually how much you can sense your own body.

so by that I mean like being able to be aware of your heartbeat being able to respond to signals so simple examples include things like your interception so when you're hungry when you need to go to the bathroom like those we can override them easily but the more you're able to sense what your body's telling you the better able you are to sort of live well feel well stay well and I find that quite fascinating and I think we can only do that if

We're still and calm and with ourselves because I certainly can override all of my basic needs if I'm having a really busy day and running around as a working mum.

And I think that it was, you know, when you sit in meditation, you're suddenly like, oh, my hips niggling and like I'm fidgety and I want to...

dopamine wants me to pick up my phone and like you suddenly become aware my heart's racing my breathing is all in my upper chest like and then you're aware you're like oh right now I can sort of start to fix those things yeah I've noticed from your Instagram page that you've taken up jiu-jitsu yeah over the past few years and I think in one of your posts

They're both really significant.

I wanted to do a martial art for quite some time.

I've always been very active and I was just kind of curious about it.

I don't know anyone who did it.

I had a car accident a few years ago and I just had to recover from those injuries before I could take up a sport, which is...

historically quite littered with injuries because you're effectively wrestling other people.

And I found a local studio and started going down there.

And this was kind of in the midst of like, you know, coming out of the marriage and all of my personal stuff.