YOUR Year of Getting Younger

Sure, your Realistic You may chime in to say: “Bettina, that's BS. None of us are getting any younger!”

Look, when I heard the first person say to me that they were going to reverse aging, I rolled my eyes and secretly thought they were outright delusional. And afraid of aging.

Then three things happened in my life:

• I had my child at age 44 and vowed to live to 100, at least, because if my son is as slow with parenthood as me, I’ll be 88 when the first grandchild arrives. I want to change the baby’s diapers, not my own. 
• I started to research my first book and dove deep into the science of longevity and the key factors for health and wellness over 40. I learned the difference between a person’s chronological age (the one according to your birth certificate) and the biological age, which shows how quickly or slowly a person’s body is aging. Turns out, bio age is the key to healthy longevity.
• And then, only one month before my book launched in the spring of 2018, I was diagnosed with invasive breast cancer. Not just once but twice.

Instinctively I knew that this was the first day of my new identity: the identity of a woman focused on optimal health with the longest health span and lifespan possible! 

Full disclosure: I'm not afraid of getting older. I'm old enough to realize that a long, healthy life is a  privilege and not a right. I am, however, afraid of a lukewarm dull life and of dying of a disease that I might have been able to avoid getting in the first place. 

So I rolled up my sleeves and put into action all I had researched about healthy lifestyles in middle age (although I prefer the term prime time) and how to live cancer- and disease-free for the rest of my life.

I improved my (already good) diet, started to walk in nature every day, took very good care of my mental well-being, and brought more adventure and excitement into my life, which was a key factor for me - not even the pandemic could derail me. 

I walked my talk and guess what: as a side-effect of my joyful focus on health I’ve slowed down my aging process CONSISTENTLY for six years now and even shaved off biological years in a matter of months. 

I’ve experienced myself that, indeed, it is possible to turn back the time of our biological clock, but here’s a funny truth: If you asked me (and I get asked a lot) what are the things I do that move the needle, the most, I’d be hard pressed to tell you.

Let's make this YOUR Year Of Getting Younger! Use the newest science and technology and become even younger with age.

Can I get biologically younger in just one year WITHOUT the use of growth hormone injections, weird supplements that could do me long-term harm, eating only once a day, or insane bio-hacks? Well, I guess you have to follow my journey to see. :-)

I want to take you with me on the journey and share with you all I learn through:

• In-depth interviews with experts in the field of longevity and functional medicine.
• Short and concise videos answering specific questions.
• Inspirational videos of and for women in their 40s and 50s and beyond, as we are literally changing the narrative on aging and what is possible once you see the whole world of possibilities open up again for you!

One Life. Live it. 

To your youthfulness and happiness,

Bettina