{"podcast":{"title":"Home of Healthspan","slug":"home-of-healthspan-7069559","podcast_index_feed_id":7069559,"rss_url":"https://feeds.zencastr.com/f/4DQ53tnR.rss","website_url":"https://alively.com/","image_url":"https://media.zencastr.com/image-files/65c0df5c2662b52ae2ab1737/92527a6c-2cfc-445d-957e-2b2555da52d7.jpg","author":"a@alively.com","episode_count":109,"summary":"We profile health and wellness role models, sharing the tools, practices, and routines they use to help you live healthier, longer. Since 1950, the average lifespan has extended by 11 years, but our healthspan hasn’t kept up. We've been pursuing living longer without considering how to make those extra years vibrant and fulfilling. After all, 30 plus years of old age is a long time to spend slowly falling apart. And that's where Home of Healthspan comes in. Host Andrew McConnell interviews healthspan role models to help guide listeners through the 5 Pillars of Healthspan: * Fitness * Nutrition, * Sleep and recovery, * Stress management and Mindset, * And Social connection & purpose. All so you can not only extend your years, but make them vibrantly healthy from start to finish. This is your guide to extending your healthspan, Making sure you live Alively day today, every day, for all of your days.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-21T00:17:40.971505+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/home-of-healthspan-7069559"},"episode":{"title":"5 Ways to Increase Your Healthspan - E76","slug":"5-ways-to-increase-your-healthspan-e76","published_at":"2025-12-08T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/home-of-healthspan-7069559/5-ways-to-increase-your-healthspan-e76","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/home-of-healthspan-7069559","url":"https://zencastr.com/z/tKxAIErg","audio_url":"https://redirect.zencastr.com/r/episode/6929ebb5d4090e09af876121/size/26308845/audio-files/65c0df5c2662b52ae2ab1737/97c1234d-921e-4110-83d3-6fa03f36fc12.mp3","summary":"Mindfulness and meditation can not only decrease stress and anxiety, but can even alter the perception of pain. With the right type and amount of practice, you can train your brain to respond to situations thoughtfully, instead of purely with emotion. But this is just one way in which you can increase and improve your healthspan - allowing you to live a longer and healthier life. There are many more. Closing this gap between how long we live and how long we thrive can feel overwhelming, especially with endless advice promising quick fixes but delivering little real change. This episode is the third in a micro series diving into what healthspan actually means. Join me to learn about the fundamental five pillars of healthspan. You'll learn how simple, daily actions - not expensive hacks or brutal overhauls - build resilience and fight aging at its roots. In this episode you will learn: * Why healthspan matters and how it differs from lifespan. * The five key pillars for living longer and stronger: nutrition, fitness, mindset, sleep, and social connection. * How daily habits and small steady changes create lasting health results. * What whole foods, meal timing, and proven diet frameworks do for your body. * Simple ways to add exercise, stress management, and sleep habits to your day. * Why strong social ties and community support help boost both health and happiness. Resources * Connect with Andrew on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mandrewmcconnell * Follow Alively on Instagram for regular updates and insights: https://www.instagram.com/alively_official * Learn more about healthspan from Andrew's blog: https://www.mandrewmcconnell.com/blog This podcast was produced by the team at Zapods Podcast Agency [https://www.zapods.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=shownotes…","meta_description":"Mindfulness and meditation can not only decrease stress and anxiety, but can even alter the perception of pain. With the right type and amount of practice…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1096,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/home-of-healthspan-7069559/episodes/5-ways-to-increase-your-healthspan-e76/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/home-of-healthspan-7069559/5-ways-to-increase-your-healthspan-e76.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}