{"podcast":{"title":"The Midlife Mentors","slug":"the-midlife-mentors-1171889","podcast_index_feed_id":1171889,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/2321160.rss","website_url":"https://www.themidlifementors.com","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/g505xcaltw6qbrrd38ihrklrm1mi?.jpg","author":"The Midlife Mentors","episode_count":295,"summary":"We’re The Midlife Mentors. Here to lift the lid on our no nonsense approach to midlife health and happiness. As midlifers, we’re constantly told we need have it all figured out. But in fact most of us don’t.Our mission is not only to de-bust the crazy diet and fitness myths, but to empower and educate from an authentic and balanced perspective based on reality. It’s time to step away from the madness we manifest in our attempts to attain goals that are unachievable, as we help you focus on the daily opportunities that redefine who and what you are, with the wisdom that comes with age. Contact us: team@themidlifementors.com Book a free no obligation Discovery Call: https://themidlifementors.com/freecall","last_synced_at":"2026-08-02T06:22:43.896731+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-midlife-mentors-1171889"},"episode":{"title":"The Unhealthy Pursuit Of Optimal Health","slug":"the-unhealthy-pursuit-of-optimal-health","published_at":"2026-06-06T14:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-midlife-mentors-1171889/the-unhealthy-pursuit-of-optimal-health","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-midlife-mentors-1171889","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2321160/episodes/19304126-the-unhealthy-pursuit-of-optimal-health.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2321160/episodes/19304126-the-unhealthy-pursuit-of-optimal-health.mp3","summary":"Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Midlife Mentors we’re talking about health optimisation. Today we find ourselves living in a obsessive health optimisation culture where we're tracking our sleep, monitoring our HRV, counting steps, taking supplements, cold plunging, fasting and trying to optimise every aspect of our lives. Twenty years ago most people just wanted to lose a bit of weight and feel healthier. Today, health has become a performance metric. And yet despite having mo...","meta_description":"Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Midlife Mentors we’re talking about health optimisation. Today we find ourselves living in a obsessive health opti…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2045,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-midlife-mentors-1171889/episodes/the-unhealthy-pursuit-of-optimal-health/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-midlife-mentors-1171889/the-unhealthy-pursuit-of-optimal-health.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}