The Flipping 50 Show

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Resources:

Don’t know where to start? Book your Discovery Call with Debra. Leave this session with insight into exactly what to do right now to make small changes, smart decisions about your exercise time and energy.

Use Flipping 50 Scorecard & Guide to measure what matters with an easy at-home self-assessment test you can do in minutes.

The Forever Young Documentary takes you behind the scenes of longevity — but with a perspective most people are missing. 

What really matters when it comes to aging well, from healthspan and biomarkers to connection, purpose, and the surprising science of loneliness? How to actually age with energy, strength, and independence? Is the hype around longevity real?

After interviewing top longevity experts around the world, David Donnelly’s experience completely changed the way he approaches his own health and future. 

Forever Young Documentary is more than a film about living longer; it’s a powerful reminder to live better now.

My Guest:

David Donnelly is an American documentary filmmaker whose work spans classical music, culture, and technology. His award-winning debut feature, Maestro, profiled leading artists including Paavo Järvi, Joshua Bell, Hilary Hahn, and Lang Lang, and was broadcast internationally. 

Donnelly’s films have screened at venues including the Whitney Museum and the Kennedy Center. In 2021, he co-founded CultureNet and began a documentary trilogy exploring technology’s cultural impact, including The Cost of Convenience and Forever Young. He is also a sought-after speaker who has interviewed global thought leaders across more than 30 countries.

Questions We Answer in This Episode:

What do people actually mean when they say they’re afraid of aging?

How has the promise of “living longer” changed the way people think about control and certainty?

What does longevity science get right, and where does popular culture misinterpret it?

Why do discussions about lifespan often ignore loneliness and social connection?

How does fear of dying alone shape health decisions more than fear of death itself?

What role does mortality still play in giving relationships meaning?

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This episode is sponsored by Bluesky CBD and Flipping 50 Menopause Fitness Specialist.


Bluesky CBD: Get to sleep faster, experience more restorative sleep and save 30% with code FLIPPING50 at https://www.bluesky-cbd.com/discount/Flipping50.


Flipping 50 Menopause Fitness Specialist.- Become a health & fitness coach who finally speaks midlife women’s language. Learn how to design workouts that balance hormones that actually get results for women in menopause.

Connect with Flipping 50:

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Resources:

Don’t know where to start? Book your Discovery Call with Debra. Leave this session with insight into exactly what to do right now to make small changes, smart decisions about your exercise time and energy.

Join Flipping 50 Menopause Fitness Specialist® to become a coach! Know how to design workouts that honor and accommodate the physiology of menopause, physiology of exercise and honor injuries, endocrine status … all within your scope of practice, and attract lucrative clients while becoming an authority.

Use Flipping 50 Scorecard & Guide to measure what matters with an easy at-home self-assessment test you can do in minutes.

If you have experienced results from exercise that are nothing like you want, this episode intends to help explain why certain exercise intensities work for you right now and others that have previously may not.

What I want to make clear is… you want intensity and effort level matters for success long term. But short term sometimes you have to pivot.

Certain workouts that once gave results may suddenly stop working during midlife. 

Let’s dive into the connection between cortisol, exercise intensity, recovery, hormones, blood sugar, and stress—and why walking, recovery, and smarter training may actually deliver better results than constantly pushing harder.

This conversation is packed with empowering reminders that fitness after 50 should support your energy, metabolism, sleep, and quality of life—not drain them. 

By the end of this episode, you’ll better understand how you can work with your body instead of against them, especially knowing the exercise intensities that work for you.

If this episode made you flip your workout routine — share it!

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This episode is sponsored by Bluesky CBD and AquaTru.


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Resources:

Don’t know where to start? Book your Discovery Call with Debra. Leave this session with insight into exactly what to do right now to make small changes, smart decisions about your exercise time and energy.

Use Flipping 50 Scorecard & Guide to measure what matters with an easy at-home self-assessment test you can do in minutes.

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There’s a growing science on creatine, brain health & longevity and may be one of the most important conversations midlife women need to hear right now. 

Creatine is so much more than muscle — supports energy production, brain health, recovery, cognition, aging, sleep deprivation resilience, and why women in perimenopause and menopause may benefit even more than men. 

The conversation also dives into the differences between creatine forms, misconceptions around bloating and kidney health, and why creatine may become one of the most important longevity supplements for midlife women

Tune in to learn why the research around creatine, brain health & longevity is creating so much excitement in the world of healthy aging. 

My Guest:

Dr. Dan Pardi is the Chief Health Officer at Qualia Life Sciences, where he leads education to advance healthspan and peak performance. He’s the founder of humanOS.me and host of humanOS Radio, the official podcast of the Sleep Research Society. Dan has advised elite military units, Fortune 500 companies, and startups through his consultancy, Vivendi Health. He holds a PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience from Leiden University and Stanford, and speaks regularly at events like TEDx, VC Firms, and the Institute for Human Machine Cognition.

Questions We Answer in This Episode:


[00:06:00] What is creatine and what role does it play?


[00:08:20] How do you know if you need creatine and can you measure your levels?


[00:13:00] Creatine started out as a gym-bro supplement. What made it so popular in sports performance?


[00:16:34] What’s the link between creatine and the brain?


[00:28:10] How does creatine help cognitive performance during sleep deprivation?


[00:32:50] Why might creatine be even more beneficial for women than men?


[00:34:51] Should women adjust creatine intake during different phases of their cycle or perimenopause?


[00:37:49] What’s the difference between creatine monohydrate and creatine HCL?

If this episode made you flip your workout routine — share it!

👉 Post to your stories, tag @Flipping50TV in Instagram and share the episode to your best friend.

👉 Meet other women, who are done with outdated fitness advice, at Flipping50 Facebook Group.

👉 Subscribe, share, and leave a review if you’re ready to flip the script on Flipping 50 The Stronger Way.

This episode is sponsored by Flipping 50 Menopause Fitness Specialist.


Flipping 50 Menopause Fitness Specialist.- Become a health & fitness coach who finally speaks midlife women’s language. Learn how to design workouts that balance hormones that actually get results for women in menopause.

Connect with Flipping 50:

Facebook Group - Flipping50 Insiders

Instagram - @Flipping50TV

YouTube - @Flipping50TV

More Episodes - Flipping 50 The Stronger Way

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Resources:

Use Flipping 50 Scorecard & Guide to measure what matters with an easy at-home self-assessment test you can do in minutes.

Join the Hot, Not Bothered! Challenge for your best start, restart or reset in or after menopause with 10 Days of coaching, short workouts, and clarity on how to exercise optimally.

Check out Debra’s Favorite Things, including the Dynamometer for Hand Grip from her Amazon store

Fitness is a vital sign and this episode may completely change how you think about aging after 40.

If you’re listening carefully, we don’t have a fat problem: we have a muscle problem. With greater strength, power, VO2 max entering menopause women have fewer vasomotor issues and less chance of developing dementia and heart disease. Until fitness is a vital sign, exercise may still feel optional. And… the exercise absolutely is better than nothing but if you want it to really be doing the most good, you measure if it’s working. Because now more than ever, fitness is a vital sign.

If this episode made you flip your workout routine — share it!

👉 Post to your stories, tag @Flipping50TV in Instagram and share the episode to your best friend.

👉 Meet other women, who are done with outdated fitness advice, at Flipping50 Facebook Group.

👉 Subscribe, share, and leave a review if you’re ready to flip the script on Flipping 50 The Stronger Way.

This episode is sponsored by Timeline.


Timeline - Timeline’s clinically proven formula is now available at a new, lower price. Mitopure now starts at $99, with the exact same science and formula. And my listeners can still get 20% off when you go to https://timeline.com/FLIPPING50SHOW

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Previous Episode - 4 Fitness Mistakes That Fail Us Over 50

Next Episode - Two Fitness Tests Your Doctor Might Do Soon (start now!): Fitness is a Vital Sign

More Like This - Scared of Estrogen? Listen to this Dr with Breast Cancer Survivor

Resources:

Don’t know where to start? Book your Discovery Call with Debra. Leave this session with insight into exactly what to do right now to make small changes, smart decisions about your exercise time and energy.

Join the Hot, Not Bothered! Challenge for your best start, restart or reset in or after menopause with 10 Days of coaching, short workouts, and clarity on how to exercise optimally.

Want to know why traditional advice on women’s health and women’s fitness doesn’t work? This is particularly true for women in menopause, pre-menopause, and perimenopause… Watch my TEDx Talk here.

In this deeply emotional and inspiring episode, Kelley joins us to talk about navigating breast cancer, treatment, menopause, mental health struggles, and ultimately rebuilding her life through fitness, nutrition, and mindset shifts. 

Kelley shares the raw reality of diagnosis, recurrence, isolation during COVID, and how small steps toward movement and health helped her reclaim hope and strength again in midlife.

This episode is a powerful reminder that fitness after 50 isn’t just about weight loss—it’s about resilience, identity, healing, and learning to prioritize both mental and physical health.

My Guest:

Kelley, a Flipping 50 member, currently has breast cancer and is slowly rebuilding her health and is stronger than ever! Of course with her doctor's approval. 

This is her story.

If this episode made you flip your workout routine — share it!

👉 Post to your stories, tag @Flipping50TV in Instagram and share the episode to your best friend.

👉 Meet other women, who are done with outdated fitness advice, at Flipping50 Facebook Group.

👉 Subscribe, share, and leave a review if you’re ready to flip the script on Flipping 50 The Stronger Way.