Alka Patel: A one-million-hour life
Episode description
As we prepare to welcome 2023, what better time to kick start a new healthy longevity lifestyle. We're excited at LLAMA to continue our never ending journey of learning, with this inspiring conversation about living for a million hours. Have a wonderful New Year!
Dr. Alka Patel is a London-based General Practitioner who believes that it is possible to live for well over a century, with targeted self-care and "compassionate lifestyle changes." In this interview Dr. Patel shares her wisdom and enthusiasm for healthy aging interventions - some of which are based on her own struggles with stress and burnout.
This episode is brought to you in association with Clinique La Prairie with whom we share a common goal of helping people pursue a long healthspan. The pioneering health and wellness destination, nestled on the shores of Lake Geneva in Montreux, Switzerland, combines preventative medicine with bespoke lifestyle and nutrition plans, and offers a holistic approach to living fuller, healthier, and longer lives.
We discuss:
- The role of a doctor - from treater of the sick to health care coach
- What it means to focus on minute-by-minute self-care
- The pivotal life moments that shaped Dr. Patel's approach to health coaching
- How health advice during moments of pain can be overwhelming
- Tracking lifestyle changes and being accountable to yourself
- Explaining the LQ - Lifestyle Quotient - test
- Why access to personal bio data is vital to understand your health
- Partnering up with a friend or qualified mentor to champion your healthcare journey.
- The Hawthorne Effect - the power of being observed
- The 'teachable moments" in life that challenge and ultimately inspire us
- Embracing the "reality of life" from the dark moments to the fun side of living.
- Making fitness tech and wearable devices work for you
- Downtime, calendar white space and time to breath
- Diet dilemas and the power of fasting or restricted eating
- The different stages of sleep and why they matter
- Why Alka believes a million-hour-life is a realistic goal
The Live Long and Master Aging (LLAMA) podcast, a HealthSpan Media LLC production, shares ideas but does not offer medical advice. If you have health concerns of any kind, or you are considering adopting a new diet or exercise regime, you should consult your doctor.