The Aging Games

  Finding Healing Through Plants, Intuition, and a Slower Life with Brenda Grate There are some conversations that feel less like interviews and more like sitting around a kitchen table with a close friend, sharing stories that matter. Today’s podcast episode was exactly that. I sat down with Brenda Grate, my right-hand woman, dear friend, and resident herbalist, for a deeply personal conversation about healing, plants, intuition, and the path that led her toward natural medicine from a very young age. As two Canadians now living in the Mediterranean, we also explored how changing environments, rhythms, and lifestyles can completely transform the way we feel physically, mentally, and emotionally. Brenda’s connection to herbal medicine didn’t come from trends or social media wellness culture. It came from experience, curiosity, and years of learning to listen more closely to nature and to people. In this episode, she shares how working with herbs became less about “fixing symptoms” ...

Sex, Intimacy, and Longevity A conversation with Susan Bratton In this episode, I sat down with Susan Bratton for a conversation that is open, honest, and surprisingly eye-opening. Susan is the CEO of Better Lover, Personal Life Media, and The20. She has spent over two decades teaching something most of us were never taught and were often discouraged from even talking about, which is pleasure-based sex education. She is also the author of 44 books and programs and reaches more than 300,000 readers through her newsletters, where she shares practical guidance on intimacy, vitality, and connection. We went straight into a topic that still makes many people uncomfortable, even though it touches every relationship and every stage of life. Susan explains how intimacy, pleasure, and even orgasm can play a role in longevity and overall health, and why this part of life does not have to decline as we get older. What I really appreciated about this conversation is how practical it became. We tal...

  When Death Isn’t the End: A Conversation with Anne Bayford There are some conversations that stay with you long after they end. This was one of them. I sat down with Anne Bayford, a counsellor, spiritual advisor, teacher, and medium whose life has been shaped by not one, but three near-death experiences. What struck me immediately was not just what she has been through, but how she carries it. There is a quiet strength in her, the kind that only comes from walking through very real darkness and finding meaning on the other side. Anne’s story is not an easy one. She speaks openly about a life marked by trauma, including abusive relationships and deeply challenging circumstances that would have broken many people. But instead of closing her down, those experiences became the catalyst for something else entirely. They opened a doorway. What Really Happens in a Near-Death Experience One of the most fascinating parts of our conversation was hearing Anne describe what actually happens ...

From Oat Lattes to Grass-Fed Steak: What Mollie Engelhart Taught Me About Food, Soil, and the Truth We've Been Sold Every now and then, I have a conversation that quietly rearranges the way I see the world. My recent sit-down with Mollie Engelhart was one of those. If her name rings a bell, it's because Mollie spent years as one of California's most celebrated vegan chefs, running multiple successful plant-based restaurants and becoming a recognizable voice in that world. And then she did something almost no one in her position does. She walked away from it. Not from food — from the story she'd been telling about it. Today, Mollie is a regenerative farmer and rancher. She raises cattle. She cooks with butter. She talks about soil the way some people talk about religion. And in her new book, Debunked by Nature , she methodically takes apart many of the food and health narratives she herself once preached. This conversation went places I didn't expect — and I think ...

  This was one of the most fascinating conversations of my entire life. In today’s episode, I sit down with Dalia Burgoin — an energy arts practitioner, author, and trainer whose work completely reshapes what we think we know about human potential. We talk about telekinesis, telepathy, Mindsight (extraocular vision), and the extraordinary abilities she teaches through her intuitive bio-energy system. But the most moving part of our conversation was about her daughter, Lidu, who is autistic, nonspeaking, and yet has demonstrated remarkable telepathic abilities that are currently being researched at Stanford and other institutes around the world. Dalia shares how children — even blind children or children with prosthetic eyes — have learned to read, navigate space, and “see” through their intuitive senses. We dive into how perception works, why our brains are not the limit, and how human consciousness is far more incredible than we were ever taught. After the interview, we talked ...

Water, Consciousness, and a Different Path to Health I recently had a fascinating conversation with Patrick Durkin, author of Flow: From Pure and Safe Water to Higher States of Consciousness and founder of The Wellness Enterprise. What struck me most wasn’t just the science. It was his journey. Patrick walked away from a highly successful, high-earning business because something deeper was calling him. That decision led him into an entirely different world, one centered around water, not just as something we consume, but as something that interacts with us in ways most people never consider. Water Is More Than Hydration We tend to think of water in very simple terms. Drink more. Stay hydrated. That’s about as far as the conversation usually goes. But what if water is doing much more than that? Patrick shared his perspective that water holds information and responds to its environment. When you consider that the human body is made up of a significant percentage of water, this idea beco...

  The Hidden Impact of Anesthesia on Brain Health, Hormones, and Long-Term Wellness In today’s episode of The Aging Games Podcast, I sit down with Dr. Sande Bargeron from Beyond Brain Health for a conversation that may completely change how you think about anesthesia. Most of us view anesthesia as a routine, necessary part of medical procedures. Something we go through and then simply move on from. But what if the story does not end there? Dr. Sande takes us inside the brain to explain what really happens after anesthesia and why the effects can linger far longer than we have been led to believe. How Anesthesia Affects the Brain We begin by exploring how anesthesia impacts the brain, cognition, and memory. While it is designed to temporarily shut down awareness and pain, it can also disrupt neurological function in ways that are not always immediately obvious. Many people report brain fog, memory lapses, or a sense of not quite feeling like themselves after surgery. According to Dr...