121: Can Changing How You Think Really Increase Healthspan?

What if the secret to feeling energized and fit isn't locked in your DNA, but in your mindset? Join me, Jeffrey Mort, as I challenge the conventional belief that age, genetics, or luck dictate our health. Inspired by Dr. Carol Dweck's revolutionary book, "Mindset," I share my personal journey of transformation, showing how a shift in perspective can lead to extraordinary health and performance. By embracing lifestyle changes and understanding the power of epigenetics, we can redefine aging and amplify our potential for a vibrant life. Whether it's shedding pounds, boosting energy, or enhancing longevity, the journey begins with a decision to think differently.

This episode is an invitation to take the reins of your health journey and make 2025 a year of limitless possibilities. Dive into high-performance health strategies that can fuel not just your body, but also your business success. Explore a treasure trove of resources at loveenergywellness.com, where you'll find everything from free health assessments to in-depth courses and podcasts, all designed to support your growth. Let's break free from the confines of a fixed mindset, unlock your healthspan potential, and together, redefine what's possible for your life. Join the conversation and start your journey toward a healthier, more vibrant you.

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Chapters

• 0:00 Unlocking Your Healthspan Potential
• 15:13 Elevate Your Health and Longevity

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:00

If you're still blaming genetics, bad luck or your chronological age for feeling tired, sluggish or out of shape, you're going to want to listen to this entire episode, because this isn't just another podcast. This is a paradigm shift in the way you think about aging and healthspan. Stay tuned. Hello, I'm Jeffrey Mort. If you're like most entrepreneurs, you're busy taking care of business, yet who's taking care of you? If you're ready to take your energy and performance to the next level in your life and your business, then this podcast is for you, because today you're going to start breaking boundaries of your mind, body and business with integrative health, and when you do that, your possibilities are are limitless. I'm grateful you're here yes, always grateful for you joining me here today. Welcome to episode a 121 of breaking boundaries for entrepreneurs, where we explore the cutting edge strategies to fuel your health, your energy and entrepreneurial success. I'm your personal high performance health coach, jeffrey Mort, and I trust that this episode finds you well wherever you are listening today and before we dive in, just a quick ask if you're finding value in this podcast I'm sure that you have don't forget to subscribe and leave a review. That helps us to help more people and for more insights and actionable strategies. Join the from the heart newsletter community right in the show notes. So let me start here with a little bit of tough love. If you're still blaming genetics, if you're still blaming bad luck, your age for feeling tired, slugg or out of shape, you're living in a fixed mindset and it's holding you back. I say this with love now, because I've been there. I used to believe that I was stuck in a cycle of exhaustion and decline until about 2014, when I read a life-changing book called Mindset by Dr Carol Dweck, and it completely shifted how I saw not just my health and my potential, but my entire life. It taught me that by adopting a growth mindset that I could take charge of my health, I could take charge of my life, I could create a better future for myself, and you can find the link to Mindset in the show notes. I highly encourage that you check it out and read it for yourself. I remember I actually listened to the audio book and it was unbearable for me to get through. I got through it, I got through it, but sometimes I enjoy the audiobook version of a book and sometimes I do not, and that one was one that I enjoyed. Reading it more than I enjoyed listening to it, but I highly encourage you to read it if you haven't already, because if you're ready to optimize your health and reverse aging and truly thrive, your mindset is the first place to start, and that's why we're starting here today. I just got to take a sip of my uh, my ashwagandha and honey lemon tea here. Oh, that's so good.

Speaker 1: 3:20

So in our last episode, we really set the stage for this year, for 2025, if you're listening to this currently focusing on high-performance health strategies to live to 100 years old and beyond with vitality. These are not just concepts. These are proven strategies from the latest science and from decades of research and study and clinical practice of what is working today. That I learned as a certified high-performance health coach over at the integrativehealthpractitionerorg. If you're interested in checking out what that curriculum looks like, you can check it out there, or there's a link in the show notes. There's a link in my social bios for the IHPI. You can check that out over there.

Speaker 1: 4:09

So today we're diving deeper into one of the most crucial elements for achieving that goal, and that is your mindset when it comes to optimizing for longevity and anti-aging. And I say that let me just dig a little bit deeper into that, because anytime a client comes to me over at loveenergywellnesscom and they're looking to make changes, I always start with a complimentary consultation for them. We always talk about their challenges, their health challenges, their mindset challenges. We talk about their goals and then we talk about how I can help. However, the one question that I always ask before we get started is what are we optimizing for? Because if we're optimizing for body transformation, if we're optimizing for body transformation, if we're optimizing for bodybuilding, if we're optimizing for weight loss, if we're optimizing for thyroid dysfunction, if we're optimizing for gut health, if we're optimizing for energy and performance, if we're optimizing for brain fog, if we're optimizing for longevity, those are all completely different strategies, completely different conversations that we're having there.

Speaker 1: 5:21

So when it comes to optimizing for longevity and anti-aging, many people unknowingly hold on to a fixed mindset. Now, they can do that for any of those topics, but this belief system often sounds like well, aging just happens and there's nothing that I can do about it. And you know sometimes that comes from their primary care physician and you know nothing against primary cares or nurse practitioners or medical doctors. I believe everybody should have one and everybody should, um, have a good one at that. But sometimes doctors are dismissive and they say you know, aging just happens and there's nothing you can do about it. And then the person adopts that as a belief system. And we talked a little bit about that in our most recent from the heart newsletter that we put out. That comes out on Sunday so it just came out last Sunday and we talked a little bit about that, that issue with primary cares, and if you're on our email list, you know exactly what I'm talking about.

Speaker 1: 6:20

Or they might say my genetics determine my health. Well, that's not entirely true, because you had the same genes 10 or 15 years ago but you didn't have the same problem. So what changed? Your genetics didn't, didn't change. You have the same genes. So your genetics, you know they don't necessarily determine your health. It's the regulation, the upregulation or the downregulation, the epigenetics, the above genetics, that changes your outcome. So that comes to lifestyle, it comes to environment. I'm not going to go too deep into that right now.

Speaker 1: 6:58

Or I hear a lot that you know it's too late for me to make a difference, like why bother now? It's never too late. It is never too late to turn your health around. I've had clients come to me in their 70s and make profound differences from discovering the underlying root causes and imbalances. And yes, you know later in life that you start. Sometimes there's more work to be done because there's things that have been, you know, toxicities that have been brought onto the body over the years. Like it's much easier to transform somebody's health I shouldn't say much easier when they're in their 20s than when they're in their 70s, because you know there's been less oxidative stress, there's been less cellular damage, so that all makes a huge difference. But it's never too late for anybody to make a difference in their health. And so these thoughts create invisible barriers that prevent progress and lock you into a cycle of decline. But here's the truth a growth mindset transforms possibilities into realities. Hit that, hit that rewind button. You'll listen to that again. I'll say it again a growth mindset transforms possibilities into realities.

Speaker 1: 8:07

So let's talk a little bit about how a growth mindset empowers you to break through boundaries and optimize your health for longevity. So a growth mindset says my choices can positively influence my biology and my aging process. That's a true statement. You can also say science and integrative health strategies give me the tools to change the trajectory of my health Also a true growth mindset statement. Or, it's never too late to make a meaningful impact on my well-being that is also a growth mindset statement. So this mindset isn't just about thinking positively, it's about taking action. And more so, it's about aligning your habits with the latest science on anti-aging and high performance health. And that's what we're bringing you here in the Breaking Boundaries podcast. That's what we bring in our Optimize program over at Love Energy Wellness. So let's talk about taking action and I want to give you some growth mindset strategies.

Speaker 1: 9:12

So number one we're gonna reframe aging as an opportunity. Aging doesn't have to mean decline. It can mean growth, it can mean evolution, it can mean optimization, it can mean success later in life. Research shows that when you view aging as a process you can influence your you're more likely to adopt healthy behavior when you look at aging as a process that you can influence. So next is set growth oriented goals and ask yourself how do I want to feel at age 70, 80, 90, 100 years old? Use that vision to create actionable goals like improving mobility, enhancing cognitive function or reducing your biological age. So next number three leverage tools for growth. So next number three leverage tools for growth. Tools like the MyDNAge lab test help you to measure progress and understand how your mindset and habits are impacting your biological age, metabolic health and longevity as well. So tests like APOE or MTHFR I'm gonna explain in a moment just exactly what those mean but these are analysis that provide deeper insights into how to optimize for the best outcomes.

Speaker 1: 10:53

And then, number four surround yourself with possibility. Connect with others who are committed to high performance longevity. When you surround yourself with possibility, connect with others who are committed to high performance longevity. When you surround yourself with people who believe in optimization and growth, it reinforces your own belief system. And it brings me back to the statement that I think maybe Jim Rohn, who is kind of known as the godfather of personal development. I think it was him that coined the phrase that you are the average of the five people that you spend the most time with. So surround yourself with possibility. So let's go back for a second why APOE, a-p-o-e and M-T-H-F-R matter for longevity.

Speaker 1: 11:35

One of the most powerful tools we use to help you shift towards a growth mindset is data, specifically the insights we get from functional health testing and DNA testing, epigenetic testing. So we use a lab test in our Optimize program. It's called MyDNAge lab test and it doesn't just measure your biological age age, which is a great marker to track the progress that you're actually making. It compares your biological age with your chronological age and we can literally get people to age backwards. But but that's not all. There's more. This test. It also evaluates critical genetic markers like apo, e and mth, and this is why we use it and here's why these markers matter for longevity. So ApoE is short for apolipoprotein E, and this gene is directly linked to your risk for cardiovascular disease and neurodegenerative conditions like Alzheimer's disease and neurodegenerative conditions like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's as well. So understanding your ApoE status allows us to tailor a plan to optimize not only your brain but your heart health as well, proactively. Very, very important marker to understand.

Speaker 1: 12:54

And the MTHFRfr? You'll understand in a moment why we call it mthfr. It stands for methylene tetrahydro tetrahydrofolate reductase, so methylene tetrahydrofolate reductase. That's why we say mthfr uh, it's just much easier. So this gene affects how your body processes and uses folate and B vitamins, which are crucial for methylation. Now why is that important? Methylation is a process that supports detoxification. That's right. We got to make sure we're getting the junk out of the body. So detoxification is important and if we have a mthfr variant, that tells us that we need to take these extra steps because the body is not methylating properly. It also is a good indicator for cellular repair. So we want the cells to be able to go through their apoptosis process programmed cellular death. We also want them to be able to regenerate as well. And the healthy cells? We want them to be able to repair themselves. So these are all processes for healthy aging, and if you have MTHFR variants, then targeted nutrition and supplementation can make a dramatic difference in how your body functions.

Speaker 1: 14:19

By understanding these genetic factors, we can take actionable steps to optimize your health and your longevity. This is a perfect example of how shifting to a growth mindset empowers you to use the data to make informed, proactive choices. So growth in action. What is next for you? As you may be reflecting on your current mindset, ask yourself these two questions am I approaching my health with a fixed mindset or a growth mindset? And also ask yourself what small action can I take today to shift towards growth, whether you're just beginning your journey in the discovery and rebalance phase, which we cover in our New Beginnings program, or you're ready to take your health to the next level with our Optimize program. Rest assured, we are here to help and I want you to join the journey.

Speaker 1: 15:13

Schedule your completely free that's right our complimentary health consultation today to discover how you can start shifting your mindset and taking action towards high performance longevity. Get yourself over to loveenergywellnesscom for more details about our programs and tools to support your growth. There's plenty of free resources over there for you. Take some assessments, watch the free courses, listen to the podcast, check out our learning center and check out our programs as well while you're over there, and together let's make 2025 the year of possibility, of growth and extraordinary health. I appreciate you being here today. Stay healthy, my friends, and keep breaking those boundaries. Bye-bye.