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The Aging Project

The Aging Project

The Aging Project 146 Episodes Jun 5, 2026

The Aging Project is a podcast about aging well, aimed primarily at women in their forties and beyond. Hosted by Shelley Craft, it challenges the idea that aging should be feared or fought and instead encourages women to embrace it with health, style, and vitality. The first season features candid interviews with leading experts on topics such as nutrition, meditation, style, and gut health. The show explores how these factors can positively shape the journey into middle life and beyond.

Episodes

TAP Mini Meditation: Open Heart
TAP Mini Meditation: Open Heart Jun 5, 2026 375 The Aging Project (TAP) Mini Meditations are designed to feed the mind and calm the nervous system. Most of our guests have spoken about taking moments to stop and pause in the day. It's our hope you'll take 5 minutes to stop and breathe upon waking, and throughout the day, using our mini meditations to support you relax, and clear the mind. Please write a review, comment or email us at h
Leaking, Urgency & Prolapse in Menopause: What Every Woman Needs to Know with Pelvic Floor Physio, Michelle Kenway
Leaking, Urgency & Prolapse in Menopause: What Every Woman Needs to Know with Pelvic Floor Physio, Michelle Kenway May 28, 2026 2467 Today on The Aging Project Podcast, we’re joined by Michelle Kenway — one of Australia’s leading pelvic floor physiotherapists, with over 1 million followers on YouTube. We talk honestly about bladder urgency, prolapse, leaking, constipation, pelvic floor strength and why so many women silently stop exercising after 50. If you’re always looking for the toilet, crossing your legs when you
Lipoedema: When Weight Isn’t the Problem — and Why Women Are Being Missed with Dr Chris Lekich
Lipoedema: When Weight Isn’t the Problem — and Why Women Are Being Missed with Dr Chris Lekich May 7, 2026 2704 What if the problem isn’t your willpower… but your biology? In this powerful episode of The Aging Project Podcast, we sit down with Dr Chris Lekich to unpack one of the most misunderstood conditions impacting women today: lipoedema. For the women who: lose weight everywhere except their legs feel pain, heaviness or tenderness in their thighs bruise easily have been told to “just e
The Fitgenes Live Workshop Replay with Sam Shay
The Fitgenes Live Workshop Replay with Sam Shay Apr 30, 2026 5469 We’re popping in with something a little different (and something we’re very excited about): a behind-the-scenes look at The Fitgenes Program. Today we're sharing The Fitgenes LIVE Workshop Replay.  This is a conversation between Sam Shay, the global trainer at Fitgenes and Amanda Attwood, the co-founder of The Aging Project, who manages The Fitgenes Program and 120 Club. Our growing
Spinal Flow, Back Pain & Nervous System Care with Dr Carli Axford
Spinal Flow, Back Pain & Nervous System Care with Dr Carli Axford Apr 24, 2026 2820 Today you'll meet Dr Carli Axford, founder of the Spinal Flow Technique, about a new way of looking at back pain, spinal tension, stress, and the nervous system. We know around 4 million Australians live with back problems, and as we age, back pain can affect far more than movement. It can impact sleep, mood, confidence, independence, and overall quality of life. Dr Carli explains what Sp
Live within your genetic boundary with Dr Sam Shay
Live within your genetic boundary with Dr Sam Shay Mar 13, 2026 2855 Today’s episode is about something powerful — and often misunderstood. Your genetics. Not as a prediction of your future… But as the playing field you’re working in. Because the truth is this: Many of us spend years guessing when it comes to our health.  Trying different diets. Different supplements. Different routines. Hoping something works. Something helps.  But what if you c
Stop Damaging Your Liver with Professor Jacob George
Stop Damaging Your Liver with Professor Jacob George Apr 16, 2026 2913 In this must listen episode, we sit down with Australia's leading liver expert Professor Jacob George to talk about one of the body’s most important — and most overlooked — organs: the liver. This miracle organ keeps us alive. It filters, processes, stores, regulates, and protects us, yet most of us know very little about it until something goes wrong. Today that changes.  We discuss
Your BLOOD PRESSURE with Dr Ross Walker
Your BLOOD PRESSURE with Dr Ross Walker Mar 8, 2026 3546 Blood pressure is one of the most important numbers for your future health — yet most people rarely check it.  In this episode, we sit down with leading preventative cardiologist Dr. Ross Walker to unpack what blood pressure really means, why it often rises after 40, and how it quietly affects your heart, brain, and longevity. We explore the “Heart Dashboard” — four powerful markers
Your Waistline. The Missed Vital Sign with Professor Katherine Samaras
Your Waistline. The Missed Vital Sign with Professor Katherine Samaras Apr 12, 2026 3659 This episode is such an important listen. We’re joined by Professor Katherine Samaras — an Australian endocrinologist, medical researcher, and one of the country’s leading experts in metabolic health, obesity, diabetes, ageing, and body fat distribution. She’s spent years helping people understand that the waistline is not just about appearance — it can be one of the clearest early signs
Pain Unlocked with Jim Bostock
Pain Unlocked with Jim Bostock Feb 27, 2026 2920 We all want to age well. To live strong into our 80s, 90s — maybe even 120. But there’s one thing that can quietly steal the joy from those years: pain. Back pain. Hip pain.  Glute pain. Nerve pain that makes you stiff, cautious, and afraid to move. In Australia alone, millions are living with back problems — and for many women in peri and menopause, pain seems to arrive just as they
You're Invited: 1 day only (Free, Live, Virtual Event)
You're Invited: 1 day only (Free, Live, Virtual Event) Feb 24, 2026 113 On Sunday 8 March, we’re coming together for a FREE live webinar event— and we'd love you to join us. Our last live event had over 4,000 women and we can’t wait to do it again. To register visit: https://theagingproject.com/free-webinar-event/  Got a question? Email us at hello@theagingproject.com.au 
Create a Miraculous Next Chapter — with Marianne Williamson
Create a Miraculous Next Chapter — with Marianne Williamson Feb 17, 2026 2787 In this deeply reflective episode, Marianne Williamson  explores midlife not as decline, but as an awakening — the moment many women quietly realise time isn’t endless, and something inside starts asking for a truer life. We talk about why some women feel stuck while others come alive in midlife, and Marianne reframes menopause as a “second puberty,” where biology, life load, and inn

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