As we step into 2026, it’s clear that better health isn’t going to come from another extreme plan, biohack, or viral trend. We already know more about health than any generation before us, yet chronic disease, burnout, anxiety and inflammation are still rising. That tells us the problem isn’t knowledge, it’s the systems, habits, and defaults we’ve accepted as “normal.”
This episode of After Hours is about challenging those defaults and asking a harder question: what actually needs to change if we want to live longer, healthier, more resilient lives?
The first shift is moving away from reactive health and towards daily maintenance. Most people only think about their health when something breaks, when blood results look bad, energy crashes or symptoms appear. But longevity isn’t built in crisis mode. It’s built through boring, consistent habits: regular movement, predictable sleep, hydration, real food and managing stress before it compounds. Prevention doesn’t feel urgent, which is why it’s so often ignored, but it’s the single biggest lever we have.
We also need to rethink our relationship with food, not just what we eat, but how it’s produced and marketed. Ultra-processed foods have quietly become the foundation of modern diets, designed for shelf life and profit, not human biology. Inflammation, metabolic dysfunction, and gut issues aren’t personal failures, they’re predictable outcomes of an environment stacked against us. Choosing more whole foods, fewer ingredients, and slowing down how we eat isn’t about perfection, it’s about reducing the constant biological stress we place on the body.
Finally, longevity isn’t just physical, it’s social and psychological. Isolation, chronic stress, poor sleep, and lack of purpose age us just as fast as poor nutrition. Strong routines, meaningful relationships, time outdoors, and a sense of contribution matter more than most supplements ever will.
If 2026 is going to be different, it won’t be because we tried harder. It will be because we made better choices easier, stopped outsourcing responsibility for our health, and committed to small changes we can actually sustain.
We are so grateful for your support, so we’d like to offer you a special Renovatio deal:
PS: This session was recorded LIVE, thank you to everyone who tuned in!
Thank you to everyone who tuned into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app.
