About the Guest(s):

Dr. John Best is a specialist sports and exercise medicine physician at the Orthosports Group in Sydney. He previously served as the team doctor for the Wallabies, Australia’s national rugby union team, for ten years, overseeing medical support for high-profile rugby union matches. Dr. Best is currently involved with the NRL's Medical Advisory Panel and is a medical consultant for the Australian Professional Golfers Association. He is known for his extensive contribution across various sports and his public health advocacy for active, balanced aging.

Key Takeaways:

• Sarcopenia Awareness: From age 20, women are more prone than men to lose muscle mass, which affects balance and strength.
• Effective Exercise Types: Incorporating strength training, balance exercises, and cardiovascular workouts are key for women over 40 to maintain vitality.
• Importance of the Core: Activities like Pilates can help strengthen the core, which is essential for overall physical stability and injury prevention.
• Lifestyle Balance: Striking a balance between physical, mental health, and social communication can significantly enhance quality of life as women age.
• Role of Nutrition: Minimizing high-sugar, processed foods and ensuring sufficient protein intake, potentially from plant and meat sources, is vital.

Notable Quotes:

• "Making sure your sleep is good, ideally, ideally seven to nine hours for a female." — Dr. John Best
• "Minimizing ultra-processed foods and, in particular, excessive sugars." — Dr. John Best
• "Your risk of falling is quite high… your risk of bone thinning and muscle weakness adds to that." — Dr. John Best
• "There is an overlap between conditions like muscle weakness and frailty which increases the risk of falling." — Dr. John Best
• "The fitter you are as you go through your older years, the more likely you are to die through a sudden death rather than a chronic illness." — Dr. John Best

Resources:

• Orthosports Group Sydney

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About the Guest:

Lyn Worsley is a renowned clinical psychologist and the director of the Resilience Centre. With nearly 30 years of experience, Lyn has contributed significantly to understanding and promoting mental health and resilience across various groups. Her approach often involves solution-oriented therapies, focusing on building resilience and leveraging existing strengths in individuals. Lyn is also recognised for developing the internationally acclaimed Resilience Doughnut model, which aims to identify and strengthen key resources within individuals and communities to enhance resilience.

Key Takeaways:

• The "imaginary audience" phenomenon is crucial in understanding why adolescents are highly self-conscious and anxious about fitting in with peers.
• Resilience can be nurtured by identifying and leveraging three key resources from the Resilience Doughnut: personal competencies, social ecology, and overcoming adversity.
• Parents are encouraged to engage with their teens' interests, such as gaming or fashion, to foster better communication and connection.
• Anxiety is a common part of development, but when it impairs daily functioning, it may require intervention and professional support.
• Key indicators of anxiety disorders include withdrawal from social situations, circular thinking, and avoidance of school and activities.

Notable Quotes:

1. Lyn Worsley: "Anxiety is a symptom that there is something going on in the brain that's in conflict, and it's just trying to work out how to reconcile whatever that is."
2. Lyn Worsley: "When they're recoiling, not wanting to go to school, or having circular thinking—that's when you need to be alerted."
3. Lyn Worsley: "Medication can aid, but therapy should never be excluded for adolescent anxiety; they should work together."
4. Lyn Worsley: "Resilience involves personal and social competence, navigating social ecologies, and going through adversity."

Resources:

• The Resilience Centre
• Murdoch Children's Research Institute
• Black Dog Institute

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About the Guest

Sarah Bevan is a seasoned legal professional with a specialty in family law. She holds the position of principal and accredited family law specialist at Sarah Bevan Family Lawyers. With decades of experience under her belt, Sarah is renowned for her ability to navigate the complex emotional and financial terrain of family separations and divorces. Her focus is on helping her clients find resolutions that are legally sound and personally sustainable, ensuring their post-separation lives are well structured.

Key Takeaways:

• Proactive Legal Consultation: Understanding the importance of seeking early legal advice to better prepare for potential separations.
• Challenges of Financial Equality: Discusses the financial disadvantages women often face post-divorce and emphasizes the importance of tailored legal strategies.
• Understanding Prenups and BFAs: Explains the role and potential pitfalls of Binding Financial Agreements and prenups in protecting assets.
• Navigating Emotional and Legal Complexities: Highlights how family law incorporates both legal and emotional aspects and the necessity of handling both with care.
• Separation Statistics Contextualized: Provides an overview of marriage and divorce statistics in Australia, emphasizing the commonality and complexity of separations.

Notable Quotes:

• "Probably the best way of describing what I do when people are separating is trying to help them find their way out of the mud and find a resolution and a way forward that doesn't break them."

• "One of the hardest things is finding out information if from a, an obstinate ex, even though he has the duty of disclosure, everyone does."

• "Everyone has an opinion about family law. Everyone at the school gate, at work."
• "Women just reach a point and it often all sort of coincides very commonly around, you know, sort of perimenopausal women and teenage children. And they just go, I'm done, I've had enough."
• "I need you to put your commercial thinking hat on right now and think Commercially, obviously."

Resources:

• Sarah Bevan Family Lawyers: Sarah Bevan Family Lawyers

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