What if the real key to aging well isn’t found in a pill—but in how you move and what you eat? Aging is inevitable, but science is showing that how we age—and how well we live as we grow older—can be influenced by two powerful tools: nutrition and exercise. This week on All Together: The Family Science Insights Podcast, host Sabrina Oktavelia is joined by Professor James McKendry, Ph.D., an expert in muscle biology and healthy aging, to unpack how diet and movement shape our health span—the years we live not just longer, but better. Currently part of the Food, Nutrition, and Health Program at the University of British Columbia, James McKendry, Ph.D. research focuses on skeletal muscle preservation, nutrient signaling, and optimizing physical function in aging adults. His work aims to extend the health span by exploring how targeted nutrition and exercise can protect muscle mass and vitality as our family grows older. In this episode, James McKendry, Ph.D. breaks down common misconceptions about aging, the critical distinction between lifespan and health span, and why that difference matters. James McKendry, Ph.D. and Sabrina dive into nutrient timing, protein intake, and evidence-backed dietary patterns that support longevity—alongside practical guidance on the types of physical activity that offer the greatest benefit as we age. Whether you’re in midlife, retirement, or simply planning for a healthier future for your loved ones, this conversation offers science-backed insights and actionable strategies for maintaining strength, independence, and quality of life for years to come. Tune in this week to discover how smart movement and intentional eating can help you and your family age less and live more.

What if the real key to aging well isn’t found in a pill—but in how you move and what you eat? Aging is inevitable, but science is showing that how we age—and how well we live as we grow older—can be influenced by two powerful tools: nutrition and exercise. This week on All Together: The Family Science Insights Podcast, host Sabrina Oktavelia is joined by Professor James McKendry, Ph.D., an expert in muscle biology and healthy aging, to unpack how diet and movement shape our health span—the years we live not just longer, but better. Currently part of the Food, Nutrition, and Health Program at the University of British Columbia, James McKendry, Ph.D. research focuses on skeletal muscle preservation, nutrient signaling, and optimizing physical function in aging adults. His work aims to extend the health span by exploring how targeted nutrition and exercise can protect muscle mass and vitality as our family grows older. In this episode, James McKendry, Ph.D. breaks down common misconceptions about aging, the critical distinction between lifespan and health span, and why that difference matters. James McKendry, Ph.D. and Sabrina dive into nutrient timing, protein intake, and evidence-backed dietary patterns that support longevity—alongside practical guidance on the types of physical activity that offer the greatest benefit as we age. Whether you’re in midlife, retirement, or simply planning for a healthier future for your loved ones, this conversation offers science-backed insights and actionable strategies for maintaining strength, independence, and quality of life for years to come. Tune in this week to discover how smart movement and intentional eating can help you and your family age less and live more.

The journey to attaining wealth for our family often comes with occupational stress and burnout. How can we balance our family’s materialistic needs and well-being? In this episode of All Together: The Family Science Insights Podcast, host Sabrina Oktavelia dives into this topic with professional counselor Mandy Doria. Together, they explore how personal resilience can be nurtured through the approaches for wellbeing and occupational induced burnout amidst capitalistic strain in supporting family wellbeing. Mandy Doria is a professional counselor, yoga teacher and assistant professor of psychiatry, currently practicing at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus near Denver. With 14 years of experience in psychiatry helping individuals who are struggling with complex trauma and grief, providing a compassionate approach to sessions and training, guiding others to reduce occupational stress and balance family dynamics with new understandings. In this conversation, Mandy Doria explains how to attain well-being by having a good relationship with the family function can help reduce the possibility of burnout. She discusses the importance of a shift in focus to be more present with family. She emphasized the need for self care through being joyful, having enough sleep, and time alone. Mandy Doria also shares practices for cultivating long-term resilience in maintaining balance within the family dynamics in this capitalistic society by budgeting energy, time and money. This episode offers practical advice for anyone seeking ways to pursue wellbeing and how to tackle burnout caused by occupational stress.