Podcast Episodes

Woohoo! Smart Sassy Seniors is celebrating its first birthday. In this episode, Alice and Jen reflect on what it was like when they first started their podcast and talk about how much things change when you consistently practice.

Only 20% of our longevity is hereditary, emphasizing that a staggering 80% depends on our lifestyle choices. In this episode, Jen and Alice discuss how the power and control we have over these choices, significantly shape our long-term health.

Hindsight is great but useless. In this episode, Alice and Jen talk about how you process situations when they didn’t go as you wished and when you reflect you really did the best you could at that time with what you had.

Jen and Alice both had experiences where sugar was their vice and let’s not get started on Jen and her condensed milk addictions! In this episode, Alice and Jen discuss how they live a balanced life around sugar and their cravings.

One day an army of grey-haired women may quietly take over the earth. In this episode, Alice and Jen discuss what this quote by Gloria Steinem means to them and their transition through life.

We face many times in our lives when someone’s actions can trigger our emotions. In this episode, Alice and Jen explore Emotional Self Regulation which refers to a person’s ability to manage their emotions and impulses.

Jen and Alice are about to celebrate their first wedding anniversary and like all relationships, there is the being, being who you individually are and what you learn from each other. In this episode, Jen and Alice share the lessons and gifts from their relationship.

Are you truly committed to achieving your goals? Commitment at different levels leads to achieving results at different levels. Join Jen and Alice in this episode as they discuss the significance of commitment and how it influences them to attain their goals.

With the rising levels of anxiety, depression, and mental health issues due to the difficulty of switching off from work. In this episode, Jen and Alice discuss the importance of leaving work at work, particularly in the context of the hybrid workspace where many people work from home.

Happiness. Everyone says they want it, but they don’t make conscious efforts to work at creating it. In this episode, Jen & Alice share their key factors to making a happy life and the importance of continuing to work at it.

Our Deepest Fear is a poem written by Marianne Williamson. In this episode, Alice and Jen talk about the significance of this poem in their lives.

Dr Alice MacKinnon is a Stillness Ninja and Mindfulness expert. In this episode, Jen and Alice talk about Alice’s journey in mindfulness, what mindfulness practices are and how you can incorporate them into your life.

Dr Alice MacKinnon is a Stillness Ninja and Mindfulness expert. In this episode, Jen and Alice talk about Alice’s journey in mindfulness, what mindfulness practices are and how you can incorporate them into your life.

You deserve 1 per cent to play. People have forgotten how to play. In this episode, Jen and Alice break down the importance of play in our physical and mental health.

Everyone has BS around their BS (big stretch). In today’s episode, Alice and Jen talk about how they move through their BS about their BS!

What are you core basics for vitality? In this episode, Jen and Alice discuss their core basics are to enable them to live a life from prevention.

What are you core basics for vitality? In this episode, Jen and Alice discuss their core basics are to enable them to live a life from prevention.

Shine your brightest self. In this episode, Alice and Jen talk about Jen’s journey in owning her shiny unicorn, sparkling, rainbow loving self, and how being authentic and who you truly are is what makes you shine brightly. Never allow anyone to take that away from you.

Both Jen and Alice are surfers with many years of experience. Their thousands of hours in the water have yielded many learnings about their surfing skills and how to live richer and more meaningful lives on land. In this episode, they share some of these learnings.

There’s a Native American Indian story about two wolves that live within us – one is fear and one is love. The one that thrives within us is the one we feed. In this week’s episode Jen and Alice chat about love and fear and how to nourish love in all levels of our lives. They also address how to live lightly with fear.

Are you constantly saying ‘I know that’, but knowing and doing are two completely different things? In this episode, Alice and Jen explore what stops us from success in our lives.

Biohacking and longevity are really based on the principles of naturopathy, and that is living from a place of prevention. Being strong, fit and healthy as we age. In today’s podcast episode, Jen and Alice share their favourite things to do in their lives to enable them to live from a place of prevention, biohacking their lives!

Never underestimate the power of smell and its capacity to shift our emotional state and to heal. Combine it with mindful breathing and we have a potential superpower on our hands! In this episode Jen and Alice explore the power of aromatherapy
and its potential to synergise powerfully with mindfulness practices like deep, slow breathing.

Never underestimate the power of smell and its capacity to shift our emotional state and to heal. Combine it with mindful breathing and we have a potential superpower on our hands! In this episode Jen and Alice explore the power of aromatherapy
and its potential to synergise powerfully with mindfulness practices like deep, slow breathing.

In late 2021, Jen and Alice went to a women’s surf film festival and noticed there were no films about older women. So they set out to make that film. In this episode they talk about how Taking Off: Tales of Older Women Who Surf was born and why it’s about more than surfing.

In late 2021, Jen and Alice went to a women’s surf film festival and noticed there were no films about older women. So they set out to make that film. In this episode they talk about how Taking Off: Tales of Older Women Who Surf was born and why it’s about more than surfing.

Crossing the threshold of 50 can be a time to commit to great health and fitness (physical, mental and emotional). In this episode, Jen and Alice chat about some of the many ways we can move our bodies for great health.

Are you always on the go? Do you give yourself time to stop? In this episode, Jen and Alice talk about the importance of just stopping.

Are you always on the go? Do you give yourself time to stop? In this episode, Jen and Alice talk about the importance of just stopping.

Your body gets to a point where the adrenals are so tired from life that flogging yourselves depletes you more. In this episode, we talk about why and how specific mindful movements help to recharge the adrenal glands.

Your body gets to a point where the adrenals are so tired from life that flogging yourselves depletes you more. In this episode, we talk about why and how specific mindful movements help to recharge the adrenal glands.

Your body gets to a point where the adrenals are so tired from life that flogging yourselves depletes you more. In this episode, we talk about why and how specific mindful movements help to recharge the adrenal glands.

Your body gets to a point where the adrenals are so tired from life that flogging yourselves depletes you more. In this episode, we talk about why and how specific mindful movements help to recharge the adrenal glands.

Your body gets to a point where the adrenals are so tired from life that flogging yourselves depletes you more. In this episode, we talk about why and how specific mindful movements help to recharge the adrenal glands.

In this Smart Sassy Seniors podcast, Jen and Alice chat about some of the myths about sleep as we age; some of the facts about the importance of sleep for all ages; and some of the practices that help us nourish great sleep in our lives.

Are you feeling tied up in knots trying to be perfect? In this episode, Jen and Alice talk about the pitfalls of perfectionism and how to unknot yourself from this type of life.

It’s that time of year, where for some family gatherings can feel intense and emotionally draining. In this episode, Jen and Alice share some simple strategies from a place of prevention to help you stay grounded and deal with those ‘moments’.

Do you know your neighbours’ names? What about the people in your street? Neighbourly connections create resilience and kindness locally – the best way to start could be to invite your neighbours to a street party. In this episode, Jen and Alice dare you to do it.

Jen and Alice walk 10 steps out of their front door to pick leafy greens and yummy fresh food from their garden each day. They don’t grow grass, they grow food! Listen in to see how they do this.

Did you know that taking calcium tablets alone won’t make strong bones? You also have to eat calcium-rich foods and move your body! In this episode, Jen and Alice talk about how to move your body for maximum health benefits.

Don’t let chronological age trick you into acting old. It’s super important to stay actively engaged with life and a diversity of people and activities to keep your body, mind and soul vibrant. In this episode, Jen and Alice discuss different ways to stage engaged as your age.

In this episode of Smart Sassy Seniors, Jen and Alice open a conversation about the stereotypes and perceptions society often have about how older women should dress, look and even how they should wear their hair. We’d love women to show up with vitality, vigour, passion and dressing any damn way that pleases them.

In this episode of Smart Sassy Seniors, Jen and Alice open a conversation about the stereotypes and perceptions society often have about how older women should dress, look and even how they should wear their hair. We’d love women to show up with vitality, vigour, passion and dressing any damn way that pleases them.

In this episode of Smart Sassy Seniors, Jen and Alice open a conversation about the stereotypes and perceptions society often have about how older women should dress, look and even how they should wear their hair. We’d love women to show up with vitality, vigour, passion and dressing any damn way that pleases them.

In this week’s Smart Sassy Seniors podcast Jen and Alice speak with David T S Wood, a 61 year old rebel, troublemaker and all-round vibrant human being. He’s also a renowned Mindset Trainer who has worked with a million people around the world to inspire them to transform the way they live their lives.

In this episode, Jen and Alice reveal the missing piece of the nutrition puzzle that even the textbook fitness and whole foodies can miss.

In this episode, Jen and Alice talk about the wonders of exercise and movement for our minds, brains and bodies.

In 1978 the first Gay Mardi Gras happened so I came out very early on in the times when the gay community chose visibility. In episode 2, Jen and Alice discuss sexuality and coming out as gay.

Jen and Alice talk about the Perpetual Stress Loop and how fixing sleep problems is the key to revitalising energy.