Author: Simon – Lib Long Coach
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My Approach to Progressive Longevity
Health for the long game. Adapted for your body, your mind, and the world you live in. Foundation Before Optimisation. Always. There’s a temptation in the health and longevity world to jump straight to the exciting stuff: the advanced supplements, the biohacking protocols, the cutting-edge interventions. I understand the appeal. But it’s the wrong order.…
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What Blue Zones Centenarians Know That You Need to Learn
In five places around the world, people regularly live past 100. Not just surviving, but healthy, engaged, and still contributing to their communities. Researchers call these places Blue Zones. They are: What these communities have in common isn’t genetics or luck. It’s lifestyle. Specifically, nine sustainable daily practices that researcher Dan Buettner identified after years…
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What a 105-Year-Old Greek Weaver Taught Me About Fighting Fascism
Why Blue Zones science is the missing piece for activist longevity It was the summer of 2015, and my wife and I were on holiday in Ikaria, a small Greek island that had recently become famous as one of the world’s Blue Zones. These are places where people regularly live into their 90s and 100s…
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The Radical Origins of “Self-Care”
How the Black Panther Party Created a Survival Strategy That Got Co-opted by the Wellness Industry You’ve been lied to about self-care. Bath bombs. Face masks. “Treat yourself.” Self-care has become synonymous with buying things and feeling guilty about taking time for yourself. But that’s not where it started. Self-care was created by the Black…
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Why 50% of Activists Burn Out (And How Longevity Science Can Help)
A research-backed look at the activist burnout crisis and why Blue Zones wisdom offers unexpected solutions Around 50% of activists who experience burnout leave movements permanently. Not temporarily. Not for a sabbatical to “recharge.” Permanently. Let that sink in for a moment. Half of the people who burn out never come back. We’re losing our…
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Then vs Now: My Longevity Journey from 2012 to 2025
What I got right, what I got wrong, and how my perspective on life extension has completely transformed I recently came across some old writing from 2012, when I ran a website called “The Life Extension Project.” Reading it was… enlightening. And a bit embarrassing. At 35, I was passionate about longevity science but hadn’t…
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The Art and Science of Longevity
The way I see longevity is that there is certainly a basis in science, but it is equally about how we live our lives, connect with the world around us and the way we inhabit our bodies too.My approach to life extension is as much informed by my background as a complementary therapist as it…