Aug 5, 2026 · 35 min · 14 segments
Most of us assume that losing energy, struggling to sleep and taking longer to recover are simply inevitable parts of getting older. But what if they're not? Executive performance coach Drew Griesel…
Drew GrieselGuest
Peter BowesHost
And it is very hard to, to self-prioritize when you have other people that you absolutely must prioritize.
And so trying to also sort of drive this misconception away that self-prioritization is selfish.
And I think that's something that many, many people, as they grow older especially, can relate to.
And there are some other factors that I mentioned, just the fact that you, you recover more slowly as you get older from, uh, physical exercise, for example.
And I pose the question in starting this conversation, are these things inevitable? And I think a lot of people, uh, of a certain age or perhaps at a certain point in their careers will experience these physical changes and think, "Well, maybe it is just inevitable."
So you can even slow down cellular aging, and there's a lot of really interesting tests that can quantify what that looks like.
I mean, you c- if you look at the general population of any age, people are slower, fatter, sicker than they used to be, than they were maybe 50, 60, 80 years ago, 100 years ago.
However, there are still plenty of outliers, right? You can go find an 80-year-old that is fun and spry and sharp and looks amazing and has energy and works out, and is that person a freak of nature, or have they just taken care of themselves in a way that allowed them to get there? And so that's really what I'm trying to drive, is building that future self that didn't let the decline of age take over.
And by that, we just incorporate in simple lifestyle things like moving more, eating more, sleeping better, hydrating better, you know, having good relationships, practicing some mindfulness, allowing your body to be stressed out in, in very, you know, minor but, but meaningful ways.
And essentially, uh, well, you explained to me, uh, is that the feeling sometimes that this has become the new norm and, and we all pay taxes-
... and then perhaps we're, we're paying for some aspects of our lives as we grow older and maybe feel different.
And it is very hard to, to self-prioritize when you have other people that you absolutely must prioritize.
And so trying to also sort of drive this misconception away that self-prioritization is selfish.
And I think that's something that many, many people, as they grow older especially, can relate to.
And there are some other factors that I mentioned, just the fact that you, you recover more slowly as you get older from, uh, physical exercise, for example.
And I pose the question in starting this conversation, are these things inevitable? And I think a lot of people, uh, of a certain age or perhaps at a certain point in their careers will experience these physical changes and think, "Well, maybe it is just inevitable."
So you can even slow down cellular aging, and there's a lot of really interesting tests that can quantify what that looks like.
I mean, you c- if you look at the general population of any age, people are slower, fatter, sicker than they used to be, than they were maybe 50, 60, 80 years ago, 100 years ago.
However, there are still plenty of outliers, right? You can go find an 80-year-old that is fun and spry and sharp and looks amazing and has energy and works out, and is that person a freak of nature, or have they just taken care of themselves in a way that allowed them to get there? And so that's really what I'm trying to drive, is building that future self that didn't let the decline of age take over.
And by that, we just incorporate in simple lifestyle things like moving more, eating more, sleeping better, hydrating better, you know, having good relationships, practicing some mindfulness, allowing your body to be stressed out in, in very, you know, minor but, but meaningful ways.
And essentially, uh, well, you explained to me, uh, is that the feeling sometimes that this has become the new norm and, and we all pay taxes-
... and then perhaps we're, we're paying for some aspects of our lives as we grow older and maybe feel different.
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