From Lifespan to Soulspan: Dr Paddy Barrett on Health, Time and Living Before It’s Too Late
· 1 h 10 min · S2 E8
Episode From Lifespan to Soulspan: Dr Paddy Barrett on Health, Time and Living Before It’s Too Late
What if the biggest risk to your health is not what you feel today, but what you keep ignoring over time?
Brian sits down with Dr Paddy Barrett for an honest conversation about heart health, prevention, mortality, behaviour change, sleep, stress, and what it really means to live well.
Paddy is a cardiologist, author of Heart: An Owner’s Guide, and a leading voice in preventative health. In this conversation, he explains why heart disease can develop silently for decades, why symptoms are often a poor warning system, and why the earlier we act, the more power we have to change the direction of our lives.
Brian and Paddy explore the difference between risk factors, disease, and events, why time is one of the most misunderstood factors in health, and why prevention is not about fear... it is about creating the freedom to live with more energy, clarity, and choice.
They also discuss Paddy’s idea of lifespan, healthspan, and soulspan, the problem with waiting for a wake-up call, why sleep is one of the foundations of health, and how mortality can sharpen our understanding of what really matters.
This is a conversation about time, health, mortality, meaning, and learning to live before life forces you to pay attention.
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Chapters
00:00 Introduction
00:30 Listening to instinct and following the right path
06:00 Why heart disease can develop silently
10:30 Understanding risk factors, plaque and heart events
16:00 The four foundations of health
21:30 Lifespan, healthspan and soulspan
29:00 Why there are no guarantees in health
34:00 What creates a true wake-up call
39:00 Statins, risk and the long view of prevention
45:30 Building your health pension over time
50:00 Mortality, meaning and how we spend our time
56:00 Paddy’s North Star and where to find his work
59:00 Sleep, stress and the health trends worth questioning
Keywords:
Heart health, prevention, mortality, longevity, healthspan, soulspan, behaviour change, sleep, stress, exercise, cholesterol, purpose, meaning, living well.
Links in the notes 7
- https://brian-pennie-pd.kit.com/9c66de53d0
- https://www.instagram.com/drpaddybarrett/?hl=en
- https://www.drpaddybarrett.com/
- https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bonus-Time/dp/B0882N4Y4G/
- https://www.instagram.com/brianpennie78/
- https://www.instagram.com/fabulouspharmacist/?hl=en
- https://fabuwellness.com/?srsltid=AfmBOordADzJpYLvljuWYQXutrNAWoFQ9DPHFdtH1cGPFgysr7FCJ-NS
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