How to Live Beyond Life Expectancy | Dr Jonathan Bloomfield | TEDxBlack Mountain
What’s your motive in mid-life for living beyond your life expectancy?In this thought-provoking TEDx talk, Dr Jonny Bloomfield, a Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach with a PhD in Sport Science, invites us to reimagine health not as a reactive clinical condition, but as a pro-active daily practice and how we need to shift our views on how we receive healthcare. Blending personal stories, cutting-edge science, and a call to action, Jonny shares his “ABC” approach to longevity: Attitude, Building skills, and Consistency.Drawing from his experience in elite sport, health coaching and his own’s father management of Parkinson’s Disease, he unpacks how small changes in nutrition, movement, sleep, stress, and connection can lead to big transformations, especially from midlife. If you’re seeking to live longer and maintain a good quality of life in your senior years so to enjoy more time with the people you love, this talk is for you.Because health isn’t just for hospitals, its in the choices we make everyday.“We can’t predict our ending, but we can influence our journey.” — Dr Jonny Bloomfield
Dr Jonny Bloomfield is a leading Health & Performance Coach, Consultant, and Speaker based in Belfast with over 20 years’ experience at the intersection of elite sport and executive wellbeing. Holding a PhD in Sports Science, he began his career at Ulster Rugby and went on to become the first Sports Scientist for England Rugby, before consulting for top-tier football clubs, professional golfers, and international rugby teams on fitness, fatigue, sleep, and recovery. Today, he specialises in empowering individuals to develop their health & wellbeing through evidence-based strategies in health behaviour change and is the first person in Northern Ireland to achieve the National Board Certification for Health & Wellness Coaching. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
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