Longevity in Europe

Health Longevity

Your path to La Dolce Vita starts with a foundation

Italy is a land that attracts many with its rich history, delicious food and wine, beautiful nature and architecture, vibrant people, and old-school simplicity. Sardinia in Italy was the first longevity "BLUE ZONE" researched and provides many lessons learnt to living a long and healthy life.

'Blue Zones: why people live longer and healthier in certain regions of the world' was a public lecture I attended at Australian National University in 2018 by Prof Michel Poulain, who identified an exceptional longevity area in the mountainous part of Sardinia. He later went on to work with Dan Buettner who popularised the BLUE ZONES paradigm. He said that instead of imposing health regimes, we can create conditions and opportunities that make individual choices for a healthier life easier.

Being an expat or immigrant pulls us from our routine and known places that contribute to our health. The impact of change and culture shock can also be displacing. But it can be an opportunity -- to explore what the new place has to offer and reset into a new way of life.

Certified from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition (2017), the largest nutrition school in the world, continuing also with Gut Health specialisation (2018); and spent 20 years researching and trialing health strategies.

Hi, I'm Madeline. I am a qualified health coach, who is passionate about solutions for the healthiest 'you'. I am a Dutch Australian engineer living in Europe, and I have personal experience in designing my lifestyle in different international locations as well as managing chronic autoimmune disease .

€100 Coaching Strategy Package

Solutions to empower your long and quality health.

Health assessment of your current/desired living location.

Personalised strategy and Follow-up | Evidence-based information

Total Cost: 100 euro

Air pollution - some of the most polluted regions in Europe
Climate - high humidity, heat, and cold in many regions
Rural "typical Italian" locations distant from services and activities
Stress from bureaucracy, systems inconsistently functioning, driving
Mold issues in rustic or renovated homes
Poor quality tap water in many areas

Plentiful sunshine
Accessible nature and cultural inspiration
Affordable healthcare
Good healthy food (quality soil and crops, Mediterranean diet, Italian cooking)
Less "drinking culture" - alcohol usually drank in moderation
Lower financial stress (with foreign income)
Community and family ties

Example - Challenges with health in Italy

Health benefits of living in Italy

How to navigate this as an expat?

How does this coaching work?

1. Talking together we create your dynamic plan of action to support your goals (1 hour session)

2. After the session you will be provided with personalised health handouts and your session summary

3. Follow-up : support and accountability on any short term goal, and refining your La Dolce Vita plan (short session)

Coaching Approach

• Assessment of living location (air pollution, climate, distance to health factors, etc)

• Lessons learned from the BLUE ZONES longest lived communities

• Longevity hacks for modern living

• Health pillars: nutrition, exercise, relationships, purpose, freedom/finance; but other areas can be an impact too and are reviewed with you: environment, practitioners and activities.

• Bio-individuality - the theory that one person's food can be another person's poison - can be based on age, gender, race, disease status, blood/metabolic type, and level of activity.

• Non-nutrition aspects generally override the nutrition aspects. Interconnectivity of physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual health means the person is taken as a whole.

• Crowd out bad habits by adding in good habits.

• The body will heal and thrive when given the right conditions.

• Fun - Daily habits and intentions are key to health, and it doesn't have to be all hard work!