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Build Your Legacy. Live With Longevity

The Legacy and Longevity Podcast is where peak health meets peak performance. Join host Zach Dancel as he sits down with world-class thinkers, leaders, and innovators to uncover the mindset, habits, and science behind living stronger, leading with purpose, and creating something that lasts far beyond yourself.

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Latest Episodes

VIew All
Dec 09, 2025

Mental Fitness, Breath-Driven Healing & the Biology of Personal Evolution
Dec 02, 2025

Rewriting Women’s Health: The Rise of Testosterone & the Fall of Medical Myths
Nov 25, 2025

The Longevity Reset: How Hormones Shape Your Heart, Brain, Bones & Future
Nov 18, 2025

The Dancer Who Became a Metabolic Health Expert
Nov 11, 2025

Healing Forward: Optimizing Your Body to Walk Through Grief
Nov 04, 2025

Ancient Ayurvedic Wisdom for Modern Longevity and Peak Health
Oct 28, 2025

Building Medicine's Missing Link: Nutrition Meets Medical Care
Oct 21, 2025

Aleka Dancel on Building Legacy While Breaking Barriers
Oct 14, 2025

Zach Dancel's Journey from NFL Dreams to Healthcare Revolution
Oct 14, 2025

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Why Listen?

1

Mindset & Leadership Lessons

Learn how the world's best think, decide, and act—inside and outside of business.

2

Peak Health Strategies

Get practical tools to optimize your energy, focus, and resilience.

3

Proven
Frameworks

Walk away with strategies you can implement today to perform better and live longer.

4

Stories
That Inspire

Hear from those who've built legacies worth leaving.

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Subscribe to The Legacy and Longevity Podcast and start building the kind of strength, purpose, and resilience that stand the test of time.

Latest Videos

VIew All
December 09, 2025

Mental Fitness, Breath-Driven Healing & the Biology of Personal Evolution
December 02, 2025

Rewriting Women’s Health: The Rise of Testosterone & the Fall of Medical Myths
November 25, 2025

The Longevity Reset: How Hormones Shape Your Heart, Brain, Bones & Future
November 18, 2025

The Dancer Who Became a Metabolic Health Expert
November 11, 2025

Healing Forward: Optimizing Your Body to Walk Through Grief
November 04, 2025

Ancient Ayurvedic Wisdom for Modern Longevity and Peak Health
October 28, 2025

Building Medicine's Missing Link: Nutrition Meets Medical Care
October 21, 2025

Aleka Dancel on Building Legacy While Breaking Barriers

About The Show

The Legacy and Longevity Podcast is more than just another health show—it's a blueprint for building an extraordinary life.

In every episode, Zach explores the lessons, disciplines, and breakthroughs that fuel greatness in both health and leadership. From cutting-edge functional and longevity medicine to the mindset strategies of elite performers, the conversations challenge you to raise your standards, strengthen your body and mind, and pursue a legacy that endures.

You'll hear from

  • Visionary Leaders who've built impact-driven careers and lives
  • Top Longevity Experts breaking down the science of staying strong, sharp, and vibrant for decades
  • Peak Performers & Entrepreneurs sharing what it takes to lead with purpose and resilience
  • Real People who've transformed their health, mindset, and future against the odds

This is where optimal living meets intentional leadership.

Latest Blogs

VIew All
Dec 09, 2025

Why Ninety One Percent of Suicide Victims Were In Talk Therapy

Richard Blake made it to the top of his field. PhD-trained psychologist. Published researcher. Breat...

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Dec 02, 2025

Why Women Have Zero FDA-Approved Testosterone Options

Part 2 of 2 | Part 1 covered the Women's Health Initiative and estrogen therapy. This episode expose...

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Nov 25, 2025

What If Everything You Were Told About Hormone Therapy Was Wrong? The Data That Changes Everything

Part 1 of 2: This episode breaks down the Women's Health Initiative study and why early estrogen int...

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Nov 18, 2025

The Broadway Body Breakdown That Became a Breakthrough

Lauren Sambataro made it to Broadway. One to two percent of performers ever reach that stage. She da...

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Nov 11, 2025

How Hormone Optimization Helps Caregivers Perform Under Grief

Jessica Ernst answered the door to find her husband Rudy barely conscious. Seven days later, he was...

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Nov 04, 2025

Ayurvedic Sleep Protocols That Modern Science Finally Validates

Executives spend thousands on Oura rings, Eight Sleep mattresses, and supplement stacks while ignori...

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Oct 28, 2025

Building Medicine's Missing Longevity Link: Nutrition Meets Medical Care

Stephanie Misanik, MS, CNS, LDN didn't start her career in healthcare. She started it sick, anxious...

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Oct 21, 2025

How an Immigrant Girl Who Ate Lunch Alone Became AWS Chief of Staff

Aleka Dancel spent her middle school years eating lunch in a bathroom stall. Not by choice, but beca...

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Oct 14, 2025

How a Division-1 Athlete Built a Healthcare Company That Transformed 60,000 Lives

Zach Dancel's journey from the football field to the executive suite reads like two completely diffe...

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Meet Zach Dancel

Zach Dancel is the Chief Operating Officer of Nava Health, where he's helped transform the lives of over 60,000 patients through personalized, functional and longevity medicine. But his influence goes far beyond healthcare.

A former Division I football player, Zach brings the same grit, discipline, and relentless pursuit of excellence to business, leadership, and life. His journey from the field to the boardroom has been fueled by one mission: to help people live at their highest potential and create something lasting.