The Dr Vonda Show

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Each week, Dr. Vonda shares science-backed guidance on strength, bone health, muscle, and longevity — the same way she speaks to her patients.
Clear. Practical. No noise.
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Eugene Teo, founder of the Ganbaru Method, talks about why the smartest way to get a midlife woman lifting has nothing to do with lecturing about osteoporosis. We talk about coaching from curiosity, moving beyond strength and hypertrophy into power and speed, adapting every lift to individual anatomy, and structuring cardio for longevity. This is a conversation about doing hard things gently and discovering what your body is still capable of.
What we explore:
- How curiosity-first coaching dissolves the fear of getting "bulky."
- Why osteoporosis and menopause arguments fail, and what builds buy-in.
- What separates power training from strength training, and why speed matters.
- How to regress and progress lifts for individual anatomy.
- How to build power safely with sensitive hips, knees, or impact limits.
- What the Ganbaru philosophy teaches about resilience and hard things.
- How progression, not pressure, makes people crave more.
- How to structure longevity cardio: sprint intervals, zone two, Norwegian 4x4.
 
About Eugene Teo:
Eugene Teo is an Australian strength coach and founder of the Ganbaru Method, a training approach built on curiosity, individualization, and sustainable progress. He has coached over 150,000 people worldwide, and his discovery-based philosophy makes the gym feel like a door opening rather than a rulebook.
 
Connect with Eugene Teo:
Website: www.eugene-teo.com
YouTube: www.youtube.com/@coacheugeneteo
Facebook: www.facebook.com/@coacheugeneteo
Tiktok: www.tiktok.com/coacheugeneteo
 
Follow Eugene Teo on Instagram for daily insights
👉www.instagram.com/coacheugeneteo
 
Join Eugene Teo Program: Ganbaru Method and Daily Strong
 👉www.ganbarumethod.com 
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 Subscribe to Eugene Teo's substack featuring some key articles around training 
  👉https://coacheugeneteo.substack.com
 
Timestamps
 
00:00 Intro
03:43 Getting an 86-Year-Old Mother Strong 
07:21 Osteoporosis vs Bulky: The Real Threat
11:50 Why Curiosity Beats Willpower in the Gym
16:15 Stop Accepting Just Cardio or Hypertrophy
18:32 Power Training: Why Speed Beats Heavy Weight
26:26 Box Jumps, Plyometrics, and Safer Power Moves
29:24 How to Individualize Training for Your Body
32:17 The Ganbaru Method: Persist Through Difficulty
33:55 How to Do Hard Things Without Fear
38:09 How Much Cardio You Actually Need Weekly
42:44 Eat Protein First: Simple Longevity Habits
 
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🧠 Start your Unbreakable journey
Most women are never given a clear plan for how to stay strong as they age.
The Unbreakable Lifestyle is where that changes.
This is the home of Dr. Vonda's method — built from 20+ years of clinical work and designed for real life.
Inside:
 
Unbreakable Assessment — know exactly where you stand
Training plans — build muscle, protect bone, improve performance
AI Dr. Vonda — get answers and guidance anytime
Community — women committed to staying strong and engaged
Exclusive education — what actually works, all in one place
This is not another program.
This is how you build strength — with direction.
👉 Join the Unbreakable Lifestyle: https://www.theunbreakablelifestyle.com/
 
🦴 Build stronger bones
Bone loss starts earlier than you think — and speeds up in midlife.
Dr. Vonda's Unbreakable Bone Health formula supports bone density, strength, and long-term skeletal health with clinically researched ingredients.
Foundational. Not optional.
👉  Shop now: https://shop.drvondawright.com/
 
Read the book
Unbreakable: A Woman's Guide to Aging with Power
A clear, science-backed roadmap to building strength, supporting your body, and taking control of how you age.
Get your copy: https://www.theunbreakablelifestyle.com/unbreakable-book 
 
🧬 About Dr. Vonda Wright
Dr. Vonda Wright is an orthopedic sports surgeon and leading expert in women's health and longevity.
For over 20 years, she has helped women build muscle, strengthen bone, and extend their health span — with science, not guesswork.
Her mission is simple: help women age with power.
🔗 Connect with Dr. Vonda
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drvondawright/
Substack: https://drvondawright.substack.com/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@drvondawright
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vonda-wright-md-ms-2803374
Website: http://www.drvondawright.com/

Unbreakable: A Woman's Guide to Aging with Power
A clear, science-backed roadmap to building strength, supporting your body, and taking control of how you age.
Get your copy: https://www.theunbreakablelifestyle.com/unbreakable-book
We feel the fatigue, yet we push through anyway, telling ourselves the exhaustion is just part of getting older. But that midlife tiredness is often something deeper. 
Today we talk about the third time bomb of aging,  mitochondrial dysfunction, and why your cellular power plants hold the key to your energy, your metabolism, and your longevity.
Here's what most women never hear: when you stop demanding energy from your body, it stops building the engines that create it. Weak, dysfunctional mitochondria pollute your cells and quietly fuel inflammation and insulin resistance. The good news is that you can reverse the trend. I'll show you how to trigger biogenesis and mitophagy through movement, precision nutrition, and hormonal optimization, so you can rebuild your cellular power and stop accepting exhaustion as the price of getting older.
What we cover:
- Midlife fatigue: why it's a mitochondrial crisis, not just poor sleep
- ATP production: how mitochondria fuel your heart, brain, and muscles
- Sedentary living: how inactivity stops new mitochondria from forming
- Cellular pollution: how weak mitochondria drive inflammation and insulin resistance
- Biogenesis and mitophagy: building new engines and clearing damaged ones
- Muscle and movement: how aerobic exercise engineers cellular power
- Nutrition and supplements: omega-3s, antioxidants, B vitamins, CoQ10, and creatine for ATP
- Hormonal optimization: how estrogen and thyroid protect mitochondrial function
 
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Three days of world-class speakers, wellness activations, and 1,000+ women choosing themselves. Join us this November.
👉 Grab your spot: https://theunbreakablelifestyle.com/whc-2026
 
🧠 Start your Unbreakable journey
Most women are never given a clear plan for how to stay strong as they age.
The Unbreakable Lifestyle is where that changes.
This is the home of Dr. Vonda's method — built from 20+ years of clinical work and designed for real life.
Inside:
 
Unbreakable Assessment — know exactly where you stand
Training plans — build muscle, protect bone, improve performance
AI Dr. Vonda — get answers and guidance anytime
Community — women committed to staying strong and engaged
Exclusive education — what actually works, all in one place
This is not another program.
This is how you build strength — with direction.
👉 Join the Unbreakable Lifestyle: https://www.theunbreakablelifestyle.com/
 
🦴 Build stronger bones
Bone loss starts earlier than you think — and speeds up in midlife.
Dr. Vonda's Unbreakable Bone Health formula supports bone density, strength, and long-term skeletal health with clinically researched ingredients.
Foundational. Not optional.
👉  Shop now: https://shop.drvondawright.com/
 
🧬 About Dr. Vonda Wright
Dr. Vonda Wright is an orthopedic sports surgeon and leading expert in women's health and longevity.
For over 20 years, she has helped women build muscle, strengthen bone, and extend their health span — with science, not guesswork.
Her mission is simple: help women age with power.
🔗 Connect with Dr. Vonda
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drvondawright/
Substack: https://drvondawright.substack.com/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@drvondawright
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vonda-wright-md-ms-2803374
Website: http://www.drvondawright.com/

📩 Get Dr. Vonda's insights
Want to understand what's happening in your body — and what to do next?
Each week, Dr. Vonda shares science-backed guidance on strength, bone health, muscle, and longevity — the same way she speaks to her patients.
Clear. Practical. No noise.
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Brynn MacLennan, co-founder and CEO of Slate Flosser, to explore the surprising link between oral health and whole-body wellbeing. The bacteria in your gums don't stay in your gums. They travel to your brain, heart, and gut, shaping your risk for everything from dementia to heart disease. We talk about why bleeding gums are a signal to lean in, not back off, and why the way we've flossed for a hundred years may finally be ready for reinvention.
What we explore:
- Why oral health is inseparable from whole-body health in midlife.
- How perimenopause estrogen changes cause gum dryness, inflammation, and bleeding.
- What bleeding gums signal, and why the answer is more flossing, not less.
- How plaque hardens into tartar in under 48 hours.
- Why gum disease is linked to dementia, heart disease, and pregnancy complications.
- How a 3-in-1 flossing approach removes the barriers that make people quit.
- Why prevention beats biohacking for lasting health.
 
About Brynn Maclennan:
Brynn MacLennan is the co-founder and CEO of Slate Flosser, a woman-run, dentist-invented oral care brand transforming the way people floss. After seeing firsthand how patients struggled to care for their gums despite their best intentions, she set out to remove the barriers that make flossing feel hard, building a tool designed to make whole-mouth care simple, effective, and easy to stick with.
 
Connect with Brynn Maclennan:
Website: https://slateflosser.com/ 
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slateflosser/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brynn-maclennan-50a7103
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/slateflosser
 
Timestamps
 
00:00 Intro
03:31 The Flossing Tool That Replaces String
07:57 What Bleeding Gums Are Really Telling You
10:52 How Gum Disease Is Linked to Dementia
13:21 The Right Way to Floss Your Gums
17:13 What Causes Bad Breath and Tooth Loss
21:08 Why Perimenopause and Pregnancy Wreck Your Gums
26:24 Slate vs Water Flossers: What's Better
28:58 Your Daily Routine and Does Mouthwash Work
33:36 What Biohackers Get Right About Oral Health
37:28 How She Built a Top 2% Kickstarter
42:28 The One Habit That Changes Everything
47:04 Floss Every Day to Protect Your Teeth
 
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🎤 Women's Health Conversations 2026
Three days of world-class speakers, wellness activations, and 1,000+ women choosing themselves. Join us this November.
👉 Grab your spot: https://theunbreakablelifestyle.com/whc-2026
 
🧠 Start your Unbreakable journey
Most women are never given a clear plan for how to stay strong as they age.
The Unbreakable Lifestyle is where that changes.
This is the home of Dr. Vonda's method — built from 20+ years of clinical work and designed for real life.
Inside:
 
Unbreakable Assessment — know exactly where you stand
Training plans — build muscle, protect bone, improve performance
AI Dr. Vonda — get answers and guidance anytime
Community — women committed to staying strong and engaged
Exclusive education — what actually works, all in one place
This is not another program.
This is how you build strength — with direction.
👉 Join the Unbreakable Lifestyle: https://www.theunbreakablelifestyle.com/
 
🦴 Build stronger bones
Bone loss starts earlier than you think — and speeds up in midlife.
Dr. Vonda's Unbreakable Bone Health formula supports bone density, strength, and long-term skeletal health with clinically researched ingredients.
Foundational. Not optional.
👉  Shop now: https://shop.drvondawright.com/
 
Read the book
Unbreakable: A Woman's Guide to Aging with Power
A clear, science-backed roadmap to building strength, supporting your body, and taking control of how you age.
Get your copy: https://www.theunbreakablelifestyle.com/unbreakable-book 
 
🧬 About Dr. Vonda Wright
Dr. Vonda Wright is an orthopedic sports surgeon and leading expert in women's health and longevity.
For over 20 years, she has helped women build muscle, strengthen bone, and extend their health span — with science, not guesswork.
Her mission is simple: help women age with power.
🔗 Connect with Dr. Vonda
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drvondawright/
Substack: https://drvondawright.substack.com/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@drvondawright
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vonda-wright-md-ms-2803374
Website: http://www.drvondawright.com/

Unbreakable: A Woman's Guide to Aging with Power
A clear, science-backed roadmap to building strength, supporting your body, and taking control of how you age.
Get your copy: https://www.theunbreakablelifestyle.com/unbreakable-book
 
There's a heat you can't feel until it's already aging you.
 
Let's talk about something quietly ticking away inside all of us. In this solo episode I'm getting into inflammaging, the second great time bomb of aging, and what happens when your body's emergency crew never clocks out. Think alarm bells ringing around the clock, sirens that never quiet down.
 
And here's where it gets personal: perimenopause. That's the wake-up call, the moment declining estrogen strips away one of your most powerful anti-inflammatory shields, and suddenly the fire's raging and no one tells you why.
 
So I'm not leaving you there. I'll walk you through the real blueprint to put those flames out: how you move, how you eat, your hormones, and how you meet your stress. Because hear me on this one. Longevity doesn't just happen to you. You build it. On purpose. By design.



What we cover:
- Chronic inflammation vs. acute inflammation: what your body actually needs.
- Estrogen decline in perimenopause: losing your anti-inflammatory shield.
- Inflammaging effects: joints, heart, brain, and metabolism.
- Physical activity and myokines: your systemic fire extinguisher.
- Gut microbiome diversity: fueling or fighting inflammation.
- Processed sugars and inflammation: what to eat instead.
- Hormone optimization: working with a clinician to calm inflammation.
- Mindfulness, breathwork, and sleep: lowering inflammatory cytokines.
 
🎤 Women's Health Conversations 2026
Three days of world-class speakers, wellness activations, and 1,000+ women choosing themselves. Join us this November.
👉 Grab your spot: https://theunbreakablelifestyle.com/whc-2026
 
🧠 Start your Unbreakable journey
Most women are never given a clear plan for how to stay strong as they age.
The Unbreakable Lifestyle is where that changes.
This is the home of Dr. Vonda's method — built from 20+ years of clinical work and designed for real life.
Inside:
 
Unbreakable Assessment — know exactly where you stand
Training plans — build muscle, protect bone, improve performance
AI Dr. Vonda — get answers and guidance anytime
Community — women committed to staying strong and engaged
Exclusive education — what actually works, all in one place
This is not another program.
This is how you build strength — with direction.
👉 Join the Unbreakable Lifestyle: https://www.theunbreakablelifestyle.com/
 
🦴 Build stronger bones
Bone loss starts earlier than you think — and speeds up in midlife.
Dr. Vonda's Unbreakable Bone Health formula supports bone density, strength, and long-term skeletal health with clinically researched ingredients.
Foundational. Not optional.
👉  Shop now: https://shop.drvondawright.com/
 
🧬 About Dr. Vonda Wright
Dr. Vonda Wright is an orthopedic sports surgeon and leading expert in women's health and longevity.
For over 20 years, she has helped women build muscle, strengthen bone, and extend their health span — with science, not guesswork.
Her mission is simple: help women age with power.
🔗 Connect with Dr. Vonda
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drvondawright/
Substack: https://drvondawright.substack.com/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@drvondawright
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vonda-wright-md-ms-2803374
Website: http://www.drvondawright.com/

📩 Get Dr. Vonda's insights
Want to understand what's happening in your body — and what to do next?
Each week, Dr. Vonda shares science-backed guidance on strength, bone health, muscle, and longevity — the same way she speaks to her patients.
Clear. Practical. No noise.
👉 Join the newsletter: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=YqJKtR&g=Ww3gx3&
 
I sat down with Dr. Lucy McBride, Harvard and Johns Hopkins-trained internist and author of Beyond the Prescription, to talk about what modern medicine keeps getting wrong and what you can do about it.
 
What we explore:
- Why does the medical system treat patients as a bag of organs, not a whole person.
- How the wellness industry mirrors the same prescriptive failures it claims to fix.
- The three A's: awareness, acceptance, and agency, and why acceptance is the hardest.
- How your "biography behind the biology" gives context no lab test can capture.
- Why women are conditioned to tolerate suffering and how it blocks access to menopause care.
- The four quadrants of your health ecosystem: Informatics, Inputs, Infrastructure, and Insight.
- How brain fog and memory slips are often reversible, not inevitable signs of aging.
- How to reclaim your intuition from trackers, gurus, and conflicting health advice.
 
About Dr. Lucy Mcbride:
Dr. Lucy McBride is a board-certified internist and co-founder of the Ackerly McBride Group in Washington, DC, with over 25 years of practicing evidence-based, relationship-centered medicine. She writes the widely-read newsletter Are You Okay?, hosts the podcast Beyond the Prescription, and her debut book with Simon & Schuster publishes August 11, 2026.
 
Connect with Dr. Lucy Mcbride:
Website: https://www.lucymcbride.com/ 
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drlucymcbride

💌 Dr. Lucy Mcbride Newsletter "Are You Ok?"
👉Subscribe at: https://lucymcbride.substack.com/ 
 
📖BEYOND THE PRESCRIPTION 
👉Grab a copy at: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Beyond-the-Prescription/Lucy-McBride/9781668024386


Timestamps
 
00:00 Why Medical Information Leaves You More Confused
03:10 How Medicine and Wellness Both Fail the Whole Person
07:52 Why Primary Care Is Dying and What We Lose
09:37 The Three A's Framework: Your Roadmap to Better Health
12:23 Why Acceptance Is the Hardest Step and How It Unlocks Agency
15:49 The Patient Personalities That Work Against Your Health
20:06 The People-Pleaser Who Hides Symptoms to Protect Her Doctor
23:33 Why Women Are Conditioned to Suffer and Denied HRT Evidence
26:37 The Five Steps to Prepare for Any Doctor's Visit
43:39 Why Women in Their 30s Shouldn't Wait for Menopause
46:36 The Reference Man Problem: Why Women Get Misdiagnosed
51:20 Why Labs and Trackers Can't Replace Your Own Intuition
54:28 How Empowered Patients Fix Broken Healthcare Systems
 
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Target visible aging at the source with OneSkin's clinically proven OS-01 Peptide.
👉 Get 15% off with code DRVONDA at https://oneskin.co/DRVONDA

🎤 Women's Health Conversations 2026
Three days of world-class speakers, wellness activations, and 1,000+ women choosing themselves. Join us this November.
👉 Grab your spot: https://theunbreakablelifestyle.com/whc-2026
 
🧠 Start your Unbreakable journey
Most women are never given a clear plan for how to stay strong as they age.
The Unbreakable Lifestyle is where that changes.
This is the home of Dr. Vonda's method — built from 20+ years of clinical work and designed for real life.
Inside:
 
Unbreakable Assessment — know exactly where you stand
Training plans — build muscle, protect bone, improve performance
AI Dr. Vonda — get answers and guidance anytime
Community — women committed to staying strong and engaged
Exclusive education — what actually works, all in one place
This is not another program.
This is how you build strength — with direction.
👉 Join the Unbreakable Lifestyle: https://www.theunbreakablelifestyle.com/
 
🦴 Build stronger bones
Bone loss starts earlier than you think — and speeds up in midlife.
Dr. Vonda's Unbreakable Bone Health formula supports bone density, strength, and long-term skeletal health with clinically researched ingredients.
Foundational. Not optional.
👉  Shop now: https://shop.drvondawright.com/
 
Read the book
Unbreakable: A Woman's Guide to Aging with Power
A clear, science-backed roadmap to building strength, supporting your body, and taking control of how you age.
Get your copy: https://www.theunbreakablelifestyle.com/unbreakable-book 
 
🧬 About Dr. Vonda Wright
Dr. Vonda Wright is an orthopedic sports surgeon and leading expert in women's health and longevity.
For over 20 years, she has helped women build muscle, strengthen bone, and extend their health span — with science, not guesswork.
Her mission is simple: help women age with power.
🔗 Connect with Dr. Vonda
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drvondawright/
Substack: https://drvondawright.substack.com/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@drvondawright
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vonda-wright-md-ms-2803374
Website: http://www.drvondawright.com/