Life With Danni Duncan

Dr Michaela Sorensen is a GP, a Jodi Lee Foundation ambassador, and a cancer survivor. She's been on both sides of a diagnosis and it changed everything about how she practises medicine.

At 34, with a two-month-old baby at home, a routine dentist appointment revealed a rare stage four cancer on the roof of her mouth. A month in hospital, four 12-hour surgeries, and an NG tube later, she came out the other side with a completely different perspective on health.

In this episode we talked about food as medicine, preventative health, the longevity secrets hiding in blue zones, and why women especially are terrible at advocating for themselves even when they know something is wrong.

If you want to learn more about the power of food as medicine and take your health more seriously, this episode is for you.

You can find Michaela on Instagram at @dr.michaelasorensen or visit www.elmehealth.com

Learn more about the Jodi Lee Foundation at www.jodileefoundation.org.au

If you need a push to take control of your health - download my app FIT by Danni Duncan at fitbythefigure.com or sign up for coaching at danniduncan.com.au/the-vitality-project-program/

I also share all of my health and fitness tips over on IG @danni.duncan_ so if you want more, make sure you join me over there. Or follow the podcast over @lifewithdanniduncan.

Chris is not a runner. But last weekend he ran 42.195 kilometres anyway.This is our honest debrief of the Gold Coast Marathon. What went well, what fell apart, and what we'd do differently before the New York Marathon in 15 weeks.We talk about how we made marathon training work around four kids, full time work, and Chris still playing football through the entire prep. Zone 2 training, recovery, why mobility matters more than you think, and the moment around 36 kilometres where I started questioning everything.We also answer some of your juicy questions: how we manage mornings with four kids, switching off from work when you both work from home, and the PCOS and Ozempic conversation that I could honestly do a whole episode on.This one's real, honest, and a little chaotic. Just like us.We're also fundraising for bowel cancer awareness ahead of New York. We have a trivia night on the 5th of September in Melbourne and the link will be live next week. Every dollar counts.Donate to the Jodi Lee Foundation and support our NY marathon fundraiser here: https://fundraise.jodileefoundation.org.au/fundraisers/dannichrisduncan/new-york-marathon-2026-x-danni-duncanIf you need a push to take control of your health - download my app FIT by Danni Duncan: https://fitbythefigure.com/ or sign up for coaching: https://danniduncan.com.au/the-vitality-project-program/I also share all of my health and fitness tips over on IG @danni.duncan_ so if you want more, make sure you join me over there. Or follow the podcast over @lifewithdanniduncan.

Olga Newman is the creator of the Face Up method and she'll take five years off your face in 30 minutes. But that's not why I wanted to have her on the podcast.

I'd just had my first treatment with Olga when we recorded this, and what started as a conversation about aesthetics went so much deeper than I expected.

We talked about why stress and jaw tension show up on your face faster than any cream or filler can fix, why Botox doesn't actually solve the problem (and where that tension goes instead), and why the real anti-aging secret has nothing to do with needles or a 12-step skincare routine.

This one changed how I think about aging, Botox, and what it actually means to look after yourself.

If you want to find Olga or try the Face Up method yourself, you can find her on Instagram at @olga_faceup or visit her website at faceup.pro for online classes and techniques you can do at home.

If you need a push to take control of your health - download my app FIT by Danni Duncan at fitbythefigure.com or sign up for coaching at danniduncan.com.au/the-vitality-project-program/

I also share all of my health and fitness tips over on IG @danni.duncan_ so if you want more, make sure you join me over there. Or follow the podcast over @lifewithdanniduncan.

I want to have a super honest conversation about weight loss injections because it is getting out of control.

We have mums doing shady black market deals on Facebook, trying to do EVERYTHING but eat better and exercise. I’m tired of it but not only that - I’m scared of what our future is going to look like. And especially, what that future is going to look like for our kids.

I brought fitness coach Bailey Haslam (@baileyhaslam_) on the show with me to talk about it, and to find out what she’s been seeing in her own coaching circles (it shocked me).

If you need a push to take control of your health - download my app FIT by Danni Duncan or sign up for coaching. 

I also share all of my health and fitness tips over on IG @danni.duncan_ so if you want more, make sure you join me over there. Or follow the podcast over @lifewithdanniduncan.

It is still Bowel Cancer Awareness Month and I wanted to take this opportunity to step behind the mic for a raw, solo check-in 12 months after my diagnosis and surgery.

I’m not going to lie, I get really emotional in this one. It is wild how fast a year goes by, but looking back, cancer completely shattered and rebuilt the way I look at life. I am opening up about things I usually keep close to my chest, like navigating a low bank account while running a business, learning to love a body I spent my whole life hating, and why facing your own mortality makes everyday stresses just melt away.

I also give an honest update on my latest PET scan, some unexpected scan-xiety, and why I am officially banning the word anti-aging from my vocabulary.

Life is an absolute privilege. So let me ask you: Are you actually living yours?

Learn more about the Jodi Lee Foundation at www.jodileefoundation.org.au

If you’re over 45, you can grab a free bowel cancer screening kit here. If you're under 45 and you really want to get yourself checked, the Jodi Lee Foundation is selling them here.

If you need a push to take control of your health - download my app FIT by Danni Duncan or sign up for coaching. 

I also share all of my health and fitness tips over on IG @danni.duncan_ so if you want more, make sure you join me over there. Or follow the podcast over @lifewithdanniduncan.