In this episode of The Power Lunch Podcast, our hosts sit down with chef, author, and longevity mentor Kristen Thibeault to explore how our hardest chapters can become our greatest calling. Kristen shares her journey from small town Minnesota and the beauty industry to executive chef at the Four Seasons, cancer thriver, social entrepreneur and founder of The 120 Life movement.
The SELF framework for The 120 Life:
- S – Savor your sleep and silence
- E – Eat and exercise as if your life depends on it
- L – Love, laugh, and leave more than you take
- F – Focus on your future frequency and financial wellbeing
KEY TAKEAWAYS:
- Midlife is not a decline; it’s a version upgrade.
- Travel, exposure to different cultures, and staying curious at every age expand what we see as possible. and keep us moving forward instead of staying stuck.
- Mentors are essential for growth: the right people will not only support you but lovingly push and pull you into your next chapter.
- Longevity starts with mindset.
- Community and contribution are currently the strongest predictors of a long, healthy life.
- Daily intake of uplifting, educational content acts as “soul nutrition” and sets the tone for the day.
- Our inner narrative and unresolved emotional pain can show up in our bodies
- The 120 Life vision includes global, multi-generational intentional living communities
FAVORITE QUOTES:
- Midlife is not an ending; it’s the beginning of your next, more powerful chapter
- You’re either stagnant or moving forward. There is no going backwards, only choosing not to move
- If I have it in my mind, I’m going to hold it in my hand
- Eat and exercise as if your life depends on it, because it does
LINKS & REFERENCES:
- The 120 Life – Kristen’s community
- Upcoming 120 Life longevity retreat in partnership with DreamTrips (Italy, starting in Rome, November 5) at DreamTrips: https://dreamtrips.com
- Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
- Wayne Dyer – foundational mindset and spiritual growth teachings
- Earl Nightingale’s classic recordings (including his 1954 talk on Napoleon Hill) suggested for morning “soul nutrition”
- Blue Zones research on longevity – Dan Buettner and team’s work on long-lived communities
- The Patra Project – Kristen’s nonprofit providing meals to families in need
- NIBLL– Kristen’s plant-forward food company serving both high-profile clients and families in food deserts
MORE ABOUT KRISTEN THIBEAULT:
Kristen Thibeault is the founder of The 120 Life, a movement built on a radical idea: that we can live to 120 and beyond, with vitality, purpose, and joy in every chapter. Through The 120 Life, Kristen teaches the daily habits, mindset shifts, and food-as-medicine principles that help women add not just years to their life, but life to their years.
Her authority on longevity is hard-earned. A stage-three, double-cancer survivor, Kristen credits clean, plant-forward eating with saving her life and turned that second chance into a mission to help others do the same. Classically trained at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris and grounded in nutritional science from Stanford, she went on to found NIbll, a multi-million-dollar company feeding world-champion athletes and Hollywood A-listers, and The Patra Project, which has donated over 100,000 meals to families in food deserts.
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