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12 Months of Fit For My Age – Michael Millward

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Looking Back on twelve months of Fit For My Age

Michael Millward the founder and managing director of Abeceder marks the first year as and host of the Abeceder health and well-being podcast Fit For My Age

Find out more about Michael Millward at Abeceder.co.uk.

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Transcript

Introduction and Podcast Anniversary

00:00:06
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Hello and welcome to Fit For My Age, the health and wellbeing podcast from Abysida. I'm your host, Michael Millward, the Managing Director of Abysida.
00:00:22
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It is December 2025, Christmas Eve. two thousand and twenty- five christmas eve As we are approaching the end of the first year of publishing Fit for My Age every Wednesday at 7am UK time, it feels like we have reached something of a landmark and an appropriate time to reflect on why we started and the journey to where we are now.

Learnings and Listener Gratitude

00:00:49
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The last 12 months have been an amazing experience. There has been lots of learning about how to produce a podcast. There has also been an immense increase in our knowledge of all things health and well-being.
00:01:04
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I am hugely grateful to the increasing number of people who have listened. Your confidence in Fit for My Age, your likes, reviews, subscriptions and comments are all greatly appreciated.
00:01:17
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Thank you.

Acknowledging Expert Guests

00:01:19
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I am also grateful to the wide range of expert guests that Fit For My Age has attracted. More than 70 people from all over the world and across time zones, as well as some from here in Yorkshire, have appeared on Fit For My Age.
00:01:37
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Whether they come from near or far, I know that Fit For My Age has been blessed because of the generous way in which they have shared their knowledge and experience. That sharing is the foundation stone on which Fitful My Age has been built.

Sponsor Appreciation

00:01:54
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If you are wondering where I find these interesting people, the answer is most often matchmaker.fm.
00:02:03
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I must also thank our sponsors who have supported Fit For My Age, the Ultimate Travel Club, York Test and three, the mobile communications company, who have all supported Fit For My Age from the start.
00:02:18
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It would not have been possible without their support. Thank you.

Team Support and Contributions

00:02:23
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Fit for my age is made on Zencastr, the all-in-one podcasting platform that really does make podcasting so easy.
00:02:32
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I have benefited from the professionalism and patience of the Zencastr creator support team. Thank you.
00:02:42
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Lastly, i must thank the Abbasida team for their support and their constructive feedback.

Addressing Knowledge Gaps in Health

00:02:49
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Making fit for my age has been a fascinating voyage of discovery for me and the whole Abbasida team.
00:02:58
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Abbasidhar started Fit for My Age because we realised somewhat uncomfortably that although we knew a lot about doing human resources, we did not know much about being a human being and how our bodies work.
00:03:13
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We realised that we were not alone. Most of us do not know much and certainly not enough about how our bodies work and how they change as we age.

Commercial Benefits of Health Education

00:03:24
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With our HR hats on, We know that people who have a healthy lifestyle take less time off work because of ill health. We also know that healthy people are more productive when they are at work.
00:03:39
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So improving health and wellbeing knowledge amongst the workforce has a real commercial benefit for every employer. Thinking about an issue from every perspective and striving to achieve an advantage for both the employer and the employee is part of the abeceder approach to ah HR and employee management.

Future Plans and Audience Engagement

00:04:03
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2026 will see us doing more to improve the understanding that both employers and employees in every kind of workplace have about health and wellbeing issues and how what they need to know changes as we all get older.
00:04:18
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We will be creating more content, expanding the range of formats and increasing the number of episodes we publish each week. Please let us know about the health and wellbeing issues you are interested in learning more about.
00:04:34
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We will strive to secure guests who are experts or have lived experience of those issues and can provide practical solutions and sound guidance. 2026 will be an exciting year for Fit for My Age.

Closing Wishes for 2026

00:04:49
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I look forward to sharing the ongoing voyage of discovery with you. I wish all of you a very happy Christmas and a happy, healthy, successful 2026.
00:05:01
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Thank you. thank you