Longevity For Dinner
Turns out the protocol everyone’s looking for was already on the table.
Just got back from a dinner in East Hampton hosted by the Four Seasons at ONNA House - a beautifully restored home and residency space for female artists.
They flew in the entire team from Le Cinq in Paris - a full three Michelin-starred kitchen—to cook for us. The food was next-level. But the thing I can’t stop thinking about wasn’t what was served.
It was the feeling in the room. The warmth. The conversations.
I was seated next to someone I’d never met, and within minutes, we were deep into it - talking timing, ambition, burnout, and that strange tension between where you are and where you think you should be. I left feeling cracked open in the best way.
And then - because it always happens - someone nearby asked me the question I hear the second people find out I work in health and wellness:
“So… what should I be taking?”
“What’s the latest thing?”
Everyone wants the fix. The stack. The protocol.
But the truth is, what they were already doing was the protocol.
This is longevity.
A long, slow dinner. Real conversation. Feeling seen. Sharing space.
Europeans - who live longer, statistically, than Americans - do it well (aka how I grew up). They gather. They talk. They eat well and stay awhile.
Even Harvard backs this up: the longest-running study on health and happiness found that the biggest predictor of long life isn’t your cholesterol or diet—it’s the strength of your relationships. Harvard Study of Adult Development
So here’s what I’m holding onto:
You don’t need the perfect supplement.
You don’t need the next biohack.
You just need one honest conversation, one shared meal, one moment that reminds you:
You’re already doing it.
That’s the protocol.
We just haven’t been calling it that.
Looks amazing!