Making complex health science simple enough to use and compelling enough to act on.
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Too often, meaningful action only begins once something has already gone wrong. Prevention rarely feels urgent, familiar habits are difficult to change, and by the time we act, the opportunity to prevent disease and protect our quality of life may already have passed.
Most people know that eating well, sleeping enough and moving regularly will improve their health. The challenge is doing it. Michael helps audiences uncover the personal “why” that turns good intentions into lasting action. Through relatable insights, myth-busting facts and simple self-assessments, he shares achievable ways to improve energy, mood, cognition and performance—helping people feel better today while protecting their long-term healthspan.
Your chronological age tells you how long you have lived; your biological age reveals how well your body is ageing. Michael shows why future health is shaped less by DNA than by daily decisions, exploring the role of sleep, strength, movement and social connection. Audiences gain a clear understanding of what influences ageing and practical ways to improve their energy and long-term health- adding more good years to life, not simply more years.
Michael didn’t go for career counselling, which might explain why he’s a medical doctor, an executive film & TV series producer, a renowned presenter, a healthtech
entrepreneur (co-founder of Hello Doctor), a global speaker, consultant, author and most recently CEO of TruthTV. A trauma doctor turned TV presenter, Michael traded the emergency room for the small screen and co-anchored Top Billing for over a decade, scooping up several critically acclaimed awards along the way.
He then melded his passion for medicine and media and produced two TV series: “Hello Doctor” and “The Dr. Mol Show.” Watched by over a million people weekly, the show not only edutained its audience on health and wellbeing but was part of a bigger vision to give every South African access to personal, affordable, and quality healthcare through immediate access to doctors via their mobile phones. That vision became a reality with “HelloDoctor” – SA’s first mobile digital tele-health company, giving everyone access to a doctor, anytime, anywhere, on any phone, in any South African language.
After exiting HelloDoctor he launched a new venture called TruthTV – South Africa’s first subscription video-on-demand service focusing exclusively on Faith and Family entertainment with a vision to rekindle wholesome societal values - all the while stoking his passion for digital health and health education.
Michael is currently focussing on Medicine 3.0 and HealthSpan with a view to giving his patients an extra ten good years of life.
“I get my greatest kicks from sharing up to date insights on health in a simple-tounderstand, practical and relevant way, with people who want the most out of life, because it really is true… Life's so much better when you're healthy.”
Michael is an Oxford Alumni, a South African Brand ambassador, and the author of “Apples of Gold” - his second book on health and wellbeing on the back of his first best-seller “Your Best Life.” He speaks to audiences worldwide and has been recognised as one of South Africa’s top business speakers with a Hall of Fame distinction.
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