The Female Wellness Protocol for Longevity, Youth Optimisation & Daily Routines with Kayla Barnes
Tess TalksShow Notes
Today on Tess Talks, I’m joined by Kayla Barnes — certified brain health coach, biohacker, and founder of Brain Biohacking Co. Kayla is known globally for helping women optimise their performance, longevity, and wellbeing from the inside out. In a space dominated by male research, she’s carving her own path and becoming one of the most studied women in this field, bringing an evidence-based yet accessible approach to brain health, gut health, and bio-optimisation.
In this episode, we dive into how daily habits can reshape your brain and body, the future of longevity, and why true health begins long before the results show up. It’s a chat about discipline, data, and using science to build a life that feels good. Whether you’re deep into biohacking or just curious, this episode has something for everyone.
In this episode
How Tess and Kayla first entered the health world through brain fog and curiosity. Kayla shares her journey to marriage, how she “just knew,” and why being married has been her best biohack yet. Why connection and community are essential for longevity and emotional wellbeing. Kayla’s takeaways from Wanderlust Wellspring What sparked her interest in biohacking and health optimisation. Becoming an entrepreneur at 17 and exploring human potential. Designing her female longevity protocol after realising women are often excluded from research. Why women have been overlooked in testing and how Kayla aims to change that. The story behind Timeless Biotech and her ovarian age testing breakthrough. Her mission to live past 100 and the daily rituals behind it. Kayla’s morning routine, sleep insights, and supplement stack. Foundational habits: food first, movement, stress reduction. How she manages her protocols while travelling and why she now only travels for work. The value of testing: bloodwork, hormones, genetics, toxic load. Why gut health underpins everything and how environment and products influence it. Microplastics, water filtration, EMFs, and creating a restorative home. Her wind-down rituals, early dinners, and stress management tools. A day on her plate and her love for Heavenly Heat Saunas.
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