Liz Earle Shares How She Feels Decades Younger: Turning Back the Biological Clock

Liz Earle has spoken out about feeling “decades younger” through her work on turning back the biological clock, sharing insights from her latest book and advocacy for midlife and older women’s health.

The writer and entrepreneur, who founded her eponymous beauty brand in 1995 before selling it in 2010, said she has become acutely aware of systemic gaps in healthcare for women over 50. “There seems to be this real lack of care and attention for midlife and older women,” Earle, 62, stated. “They’re disadvantaged in so many ways – there’s a huge [amount of] gender discrimination that goes on for women generally in healthcare, in terms of lack of research and funding, and then when you factor in ageism on top of that.”

Earle described a “really strong feeling of injustice” at how older women are treated within medical and wellness spaces, noting that their expertise is often dismissed despite decades of experience. “It’s frustrating because particularly women who write about wellness, which is my job, we’re seen as a little bit of flimflam on the side,” she said. “I’m sometimes dismissed as a mere influencer, when I’ve been writing about health and wellbeing for 40 years. I’m not a doctor, I’m not an academic, but I am a researcher, and I do talk to a lot of different doctors and academics, who work on a very high level on the global stage, and try and translate that information, bring it out of labs and ivory towers into real life.”

Because One can’t wait, we don’t have the time to wait. We don’t have the luxury. I’m in my 60s, and they say it’s around 17 years for an idea to come out of the lab and into a home environment. I haven’t got 17 years to wait.

Liz Earle

Her latest book, How To Age, was inspired by research into longevity and what she describes as a growing interest in quantum biology – the idea that ancestral biological forces have been lost in modern society and need to be reconnected with. “I became aware of a real growing movement of what’s been loosely termed quantum biology, which is the notion that there are these really strong, ancestral forces that we’ve become disconnected to as a society, and we need to reconnect with that,” Earle explained.

As a mother of five who splits her time between London and the West Country, Earle emphasized that women in midlife and beyond are actively seeking reliable health information. “Through her work in the wellness space, the writer and entrepreneur says she’s discovered that women are ‘hungry for information’ about their own health,” according to her remarks. She criticized the lack of investment in female-focused aging research, calling attention to disparities that leave older women underserved.

With over 35 books to her name, Earle continues to position herself as a bridge between scientific research and public understanding, advocating for faster translation of longevity science into everyday practice. Her commentary highlights ongoing cultural and medical conversations about aging, gender equity in healthcare, and the visibility of experienced women in wellness discourse.