Is It Too Late To Fix My Health? with Jack Clifford

Mid-life Men: the mental health podcast · May 13, 2026 · 37m

At 47, Jack Clifford was told he had a 100% blocked LAD “widowmaker” artery and needed emergency triple bypass surgery.

Instead, he walked out of the hospital.

Partly because he didn’t feel like the kind of man this was supposed to happen to. Partly because he’d watched his mother suffer cognitive decline after heart surgery and was terrified of losing himself in the process.

What followed was a five-year journey that completely changed how he thought about health, ageing, and survival.

In this episode, Jack explains why he chose not to follow the path doctors recommended and instead turned…