What if ageing isn’t something we simply have to accept—but a self-care discipline we can understand, influence and experience differently? That was the conversation at the latest Creators Circle, “Can We Hack Ageing? What Men & Women Need To Know About Living Better, Longer,” held on 23 September at 21 Rooftop Bar, Hyatt Centric Kuala Lumpur. Moderated by Dr Aiesha Asmadi, Sports & Exercise Medicine Doctor (also Co-Founder, ThrivePlay), the intimate conversation brought together Dr Iman Thalia, Medical Doctor and Co-Founder of The Longevity Lounge, and Kit Mah, Founder of Healthspan and NFM Practitioner, for a candid exploration of longevity, healthspan, peak performance and the lifestyle choices that can shape how we age. Rather than approaching ageing purely as a medical conversation, the evening looked at the bigger picture — how we move, sleep, recover, eat, manage our metabolic health and ultimately maintain the energy and capability to keep doing the things we love. “The conversation around ageing needs to change. It’s not simply about adding years to our lives; it’s about making those years healthier, more active and more meaningful,” shared Dr Aiesha Asmadi. “Longevity medicine is an incredibly exciting and rapidly evolving space, and we should remain open-minded about innovation. At the same time, the evidence behind different interventions varies considerably. Peptides are a good example — there is promising science, but it is also a highly unregulated space, and some of the claims being made have moved ahead of robust human evidence. Promising does not necessarily mean proven. We can embrace innovation without abandoning evidence-based medicine,” she elaborated. For Dr Iman Thalia, longevity doesn’t have to become another complicated wellness obsession. It starts with understanding the body and making better, sustainable choices. She brought critical clarity to female longevity, emphasising that effective health optimization starts with precision data. “While wearable tech is everywhere, few women know how to translate those metrics into meaningful action. As women navigate perimenopause, shifting hormones profoundly impact sleep, body composition, muscle retention, cognitive function, libido, and metabolic health. Unlocking peak vitality through this transition isn’t about generic wellness trends—it requires a tailored, data-first approach rooted in baseline bloodwork and everyday lifestyle metrics,” she added. FROM HEALTHSPAN TO PEAKSPAN But one of the most interesting ideas to emerge from the conversation was the shift from simply asking how long we live to asking how long we can maintain our peak. For Kit Mah, the next evolution of the longevity conversation is Peakspan — maintaining peak health and performance for as long as possible. “For me, longevity is not simply about extending lifespan — it is about maintaining your peak for as long as possible. I call that ‘Peakspan,’” shared Kit Mah, Founder of Healthspan & NFM Practitioner. “To achieve Peakspan, we first have to master the basics of health before we start talking about peak performance. Sleep, nutrition, metabolic health, movement and recovery are the foundations. Once those basics are mastered, we can begin to customise them to an elite level — much like an athlete would. The exciting part is that much of this can be achieved naturally, by understanding your own body and building a health and performance strategy around it,” he advocated. The idea of Peakspan added another dimension to the evening’s conversation: that healthy ageing isn’t necessarily about trying to turn back the clock, but about maintaining strength, energy, mobility, recovery and performance for as long as possible. And importantly, it begins with mastering the basics. Sleep. Nutrition. Metabolic health. Movement. Recovery. Then comes optimisation. That thinking sits comfortably within the wider philosophy behind ThrivePlay (and ThriveFest to be held in 2027) — that wellness should not feel like punishment, restriction or an endless pursuit of perfection. It should be about building the physical and mental capacity to live, move, play, work, travel and experience life better. Together, the speakers reflected a more nuanced evolution of longevity: men and women may experience ageing differently; living longer is only part of the goal; and the emerging ambition may be to extend not only lifespan and healthspan, but our “peakspan” — while remaining scientifically rigorous about the interventions we use along the way. Creators Circle continues to create space for conversations that sit at the intersection of health, lifestyle, culture, business and the future — bringing together people from different disciplines to question how we want to live, work and age. And perhaps that is what made the conversation particularly relevant. Because ageing is not a niche wellness conversation. It is everyone’s conversation. The evening was supported by Ice Power and The Exchange Asia, and hosted at Hyatt Centric Kuala Lumpur, bringing together a curated community of creators, founders, entrepreneurs and cultural leaders for an intimate conversation around one of life’s most universal experiences.
