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| 635: Understanding the Gut Microbiome with Dr. Gregor Reid | 28 Aug 2024 | 00:45:25 | |
Inside your gastrointestinal tract there are trillions of microbes, about 3 lbs in total, and in terms of absolute numbers, you have more microbial cells than human cells. This collection of bacteria, viruses, and fungi are collectively referred to as your gut microbiome, and at this juncture of human history, most of us struggle with some degree of gut dysbiosis. My guest on this week’s podcast has dedicated his work to the study of gut microbiome and how to fix it when things go wrong. Listen and learn:
ABOUT OUR GUEST Dr. Gregor Reid is a microbiologist whose work is focused on human microbiome and probiotics. He’s authored over 500 scientific publications and is the author of the book, Probiotics: A Story About Hope. Links Like the Show?
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| 634: How to Become Hyperefficient with Dr. Mithu Storoni | 21 Aug 2024 | 00:45:03 | |
The way we work has changed more in the past four years than it has in the past 20. An estimated 43 percent of Americans are now working at least partially from home, artificial intelligence is making most people at least marginally more productive, and we’re all connected all of the time. This sounds good–or at least exciting–but is it working for you? Are you more efficient? More balanced? More creative? My guest on this week’s podcast wrote a book on efficiency in our modern world, a quickly changing landscape where decade old systems and processes have become obsolete. Listen and learn:
Links ABOUT OUR GUEST Dr. Mithu Storoni is a medical doctor, neuroscientist, and author, best known for her work on stress and its effects on the brain. Her books include Stress Proof and her forthcoming title, Hyperefficient. Like the Show?
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| 625: High Performance Life with Derin McMains | 20 Jun 2024 | 00:39:32 | |
The world of professional athletes and the concept of your body being your business, with its performance directly linked to your paycheck is completely outside of anything most of us have experienced. For most of us, we wake up to a to-do list of tasks, and it’s unclear if we’re winning or losing, what the score is, or whether anyone is even keeping score. My guest on this week’s podcast shares how he’s taken his experiences as a professional baseball player off the field and into office life. Listen and learn
Links ABOUT OUR GUEST Derin McMains is a former professional baseball player who was drafted in the eleventh round of the 2001 Major League Baseball Draft by the San Francisco Giants. He spent six seasons in the Giants’ minor league system, earning the Harry S. Jordan Award for the Giants’ best spring training rookie in 2006. Currently, he serves as the Director of Mental Conditioning at ReliaQuest, a cybersecurity company. Like the Show?
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| 536: The Future Can be Great with Ari Wallach | 05 Oct 2022 | 00:42:35 | |
If you could meet anyone from history, who would you meet? There’s a saying that you should never meet your heroes because you’d be disappointed–at best. Envisioning the future of human progress in a game of push and pull. We dig in our heels as we cling to the past, and we press the pedal to the floor–all at once. My guest on this week’s podcast focuses his work on what he calls, the Longpath, a future-focused vision for living today. Listen and learn
Links ABOUT OUR GUEST Ari Wallach is the founder and Executive Director of Longpath Labs. He is the author of the book, Longpath: Becoming the Great Ancestors Our Future Needs. He has a TED Talk on his concept of Longpath that is a great primer to his work as well. Like the Show?
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| 535: Menopause Bootcamp with Suzanne Gilberg-Lenz, MD | 28 Sep 2022 | 00:43:11 | |
The average life expectancy 100 years ago was around 53 or 54 years whereas the average life where I live today is over 80 - this is a radical change. When the average person is adding three decades to their life compared to their great-great grandparents, there are all kinds of new concerns that arise. How can I keep my teeth that long? How can I hold onto muscles and bone strength? And will I have the hormonal mix to make me feel like a man or woman; or will I just slowly wither away. Links Dr. Suzanne’s Site Dr. Suzanne is known for her Menopause bootcamps in Los Angeles, and she has combined her work as an OB-GYN and Ayurvedic Medicine practitioner into a new book, Menopause Bootcamp. Like the Show?
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| 534: How to Fix Gas & Bloating with Dr. Megan Rossi | 21 Sep 2022 | 00:37:45 | |
Did you know your body contains just as many bacteria cells as human cells–about 30 trillion in total? Around 3 lbs of those little buggers live in your gastrointestinal tract, and just as our planet’s soils are productive yet depleted, your gut microbiome is functional but often imbalanced and dysfunctional. No wonder you’re suffering from gas, bloating, acid reflux and even severe conditions like irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). To complicate things more, health marketers would have you believe that if you simply take a fiber supplement and eat some probiotic-enriched yogurt, you can correct the mess fast–but the problem is far more complex. On this week’s podcast, you’ll learn from gut health specialist, Dr. Rossi, the ins and outs of a happy belly. Listen and learn:
Links ABOUT OUT GUEST Dr. Megan Rossi is a dietitian and nutritionist. She’s a Research Fellow at King’s College London where she investigates nutrition-based therapies in gut health, including prebiotics and probiotics, dietary fibers. Megan is the author of two books, Eat Yourself Healthy and Eat More, Live Well. Like the Show?
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| 533: How to Rehab Your Feet with Christopher Ioannou | 14 Sep 2022 | 00:47:07 | |
Christopher McDougal’s 2009 book, Born to Run, brought minimal footwear and the importance of healthy feet to the forefront of fitness conversations internationally. At the time, there were just a couple minimal-style shoe companies in existence, today there are dozens. If you’re like most people, you’ve likely been squishing your feet into narrow toe box shoes with arch support and an elevated heel for most of your life. The result? Plantar fasciitis, bunions, hammertoe, and overlapping toes are just a handful of the many problems that can arise from this modern foot binding practice. The good news is that there are solutions and this week’s guest is here to talk you through them. Listen and learn
Learn More ABOUT OUR GUEST Christopher Ioannou is a sports scientist who specializes in foot health, minimal shoes, and fixing feet. He has a great YouTube channel called “Exercising Health”. Like the Show?
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| 532: Psychedelics as Medicine? with Matt Zemon | 07 Sep 2022 | 00:42:29 | |
Various psychedelic drugs have been used for thousands of years by people all over the world, primarily in spiritual ceremonies and for medicinal purposes. In 1938 Albert Hoffman discovered LSD, and it served as the Western world’s introduction to this type of drug. Psychedelics came to define the counterculture generation of the 1960s, and there was a parallel movement in research science for their potential use in mental health. In 1970, President Nixon introduced the Controlled Substances Act, and research came to a grinding halt. Today, there is a push to decriminalize medical and even recreational use for many - if not all - psychedelics, and this is both interesting and terrifying. On this week’s podcast, we’ll explore the modern landscape of psychedelic drugs and mental health. Listen and learn:
Links ABOUT OUR GUEST Matt is the author of Psychedelics for Everyone. He holds a Master Degree in Psychology and “Neuroscience of Mental Health” from King’s College London.Matt Zemon is the CEO and Co-Founder of HAPPŸŸ, a mental wellness company that specializes in psychedelic-assisted ketamine therapy along with digital therapeutics that promote life-transforming outcomes. Like the Show?
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| 531: Fix Your Feet with Tea Nguyen | 31 Aug 2022 | 00:35:32 | |
Bunions, hammertoes, and the wide array of foot ailments can be easy to hide inside shoes, but that doesn’t make them easy to live with. What might start as achy feet can quickly turn into a real health challenge with cascading effects if you’re unable to stay active doing the things you love. On this week’s podcast, you’ll meet a podiatrist that takes a holistic approach to foot health. Listen to Learn
Links ABOUT OUR GUEST Dr. Tea Nguyen is a podiatrist in private practice. She is the founder of Pacific Podiatry in Freedom, CA, and takes a whole person, holistic approach to foot health and healing. Like the Show?
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| 530: The Truth About Reverse Aging with Morgan Levine PhD | 24 Aug 2022 | 00:39:14 | |
How long do you want to live? How healthy do you want to be in your later years? For many podcast listeners, healthspan is more important than lifespan, but it’s difficult to figure out what–if anything–can stack the deck in your favor. On this week’s podcast, we’ll meet PhD researcher and author, Morgan Levine, who is actively working to answer these questions. Listen and learn:
Links ABOUT OUR GUEST Morgan Levine was an Assistant Professor in the department of Pathology at Yale University. She now works with Altos Labs, where she leads a research group on Like the Show?
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| 529: Living with Addiction with Dr. Cali Estes | 17 Aug 2022 | 00:37:59 | |
When you hear the word addict, it may conjure up images of alcoholics stumbling out of bars late at night, or of bleary eyed celebrities being admitted to rehab. But addiction comes in many forms and nowadays includes a whole new set of vices, such as online gaming, pornography and even social media. If addiction is now defined as any compulsive behavior that starts to impede your life in significant ways, it’s likely that many of us may need to take a long hard look in the mirror. Listen and learn:
Learn More ABOUT OUR GUEST Cali Estes Ph.D is an addiction therapist, recovery coach, yoga and pilates teacher. She is the author of a number of books including, I Married a Junkie. Like the Show?
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| 528: How to Banish Productivity Guilt with Madeleine Dore | 10 Aug 2022 | 00:46:57 | |
I’m a productivity junkie in recovery. I’ve read just about every productivity and habit change book you can think of. From time blocking and “inbox zero”, to nootropics, I’ve tried almost everything. And while I’ve certainly learned many tactics, I’ve also learned that most things don’t last. We all need to find what works for us individually; and maybe accept that we are not, or at least don’t have to be, so productive all the time. In a quest to boost her own productivity, my guest on this week’s podcast discovered that the secret is to reframe and redefine it altogether. Listen and learn:
Links ABOUT OUR GUEST Madeleine Dore spent five years researching how creative people organize their lives through her popular blog, Extraordinary Routines, and her podcast, Routines & Ruts. The lessons culminated in her first book, I Didn’t Do The Thing Today. Like the Show?
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| 527: How to Set Boundaries with Dr. Sasha Shillcutt | 03 Aug 2022 | 00:43:48 | |
Overwork and overwhelm are huge problems in today’s society, yet they are highly revered in many cultures. From the story of Elon Musk sleeping in the Tesla factory, to the parents so committed to their children they haven’t had a night out in three years. We shake our heads in dismay when we hear them, but smile in admiration at the same time. Why? Because finding balance is an issue many of us struggle with. On this week’s podcast, we meet a medical doctor and mother of four who found herself consumed by burnout, overwhelm, disappointment, and isolation. She made a huge change in her own life and now writes, speaks, and coaches women to set boundaries and find balance in theirs. Listen and learn:
Links ABOUT OUR GUEST Dr. Sasha Shillcutt is a physician, researcher, speaker, and author. She has published over 50 peer-reviewed articles. She’s also the author of two books: Between Grit & Grace and her new title, Brave Boundaries. Like the Show?
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| 526: Fascia, Pain & Recovery with Douglas Bertram | 27 Jul 2022 | 00:42:08 | |
Our own bodies are a source of infinite learning and mystery. Most of us are familiar with our skin, our hair, muscles, and teeth; but did you know that you have an internal latticework of connective tissues called fascia, that give shape and structure to what would otherwise be a bloody ball of soft serve? Unlike many tissues in the body with a distinct beginning and end, fascial sheaths are often long, complex, and can span the entire length of the body. Even more interesting, fascia is loaded with sensors and nerve endings. It is smart tissue that can serve us well or cause pain, discomfort and injury. On this week’s podcast, we’ll explore this fascinating tissue from a health and healing perspective. Listen and learn:
Link ABOUT OUR GUEST Douglas Bertram has a background in massage therapy, orthopedics, Traditional Chinese Medicine, and sport injuries. He is the founder of orthopedic wellness clinic Structural Elements. Like the Show?
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| 525: Can You Slow Down Skin Aging? with Dr. Shyamalar Gunatheesan | 20 Jul 2022 | 00:27:36 | |
If you walk into any pharmacy, the anti-aging, anti-wrinkle, anti-cellulite creams and potions are everywhere. But does any of this stuff actually work? Most products are simply marketing gimmicks, but there are simple lifestyle measures you can implement to improve your skin health and reduce the speed at which it ages. On this week’s podcast, we meet a dermatologist focused on slowing down the skin aging process. Learn
Link ABOUT OUR GUEST Dr. Shyamalar Gunatheesan is a dermatologist that specializes in skin disorders, hair loss, and nail abnormalities. She is the founder of ODE dermatology in Australia.
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| 524: A Pain-Free Future with Vinny Crispino | 13 Jul 2022 | 00:46:14 | |
We all experience aches and pains at times, sometimes even serious injuries. But what happens when your pain doesn’t go away for months, years, or even a decade or more? What happens when you’re dependent on painkillers to get through the day and you begin to alter your life because of it? Our guest on this week’s podcast is corrective exercise specialist, Vinny Crispino, who broke his back surfing one day and began a 10 year healing journey. Listen and learn:
Links ABOUT OUR GUEST Vinny is the founder of Pain Academy. His work focuses on helping people learn to move better, live better, and overcome pain for good. Like the Show?
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| 523: Finding Peak Performance with Wylie McGraw | 06 Jul 2022 | 00:42:42 | |
It’s hard enough to figure out what you really want to accomplish in a year, let alone in your lifetime, and once you do figure it out, how do you actually show up as the best version of yourself? Personal growth and development often feels like a smile-or-die race to accumulate accolades when most of us are not always smiling and are not even necessarily motivated by external validation. And yet, we continue to strive to become our peak selves. Our guest on this week’s podcast is a former bull rider and combat veteran who now works with high performers to help them reach their best. Listen and learn:
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| 522: Women’s Hormonal Health with Dr. Anna Cabeca | 29 Jun 2022 | 00:35:34 | |
At what age should we consider hormone replacement therapy? Why is PCOS so common? Why is it that women often struggle with ketogenic diets more than men? Our hormones play such an important role in how we look and feel, but most of us are unsure how to optimize them or what ‘normal’ hormonal balance feels like. Medical doctor Anna Cabeca is our guest on this week’s podcast to help us make sense of the endocrine system and understand our hormones better.
Links ABOUT OUR GUEST Dr. Anna Cabeca is a menopause and sexual health expert and speaker. She is a triple board-certified OB-GYN, integrative medicine, and anti-aging and regenerative medicine doctor. Nutritional Tip of the Week
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| 521: Could a 12-hour walk change your life? with Colin O’Brady | 22 Jun 2022 | 00:43:37 | |
Ever felt stuck in a rut with your job, your relationship, or maybe even the city you’re living in? You know what you’re doing isn’t what you want, but you’re unsure how to break your current pattern? It’s fun to think that anything is possible, but at certain phases of life, that’s just not true. On this week’s podcast, author and renowned explorer, Colin O’Brady, reveals how the simple act of taking a twelve hour walk alone, can help you to find peace, clarity and the mental space to help you re-evaluate your life’s possibilities. I love the idea, I’m going to do this here in Barcelona. I hope you join me from wherever you are in the world. Listen and learn:
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Colin O'Brady is a 10x world-record-holding explorer, endurance athlete, speaker and author. His first book is called The Impossible First, and his new book, The 12-Hour Walk comes out soon. Nutritional Tip of the Week
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| 520: Finding Focus with Michael Balchan | 15 Jun 2022 | 00:37:47 | |
What does it mean to live your best life? What does it mean to self-actualize? It’s easy to fall into the trap of chasing status, titles, or physical property; but isn’t what really matters to you based more on your values? If so, your best life could be much closer than it seems. On this week’s podcast, we’ll explore personal and professional growth with coach Michael Balchan. Listen and learn:
Links ABOUT OUR GUEST Michael Balchan is Head Coach and Chief of Staff of Heroic. He’s a Harvard-trained behavioral economist and psychologist, who spent almost a decade in finance before becoming a sought-after performance coach to executives and leadership teams. Nutritional Tip of the Week
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| 519: Middle Age Fitness & Beyond with Anthony Balduzzi | 08 Jun 2022 | 00:42:50 | |
Have you noticed many leading voices in the fitness industry are single and are able to spend 2-3 hours per day working out? No matter how organized you are, if you have kids and a career (that isn’t fitness-related), most people struggle to find even an hour a day for themselves. Rather than ignore the very real time constraints of midlife, my guest on this week’s podcast has created a solution built around systems. Listen and learn:
Links ABOUT OUR GUEST Anthony Balduzzi is the founder of the Fit Father Project. He helps busy fathers lose weight and build muscle to stay healthy for their families. Nutritional Tip of the Week
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| 518: If Your Mouth Could Talk with Dr Kami Hoss | 01 Jun 2022 | 00:35:39 | |
Periodontal disease is correlated with just about every type of illness and disease. Sometimes it’s a canary in the coal mine for something wrong, but sometimes, it can even be the source of the problem. While many people dismiss dental care as only an aesthetic concern, straight, healthy teeth and a broad palate help with breathing, sleep and even digestion. My guest on this week’s podcast shares his academic and clinical experiences helping people improve their smiles as a means to improving their health. Listen and learn:
Links ABOUT OUR GUEST Dr Kami Hoss is on the board of counselors at UCLA School of Dentistry, and he is the Chairman of the Board, at Howard Healthcare Academy. He has appeared on NBC, ABC, FOX, NPR, and CBS. His book is called, If Your Mouth Could Talk. Nutritional Tip of the Week
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| 517: Finding Fitness Not Fanaticism with Mike Nelson | 25 May 2022 | 00:34:34 | |
Most of us overestimate what we can accomplish in a year and underestimate what we can accomplish in the next five years. With health and fitness, most of us focus so much on the short term that we don’t allow ourselves the space to make lasting change. On this week’s podcast, we’ll discuss finding fitness, not fanaticism, by focusing on doing things you enjoy to achieve sustainable long-term results. Listen and learn:
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Mike T. Nelson has a Ph.D. in exercise physiology. He’s an adjunct professor and a member of the American College of Sports Medicine. He teaches something called the Flex Diet and hosts a podcast by the same name. Nutritional Tip of the Week
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| 624: Transcendental Meditation and Consciousness with Tony Nader | 12 Jun 2024 | 00:37:01 | |
Transcendental meditation is arguably the most popular meditation technique in the world, and the TM organization has funded the bulk of published literature on meditation worldwide. This is in no small part due to its celebrity clients like the Beatles, David Lynch, and Jerry Seinfeld, but also because people find the practice extremely practical and their long term adherence is much higher than to other techniques. Transcendental Meditation involves 20 minutes of mental repetition of a meaningless word, like “som” twice daily. And as simple as this sounds, for millions of people, this is life changing. My guest on this week’s show is a long-time TM practitioner, teacher, and author. Listen and learn:
Links Dr. Nader’s Books ABOUT OUR GUEST Dr. Tony Nader is a neuroscientist and leader of the Transcendental Meditation movement. Dr. Nader has authored several books, including the forthcoming, Consciousness Is All There Is. Like the Show?
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| 516: High Performance Life with Marc Bubbs | 18 May 2022 | 00:39:01 | |
When it comes to health and fitness, one of the biggest challenges in the digital age is information overload. Whether you’re excited about running or cycling, ketogenic diets or intermittent fasting, you can get so far lost down a rabbit hole of research that you never manage to actually get started. On this week’s podcast we meet Marc Bubbs, a coach and nutritionist, who helps pro athletes and people from all walks of life in middle age and beyond set appropriate targets and reasonable goals to achieve above average fitness. Listen and learn:
Links ABOUT OUR GUEST Marc Bubbs is the Director of Performance Nutrition for Canada Basketball and consultant performance nutritionist for Olympic athletes. He’s the author of Peak: The New Science of Performance and Peak 40. Nutritional Tip of the Week
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| 515: How To Handle Diabetes with Dr. Mark Heyman | 11 May 2022 | 00:35:02 | |
You’ve no-doubt had a period of time in your life where your health was the first thing you thought of when you woke up, and the last thing on your mind before bed. Perhaps you had a virus, a severe injury, or even a serious disease like cancer, and your health suddenly dominated your life. For diabetics, this is a lifelong struggle - both physically and mentally. On this week’s podcast we meet Dr Mark, a psychologist who helps people find peace and balance despite the imposition caused by long-term health challenges on their lives. Listen and learn:
ABOUT OUR GUEST Dr. Mark Heyman (Dr. Mark) is a diabetes psychologist and Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDCES). He has lived with Type I diabetes for over twenty years and is the author of Diabetes Sucks and You Can Handle It. Nutritional Tip of the Week
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| 514: Risks of Mental Health Misdiagnosis with Sarah Fay | 04 May 2022 | 00:41:30 | |
For an elementary school student with severe ADHD, who’s at risk of getting expelled for behavior problems, a proper mental health diagnosis can mean the difference between success or failure with traditional education. In situations like these, we can all understand and appreciate the importance of a medical diagnosis. But what about the rest of us? What if you’re depressed after two years of COVID lockdowns, socially isolated, and feeling lost with your career and life? What if you’re getting anxiety at the grocery store or struggling to make friends in a new city? You might currently have five of nine symptoms required for a mental health diagnosis as per the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), but will that diagnosis actually help or hurt you? Sarah Fay, my guest on this week’s podcast, has been formally diagnosed with six different conditions ranging from anorexia to generalized anxiety disorder; and based on her research, believes that most labeling practices do more harm than good. Listen and learn:
ABOUT OUR GUEST Sarah Fay is an author and activist. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Time Magazine, The New Republic, The Michigan Quarterly Review and more. She is on faculty in the English department at Northwestern University. Her new book is called, Pathological: The True Story of Six Misdiagnoses. Nutritional Tip of the Week
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| 513: Lasting Change: Eating & Exercise with Michelle Segar | 27 Apr 2022 | 00:39:09 | |
New habit formation is so challenging. Not only do most of us struggle to establish new routines, we often rebel against our own best interest and go in the other direction. When we fall off a new diet regime, we then feast on junk food. When we slip up and have a drink during ‘dry January,’ we then proceed to have five more. This rebellious self-sabotaging behavior isn’t unique and psychologists have studied it extensively. On this week’s podcast, we meet psychologist, Michelle Segar, who suggests that the solution to making healthy lifestyle changes a long-lasting habit is to focus on making smaller strides toward your goal. It’s a refreshing approach to all or nothing thinking that dooms most of us to failure. Learn
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| 512: Special Episode: Questions Show with Lucas Rockwood | 20 Apr 2022 | 00:36:47 | |
Is yoga enough for real fitness? Is there such a thing as non-religious meditations? What do you do if your chiropractor tells you your spine is misaligned? Lucas Rockwood fields common questions from listeners on this week’s special podcast episode. Learn
ABOUT LUCAS ROCKWOOD Lucas Rockwood is a yoga teacher, trainer, and serial entrepreneur. He’s been hosting this podcast for over a decade. Like the Show? Leave us a Review on iTunes | |||
| 511: Is Now the Best of Times? with Lucas Rockwood | 14 Apr 2022 | 00:21:19 | |
Haven you heard that environmental collapse is going to end life on earth in just 8 years? Do you think that World War III is looming? Are robots going to take over while we humans fight over NFTs in the metaverse? As absurd as all this sounds, these conversations take center stage despite the world’s rapid race toward a truly remarkable future of growth and progress. On this week’s podcast, I’ll share with you my thoughts on why now might just be the best of times, despite its glaring tragedies, and the real risk might be our propensity for catastrophic thinking.
Links ABOUT OUR GUEST Lucas Rockwod is a yoga teacher, trainer, father, and serial entrepreneur. This podcast is a passion project of health, wellness, personal growth and development featuring leading thinkers in their fields. Nutritional Tip of the Week
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| 510: Fitness After 40 with Mark Lewis | 06 Apr 2022 | 00:49:42 | |
Most anti-aging techniques are dubious at best. The hard truth is we’re all getting older, but at the same time, most people can quite literally get fitter every year for a decade or more. For non-athletes, the path toward fitness in your 30s, 40s, or 50s and beyond is incredibly rewarding because you can easily outperform your younger self. On this week’s podcast, you’ll meet an out-of-shape offer worker who slowly but predictably transformed his body and life. Links Listen & Learn
ABOUT OUR GUEST Mark Lewis is a health and fitness vlogger who completely transformed his health later in life. Nutritional Tip of the Week
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| 509: Your Brain on Food with Dr. Uma Naidoo | 30 Mar 2022 | 00:37:04 | |
You know that feeling when you order food that looks great but makes you feel like crap? Maybe it’s deep fried or sugar-ladden. It tastes great, but an hour later, you regret it. Now what if that happens once a week, once a day, or multiple times a day for years? Obviously, your physical health can suffer, but your mental health can too. On this week’s podcast, you’ll meet a nutritional psychiatrist who is a thought leader on the mental health and nutrition connection. Listen and learn:
Links ABOUT OUR GUEST Dr. UMA Naidoo is the Director of Nutritional and Lifestyle Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Director of Nutritional Psychiatry serving on the faculty at Harvard Medical School. Her book is called, This Is Your Brain On Food. Nutritional Tip of the Week
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| 508: The Science of Sleep with Devin Burke | 23 Mar 2022 | 00:40:23 | |
Most people get an average of six-and-a-half hours of sleep each night while needing seven to nine hours. This chronic, endemic sleep deprivation contributes to hormonal imbalances, car accidents, and increased susceptibility to chronic illnesses. Even knowing this, we watch one more episode of our favorite series, stay up to empty our email inboxes, or toss and turn with anxiety until 2:00 am. Is there any way out of this trap? Our guest on this week’s podcast is a sleep expert and shares his best ideas. Listen & Learn
Links ABOUT OUR GUEST Devin Burke is an author, TEDx speaker, sleep coach and founder of Sleep Science Academy. He was named one of the “Top 25 Health Coaches in America.”
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| 507: Revive Your Hormones with Sonya Jensen | 16 Mar 2022 | 00:44:07 | |
Hormones affect your attention, libido, fertility, and lean muscle mass. So much of how we experience the world is determined by these complex chemicals sloshing around inside us–and they are under attack! High stress lifestyles, high carbohydrate diets, and endocrine disrupting toxins threaten to throw us off balance every day. This week’s podcast guest will help you think strategically about how to find balance. You’ll learn:
Links ABOUT OUR GUEST Sonya is a naturopath, mother, author, yoga teacher, and podcaster. Her book is called, Woman Unleashed: Release Your Story, Revive Your Hormones & Reclaim Your Freedom Nutritional Tip of the Week
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| 623: The Amazing World of Fungi with Arturo Casadevall | 05 Jun 2024 | 00:33:45 | |
Fungi have played an important role both in culinary and medicinal traditions for thousands of years, but these magical living organisms are often overlooked - for both good and bad reasons - when it comes to the future of our health and planet. What if a new heat-loving fungus takes over? What if a fungus holds the key to an anti-cancer vaccination? We explore these questions and more with our guest on this week’s podcast. Listen and learn:
Links ABOUT OUR GUEST Dr. Arturo Casadevall is a physician, scientist, and professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. His research focuses on how fungi cause disease and the development of antibody-based therapies for infectious diseases. He has also written a number of books, including his latest, What If Fungi Win? Like the Show?
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| 506: Eat to Beat Depression with Dr. Drew Ramsey | 09 Mar 2022 | 00:40:57 | |
280 million people have depression worldwide, and 700,000 people will die of suicide this year. The problem is getting worse, not better, and while mental health awareness is at an all time high, conversations about the role nutrition plays is all but absent. On this week’s podcast, psychiatrist Drew Ramsey helps us rethink our mental health from a food choice perspective. Learn
Links ABOUT OUR GUEST Dr. Drew Ramsey is a psychiatrist, speaker and author. He is an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He founded the Brain Food Clinic in New York City. He’s had TEDx talks, a video series with Big Think, and the BBC documentary Food on the Brain. He is the author of three books including, Eat to Beat Depression & Anxiety. Nutritional Tip of the Week
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| 505: Genius Foods with Max Lugavere | 02 Mar 2022 | 00:41:35 | |
How do you navigate the challenges of optimal nutrition while simultaneously considering budget, ethics, and the environment? Grass-fed beef might be a nutritional powerhouse, but how can we justify the environmental and ethical challenges of raising such large, inefficient ruminant animals when other alternatives are available? My guest on this week’s podcast is a moderate voice of reason, health food advocate, and best-selling author. Listen & Learn
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| 504: Hyperbaric Medicine with Dr. Scott Sherr | 23 Feb 2022 | 00:38:14 | |
Hyperbaric chambers use pressure, and in some cases concentrated oxygen, to treat a wide variety of injuries and ailments. You’ve no doubt heard of high-level athletes using these treatments to speed up recovery, but you might not realize hyperbaric therapy is approved for 14+ medical conditions. On this week’s podcast, we’ll explore the safe and simple use of pressurized therapy for reduced inflammation, oxygenation of plasma, fighting off infections, and more. Listen and learn:
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| 503: No More Crash & Burn Diets with Susan Peirce Thompson PhD | 16 Feb 2022 | 00:51:14 | |
Food is so much more than energy. It’s culture, tradition, family, comfort, indulgence, guilt, and pleasure all in one. To add to the complexity, certain foods are even addicting. Today, food abundance is the norm and food costs have dropped lower than any time (relatively speaking) in recorded history. With that in mind, is it any wonder we’re struggling with weight gain, cravings and food addiction? My guest on this week’s podcast is a recovered expert in the psychology of eating. Learn
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| 502: Ideal Diet for Your Genetics with Dr. Yael Joffe | 09 Feb 2022 | 00:46:15 | |
What if your genetic code could tell you what form of exercise would be best for you, based on your ability to build muscle, endure physical stress, and recover? What if you knew which foods would be best-suited to your unique genetics? This is the future of individualized medicine, and according to my guest on this week’s show, it’s not far off. Learn
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| 501: Harness the Voice in Your Head with Ethan Kross | 02 Feb 2022 | 00:37:42 | |
We speak an estimated 50,000 words to ourselves, in our head, every single day. That’s the same amount of information as you’d find in most paperback books. We have positive, negative, and instructive self talk; but for many of us, the negative takes center stage. It might be anxiety over an uncertain future or ruminations about regrets and pains from the past. Either way, when the voice in your head dominates, it’s very hard to get anything done, much less enjoy the process. My guest on this week’s show is a psychologist whose work is focused on understanding and helping us to harness what he calls, chatter. Learn
Links ABOUT OUR GUEST Ethan Kross is a doctor of psychology whose work focuses on controlling the conscious mind. He founded the Emotion & Self Control Laboratory in 2008, and his work has been published in Science, The New England Journal of Medicine, and numerous other peer-reviewed journals. His book is called, Chatter, The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It. Nutritional Tip of the Week
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| 500: Can Meat Fix Your Heart with Dr. Philip Ovadia | 26 Jan 2022 | 00:38:01 | |
It’s hard enough to navigate our modern food system if your goal is general health, but what if you’re trying to prevent or reverse heart disease? What if you have early warning signs like elevated triglycerides or high blood pressure? | |||
| 499: The Truth about PTSD with Dr. Michael S. Scheeringa | 19 Jan 2022 | 00:40:46 | |
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder first appeared in the DSM-3 in 1980, and was clinically defined as exposure to an actual or threat of death, serious injury, or sexual violence. Today, clinicians and pop health proponents have expanded the definition broadly, without supporting research, and the result is a catch-all term used to describe any past stress. Labeling mental health challenges is crucial for research, funding, and appropriate treatment, so on this week’s show, you’ll meet a doctor and researcher who will help us understand trauma based on science.
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| 498: Breaking Food Addiction with Dr. Vera Tarman | 12 Jan 2022 | 00:40:28 | |
People often say things like, “I'm addicted to chocolate” or “I can’t live without ice cream.” And sometimes it’s true. Modern food is processed, packaged and concentrated in ways that light up our dopamine and endorphin receptors just like drugs; and yes, psychological and physiological addictions are very common. If you’re addicted to cigarettes, the clear solution is to stop. That’s not easy, but at least the goal is clear. If you’re addicted to food, you have to learn to manage your addiction, and this is why it can be such a challenge to overcome. On this week’s podcast, you’ll meet a medical doctor and recovered food addict herself. Learn
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| 497: Wearable Tech - Measure, Track, Improve with Rob ter Horst | 05 Jan 2022 | 00:45:04 | |
Expensive watches have been a status symbol for centuries, but now, weird-looking bands have replaced the bingy Rolexes. Instead of signaling wealth, these new gizmos signal a keen interest and commitment to health. Welcome to the world of wearable health tech. On a basic level, you can track your daily steps and your heart rate. More advanced devices can track respiratory rate, HRV, body temperature, and even blood oxygen levels. Learn
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| 622: Virtual Reality for Brain Health with Amir Bozorgzadeh | 29 May 2024 | 00:42:57 | |
When I was eleven years old, my grandmother predicted the demise of the personal computer. “Staring at the screen will ruin your eyes,” she proclaimed. The same story is repeated with all new technology: initially it’s met with resistance and fear, and later becomes so important in our lives that we cannot imagine life without it. In recent years, virtual reality experienced a lackluster launch, and the metaverse is the butt of hundreds of jokes. The generally accepted belief is that VR is dead on arrival, and yet it’s not. It just hasn’t found its use case yet. But it will. On this week’s podcast, you’ll meet a VR start-up founder focused on the educational potential of virtual learning. Listen to learn:
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| 496: Mindful Intimacy with Jessica Graham | 29 Dec 2021 | 00:39:25 | |
Mindfulness gets bundled with everything from golf to gardening these days, but one place it might make the most sense is often overlooked: intimacy. For meaning, connection, and even anatomical functioning, mindful practices can make a huge difference. On this week’s show, you’ll meet author and coach, Jessica Graham. Resources Jessica’s Website Jessica is a meditation teacher, sex, relationship, and spiritual guide for couples and individuals. She also works with grief and trauma. Her book is called Good Sex: Getting Off Without Checking Out. Nutritional Tip of the Week
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| 495: Swole Planet with Ryan Andrews | 22 Dec 2021 | 00:40:54 | |
Imagine you are in charge of the weekly grocery shopping for a family of four, and each week, you get a new assignment. Week one, you’re asked to buy the healthiest possible food for your family. Week two, you’re asked to choose foods that are healthiest for the planet. Week three, you’re asking to choose foods produced fairly, meaning the workers and employees in the supply chain are treated well. Week four, you’re asked to do all three previous challenges at once: health, environment, fair trade.
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| 494: Onions, Inflation & Family Farms with Shay Myers | 15 Dec 2021 | 00:43:16 | |
When most people think about a family farm, they think of a wooden house in the middle of a field with a few chickens, a couple of cows, and some corn and tomatoes growing. These days, that is more likely a “hobby farm” since almost all commercially viable farms, including family-run operations, are high tech, sizable, and are extremely productive. They have to be to survive. On this week’s podcast, you’ll meet a multi-generational farmer who will help us all better understand where our food comes from, the complexity of supply chains, and the challenges of survival as inflation sets in. Learn
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