Wed, 30 December 2020
In Search of Mastery with Michael Gervais ----------- What does it mean to self actualize? To become your personal best at whatever it is you do? Listen & Learn:
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Category:Health -- posted at: 10:20am CET |
Tue, 22 December 2020
Get To Know Your Genes Listen & Learn:
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Category:Health -- posted at: 1:05pm CET |
Tue, 15 December 2020
Fantastic Fungi with Eugenia Bone ---------------------- It’s mushroom season in Cataluña, so the markets are filled with orange, white, and even jet black “setas” that are almost all wild harvested. They're delicious and packed with a unique micronutrient profile that is great for your immune system. On this week's show, you´ll meet a mycophagist, writer, and teacher on all things fungi. Did you know…
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Category:Health -- posted at: 4:44pm CET |
Wed, 9 December 2020
Happy Pessimist --------- Has your life been turned upside down in 2020? How are you feeling? Positive thinking and optimism are often considered one and the same, but you can be simultaneously positive and pessimistic - and it might be the smartest way to plan for 2021. You can gameplay the worst case scenario with a smile, prepare for the worst, and set yourself up to be pleasantly surprised. Listen & Learn:
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Category:Health -- posted at: 12:36pm CET |
Wed, 2 December 2020
Overcome Fear with Kristen Ulmer The answer is, “I wouldn’t do it!” But my guest on this week’s podcast used her extensive experience in the world of extreme sports to learn to harness fear and develop a system for teaching this to others. Whether you’re scared of public speaking or simply too nervous to ask that guy or girl for their number, Kristen Ulmer’s approach to fear is unique and effective. Listen & Learn:
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Category:Health -- posted at: 11:20am CET |
Wed, 25 November 2020
Mindfulness a Solution for Addiction? ------
ABOUT OUR GUEST Dr. Jud Brewer is an Addiction Psychiatrist and the author of The Craving Mind and the creator of a number of mindfulness apps. He is director of research and innovation at the Mindfulness Center at Brown University, and the executive medical director of behavioral health at Sharecare.
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Category:Health -- posted at: 9:59am CET |
Tue, 17 November 2020
Respiratory Therapy with Joe Lewis If you’re interested in pranayama and breathwork, there is so much more to discover than simply “oxygenation.” As a student of yoga breathing for over a decade, there continues to be a lack of real scientific teaching, so on this week’s podcast, we’ll nerd out on biomechanics and chemistry of breathing. Listen & Learn:
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Category:Health -- posted at: 1:42pm CET |
Thu, 12 November 2020
CBD for Pain & Sleep with Mary Clifton
Marijuana is quickly becoming legal or at least decriminalized in most states. Billions of dollars of previously criminal revenue is suddenly on-the-books and taxable, and hundreds of products are flooding the market including everything from skincare to nutritional supplements. CBD (cannabidiol) is just one of dozens of cannabinoids in marijuana, and it’s of particular interest for pain, anxiety, and sleep. CBD is non-psychoactive, meaning you won’t get paranoid or faceplant into the couch, so it can be a natural and safe alternative to prescription drugs. Listen & Learn:
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Category:Health -- posted at: 9:36am CET |
Wed, 4 November 2020
Reflexology & Energy Balance with Helen Chin Lui Set and setting are often overlooked when it comes to healing. Set refers to your mindset going in, and setting refers to the environment in which the treatment takes place. If you walk into a therapist's office with a “This will be so helpful!” attitude, and if the office is beautiful, smells nice, and is dimly lit, the deck has already been stacked in favor of a positive outcome. On this week's podcast, you'll meet a reflexologist who will help you navigate the world of alternative health. Listen & Learn:
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Category:Health -- posted at: 1:41pm CET |
Wed, 28 October 2020
The Power of Pessimism - COVID-19 Survival ----- What if this COVID-19 crisis lasts another six months? Or another two years? Our work and lifestyles are being radically redefined, and most people are taking a “wait and see’ approach, doubling down on Netflix, and waiting for big pharma to fix this mess. On this week’s podcast, we’ll explore the power of pessimism, the importance of focus, and how to find the signal through the noise during these challenging times. Listen & Learn:
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Category:Health -- posted at: 5:03pm CET |
Wed, 21 October 2020
Understanding Your Bloodwork When was the last time you went to your doctor for a checkup? Did you make any requests or did you just let them do their thing and trust they’d let you know if something was amiss? But where do you start? On this week’s show, we’ll help you think strategically about getting your bloodwork done and interpreting the results. Listen & Learn:
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Category:Health -- posted at: 9:35am CET |
Wed, 14 October 2020
Reverse Aging with Lifelong “Play” ----------------------------------------------- Aging starts with the loss of lean muscle and mobility. Next, you notice you’re not sharp as you used to be, and then things accelerate as you become less active, less engaged in the world, and one step closer to the grave. Death is inevitable, but “healthspan” is something we can control: how healthy will you be in those years you do have on this planet? Do you want to die riding a skateboard or stuck in a nursing facility? Do you want your best years to be in the past or in the future? Our guest on this week’s podcast is in his late 70’s and learning new skills daily, skills that even 20-year-olds find challenging. Listen & Learn:
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Category:Health -- posted at: 1:53pm CET |
Wed, 7 October 2020
Sex Robots & Vegan Meat In the next decade, technology won’t just disrupt industries, it will disrupt the moral fabric of society. How do we navigate the complexity of artificial wombs, lab-grown meat, sex robots, and euthanasia? Do you have a firm moral stance on any of these issues? I don’t, and I’m not sure how to resolve these open loops. Listen & Learn:
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Category:Health -- posted at: 10:29am CET |
Wed, 30 September 2020
How to Succeed with Yoga & Fitness At Home with Lucas Rockwood COVID-19 has forced and inspired hundreds of millions of people to start at-home yoga practices and exercise routines - this is amazing! But how do you make it last? How do you stay motivated? And perhaps most importantly, how do you avoid the temptation to bail out of your workout halfway through and scroll through your social media newsfeed instead? This week’s podcast is a solo show where I’ll share five tips for success with an at-home yoga or fitness regime based on my 17 years experience. My Top Five Tips:
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Category:Health -- posted at: 11:38am CET |
Wed, 23 September 2020
Is Personality Permanent?
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Category:Health -- posted at: 11:44am CET |
Wed, 16 September 2020
Fast, Feast, Repeat with Gin Stephens Enter: time-restricted eating (aka intermittent fasting). The simple practice increasing the break time between your last meal today and your first meal tomorrow can have exciting effects on your hormones, blood sugar, body fat, and overall weight. For most people interested in weight loss, this is the simplest, safest, and easiest place to start - so why not? Listen & Learn:
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Category:Nutrition -- posted at: 11:01am CET |
Tue, 8 September 2020
But What if Your Workplace is Toxic? Life is too short to hate your job, and yet most of us do. With telecommuting at an all-time high, some jobs have become more tolerable, but do you truly feel meaning and purpose at work? Do you feel like you’re working toward a worthy goal? These are hard questions I don’t have the answer to, but my guest on the show has created a multi-award winning workplace, so he’s got some great ideas. Listen & Learn:
Links & Resources ABOUT OUR GUEST Robert Glazer is the founder and CEO of Acceleration Partners marketing agency.His agency has won numerous awards including Glassdoor's Employees' Choice Awards (2 years in a row), Ad Age's Best Place to Work, Entrepreneur's Top Company Culture (2 years in a row), Great Place to Work & Fortune's Best Small & Medium Workplaces (3 years in a row) and Boston Globe's Top Workplaces (2 years in a row). His writing has been featured in Forbes, Inc. and Entrepreneur magazines, Bob shares his ideas and insights via Friday Forward email newsletter, his Elevate podcast, and his books including: Friday Forward and Elevate. Nutritional Tip of the Week:
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Category:general -- posted at: 4:33pm CET |
Wed, 2 September 2020
8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back with Esther Gokhale Listen & Learn:
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Category:Health -- posted at: 10:00am CET |
Wed, 26 August 2020
The Importance of Friendship with Lydia Denworth But what is a true friend? And how does that change from your teen years into adulthood, middle age and beyond? From an adaptive perspective, why is it that strong friendships are correlated with longevity and overall healthspan? On this week’s podcast, we’ll explore the importance and science behind deep social connections. Listen & Learn:
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Category:Health -- posted at: 11:17am CET |
Wed, 19 August 2020
The Science of Sin with Dr. Jack Lewis
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Category:Health -- posted at: 10:54am CET |
Wed, 12 August 2020
The Joy of Movement Many of us chase happiness in life but happy states are fleeting anomalies largely out of our control. If you’re experiencing true joy right now, swim and revel in it, but know that soon it will be gone. Get a good night's sleep. You’ll feel good. Eat the foods you know are right for you. You’ll feel good. Sit less, move more, and exercise. You’ll feel good. Feeling good doesn't fix all the other challenges in your life, but it always helps. On this week’s podcast, you’ll meet the author of a new book, The Joy of Movement, an exploration into the biochemical, neurological, and emotional health benefits of using your body for what it was designed to do. To move.
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Category:Health -- posted at: 10:22am CET |
Wed, 5 August 2020
The Meritocracy Trap: How the Myth Feeds Inequality ------------------- Every year I live outside the U.S. I’m able to better understand my culture simply due to my physical distance from it. I notice things like promiscuous use of peanut butter and cinnamon in American foods, the endless sports and war metaphors in colloquial language, the ubiquitous nostalgia for the post-World War II family life, and the universal belief that every underdog has a chance to go all the way up. Meritocracy. Study hard, work hard, and show up year-after-year, and you can be just about anything you want to be. In the 1950s, that was somewhat true. Today, the schism between the have and have-nots is so vast that in many cases, no amount of hard work or earned street cred will give you equal access to opportunity. Listen & Learn:
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Category:general -- posted at: 10:37am CET |
Wed, 29 July 2020
The Strength Therapist Of all the muscles in your body, your heart muscle gets the most attention - and for good reason. Cardiovascular disease continues to be the leading cause of death in most countries, so any comprehensive fitness programs must address heart health. But all the other muscles matter too including your quads, your hamstrings, your glutes, and biceps. Ample skeletal muscle is associated with hormonal health, neurological health, and longevity, but for most people over the age of 40, they are losing mass with each passing year. Listen & Learn:
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Category:Health -- posted at: 3:17pm CET |
Wed, 22 July 2020
How to Change Your Mind -------------------------------------- “If it bleeds it leads” has always informed mass media, but for the past few years, the new thesis goes like this. “The more radical the viewpoint, the more reach it gets.” Extreme groups of all types scream it out daily; and while collectively, they represent the minority fringe, they siphon off the majority of our bandwidth. There are the alt right xenophobes, the extreme left terrorists, the all-meat eaters, the fruitarians, the violent vegans, and the QAnon followers all trying to convince you they possess the real truth. So who holds the real answers? Nobody. Listen & Learn:
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Category:Health -- posted at: 10:29am CET |
Wed, 15 July 2020
Meditation can reduce cortisol, increase telomere length, improve concentration, and foster feelings of unity. But it’s also very, very hard to practice consistently. Stillness is a serious challenge. Despite the plethora of books and apps and mindfulness training programs, most of us still talk a good meditation game but fail to back it up with practice. On this week’s show, you’ll meet an author, teacher, and lifelong meditator who shares his no-nonsense approach to the practices of Buddhist meditation and mindfulness. Learn How Meditation:
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Wed, 8 July 2020
What do snoring, crooked teeth, and mouth breathing have in common? All these conditions can indicate or even predict a whole series of chronic health problems down the road. James Nestor began his study into breathwork in the extreme world of freediving and breath holding, but he eventually came full circle to focus on the power and necessity of healthy, balanced breathing - something often lacking in our lives.
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Category:Health -- posted at: 5:43pm CET |
Tue, 30 June 2020
The Power of Ritual Listen & Learn:
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Category:Health -- posted at: 1:01pm CET |
Tue, 23 June 2020
Time Off with John Fitch ----------------- “You can have anything you want in life, but you can’t have everything.” Most of our biggest dreams are totally unsustainable, but they come with a price. Want six-pack abs? Are you willing to skip carbs and spend 2 hours a day in the gym each day?
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Wed, 17 June 2020
The Children of the Future “I don’t know the meaning of life, but I know the purpose of life. It is to create more life.”
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Category:Health -- posted at: 10:49am CET |
Wed, 10 June 2020
Detox Your Thoughts ---------
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Category:Health -- posted at: 11:25am CET |
Wed, 3 June 2020
How to Control Your Attention with Nir Eyal How is it possible that with social distancing, telecommuting, and almost zero social events right now, you can still go an entire day and get nothing done. Exercise was forgotten, healthy meals didn’t happen, and the work projects continue to pile up. Can you relate? Distraction was endemic before the pandemic and will continue long after. Our neural wiring makes us highly-prone to shiny object syndrome where every phone notification and salacious news story glimmers like a fleck of gold. Oh, what’s that? 10 minutes lost. And what about that? 30 more minutes gone. On this week’s podcast, we’ll explore distraction, and its opposite, traction. Listen & Learn:
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Category:Health -- posted at: 12:33pm CET |
Wed, 27 May 2020
Understanding Madness Listen & Learn:
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Category:Health -- posted at: 4:25pm CET |
Wed, 20 May 2020
Men with Meaning & Purpose
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Category:Health -- posted at: 10:53am CET |
Wed, 13 May 2020
Heart Rate Variability Simplified “I know my body!” is something I hear from yoga students constantly. Sometimes they want to keep practicing and shouldn’t (due to injury or illness) maybe they want to stop practicing and shouldn’t (because the breakthrough is a few poses away). I wish we all knew and understood our inner world as well as our outer world, but most of us don’t. Quick check-in: do you know your resting heart rate right now? Do you know your respiratory rate? How about your blood glucose level? These can all be measured at home, and yet most of us don’t. We don’t know our bodies. Of all the quantified self measurements, heart rate variability is perhaps the least known and utilized because it requires math and a daily commitment to check - but it delivers powerful insight into your readiness state based on your stress levels. A healthy heart is not slow and steady like a locomotive, it’s highly agile and variable like a cat meandering through a field. On this week’s show, we’ll give into the how and why of heart rate variability. Listen & Learn:
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Category:Health -- posted at: 11:37am CET |
Thu, 7 May 2020
Water, Whiskey, Coffee - Yoga Breathing Made Simple With Lucas Rockwood
“It’s not stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it.” - Hans Selye Mental and emotional stress were at historic highs pre-Coronavirus. Today, the collective anxiety of the world borders on dangerous. How much uncertainty and loss can we tolerate? Is there an upper limit? The answers will unfold in real-time in the coming months, and that’s why it’s more important than ever to equip yourself with stress management tools for navigating your inner world. Yoga breathing is one of the most powerful nervous system modulated practices available - and yet it continues to be misunderstood and neglected in most health circles. The benefits are immediate, and even a beginner can impact their nervous system dramatically in as little as 10 breaths. In today’s podcast, I’ll help demystify yoga breathing and share with you three simple practices you can use right now. Listen & Learn:
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Wed, 29 April 2020
Losing it All in COVID-19 Here’s what I’ll share:
ABOUT LUCAS Lucas is an internationally-renowned yoga trainer, TEDx Speaker, podcaster, writer, and entrepreneur. His early yoga and meditation teachers include Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, Paul Dallaghan, Alex Medin, Gabriel Cousens MD, and SN Goenka. Lucas left the USA in 2003 and travelled and taught extensively before making Barcelona, Spain his home base. In a previous life, he worked in theatre, publishing, and as a vegan chef and nutritional coach. He’s the father of three international kids and remains as passionate about yoga as when he first began practising in 2002. Nutritional Tip of the Week:
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Thu, 23 April 2020
The Pleasure Gap - Women’s Inequality in the Bedroom Katherine Rowland - Hunter S. Thompson
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Category:Health -- posted at: 1:33pm CET |
Wed, 15 April 2020
Adversity into Advantage ----------------------------
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Wed, 8 April 2020
How Successful People See the World ----------------- I ran out of laundry detergent last week and couldn’t motivate myself to walk 20 steps to the store to buy more. Why? I have periods of manic productivity with breakthroughs at every turn, but other times when the most mundane chores of life are overwhelming.
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Thu, 2 April 2020
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Thu, 26 March 2020
The New Science of Self Actualization Achievement triggers the neurotransmitters serotonin and dopamine. Our brain lights up with happy chemicals as we become our best selves, and the opposite is true when we play small. On this week’s podcast, you’ll meet a psychologist whose work focuses on creativity, talent, self-achievement, and actualization.
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Category:Health -- posted at: 11:58am CET |
Wed, 18 March 2020
You’re stuck at home, your economic future is uncertain, and it’s difficult to plan more than one day at a time. To make things even more challenging, the people and activities that bring you the most joy might be unavailable. On this week’s podcast, you’ll meet a psychologist whose entire career has been focused on the management and treatment of anxiety. Listen & Learn:
Links & Resources: ABOUT OUR GUEST Doctor Carbonell is a Clinical Psychologist who specializes in the treatment of anxiety disorders as a therapist, author, and teacher. He founded the Anxiety Treatment Center in Chicago in 1990, one of the first psychological practices in the United States devoted exclusively to the treatment of clients who sought help with anxiety disorders, and continues to offer treatment today.
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Category:Health -- posted at: 1:40pm CET |
Wed, 11 March 2020
I once had a yoga student with a prosthetic leg. I didn’t realize until I attempted to push her heel to the floor in Downward Dog. I assumed that she wanted to simply blend into class and that’s why she hadn’t told me (or anyone at reception) before joining class. I’ve since had students with birth defects, different length legs, missing limbs, traumatic brain injuries, and scoliosis among other things. Historically, yoga studios are not known for their diversity - but that’s changing fast. Bigger bodied, older, and more diverse students are gaining interest in yoga each year. On this week’s podcast, you’ll meet a teacher who focuses specifically on addressing the needs of a more diverse (in every way) yoga community. Listen & Learn:
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Category:Health -- posted at: 3:22pm CET |
Wed, 4 March 2020
A close friend lost her husband tragically and suddenly, but she was back in the office just two weeks later. She shed a few tears that first month, but mostly, it was Beth as usual. She didn’t fall behind on any projects or ask for help.
Links & Resources ABOUT OUR GUEST Margaret is a clinical psychologist with over 27 years experience. She’s also a writer and podcaster (SelfWork). She has a new book called, Perfectly Hidden Depression: How to Break Free from the Perfectionism that Masks Your Depression. She has written for HuffPost, The Mighty, Psych Central, The Gottman Blog, Psychologies, StigmaFighters, The Good Men Project, and This Is My Brave. Nutritional Tip of the Week:
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Category:general -- posted at: 12:27pm CET |
Wed, 26 February 2020
Do you have a talky coworker who never gives you space to share your ideas? Do you have a neighbor who does home repairs at 2 am? Or a spouse that never follows through with their shared housework? Listen & Learn:
About Our Guest: Jennifer is a leading expert on conflict and organizational psychology, is founder and CEO of Alignment Strategies Group, and author of, Optimal Outcomes: Free Yourself from Conflict at Work, at Home, and in Life.
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Category:general -- posted at: 3:40pm CET |
Thu, 20 February 2020
My piano lessons were a dark, 45-minute drive from home. Mom and I left home at 6:30 am on Tuesday mornings to get there before school. “Luke is really good at this,” Ms. McGill said after my third lesson. I was eight, and that simple comment, deliberately made within earshot, gave me confidence with music that I carry even to this day (despite my obvious lack of skill as an adult). My sophomore year in high school, Mrs. Johnston tortured every paper I gave her with red ink. It was a bloodbath, and I suffered. But at the end of the semester, she gave me an A. It was one of the more meaningful grades I ever received, and her red ink comments continue to help me write better to this day. On this week’s podcast, we’ll discuss the simple and powerful practice of writing thank you letters: to people, to family members, to cities, to the diseased, and even to people with whom you’ll never see again. Listen & Learn:
LInks & Resources: About Our Guest: Nancy Davis Kho is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in The Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, US Magazine, The Rumpus, and The Toast. Her new book is, The Thank You Project: Cultivating Happiness One Letter of Gratitude at a Time.
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Category:general -- posted at: 4:07pm CET |
Wed, 12 February 2020
“I’m not sure if you feel things the way I do,” she said. “I feel everything.” I was twenty-one, she was twenty-three. The window looked out at a brick wall in my Lower East Side apartment. “I have emotional needs, and you’re buried in your books and your work. You can see me.”
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Links & Resources: About Our Guest: Maya is a Dating and Relationship Coach. She is also a YogaTeacher and Massage Therapist. She has a great TEDx talk you can find online, she holds a Master's in Somatic Psychology. Nutritional Tip of the Week:
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Category:general -- posted at: 11:18am CET |
Thu, 6 February 2020
I always wanted to be a writer. Kerouac, Hemmingway, and Carver were my heros. Later it was playwrights Kushner, Ibsen, and Chekov. I’d drag home backpacks full of books from the public library, and I finagled my way into just about every theater I could find in New York City from Broadway to deep Brooklyn fringe venues. If you met me at age 20, you’d never predict I’d be teaching backbends and low glycemic diets at age 40 - but here we are. Listen & Learn:
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About Lucas Rockwood: Lucas Rockwood is an internationally-renowned yoga trainer, TEDx Speaker, podcaster, writer, and entrepreneur. His early yoga and meditation teachers include Sri K. Pattabhi Jois (deceased), Paul Dallaghan, Alex Medin, Gabriel Cousens MD, and SN Goenka (deceased). Lucas left the USA in 2003 when he began traveling and teaching extensively before making Barcelona, Spain, his home base. In a previous life, he worked in theater, publishing, and as a vegan chef and nutritional coach. He’s the father of three international kids and remains as passionate about yoga as when he first began practicing in 2002. Nutritional Tip of the Week:
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Category:general -- posted at: 11:29am CET |
Thu, 30 January 2020
The three largest mental health facilities in the USA are Rickers, Cooks Country and LA Twin Towers Jails. The mentally ill have literally been relegated to prisons since there are so few public resources for those in need. This is devastating to the mentally ill, of course, but also to their families, neighbors and communities who are forever impacted. Listen & Learn:
Links & Resources: ABOUT OUR GUEST Dr. Rosenberg is a psychiatrist with a specialty is addiction medicine at Upper East Health. He’s the author of Infidelity and his newest book, Bedlam: An Intimate Journey into America’s Health Crisis. Nutritional Tip of the Week:
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Category:general -- posted at: 12:46pm CET |
Thu, 23 January 2020
Two mice are genetically identical, but one ends up obese and yellow and the other ends up mousy brown and healthy as expected. What’s the difference? The mutated mouse’s mother was undernourished during pregnancy, and different genes switched on. Genetics load the gun, epigenetics pull the trigger.
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About Our Guest: Judith Finlayson has written books ranging from personal well-being and women’s history to food and nutrition. A former national newspaper columnist for the Globe and Mail, she is the author of over a dozen cookbooks. Judith lives in Toronto, Canada.
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Category:Health -- posted at: 12:10pm CET |
Thu, 16 January 2020
I have a challenge for you. Take a pencil to paper and map out your past five years on a line graph with peaks being the great experiences and valleys being the lows. I’d be willing to guess you have a deep valley (or two!) every single year, but what about a peak? What about a moment or an experience that you’ll cherish as a memory for the rest of your life? Do you have one? Listen & Learn:
Links & Resources: About Our Author: Jesse Itzler is the author of the books Living with a Seal and Living with the Monks, co-founder of Marquis Jet, and was involved in the Zico Coconut Water rise to success. He's a former rapper on MTV and wrote and performed the NBA's Emmy Award-winning I Love This Game music campaign, as well as the popular New York Knicks anthem Go NY Go. He runs ultra-marathons and has a new venture called 29,029 where you summit a ski mountain again and again until you gain a total elevation equivalent to climbing Mount Everest. Nutritional Tip of the Week:
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Category:general -- posted at: 1:26pm CET |
Thu, 9 January 2020
Steve Jobs had genius-level intelligence and built one of the largest and most influential companies in the world. This is impressive, but at the same time that Apple was achieving success, Jobs denied fathering his own daughter, was forced to take a DNA test, and ended up paying a tiny amount of child support for her entire youth despite having millions. Listen & Learn:
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Category:general -- posted at: 11:06am CET |
Thu, 2 January 2020
I started moonlighting as a yoga teacher and nutritional coach in my 20s while I still kept my day job. I didn’t know if I could turn my passion into a career, so I dipped my toe into the water to see how it felt. I’m not going to lie, it was hard. It’s still hard, but I figured it out. I know many of my podcast listeners are yoga teachers, trainers, health coaches, and entrepreneurs; and many of you are in the early days of trying to figure out how to make things work business-wise. If that’s you, this week’s show is for you. Meet Dr. John Beradi, the super-fit brain behind one of the largest nutritional coach training schools in the world, and a true voice of wisdom in a market that is in dire need. Listen & Learn:
Links & Resources About Our Guest Berardi has advised major corporations and professional sports teams. He was named one of the 20 smartest coaches in the world and 100 most influential people in health and fitness. Berardi lives in Ontario, Canada, with his wife and four children. Nutritional Tip of the Week:
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Category:Health -- posted at: 11:42am CET |