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: 

• How prisons have replaced mental health facilities in the U.S. 
• Why the mentally ill are treated like criminals 
• The real cost of addiction 
• Why public policy needs to be more compassionate 

Links & Resources: 

• Bedlam Book
• The Film
• Dr. Rosenberg’s Site

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:

• Weight Loss Pills

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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.

Most of us have the potential for exceptional health, but some of us enter the world with serious health disadvantages that make it much more difficult to survive and thrive. Your parents’ nutrition and even your grandparents’ diet might be influencing your genetic expression right now, today. Scary stuff, but potentially empowering too.

Listen in on this week’s podcast to learn: 

• How low birth weight (<5.5 lbs) is correlated with dozens of health challenges 
• How simple nutrients like folate during pregnancy can massively impact the health of a person for their entire life 
• What epidemiological studies tell us about the real risk of generational poverty and health 
• Why the first 1,000 days of life are so important  
• How your parents’ and grandparents' diets might be impacting you today 

Links & Resources:

• Article on Agouti Mice
• Book on Amazon 
• Judith’s website

Nutritional Tip of the Week:

• Curry as a Spice

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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. 

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?

Most people who listen to the podcast value experiences over possessions, but are we doing enough to actively craft amazing moments in our lives? I’m not. I’d like to do better. Listen in on this week’s show to get ideas. 

Listen & Learn: 

• Why it’s important to focus on your life resume, not just your work resume
• How to create peak moments in life
• Why natural + hard things can create magic
• How to live life on your own terms
• How to rethink your relationship with time 

Links & Resources:

• Jesse’s Site
• 29029 Everest Site
  
  

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:

• Lemon Water in the Morning

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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.

I never met Steve Jobs, but universally, he’s portrayed as a jerk. He’s the super-intelligent guy that you’d rather not invite over for dinner. So what good is a high IQ if your family and friends can’t stand you? What is the point of success if you have no one to share it with? 

Intelligence is often put on a pedestal, but the trappings are often glazed over. On this week’s podcast, we’ll unpack the “intelligence trap” and provide a new perspective on contextualizing brainpower.

Listen & Learn: 

• Why smart people are prone to motivated reasoning 
• How entrenchment and earned dogmatism plague some of the best minds
• How to self distance to avoid the traps
• Why a growth mindset can keep you learning and changing with the times  

Links & Resources:

• Intelligence Trap Book
• David Robson’s Site
  
  

About Our Guest
David Robson is a science writer based in London, UK, specializing in brains, bodies and behavior. He was a features editor at New Scientist for five years and is currently a senior journalist at BBC Future. He regularly features on the BBC World Service and his writing has also appeared in the Guardian, the Atlantic, and the Washington Post. His new book is called The Intelligence Trap. 

Nutritional Tip of the Week:

• Weight Loss in 2020

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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: 

• How combining your old skills with your new passion is where real success is hiding
• How to analyze and think creatively about new opportunities
• How to figure out what your clients really want 
• How to determine what it is that you have to offer 
• How to turn your passion into a body of work you’re proud of 

Links & Resources

• Change Makers Book
• Change Maker Academy
  
  

About Our Guest
John Berardi, entrepreneur, is known as the co-founder of Precision Nutrition, the world's largest nutrition coaching, education, and software company.

He's also the founder of Change Maker Academy, devoted to helping would-be changemakers turn their passion for health and fitness into a powerful purpose and a wildly successful career.

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:

• Crowding Out Bad Foods

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