The Lucas Rockwood Show

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: 

  • Get some nice clothes
  • Get a nice mat or some nice equipment
  • Pair your practice with learning or entertainment
  • Trust someone else, not your own system
  • Try not to be alone

ABOUT LUCAS ROCKWOOD
Lucas Rockwood is  yoga teacher, speaker, trainer and serial entrepreneur. He’s the founder of YOGABODY and the Yoga Teachers College. 

Nutritional Tip of the Week:

  • Plant vs Animal Nutrition

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Direct download: 431_-_How_to_Succeed_with_Yoga__Fitness_At_Home_w_Lucas_Rockwood.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 11:38am CET

Is Personality Permanent?
with Benjamin Hardy


Have you ever taken an online personality test? Myers-Briggs, Kolbe or the “Big 5”? If you have, you no-doubt read the results with both pleasure and unease. Am I really a pushover? Am I more neurotic than most? It’s true past behavior is probably the best predictor of your future self - but it doesn’t have to be.

The guest psychologist on this week’s show dispels the myth that personality is fixed and unchangeable, and suggests strategies for creating a new future for who you are, personality-wise, that is not bound by the past. 

Listen & Learn: 

  • Why proception, the ability to dream and plan for the future, even future emotional states, is a huge part of what makes us uniquely human  
  • How to measure the gain (not the gap) from who you were and who you are 
  • How to look for past evidence of who you’d like to be not evidence of the smaller you 
  • The importance of a growth vs fixed mindset 

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ABOUT OUR GUEST

Dr. Benjamin Hardy is an organizational psychologist and author of Willpower Doesn't Work and Personality Isn't Permanent. He has been featured on Forbes, Fortune, CNBC, Cheddar, and Big Think. 

Nutritional Tip of the Week:

  • Vit D & Covid

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Direct download: 430_-_Is_Personality_Permanent_with_Benjamin_Hardy.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 11:44am CET

Fast, Feast, Repeat

with Gin Stephens
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When we think of dieting and weight loss, the first thing that comes to mind is calorie counting, portion control, and a list of “good” and “bad” foods. But what if there was a much simpler way to start? What if, before you superimpose restrictions and rules, you could achieve huge benefits simply by altering your meal timing? 

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? 

My guest on this week’s podcast lost 80lbs with timer-restricted eating, and she’s kept it off since 2005.

Listen & Learn: 

  • How diets involved trying to override your biology and fight your body instead of working with it naturally
  • How simply skipping breakfast and reducing your eating window can sometimes lead to exciting changes in your body and health 
  • How quickly the results of meal timing can manifest
  • How to stop with negative self-talk, guilt and shame around food 

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ABOUT OUR GUEST
Gin Stephens is a teacher, writer, podcaster and intermittent fasting advocate. She’s the author of a number of books including: Delay, Don’t Deny, Feast Without Fear, and Fast, Feast, Repeat.

Nutritional Tip of the Week:

  • Herbs for Libido

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Direct download: 429_-_Fast_Feast_Repeat_with_Gin_Stephens.mp3
Category:Nutrition -- posted at: 11:01am CET

But What if Your Workplace is Toxic? 
with Robert Glazer
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I had an office job that was so boring, I used to photocopy my face while guzzling free office coffee and snacking on breath mints. As long as I was hovering near the copy machine, everyone assumed I was doing something productive.

After a few days of this linger-guzzle-mint-chomp routine, my colleague, Cynthia, felt we needed to add some occasional stapling to our escapades lest we be found out. So we started making zines out of my best xeroxed smash-face printouts. Oh, good times. 

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: 

  • Why lack of value alignment is perhaps the biggest job problem of all 
  • How to both employee and employers need to think about the end at the beginning
  • Why “2 weeks notice” is terrible for everyone
  • How COVID-19 is affecting communication and connection 

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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:

  • Restless Leg Syndrome

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Direct download: 428_-_But_What_if_Your_Workplace_is_Toxic_with_Robert_Glazer.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:33pm CET

8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back 

with Esther Gokhale 
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Office chairs were always bad news for spinal health, but now most people are working hunched over a laptop on their coach - and many of their kids are doing the same! In 2019, we spent too much time on screens, but in 2020, it’s gone to a completely new level and we all need to spend some time thinking about work stations, postures, and spinal health.

On this week’s show, you’ll meet returning guest, Esther Gokhale who has spent her career researching, writing, and teaching spinal health. 

Listen & Learn: 

  • Why an S-curved spine is incorrect, and why a J-shape is more natural 
  • Why to stop chasing ideal posture and simply work with the body and life you have in our modern world 
  • Chairs, shoes, and workstations - what do do?

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ABOUT OUR GUEST 

Esther Gokhale studied biochemistry at Harvard and Princeton and, later, acupuncture at the San Francisco School of Oriental Medicine. Post-pregnancy back pain and a failed back surgery inspired Esther to begin a lifelong crusade to vanquish back pain.

Gokhale's book, 8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back, has sold over 200,000 copies and has been translated into ten languages. Gokhale has taught at corporations such as Google, IDEO, and Facebook, presented at conferences including TEDx(Stanford) and Ancestral Health Symposium, consulted for the trainers of the SF 49ers and several Stanford sports teams.

Nutritional Tip of the Week:

  • Top Food for Weight Loss

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Direct download: 427_-_8_Steps_to_a_Pain-Free_Back_with_Esther_Gokhale.mp3
Category:Health -- posted at: 10:00am CET

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