Forager Health Podcast

Today's episode takes a holistic deep dive into why change feels dangerous. Across all human cultures over many millennia, some risk has always been inherent in the venture of change. Change in one's social circumstances, environment, societal norms, and the shifting of seasons have always brought with them a certain threat of uncertainty. But today, hundreds of thousands of years after the programmed responses to risk began to form in the human mind, the consequences of change are altogether less dire than they ever have been, while the threat feels larger than ever. We explore what this means for humans living in modern times, why it is important to strive to override and outgrow our responses as they perceived and provoked by the primitive centers of the mind, the psychospiritual implications of change, how our associations with risk developed in ancient times, how the loss of healthy culture contributes to our inability to respond appropriately to risk, and much, much more.

Health by natural action is really about radical self honesty, and the steps we take after making the choice to live with purpose under the predisposition of courage and hope. It is easy to get stuck once we decide we want to grow, we want to achieve something in life, we want to do something meaningful with our time. This is because we look outward for what direction to take, often latching onto opinions of others as our newfound identities, unknowingly falling for the same sense of security based on false reality that we set off to escape. In this episode, we discuss how to overcome these cycles, and arrive at a place of true Self-Knowing beyond the belief we are meant for something more. Today's show also covers :How the nature of our relationships with self, other, our environment, is predisposed to be largely symbiotic and universally beneficial for the planetHow the conditions that shift us away from harmony with Self is often ever present and unfolds from our time of birthWhat a fear state, scarcity mindset, and the wounded Self areHow to begin living in a state of courage, hope, and positivityWhy belief is tied to doubt, and is not needed when we foster awarenessHow crisis comes into our lives to drive us toward change in the absence of a dreamHow to eliminate crisis cycles in your lifeHow Radical Self Honesty is what brings us from a state of fear into alignment with natural actionHow being honest with our chosen actions removes interference and dis-ease, allowing health to occurHow to avoid common pitfalls in the journey of self actualization by not becoming your opinionsHow information overload and disconnection from wisdom traditions has caused large amounts of distress in the human designHow we know what is best for us in every moment even when we do not know we doHow we can bring unconscious knowing of our greatest good into our present awarenessand more!!!!

This episode is sometimes every bit as vulgar, jarring, and controversial as it is beautiful, enlightening, and invigorating for the most part. What is life without some hardcore self reflection every now and then anyways right?In today's very special comeback episode of FHP:Where I've been mentally and emotionally, and what evolutions I have been through these past 6 monthsHow frustration and self imposed pressure can creep up on us and what to do once we find ourselves thereBalancing surrender and action in the face of perceived adversityThe practice of waiting for answers to come to usWhen is it okay to be uncomfortable vs always fighting for or fleeing toward comfortTaking full authority over your actions in times of struggle Why manifestation is a false god and you shouldn't wait to be saved Lots more on radical self honestyOur outlook on where the show goes from here

Sean Wattenbarger DC joins me on the show this week! Sean is a world class chiropractor with an exceptional depth of understanding and wisdom when it comes to human health. He is one of the most innovative, imaginative, and introspective healthcare practitioners I have ever met. What truly sets him apart in my eyes is the amount of heart he brings to his adjusting table. Listening to this conversation, you will understand what I mean.  We Discuss: The art, science, and possibilities of Bio Geometric Integration Finding satisfaction in our accomplishments and the results of our work in the face of never ending expectations, be they self imposed or otherwise.  Why Sean continues to invest lots of time and energy in extracurricular education many years after graduating with his doctorate degree Mechanisms of Healing in Chiropractic facilitation (what the heck happens when we lay hands on each other, and what potentially can happen) Some of Sean's greatest influences in expanding his foundations for wisdom and truth seeking What Sean hopes to bring into people's lives when they lay on his adjusting table The importance of healthy guts and open hearts A Chiropractor's perspective on C0>!d 19 And more!!! Time Markers: @Start - 24:13 Introductions and Sean's History of Finding his Potential in the Chiropractic Profession @24:13 - 35:41 Enjoying Life and Finding Satisfaction in Our Success in the Face of Never Ending Expectations @35:41 - 52:26 Endless Education - Why Sean Continues to Invest so much Time, Energy, and Attention into Learning, Years after his Licensure as a Doctor @52:26 - 59:11 The Mechanism of Healing and Increasing of Awareness through Shared Experience of Energetic Interface with Mentors and Gurus - What the Heck Happens during Hands on Healing Workshops… @59:11 - 1:06:16 Some of Sean's Greatest Influences and Resources for Growth in Knowledge and Wisdom. @1:06:16 - 1:17:07 What The Adjustment Brings into People's Lives @1:17:07 - 1:23:23 Healthy Guts and Open Hearts - Experiences of Healing through the Clearing of Our Vessels  @1:23:23- 1:53:29 A Chiropractor's Perspective and Experiences within the The Covid Narrative  @1:53:29 - Closing Thoughts on What is Important Enough to Fight for and Love with All Our Hearts in this World  Show Notes: https://www.facebook.com/sean.wattenbargerdc.1 (Sean Wattenbarger DC on Facebook) https://www.drseanchirokc.com/ (Chrysalis Chiropractic Kansas City)

Josh Logan Young joins us this week on Forager Health Podcast! Join us in this intimate and heartfelt container where we break down Josh's lifetime of insight on all the ways men are trained to fail in our modern relationships and how to rewrite the script on what intimacy with yourself and your partners can look like.  We break down in great detail many ways to grow into your potential as a divine masculine sexual expression of Self. Josh and I go back and forth in expressing the pitfalls commonly faced and the lengths we need to go to for change to be seen in our daily habits and lifelong patterns.  We also discuss: What Sacred Sexuality looks like both when alone and when experimenting with a partner.  Conventional and not-so-common practices, considerations, and strategies for stepping into your Truth as someone who is able to hold Sacred Space for yourself and others. Shadow Work for couples & having conversations about your sex life. How Pain and heartbreak can be used as a catalyst for healing if we choose it to be.  The meaning of Devotional relationships and how a Devotional mindset can shape your reality for healthier partnerships Understanding pleasure, and how we can use or abuse our Sacred Masculine Energy How Sex is supposed to be, and the practices and energetics of Sacred Sex Overcoming Generational Trauma one conversation at a time And More!! Show Notes: David Deida's books: https://www.amazon.com/The-Way-of-Superior-Man-audiobook/dp/B07FXZBYJ9/ref=sr_1_1?crid=577N6X8H9S72&keywords=way+of+superior+man&qid=1660155112&sprefix=way+of+superio%2Caps%2C231&sr=8-1 (Way of the Superior Man) https://www.amazon.com/Enlightened-Sex-Manual-Sexual-Superior/dp/1591795850/ref=sr_1_6?crid=1EED7TXS26LCE&keywords=sacred+sex+manual&qid=1660155082&sprefix=sacred+sex+manual%2Caps%2C509&sr=8-6 (Sacred Sex Manual) Time Markers: @Start - 15:18 Introductions, Trauma Responses in Everything We Do?!?!, When Trauma is Real and What it Means to Feel Free of it @15:18- 25:47 Couples Shadow Work - What it Looks Like to Bear it All with your Partner, Feel Held, Work Through the Pain of Truly Knowing One Another @25:47 - 39:44 Josh's History with Self Hate, Shame, Trauma, and Relationships Gone Wrong as a Catalyst for Healing @39:44 - 54:52 Josh's Response to the Pain Point - His Personal Practices and Largest Emphases within The Healer's Journey Including Choosing to Be Single Until Devotion Came into His Life  @54:52 - 1:01:21 Sacred Sexuality - Use and Misuse of Your Sacred Energy, Communication with The Body We Are Given, Understanding Pleasure, and Knowing Ourselves Through Intimacy and Acknowledgment of Harm @1:01:21 - 1:11:58 Choosing an Adult Reason for Sexual Intimacy, Conscious Intercourse, Responding Differently to Your Felt Dissatisfaction, Creating Love, and Expressing Your True Feelings Through Sex @1:11:58 - 1:35:04 The Practices and Energetics of Sacred Sex, Sacred Exploration for Individuals and Couples , and How to Progress from Increased Sensitivity to Achieving Transcendence with Your Partner @1:35:04 How Sex is Supposed to Be - Overcoming Societal Trauma One Conversation at a Time, and Where to Start Even if You Think You Can't

This week we round up our deep dive into the teachings of Bruce Lee. Our conversation flows through many thought provoking concepts including learning to die, discovering the true nature of our Selves, dissolving our codependency with the Ego as armor against the world's expectations, and how to build a healthy self-relationship.  One thing readily apparent through all of Bruce's writings is how interwoven and well versed his thoughts were as a fluid philosophical system. All ideologies he displays tend to compliment and strengthen each other as you guide yourself through them, as any philosophy on living life well should.  One theme that comes into focus in today's look at some of Bruce's thoughts is this idea of common roots to all the self imposed boundaries we face as humans that keep us from the level of introspection and accountability required to break the rhythm of our lives often enough to achieve lives that are lived vibrantly, fully, and in a state of ready awareness.   I would like to think that by looking within as deeply, frequently, and honestly as Bruce did, he not only achieved a lifestyle closer that ever-distant image of full self-actualization than most ever have or ever will, but that he also left behind a beautiful blue print on how we can do the same. Not by following his rhythm, his actions, his patterns, his thoughts, but by allowing his teachings to lead us by example as we look within ourselves, and find our own ways to break the rhythms keeping us from being Someone Real. Show Notes: Bruce Lee Podcast Episodes used as main sources: https://brucelee.com/podcast-blog/2018/9/19/116-ego-boundary (The Ego Boundary) https://brucelee.com/podcast-blog/2018/4/4/92-conquer-yourself-part-1-the-fetters (Conquer Yourself - The Fetters) https://brucelee.com/podcast-blog/2018/4/11/93-conquer-yourself-part-2-the-keys (Conquer Yourself - The Keys) https://brucelee.com/podcast-blog/2018/3/21/90-broken-rhythm (Broken Rhythm) https://brucelee.com/podcast-blog/2017/5/24/47-the-six-diseases (The Six Diseases) https://brucelee.com/podcast-blog/2016/12/21/25-the-art-of-dying (The Art of Dying)

I have idolized Bruce Lee since I was a young child. I would watch his 4 movies countless times growing up. Before I became old enough to put a finger on what was so different about him, I knew there was an extra special something about the man who still to this day has the power to captivate people by name and image alone. Many years later, my fascination only goes stronger, and the lessons this timeless international icon continues to provide are only becoming more profound, and more necessary. Join me in this fun loving episode as I break down the major #brucelee moments in my life and reflect on some of the biggest teachings I have been blessed with through the influence his daughter @shannonlee and the Bruce Lee Podcast.  Show Notes: https://brucelee.com/podcast/ (Bruce Lee Podcast) Bruce Lee's Affirmations on Episode# https://brucelee.com/podcast-blog/2016/10/19/15-affirmations-part-1-memory-subconscious-mind-imagination (Fifteen) - https://brucelee.com/podcast-blog/2016/10/26/16-affirmations-part-2-emotions-reason-and-conscience (Sixteen) - https://brucelee.com/podcast-blog/2016/11/2/17-affirmations-part-3-willpower (Seventeen) 

This week's episode is about how to navigate your responses to adversity the next time you feel the weight of your own expectations on your shoulders. We are just over the summer solstice at the time of this Airing - the thunderous rush of Spring and early summer has come and gone, if you are success-oriented or a seeker of expansion, a devotee to the evolution of your timeline… Than this past season has likely contained a fair deal of effort on your part to expand and evolve the nature of your offerings and services - your Self care, your relating with others, your professional standings - all of it wants to grow with the seasons And if you are like me, you may find year to year that sometimes, you can look back at the first half of the year and be really proud of what has changed, and other times, it feels like the circumference of your energy field rebounds almost completely in response to each of your attempts to be a bigger version of yourself. Maybe you have a mix of both going on right now depending on the nature of your focus or what your measures of personal success are. Either way, I am sure we have all experienced those moments we perceive the needle isn't budging despite our best efforts. Join us in this conversation as I offer some the best ways I currently deal with stress and get back into Flow when I find myself in a funk of my own design.

Dr. Garrett Panno is back on FHP this week!!! Garrett is one of the most earnest, genuine, humble, open minded and well-versed natural health enthusiasts I have ever met. He is a constant learner, a talented leader, a great speaker and all around kind hearted human. Garrett works a practicing chiropractor and functional medicine practitioner. He helps people of all ages from all walks of life attain new degrees of health and vitality. As a type 1 diabetic himself, Garrett has a special passion and interest in helping people with diabetic conditions increase their quality of life. Today's conversation tackles a little bit of everything from daily routines and personal reflections on decision making in the face the adversity, to pre-history speculation on the nature of human relationships and possible roles of predestined determinism in the onset of chronic dis-ease states!  Seriously - We pack a lot of introspection into this one… We also delve into: The meaning behind Life's greatest challenges Being Present while Honoring Future Possibilities  The Potential of Future Intimacy in Platonic Relationships and Community Units Garrett's Background in Functional Medicine and Qualities to Look for in Effective Healthcare Practitioners Where Healing Really Comes from, and Our Roles in the Healing Process Garrett's Personal Story of Why He Began Running and The Importance of Shifting Your ‘Why' as Time Goes On A Sharing of Perspectives on Marathon and Ultra Running, and Discussing Healing Properties and Life Commitment Strategies of a Sustainable Running Practice Time Markers: @12:35 - 26:17 - Introductions, Routines, Rituals, and Reflections on Ways to Connect with Self @26:17 - 38:00 How to Invest, Endure, and Live Life During Times of Uncertainty @38:00 - 50:17 Making Big Decisions with Great Risk of Loss, and Balancing Life as a Type 1 Diabetic @50:17 - 57:52 The Meaning Behind Our Biggest Challenges - Predestined Dis-ease and the Gift of Interference @57:52 - 1:17:38 Future Perspectives and Evolution of Human Relations  @1:17:38 - 1:29:40 Garrett's Background in Functional Medicine and What to Look for in an Effective Healthcare Practitioner  @1:29:40 - 1:40:11 Where Does Healing Come From Anyway? And Where are We Due to Give Ourselves Credit? @1:40:11 - 2:28:03 How Garrett Got into Training for Marathons, Exploring the Reasons Why he Runs, and Discussing Distance Running as a Sustainable and Healing Practice Show Notes: https://www.instagram.com/garrettpanno/ (Dr. Garrett on Instagram) https://www.facebook.com/garrett.panno (Dr. Garrett on Facebook) https://thediabuddies.com/ (The Diabuddies Podcast) https://www.chiropracticco.com/doctors/garrett-panno (Dr. Garrett's Chiropractic Practice)

When Kevion Speaks, healing happens in real time. Seriously. Just listen to these words that come about in our conversation in the way they come about. Kevion is a Word Master, a Weaver of Spells, a Master Teacher and Provider of Nature Medicine. He is a practicing shamanic healer and he conducts personal and group ceremony leveraging sound, energy medicine, and nature to help people heal. He is also a public grade school teacher who helps connect children with holistic and organic food production practices! His wisdom transcends his years, while his skillset transcends all labels. Above all else, Kevion is just a beautiful human.   It isn't too long before we are taken into a deep Flow State discussing the nature of our own healing journeys, our ritualistic lifestyles, the nature of struggle and lessons discerned from within our relationships, the importance of stillness and introspection, and what human relating might have looked like in times of prehistory when the divine duality within each of us was more freely expressed than it is today. And thats just like the first half hour!! We also dive into: Lessons from our elders and contentment in a simple life well lived The romanticizing of trauma work and distortion of life through the experience of screening technology The depth of connection and access to Wisdom we can achieve in ritualistic interaction with nature The value of teaching our children what real food looks like and where it comes from  Kevion's experience of getting to bring his light and ecological wisdom to suburban grade school classrooms where he teaches an interactive program on Agricultural Science and Technology.  Show Notes: You can find Kevion https://www.instagram.com/kevion.devante/ (@kevion.devante) on instagram Check our our two prior conversations here on the concept of Peace, sound healing, tantra, and sex magic: https://www.foragerhealthinitiative.com/podcast/sexmagic (https://www.foragerhealthinitiative.com/podcast/sexmagic) https://www.foragerhealthinitiative.com/podcast/peace-with-kevion-devante (https://www.foragerhealthinitiative.com/podcast/peace-with-kevion-devante) Time Markers: @6:02 - 20:54 Introductions, The Struggles of Deepening Your Spiritual Practice, and Unconventional Thoughts on Healing & Relationships @20:54 - 34:45 Intimacy and Consideration as Normalcy, and Finding a Place of Compassion @34:45 - 43:06 The Retaliation of an Isolation Virus, Making Love a Priority in Your Life, and Exploring the Adult Human Psyche @43:06 - 52:21 Simplicity in the Darkness - Disconnected People Don't Have to Feel, and Connected People Don't Have a Choice but to Search for Feeling @52:21 - 1:07:14 Looking for a Simple Life Well Lived - Lessons from Relating With and Consideration of Our Elders and Young Ones  @1:07:14 - 1:11:58 The Screening and Distortion of Life by Way of Duality and the Romanticizing of Confronting Your Darkness @1:11:58 - 1:22:20 Being a Glitch in the System and Guiding Young Ones to Walk their Own Path @1:22:20 - 1:44:11 Kevion's Experience of Sharing Nature, Wisdom, and Compassion with the Next Generation as a grade school teacher @1:44:11 - End - Kevion's Methods and Philosophy for Connecting with Nature

What does it feel like to achieve a state of non-reactive neutrality in Service of another? The act of holding space for the sake of a human in need happens all too rarely in today's cultural landscape. Standing guard as the non-reactive neutral Source of council, comfort, and compassion used to be commonplace. It is critical for us as humans to able to create containers where people we care about feel safe to fully and honestly express themselves without fear of judgement, dismissal, abandonment, or worse - be met with trauma-dominant reactions of another when they themselves are bearing their hearts in hopes of healing. This week, we discuss building the capacity and the skill in your own integrity and knowingness of Self - The relationship you have with your Identity as it is built through our journeys of personal liberation from our own pains - to be able to truly BE THERE 100% for someone when they come to you in need. Join us and learn what it feels like to transcend yourself in order to Give from a place of selfless compassion. 

@ArtemisAscendant joins us for this week's show!! Christa Whiteman is an adult-onset hunter, conservationist, practicing chiropractor, and clinical herbalist who shares her passion for the wild foods lifestyle she has so lovingly dedicated her life to with all manner of newcomers to the outdoors through social media, and through multiple educational outdoors organizations and mentoring opportunities. I hope you leave after listening to todays episode with a deeper sense of belonging and feeling of being welcome in whatever outdoor pursuits you have a mind to start engaging in, and how life can be enriched when its shaped by the seasons and influenced by the landscape.  One thing will be really apparent as you listen in - When our minds are focused on engaging in the outdoors as an intrinsic value that is heavily connected to someone's lifestyle, theres always something to be excited about. We quickly flow into a talk on the importance of always striving to expand your knowledge of the local and not so local landscape to provide valuable insight to listeners new to hunting or foraging on the nuances and amount and types of effort it takes to actually be successful in procurement of wild foods. Each season's peak may only be a certain month out of the calendar year, but each and every individual pursuit has year round work for us if we want to find sustainable success. We then appropriately spend some time discussing optimizing our time in the outdoors and the dedication it takes to develop a well rounded relationship with your local ecosystems. We also talk about how strong community exists in outdoors circles, the value of good mentorship in outdoor pursuits, biggest barriers to entry as adult hunters, for women, and for members of minority groups trying to get involved outdoors, social media's influences on hunting and fishing culture, and what needs to change for this type of lifestyle to evolve with the times. Tons of valuable info and great resources in the shownotes for today's talk. Please do check out @artemisascendant - her content is awesome - and hope you enjoy the show!! Show Notes: https://www.instagram.com/artemisascendant/ (Christa on Instagram ) https://www.instagram.com/wild_woman_herbalist/ (Christa's Herbalism page on Insta) https://artemis.nwf.org/ (Artemis Sportswomen) https://www.huntersofcolor.org/ (Hunters of Color (HOC) - BIPOC Outdoors Mentorship and Resources) http://www.arthurhaines.com/ (Arthur Haines - Foraging and Wildcrafting author and teacher) https://www.amazon.com/Conquistadors-Useless-Lionel-Terray/dp/1594851115 (book - Conquistadors of the Useless) https://www.backcountryhunters.org/ (Backcountry Hunters and Anglers) https://www.foragerhealthinitiative.com/podcast/jendavis (Podcast with Jen Davis of Artemis Sportswomen ) Time Markers: @Start - 33:02 Introductions, Outdoors Small Talk, Christa's Current Outlook on Wild Food in 2022, and the Value of Building an Expansive Network of Lands you Know @33:02 - 50:11 Better Ways to Begin Hunting, Why One Person's Tactics Might Not Work for Another, and Deciding to Begin Pursuing Wild Foods as an Adult. @50:11- 59:11 Balancing Our Passions with Life's Need for Our Participation - Optimizing Our Use of Time Outdoors @59:11 - 1:13:05 Stepping into New Ways of Being in Nature, How Outdoorsmanship Offers a Lifetime of Learning, the Value of Mentorship, and Where Real Community Still Exists @1:13:05 - 1:21:02 Biggest barriers to Entry - Knowledge and Confidence @1:21:02 - 1:33:40 Unique Challenges of Becoming a Sportswoman  @1:33:40 - 1:51:32 A Social Media Driven Hunting, Fishing, and Foraging Renaissance, and What All Outdoorsmen Should Know to Promote Diversification in the Field.  @1:51:32 Christa Shares Some of Her Favorite Resources for Learning to Become Engaged Outdoors

Jill Alanna Nixon is a Reiki Master teacher, Manifestation Coach and Shamanic Healing Arts Facilitator. Jill has a great deal of passion for helping people recover from patterns of trauma, coping mechanisms, and addiction. She helps people heal themselves by identifying limiting belief structures that can keep us unknowingly bogged down in looping cycles of habits and reactions that get in the way of the opportunity we have to create the lives of our dreams. We get into many of Jill's personal stories that led her to be able to surrender to the knowing that the world does conspire in our favor. Her journey stands as proof that if we allow ourselves to be still enough to listen to the signals we are constantly receiving, great shifts in our Reality can occur.  We break things down down into practical, nitty gritty advice on what manifestation is, how it works for and against us depending on how we choose to express ourselves in the world, and what type of self-work we need to invest in to begin creating our own realities.  I think by expressing a lot of both of our own personal backgrounds including moments of awakening, some of the shadow work we've done over the years, and examples of self-work leading into present day - we manage to deliver a conversation on this sometimes very spacey topic in really clear and simple terms that should make manifestation feel like a skill accessible to us all.  Show Notes: https://www.instagram.com/jillalannanixon/ (@JillAlannaNixon) on Instagram https://www.amazon.com/Bliss-Heros-Journey-Gary-Ramsey/dp/1976966256/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1DSARLCVW7ZTW&keywords=bliss+gary+ramsey&qid=1651578812&sprefix=bliss+gary%2Caps%2C157&sr=8-1 (Bliss by Gary Ramsey ) https://www.amazon.com/Body-Keeps-Score-Healing-Trauma/dp/0143127748/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=body+keeps&qid=1651578881&s=books&sr=1-1 (The Body Keeps the Score) https://www.amazon.com/Breaking-Habit-Being-Yourself-Create/dp/1401938094/ref=sr_1_1?crid=27CWTNDUJKT3T&keywords=breaking+the+habit+of+being+yourself&qid=1651578924&s=books&sprefix=breaking+the+habit+of+%2Cstripbooks%2C140&sr=1-1 (Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself by Joe Dispenza) https://www.thebalancedblonde.com/about/ (Balanced Blonde - manifested Lyme Healing) Time Markers: @Start - 8:45 Introductions  @8:45 - 18:06 Precursors to Manifestation - Knowing Thyself, Shedding Layers, and Personal Empowerment @18:06 - 42:05 Jill's Journey of Surrender and Trust - From Actress and Waitress to Spiritual Seeker and Healing Guide @42:05 - 53:25 The Totality of Reality - Being Ready to Invest in Something More than the Physical, and Confronting the Source of all Suffering  @53:25 - 1:01:22 Living in Altered States of Reality without Psychedelics, and Why Talk Therapy without Integration Work does More Harm than Good @1:01:22 - 1:17:04 Shadow Work 101: The Difference Between Temporary Relief and Permanent Transformation, and Why its Crucial Healing Comes to Us as a Feeling.  @1:17:04 - 1:35:24 Our Greatest Gifts Come from the Largest Adversities, and Reclamation of Your Childhood Soul Wisdom in Order to Embody Your Truth @1:35:24 - 1:51:36 Manifestation as Prayer with Gratitude, and Common Blockages & Obstacles to Manifesting Your Best Life @1:51:36 - Closing Thoughts 

Kersten Kimura is a personal trainer and health coach that specializes in helping women overcome weight management, hormonal, and stress management issues.  She helps women work past misinformation and stigmas within the health and fitness industry that often keep them from achieving lasting results. Kersten's holistic coaching methods focus on long-term achievement and improvements in personal lifestyle choices by combining hormonal health and nervous system regulation with periodized macro-based nutrition tracking and personalized strength training programs.   She has developed a passion for everything she offers to the people she helps by way of her own health and fitness journey and the discoveries she's made through over a decade of self exploration - from long distance running and strength training, to meditation, breathwork, psychedelic plant medicines, and cold exposure therapy… Kersten's story is overflowing with wisdom from personal experience and this conversation is ripe with actionable information suitable for all humans - women and men alike. Show Notes: Kersten's Coaching Website https://www.instagram.com/kerstenkimura/ (Kersten on Instagram) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXUL86gzaJKANEC2ZrB9CzQ (Kersten on Youtube) https://www.amazon.com/BREATHING-CURE-Develop-Healthier-Happier/dp/1630061972 (Book: Breathing Cure by Patrick Mckeown) Time Markers: @Start - Introductions and Major Life Shifts - Kerten's Career Change as a PHD Exchange Student After Coming to the U.S. @16:11 - 22:25 You are not supposed to struggle: Misinformation and physiological misperceptions in Women's Health  @22:25 - 30:46 Eating More to Lose Weight, What to do Before and After Dieting, & Missing Links in Women's Weight Loss  @30:46 - 48:04 Underweight vs Overweight - Training and Lifestyle Tactics for Overcoming Trauma and the Coping Mechanisms Behind Eating Disorders and Food Addictions @48:04 - 56:28 Discipline Vs Dependance - The Fine Line Between Healthy Habits and Obsession in Pursuit of Fitness @56:28 - 1:00:00 Our Old Friend, Hitting Rock Bottom - Signs, Symptoms, and Positive Outcomes @1:00:00 - 1:08:04 The Importance of Coaching & Kersten's Biggest Lessons from 5 Straight Years of Working with Coaches @1:08:04 - 1:41:42 Breathwork & Cold Exposure for Health, Wellbeing, and Personal Empowerment  @1:41:42 - Closing Thoughts 

What it Feels Like to Be Connected with Your Purpose! Today's Show takes a super deep dive into what it feels like when we are in alignment with our highest timelines, on the road toward offering our greatest gifts back to the World and ultimately toward self-actualization. It's often easy for us to recall moments of elation, joy, relief, & full-bodied satisfaction that come with each passing milestone of success in life - Moments that come and go like passing reminders of how Life felt when we were young. They come as glimpses into how much simpler chasing our passions is as children. A far cry from what pursuing our Purpose becomes when we awaken the curious and creative child within us as adults.  Between these Sparks of Light within the fog that can surround us when we choose to chase our Dreams, the paths we take can sometimes feel uncomfortable. Maybe sometimes we feel more insecure than when we started. Other moments leave us feeling like we are taking steps backwards, like everything we are doing must be wrong. How do we know for sure when we are on the right track? Aren't these periods of uncertainty when it is most important for us to be able to tell? In This week's discussion we break down many practical, easy, and natural ways to leverage our Intuitions and connections to our Truths in finding answers when we need them the most.  Time Markers: @Start - 19:24 Introductions, What Connection with Real Lasting Truth Feels Like, and the Faults in Relying on Role Identification in Search of Authentic Alignment with Soul @19:24 - Ego Attachment Happens throughout the Lifespan - So Our Trust & Vigilance in Surrendering Needs to Last as Well @ 22:34 - 30:38 You May Be on the Right track If… No One In Your Life Understands What the Fuck You Are Trying to Do or Why…. @30:28 - 33:57 Can you Envision Your Highest Self in Full Bliss at the Completion of Your Current Objective? @33:57 - 38:39 If ‘NO' Comes from Within - You Are Off Target @38:39 - 43:08 If Your Actions Bring Genuine Suffering Into Your Life - You Are Off Target @43:08 - 1:00:36 Life-Spanning Inquisition - Testing for Intuitive Alignment in Various Life Categories, Starting with Relationships @1:00:36 - 1:11:40 Living Situations: Are You Where You Belong? & Money Making Labels - Are You Aligned with Your Virtues at Work?  @1:11:40 - 1:18:22 Social Circles: Are You Gaining On Your Truth While Socializing, or Are You Holding Everyone Around You Up? @1:18:22 - Finish - Honesty In Who You Need to Be and Who You Are Not In Alignment with Purpose - Life Habits, Human Design, Building Your Team, & Playing Your Strengths

How to Build your Intuition. Its Season 2 Episode 1 Everybody!!! I lead us on a deep dissection of all the root practices and principles behind unleashing your Intuitive Mind and living an Intuitive Life on this week's Solo episode. I Discuss why it is crucial to always challenge what we think we ‘know'. I cite two types of callings in Life that are OKAY to act on in patterns outside of Intuitive Rhythm. I explain in great detail why it is so important to accept that our imaginations are not only Real but are perhaps the most important guides we have toward Self-Actualization. I break down how to recognize patterns and cycles of coping mechanisms and habits rooted in traumatic conditioning and how these programs cause static build up that keep us from being able to tune into our Intuitive Wisdom. And of course, I also speak deeply on what it takes for us to remove these blockages and turn the VOLUME UP on our Authentic Innate Knowing.  All this and much more in our first show back on the air! Walk on with us!! Don't forget to let me know what you think of the new show, and give us some feedback on our new DOPE logo, Trailer, and podcast Intro Time Markers:  @2:53 - 6:51 Allowing Our Selves to Begin to Feel @6:51 - 18:13 You can't Live Intuitively without Always Challenging What You ‘Know' @18:13 - 27:11 Everything in Life is Always Shifting According to Our Relationships with the Greatest Good and the Highest Self  @27:11 - 34:57 How to Listen: Accept that all Your Thoughts, Dreams, and Imaginations are Real @34:57 - 38:25 How to Let Go: Accept that the body reflects the state of the mind and the mind reflects the state of the heart - The Somatic Experience of Vitality  @38:25- 43:50 How to Tune In: Patterns of Self Betrayal, Outcomes of Cyclical Coping Mechanisms, & How Accumulation of Static Clouds Our Innate Signaling  @43:50 - 47:43 Holistic Systemic Nourishment: What Following Our Intuition Demands of Us - What it Means, and How Much We Need to Give before its Real @ 47:43 - 50:55 How to Turn up the Volume: Intuition Requires Regular Authentic Action, and Lack of Action Misaligned with the Highest Self @50:55 - Closing out - What it Feels Like to be Connected to Your Purpose

An invocation of Intentions for Season 2 of our show, coming soon to all major platforms

On this special solo episode I share a glimpse into the inner workings of the passion it takes to create a one-man podcast production. I get deep down and vulnerable with my motivations and intentions for making the show during its first year. I discuss how my reasons must change moving forward and what my current WHY for continuing to produce this podcast is. I talk about my expectations for the show versus our actual outcomes for year one. I also give an insider's perspective on the impact leading a health-oriented show like this has had on my life. Then we look forward into Season 2, sharing changes and talking about what improvements in the quality and value of production I hope to make in the year to come. I dive into what you can look forward to for our conversations in 2022 and what big changes our listeners should really be excited for. As always, know that you are loved, and thank you for listening.

Today we are painting a picture of the galactic myriad of systems and influences that come together to create our food - Starting with the Cosmic Bio-battery of the living soil complex, and ranging far and wide into areas of discussion including but not limited to:  What it means for our food to be recently alive and well The importance of cooking methods, post-harvest treatment, chronobiological match making in diet selection, and saying grace before meals How magnetic and electrical forces join together with water, minerals, and oxygen to create complete, healthy plants How real whole complete soil systems creating real whole complete ecosystems, cultivating real whole complete plants, bugs, fungi and animals that support all systems local and foreign - down the watershed and into the future of Time. How food is a product of the earth upon which it is grown, which is a product of the ecosystem that produced the earth it rises from. What happens when components of the environment our food comes from are missing. Why solely plant-based diets sourced from industrial organic agriculture are not sustainable or promoting of Vitality. Show Notes: Links to Resources https://www.biologicalmedicineinstitute.com/viktor-schauberger (Victor Schauberger) https://www.rudolfsteiner.org/ (Rudolph Steiner) Phillip S Callahan on Paramagnetism https://www.westonaprice.org/ (Weston A Price Foundation) https://drtomcowan.com/collections/books (Dr. Thomas Cowan's Works) https://www.amazon.com/Accessing-Healing-Power-Vagus-Nerve/dp/B07FLPM9SY/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3LCRS6REIBYS8&keywords=healing+power+of+vagus+nerve&qid=1641403605&s=books&sprefix=healing+poower+of+v%2Cstripbooks%2C203&sr=1-3 (Healing Power of the Vagus Nerve) https://www.amazon.com/The-Omnivores-Dilemma-audiobook/dp/B000FDJ3FU/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3PC57TM9WEEEJ&keywords=omnivores+dilemma&qid=1641403629&s=books&sprefix=omnivores+di%2Cstripbooks%2C321&sr=1-1 (Omnivores Dilemma Michael Pollan) https://www.amazon.com/Sand-County-Almanac-Sketches-There/dp/0197500269/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1JAX2FKV9WX4H&keywords=sand+county+almanac&qid=1641403673&s=books&sprefix=sand+count%2Cstripbooks%2C203&sr=1-1 (Aldo Leopold Sand County Almanac) https://www.amazon.com/Biochemical-Individuality-Roger-Williams/dp/0879838930/ref=sr_1_3?crid=1P4Q4SARTNGVJ&keywords=biochemical+individuality&qid=1641403695&s=books&sprefix=biochemical%2Cstripbooks%2C260&sr=1-3 (Biochemical Individuality) https://www.amazon.com/Super-Size-Me-Holy-Chicken/dp/B07X94VFZC/ref=sr_1_1?crid=ER5HRJQU0T8R&keywords=supersize+me+2&qid=1641403728&refinements=p_85%3A2470955011&rnid=2470954011&rps=1&sprefix=supersize+me%2Caps%2C387&sr=8-1 (Supersize me 2 ) https://www.amazon.com/Clarksons-Farm-Official-Trailer/dp/B095RYWGNR/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3LOBKQY76T01B&keywords=clarkson+farm&qid=1641403745&s=instant-video&sprefix=clarksons%2Cinstant-video%2C304&sr=1-1 (Clarkson's Farm) https://www.amazon.com/Biggest-Little-Farm-John-Chester/dp/B07R4CFF3M/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1LIV6YSWXRPIP&keywords=biggest+little+farm&qid=1641403776&s=instant-video&sprefix=biggest+little+%2Cinstant-video%2C222&sr=1-1 (Biggest Little Farm) https://www.amazon.com/Hidden-Life-Trees-Communicate_Discoveries-Secret/dp/1771642483/ref=pd_bxgy_img_1/140-9987222-5371353?pd_rd_w=JrhnB&pf_rd_p=c64372fa-c41c-422e-990d-9e034f73989b&pf_rd_r=RNNFJDWCKC6S93S9AADR&pd_rd_r=0c1e8f61-92db-47c4-a8f3-fe7ed26ad6f0&pd_rd_wg=ulGDE&pd_rd_i=1771642483&psc=1 ( The Hidden Life of Trees) https://www.amazon.com/Will-Teach-You-Rich-Second/dp/1523505745/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=i+will+teach+you+to+be+rich&qid=1641856045&s=books&sr=1-1 (I Will Teach You to Be Rich) Time Markers @Start - 17:04 Introductions and Episode Breakdown @17:04 - 25:31 No one needs this conversation. We already know what...

Learn everything about what is not food and discover ways to begin avoiding fake foods. We arm our listeners this week with defenses against poor decision making by talking about the inner mechanisms behind why harmful food products exist.  We discuss why we have such a hard time breaking free of fake food in our efforts to live healthfully, and reveal how we have come to be raised in a world where children are often conditioned to be emotionally attached to harmful food choices for reasons you may not expect. This episode is also a big tease! - you'll hear us discussing the whole time how we are supposed to be building up to describing what food is, but in reality we spent so long covering what isn't food that we decided it should stand on its own merit, and now we have a 4 part series in the making!  This is our most important conversation to date on the show, and its dense with information and perspectives on nutrition you aren't likely to find anywhere else - so don't miss it!! Time Markers: @start - 12:21 - Introductions, and defining your dreams by knowing your nightmares @12:21 - 29:41 Why we should care about what we eat and where its from - Cellular Membrane Integrity, Gut Health, and Food as Environmental Information @29:41 - 40:10 The Pitfalls of Diet Idolatry - How our needs constantly change on an individual and seasonal basis @40:10 - 48:02 Why we should care about how to define food @48:02 - 57:24 More Variety! Real food means cooking your own, and that means fostering creativity, curiosity, and excitement in your life @57:24 - 1:05:37 We don't know how we feel until we have something to compare to our baseline @1:05:37 - 1:43:18 What Food Isn't, why its last in our budgets, and what cooking in low socioeconomic groups used to look like @1:43:18 - End: On what's to come in this most important series on food

Today I have Dr Jenn Rauscher on the show! Like many great DC's her knowledge, life experience and wisdom goes far above and beyond the science and art of adjusting, and our conversation today is a great example of how the DC profession produces truly some of the most effective, open-minded, inquisitive doctors there are! We first discuss living life intentionally, living an investigative lifestyle as a part of living authentically in alignment with our happiness, and ultimately how our passions are a part of who we are! We then get really deep down into the truth of CVD 19 and attempt to break through the false narrative and fear mongering we have both seen ruining quality of life this past 19 months in certain parts of the country for certain groups of people. We approach this topic not to spark controversy (there's enough of that already) but out of loving concern, and a knowing that we can still live hopeful, positive, healthy lives by believing in the power of the human body and in the upholding of personal values. This is a must-have conversation you do not want to miss. Show Notes: Jenn Rauscher on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/thejennuineadventure/ (@TheJennuineAdventure) https://www.amazon.com/Artists-Way-25th-Anniversary/dp/0143129252/ref=monarch_sidesheet (Book: The Artists Way by Julia Cameron) Food Books by Michael Pollan: https://www.amazon.com/Food-Rules-Eaters-Michael-Pollan/dp/014311638X/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=food+rules&qid=1637186711&qsid=140-9987222-5371353&sr=8-1&sres=014311638X%2C1594203083%2C1452861382%2CB07TD676SW%2CB00E294DKS%2C9124038172%2C0143114964%2CB002ASFQ3G%2CB06XGLWG1N%2C0936077204%2CB09K1T6M5S%2C0062821385%2C0062872605%2CB08518XDMM%2CB01N6G3MF8%2C1684425441&srpt=ABIS_BOOK (Food Rules) https://www.amazon.com/Botany-Desire-Plants-Eye-View-World/dp/0375760393/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=botany+of+desire&qid=1637186674&qsid=140-9987222-5371353&sr=8-1&sres=0375760393%2CB004BUB2SY%2CB01BRUY94Y%2CB07CTY6D79%2CB002GXG59Y%2CB004VTCBIA%2CB0083J49IO%2CB074341B6S%2CB07B1V3RF5%2CB004G8QZSS%2CB003JYSFCY%2CB0711HRNH6%2CB000FDJ3FU%2CB00LFF89WK%2C0593296907%2C164250453X (Botany of Desire) https://www.amazon.com/Omnivores-Dilemma-Natural-History-2007-08-28/dp/B01FGKT694/ref=sr_1_3?crid=WQ5AC3A6GILR&keywords=omnivore%27s+dilemma&qid=1637186632&qsid=140-9987222-5371353&sprefix=omonivore%2Caps%2C197&sr=8-3&sres=0143038583%2C1101993839%2CB01FGKT694%2CB005XH9W86%2CB008CMPPZ8%2C060637390X%2CB004HOYX5S%2CB06ZXXJ8Q7%2CB008FPY9V8%2CB006Q5AYEU%2CB011O67U6U%2CB001PQPHBU%2C0141006870%2CB000FTCJEG%2CB098GSZ52F%2CB07B1V3RF5&srpt=ABIS_BOOK (Omnivores Dilemma) https://www.amazon.com/Defense-Food-Eaters-Manifesto/dp/0143114964/ref=pd_bxgy_img_1/140-9987222-5371353?pd_rd_w=EVMaJ&pf_rd_p=c64372fa-c41c-422e-990d-9e034f73989b&pf_rd_r=HS1A5CGZJSF85E21HGX7&pd_rd_r=8ee24be0-7d87-4ee1-917c-bdc5c26d69da&pd_rd_wg=PEflB&pd_rd_i=0143114964&psc=1 (In Defense of Food) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008EKOIN8/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i8 (Cooked) https://freedomcells.org/ (https://freedomcells.org/) http://www.trusalusbeta.com/ (Tru Salis Chiropractic Walnut Creek California  ) Time Markers: @9:47 - 25:40 Introductions, Breathwork, and integrating self care into daily expression @25:40 - 36:09 Living an Investigative Lifestyle - Permission for freely exploring our self interests, and discovering what lights us up inside. @36:09 - 39:55 - Life transitions during COVID, and training to be prepared to adapt no matter the situation. @39:55 - 54:03 Living your life, getting outdoors, and establishing self love during uncertain times - Living life as the COVID narrative unfolds @54:03 - 1:14:00 Focusing on the wrong ways of being. How to stop COVID from dictating how you feel and how you live. A big dose of the Truth and how to contribute to reality rather than the plan that is unfolding. @1:14:00 - 1:36:24 Coping with people...

One of our favorite people of all time joins us on the show this week as a recently minted Doctor of Chiropractic! Dr. Amber Majik DC attended over 70 workshops and seminars during her time in school. She took every opportunity for growth and expansion that came to her over the course of 4 years, often finding herself traveling literally all over the world to learn from nearly every living legend of vitalistic chiropractic you can think of.  On her path Amber would face inconceivable hardship, seemingly unconquerable obstacles, and unimaginable loss matched only by the level of divine support, personal evolution, and human compassion she would discover along the way. Needless to say, she brings Wisdom beyond her years with her into every moment, and today's show is no exception.  This is the first of a two part “very chiropractic” conversation. We dive deep into the stressors of graduate school, the unique demands on those who choose to embark on the spiritual path as healthcare professionals, why chiropractic is so powerful, the actual experience of personal expansion, how to get better at coping with the experience of growth during times of stress, integrating newly discovered aspects of Self, and what the future of healthcare education should look like to meet the demands and shortcomings of the modern world. This is a can't-miss episode for any heart centered free-thinker dedicated to their own journey of self-actualization. Time Markers: @Start - 11:14 introductions @11:14 - 15:40 Name Changes and Brandishing Titles as a way of Expressing Truth @15:40 - 40:58 Revisiting Artful Convention - The power of a collective congruent field of expansion, How the deceased support us as we carry their legacies, what its like to feel our full power, and repercussions of flying too close to the Sun. @40:58 - 47:05 Actively Seeking Reality and the Change that Results  @47:05 - 56:!2 How to be seen as yourself, and how Universal Truth hides behind all religious labels @56:12 - 1:03:25 What Amber's personal practice looks like, and how chiropractic and bodywork changes in real time based on what our systems allow and ask for.  @1:03:25 - 1:10:58 What is a Subluxation? According to Amber  @1:10:58 - 1:16:52 the best advice in 2021/22 for someone thinking about getting into healthcare, how hard it can get, what it takes to make it through, and the one change Amber would make to chiropractic school…  @1:16:52 - End: What the Healthcare Facilitator School of the future should look like

This week on the show we share a heartfelt recap of the endurance principle as it is expressed in my journey toward self-actualization. Emilie takes the reins in this talk and interviews me just days after I completed a 69 mile ultramarathon in the mountains of southern Virginia rightfully named the Cloudsplitter 100. We talk a little about our history in ultra-distance running events, the unconventional training circumstances I dealt with in preparing for past races, and how the reasons for showing up to events like this can change over time.  We then dive into my unconventional training and racing philosophies, including how this race was significant within the context of my personal journey toward soul-activation and embodiment of the highest self. With intentions and preferences all laid out, we then go into a full breakdown of the event itself, including favorite segments, most challenging moments, unexpected outcomes, and my biggest takeaways when all things were said and done. There is something here for anyone interested in bettering themselves or overcoming their own hardships regardless of your interest in running sports, so please do listen in and enjoy this low-key, fun, and wide ranging conversation between Emilie and I. Next week, we have our first guest in a while joining us on the show, and the conversation we share is bound to blow your minds… so stay tuned!

It's Halloween everybody! For our first ever seasonal special episode, we sit down for a late night chat with our friend and multiple repeat guest on the show, Taylor Luster DC to share ghost stories, discuss various theories of what paranormal activity actually is, and brainstorm over the possibilities of reincarnation versus single-life existence. This is a raw, goofy, fun, and mind-bending conversation you don't wanna miss. Show Notes: https://www.instagram.com/drtaylorraelusterdc/ (Dr Taylor on Instagram) https://www.innersanctumchiropractic.com/ (Inner Sanctum Chiropractic) https://www.instagram.com/inner_sanctum_chiropractic/ (Inner Sanctum Chiropractic on Instagram) https://www.facebook.com/taylorraeluster (Dr Taylor on Facebook) https://www.tiktok.com/@drtaylorluster?_d=secCgYIASAHKAESMgowrsNdLnWN%2FoPdeUv9M5BbIugzIFhtyluD%2BXgzP3tsTOvEcEFaCsKFFUc5KFKU6QH%2FGgA%3D&language=en&sec_uid=MS4wLjABAAAAg5LmSTt3g59z4ptEGY-ssPPK6gAKQp1TeR0wdulmiZbrw2PxnyAX8jH3QaoEkWuD&sec_user_id=MS4wLjABAAAAg5LmSTt3g59z4ptEGY-ssPPK6gAKQp1TeR0wdulmiZbrw2PxnyAX8jH3QaoEkWuD&share_app_name=musically&share_author_id=6932687789030392837&share_link_id=3499b484-3bb0-4f87-91e3-127de89d544c×tamp=1615261746&u_code=dh8119h0g355b1&user_id=6932687789030392837&utm_campaign=client_share&utm_medium=android&utm_source=copy&source=h5_m&_r=1 (Dr Taylor on Tiktok) https://rss.com/podcasts/fearlesslyunbroken/ (Taylor's Podcast - Fearlessly Unbroken) https://www.foragerhealthinitiative.com/podcast/love-with-dr-taylor-luster-dc (Taylor on Forager Health Podcast 1 ) Taylor on Forager Health Podcast 2 

Learn to revel in the beauty of your grand design, in the incredible power of your experience and the fact that your blessings for having gone through whatever you've been through in this life time have afforded you tremendous opportunity for growth. Learn to recognize the Innate warning systems inherent of our bodily existence are life saving, and that being grateful for signs of discomfort is our way toward vitality. Samatvam - The equal value and importance of all experience. The equal spiritual value of all living beings and their experience. The first step toward unconditional love. To not renounce action for the sake of outcome. To not pursue action for the sake of outcome. Acceptance that all outcomes of devotional action are of equal value.

Jen Davis joins us on the show this week to discuss life as an adult-onset sportswoman, forager, hunter, and conservationist. Jen is a volunteer hunter education instructor for the state of Michigan who helps lead workshops specifically geared toward adult women interested in getting involved outdoors. She's also an Artemis Sportswomen Ambassador, and she works a job helping maintain environmental health with her local Department of Parks and Recreation.  We talk about lessons and considerations often encountered by anyone on a journey toward developing healthy relationships with their food and local environments. We discuss common roadblocks and challenges both women and men encounter upon deciding to get into the outdoors as adults, and share lots of resources and ideas for where to turn for those interested in starting out. We elaborate on the importance, intent, and inner workings of the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation. We also explain what it means to us intrinsically to live close to our food, and to live lives focused on our relationships with natural spaces and wild species. Show Notes: https://www.instagram.com/taproot_wildcraft/ (Jen Davis on Instagram @Taproot_Wildcraft) https://www.facebook.com/taprootwildcraft (Jen Davis on Facebook) Becoming an Outdoors Woman - google this + your state for more info https://artemis.nwf.org/ (Artemis Outdoors) https://www.amazon.com/North-American-Wildlife-Conservation-Management/dp/1421432803/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=north+american+wildlife+conservation&qid=1633540858&s=audible&sr=1-1-catcorr (The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation) - book https://www.amazon.com/Beloved-Beasts-Fighting-Life-Extinction/dp/B08YPGH5VT/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=beloved+beasts&qid=1633540798&sr=8-1 (Beloved Beasts) - book  https://www.themeateater.com/ (Meateater) - Steve Rinella's brand https://www.wild-fed.com/ (Wildfed) - Daniel Vitalis's brand https://www.splendidtable.org/ (The Splendid Table NPR) https://honest-food.net/ (Hank Shaw )- Wild Food Author and Blogger https://foragerchef.com/ (Alan Bergo - The Forager Chef) https://hunttoeat.com/ (Hunt to Eat) Time Markers: @Start -18:12 Introductions and Breathwork @18:12 - 23:38 Jen's Wild Food History, Learning the skills to match food-source awareness, and how harvesting wild food changes the way we look at nature. @23:38 - 31:15 What Jen's first hunt was like, and building a better adventure machine: How being physically prepared for your life's passions can motivate us to be generally strong and healthy. @31:15 - 37:15 Bringing food out of the woods isn't easy! The learning curve for adult-onset outdoorsman, and common struggles in hunter education @37:15 - 45:40 Jen's experience going from wild foods consumer to educator and provider @45:40 - 59:06 Getting started: Unique concerns, challenges, and reasons women and men have in becoming adult-onset hunters @59:06 - 1:28:42 The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation, & a new age of major influences in the outdoor media industry @1:28:42 - 1:37:36 Why must we kill animals to protect wildlife? Participation's role in building our ecological relationships @1:37:36 - 1:54:17 Salvaging Roadkill, wild food cooking, and more ethics on utilizing life and death @1:54:17 - Closing thoughts and advice on getting started

Liz Montoya joins us on the show this week to share her incredible healing journey and quest for personal liberation. After being raised in a challenging, traumatic home environment within a Latter Day Saints congregation, Liz sought transformation, understanding, and freedom through a multi-year quest that would challenge everything she was ever taught to believe. Through personal guidance, a process of conscious uncoupling from a 14 year relationship, multiple plant medicine ceremonies, and learning to follow her intuition, Liz has redefined her relationships with Self and with Spirit. Today, Liz has gone from being the student to embodying the role of a guide who helps those knowing they want a life full of authentic connection but do not know where to start. She has a great deal of passion offering the type of guidance and direction for newcomers to the path of personal empowerment that took her years to find. This wide ranging, raw and honest conversation is full of passion, joy, and hope, and the energy Liz shares is something we could all use a little more of right now. Please tune in and we hope you enjoy as much as we did! Show Notes: https://www.instagram.com/holiztic333/ (Liz Montoya on Instagram) Time Markers: @12:31 Start  @12:31 - 32:54 Liz's History with the LDS Church and growing up in a challenging, trauma provoking environment @32:54 - 44:09 Leaving religion for spirituality, separating God from Church, finding a personal path to self discovery, and seeing the grand design in our journeys @44:09 - 1:05:50 Intuitively overcoming Fear of COVID - The power of daily practice - Healing sexual relationships with ourselves - and developing love for our bodies  @1:05:50 - 1:09:20 How to begin a journey of sexual liberation @1:09:20 - 1:18:21 Conscious Uncoupling - Ending a 14 year relationship on sound principles and in alignment with Spirit  @1:18:21- 1:26:33 Stop, Drop, and Feel - Passing on the Love - How Liz has begun to offer her growth back to the collective, and her biggest tips for beginners on the Journey @1:26:33 What we should be letting go of and holding onto right now

Jackie Knechtel joins us on the show this week for a deep wide-ranging dive into the intricacies of personal growth and heart-centered entrepreneurship in our present day social climate. Jackie is a public speaker who has presented talks and hosted workshops all over the world. As a visionary and philanthropist she has dedicated herself to creating accessible opportunities for people from all walks of life to work toward experiencing personal, emotional, and professional freedom. As co-founder of Flow Conciousness Institute, she teaches people to unlock their potentials through embracing states of Flow using ground-breaking neurological tools and techniques borne of many years of research into the fields of human consciousness and spiritual development. Show Notes: http://flowconciousnessinstitute.com (https://www.flowconsciousnessinstitute.com/) https://www.instagram.com/jackieknechtel/ (https://www.instagram.com/jackieknechtel/) https://www.facebook.com/jackie.knechtel (https://www.facebook.com/jackie.knechtel)  Time Markers: @10:19 - 14:02 Intro and Breathwork Ceremony @14:02 - 19:10 Beginnings, Introductions, & Diversity and Equality in Personal Development @19:10 - 25:18 Developing the trait of universal social acceptance, learning to take risks, finding depth in our relationships, and whether our missions always must come from trauma @25:18 - 38:50 Jackie shares how Flow Conciousness effects how we Identify ourselves, and answers really big questions - Are we capable of living fully in a plane beyond common sociological divisions? + How do we see the positive meaning within ‘demeaning' societal conditioning? @38:50 - 50:04 How do we overcome the daily imposed expectations of being raised in an out-dated culture? & How to find energetic balance through focusing on our wholeness in personal evolution. @50:04- 59:22 What heart-centered businesses of the future look like, and what vulnerable leadership looks like. How much of ourselves should we be holding onto?   @59:22 - 1:05:48 How do we remain empathetic to all perspectives as we share our ideas for a brighter future? + How do we change the foundational narrative programming that runs the field of natural health?  @1:05:48 - 1:17:56 How Jackie decided to shift her time and energy allocation amidst the lockdowns of the pandemic. Starting a heart-centered company that helps those in need during COVID-19. + Allowing ourselves to realize how good we can feel. @1:17:56 - 1:24:17 In healing our wounds, where can we find balance between seeking the specific care we may need according to our stories, while avoiding the pitfalls of spiritual bypassing and getting caught in our comfort zones? @1:24:17 - What do we need more of today in order to find permission to love ourselves? + How to come to terms with getting our needs met and receiving those needs.

This week on the show Emilie and I break down key philosophical principles to embody for those wanting to elevate their energetic capacity and thrive in their journeys toward achievement of real lasting health and vitality.  Topics discussed include putting ourselves first and how to heal core wounds at the root of people pleasing mentalities, not compromising our values and action plans to appease anyone else's opinions, setting expectations and boundaries in your relationships while healing, holding small containers of time to allow space for health, living above our hardship, and ultimately, how we must be our own primary care physicians if we want to truly heal in a world where we are taught from birth that once we are ‘ill', we cannot recover. Time Markers: @4:36 - 9:29 FSH Recap and Introductions @9:29 - 16:34 Principle 1 - Putting ourselves first & How to stop people pleasing. @16:34 - 20:22 Principle 2 - Do not compromise, even for those trying to help you. @20:22 - 37:08 Principle 3 - Be your own best friend, boss, lover, and anything else you need. @37:08 - 52:28 Principle 4 - Boundaries in relationships, setting your Expectations, and not letting others' discomfort dictate your Reality.  @52:28 - 55:18 Principle 5 - Time Boundaries: Holding a Container  @55:18 - 1:11:14 Principle 6 - Becoming your own Primary Care Physician @1:11:14 -1:16:53 Principle 7 - Living above and beyond your hardship @ 1:16:53 - Next episode preview and closing thoughts

Diana Leahy joins us on the show this week! Diana is a Holistic Herbalist, Functional Health Coach, Shamanic Reiki practitioner, and all-around heart centered guide to wellness. Her practice is rooted in timeless vitalistic philosophical principle that the body has the power to heal itself and will do so if given the opportunity.  Diana has a unique and amazing background dealing with personal extreme health challenges that lead her down the path to redefine herself and re-discover what health looks like through self-education, meaningful mentorship, and building intuitive relationships with medicinal plants through the combined study of herbalism and astrology. Our discussion takes us in many directions, from trauma healing and spiritual revelation to common wild medicinals and natural Lyme Disease treatments and tick prevention, this conversation is rich with tons of little gems for everyone to benefit from. The energy of the container we created in our discussion this week is warm, comforting, welcoming, and optimistic - I hope that you take away some of the love and caring expressed as we know it is much needed right now! Show Notes: https://www.instagram.com/freeheartproject/ (Diana's Instagram ) Diana's Website https://buhnerhealinglyme.com/ (Stephen Buhner - lyme and herbalism ) http://susunweed.com/ (Susan Weed - Founder of Wise Women Tradition of Herbalism ) http://www.klinghardtacademy.com/ (Doctor Klinghard - Chronic Lyme) https://www.herb-pharm.com/ (Herb Farm - widely available herbal tincture brand ) Mountain Rose herbs Woodland Essence https://redmoonherbs.com/ (Red Moon Herbs ) Time Markers: @7:36 Introduction  @10:11 Interview start  @11:59 - 18:19 When we study herbs, we are studying the cosmos! Ties between astrology, herbalism, and natural health @18:19 - 32:57 Diana's learning journey with health and dis-ease @32:57 - 40:29 How Diana developed intuitive practices in herbalism and the healing arts by letting go of old patterns and allowing mentors - plants and humans alike - to come to her.  @40:29 - 48:48 The Power in Knowledge versus Information in regards to Health-Care, and how true wellness always needs to be tied to tradition before progress is made @48:48 - 1:12:25 Ticks as teachers, why holistic practitioners are needed, & what the sickest person on Earth knows about health!! @1:12:25 - 1:35:18 Sourcing herbs for stress and anxiety, and beginning to forage your own medicinals @1:35:18 - 1:41:16 Facing yourself: Voyaging outside of everyday life to where the veil grows thin… @1:41:16 - Diana's greatest moment of growth

Today for our second installment of the Final Stages of Healing Series, we discuss how to Let Go of inner turmoil, fix stinking thinking, and improve the relationships in our lives to achieve true wealth and support healthy sociological environments for healing and personal growth.  We touch briefly on how real lasting health in populations around the world is a product of healthy family and community values, elaborating on the science behind how lifting the weight of poor inward and outward communication skills off our shoulders can actually bring us to greater states of health and vitality.  We then provide action steps and review several modalities used to alleviate past traumas, get to know ourselves, and embody the highest self while interacting with friends, family, and colleagues. Embarking on this type of personal evolution brings about greater responsibility as a leader in your community, but it also allows us to move through life with less junk in the basement - and more space for giving, grace, and gratitude for what we do hold onto.  Time Markers: 5:23 - 12:03 Introductions and overview of today's topic  12:03 - 17:50 Why people of the Blue Zones really live longer, and what true wealth in a family unit looks like 17:50 - 22:13 Letting go of Inner Turmoil to overcome Stinkin' Thinkin' - The need to clear our relationships with Self before healing our relationships with others. 22:13 - 31:25 It needs to start with Meditation, and here's why. 31:25 - 38:22 Mirror Work: The Art of Having Conversations with your Self 38:22 - 44:31 Seeking Depth of Healing through Altered States of Conciousness: Modalities for Psychedelic Experiences and Access to the Subconscious Mind 44:31 - 57:01 Non-Violent Communication - How and Why to Have Difficult Conversations 57:01 - What to do with Conversations that really need to wait for another time. 1:02:10 - Closing out and what's to come!

This week Emilie Jones is back on the show as our official cohost and we are drawing from our collective experience to lay out step by step advice on how to leverage consistency in practice to evolve into a higher state of healing. We discuss what it takes, and how long it takes to reap the full benefit from a plan of action in overcoming states of dis-ease, and how to use radical self-honestly to track our progress. We elaborate on how this information is applicable to anyone who has ever sought to better themselves, and how the further we get in our journeys toward joy and vitality, the more susceptible we may become to losing sight of our long term outcomes. We also define the concepts of decision-fatigue and faith-fatigue. We give examples of how they can dissuade us from using fair judgement in searching for true, lasting states of health. We share how making choices using intuitive selection can help us avoid these common states that often squander our progress.

This week I take a deep dive into our largest takeaways and most prominent repeating themes from the first 6 months of the show. I elaborate on how connection is protection from life's challenges, and discuss how gratitude rooted in faith can be our saving grace during hard times.  We look back on some incredible stories of transformation and perseverance from our guests and I mention some undiscovered gems in our episode backlog that are 100% worth revisiting.  We once again dig into the power of energetic boundaries and leave off with how self-knowledge and wisdom bring us together as humans.  I also touch on a little sneak peak on what to expect in the show moving forward, and we subtly say goodbye to our podcast's original name and introduce our switch to Forager Health Podcast! Time Markers: 8:31 - 15:07 Connection is protection from all life's challenges 15:07 - 20:31 Gratitude is hard to come by without faith 20:31 - 33:27 There is a ton of health, happiness, and well-being to be had that does not come from the store or in a pill 33:27 - 36:48 A sneak peak on our Final Stages of Healing Series 36:48 - 40:32 Even our heroes have moments where things seem to fall apart 40:32 - 46:55 The everlasting importance of Boundaries 46:55 - Authenticity and individual drive leads to more commonality than it does separation

Dr Joe Carranza joins us this week to share his love and passion for the healing art, science, and philosophy of chiropractic. Although Dr Joe facilitates growth in his patients through the lens of a specific healing practice, the life lessons we dive into throughout our conversation are universally applicable, and more valuable than ever before given today's sociopolitical climate. We talk about the meaning and purpose of tone, vibration, and intuition in our lives, how to remain constantly adaptive in the face of health challenges, how willingness to change is a major factor in healing, and how having unwavering faith is the ultimate tool for overcoming anything we come to face in life.  Our discussion also gives listeners a deep inside look into the world of chiropractic. We dig into client progress in different types of adjusting environments, what it is like to treat people as a DC, how lifestyle factors effect change in the body, and what value the adjustment holds in the mind's eye of those in-the-know when it comes to the origins, purpose, and power that chiropractic care allows us to share with Humankind. Show Notes: https://www.instagram.com/dr_joe_c/ (Dr Joe on Instagram) https://www.facebook.com/joseph.carranza.52 (Dr Joe on Facebook) https://theartofhealthandhealing.com/ (Dr Joe's Practice in Long Island, NY) Time Markers: @Start - 23:46 Introductions and Breathwork @23:46 - 38:20 Dr. Joe's passionate past in the health and wellness industry, and beginnings in Chiropractic @38:20 - 46:43 Dr. Joe's Philosophy and the meaning of Tone in Life @46:43 - 1:06:37 Holding Value and Instigating Change in High Flow Environments @1:06:37 - 1:15:41 Constancy in Healing and Adaptation, and the gift of Interference @1:15:41 - 1:24:06 Willingness to Change as a factor in healing @1:24:06 - 1:35:55 How do we focus on the value of difficult situations, and the value of healthy communication @1:35:55 - 2:03:05 Unique Challenges of 2021 in regards to personal growth and Human Connection, and unwavering Faith @2:03:05 - 2:13:10 Letting go and plugging into Innate in order to invest authentically in our experience @2:13:10 - When we stop trying so hard…

Today I have the pleasure of sharing a conversation with one of the most wonderfully introspective people I have ever met, Dr. Ambrose Koll DC. Ambrose joins us this week to share really powerful thoughts on what personal identity means to us in modern society. His amazing multi-career, multidisciplinary life story gives him a great deal of perspective on many topics most of us take for granted. We discuss the inherent importance of each individual journey we have as humans, overcoming the need for labels, how levels of sobriety can be considered altered states of consciousness, and what it feels like to change our relationships with technology.  We also take a deep dive into Ambrose's perspectives and experiences with the Fullness of Chiropractic. We ultimately get into some really fascinating grounds in regards to how we distract ourselves from living presently and engaging in daily life, and how we may break those cycles in seeking fulfillment. Show Notes:  https://trusalus.com/ (True Salus Health) https://www.instagram.com/theambrosefrequency/ (Dr Ambrose on Instagram ) Time Markers: Start - Introductions, Breathwork, and the power of Innate @20:54 - 30:51 Ambrose's First Year in Practice, and parallels in Chiropractic and Holistic Health @30:51 - 41:33 Finding balance, recovering from adrenal fatigue and becoming a clearer vessel for service amidst huge life changes @41:33 - 47:04 How many health practitioners serve from a place of clarity? From a place of emotional and spiritual availability and stability? 47:04 - 1:03:07 The state of chiropractic - overcoming the stigma as a society, and allowing ourselves to be educated on the human body 1:03:07 - 1:12:00 What Chiropractic is in Ambrose's words, & what Ambrose tries to deliver in a chiropractic adjustment 1:12:00 - 1:34:59 Sobriety, habitual escapism, distraction cycles, boredom, and overcoming addiction. 1:34:59 - 1:39:37 A shifting goal of Sobriety and an overriding goal in life. 1:39:37 - 1:47:37 IQ, EQ, Personality types, and Levels of Awareness - How we should and shouldn't judge our self worth and how to be an expert human. 1:47:37 - 1:52:42 Everything about life is movement - and so there is no “arrival” in discovering who we truly are 1:52:42 - 2:09:28 Are we all meant to find our purposes within this lifetime? On our reasons for living, the universal value of human experience, and the value of each life. 2:09:28 - 2:24:03 Ceremonial Perspectives: Depression as a possible necessity or ubiquitous presence in modern life, versus its absence in antiquity, & on the importance of emotional content and energetic release. 2:24:03 - Closing thoughts

Dr Lance Von Stade joins us on the show this week to discuss how we may invest in practices and overcome patterns to allow for greater personal expression. This powerful conversation is jam packed with inspiration, motivation, and action steps that all come from a place of love and understanding. It is the type of media we all need more of in our lives right now. We discuss increasing our communication skills, identifying our personal values, decreasing inflammation, increasing the quality of our daily choices, and aiming for outcomes that provide delayed gratification and long-term health outcomes. Dr Lance is one the best chiropractors of our generation. He is owner and founder at Golden Gate Chiropractic in San Francisco, California and a renowned leader and speaker in the chiropractic profession. He is also easily one of the most dedicated, caring, and hard working people you will ever meet. This episode is not one you want to miss. Show Notes: https://www.facebook.com/lancevonstade (Dr Lance on Facebook) https://www.instagram.com/drlancevonstade/ (Dr Lance on Instagram) https://www.gogachiro.com/ (Golden Gate Chiropractic) https://www.facebook.com/goldengatechiropractic/ (Golden Gate Chiropractic on facebook) https://www.instagram.com/gogachiro/ (Golden Gate Chiropractic on instagram) Time Markers:  5:51 - 18:18 Introductions and Breathwork 18:18 - 21:23 Becoming a higher baseline of expression: Practices for Communication and Self Expression through Alignment with our values 21:23 - 27:39 Expressing our Whole Selves through posture: managing energetic expression for growth and compassion 27:39 - 34:38 A Shift toward Self Acceptance & Non-violent Communication: Dr. Lance's beginnings in Chiropractic  34:38 - 44:56 Mobility and Stability in Life: Balancing Pattern Dominance with Fluidity and Adaptation 44:56 - 49:40 What should we be willing to let go of to be in a state of Love? 49:40 - End - In Closing: Choose long term investment for large returns in Life

This week I have the pleasure of sharing a very special, heartfelt, & valuable conversation with my friend Jordan Neer. Jordan is the type of healer where experiencing her presence, energy, kindness, and lightheartedness goes beyond any title or label one would use in trying to describe her. Her unique, whimsical, and divine expression of life can only be taken in as an incredible example of human potential when we learn to feel our true needs and respond accordingly. She is wise beyond her years, and has in her journey of self-discovery learned to balance humility and assertion with grace.  Jordan is everything a healer and doctor of the future should be, and all the qualities above are on full display in the power she brings to this conversation. We reminisce on major healing experiences we've both had on our paths within and beyond the chiropractic journey. We then discuss simple ways people should be taking time to allow for healing and self-love in the current socio-political climate, and ultimately we take a deep dive into what it means to have and hold sacred boundaries for yourself while living a life awareness, and what that could look like for people in different walks of life. Jordan is a chiropractic student at Life University in Marietta, GA who has spent countless hours beyond the classroom pushing her limits of perception and skill under the tutelage of our profession's best. She is also apprenticing as a Shamanic Light Worker under Dr. Suzan Rossi DC, a living legend in the field of chiropractic and one of the most powerful women I have ever had the pleasure of meeting.  Needless to say, this week's episode is the kind of discussion that makes me happy to be alive, and excited for more. I hope that if you listen in, it will provide the same effect. Show Notes: https://www.instagram.com/jordanneer95/ (Jordan on Instagram) https://www.facebook.com/jordan.neer (Jordan on Facebook) https://www.facebook.com/groups/868050426649262 (Chicken Soup for the Chiropractic Soul) Time Markers: Start@16:59 - 25:41 Jordan Neer's Beginnings and Journey as a powerful space-holder, healer, and expression of Love @25:41 - 30:37 Personal investment, dating ourselves, personal fulfillment @30:37 - 38:10 Jordans stat into chiropractic care and investment in the philosophy @38:10 - 52:38 Over the matter of time in a growth process: nonlinear and multidimensional healing @52:38 - 56:42 Throw Grace on it: Being okay with frightening moments and incomplete journeys @56:42 - 1:11:41 Self Love and Self Worth in 2021 - Large Impacts from Small Acts @1:11:41 - 1:23:39 Is Personal Growth in response to Societal Outcry Necessary??? & an introduction to Susan Rossi!! @1:23:39 - 1:34:19 Jordan's Boundaries Practices   @1:34:19 - End: Balancing Sacred Feminine, and Empowerment through Divine Choice within the Duality 

Come get your Sexual Orientation!!! This week I am joined by Kevion Devanté, Sound Shaman, Crystal Reiki Master, and Instructor of Tantric Healing Arts to discuss the all encompassing human experience of sexual energy. We all have it. We all have a relationship with it. Few have a fully healed, loving, healthy, compassionate, and empowering relationship with their sexual-being. This conversation has the power to change that.  Join us and learn that everything within the grand duality of human existence is intrinsically sexual, inseparably intimate, and that embodying the Whole-Being of the Human Experience by Embracing Sexual Presence is not at all a shameful path. Like any other Innate aspect of Creation, sexual energy can be in soul-alignment… And as Nature's greatest potential act of Creation, it can be a powerful instigator for growth.  No words can really describe the level of Wisdom on display in this conversation so please just invest the time. Come for the relief of healing and stay for limitless ability to manifest your best life through the power of connection. Show Notes:  https://www.facebook.com/kevion.devante (Kevion on Facebook) https://www.instagram.com/kevion.devante/ (Kevion on Instagram) https://onlyfans.com/kdsacral (Kevion and Ashley on Only Fans) https://www.eventbrite.com/e/taste-of-tantra-atl-tickets-153237269799 (Upcoming Tantra Workshop in ATL!!) https://www.facebook.com/livininnerg/services/?ref=page_internal (Livin' InnerG Shamanic Healing Arts Services) (book) https://amzn.to/3jloRyP (The Multi-Orgasmic Man on Amazon)  Time Markers: Start @13:54 - 17:44 Introductions and breath work  @17:44 - 26:54 Practicing Semen Retention - Why should we, How can we? What is the objective? & Should we care? @26:54 - 33:02 False separation between energetic expression and sexual expression @33:02 - 42:41 How do we break through the unconscious state? Being Vulnerable as a way of Honoring Sex as an inextricable part of Life @42:41 - 59:29 How to Fulfill our own liberation process & How our relationships with sex turned to shame and secrecy.  @59:29 - 1:04:39 Trauma based desires vs Intrinsic Needs @1:04:39 - 1:15:32 How deep does energetic conditioning go when it comes to pro-creation of new life? @1:15:32 - 1:24:12 The act & Power of being in TANTRA  @1:24:12- 1:32:52 Overall objectives & how to begin. Anyone can be present - fornication without destination, holding shared intentions, and evolving the shared experience. @1:32:52 - 1:37:58 What it feels like when two people aim for mutual harmonic resonance, fully embodying life, and strengthening our human magnetism. @1:37:58 - 1:41:29 Being present in every moment of an Act, How we are missing parts of ourselves by not investing in the sexual avenue & how we are really more energy than substance @1:41:29 - 1:46:02 The Universal Power of Sex Magic & The difference between Sex Magic and Tantra @1:46:02 - 1:56:30 Why Manifest using Sex? The Universality of Sexual Energy & how this is about self love & totality of experience. Sex is about Everything! There is NO Isolated subject in Life.or not…. @1:56:30 - 2:04:38 Revelations on Sexual Orientation, and how to orient yourself for success in life   @2:04:38 - end - Where to go to learn more and develop a practice, and closing thoughts

Our dear friend Dr Taylor Luster joins us as one of our first repeat guests on the show to share deep insight on the ins and outs of striving for personal growth. We open up about our greatest experiences of healing, and brainstorm through the possible dangers and pitfalls of seeking higher states of being. We also discuss reasons for possible success, ways to avoid falling into stagnancy, and elaborate on why engaging in the work is worth it! We also discuss the realities of shadow work and psychedelic experiences, the value of sharing our stories, the importance of living daily life in support of our journeys, and much more!! Show Notes: https://www.instagram.com/drtaylorraelusterdc/ (Dr Taylor on Instagram) https://www.instagram.com/inner_sanctum_chiropractic/ (Inner Sanctum Chiropractic on Instagram ) https://www.facebook.com/taylorraeluster (Dr Taylor on Facebook ) https://www.tiktok.com/@drtaylorluster?_d=secCgYIASAHKAESMgowrsNdLnWN%2FoPdeUv9M5BbIugzIFhtyluD%2BXgzP3tsTOvEcEFaCsKFFUc5KFKU6QH%2FGgA%3D&language=en&sec_uid=MS4wLjABAAAAg5LmSTt3g59z4ptEGY-ssPPK6gAKQp1TeR0wdulmiZbrw2PxnyAX8jH3QaoEkWuD&sec_user_id=MS4wLjABAAAAg5LmSTt3g59z4ptEGY-ssPPK6gAKQp1TeR0wdulmiZbrw2PxnyAX8jH3QaoEkWuD&share_app_name=musically&share_author_id=6932687789030392837&share_link_id=3499b484-3bb0-4f87-91e3-127de89d544c×tamp=1615261746&u_code=dh8119h0g355b1&user_id=6932687789030392837&utm_campaign=client_share&utm_medium=android&utm_source=copy&source=h5_m&_r=1 (Dr Taylor on Tiktok) https://www.innersanctumchiropractic.com/ (Inner Sanctum Chiropractic) Time Markers: @start - 13:17 Breathwork and Introductions @13:17-18:07 Dr Taylor's greatest moment of healing  @18:07 - 23:05 Before, After, and Inbetween seminal moments of growth, there is always the Work. @23:05 - 38:41 Addiction to Big Moments vs Honoring the Space inbetween @38:41 - 49:09 Shadow work comes to you… All we can do is ready ourselves to receive by removing what layers we can.  @49:09 - 53:27 With the right healing in the right timing, we receive only what we are ready for, and what we truly need. @53:27 - 1:06:44 More on Shadow Work, Being Open to Change, How Every point and instance in a healing journey is of equal value, How Sometimes it happens slowly, and sometimes all at once, and how Both are Okay. @1:06:44 - 1:29:36 How do growth-oriented people get stuck? & How you can help the stuck people in your life. @1:29:36 - 1:40:18 Positive versus negative language as motivation for change. @1:40:18 - 1:55:15 More on the power of words and the importance of sharing in your journey.

This week's show features the type of conversation we all need more of right now. Justin Faerman joins us on the podcast this week to discuss how effortless growth is available to anyone in any given moment. We dive into how even in difficult times, we can shape our reality to be conspiring in our favor, how we can call forth highest outcomes by shaping our expectations, how we can let go of our need for struggle and regret while striving for progress in life, and much more!! Justin Faerman is a master of Flow. Not flow states, but flow consciousness. The ability to live in a heightened state of ease and of energetic attraction at all times brought on by an unwavering dedication to following one's own intuition.  Justin co-founded Flow Conciousness Institute with his partner Jackie Knechtel in order to teach people how to release limiting core belief and trauma patterns, and replace them with expansive belief systems based on total abundance through their Flow Mastery courses.  In other words, based on many years of personal research and exploration across many health related fields including neuroscience, quantum physics, metaphysical theory, and sociological development, they have designed a scientifically backed, tried and true system for altering our waking realities through a combination of neuro-feedback, brain training and trauma release techniques which allows people to freely experience higher planes of reality. Show Notes:  https://www.consciouslifestylemag.com/ (Conscious Lifestyle Magazine) https://www.flowconsciousnessinstitute.com/ (Flow Conciousness Institute) https://www.facebook.com/justin.faerman (Justin Faerman on Facebook) Time Markers:  @9:15 - 20:57 Breathwork and Introductions @20:57 - 23:20 My experience taking Justin's Flow Mastery courses @23:20 - 28:31 Justin's beginnings in personal growth & his journey that led him to finding Flow in his life. @28:31 - 35:27 Finding attunement within oneself, Justin's Life Vision and the nature of his work. @35:27 - 39:10 Flow Mastery compared to Chek Institute and other personal development tools. @39:10 - 51:13 How how growth is available to us whether we believe in it or not, how to find a Mentor on your path toward self-actualization, and the depth of Justin's journey that led to Flow Mastery being born… @51:13 - 1:02:07 Flow Mastery as a Swiss army knife for all life's encounters, what Flow Conciousness is, how to reach our full potentials, and how Flow works. @1:02:07 - 1:05:45 What ends up happening when our entire reality expresses results of abundance and of the greatest good? @1:02:07 - 1:09:35 Challenge is inevitable, struggling and suffering are optional: Perspectives shift and reality evolves in ways beyond our scope of reason once we acknowledge that everything is conspiring in our favor… @1:09:35 - 1:15:12 Is Intuition worth investing in for those of us already “successful”? What is success without purpose? @1:15:12 - 1:26:27 How to begin following your Intuition, and how to distinguish between highest excitement and emotional attachment. + Why Inspiration is the pinnacle of Intuitive choice. @1:26:27 - 1:28:55 There is only Perfect Timing, not regretting missing out on objects of intuitive selection, and Struggle Flow vs Effortless Flow. @1:28:55 - 1:35:17 Finding Flow Conciousness in 2021, and holding in our hearts that all is for the greatest good in today's political climate. @1:35:17 - 1:38:35 Understanding suffering in a world where freedom of choice is available to us. @1:38:35 - End - Attracting the Information we are given: Can we reach the people who truly need to hear someone tell them things are okay? + Our thoughts on a bright future.

Today we bring you a very special conversation where I get to take a deep dive behind the curtain of our modern relationships with food, nutrition, life and death, and other things health related with a powerful human I follow on Instagram known as Maestro Quetzalcoatl! (https://www.instagram.com/wildquetzal/ (@WildQuetzal) on Social) Quetzal is a master when it comes to bringing the nature of our disconnections from what it means to be human to the forefront of peoples minds… In really bright, intuitive, beautifully orchestrated content backed by a rich history of self-education and personal discovery. He serves up high level of Truth and understanding of our food systems and their relations (or lack thereof) to indigenous cultures from around the world in easy-to-digest formats that allow for big takeaways in small amounts of time. Quetzal has a profound way of connecting the dots between our current standards of living and our lack of healthy relationships. He paints a picture of modern society as a system that has led us to lose ourselves through convenience of the built environment and removal from the natural world. Quetzal shows through his work that we presently tend to foster lack of connection with our food, our communities, and the ways of our ancestors, but that we do not have to… He shows people that even now, we have the power to choose the systems of life we invest our energy in. Don't miss out on this one, it's a heavy hitter! Show Notes: https://www.instagram.com/wildquetzal/ (Quetzal on Instagram) https://www.tiktok.com/@wildquetzal?lang=en (Quetzal on TikTok) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKQF-uSmWV7adaohjgBhShQ (Quetzal on Youtube) https://amzn.to/3u5VO3I (The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan) (Source for education on the petrochemical food system) https://amzn.to/3wT0ThH (Supersize Me 2: Holy Chicken) (Source for conventional US chicken lifespan from chick to slaughter) Time Markers: @8:25 - 17:07 Introductions & Evolving perspectives on social media as we grow into ourselves @17:07 - 19:16 Breath Work Session @19:16 - 24:09 Queztal's Life Vision, and thoughts on modern community @24:09  - 38:15 What are we saving time for by skipping to end results? @38:15 - 42:31 What are we really eating? Nature? Or a deviation away from nature? Where is it all coming from? @42:31 - 46:45 Where are we getting our Inputs from that support our lives? @46:45 - 50:14 The more we modify our food, the greater our food-shortage problems: Higher Systems for sustainable creation do exist, and they have existed for a long time… @50:14 - 59:01  Can we feed everyone in a sustainable regenerative manner? Is Earth's future bright? Can we turn this ship around soon enough for a smooth transition?  @59:01 - 1:01:40 Staying Balanced - Walking the Middle Path, and acknowledging true importance @1:01:40 - 1:19:31 How tiny our blip on the timeline is, what we are willing to give for our food, and other expansive perspectives on where our food can come from @1:19:31 - 1:27:48 Conscious Omnivory -Accessing all kingdoms of life and utilizing our environments to their fullest… + how seasonal local eating is achievable everywhere @1:27:48 - 1:35:24 The Power of Seasonality, and how health can be a byproduct of your lifestyle. Arriving at health without striving for health… @1:35:24 - 1:41:53 Life eats Life: How can we be spiritual and eat meat? All is Life is Spirit, and all that supports systems that affirm continued life is an act of goodness @1:41:53 - Our separation from Death in the modern world & how disconnection from the death-life cycle effects our perception of food @1:48:22 - 1:52:48 Do Humans need to be “bad for nature”?  @1:52:48 - 1:58:43 Outgrowing Veganism and the plant-based diet paradigm @1:58:43 - End: How rigidity does not belong in diet, there is no universal fit, how dogma crowds out intuition, and how to get started making your own food choices

Chris Brown comes back on the show as our first repeat guest to tackle all things on modern human relationships, personal development, spirituality, the subjective nature of reality, the nature of human consciousness, alternative history, human origins, the power of the Soul, and much More!!! I hope our audience takes this week's offering as an Invitation to take back our ability to be okay, here and now. This is a recording that Chris I made with no destination in mind… So naturally we covered just about every pressing issue under the Sun in this wide-ranging, extremely meaningful, and potent conversation. This is a long one but if you hang in there with us, you may just find yourself taking away a great deal of personal freedom that we all could really use right now no matter where you may find yourself in your journey. Show Notes: https://www.instagram.com/docbrown_dc2b/ (Chris brown on Instagram ) Chris brown on Facebook https://www.mindvalley.com/lifebook/ (Lifebook) Hive Global Leadership https://amzn.to/3vqg4P2 (Graham Hancock's Books on Alternative History (I'd start with Fingerprints of the Gods) ) https://www.foragerhealthinitiative.com/podcast/episode-6-health (Modern Forager Podcast, Foundational 7, Principle 4: Health) https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/sacred-masculine-podcast/id1446638303 (Brett Jones' Sacred masculine podcast ) https://www.facebook.com/theartfulchiropractorpodcast/ (Artful Chiropractor Podcast ) Time Markers: @6:46 - 18:32 Highest Self as a Spectrum, constructing false realities that are prone to collapse, and how quickly we should change when those narratives fail… @18:32 - 24:05 Healthy Mindsets and Reasons in pursuit of goals, Treating the Soul vs Investing in the body, differentiation between what you need vs what is best long-term @24:05 - 32:03 Staying Aligned and in-Tune with Truth day to day while in the GRIND, when nothing seems to be working and we just do not feel it coming in. @32:03 - 39:55 Hedonic Calendaring, future life projections, the Law of Attraction, and discipline vs motivation  @39:55 - 51:04 “Forgotfulness”, Elimination of “Sides”, False authority, & State of the Union: A result of sociological and technological conditioning away from community, unity, and truly valuable information @51:04 - 55:19 Forgotfulness Continued: Is there really turmoil in your life? Or are people just telling you that your life should have turmoil in it? @55:19 - 60:22 The Two Blind Men, and coming from a place of Empathy @60:22 - 1:04:13 How long will the Illusion Last? How long till we realize that self-expression is an option?  @1:04:13 - 1:09:29 Can this level of Guarding have benefits in the modern world? - Guarding and Armor Versus Healthy Boundaries, and our ability to feel ourselves and others when behind our walls… @1:09:29 - 1:17:39 Where to go in order to feel safe letting our guards down, and where we can be able to express ourselves @1:17:39 - 1:25:01 How do we cope with a need to be within a system or environment that we perceive as harmful to us? @1:25:01 - 1:34:39 Reality is Truly Subjective, Outweighing collective Fear, and being loud versus having an impact. Also how are either more awake and more afraid than ever, being here now, and moving forward versus getting caught in the Past… @1:34:39 - 1:48:21 The Vulnerability Revolution and what it means to step into the fullness of our duality. Where loud and vulnerable creates space, and where it doesn't: Space needs to be held on both sides. @1:48:21 - 1:52:37 The Implications of object-subject duality in the nature of our Reality and what that means for our capacity to Love one another in 2021  @1:52:37 - 1:58:39 The Procebo Effect, and more on the subjective physical Universe @1:58:39 - 2:24:43 Alternative History & Metaphysical Theory: Human Potential, Paramagnetism, & How the Pyramids were built. @2:24:43 - 2:29:15 You can have Sanctuary or a Living

Whether going out of town on business, heading to a conference, attending a workshop, investing in a personal retreat, or leaving home to visit family, we all deserve to allow space for the highest return on investment for our time. A primary way of holding space for our Highest Selves as we engage with Opportunity for Expansion is to set intentions before hand for the experiences you are going to encounter. In part 1 we discussed this and touched on family relations, car rides and travel times, food prep ideas, hydration, biohacking, examples of intentions and preferences for different chapters of our journey, and more!  This week for part 2, we come together over morning coffee to tell stories, lessons learned, outcomes, successes, & challenges as we share the details of our misadventures. Our main take aways: Ask and we shall receive, even if what we ask for and what it ends up looking like are completely different in Real Time than whatever preference we have going in. Abundance can sometimes present itself in the strangest of ways…. And sometimes, the work we have to do on our inward realities projects itself so strongly outward, that the messages granted by our efforts to live out Life as our Highest Selves are higher in value than any preference or intention we could possibly conceive of before they come to be. Show Notes:  https://strongcoffeecompany.com/ (Strong Coffee Company  ) https://humanperformanceoutliers.libsyn.com/ (Dr Shawn Baker and Zach Bitter Podcast ) https://amzn.to/3u5VO3I (The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan ) Time Markers: @5:20 - 39:07 A Wacky breakdown of our trip by categorical outcome @39:07 - @1:01:21 Chapter One - The Drive and our review of The Omnivore's Dilemma @1:01:21 - 1:08:19 Chapter Two - First Family Encounter and Breaking of Pattern in Old Environments @1:08:19 - 1:23:24 Chapter Three - Old Friends, Professional Outlooks, and Projections of New Beginnings @1:23:24 - 3:05:20 Chapter 4 - Couples Wilderness Retreat!!!! - Following Intuition within difficult conversations, Future Projections and Playing Life as the Highest Self, Hunting & Gathering the Wilderness, Animal Totems, Spirit Guides, Cold Plunges and MORE!! 3:05:20 - End Chapter 5 - Second Family and Old Space Encounters, The Drive Home, Closing Ceremony, and Reflections on Outcomes

Whether going out of town on business, heading to a conference, attending a workshop, investing in a personal retreat, or leaving home to visit family, we all deserve to allow space for the highest return on investment for our time. A primary way of holding space for our Highest Selves as we engage with Opportunity for Expansion is to set intentions before hand. Sitting down and thinking on what you would prefer to get out of your investment is a critical, yet often overlooked strategy. In this short series we discuss the steps we have taken to get the absolute most out of our time, money, and energy invested in traveling. Listen along as we walk our audience through our process in undertaking our most recent trip. We touch on family relations, car rides and travel times, food prep ideas, hydration, biohacking, examples of intentions and preferences for different chapters of our journey, and more! Time Markers: @5:20 - 37:18 Is it Even Worth it? Our conditions met before ever leaving the house @37:18 - 1:00:53 What would we want out of our experiences if we had no fear of consequences? Followed by a segue to tackle some travel biohacking 101 @1:00:53 - 1:17:20 First Chapter - Intentions for visiting family and upholding highest-self-inage, morals, and values in old environments @1:17:20 - 1:33:05 Second Chapter - Highest self projections! Intentions for doing things you love, and reaching beyond your comfort zone.  @1:33:05 - 1:47:36 Third Chapter - More advice on targeting growth while visiting Family, ands improving Connections by holding Space.  @1:47:36 -  End: The Drive Home: Closing Ceremony, review of experience, overall outcome, and our final thoughts on reasons for intention setting.

We at Forager Health and many others in the chiropractic community consider Zachary Riles Conner as a no less than a Modern Renaissance Man. Zach is a POWERHOUSE of clarity, presence, love, and understanding, stemming from what I can only describe as his infallible pursuit to follow his genuine calling in life, and to consistently push his limits to do so in the most efficient & yet, holistically mindful ways possible. Zach is often seen playing a role of the Warrior Archetype, putting himself out there on the front lines in battle against ignorance to aide in the evolution of our understanding as a society toward a collective awakening to the truth that all can and does ‘begin and end' at Unconditional Love.  In this discussion we peel back the layers of our short-term motives and perspectives as members of a world-wide community in dissection of the implications of mankind's current state of Being. In doing so, we inevitably end up coming to a place where time horizons are expanded, and comforting truths backed by Universal Principles are explained and elaborated on. We find common ground in a Knowing that in the end of all tumultuous periods, Life will always tend to arrive at a brighter, more positive, more expressive complex of systems than whatever history's previous peaks of Awareness may have looked like.  This conversation, like any with Zachary Riles Conner, is NOT one to be missed. If you are new to hearing Zach speak, or you have been holding back on tuning in to the show, there has never been a better time.  SHOW NOTES: https://www.facebook.com/ZacharyRConner (Zachary Riles Conner on Facebook ) https://www.instagram.com/chirozach/ (Zachary Riles Conner on Instagram) https://onegreatworknetwork.com/zach-conner (Zach's Intro to his Purpose and Principles Series ) https://www.facebook.com/ThePath.DSC (The Path - Delta Sigma Chi's podcast ) ——— The Trivium https://www.rungalife.com/ (Joe Di Stephano) https://amzn.to/3uoAaJ8 (Power vs. Force by David R. Hawkins ) http://www.scimeca.com/ (Dr Micheal Sineca Marietta - “greaterness” coach ) https://www.talskytonalchiropractic.com/ (Marvin Talsky and Talsky Tonal) https://www.my-big-toe.com/ (Tom Cambell PHD - Author of My Big TOE) https://www.flow-mastery.com/ (Flow Mastery Institute ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZz2eK9zAFQ&list=PLai25SE4SiH7MjQEqJScLkKlHkld-edXN&index=10&t=3s (Kevin Trudeau: Your Wish is Your Command ) https://www.facebook.com/The-Quickening-Accelerated-Conscious-Evolution-283777455084670 (Dr. Suzan Rossi DC) https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/dops-media/video-reincarnation-research/ (University of Virginia Reincarnation Research ) Richard Grove http://tragedyandhope.com (tragedyandhope.com)   https://www.aubreymarcus.com/blogs/aubrey-marcus-podcast/how-to-make-money-with-purpose-featuring-seth-godin-and-erick-godsey-amp-250 (Eric Godsey and Aubrey Marcus with Education and Lifestyle Advice from Seth Godin ) https://schoolsucksproject.com/new-start-here/ (Brett Veinotte - school sucks project  ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj8f7ycnUtU&t=13296s (John Taylor Gatto on the School System) Time Markers:  @5:20 - Start of show, and Zach's Introduction to Chiropractic and Philosophical Principles @23:35 - Chiropractic's application of and attunement to Universal Principles @27:24 - So… Where are we headed now that we're here? & Fighting Elephants in the room… No factual response can comfort an emotional outcry @39:16 - Fear vs Love, Negative vs Positive Outcome: When in doubt, zoom out. @45:19 - Are we in for a bright future in the “short long haul”? On The Astral Man and attaining the least amount of the most effective awareness of the problem. The answer is always to work toward Unconditional Love. @53:44 - What is a belief? And how they dictate collective conciousness @1:03:33 - Does the...

Dr. Garrett Panno DC is a powerhouse of inspiration, naturally gifted individual when it comes to leading a disciplined, principled, value-based lifestyle, and has built himself up as a powerful facilitator of healing through early adoption and engagement in leadership roles since early on in his career as a student. He has built a track record for recognizing voids in the communal and educational atmospheres of his chosen field, and stepping up to put in the work for the betterment of others. By the time Garrett gained licensure, he had taken on the roles of Lead Facilitator & President of Logan University's Kairos Training Culture club, leader of Logan University's functional medicine club, and founded The Diabuddies Podcast with his friend Dr. Grady Donohoe DC. He is a well suited guest for this week's episode on Willpower, the final discussion in our first Principle-based series here on Modern Forager Podcast.   Show Notes: https://www.instagram.com/drgarrettpanno/ (Dr. Garrett on Instagram) https://thediabuddies.com/ (The Diabuddies Podcast with Dr. Garrett Panno and Dr. Grady Donohoe) Dr. Garrett's current place of practice: https://www.facebook.com/MequonChiropractor (https://www.facebook.com/MequonChiropractor)  Book: https://amzn.to/3nvwcvK (Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink) Book: https://amzn.to/32T0H56 (Dichotomy of Leadership by Jocko Willink) Book: https://amzn.to/3xtx88h (Awareness by Anthony DeMello )   Time Markers: @Start - 12:43 How Garrett and I met and why I wanted Garrett on to discuss Willpower @12:43 - Defining Intuition and on making decisions based on Feel @18:55 - Do you believe the Intuition comes from within or without? Identity differentiation between the knowledge of the Soul and the knowledge of the Self   @27:02 - What Willpower is, how to attain it, the holding capacity of water, and more on the origins of Intuitive Thought and/or consciousness @38:44 - Willpower + Love connection, acting from a place of loving devotion, and the power that brings  @42:19 - Making decisions and taking action based on your Truth when you are ‘stuck' within the many systems of mechanistic inefficiency in the modern physical world @51:45 - CHANGING THE SIZE OF YOUR BUCKET: Feeding the Will - Expanding your capacity to handle life obligations through a practice of loving devotion and excitement - Gaining energy beyond biological principles @1:01:07 - Willpower Defined - Bruce Lee's Concept, My 2017 Affirmation, and the power behind the word. @1:14:32 - Finding Balance through Endurance versus Balance through Willpower - The benefit of following your heart and avoiding the Pain Teacher @1:21:30 - Examples of Resilience by way of Faith in your perspective and grand design  @1:24:37 - Garrett shares his Why for Chiropractic & the power of defining your Life Vision @1:31:36 - The evolution of Garrett's Be Love Process @1:36:46 - A Dynamic Range of Emotional Content: There are spaces where you can allow for self expression, and they are available to you @1:40:28 - Being Trusting of who you are: Understanding Life as a Type 1 Diabetic and the relationship between those challenges with balance and showing up as a Leader. @1:51:55 - How much time should we give ourselves to Heal? How can we be honest with ourselves about when it is the right time to take on new responsibility? @1:54:06 - Garrett's early chapters as a diabetic, and whether he is proud of being a diabetic as part of who he is @1:58:28 - How to move past acceptance to a place a pride for who you are and the hands you've been dealt

Revelations, restitutions, contemplations, new chapters, personal growth, and beyond. Just stepping into larger roles as the human and Healer that I currently am by embodying my Truth in pursuit of my Reason. May this recording stand as inspiration for you to work on letting go of what is not yours and proudly claim all the pieces of yourself that remain when enough of your layers are shed. When we remove enough of what is not ourselves, it becomes clear that boys and girls who are lucky enough to become men and women within a single lifetime are no more or less than ever-fluid physical working outward expressions of True Masculine and Feminine-dominant Sacred archetypes. We each encompass essences of both sexes equally in balanced expression through every fiber of our being, in all of our bodily processes, in each thought, reaction, and every emotion. Everything in existence is both male and female in nature. To have preference for one side, or to be expressive more of one or the other is not a matter of ‘correctness', it just is, as a constant-acting Universal Truth... Happening in all objects always, animate, intelligent, or not. This is the great duality that upon the creation of this Plane, where first there was space and time, was perpetuated forward from the unknown by the Universal Intelligence of everything in its endless enthalpic spiral toward Infinite varieties of Love, where Love, according to Paul Chek is Consciousness experiencing itself. #Chek #HLC #HealthCoach #FutureDC #SacredMasculine #SacredFeminine #Tao #Balance #Health #Love #Empathy #Unity #Understanding #Relationships #Empowerment #Healing #ForagerHealth #LGBTQ

Kevin Gregory Jr. AKA @BubblestheClowne is an experienced strength and conditioning coach (CSCS), health and lifestyle influencer, cofounder of his own gym, and an OG Obstacle Course Racing athlete. Kevin has built a reputation at Spartan Race for being a light in the crowd that brings people together with his outgoing personality and the levity of his clown mask alter-ego on race day. Kevin is a major inspiration in the world of OCR with his never-quit attitude and drive to not only push himself to higher limits, but in his efforts to help tons of other people achieve things beyond their perceived abilities along the way.  In this episode we discuss Kevin's journey from weekend warrior to podium finisher, and everything from overcoming trauma through lifestyle changes to following your passions, going against social norms to fight for change and personal growth, human potential and our universal capacity for achievement, undertaking great feats of endurance, how to make choices to start living life to its fullest, and much, much more. Show Notes: http://Spartan.com (Spartan.com )- Sign up for a Race!! https://www.instagram.com/bubblestheclowne/ (Bubbles on Instagram @Bubblestheclowne) 75hard Challenge founded by Andy Frisella https://andyfrisella.com/pages/75hard-info (https://andyfrisella.com/pages/75hard-info) Book: https://amzn.to/3dGxq3M (It Didn't Start with You) Book: https://amzn.to/2Pb7KTr (The Body Keeps the Score) Book: https://amzn.to/3dH2mkB (The Body Electric) https://markwolynn.com/questions/ (Great resource for info on Family Constellation Therapy ) Book: https://amzn.to/3dugVYq (Dean Karnazes - The Ultramarathon Man ) https://ultramarathonman.com/ (https://ultramarathonman.com/)  https://www.foragerhealthinitiative.com/blog/maintaining-disciplined-self-image-and-integrity-through-illness-adversity-and-depression-training-to-win-amidst-chronic-disease (My Blog Series on how I trained through chronic disease for a 50k ultramarathon) Time Markers: @start -> 26:03 - Kevin and mine's time in OCR @26:58 - Using fitness challenge results, off season woes, and Endurance in the face of adversity - on the unknown consequences of letting your training slip and the rewards of never stopping. @31:58 - Kevin's racing history, the post-race perspective-shift on every day life, the addictive draw of endurance racing and OCR, and finding balance in the benefits of competition. @46:20 - Endurance Sports, competing versus participating, athlete identity, identity conflict for people seeking growth, and finding purpose in life through elective hardship. @55:10 - Fostering Intuition by taking leaps of faith, chasing value, and beginner's tips for leaning into elective hardship, living a disciplined lifestyle, and testing your limits @ 1:09:35 - The beginning: being okay with who and where you are, deeper reasons for change, shadow work, overcoming deep seated conditioning and trans-generational trauma, and having a date on the calendar. @ 1:16:40 - Calendar Events continued - How we are always going to want more, teamwork-oriented endurance events, and chasing the perspective shift  @ 1:26:41 - Finding Ourselves & Personal Solidarity - avoiding identity crises from external pressures (like COVID) through investment in Self and elective exposure to possible failure. @ 1:31:31 - “You are either going to win, or you are going to Learn” & On Lessons in forgiving and letting go. @ 1:37:56 - What is our Baseline Human Capacity? What should we capable of and what can we achieve if we decide to act?  @ 1:46:34 - What we can do if no one ever tells us we can't, and when we break past collective perspectives of labels and impressions - Never listening to people who say you can't. @ 1:52:34 - You never know what you are capable of until you DO IT, and it has been done before, no matter what it is. @ 2:03:39 - What it feels like to prove to yourself...

In our first couples episode we discuss training, nutrition, personal growth, lifestyle changes, and daily challenges as graduate students and young entrepreneurs. We trace Emilie's journey from a state of overwhelm with 36 credit hours of classes to running farther than she has in over 2 years in less than 40 days. Join us for this fun, inspirational, caffeine fueled early morning race recap of the muddiest event Emilie and I have ever run in the over 100 trail races between the two of us. Show Notes: Book: https://amzn.to/3wZmXbn (Unconventional Medicine: Join the Revolution to Reinvent Healthcare, Reverse Chronic Disease, and Create a Practice You Love) Book: https://amzn.to/3uRsPBy (Depression Hates a Moving Target: How Running With My Dog Brought Me Back From the Brink)

Show Notes: Eric Zucaro https://www.instagram.com/ezucaro/ (@Ezucaro) of https://www.instagram.com/marble_weightlifting/ (@marble_weightlifting) helps us understand what it takes to build true strength on today's show! We discuss what it is like to start strength training and lifting for different age groups, and what it takes to get strong. We touch on how soon new lifters should expect results and what to expect short and long term. We discuss what it feels like to really push yourself, and how long it takes to be able to reach full exertion in the gym. We discuss what eating and nutrition for performance and strength looks like, distinguish between what it means to train versus exercise, and also much, much more!!  Larry Wheels - bodybuilder https://www.larrywheels.com/ (https://www.larrywheels.com/)  Shi Zi Yong - Chinese olympic gold medalist - https://www.instagram.com/shi_zhi_yong/ (https://www.instagram.com/shi_zhi_yong/) Cal Strength Lifters - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCle6owuWL1uKHtS6u6usmoA (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCle6owuWL1uKHtS6u6usmoA) Find an olympic weightlifting club or coach near you: https://www.teamusa.org/usa-weightlifting/clubs-lwc/find-a-club (https://www.teamusa.org/usa-weightlifting/clubs-lwc/find-a-club) Article - How to Find a Coach: https://www.catalystathletics.com/article/1898/How-to-Find-a-Weightlifting-Coach/ (https://www.catalystathletics.com/article/1898/How-to-Find-a-Weightlifting-Coach/) Time Stamps: Start // reminiscing on Obstacle Course Racing @ 10:16 @20:40 - Why Eric quit OCR cold turkey in 2017 and more talk on trail racing @26:08 - Trading passions for better performance and longevity  @27:57 - Radiating Positivity - Where it comes from and our freedom of choice between pessimism and positivity @32:12 - Strength in The Foundational 7 and Why we Train - Where negativity goes to die @36:48 - tangents sidetracks and rambling  @44:43 - Back to strength! Beginner's Strength Gains and Physiology of the Super SAID Principle @49:20 - Its always gonna feel difficult - Fear keeps us in check @54:08 - Change to be proud of can happen fast  @56:25 - Nutrition basics for Lifters - Eating for demand of expenditure @60:00 - what does it take to learn to work hard? And dispelling concerns about ‘getting big' from lifting @1:12:25 - How to learn to start lifting - watching others lift - and how easy life becomes once training becomes habit @1:28:30 - Training vs exercise - a recorded long term pursuit towards set goals @1:33:20 - Lifting and eating more - the best way to burn fat, get lean, and live a healthy sustainable lifestyle @1:45:44 - Carrying groceries - demands from non-lifters, stereotype pressure, and grocery volume logistics - then some rambling @1:53:35 -  What makes a good coach and how to find one @2:01:48 - Can you start olympic weightlifting as a novice? Yes!

Shownotes:  Luke Apple is a current student of Chiropractic at Life University. Luke is a wealth of knowledge when it comes to all things health, fitness, and lifestyle design with diverse personal experience ranging from practice in jiu jitsu, weight lifting, and running sports to study of yoga and ancient philosophical principles. Luke's humility and ability to remain playful at heart and detached from short term outcomes no matter the pursuit is really what sets him apart in the game of human performance. During his time in doctorate school Luke has regularly gone out of his way to attend workshops to hone his craft and even travelled last winter on a mission trip to Mexico to serve people using the art of chiropractic. He is a close friend of ours here at Forager Health and we were so grateful to be able to host him for this powerful conversation. Book: https://amzn.to/39TbGiR (A Systematic Course in the Ancient Tantric Techniques of Yoga and Kriya) by Swami Satyananda Saraswati https://www.wisdomofthesages.com/ (Wisdom of the Sages podcast) Book: https://amzn.to/2Q69PQR (Vaccines, Autoimmunity, and the Changing Nature of Childhood Illness) by Dr Thomas Cowan Time Markers: @8:49 - Start @19:37 - The healing power and attractiveness of Chiropractic - Becoming less of what you are not @22:51 - Luke's daily practices and how to strike the balance and Karma Yoga @28:14 - Getting faster and stronger in the Winter! Just do it. @30:50 - Choosing Yes, Nos, Maybe's for personal Health @33:39 - Knowing when its Time to get to work - Training before and after injury and dis-ease @37:34 - Doing it because we can. Gratitude for the ability we have. @40:42 - What are your Goals?? Are you comfortable? How do you want to feel? @44:09 - 60 is the new thirty: Expanding your time horizon @45:31 - Infinite Variety - Scaling the SAID principle, the depth of our Neurology, and macro level appreciation for natural complexity @50:13 - The Body's Innate Intelligence - Nature Undisturbed - The Power that Made the Body Heals the Body @58:28 - Innate Intelligence applied: Chiropractic philosophy continued @1:08:06 - Enjoy your way to Health - How to find your balance and avoid stressing about your goals @1:13:14 - Is there a time to make sacrifices for our health? @1:14:40 - Choosing our priorities in alignment with Truth