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As Host Chris Schembra reminds us at the close of this episode of Gratitude Through Hard Times, it's never too late to learn something new – IF we're willing to take a pause, step back and offer ourselves grace. And few people embody this practice more vividly than his guest, Allison Hare, who is redefining what it looks like to be a so-called late bloomer. As the host of “Late Learner,” a popular podcast (formerly known as Culture Changers) that explores what it means to open up to new things at any stage of life, she encourages us to embrace spontaneity, authenticity and the unexpected. Having grown up programmed from childhood to be hard-charging, self-supporting and financially aspirational, Allison spent many years as a highly successful sales executive. Problem was, over time, the path she was on was depleting her – and burning through her creative energy. It wasn't easy to shake everything up and risk her secure status quo, but the outcome is undeniable. This is a woman who radiates joy and positivity. Today she is sharing that source of light by helping her clients, seminar participants and podcast listeners to get similarly unstuck. “It was an insane leap of faith when I made the decision not to make any decisions for the foreseeable future, until I could hear my own voice,” says Allison. She's inviting us to much the same: Pause, get quiet and make space for that inner knowing and the integration of gratitude. Are you ready to celebrate not just goals achieved, but the journey itself? This conversation will give you great ideas and tips for doing exactly that!Check out Allison's upcoming Calm in the Chaos retreat experience or book a free discovery call with her at this link.If you'd like to learn more about Chris and his 7:47 Virtual Gratitude Experience, please visit this link. And click here to listen to previous episodes of Gratitude Through Hard Times, featuring Fortune 500 CEOs, Academy Award winners, Grammy Award winners, Superbowl champions and more! KEY TOPICS:Love/Hate: Allison loves being a host and invites guests on her show based on a gut instinct. What she least likes? When she comes across as … less than her sharpest!Mirroring as a Tool to Create More Meaningful Connection: About the neurological impact that occurs when you repeat the last three words spoken by the person with whom you're in conversation. It makes them feel authentically heard!Signature Question Time: If you could give credit or thanks to one person in your life that you don't give enough credit or thanks to – that you've never thought to thank – who would that be? Herself! It feels self-indulgent but it's true, and a source of struggle.Cultural reasons why we can be so resistant to feeling gratitude towards ourselves:Gendered upbringing that emphasizes modesty for women.Biblical emphasis on not being boastful.Social norms that frown upon being “conceited.”I'll-Be-Grateful-When Syndrome: By tying our ability to feel gratitude and be happy to achieving certain metrics we set for ourselves tends to undermine good feeling available to us all along the journey.Comparing your success to the success of others is a recipe for perpetual ingratitude.Allison's Gratitude Inventory:Rest, pause and reflection.Taking the time and space to get quiet enough to hear her own voice.Consciously detaching from deeply ingrained messages that did not serve.Claiming freedom.The No. 1 Testimonial from Participants in Chris's Gratitude Experience: This was a space for me to pause, reflect and connect. Clarity is self-empowering!Words of Wisdom: Let it be easy! Move towards places with the least resistance.Allison's New Direction:Her successful “Culture Changers” podcast has been rebranded “Late Learners.”She's leaning into sharing her journey out of corporate America and into self-discovery and lifelong learning.The new roadmap is a work in progress whose DNA is a sense of wonder.It's all about the question: What can happen when you head in a new direction?A focus on teaching herself and others to take a brand new path – or embark on no path at all and just see what comes along!A sense of wonder and surprise prepares the way for unexpected delight.Feeling Stuck? Try This Simple Exercise: Break out of routine and instead pursue an “unplanned plan,” opening up to something new or spontaneous! (Chris and Allison share a very recent such adventure and how it lit them up!) QUOTABLE“The thing that once got you in trouble is also the thing that helps you out so much – being a good mirror of what's happening.” (Chris) “In my head, if I'm not further along (my entrepreneurial journey) then I don't have a right to trust me yet … and in the process give up my own power.” (Allison) “What an interesting thing that we as a society as a whole are so bad at giving ourselves gratitude.” (Chris) “It's very easy when you have big goals and big dreams … to measure your progress or happiness or gratitude on whether you've achieved that or not.” (Chris) “My value was truly wrapped around my productivity, my earning, my ability to stand on my own two feet without a man … and it was an insane leap of faith when I made the decision not to make any decisions for the foreseeable future, until I could hear my own voice.” (Allison) “One of the biggest lessons over the past (almost) year is that the harder I run, the harder I get yanked back … It's almost like I'm trying to microwave something that requires baking.” (Allison) “Money and prosperity and all of those things don't have to be exclusive to something that I hate. It's just finding the right combination and giving myself freedom and space to figure out and listen to my body.” (Allison) “My mission has always been, If you feel like you're stuck, it doesn't mean that you have to quit your job … but it does mean taking a new path, a new pivot, a new direction.” (Allison) RELEVANT LINKS/FURTHER RESOURCES:"Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as If Your Life Depended On it,"by Chris Voss."Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones,"by James Clear.Perfect locale for an “unplanned plan”: Just Add Honey. ABOUT OUR GUEST:Allison helps Entrepreneurs, Executives, and Business Professionals Disrupt the Status Quo so that they can create a better tomorrow. She's also a podcast host and producer, most recently at the Late Learner Podcast, which is ranked top 1.5% worldwide and was voted the Top Podcast in Atlanta Magazine of Dec 2022. She also authors the Allison's Journal blog,  FOLLOW ALLISON:WEBSITE | LINKEDIN | TWITTER|INSTAGRAM ABOUT OUR HOST:Chris Schembra is a philosopher, question asker and facilitator. He's a columnist at Rolling Stone magazine, USA Today calls him their "Gratitude Guru" and he's spent the last six years traveling around the world helping people connect in meaningful ways. As the offshoot of his #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling book, "Gratitude Through Hard Times: Finding Positive Benefits Through Our Darkest Hours,"he uses this podcast to blend ancient stoic philosophy and modern-day science to teach how the principles of gratitude can be used to help people get through their hard times. FOLLOW CHRIS:WEBSITE | INSTAGRAM | LINKEDIN | BOOKS 

Patrick shares the story of his frightening experience of turbulence on his flight home from Chicago. Allison – What is the best way to explain chastity to my 8-year old daughter? Denise – Sharing my experience when I could have died and how I overcame my fear. John – I almost died when I was […] All show notes at The Patrick Madrid Show: September 23, 2021 – Hour 1 - This podcast produced by Relevant Radio

Patrick shares the story of his frightening experience of turbulence on his flight home from Chicago. Allison – What is the best way to explain chastity to my 8-year-old daughter? Denise – I am sharing my experience when I could have died and how she overcame it. John – I almost died when I was […] All show notes at The Patrick Madrid Show: September 23, 2021 – Hour 1 - This podcast produced by Relevant Radio

Season 3 of Bodies coming September 22, 2021.Read the transcript below: RIVER GALLO: I was taken in by something. Something swooped me. ALLISON BEHRINGER: This season on Bodies, we bring you 6 new episodes. Stories that unearth the mysteries within LILL: It was something that I just buried, uh, because the contradiction was too painful. ALLISON: And stories that investigate the forces outside of us. BERTHA MARTINEZ: When the miscarriages started, you know, happening a lot, it seemed more like a – it didn't seem like a coincidence anymore.  AYDE BRAVOS: This soil has to be contaminated. Because you know, where I'm from, everything's contaminated. ALLISON: What it means to face stigma, BRUCE: They think if you're a druggie that, you know, you're just garbage.  ALLISON: And reject ideas of normal.   REBECCA COKLEY: Why would I want to be an average? I don't understand this desire to be like y'all. RIVER: And maybe there was a fear in that– of like, not knowing how I would be different.  ALLISON: Stories about how to give care, LILL: You know, like your life is so precious, you know, your life was just in my hands. It's so precious. ALLISON: And what happens when we come together. EVA RAMIREZ: Cuando nos prenden la mecha a explotamos, explotamos y hacemos mucho ruido. [When they turn on the wick we explode, explode and make a lot of noise.]  ALLISON: And, what it means to thrive. KELLY: Oh my god, I'm gonna get laid, I think I think I'm gonna get laid. ALLISON: Bodies, Season 3, from KCRW... coming this fall September 22. Subscribe now. LILL: I'll be emailing the mayor about your ass, believe that.

It's the start of the NFL season! Producer Jill's birthday. Rainy days in FL.Tip of the week - Cleaning shower glass3 for 3 Allison:What thing that’s useful now but won’t be around in 50 years.If you had tons of money what would be your guilty pleasure?What does it mean if you think a lot of people will come to your funeral but you don’t have a lot of people in your life?Mike:How many chuggas before a choo choo?Is it too early to put up Halloween decorations?Two beers and a puppy test for people in your life.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/basicsuburbia)

What happened this week?Another Fitbit step challenge - Allison hates them but continues to join in...why?Cameron's first baseball game of the season. Our Samsung fridge stopped making ice from both ice machines. Allison got to see Mean Girls on stage. Took a trip to Target like a real suburban couple. Perno Pizza Friday is back!Tip of the week - quality mixers3 for 3 topics:Allison - What makes a good marriage? Never ending pasta bowls - do we need that as a society? People that wear Air Pods while not using them - why?Mike - Why don't people want to talk about politics or religion? What age were you when you discovered your favorite band? Can you tell the difference between top shelf and regular liquor?Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/basicsuburbia)

Episode Notes [“Don’t Tell Me Your Major Theme” By Malena Ramnath] Malena: Hey guys, I’m Malena Ramnath.Allison: Oh, I’m Allison. Malena: And we are your hosts, and freshman here at Northwestern. Once again, this is Don’t Tell Me Your Major, an interview podcast where we avoid getting to know people on the surface level, with questions like what their major is, where they’re from, and how old they are but try to get to know them on a more profound level. So, you guys probably know we have a third co–host, Hannah, who we’re missing today thanks to midterm season, but we have our very first guest with us instead. And although we don’t know his major, this is Karthik Vempati, and we are very excited to have you on our podcast today. Karthik say hi!Karthik: Hello, I’m excited to be here too.Malena: Hello!Allison: Sounds so unenthusiastic.Malena: Ok, I forced him to be here; we’re not going to talk about that. Karthik: You know what, I asked to be here, I’m not gonna lie. Malena: Okay, so, as our first order of business, we’re going to start this podcast off with saying what is your favorite song right now? Allison: Ok, I will go first. So, Hannah introduced me to this song called Amber Rose by a group called – is it BAFFHAUS? Malena: BAFFHAUS.Allison: BAFFHAUS. Apparently, they’re a group of Northwestern freshman.Malena: Yeah…Allison: I don’t know any of them personally, but, if you’re listening, I’m a big fucking fan. So like, I listen to it every morning when I get ready I swear to God.Malena: Damn sister. You know they have a– Allison: Yeah, yeah Nina Nina Nina Nina.Malena: I don’t know how much they want me to plug them. They have a new song, they have a new song. I hang out with– They live in Lincoln. Allison: Oh shit really?Karthik: Yeah, they’re lake facing.Malena: We are exposing them WAY too hard right now. Allison: No, I just talked to Ray, downstairs, like in the first floor lounge, and Ray was like, I told Ray, cause I saw him on their Instagram page–Malena: Yeah, yeah. Allison: Yeah, so I was like oh my god–Malena: We’re hardcore stalking them.Allison: Yeah, so I was like I love their song and he was like aww I’ll let them know. I was like oh, cool, cool, thanks. But yeah so Sammie and I blast that in the morning. Ok technically, we wake up in the afternoon, so like at 1 pm, we blast it. Malena: Ahaha yeah.Allison: So I get back from the shower and we blast Amber Rose, like on repeat while we do our makeup. So if you’re out there, haha, I–I love you.Malena: Please, Alex, Gabe, all the BAFFHAUS boys please listen to this–Karthik: You can’t leave out Arman. Malena: Arman, I mean yeah. But uh–Allison: Sponsor me. Malena: Big shoutout to BAFFHAUS for being another Northwestern start up on Spotify, just like us. Allison: Cool, cool, cool. Malena: They’re definitely cooler, but it’s fine. So my favorite song right now is this song called Our Time by Russ. It’s not really–Allison: Ohhh.Malena: It’s just good vibes because I realize I listen to a lot of–Allison: Isn’t that what you say–Malena: Huh?Allison: What you feel about–Malena: HowI feel about college boys? Ok, give it a listen, then maybe you’ll know how I feel about college boys. But at the same time, at the same time, it’s a happy, upbeat song even though it’s about like a sad topic. It’s just a happy song because I realized I was listening to a lot of depresso emo indie folk music, and it was just bringing me down as a whole, so I started to listen to happy music, and that’s why it’s my favorite song right now so...Karthik, what’s your favorite song?Karthik: Honestly, for me right now I’m going through a phase where I have lots of favorite songs, but probably the one that I can both fall asleep to and get hyped to which is really weird is the Good Grief remix by Don Diablo. I don’t know why, ‘cause it reminds me of like– Allison: I have no idea what that is. Karthik: So Malena and I went to high school together right?Allison: Oh yeah.Karthik: And that was kind of like one of our class’ songs. Malena: Yeah.Allison: Mine was Shut Up and Dance by Walk the Moon. That was our 8th grade gala song.Malena: Wow.Allison: Still get hyped to it.Karthik: Honestly that song, it slaps. It’s so good. And, my roommate also kinda gets pissed about this but for some reason now I’ve kinda trained myself to fall asleep to music. So it’s hard for me to fall asleep in silence than it is even with banging like Martin Garrix.Allison: Shouldn’t you train yourself to sleep in silence considering your room–Karthik: I know, I know but what happened is that I put the music and I take naps during the day. I sleep like four hours a night, four hours during the day.Malena: Ok can we just take a moment to talk about Karthik’s insane sleep schedule.Karthik: No, no, no.Malena: When do you go to bed, Karthik, in the morning?Karthik: Yesterday–Allison: When do you do work? That’s my questionMalena: When do you normally–Karthik: I slept at 6:30 today, and I woke up at 4. So I slept through like four classes.Malena: You’re a human bat, dude. He’s Batman, in short.Allison: I slept at 4:30 and then I woke up at 11, not 6:30. Karthik: Yeah I woke up at 4. Malena: I had to wake up to go to church, y’all. So…Allison: Yeah, I knowKarthik: Honestly some days– oh, really?Allison: Hallelujah.Malena: I mean, I decided to be productive today, and then took a nap from 8:30 to 9:30. Yeah, and now we’re filming the podcast. Woke up for this boys! Anyways, alright, so that was our favorite songs. So our next favorite thing, we’re kind of theming these podcast questions about what your favorite things are, so what is your favorite personality trait in someone else?Allison: Someone else go first. Karthik: Oh, I like that.Malena: Ok, I can go first. I think my favorite personality trait in someone else is when they can have a conversation for hours. Like for me, I hate when there's awkward silence.Allison: What if they’re just a bit awkward, and you have to bring them out of their shell?Malena: No it’s fine, like I’m fine with that. But I love finding that unique person that can make a conversation out of nowhere, because I, if you guys couldn’t tell by this podcast, I talk all the freaking time. And so it’s nice to have–Allison: I mean who doesn’t like that, yknow?Malena: Yeah.Allison: Like everyone likes that.Karthik: Some people just like silence, y’know?Malena: Yeah, some people are introverts, it’s kind of overwhelming, but –Karthik: I mean I like someone I can have like a five hour conversation with every single day–Allison: And also have silent periods with.Karthik: I don’t really care that much about that.Allison: Oh ok, nevermind.Karthik: Just someone I can chill with, some people they maybe like it occasionally, right, but not that much. Malena: Yeah.Karthik: Like once a week max. Yeah, that’s a really cool answer.Malena: Fair. Alright Karthik, you’re up, You’re up. Karthik: Ok. I like when someone is just very, very I guess like humble.Allison: Like Karthik’s Balenciaga shoes.Karthik: Oh, they’re fake. Malena: Ohh, ok. Karthik’s got some fake Balenciaga’s. Allison: I was like, damn.Malena: They’re just like Valenciaga’s. They have like a V scratched into them. No. Karthik: They’re so comfortable. Malena: They’re legit just socks with rubber soles. Aliison: No, I thought– Karthik: But they’re squishy soles too. Like, on the plane, I kid you not – vacation for my feet.Allison: We go off on so many tangents. Malena: Ok, sorry what was your personality trait?Karthik: When someone’s very very humble, right? So they have not exactly a lot to be proud of but like they’re for example let’s say someone is very rich; they don’t show it off, they don’t flex it, they don’t...they keep it to themselves. Someone you wouldn’t know is rich, but they’re absolutely lovely, right? Like that kind of stuff. Or someone who’s really smart, but they’ll help everyone out, and they’re not someone who bases their identity around, I guess–Malena: Their intellect.Karthik: Yeah, their intellect, their wealth, anything like that. They just, they want to be themselves. Allison: Wow that’s deep. I don’t know if I can–Malena: What’s your answer? I like pretty eyes. Allison: Aahahah, mine was actually going to be humor. Malena: Ooooo, I like that, no that’s good. Karthik: That’s so important!Malena: How did we not answer that?? Oh my gosh.Karthik: I mean–Allison: Um, I would say, I don’t know humor, as in I want to laugh. I want someone who can make me laugh but also I feel like I have a very biting sense of humor, like a very sarcastic– Malena: You bite people a lot?Allison: Why are you–why are you nodding?Karthik: No, I agree, I agree.Malena: Karthik actually bites people. Karthik: Oh, wait no!Malena: Sorry, did I expose you for a second?Karthik: No, no, no, it’s good. It’s good. Malena: Is that public information?Karthik: I really don’t care.Allison: I’m not fucking–Malena: Karthik’s a bat and a vampire.Karthik: I’m that one person that everyone tags in like tag that one friend who bites you. I get like 6 comments on that every single time.Malena: That’s a Facebook post?Karthik: Yeah!Allison: Yeah I’m not fucking weird like Karthik, I don’t actually bite people, but I feel like I have a very deadpan sense of humor. I don’t know, I’m very sarcastic I think. In a bit of a loving, lovingly mean way. Sometimes–Karthik: Just mean.Allison: It’s not! Karthik: It’s just mean.Malena: I bully people, but like it’s cool, I’m nice.Allison: Shut up! No, no no, like– Karthik: I make them feel terrible about themselves, but it’s okay.Malena: I feel like they’re cool deep down.Allison: Shut up! No, I’m only sarcastic mean to people I actually feel close to, y’know, I’m very, you know like a biting sense of humor and it’s just people who don’t get that, I feel it’s very hard for me to get along–Malena: Be around them?Allison: Not necessarily be around them. It’s just like, I’m always fake laughing all the time, I don’t like that. So yeah, I like to laugh and yeah so I guess humor. And I like everything that you mentioned too, but for me, yeah humor.Karthik: I mean I feel like if you don’t really vibe with someone’s sense of humor, or just–Allison: Yeah it’s hard to get along.Karthik: Yeah, you’re never going to be too close, and you’re just not going to spend as much time with them just naturally, I don’t know if there’s lots of social situations you would, but other than that–Allison: Yeah, humor’s important, especially if you’re a funny person. Karthik: Exactly.Malena: Alright, alright, those are some pretty good answers. Up next, what is your favorite season?Allison: Fall.Karthik: Ohhh, fall yeah. Malena: Fall.Malena: Dude, yeah. Fall.Karthik: No, no doubt. Malena: And it’s sad because Chicago just skipped fall this year.Karthik: No, it was so pretty for that like one week.Malena: For that one week, all the leaves were red, and everybody was like outside with their phones–Karthik: And yellow...oh yeah. But then, but then, when that first snow fall came–Allison: That was pretty. Karthik: Yeah because it was white, like pristine but also fall. That was the nicest thing.Allison: Yeah. No, one of my friends uploaded on Instagram, and her caption was if you can’t – what was it – “If you can’t convince them, confuse them.” And it was just pictures of snow fall with like leaves on top of them. It was kind of funny. No but, it’s getting–Karthik: Wait what?Malena: What’s convince them? It’s winter?Allison: No it was like– If you can’t convince them, confuse them, like confuse them because it’s snowing but there’s also leaves, it’s like fall. Do you get it?Karthik: But what’s convince them? What?Allison: God damn Karthik, shut the fuck up. Karthik: Jesus Christ.Malena: Oh my gosh Allison, my parents – sorry mom and dad. Allison: BEEEEEEP.Malena: Um, ok ok moving on because we’re all in agreement–Karthik: Wait, do you censor swear words? Allison: No.Malena: No, shoutout to North By Northwestern–Karthik: Ohhhh got you.Malena: for letting us be free. So, my last and final question is, for tonight. What is your comfort food? Just remind us of home before Thanksgiving. Allison: Tteokbokki.Malena: What is that Allison, please explain yourself cultured person. Allison: It sounds gross if I explain it in English. It’s like rice cakes but not like the puffy kind. Like, it’s kind of like mochi, but it’s savory and it’s–Karthik: Oh, I know.Allison: Not as like stretchy. It’s a bit firmer, but it’s still chewy. And they’re in like cylinders.Malena: Oh, I’ve had those before! They’re good, they’re not bad!Karthik: They’re so good. Allison: And I cut them up into small pieces and it’s in like in gochujang. Gochujang is like red pepper paste sauce with, I like it with garlic. Most places don’t, but my mom makes it with garlic. Garlic, soy sauce, anchovy broth. And you make the sauce, and then you dunk it in there and you add fish cakes, which sounds gross, but it’s like really good. And then, some places will add Vienna sausages in them and cabbage and stuff like that and then for like a side dish you have it with rice balls. So rice rolled in seaweed. You know the thing that, have I ever given you, or have you had it before?Malena: I’ve probably had it before. Allison: Like the dried and salted seaweed. Malena: Yeah. Allison: That stuff? That stuff like crumbled into, not a powder but like little– Malena: Damn guys, I ate Cup of Noodles for dinner so like at 4 pm so like–Allison: Again??Karthik: I had them one time in second grade. I’ve been trying to find out that name for 11 years now. Allison: Yeah, I have some in my room.Malena: We’re really uniting cultures right now. Allison: I have it in my room, but Sammie and I are saving it for reading week when we have to study.Karthik: I’ll pay you.Allison: I will bring–I know how to make it from scratch.Karthik: I have Mac and CheeseAllison: I hate Mac and Cheese.Malena: Is that your comfort food, Karthik?Karthik: No that’s the one that Max always steals.Allison: I like Mac and Cheese, but I hate instant Mac and Cheese.Karthik: Oh, but that’s so good.Malena: Ok but what’s your comfort food?Allison: Kraft Mac and Cheese is (gagging noise).Karthik: That’s interesting. Honestly, I’m not sure. I’ll tell you why. Because recently… so one day I was just walking to the Bobb lounge, the McCulloch lounge, and I smelled oatmeal. Like apple cinnamon oatmeal. Allison: I hate oatmeal.Karthik: Oh my god it smelled amazing. I ordered it– I ordered a box of 40 immediately.Allison: It smells good but it tastes–Karthik: Oh, it tasted amazing.Malena: This man did like 17 Instagram polls about whether he should eat maple sugar oatmeal or Malena and Allison: apple cinnamon oatmeal.Karthik: No, I had both.Allison: There’s more!Karthik: I had cinnamon spice, peaches and cream. I had apple cinnamon, two of them.Allison: That sounds– Karthik: And then one maple brown sugar. I kid you not that night was one of my most – I hadn’t had oatmeal in ten years before that, like instant oatmeal. So that was like ooooo.Allison: Wait, I don’t know if this is an unpopular opinion or a popular opinion, but oatmeal always smells way better than it tastes.Karthik: Oh, but it tastes so good. Allison: I’ve had apple cinnamon oatmeal before and like it smelled so good, and I had a bite, and I was like this tastes like water.Karthik: Yeah, you probably made it wrong. Allison: Um, I don’t think so. I followed the instructions. Karthik: You don’t follow the instructions. You have to add a chef’s touch to it. Allison: Oh, ok, ok. Mr. Gordon Ramsey.Karthik: Alright, one night for dinner I was vibing this. I had basically this the other night: Cup Noodles, then mac and cheese–Allison: Okay, wait like American Cup Noodles?Karthik: Then like 20 minutes – No, no like Shin–Allison: Oh yeah! That’s Korean.Karthik: No, not like Shin Ramyun but like–Allison: Jin?Karthik: Kimchi, it was kimchi.Allison: Oh my god! Look at this cultured man eating real Korean ramen.Karthik: It was good, it was good. But then, I also have Jin Ramyun, just for later this week, but–Allison: Malena is panicking because we’re running out of time, so hurry up.Malena: Sorry, the look of panic on my face!Karthik: Oh, got you got you.Malena: Sorry.Karthik: Go ahead, just, foods. Go.Allison: What’s yours?Malena: Um no, butter chicken and saag paneer. Sorry, my dad makes really good Indian food. Allison: Look at us, cultured.Malena: I know, I really miss it. Because we don’t get a lot of it here. Oh, Channa. Channa Battura. Karthik: Oh, that’s solid.Malena: It’s SO good.Karthik: See, do you know what that is?Allison: No. Malena: It’s like chickpea curry.Allison: I like butter chicken.Malena: Yeah! Ok, ok we’ll have to have Indian night and samosas.Allison: I want samosas. Karthik: Dude, you said you had food in your fridge for me, and I really wanted it. Allison: Oh, that’s right, that’s right!Malena: It got confiscated, it got confiscated.Karthik: By who??Allison: Did you eat it??Malena: We have pad thai leftovers in my dorm right now actually. But on that note, I’m so sorry we’re running out of time. Karthik it was so nice having you on our podcast. Allison, lovely as always. And this is the Don’t Tell Me Your Major team, signing off, and it’s been another great podcast from North By Northwestern Audio. Thanks so much!

Thank you for joining us for our 2nd Cabral HouseCall of the weekend! I’m looking forward to sharing with you some of our community’s questions that have come in over the past few weeks… Let’s get started!    Toniy: What are your thoughts on Wim Hof breathing? Wim Hof climbed Mt. Everet in shorts, ran marathons in Arctic Cricles / Sahara Desert, and did 2 hours in a full ice bath. The craziest part is, he's not an anomaly he's trained people around the world to do the same with some simple breathwork. While I know you don't like spiking sympathetic nervous system for vata prone people, there are reports of autoimmune conditions being suppressed or reversed through breath work and controlling their RESPONSE to cold exposure and their nervous system. If I'm vata, but can be super present with ice baths and the like, can Wim Hof Breathing & Cold be good for me? Allison: What are your thoughts on those who've had exposure to vitamin A toxicity from synthetic retinoids i.e. Accutane, and are now possibly more susceptible to vitamin A causing issues in the future? Some propose to NEVER take vitamin A again from any supplement. Lisbeth: Hi. We're from Norway. We have a daughter 23 years who has been ill from SIBO and Candida for three years. We are totally worn out. We have tried so many things. We don't know the real root cause. My daughter has sibo test which shows 13 in methane. Zero in hydrogen. She has chronic candida in the vagina. White blister in mouth. Chronic constipation. Extreme bloating after every meal. Joint pain and headache. she also has to pee all the time. Fatigue. Panic attack. We have tried lowfoodmap, lowcarb diet, fecal transplant, soilbased probiotic etc. Nothing helps And I'm so exhausted from trying to understand all this diet I read on the internet. They are difficult to follow because all are in English and many thing is explained so different from the Norwegian food / recipe / wight We have thousands of supplements here at home. We spent $ 30,000 last 3 years trying to treat our daughters gut. How can you help us? My greatest wish in the world had been to come somewhere where someone showed us how to eat. How to cook. What supplements to take. And I wish we could stay in a place / hospital for a month until we had learned what we needed. As a mother, I am totally worn out. Best regards Lisbeth  Casey: What are some ways to heal hip impingement? Taylor: Hi Dr Cabral! I was wondering if you ever reviewed any on the go water filters such as Gopro or life straw ? I am constantly refilling my water bottle at work with our water filter here; however, I don't think it is very good and often I have to remind our facilities to get maintenance on it. I am worried I am drinking contaminated water. I recently got OAT test results back and it shows alot of mold markers elevated as well as bacteria/cdif so I am trying to investigate if I am being exposed to any mold whether home/work. I also did HTMA and had some elevated plastic so I really want to avoid plastic water bottles. If you could let me know if you had any recommendations to make sure work water is safe that would be great!! Thanks Dave: Hello, love your podcast. My niece has thyroid problems and autoimmune hemolytic anemia. Traditional medicine is not working. Can you recommend any lab tests to get started with your program? Thank You! Dave Karen: Hiya, Thank you for all that you do. I have recently started my son on the Children's CBO protocol. I have noticed on the days where I made a bone broth and added it to soups it affected his digestion. For example there would be floating oil on top of the water the next day, however his stools still sink, however they are sometimes more mustard in colour. It took me a while to realize this but it is definitely the bone broth. This is deeply concerning to me. My partner believes my son had this reaction because we rarely eat meat and even then, never meat fat and he is unaccustomed to digesting it.I rather, am worried it is something more sinister like issues with this bile and / or liver. Would you please be able to shed some light on issues digesting fat? Or once the candida is gone, will he be able to process fats better? I am unsure of the connection between candida and fats if there are any. 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Allison Murphy has competed in bodybuilding as a bikini competitor and joins us to day to give some tips on diet, cardio and mindset. Tips from Allison - What to avoid: Excessive cardio. Not getting enough rest. Alcohol. Focusing on others. Not having a post-show plan.   These are relatively simple but NOT easy to put into practice. Excessive Cardio – Cardio is built into every bodybuilding program but how much should you be doing? That answer will be different for each person but here are some things to keep in mind. Cardio isn’t the only way to lose weight. Lifting weights and strength training are a great way to burn extra calories and shape your physic into something worth looking at. Plus, you have to keep in mind how much motivation you have and not overdo it otherwise you risk burning out. We’ve seen some programs out there where you do as little as 2 hours of cardio per week. Not Getting Enough Rest – We’ve spoken to many experts on the show and learned that sleeping is when the body repairs itself. For this reason, sleep should never be overlooked when building a training program and you might even go as far as writing it into your program. 8-9 hours a night is a good place to start. Focusing on Others – Everyone is at a different place on the journey toward their goals and comparing yourself to others will always lead to disappointment. For this reason, we suggest that you take measurements of your body, plenty of pictures and make notes of how you feel. Overtime you can use these to measure how far you’ve progressed and rather than comparing yourself to others you can see all of YOUR results from your hard work. Alcohol – A glass of wine or a beer every now and then won’t completely destroy your gains but drinking consistently can lead to some challenges when prepping for a competition. Alcohol has 7 calories per gram and those calories have nothing to offer you in the way of nutrition, they are empty calories and your body has no use for it. Also, drinking can lead to other poor decision such as late night junk food and lack of sleep. Having No Post-Show Plan – This is a thoughtful question that anyone competing needs to ask themselves. What will I do after this is all over? The majority of people who compete in a bodybuilding show are not going to make a career out of it and are usually competing for the joy and fun of it. Knowing this it’s good to have an idea of what to do after the show is over. Goals are always important and can be as simple as wanting to be healthy.   We would like to thank Allison for joining us to share these tips and her story. For a complete picture we would suggest listening to her interview and hearing her tips and story first hand!