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In this engaging conversation, Lucas Aoun interviews biohacking pioneer Dave Asprey, exploring the core drivers of accelerated aging, the impact of societal stressors, and the dangers of microplastics and mold. Asprey shares insights on detoxification strategies, essential foods for optimal health, and the importance of continuous glucose monitoring. The discussion also delves into leaky gut and its connection to autoimmune diseases, providing listeners with actionable takeaways for improving their health and longevity. In this conversation, Dave and Lucas delve into various aspects of health, focusing on gut health, the role of pharmaceuticals, liver health, and the impact of AI on healthcare. They explore the importance of understanding parasites, the benefits of certain medications, and the significance of liver detoxification. The discussion also touches on the concept of mitochondrial consciousness and personal development, emphasizing how fear and legacy influence human behavior and health. Dave shares insights from his experiences and research, advocating for a holistic approach to health and wellness.Relevant Links:Dave Asprey's New Book:https://daveasprey.com/heavily-meditated/Dave Asprey Biohacking Conference:https://biohackingconference.com/2025The Business Of Biohacking Summit:https://daveasprey.com/business-of-biohacking/Follow Dave Asprey On Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/dave.asprey/?hl=enCheck Out My Website For Coaching, Recommended Products and Much More:https://www.boostyourbiology.com/ Disclaimer:The information provided in this podcast episode is for entertainment purposes and is NOT MEDICAL ADVICE. If you have any questions about your health, contact a medical professional. This content is strictly the opinions of Lucas Aoun and is for informational and entertainment purposes only. It is not intended to provide medical advice or to take the place of medical advice or treatment from a personal physician. All viewers of this content are advised to consult with their doctors or qualified health professionals regarding specific health questions. Neither Lucas Aoun nor the publisher of this content takes responsibility for possible health consequences of any person or persons reading or following the information in this content. All consumers of this content especially taking prescription or over-the-counter medications should consult their physician before beginning any nutritional, supplement or lifestyle program.Chapters00:00 Introduction to Biohacking and Aging02:39 The Impact of Societal Stressors on Aging04:50 Microplastics and Detoxification Strategies07:36 Understanding Mold and Its Health Implications12:42 The Dangers of Mold Toxins18:32 Essential Foods for Optimal Health20:06 Insights from Continuous Glucose Monitoring26:17 Leaky Gut and Autoimmune Diseases29:01 Understanding Parasites and Gut Health32:35 The Role of Pharmaceuticals in Gut Healing36:30 Exploring Liver Health and Detoxification39:23 AI's Impact on Healthcare and Biohacking41:44 Mitochondrial Consciousness and Personal Development47:27 Legacy, Fear, and the Human Experience Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
You're being programmed, and it's more subtle and pervasive than you think. From invisible influence to psychological manipulation, this episode shows you how to recognize when your thoughts aren't really yours. Host Dave Asprey uncovers the hidden science of mind control with Harvard historian Rebecca Lemov. She is a professor of the History of Science at Harvard University and one of the world's leading experts on psychological manipulation, surveillance science, government experimentation, and Cold War brainwashing programs. Her groundbreaking research into MK Ultra, behavioral psychology, and reeducation campaigns reveals exactly how external forces hijack your thoughts, emotions, and decisions, without you knowing. They break down how mind control evolved from CIA-funded brain implants and LSD experiments into today's algorithmic persuasion, trauma-based manipulation, and tech-driven influence. This episode gives you practical tools to defend your thoughts, upgrade your awareness, and reclaim your mental sovereignty. This is essential listening for anyone serious about biohacking, mindfulness, longevity, mental performance, self-awareness, hacking the nervous system, emotional control, and high-performance mindset training. You'll Learn: • How the CIA used MK Ultra, psychedelics, hypnosis, and implants to test behavior control • What mind control looks like in modern media, social platforms, and persuasive technology • How unresolved trauma and emotional blind spots leave you vulnerable to manipulation • The connection between neurohacking, mindset, and mental autonomy • How to recognize when you are running someone else's code • The best psychological tools to build resilience and conscious awareness • How to build a “mental firewall” with meditation, breathwork, and attention training Watch this episode on YouTube for the full video experience: https://www.youtube.com/@DaveAspreyBPR Dave Asprey is a four-time New York Times bestselling author, founder of Bulletproof Coffee, and the father of biohacking. With over 1,000 interviews and 1 million monthly listeners, The Human Upgrade is the top podcast for people who want to take control of their biology, extend their longevity, and optimize every system in the body and mind. Each episode features cutting-edge insights in health, performance, neuroscience, supplements, nutrition, hacking, emotional intelligence, and conscious living. Episodes are released every Tuesday and Thursday, where Dave asks the questions no one else dares, and brings you real tools to become more resilient, aware, and high performing. SPONSORS: -Quantum Upgrade | Go to https://quantumupgrade.io/Dave for a free trial. -Zbiotics | Go to https://zbiotics.com/DAVE for 15% off your first order. -OneSkin | Get 15% off your first purchase at https://oneskin.co/ASPREY with code ASPREY. Resources: • Dave Asprey's New Book - Heavily Meditated: https://daveasprey.com/heavily-meditated/ • Rebecca's New Book – The Instability of Truth: https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324075264 • Rebecca's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rebeccalemov/?hl=en • 2025 Biohacking Conference: https://biohackingconference.com/2025 • Danger Coffee: https://dangercoffee.com • Dave Asprey's Website: https://daveasprey.com • Dave Asprey's Linktree: https://linktr.ee/daveasprey • Upgrade Collective – Join The Human Upgrade Podcast Live: https://www.ourupgradecollective.com • Own an Upgrade Labs: https://ownanupgradelabs.com • Upgrade Labs: https://upgradelabs.com • 40 Years of Zen – Neurofeedback Training for Advanced Cognitive Enhancement: https://40yearsofzen.com Timestamps: • 00:00 Trailer • 01:01 Intro • 01:49 Mind Control at Harvard • 02:54 Hypnosis and Mental Programming • 04:48 Morning Routines and Meditation • 06:02 AI Companions and Digital Influence • 11:17 MK Ultra and Government Experiments • 20:25 Archives and the War on Truth • 24:49 Marketing and Manipulation • 27:22 Chilling CIA Mind Control Stories • 33:59 Meditation and God Encounters • 34:40 Biohacking Origins • 35:15 Building Mental Resilience • 36:11 Compassion as Control • 37:54 Escaping Modern Programming • 39:57 Free Will vs. Influence • 46:03 Therapy and Suggestion • 49:25 SEER Training and Torture Simulation • 01:03:27 One-Pointed Focus • 01:06:46 Final Reflections See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Take the survey now: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1iHRZvOly_Q7aprlQBF7n38y0EjgvnHw2OdYII8yQElc/edit?ts=670d0111 INCOGNI Deal: To get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incogni plan, go to https://incogni.com/disruptors Biohacking pioneer Dave Asprey talks to Rob about everything from why veganism is a scam to why your angry outbursts are destroying your business. The former 300-pound computer hacker turned multi-millionaire entrepreneur reveals how he lost half his body weight, built a £140M company, and why most people are unknowingly sabotaging their success. Asprey's controversial views on supplements, sleep tracking and emotional regulation will either change your life or make you very angry. Dave Asprey REVEALS: The vegan diet is a health scam How your body decides your emotions That all human behaviour follows five F-words: Fear, food, fucking, friend and forgiveness Calories don't make you fat How forgiveness is a biological hack How your energy field controls your company's success How venture capitalists remove your rights and equity bit by bit, always claiming it's for your own good or safety BEST MOMENTS "The vegan diet. Straight up health scam. I was a devout vegan, I became a raw vegan... I lost bone density, I lost muscle, and I finally shattered three teeth." "If I can trigger you, it means you're carrying a loaded gun. If you can be triggered, you are not in charge." "Your job as an entrepreneur... you must be the most regulated, stable, peaceful person in the room all the time." "The biggest lie is that calories count... eat a gram of uranium. It has a million calories. You should get fat. But strangely, they don't get fat." "So I could go from being a fat computer hacker with Asperger's Syndrome into a person who is connected to my emotions" VALUABLE RESOURCES https://robmoore.com/ bit.ly/Robsupporter https://robmoore.com/podbooks rob.team Episode Sponsor - AG1 Claim your exclusive offer of AG1 at the link below drinkag1.com/disruptors ABOUT THE HOST Rob Moore is an author of 9 business books, 5 UK bestsellers, holds 3 world records for public speaking, entrepreneur, property investor, and property educator. Author of the global bestseller “Life Leverage” Host of UK’s No.1 business podcast “The Disruptive Entrepreneur” “If you don't risk anything, you risk everything” CONTACT METHOD Rob’s official website: https://robmoore.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robmooreprogressive/?ref=br_rs LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/robmoore1979 This Podcast has been brought to you by Disruptive Media. https://disruptivemedia.co.uk/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.disruptive, disruptors, entreprenuer, business, social media, marketing, money, growth, scale, scale up, risk, property: http://www.robmoore.com
➡️ Join 321,000 people who read my free weekly newsletter: https://newsletter.scottdclary.com➡️ Like The Podcast? Leave A Rating: https://ratethispodcast.com/successstoryDave Asprey is an American entrepreneur, author, and biohacker best known as the founder of Bulletproof Coffee and a leading figure in the biohacking movement. A former Silicon Valley executive, Asprey has dedicated his career to optimizing human performance through science, technology, and nutrition. He popularized the concept of using butter and MCT oil in coffee to enhance energy and cognitive function, and has authored several best-selling books on health, including The Bulletproof Diet, Super Human, and Heavily Meditated. Asprey is also the host of a long-running podcast focused on wellness, longevity, and personal development.➡️ Show Linkshttps://www.instagram.com/dave.asprey/https://x.com/daveasprey/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/asprey/ ➡️ Podcast SponsorsHubspot - https://hubspot.com/ Vanta - https://www.vanta.com/scott Federated Computer - https://www.federated.computer Lingoda - https://try.lingoda.com/success_sprintCornbread Hemp - https://cornbreadhemp.com/success (Code: Success)FreshBooks - https://www.freshbooks.com/pricing-offer/ Quince - https://quince.com/success Northwest Registered Agent - https://www.northwestregisteredagent.com/success Prolon - https://prolonlife.com/clary Stash - https://get.stash.com/successstory NetSuite — https://netsuite.com/scottclary/ Indeed - https://indeed.com/clary➡️ Talking Points00:00 – Intro01:39 – Blending Ancient Wisdom with Science05:30 – Dave's Wake-Up Call12:02 – The Brain Science Breakdown19:31 – Sponsor Break23:23 – Healing Trauma at the Root37:27 – Sponsor Break41:33 – Trauma Beyond Childhood53:05 – Dave's Peak Performance Meditation56:55 – Why Sex Matters for Entrepreneurs1:04:56 – #1 Takeaway from Dave's Book1:06:30 – Psychedelics & Peak Mental StatesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Welcome to Episode 102!This week, Chris and Jay step off the mats and into the world-famous Lyceum Theatre in London to meet Scar and Mufasa themselves. You might be wondering what Better Than Average Podcast is doing at the home of Disney's The Lion King, but here's the twist—George Asprey and Shaun Escoffery aren't just stars of one of the West End's longest-running musicals. They're also Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belts.In this episode, they share behind-the-scenes stories from The Lion King, talk about their journey in Jiu-Jitsu, and discuss the connection between their training on the mats and their performances on stage. From discipline and preparation to the challenges of live theatre and competitive grappling, this conversation goes in some unexpected directions.This one is full of insight, great stories, and plenty of laughs. Trust us—it's definitely Better Than Average.
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Biohacking pioneer Dave Asprey reveals the foundations for better health and how to create harmony in your mind, body, and spirit. He shares his insights on cutting-edge biohacking techniques that not only enhance your energy and vitality but also support your spiritual journey. He discusses the integration of technology in meditation practices to maximize your mental clarity and well-being, explaining how breathwork can elevate your consciousness. We also cover essential health basics, including dietary considerations—like the viability of a vegan lifestyle—and the testing needed to find your ideal diet. Explore longevity strategies for living a longer, healthier life and the crucial vitamins and minerals your body needs. As we navigate topics like resetting your circadian rhythm for optimal sleep and the impact of household toxins, we also touch on important issues such as the low testosterone epidemic and the unique cycles women experience. Finally, we discuss the importance of community in personal development and how to remain selfless while pursuing your growth. Sponsor: Visit https://marekhealth.com/knowthyself and get a 10% discount on the Optimization Package (use code KNOWTHYSELF) André's Book Recommendations: https://www.knowthyself.one/books ___________ 0:00 Intro 2:05 Taking Your Health Into Your Own Hands 5:11 Anxiety & Biohacking Your Way Out of Triggers 11:31 Getting the Benefits of Meditation with Tech 16:05 Using Breathwork to Transform Your Consciousness 28:43 States vs Stages of Consciousness 34:21 We're Wired to Be Kind: The 4 F's That Make Up Who We Are 43:28 The Basics: What You Need to Be Healthy 49:03 The Viability of a Vegan Lifestyle 57:29 Marek Health: Gain Insights through Testing & Optimize Your Health 58:50 Testing to do to Find Your Ideal Diet 1:02:30 Longevity: Live Longer, Healthier 1:05:05 Vitamins & Minerals You Need 1:11:30 Circadian Biology & Optimizing your Sleep 1:21:56 Household Toxins that are Poisoning You 1:27:02 Formula for Frequency of Ejaculation for Men 1:34:50 Women: Track & Understand Your Cycles 1:41:30 Importance of Community for Our Health 1:44:02 Staying Selfless in Self Development 1:45:13 The Future of Biohacking & Upgrade Labs 1:49:05 You Can Be Abundantly Happy & Healthy 1:51:56 Conclusion ___________ Dave Asprey is a Silicon Valley investor and technology entrepreneur who spent 15 years and over $300,000 to hack his own biology. He lost 100 pounds without counting calories or excessive exercise, used techniques to upgrade his brain by more than 20 IQ points, and lowered his biological age while learning to sleep more efficiently in less time. Learning to do these seemingly impossible things transformed him into a better entrepreneur, a better husband, and a better father. Dave Asprey is the creator of the widely-popular Bulletproof Coffee, host of the radio show and #1 health podcast, Bulletproof Radio, and author of the New York Times bestselling book, THE BULLETPROOF DIET. Through his work, Asprey provides information, techniques, and keys to taking control of and improving your biochemistry, your body, and your mind so they work in unison, helping you execute at levels far beyond what you'd expect, without burning out, getting sick, or allowing stress to control your decisions. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dave.asprey/ Website: https://daveasprey.com/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=linktreeda&utm_campaign=more+about+dave ___________ Know Thyself Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/knowthyself/ Website: https://www.knowthyself.one Clips Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ4wglCWTJeWQC0exBalgKg Listen to all episodes on Audio: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4FSiemtvZrWesGtO2MqTZ4?si=d389c8dee8fa4026 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/know-thyself/id1633725927 André Duqum Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andreduqum/
Welcome everyone to the "Entrepreneur Show", as we have special guest, Dave Asprey, who is known as the father of biohacking and is famous for creating bulletproof coffee and hosting the Bulletproof Radio show, which has now been renamed as the Human Upgrade Podcast. He has made significant changes in his life, losing over 100 pounds and reversing his age by more than 20 years through biohacking. As a successful entrepreneur, he has written bestselling books and created billion-dollar consumer product goods categories such as MCT oil and collagen protein. Dave has also founded a new functional coffee company called Danger Coffee. He openly discusses various topics, including health, consciousness, and psychedelics, and shares his personal journey from struggling with health issues to achieving success through hard work and dedication. So, what is biohacking? Biohacking is the practice of actively changing your environment and biology to take full control of your health and well-being. This includes managing your health, slowing down the aging process, and achieving mental peace by optimizing your body's energy production through environmental adjustments. Dave shared his personal experience of hitting rock bottom despite his professional success. He recounted a moment when his cognitive function was declining. This realization led him to explore smart drugs and nootropics, as well as seek guidance from longevity doctors. Despite his successful tech career, he ventured into blogging and founded a Consumer Packaged Goods company. Asprey's journey is a testament to addressing personal health and well-being even amid professional success while focusing on wellness and redefining longevity and health. Dave highlights the shift in perspective towards health, emphasizing the significance of having control over one's biology and energy. Health should be a priority, especially for entrepreneurs, as it directly impacts their ability to care for their families and pursue their missions. And, of course, taking care of one's health is essential for preventing illness in the future. What started this all? Well, during his studies of meditation in Tibet, he discovered that people often underestimate the importance of prioritizing longevity and health. Ignoring these aspects means operating at only half of one's potential. We discussed using marketing to persuade people of the immediate benefits of prioritizing health and longevity, especially for entrepreneurs. It's about being more present and having more energy in the present moment. Reprogramming all the emotional triggers is possible, but why not regain your energy first? Stop expending energy on thinking about food and dwelling on grudges. Once you've accomplished that, you'll realize that things that seem like major obstacles aren't as daunting. This is an important, cutting-edge strategy for entrepreneurs aiming to build billion-dollar businesses. What is "Danger Coffee" and the philosophy behind it? The concept of "Danger Coffee" stems from a desire for a world full of opportunities rather than safety. The creator encourages people to embrace the things that feel dangerous but are not reckless, emphasizing that all worthwhile endeavors in life involve some level of risk. The message advocates for being energized and proactive, rather than living a life of complacency and weakness. Dave also launched an innovative brain upgrade program known as 40 Years of Zen. This program utilizes EEG neurofeedback to reprogram the brains of entrepreneurs, athletes, and celebrities, aiming to enhance their cognitive abilities. Additionally, he created, Upgrade Labs, which is a company that provides biohacking services, leveraging data and technology to optimize health and performance. For more information, you can visit dangercoffee.com, 40yearsofzen.com, and ownandupgradelabs.com. If you're interested in attending the upcoming biohacking conference in May in Austin, TX, you can...
Welcome everyone to the "Entrepreneur Show", as we have special guest, Dave Asprey, who is known as the father of biohacking and is famous for creating bulletproof coffee and hosting the Bulletproof Radio show, which has now been renamed as the Human Upgrade Podcast. He has made significant changes in his life, losing over 100 pounds and reversing his age by more than 20 years through biohacking. As a successful entrepreneur, he has written bestselling books and created billion-dollar consumer product goods categories such as MCT oil and collagen protein. Dave has also founded a new functional coffee company called Danger Coffee. He openly discusses various topics, including health, consciousness, and psychedelics, and shares his personal journey from struggling with health issues to achieving success through hard work and dedication. So, what is biohacking? Biohacking is the practice of actively changing your environment and biology to take full control of your health and well-being. This includes managing your health, slowing down the aging process, and achieving mental peace by optimizing your body's energy production through environmental adjustments. Dave shared his personal experience of hitting rock bottom despite his professional success. He recounted a moment when his cognitive function was declining. This realization led him to explore smart drugs and nootropics, as well as seek guidance from longevity doctors. Despite his successful tech career, he ventured into blogging and founded a Consumer Packaged Goods company. Asprey's journey is a testament to addressing personal health and well-being even amid professional success while focusing on wellness and redefining longevity and health. Dave highlights the shift in perspective towards health, emphasizing the significance of having control over one's biology and energy. Health should be a priority, especially for entrepreneurs, as it directly impacts their ability to care for their families and pursue their missions. And, of course, taking care of one's health is essential for preventing illness in the future. What started this all? Well, during his studies of meditation in Tibet, he discovered that people often underestimate the importance of prioritizing longevity and health. Ignoring these aspects means operating at only half of one's potential. We discussed using marketing to persuade people of the immediate benefits of prioritizing health and longevity, especially for entrepreneurs. It's about being more present and having more energy in the present moment. Reprogramming all the emotional triggers is possible, but why not regain your energy first? Stop expending energy on thinking about food and dwelling on grudges. Once you've accomplished that, you'll realize that things that seem like major obstacles aren't as daunting. This is an important, cutting-edge strategy for entrepreneurs aiming to build billion-dollar businesses. Dave also launched an innovative brain upgrade program known as 40 Years of Zen. This program utilizes EEG neurofeedback to reprogram the brains of entrepreneurs, athletes, and celebrities, aiming to enhance their cognitive abilities. Additionally, he created, Upgrade Labs, which is a company that provides biohacking services, leveraging data and technology to optimize health and performance. For more information, you can visit dangercoffee.com, 40yearsofzen.com, and ownandupgradelabs.com. If you're interested in attending the upcoming biohacking conference in May in Austin, TX, you can find further details at biohackingconference.com. [00:00:00] Father of Biohacking [00:06:36] What is Biohacking? [00:11:59] Wellness and Longevity [00:19:49] Billion Dollar Hack [00:30:05] What is Danger Coffee? [00:35:23] 40 Years of Zen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
For the very first time, a panel has come together on the podcast to speak on a subject that needed to be discussed: why art from Saudi Arabia is now in the spotlight. This is on the back of Hafla by Sotheby's, an ongoing exhibition celebrating art from the Middle East. On the panel we have Ashkan Baghestani, the Head of Contemporary Day Sales at Sotheby's and Princess Nourah Al Faisal, the founder of Nuun Jewels and the CEO of Art of Heritage, a Saudi luxury fashion house. The panel explores the cultural richness and historical depth of Saudi Arabia, emphasizing the importance of preserving and promoting traditional crafts. Additionally, Princess Nourah shares insights on her jewelry design journey with Nuun Jewels and collaborations with Asprey, while Adhlal—the consultancy she founded—aims to nurture future Saudi designers. The episode delves into the challenges and potentials of the Middle Eastern art market, advocating for broader exposure and appreciation of the region's artistic heritage. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this episode, Dave and Peter discuss the top 5 health hacks you need to implement in 2024, what nootropics you should know about, and the benefits of psychedelics. 10:42 | Beware: Too Much Protein? 36:05 | The Power of Caffeine as a Nootropic 58:45 | The Risks and Benefits of Microdosing Dave Asprey is an entrepreneur and thought leader best known for founding Bulletproof 360, which revolutionized the wellness industry with Bulletproof Coffee and the biohacking movement. He is the CEO of Upgrade Labs, founder of 40 Years of Zen, and host of the Biohacking Conference. A four-time New York Times bestselling author, Asprey shares his expertise in longevity, brain performance, and biohacking. He also hosts "The Human Upgrade," a top-ranking health podcast where he interviews experts to explore innovative approaches to living a healthier, more productive life. 40 Years of Zen: https://40yearsofzen.com/ Danger Coffee: https://dangercoffee.com/ Website: https://daveasprey.com/ The Human Upgrade Podcast: https://daveasprey.com/category/podcasts/ Upgrade Labs: https://upgradelabs.com/ ____________ I only endorse products and services I personally use. To see what they are, please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: Get started with Fountain Life and become the CEO of your health: https://fountainlife.com/peter/ AI-powered precision diagnosis you NEED for a healthy gut: https://www.viome.com/peter _____________ Get my new Longevity Practices 2024 book: https://bit.ly/48Hv1j6 I send weekly emails with the latest insights and trends on today's and tomorrow's exponential technologies. Stay ahead of the curve, and sign up now: Tech Blog _____________ Connect With Peter: Twitter Instagram Youtube Moonshots
“The whole gift of Dream 100 is identifying who those dream clients are, and then going after them with pigheaded discipline and determination.” -Amanda Holmes Summary: In this episode, Amanda and Pablo discuss a significant partnership Amanda secured with biohacking pioneer Dave Asprey in just 6 months. Amanda explains her strategic approach, leveraging the Dream 100 concept to target key industry leaders and exhibiting at the Biohacking Conference. By employing a multi-faceted outreach strategy, Amanda and her team reached an impressive booking rate, which eventually led to meeting Asprey and establishing a collaboration. They dive into the importance of clear goals, focused targeting, consistent follow-ups, and the value of strategic partnerships in transforming and scaling businesses in the biohacking space. Amanda emphasizes the application of core story frameworks and personalized content to enhance relationship building and market positioning. The discussion provides practical insights into breaking into a new industry and achieving rapid growth through disciplined efforts and strategic networking. Episode Highlights: 00:00 Teaser 00:40 Introducing the Ultimate Sales Machine 01:02 Breaking into Biohacking: The Big Partnership 03:33 Executing the Dream 100 Strategy 06:03 Personalized Outreach: The Key to Success 09:57 The Power of Persistence: Following Up 11:03 A Fortuitous Meeting with Dave Asprey 17:45 Building a Strategic Relationship 18:14 The Art of Follow-Up 19:27 Core Story and Social Selling 21:23 Marketing the Biohacking Summit 22:57 Challenges and Persistence 23:25 Identifying Ideal Clients 28:07 The Power of Strategic Partnerships 32:38 4-Part Framework for Doubling Sales 35:31 Content Co-Creation and Networking 38:02 Conclusion and Next Steps ---------------- To secure your spot at the Business of Biohacking Summit, visit businessofbiohacking.com ---------------- Connect with us: LinkedIn: https://www.Linkedin.com/company/chetholmesint Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/UltimateSalesMachine Facebook: https://www.Facebook.com/UltimateSalesMachine Twitter: https://www.Twitter.com/ChetHolmes Connect with Pablo: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pablotheconnector/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/connectwithpablo/ Website: bethestage.live ------------------------ Listen to The CEO Mastery Show here: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ceo-mastery-show/id1589294044 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1LXkbAtWnCOxdiddkzteGx?si=05aaa25b4afe4c6d Don't forget to share your key takeaways from this episode and tag us on socials!
Are you ready to “live beyond 180? That's the tagline of the 10th Annual Biohacking Conference, which went down in Dallas two weeks ago. The brainchild of Dave Asprey, the conference focused on numerous “hacks” to help you live not only longer, but better and longer. This has been a decades-long goal of Asprey, who you might know as the founder of Bulletproof Coffee—you know, despite mountains of clinical evidence stating otherwise, this tech entrepreneur is certain that melting a stick of butter in your coffee every morning is the key to longevity. Was the key, that is. Dave is now behind the supposed “mold-free” coffee company, Danger Coffee, alongside a whole bunch of other sciencey gimmicks, like his “Wasabi Method,” which was launched at the conference. The key to longevity, it seems, is knowing that your sales funnel always depends on there being another key. That's the vibe our returning correspondent, Mallory DeMille, got when reviewing the many reels and videos that surfaced from the conference rooms at the Fairmont Hotel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
There was a time when Dave Asprey wore size 46 pants and weighed more than 300 pounds. Lucky for him, that time is behind him. After struggling for a long time to lose weight and failing at every diet he tried, Asprey realized he had to create his own weight-loss program, one that would tackle his physical and psychological addiction to food. In his quest for a perfect diet, he discovered that fasting was the most effective way to achieve his goals. So, get ready to find out how you too can free yourself from food and all the ways it occupies your mind.
A Note from James:Dave Asprey was this fat aging tech entrepreneur who realized he was going on a bad path and so he completely changed his life around. He kind of went to the scientific sources and did the research himself and practically started the field of biohacking, of doing experiments on himself with his diet, with the supplements, with the devices he uses. And now it's as if he's 20 years younger than he was 20 years ago.He started Bulletproof Coffee, which I'm sure many of you have heard of, and a new coffee company called Danger Coffee. You've probably listened to him on this podcast. And now he just wrote the book Smarter, Not Harder. I'll describe that in a second.I want to tell a story when Dave asked, but he's been on the podcast a bunch of times when he was on in 20, I think it was 2016, it happened to be coincidentally the first day I was trying standup comedy. So at the end of that episode, it might have even been after we shut down the cameras, at the end of that episode, I asked him, "Dave, I'm doing standup comedy for the first time tonight, and I'm really nervous. What's your advice?" I just wanted to, he's a smart guy. I respect him. I just wanted to put him on the spot a little bit and see what his advice would be. And he thought about it for about a second. And then he said, "When you get up there, love your audience." And that is the best advice for a standup comedy that I have ever heard before or since.And it's really worked well for me. And I would say the same holds true when I write, I always love my audience. And when I do public speaking or even this podcast, I always picture in my head loving the audience. So what does Dave write about in Smarter, Not Harder? Well, his very interesting point is that humans, from an evolutionary perspective, should be somewhat lazy.We need to have a lot of energy when our fight or flight reflex triggers. Like when you have to run from the lion that's chasing you, you have to use a lot of energy very quickly. And then, you rest. But Dave's point is that in our society, just staring at screens, we get that fight-and-flight response sitting still.And so our body and mind don't know what's happening. And his argument is the same for exercise. His point is, and he, and you know, we'll see a lot of people are going to have different opinions on this. His point is you might not need to exercise for hours at a time because. That's not what the human body is supposed to do. It exerts itself for very short spurts of time and then rests. So his whole book is kind of his biohack experiments on exercise, sleep, diet, and how you can live your life to perform more optimally. You know, it's an anti-aging book, so it's in that category. We've done a lot of anti-aging.Podcasts and they're always very fascinating to me and I ask him very, very specific questions about food, supplements, and exercise because I always want to know what I should do. The answers are always enlightening. So anyway, once again, here is Dave Asprey. Episode Description:In a comprehensive discussion about biohacking for better health, Dave Asprey, the founder of Bulletproof Coffee and Danger Coffee, shares his journey from overcoming personal health issues to pioneering in the biohacking space. The conversation expands into Asprey's latest venture, Danger Coffee, and the release of his book Smarter Not Harder, offering insights into efficient exercise, debunking nutrition myths, and providing a deep dive into bodily and mental wellness. The episode covers a broad range of topics including the importance of dietary choices, quality animal proteins, managing stress, optimizing hormones, and the role of supplements like NAD+, zinc, and magnesium. Asprey also touches on technological advancements with an AI tool for supplement guidance, and the crucial balance of testosterone for health. Through personal anecdotes and expert advice, the episode serves as a guide for listeners to navigate their health, dietary habits, and supplement intake for a holistic approach to wellness. Episode Summary:00:00 Welcome Back, Dave: The Bulletproof Coffee Saga00:51 Introducing Danger Coffee: A New Brew on the Block02:49 The Biohacker's Guide to Optimal Body and Mind05:47 Navigating the Nutritional Maze: Vitamins, Minerals, and More12:22 The Journey from Tech Entrepreneur to Biohacking Pioneer18:50 Unlocking the Secrets of Sleep: From Light to Supplements38:28 Exercise for the 'Lazy': Rethinking Fitness41:33 Unlocking the Secret to Effortless Fitness41:48 The Power of Saving Time and Money42:23 Revolutionizing Your Workout Routine43:07 The Surprising Truth About Cardio43:49 Rethinking Exercise: Quality Over Quantity44:59 Maximizing Recovery and Nutrient Absorption45:28 The Role of Stress and Recovery in Fitness47:38 Harnessing the Power of Meditation and Mindfulness49:00 Building Muscle the Smart Way49:33 Debunking Plant-Based Protein Myths49:56 The Ultimate Guide to Gaining Muscle50:04 Exploring Innovative Fitness Technologies51:51 Navigating the Complex World of Nutrition52:15 The Hidden Dangers of Common Foods01:11:02 The Truth About Supplements and Protein Intake01:17:12 The Essential Role of Testosterone in Health ------------What do YOU think of the show? 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A Note from James:Dave Asprey was this fat aging tech entrepreneur who realized he was going on a bad path and so he completely changed his life around. He kind of went to the scientific sources and did the research himself and practically started the field of biohacking, of doing experiments on himself with his diet, with the supplements, with the devices he uses. And now it's as if he's 20 years younger than he was 20 years ago.He started Bulletproof Coffee, which I'm sure many of you have heard of, and a new coffee company called Danger Coffee. You've probably listened to him on this podcast. And now he just wrote the book Smarter, Not Harder. I'll describe that in a second.I want to tell a story when Dave asked, but he's been on the podcast a bunch of times when he was on in 20, I think it was 2016, it happened to be coincidentally the first day I was trying standup comedy. So at the end of that episode, it might have even been after we shut down the cameras, at the end of that episode, I asked him, "Dave, I'm doing standup comedy for the first time tonight, and I'm really nervous. What's your advice?" I just wanted to, he's a smart guy. I respect him. I just wanted to put him on the spot a little bit and see what his advice would be. And he thought about it for about a second. And then he said, "When you get up there, love your audience." And that is the best advice for a standup comedy that I have ever heard before or since.And it's really worked well for me. And I would say the same holds true when I write, I always love my audience. And when I do public speaking or even this podcast, I always picture in my head loving the audience. So what does Dave write about in Smarter, Not Harder? Well, his very interesting point is that humans, from an evolutionary perspective, should be somewhat lazy.We need to have a lot of energy when our fight or flight reflex triggers. Like when you have to run from the lion that's chasing you, you have to use a lot of energy very quickly. And then, you rest. But Dave's point is that in our society, just staring at screens, we get that fight-and-flight response sitting still.And so our body and mind don't know what's happening. And his argument is the same for exercise. His point is, and he, and you know, we'll see a lot of people are going to have different opinions on this. His point is you might not need to exercise for hours at a time because. That's not what the human body is supposed to do. It exerts itself for very short spurts of time and then rests. So his whole book is kind of his biohack experiments on exercise, sleep, diet, and how you can live your life to perform more optimally. You know, it's an anti-aging book, so it's in that category. We've done a lot of anti-aging.Podcasts and they're always very fascinating to me and I ask him very, very specific questions about food, supplements, and exercise because I always want to know what I should do. The answers are always enlightening. So anyway, once again, here is Dave Asprey. Episode Description:In a comprehensive discussion about biohacking for better health, Dave Asprey, the founder of Bulletproof Coffee and Danger Coffee, shares his journey from overcoming personal health issues to pioneering in the biohacking space. The conversation expands into Asprey's latest venture, Danger Coffee, and the release of his book Smarter Not Harder, offering insights into efficient exercise, debunking nutrition myths, and providing a deep dive into bodily and mental wellness. The episode covers a broad range of topics including the importance of dietary choices, quality animal proteins, managing stress, optimizing hormones, and the role of supplements like NAD+, zinc, and magnesium. Asprey also touches on technological advancements with an AI tool for supplement guidance, and the crucial balance of testosterone for health. Through personal anecdotes...
Join us on The Higher Self Podcast this week as we chat with Dave Asprey, the mastermind behind Bulletproof Coffee. Dave's known for shaking things up in the health world, and he's here to share some controversial takes on food and how we can live healthier, longer lives. Dave will tackle some big questions: Is being vegan really as good as we think? How can we boost our fertility in natural ways? And his big one – how can we live to be over 120 years old? He's got some interesting ideas and practical tips, all based on his own experiments and research. This episode is a real eye-opener, especially for anyone curious about different approaches to diet and longevity. So, tune in, and maybe even share it with a friend who's into exploring new health ideas. Can't wait for you to tune into the conversation! _________ Reunion Experience: https://www.reunionexperience.org/ (use the code: DannyReunion) Athletic Greens are giving you a FREE 1-year supply of Vitamin D AND 5 free travel packs with your first purchase. Go to: athleticgreens.com/DANNY _________ Dave Asprey: Dave Asprey is a well-known entrepreneur, author, and the founder of Bulletproof 360, a company best recognized for its Bulletproof Coffee. Born in 1973, he has become a prominent figure in the health and wellness industry, particularly in the field of biohacking, a practice where individuals apply self-experimentation to optimize their biology. Asprey's journey began after experiencing health issues and weight problems, leading him to explore various methods to improve his health. His efforts culminated in the creation of Bulletproof Coffee, a high-fat, low-carbohydrate coffee designed to boost energy and cognitive function. Asprey has authored several books, including "The Bulletproof Diet" and "Head Strong," sharing his insights on diet, health, and mental performance. His work and ideas have significantly influenced the world of health and nutrition, especially among those seeking to enhance their physical and mental well-being through alternative methods. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dave.asprey/ The Complete Bulletproof Diet & Fasting Roadmap: https://daveasprey.com/roadmap Danger Coffee: https://dangercoffee.com/ _________ Join Us At AWAKEN Your Highest Self – https://www.dannymorel.com/awaken Join The Community – https://www.dannymorel.com/community Connect with Danny: Website | https://www.dannymorel.com/ Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/dannymorel/ LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/dannymorel/ Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/Danny.Morel.Page
Join us on The Higher Self Podcast this week as we chat with Dave Asprey, the mastermind behind Bulletproof Coffee. Dave's known for shaking things up in the health world, and he's here to share some controversial takes on food and how we can live healthier, longer lives. Dave will tackle some big questions: Is being vegan really as good as we think? How can we boost our fertility in natural ways? And his big one – how can we live to be over 120 years old? He's got some interesting ideas and practical tips, all based on his own experiments and research. This episode is a real eye-opener, especially for anyone curious about different approaches to diet and longevity. So, tune in, and maybe even share it with a friend who's into exploring new health ideas. Can't wait for you to tune into the conversation! _________ Reunion Experience: https://www.reunionexperience.org/ (use the code: DannyReunion) Athletic Greens are giving you a FREE 1-year supply of Vitamin D AND 5 free travel packs with your first purchase. Go to: athleticgreens.com/DANNY _________ Dave Asprey: Dave Asprey is a well-known entrepreneur, author, and the founder of Bulletproof 360, a company best recognized for its Bulletproof Coffee. Born in 1973, he has become a prominent figure in the health and wellness industry, particularly in the field of biohacking, a practice where individuals apply self-experimentation to optimize their biology. Asprey's journey began after experiencing health issues and weight problems, leading him to explore various methods to improve his health. His efforts culminated in the creation of Bulletproof Coffee, a high-fat, low-carbohydrate coffee designed to boost energy and cognitive function. Asprey has authored several books, including "The Bulletproof Diet" and "Head Strong," sharing his insights on diet, health, and mental performance. His work and ideas have significantly influenced the world of health and nutrition, especially among those seeking to enhance their physical and mental well-being through alternative methods. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dave.asprey/ The Complete Bulletproof Diet & Fasting Roadmap: https://daveasprey.com/roadmap Danger Coffee: https://dangercoffee.com/ _________ Join Us At AWAKEN Your Highest Self – https://www.dannymorel.com/awaken Join The Community – https://www.dannymorel.com/community Connect with Danny: Website | https://www.dannymorel.com/ Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/dannymorel/ LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/dannymorel/ Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/Danny.Morel.Page
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En "Game Changers" de Dave Asprey, descubrirás un viaje transformador hacia una vida más saludable y exitosa. Este libro ofrece estrategias innovadoras que cambiarán por completo el juego de tu salud y te harán SMARTER, es decir, más inteligente en la toma de decisiones relacionadas con tu bienestar.Una de las ideas clave que Asprey comparte es la importancia de desafiar tu mente. Invita a los lectores a experimentar cosas nuevas, a salir de su zona de confort y a asumir retos que podrían convertir su cerebro en una máquina imparable. En última instancia, este enfoque en la exploración y la superación personal te hará más inteligente y más capaz de enfrentar los desafíos de la vida.Asimismo, el autor destaca la relevancia del sexo, la comida y el sueño como factores fundamentales para potenciar tu rendimiento y alcanzar tus objetivos de manera más rápida y efectiva. El libro proporciona consejos prácticos sobre cómo utilizar estas áreas de tu vida a tu favor, ayudándote a aprovechar al máximo su poder transformador."Game Changers" también nos recuerda que la felicidad está al alcance de todos, y muchas de las cosas que más nos alegran son completamente gratuitas. Desde disfrutar del sol hasta recibir un cálido abrazo o practicar la gratitud, estas pequeñas alegrías cotidianas pueden tener un impacto significativo en tu bienestar emocional. Aprenderás a valorar y aprovechar estas oportunidades para llenar tu vida de felicidad genuina.Finalmente, el libro enfatiza la importancia de concentrarse en tus fortalezas en lugar de tus debilidades. En lugar de obsesionarte con lo que te falta, aprenderás a potenciar tus puntos fuertes y a utilizarlos como trampolines hacia el éxito. "Game Changers" es un recurso valioso para aquellos que buscan maximizar su potencial y alcanzar una vida más plena y saludable. ¿Estás listo para un cambio de juego en tu vida? Este libro te guiará en el camino hacia una versión más inteligente y más feliz de ti mismo.Si quieres crear una estrategia para tu vida, coordina tu cita aquí: https://linktr.ee/CarlosFigueroa Añade 10 horas a tu semana !!! Guía Gratis. (Por Tiempo LIMITADO) https://mailchi.mp/07bcc6ddabe1/10horasmasatusemana Redes Carloshttp://www.tiktok.com/carlosefigueroaprhttp://www.instagram.com/carlosefigueroaRedes Gana Tu Díahttp://www.instagram.com/ganatudia http://www.tiktok.com/ganatudiahttp://www.ganatudia.cominfo@ganatudia.com
In this captivating podcast episode, get ready to dive deep into the world of biohacking and upgrading your health. Join host Kris Gethin and special guest Dave Asprey as they uncover the secrets to optimizing your sleep, enhancing muscle growth, and unlocking your full potential. Discover the shocking truth about magnesium deficiency and how it impacts your sleep quality and overall well-being. Did you know that over 80% of the population is deficient in this crucial mineral? Asprey and Gethin reveal why it's essential for relaxation and regulating your body's stress response system. But beware - not all magnesium supplements are created equal. Learn why your body requires all seven forms for optimal sleep and how to ensure you're getting them. Prepare to be blown away as Dave Asprey introduces Upgrade Labs, the world's first biohacking facility. After gathering data for eight years, they've cracked the code to personalized prescriptions for optimal results. Discover how medical-grade equipment can analyze your cell health, provide insights on body composition, and revolutionize your overall well-being. It's time to unleash the power of science and data to upgrade your life. But that's not all. Asprey and Gethin delve into the world of exercise and wellness, challenging traditional approaches. Uncover the truth about BMI and why it's an outdated measure of fitness. Explore the benefits of shorter, intense workouts versus long, moderate-intensity sessions. Learn how continuous long-distance cardio may be damaging your joints and decreasing testosterone levels. Get ready to transform your approach to exercise and achieve your muscle-building goals. Intrigued by the concept of laziness? Kris and Dave discuss how embracing it can actually help you hack your body. Discover how advertisers have tapped into our desire for efficiency and why it's time to manage and harness your laziness for optimal results. Plus, uncover the secrets to saving time and reframing exercise as a time-saving strategy rather than hard work. Upgrade Labs takes center stage again as the hosts reveal the cutting-edge machines and techniques that can revolutionize your workouts. Combine traditional weight training with innovative technologies for faster muscle growth and increased metabolic activity. Learn the power of negative repetitions and the importance of recovery in optimizing your results. Plus, discover the benefits of prioritizing cold therapy before working out and the concept of "slope of the curve biology" for maximum adaptation. But it doesn't stop there. Kris and Dave explore the role of specific technologies and practices in helping your body relax, increase energy, and promote rapid growth. From modified bikes for rehab to advanced meditation states with True Dark glasses, these techniques will take your performance to new heights. Discover the power of minimizing sensory input and optimizing brain energy for improved results. Think you know what it takes to build muscle? Think again. Kris and Dave debunk common misconceptions about certain foods and supplements that may hinder your overall health. Learn why artificial sweeteners and flavors found in bodybuilding products can have negative effects. Uncover the truth about phytic acid and its impact on mineral absorption. It's time to ensure your body has the minerals it needs to effectively respond to your muscle-building goals. Minerals play a crucial role in our overall health and well-being, and Dave Asprey is here to highlight their importance. Discover how minerals are essential for optimal brain function and neurotransmitter production. Uncover the foods to avoid that rob your body of minerals, such as phytic acid found in oats. Plus, explore the benefits of Minerals 101, a supplement that provides the macro minerals your body needs for peak performance. Meditation and self-improvement activities require resources, and Dave Asprey has the solution. Danger Coffee, a mold-free coffee brand rich in trace minerals, fills in the gaps where your body needs them. Unlock your potential with a desire to drink more and achieve more. Plus, explore the benefits of wearing True Dark glasses during workouts, blocking harmful light and enhancing your brain's meditation state. Ready to optimize your brain energy and achieve better results? Join Dave Asprey as he reveals the power of reducing sensory input and focusing your brain's energy on the things that matter. Learn the benefits of noise-canceling headphones and True Dark glasses in minimizing distractions. Uncover the truth about hard work and struggle, and find joy in the process of working hard towards your goals. Biohacking is the key to unlocking your body's full potential, and fasting is the entry point. Dave Asprey shares the importance of nutrient timing and composition, cautioning against over-fasting and its potential negative effects. Dive into the chapter on fasting for women in his book for a deeper understanding of how to optimize your fasting routine. Join Dave Asprey and Kris Gethin as they guide you on a journey of self-improvement and biohacking. From meditation and breathwork to cold therapy and red light therapy, uncover the practices that can transform your life. Address mold toxicity, optimize your fitness with Upgrade Labs, and discover the power of Carol, the game-changing exercise bike that can revolutionize your fat loss journey. Don't miss out on this mind-blowing episode filled with perplexity and burstiness. Tune in now and upgrade your life with the latest insights from Dave Asprey and Kris Gethin. - Importance of deep sleep and magnesium deficiency - Opening of Upgrade Labs biohacking facility - Limitations of BMI as a measure of fitness - Benefits of high-intensity interval training (HIIT) - Laziness principle and its impact on exercise - Perception of saving and motivation in achieving goals - Benefits of using Upgrade Labs for exercise and weight training - Importance of sequencing cold therapy and weightlifting - Specific recovery technologies for improved cellular energy - Digestion problems and the role of masszymes - Detrimental effects of certain bodybuilding products - Importance of minerals and avoiding foods high in phytic acid - Self-improvement and Dave Asprey's Danger Coffee - Benefits of wearing True Dark glasses during the day - Benefits of using noise-canceling headphones and True Dark glasses - Finding efficient ways to achieve results and finding joy in the process - Fasting as a form of biohacking and its effects on biology - Manipulating our biology through various factors - Importance of detoxing and energetics for optimal health - Treating toxic mold and the launch of Upgrade Labs - Promotion of the Carol bike and discount code for listeners ---- Follow me on Instagram and feel free to DM about 1-1 online training @krisgethin For my preferred Biohacking and anti-aging supplements, go to https://bit.ly/kgbiostacklabs Get better sleep and head over to Magbreakthrough.com use the discount code Gethin Time to up your cardio game. 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We're all standing to attention, as the paragon of discipline, former SAS member Billy Billingham and chief instructor on Channel 4's SAS: Who Dares Wins talks about how he's gone from a life of crime to towing the line. Louise Minchin is a broadcaster who spent twenty years on the BBC Breakfast sofa, but did you know she is passionate about endurance sports? Her latest book "Fearless" sees her taking on physical challenges with inspirational women. And completing the Circle of Life are the leonine brothers and longest serving cast members of The Lion King, actors Shaun Escoffery and George Asprey. Former A & E doctor, Love Island star and mental health campaigner Dr Alex George shares his Inheritance Tracks. Presenters: Nikki Bedi and Huw Stephens Producer: Ben Mitchell
Dave Asprey is a renowned entrepreneur and author, who has dedicated his life to understanding the complexities of consciousness and how it can be used to enhance our lives. This is why he created the concept of biohacking, which incorporates neuroscience, bodybuilding, and cognitive enhancement. He is a believer in the power of the mind and its influence on reality, and has come up with the concept of the “meat operating system”. This system is a measure of the reaction time of your brain to reality, and most people have a delay of a third of a second before the brain gets the first electrical signal that a sound happened. He also believes that certain things can be manipulated by the body to make them look attractive. Asprey's philosophy on life is to find the best technique and to only work hard if you have the best tools. He believes that in many cases, laziness can be beneficial as it can lead to more efficient ways of doing things. The Meat Operating System and Laziness Principle Dave Asprey believes that laziness is an important part of life. He argues that laziness is not necessarily a bad thing, and is in fact necessary for success. According to Dave, our bodies have evolved to manipulate us into taking the easier path, which explains why it can be so hard to choose the harder one. He believes that our biological system is driven by the desire to conserve energy and avoid suffering. The idea of the "meat operating system" is something Dave talks about a lot. He explains that our brains can measure the reaction time of our brains to reality and that, on average, it takes about a third of a second for the brain to register a sound. This means that there is a delay in how we perceive reality. He goes on to say that this delay can be manipulated by our bodies to make certain things look more attractive or appealing, so that we will act on them. Dave has coined the term "Slope of the Curve Biology" to explain that more isn't necessarily better when it comes to things like weight training and cardio. He believes that intensity is more important than volume, and that the rate at which you turn on and off a stressor is just as important. The idea of laziness is something that Dave has been studying for decades. He believes that it is important to find the best tools for the job, and to only work hard when it is absolutely necessary. He encourages people to be proactive and to find the best path for success rather than relying on hard work alone. Dave Asprey's thoughts on laziness are an interesting take on a commonly misunderstood concept. He encourages us to be mindful, to find the best path for success, and to recognize the importance of laziness in our lives. Spirituality and Physicality in Biohacking According to Dave, biohacking is all about taking control of your biology and improving your performance. This is a process that involves many different aspects, ranging from physical and mental health to cognitive enhancement and even spiritual growth. Dave believes that these different aspects are all connected and that you need to consider them all when looking to improve your overall well-being. The spiritual side of biohacking is often overlooked, but Dave believes that it is essential for achieving true transformation. The spiritual aspect of biohacking involves understanding the body's operating system and its connection to consciousness. He points out that the body's operating system does not understand negatives, and so it is important to focus on the positive aspects of life. He also emphasizes that one of the most important aspects of biohacking is to remove triggers, which can be anything from stress to negative beliefs. This is key in order to sense reality more clearly and accurately. Dave also believes that the spiritual side of biohacking involves understanding the power of attraction. He believes that the body has an innate ability to make certain things look attractive, as this helps with the survival of the species. He notes that this can be seen in the attraction to certain body shapes or curves, and that it is not logical, but rather an instinctive response. Dave also believes that physicality is key when it comes to biohacking, and that the right exercise, nutrition, and supplements are necessary for achieving optimal performance. He recommends taking anti-aging techniques and using them in combination with cognitive enhancement, neuroscience, and bodybuilding, in order to get the best results. He also encourages people to put the right mitochondrial formulas in place in order to create energy, and to be mindful of the fact that our bodies are designed to conserve energy in order to survive. The future of Biohacking and AI Dave also believes that the future of biohacking and AI is a bright one. Asprey believes that with the advances in technology and the growing interest in biohacking, new opportunities are opening up for people to explore and improve their lives. With AI, he sees the potential to further optimize and automate processes, allowing people to work smarter, not harder. Asprey also believes that biohacking and AI are closely intertwined, and that understanding and harnessing this relationship is key to unlocking the potential of both. He believes that AI can be used to help people identify their triggers and shut them down, so they can better recognize their intuition and figure things out more quickly. In addition, Asprey believes that AI can help people better understand their own consciousness and the consciousness of the world around them. In this podcast, you will learn about: Human anatomy, MeatOS and Biohacking Dave's The Laziness Principle Spiritual and Physical resilience The future of biohacking and what longevity seekers are leveraging in 2023 and beyond A Quantified Self Self-Tracking Personalized Interventions Epigenetics Dave's new book called "Smarter Not Harder" And so much more. EPISODE RESOURCES: SMARTER NOT HARDER book - available February 28th, 2023 everywhere! Instagram thebiohackingconference.com
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IN THIS EPISODE OF THE HUMAN UPGRADE™… Daniel Amen, M.D., shares the most effective daily habits you can do to improve the way your brain works, based on his 40 years of clinical practice. In this discussion and in his new book, “Change Your Brain Every Day: Simple Daily Practices to Strengthen Your Mind, Memory, Moods, Focus, Energy, Habits, and Relationships,” he delivers a year's worth of habits to you in short info bits and daily actions.Incorporating Dr. Amen's tiny habits and practices will help you:· Manage your mind to support your happiness, inner peace, and success· Develop lifelong strategies for dealing with whatever stresses come your way· Create an ongoing sense of purpose in a way that informs your daily actions· Learn major life lessons Dr. Amen has gleaned from studying hundreds of thousands of brain scansA key innovator in the world of brain health, Dr. Amen shifts the paradigm of understanding what's happening in your brain. His new book is a must-have for anyone who values both their brain function and mental health. He teaches you how your gut affects your thinking, how mental health is really brain health, and how measuring brain function is tied to mitochondrial function.A psychiatrist and clinical neuroscientist, Dr. Amen has collected the world's largest database of brain scans for psychiatry. This totals more than 210,000 SPECT scans on patients from 155 countries. This has been key to going beyond what he learned as a psychiatrist. Actually observing “the organ” in question has been a game changer for his mission to end mental illness by creating a revolution in brain health. Watch this episode on YouTube! Get all the links and resources in the show notes.WE APPRECIATE OUR PARTNERS. CHECK THEM OUT! Sleep Solutions for High Performance: https://sleepbreakthrough.com/dave, use code DAVE10 to get an extra 10% offCapture Life Force Energy: https://leelaq.com, use discount code DAVE10 to get 10% off sitewideComfort Options for Hot & Cold Sleepers: https://sleep.me/daveasprey, use code ASPREY for 25% off See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Christianity and politics have a love hate relationship in the US. Despite the separation of church and state, many churches are highly engaged in the political process but they are not always well informed of the issues. Chad Connelly's work as chairman of his state Replication Party was recognised by the White House and he became the first ever Faith Envoy for the Republican National Committee (RNC). Through this role he built up church engagement to another level and has continued this endeavour through Faith Wins. Chad joins us to discuss the importance of voter registration, providing leaders with resources, identifying church liaisons and connecting with political thought leaders. Founder Chad Connelly was the Republican National Committee's first-ever National Director of Faith Engagement, a key position that influenced the elections of 2016. Having been elected to two terms as the Chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party, Chad set new fundraising records for the party, hosted two nationally televised debates that brought over $50 million in revenue and advertising exposure to the state, and held the largest Presidential Preference Primary at that time in South Carolina's history with over 607,000 voting in the election. Since 2013, he's traveled to 43 states and spoke to more than 82,000 pastors and faith leaders about the importance of pastoral leadership in the public arena. His work has led to trusted relationships with a wide variety of denominational and organizational ministry leaders across the nation and resulted in the highest evangelical turnout and vote in modern American political history in the 2016 elections. He has appeared on numerous national television shows and has been a featured commentator on Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, NBC and others. Chad is well known in political and religious circles around the nation as an effective speaker, relationship builder and prolific fundraiser and is in demand as an inspirational speaker on a variety of topics. Chad is passionate about his home state of South Carolina, America and her true history but is most passionate about his family: his wife Dana and their four children. Chad is a life-long South Carolinian and he and his family live in Prosperity, SC. Faith Wins is dedicated to educating, activating and mobilizing faith leaders, helping them leverage their influence and impact within the governmental and political arena. https://faithwins.org/ Interview recorded 24.2.23 Audio Podcast version available on Podbean and all major podcast directories... https://heartsofoak.podbean.com/ To sign up for our weekly email, find our social media, podcasts, video, livestreaming platforms and more... https://heartsofoak.org/connect/ Please subscribe, like and share! [0:22] Hello, Hearts of Oak and welcome to another interview coming up in a moment with Chad Connelly. Chad Connelly heads up Faith Wins, an organization in America that engages churches and politics. I met him a couple of weeks ago at a conference in Miami and was intrigued and excited by hearing his background story. So in this interview, we talk about how he got involved in politics and how he became the first national director of faith engagement in the Republican Party, a position which here in the UK we would be desperate for. Over in the US you've had this, and that was during 2016 during Trump's presidency, his first presidency. So we talk about how that happened, how he ruled that across the country, got engaged with churches, got them connected with politics and got them voting, got them inspired and got their congregations understanding what political engagement was about. Now we go into Faith Wins, the organization he started post that. So I know you'll enjoy this conversation with Chad Connelly. [1:34] It is absolutely wonderful to have Chad Connelly with us today. Chad, thank you for your time today. Honoured to be here with you. I really am, Peter, and I appreciate the opportunity, brother. Not at all. I had the absolute honour and privilege of meeting Chad over in Miami a few weeks ago, sitting at the table together and also listening to you speak. So I'm looking forward to unpacking a little bit about your story and what you do and to our viewers and listeners, faithwins.org is where you can find more of Chad. We'll get into that a little bit more. The links are in the description. If you're listening on any podcasting apps, Podbean, any podcasting apps, all the links are there so you can keep in touch. But just to our UK viewers, our non-US viewers, Chad served as chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party, the first ever national director of faith engagement for the RNC or the Republican National Committee, for those of us not on stateside, and founder and president of Faith Wins. Now before we get into some of that Chad, you were literally born in Prosperity. I've never come across this. A town in South Carolina is called Prosperity. I thought it was a typo, but no, you're born in Prosperity. Yes, you know prosperity is a really small town, Peter. It's probably, you know, you probably heard me make the joke. There are four or five hundred people counting the dogs and cats. [3:03] So it's a small little town, a great slice of rural America. But I grew up here and actually built a home here. My mom and dad, my mom's passed now, but my mom dad's house is behind me and my grandparents house is behind them. And I never really thought I'd come back to little town, but I travel so much. I really enjoyed the little town feel. [3:25] It's always good to come back home. Always good to come back home. Chad, your background is in business, but maybe you can tell us how you moved from being involved in business to being involved in politics. [3:41] Yeah. You know, Peter, I went to college, got my degree in engineering, got into the corporate world. I was doing design and engineering testing. It wasn't that I didn't enjoy it. I did, but I watched my dad lose a career in downsizing in the late 80s and my career was going up, and his was ending and it just, it changed my life. I decided I wanted to be on my own. And at about that time I had been in the army, I'd served in the army and I think that my military service made me come to grips with what's this thing called freedom? Why do we have it? What's it about? And I think it wasn't that I disrespected the idea of freedom, it was, I didn't really grasp it. You know how it is when you're 16 or 18 or 20, you have all the answers, none of the questions, but you have the answers. And life has a way of making you think through stuff. And so I was in the army and I started thinking, man, people died for this thing called freedom. And it started me really on a journey to examine my freedom, what the gifts we've been given, the blessings of liberty, and then that, It made me deeper in my faith. It made me realize God's had his hand on me [4:55] my whole life and where people can deny that or ignore it or act like it's not true, they can't deny the things going on in their lives and they see around them. And so I was a Christian, I'd give my heart to Christ in my teen years, of course wasn't very serious about it. Married my college sweetheart and I got more serious about my faith. And I think the army was big in that Peter because you know, you start thinking about why would somebody die for something and Jesus died for all of us. And so I started reading biblical worldview books and those books really are what got me in my own business. It got me speaking for a living, got me coaching other people to get in their own business, and it really gave me an appreciation for the whole idea of America and for freedom. That's the short version, but then God just moved me into politics. And I'll give you more of it, but I'll let you talk and ask any other questions on that part. It's always interesting now people get involved in politics. I mean, I love politics. I lived and read politics for years, work in the House of Lords, all of that. But I always loved to find out how anyone made that leap because when we talk to people on the street, people generally seem disengaged with the political process. So what attracted you to begin to get involved in politics? [6:13] Well, you know, it was really reading the biblical worldview books and biblical worldview is we all have a worldview, right? We all have a way, a foundation, how we think, what we believe. And to me, it all boils down to one question, and that is, who says? There are only two answers. Man says, where there's no standard but me and you, which seems very haphazard to me, or God says. And if God says there's a standard, and if our standard is God and the Bible and the Holy Word, then that begins to inform our decision-making. And so when I was studying biblical worldview, I started realizing, oh boy, this, [6:49] here's why people turn from the faith or don't get involved in religion or relationship with Jesus. They don't want accountability. A lot of people, a lot of my friends, and they think, well, I don't want to be accountable to anybody. And I started realizing I am accountable. I am my brother's keeper. I'm responsible for myself and my family, my children, the people around me, my sphere of influence. I've been given this great blessing of being born in this free land. And that started to motivate me to, boy, there ought to be more like-minded people involved in this political thing, not just as a president or a congressman or woman, but school boards, city council. And so the more I read in those areas, I said, boy, I think God's telling me I better be involved in this. If I'm unhappy about something going on politically, it's really not political, Peter. It's spiritual. all our lives in a biblical worldview, my God's big enough to be in everything, everywhere, all the time. And while there's no question that people, I say the media and the left. [7:54] And I think that applies everywhere, have kind of taught us Christians out of being involved. You know, they say, ooh, you Christians shouldn't be involved in it. You're gonna offend somebody. And we're the very ones who don't wanna offend somebody. And so we put on our turn the other cheek Jesus, when really we might oughta find turn the tables over Jesus. And so the first thing I did in politics is, I did door knocking to get people to vote for a friend of mine for Congress in Charlotte, North Carolina, a great lady named Sue Myrick. After that, I actually went to Boston, Massachusetts and helped a guy named Mitt Romney run against Ted Kennedy. I had read about Senator Kennedy and the whole Chappaquiddick thing, and I couldn't believe anybody would vote for the guy. And so here's this little lost Southern boy, Peter, knocking on doors, you ought to vote for Mitt Romney. And of course, I didn't get a great response, but I felt compelled to do it. And I kind of had the bug. My boys came along, [8:51] CJ who's now 25, I was born in 97, Bennett was born in 2000, and we started doing political campaigns. They would sippy cup in a hand, a pacifier to mouth and a vote for somebody signed. That was how they grew up. And I got involved in the school choice movement. I got involved in the pro-life movement. I got on some boards. In 02, I actually wrote my first book called Freedom Time, where I was just explaining to people, you should be involved, get involved in the process. Don't sit over here on the side-lines and complain and whine and fuss and cuss. Get involved, make a difference. And after that, in 05, my wife Michelle, I met in college, her mom died, spun her into a deep depression. In July of 06, she took her own life, committed suicide, left me a single dad with two little boys who saw something nobody should ever see. But God used this too, Peter. It's a deep, raw part of my story and God's been good. I'm remarried, but I had spoken at Chick-fil-A the week before that. I said something I never remembered saying. I probably didn't say this when you saw me speak in Miami. [10:00] I said something I'd never remembered saying all the times I ever spoken. And I so didn't trust how bad Michelle was. I left her at her dad's home nearby and I went to Chick-fil-A headquarters in Atlanta. And I was doing a marriage and family talk, very humbling. Nobody in the audience knew my wife was home with deep depression, much less would put a gun in her mouth a week later. The boys were five and nine, they were sitting in the corner of the room, Peter, and I said, you know, I've messed up, I've made mistakes, but before God, man, I'm not going to be a failure with my wife and my boys. And I remember looking at the boys over there in the corner and going, hey, Lord, that was good. I'm going to I'm going to use that again. The next Sunday, we come in to find her. And I knew she was bad, I didn't I didn't know she had had some blues more than more like not really depression, more like deep blues throughout our marriage, but not that bad. And I knew it was bad, but I never thought she'd do that. Anyway, we get in from church to find her. The boys are on my heels. [11:06] I pick her up to cover, I didn't want them to see, right? And so I go to your room, go to your room, go to your room. I pull her close to me, I lay her back down. And in my spirit, I feel the devil say, ha ha, you failed. Immediately I feel the Lord put his arm around me and say this wasn't my plan but I have a plan for Satan's disruption. And as I'm laying my wife of 18 and a half years back down on the ground on the floor, Romans 8 28, now you probably know the scripture, I wasn't studying it, I wasn't reading it at that point but I had put it in my heart and the scripture says, and we know that all, things work together for good of those who love God and are called according purpose. And I'd read that scripture over and over again, and I don't know if anybody out there reads the Bible, there's times you read it and you're not sure what you read. Other times it leaps up off the pages and punch you and just really grabs you. And so Romans 8 28, I laid her back down and it came to mind. And I said, really Lord, all things? All things? All things? My wife's in a pool of blood. All things, Lord? Really? And he, And he said to me, did you believe it yesterday? Yes, Lord, I did. So I need you to trust me and believe it today. And I told him I would. Now, I was a mess. I had three or four months. I couldn't get off the mat, Peter. The boys, I sobbed. Michelle's my best friend. [12:31] I went back to my pro-life board several months later, and there's a guy in there who's in heaven now. He passed away a few months ago. And he just, three meetings in a row kept coming at me. Chad, you gotta meet this girl. You gotta meet this girl. I'm like, "JD, I love you, leave me alone. Get out my face", [12:47] I don't have time for any girl. I got two little boys that saw their mom come in. I mean, it's awful. It's awful. I don't wish it on anybody." He said, "you ought to meet this girl". And he got in my face at the second meeting. He said, "Chad, you're Mr. Positive. I've been watching you speak for years. This is not going to beat you". He said, "you know that talk you do about counting your blessings?" And I said, "yeah, JD, I wrote it". He said, "read your notes". And you know how a Christian brother, sometimes has to hold us accountable. And literally, I prayed for accountability and responsibility partners. And I went home that day and I read my notes and the Lord gave me three very specific prayers. I wrote down 103 blessings. I go to the next meeting. He says, "you got to meet this girl". And I finally said, "what's her name?" He said, "Dana". And I said, "JD, big question. How did she become single?" And he hung his head and he said, "man, I'm sorry to tell you, but same way you did". Turns out her husband committed suicide, Peter, almost two years to the the day before my wife. And she had two little girls, I had two little boys, and long story made short, six months later we were married, and today the kids are 25, 23, 22, and 21. We're blessed and highly favoured. That's been 15 years ago. It's the most monumental thing in my life though, to watch God work that way. And when people tell me there's no God, I don't have enough faith to be an atheist, I just don't. [14:07] It takes a lot of faith to think that we have the answers, that all this came because of an accident, that's beyond common sense. And I've watched God work in my life. And it doesn't mean he works the same way with people and he's got a purpose to fulfil. That scripture, Romans 8.28, if your audience hasn't read it, You ought to go read it. And we know all things work together for good of those who love God and are called according to His purpose. Now at the time, I had felt called into politics, Peter. I didn't know how, I didn't know what. I didn't know if it was elected or work behind the scenes. I was very involved in the school choice movement, the pro-life movement, and I thought it was that way. When Dana came along, I got back involved. As you said, I ran for state party chairman, and anybody who's familiar with American politics knows our state of South Carolina, you will be here a lot. You know, it picks presidents. [15:02] Ten out of the last 11 Republican nominees were whoever won in South Carolina. And we have what we call carve out states. There's Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, and South Carolina. So I did every political show on television. It was a big bright spotlight on our state. And on one of those shows, a guy named Reince Priebus, and if you're political folks that are watching, have paid attention. He was Trump's, President Trump's first chief of staff. He saw me on television, and I was basically beating up the party for leaving out the faith vote. That was the long and short of my talk that day on that TV show. And Reince, I knew him, I voted for him, but I didn't have any kind of relationship with the guy. And so he texted me. He said, 'hey, I'm a believer too.' I'd like to talk to you. You're right. We should be involved more. Let's talk about it. That's how That's how I got to be the first ever national director of faith engagement. Of course, I helped Trump in 16. I actually went to 43 states and spoke to 80-something thousand pastors just telling them, you got to get involved. How can you have a Matthew 5, salt and light, biblical worldview and not engage? How are you going to be salt and light if you're not engaged? And just imploring them to get involved. And then of course I left the RNC, [16:11] I didn't go work in the White House. I think I was probably Reince Priebus's only senior staffer not to go work in the Trump White House. And that's when I started Faith Wins. But man, we exist to just get Christians involved and let your voices be heard, not just your votes. And that's the short version. Look, I'm so honoured, Peter, I've gotten to watch God work in my life. He didn't always choose to do it that way. And that's where faith comes in. But the fact that a man named Jesus hung on a tree for me and for you is just amazing. [16:42] And what is it? Some 67,000 historical references by non-biblical figures that prove the life, the death, the burial, the resurrection of Jesus Christ. And to get to watch him working life, it's humbling, brother. Chad, I love when you say that when you talk to atheists, I have the same conversation that I couldn't possibly have their faith to look at the complexity of the universe of the world, to think of simply the human body, never mind the universe, and to come to believe that actually there's no greater designer, figure body out there that actually is luck and chance. I said, well, you've got a lot more faith than I have, so I don't know how you come. So I agree completely. But I, National Director of Faith Engagement, that for a new role, you're the first person in that, that's quite intriguing because you get an opportunity to make that your own. You're not coming in a job description, but actually you get this and you think, wow, how can I take this right across the country? Tell me about those early days with something brand new, how you actually built that out. Yeah, that's a great question. You know what, nobody ever asked me. I do a bunch of TV and radio and podcasts. [18:06] Very few people ask that. I literally told Priebus, Reince, we got to do this right. Let's don't do a political approach. Let's do a spiritual approach. Let's talk to them about their biblical responsibilities. I told him, I said, Reince, I'm not going to push a candidate. I'm not going to push the party. I'll work for the party, but I really think God let me do something to go to all these different, because you know there are different groups of denominations and all the segments of Christians and churches. I really think working for the party, the blessing was I got to wade through all of that and say, look, I'm not here to split doctrinal hairs. I'm not here to discuss our differences. But if we don't unify over things like the defence of Israel, that's biblical, life, it's biblical. [18:53] Traditional marriage, it's biblical, religious liberty. Man, I can say sovereignty of states and borders. It's biblical. Those are biblical spiritual issues, not political. Now they've been politicized, but that doesn't remove my responsibility as a Christian, a dad, a husband, a Sunday school teacher. I got to tell the truth. And so when Reince and I sat down, that's exactly what I told him. That's the exact conversation I had with him. And I said, I need your assurance. You'll give me the latitude to do this the right way. And I said, Reince, it's no offense, but there are very few people in this political world who've done politics at the level I've done it, been a state party chairman, run a bunch of races, but also are Christian first. It's like they separate, right? It's like you described, and I think it happens everywhere. Some of it's intentional, some of it's fear driven. Some of it's just, I don't wanna deal with it. It's an ugly mess. I can't tell you Peter how many people say well we shouldn't get involved in politics. It's it's a dirty business. I'm like [19:56] if you're been to a meeting, I'm not deep in meetings can be political I know what that's exactly why we as Christians should be involved. It's a dirty mess, We should permeate society in every way and let's face it. This is where we failed So this conversation of you asking me that Reince Priebus and I to his great credit and he's a great friend and mentor. We sat down and had this very talk, fleshing this out. What's it look like? And I said, well, first Reince. You can't contact my pastor buddies. You can't ask them for money. You can't ping them about you must vote this way You cannot irritate them and and I'll tell you the truth when I first built my list I said you can't ping them. You can't hit them up with emails and all that junk. I [20:43] salted the list y'all probably use that term, I put fake names in the email list to make sure that he communicated with his data people. We're not doing this and it was about ten days somebody in the data department, hit up my pastors and one of my fake emails got the email. So I called Reince and said, hey man, we're not doing this. We're not gonna bug these pastors. And again, to his great credit, he made sure there was a firewall. And then I started keeping my own list and I didn't give it to him. I just said, I gotta have my word and integrity. So I quit giving cell phone numbers and emails to the party, which of course was much weeping and gnashing of teeth. But I want it to be authentic relationships, Peter. I think that relationships matter. I think our world right now is going through a time it doesn't value relationships like it, but I think it will again. I think we're gonna get back to a very high touch personal relationship driven society again, in your country and mine. If they value the ideas of liberty and freedom, we're gonna get back to where that person to person relationship matters far more than a digital ad or a television ad or whatever. And so when we started the program, I'm telling you, the people in the RMC building, the political people, it was, it was, they didn't get it. Quite frankly, a lot of them still don't. And they don't want to deal with pastors. They want to be able to say, hey, we control this or we've got the data or we can contact them. [22:12] And I was like, no, no, no, no, we're not doing it that way. About that because you look at one, first question is how did this position only start at that point? Secondly, how you kind of from over here, maybe in the UK, we look at the Republican Party as as a party that many Christians, we look at America's Christianity is not something to be ashamed or afraid about and people wear it on their sleeves passionately. So how did the RNC not really get it at the beginning. [22:47] Well, it's interesting. Part of this is the denominational differences. Part of it is, they're in political mode first, and you and I are Christians first. I tell people all the time I'm a Christian, that I'm a conservative, I happen to be a Republican because their belief system lines up most closely. And I also tell pastors, you're not going to find perfect. There are no perfect candidates. Only Jesus was perfect. He's the only one. And therefore, since there are no perfect candidates, there are no perfect parties either. And goodness, Peter, I'm married with four kids. We can't get our kids to agree on a Whopper or a Big Mac. That's normal. And Reagan said that, right? Reagan said, if you're 80% of my friend, it doesn't make you 20% of my enemy. And so we try to teach those lessons that you're looking for the person that most closely aligns. And I told them, don't vote on the party, don't vote on the candidate, don't vote on a personality, vote on policies and principles. So when we were building this, it was a complete oddity to the people inside the political structure. No doubt about it. And I think, let's face it, a lot of the political types will check a box. Okay, I'm covering the Hispanics, I'm covering the black vote, I'm covering the faith vote, whatever. And I think what Priebus did that set apart the RNC, and they've not done since to my my knowledge is he had a very specific plan for every segment of that. [24:10] And he had authentic people connecting with people of like mind and talking to them. Even if they didn't agree on issues, he really was intentional about authentic evangelicals talking to evangelicals and Hispanics talking to Hispanics down the line trying to really [24:27] go back to a basic relationship model. And let's face it, it worked. In 2014, we flipped nine US Senate seats, hadn't been done in 150 years. In 2016, a guy named Donald Trump hit a record. You know, and probably not the most evangelical guy to run, right? And again, we didn't tell him who to vote for. Romney, in 2012, had hit 78%. 78% of the self-identified evangelicals voted for the Republican candidate in 2012. And I told Reince at the time, I said, Reince, if you ever hit 80%, the left can't win. I don't care if they're running for dog catcher or president and Trump hit 81%. And I believe it was because we were very intentional about going into areas and running up the score. We found that there were a lot of people sitting in churches who thought, my vote doesn't count. I don't care about this. I don't want to go to go vote. And our deal was, I'm going to get to know the pastor. And hey, Pastor Peter. [25:26] Listen, let's talk about this and I'll tell you to vote for, but can you do two things? Can you make sure they're registered to vote? And can you teach them to vote by the Bible? That's it. You don't have to say Republican. You don't have to say a candidate like a Trump or a particular Senator, but can you register to vote? And can you teach them to vote biblical values and use voter guides and so forth. I tell people, look, I'm not trying to get you to charge the beach at D-Day. Can you register everybody? And can you give them the vote biblical values? Those are our asks. And that's not difficult. And listen, you've read scripture, Matthew five. Jesus says, if you're not salt, I know you're probably familiar with this, then you are good for nothing to be thrown in the street and trodden under the feet of men. Not about you, Peter, or any other believers out there. I don't wanna be standing before the Father because we will all stand before the Father and be told I was good for nothing. That seems like a really bad life to me. And let's face it, [26:27] I think our world's hurting for purpose. You know, suicide's a big deal to me, obviously. We live through it. My wife and her girls lived through it. The girls lived through it. My boys live through it. It's horrible. You don't wish on anybody. When you see suicide rates like our world sees, you realize we're missing purpose. [26:47] They're missing purpose. And some people are retrievable. There are things going on. Michelle's depression was real. I don't doubt that it's real, but it goes back to purpose. and she felt like she lost purpose. And I know that from my experience. And so I think the political world is a great purpose for people. Go out and make a difference. You know, I was a Little League baseball coach because I wanted to make a difference. I'm a Sunday school teacher because I want to make a difference. I'm involved in my local community because I want to make a difference. You know, we had a family friend, his wife's got an incurable disease. My wife and I organized the Sunday school class to take a meal, just to take a little burden off because I want to make a difference. And there's so many unfilled needs out there that government is fulfilling wrongly in my opinion, that people like me and you, because scripture says the church and the individual should take care of people. There's not a jot, tittle or phrase about the government doing it, especially through coercion like we're seeing now. You must, and we're gonna tax you super high. So my whole message is get involved, Christian, get involved, find purpose. God's got a plan in your life, he doesn't make accidents, and so figure out what that is and spend the rest of your life doing it. [27:59] I want to ask you about your church engagement because I for this conversation with my church about abortion and pro-life, there is an absolute fear to engage that no, no, we need to be very careful what we say because we would offend people and there's an inability to come out and say this is what we believe but we will love those who have failed. And that's quite different from, I remember the one time was over in the States, quite a few four years ago in Houston, Second Baptist Church Houston, Reverend Ed Young, at Phenomenal Church and Tucker Carlson happened to be speaking that evening on a Saturday. I just was blown away by the.... Intentionality, I think, of bringing your faith into any realm of public life. In the UK there's that mass of separation. I mean, talk to us about that because that is quite exciting, that engagement generally with churches, in not only politics but across the board in public life. [29:12] Yeah, you know, I think as a Christian, the more you read the Word, the closer you get to God, the more, you know, my prayer is, Lord, I need wisdom today, every day, 15 minutes. I want to be more Christ-like. I want to have a better walk. And when you say those prayers, kind of dangerous prayers, if you will, right? Then what do you have for me, Lord? Then there's a response. You know, faith without works is dead. We don't get to heaven by our works, but our works are a response to what He's done for us. He died for our sins. So how do I say thank you? I believe it's by engaging, by activating, by doing my part. And part of that's the justice the Bible talks about. God is justice. God is just. The Bible doesn't talk about fairness, except with the weather and fair ladies, I believe, but justice is God. [30:05] And how do I let the murder of innocent babies go without me speaking up if I'm a Christian? And there are two victims, right? a girl and there's a baby that we take a life and I think they've been lied to. Listen, this is deeply personal to me. I know so many friends who've, and they didn't see a way out. My wife's involved in a local crisis pregnancy centre. [30:30] We've marched, we've counselled, my son and his fiancé started a pro-life group on their college campus at Clemson. It's deeply personal and I don't want to condemn people because, yep, with the grace of God, lie, right? And so we're all sinners saved by grace. We've all fallen short of The Glory [30:47] Of God. None of us is righteous, no, not one. We go right down the Roman road scriptures and we realize, you know, none of us is perfect. And so I don't want to condemn somebody who's made a horrible mistake. But I also want to reach out to them and I want to make sure they don't make that second mistake. And I told my kids, listen, mistakes aren't fatal for you. What you got to do is take them as learning experiences. I don't want you to be scared of making a mistake and I don't want to minimize the death of a baby as a mistake but in a bigger sense you want to think about it was I did something I can't undo. You know Michelle did something we can't undo. It's a horrible thing. I believe she got to heaven and she figured that out. But also understand that people do things every day they're influenced by their people around them or, mass media or whatever else. And we got to reach out to them and love on them and tell them there's a different way and tell them that there's a thing called forgiveness. And you know, he removes your sin as far as the east is from the west. So there's nothing that you or I do or have done that Jesus isn't willing to forgive us for except denying Him and the Holy Spirit, obviously. And so he is about forgiveness. That's why he died. He knew what we were going to do before he hung on the tree. And so my response to that knowledge, the more I read the Bible, the more I understand [32:10] that, is I got to get involved. And part of that is loving on people who've been through stuff relating to them, but also in a political sense, standing up for truth. And truth is, God made every single one of us with His perfect design. We messed it up, but He had a plan. He had a purpose. And Peter, if he had a plan and a purpose through the decision my wife made to commit suicide, then he's got a plan and a purpose. And far be it from me to question that. I don't understand it. It's beyond my capability to understand. But I do know God's got a plan and a purpose for me and for you and for everybody else watching and listening. What's up to for me is to find out when he strikes us with this thing about abortion, You know, our nation alone, we've taken what, some 65 million babies' lives. And who did we kill in the name of choice? Who did we kill in the name of convenience? Who did we snuff out a life far too soon because it didn't fit our plans? And so I've got a friend who was conceived by rape. [33:15] And I have a pastor whose granddaughter was conceived by rape. And I dare you, when somebody says, yeah, but rape, whatever, incest, why don't you tell Ryan, or that, and I won't mention her name, why don't you tell those two people their lives don't matter? And I think people don't think through that sometimes. And let's face it, we're in a society now where emotions and feelings count more than facts and that'll recentre. We'll get back to truth. Not completely and no one is too far, whatever they've done, whatever has happened is too far from God's ability to reach out as he is all powerful. Can I ask you about [33:59] Faith Wins. Faith Wins is all about engaging Christians and helping them understand that Christians have a responsibility to vote according to their values. Tell us about that journey. Why did you start it? You'd finish your time in the White House with that responsibility. You started Faith Wins. Tell us why and give us that journey. You know, I really, I think that when I left the the RNC and I just thought I should do this through a ministry side as opposed to through a political side. I think that pastors do respond better to the ministry angle than they do to a political angle and it just, it was a God thing. It really was a God thing. I was driving along one night and Faith Wins came in my mind. It was a prayer result. I believe God answered prayer. You know, what do you call this? If I do this on my own? Of course, now the responsibility is mine. Go raise money. Go tell people about what we're doing. But our laser focus is building relationships with pastors to get them to engage the culture. [35:06] I mean, Peter, we're living in a time when, I don't know if it's like this in your country, this whole, if a boy feels like a girl, he should swim or race or wrestle or whatever else against a biological girl. And that's pure insanity. And it defies common sense. How about those girls that have been working their whole lives? And I'll tell you what it tells me. I told a pastor yesterday and I with this. [35:31] The first time somebody said, if a boy feels like a girl, he should go to a girl's bathroom. Here's what I know. There wasn't a Christian in the room with a backbone. [35:39] Because if my mama, who's in heaven now, had been in the room when somebody said something that stupid, she would have picked up a chair and whopped somebody upside the head. It defies common sense. And so we're told, oh, you can't talk like that. And that's offensive. Listen, let's get people like that help. You know, that's not healthy for them. And this whole sexualization of children and genital mutilate, I mean, that's, [36:05] that's evil. That's demonic. That's not doing them a favour. But, you know, I live with somebody who had mental illness. I get it. Let's get them help. And some people you can't help. I'm the first to say it. We did everything we knew to do with her. But when you look at all the things going on around that movement and the the apologists who are pushing for it, it shows me that there are not enough Christians around. And all that's a big reason I started Faith Wins. Just go get involved, Christian. Don't sit on the side-lines. You will be held accountable for what you do and don't do. Part of Faith Wins is about providing leaders with resources. Tell us how you do that. Yeah, you know what we do is we teach them how to do voter registration. We hand out voter guides. We distribute them digitally and printed. We make sure they know about who's running. We get involved in judges races. We get involved on anti gambling, pro life, pro traditional marriage. We'd get involved in all sorts of things like that and we just educate them. We provide them the tools. Most states that means voter guides. It means how to conduct voter registration. It probably means having a pastor come in to train their people. It kind of runs the full slate of whatever it takes. We make an assessment of what do they need in that area and we go at it. When you engage with churches, what are the conversations? I guess you meet some people who are engaged politically. [37:32] But I guess, as I've known for many of my conversations, you meet many people who are completely disengaged. Tell us about that and how those conversations go. [37:44] I remember the first time I got a pushback from a pastor. I was in a town in Colorado in 2013. And I knew it was coming, but I'd never really heard it framed. And I already felt like some people hide behind the pulpit, some people just don't want to deal with it. Some people, they think I'm gonna make somebody mad. So this pastor said, "Chad, we just, you know, I appreciate what you're doing. I just, we don't get political." And I didn't know what to say. And it kind of, you know, took me aback. And so when I don't know what to say, I always whisper a quick prayer. "Okay, Lord, you better give me something." And then I ask a question, what do you mean? And it gives me a chance to think. And he said, "well, you know, we don't talk about controversial stuff." And here's what the Lord gave me. "Well, do y'all talk about the Bible? He preached the whole council of God, as scripture says." He said, "what do you mean?" I said, "well, I don't believe life is a political issue. It's a spiritual issue. Traditional marriage, religious liberty, defensive visual, I can go down the line. Those are biblical issues. And yes, pastor, they've been politicized, but how does that remove our responsibility to be salt and light?" He said, "nobody's ever told me that." And then last fall, I had a pastor, I was in the state of Wisconsin. [38:53] This pastor got saved late in life, tattooed, full-arm tattoos. Pretty big church in a medium-sized town in Wisconsin. He came up to me and he hosted our meeting because my pastor that works on my team had asked him to be the host. He said, "Chad, I wanted to host because your pastor's a long-time buddy. He's been a mentor. But I just gotta tell you, I'm pretty sceptical." I said, "pastor, what are you sceptical about?" He said, "well, I just guessed the whole political thing." I said, "do you think I want you to be political?" He said, "yeah, I thought so." I said, "no, no, I want you to be biblical." [39:28] He said, "I don't think I understand". I said, "you should stick around for my talk." So I did, he said, "I can't, I'm too busy." I looked out, I did my 15 minute talk. He was out there. David Barton did his 40 minute talk. He was out there. When we got done, our conversation and our avenue, our approach to explaining it, he comes over, he grabs you by the arm firmly. And he said, "Chad, I've never heard anybody explain it this way. And I got to tell you, I want to be ground zero for everything you're doing in our state." And Peter, I can tell a story like that from virtually every state, because we're going out into the nooks and crannies. Faith Wins had 132 meetings in 24 states between February and November last year, so if someone has got a better pulse on Christian America in the nooks and crannies, I'd love to meet them. Save me some time. I'd like to meet them and ask them their experiences, but we had 24 different denominations host our meetings. We have over 40 different denominations attend our meetings. We had 27,000 people in those meetings in very specific areas, and we had over 4,100 pastors in those 132 meetings. And so we got a pretty good take on what people are thinking and feeling. And you're seeing what's happening in Asbury. I think God's moving. I think God's moving in our nation and the world. I think that he's tapping us on the shoulder. Hey, hey, who shall I send? Here I am, send me, said the prophet. So I think the onus is upon us. [40:52] Or perhaps I was reading about Asprey today and feeling that excitement within me, reading about what was happening and wanting God to continue doing that and to spread out. My prayer was, well, as I'm going to CPAC, maybe a little bit of Asprey and CPAC would be wonderful. Just mess up the agenda. But can I say, obviously connecting with churches is about connecting, I guess, with political thought leaders. And many, I assume you come across pastors, I come across many people and they say, well, you know, I just need to stay in my lane and to what I've been called to do. And I'm thinking, well, your lane is the world, your lane is everything. Why live yourself? How do you kind of encourage, I guess, encourage those maybe within churches that feel, well, I need to constrain myself to what God's given me and their worldview is quite small and you're trying to enlarge that worldview? [41:53] I think the way that works is, and you're exactly right, because I don't ever wanna disrupt what a pastor's main thing is, right? I believe it is preaching the gospel to tell the truth. And so, I'll give you this analogy that our friend Bob McKeown uses. If you and I walk in your office there, and you say, well, it's 40 feet wide. And I say, well, Peter, I think it's 35 feet wide. And those are just opinions. until we pull a tape measure out and we have the truth. [42:23] And truth reveals error and error hates truth. And that's why you see so much truth being confronted these days. Well, that's not my truth. No, no, no. You get to have your experience. You don't get to create truth. Truth is his, not ours. You know, we can have an experience and that's our experience. But we got the bugs view of the windshield. God's got the helicopter. And so we don't get to decide what truth is. And when truth reveals error, that's why you see all this error going absolutely nuts. If they ask you to go down to the local university and say a prayer, they're going to say, Peter, what are you going to pray about? You're going to say, well, I'm going to pray in the wind or goat's breath or eagle's feathers. Ooh, that's wonderful. But if you say you're going to pray in the name of Jesus, all hell breaks loose because truth reveals error. And so I think that when they think I got to stay in my lane and just preach the gospel, we are. And every time you tell the truth, that is preaching the gospel. You know, I've got a buddy named Bill Feddory says two things. He says, number one, we got to get everybody to heaven we can, and number two, make sure it keeps it legal. And I think that part of what a lot of these pastors that won't engage, they think they're going to lose a tether in the church, or they think they're going to lose, you know, respect. And the truth is, the churches that preach the truth, the unfettered, [43:45] unfiltered, absolute Word of God. They don't change it for their own needs or wants or feelings. They're growing. The mainline churches in America, they're hurting. Some of them are dying. And the reason they're dying, I've got five new couples in my Sunday school class in my little town. And every one of them came from a mainline denomination that's capitulated on the truth. They've watered it down. They've apologized for it. They won't jump into into the culture wars and tell the truth. And our pastor's preaching truth, and I'm sure trying to in my Sunday school class every Sunday. [44:19] I want to end on the truth, let me ask you one question before we end on that. It seems to be what you're doing has gone past the party limitations. I mean, it's what you're talking about has taken on a life of its own, you're engaging churches irrespective of whether the RNC is happy or not, irrespective of who is running or not. Actually, what you're doing [44:44] has passed that point of, I guess, control and ownership. Tell us about that because it's then irrelevant what the ideas or policy or campaign is of any particular party. What you're doing is now separate and much bigger than that. Yeah we think so and we think it's been a God thing. Thank you for for saying that. That's awful nice and it's certainly been a prayer and a heartfelt desire that Christians not just give votes but voices. And, you know, there's too many candidates, too many staffs that don't acknowledge a biblical worldview. They don't understand it. They see it from their own worldview, which is, as I said, who says only one question, only two answers, man or God. Man's always going to have a standard that moves all over the place, different based on the different people, and God's going to have a standard that doesn't move, whether it's inconvenient or not. I think it's gotten bigger because we've been able to tell candidates and party people, Love you, proud of you, but no, you're not gonna hire us. I've had presidential candidates already. We wanna hire your network. That is not how we work. [45:49] And we're gonna get pastors out to maximize the Christian vote. But if you're not talking their issues and you're not standing for truth, they're probably not gonna be with you, just quite frankly. And so I raise money through donors who believe in this. And I talked to them, you met some of them, probably in Miami, who just have bought into what we're doing and they realized we gotta get our nation and the world back to a foundational truth that doesn't move with the changing winds. And we gotta be able to identify liberty as, true freedom is freedom in Christ. That's true freedom. Bondage, releasing the bondage and the chains of sin. That's true freedom. And we gotta get people back to understanding truth instead of all this haphazard, all over the map, ricochet rabbit stuff that we see today. So we think it has, we just thank the Lord for it, and we're humbled, we're excited where we're at and where we're going. [46:40] Can I end off on a paradox that I see? America's traditional culture of Christians being engaged in politics, even though you have a separation of church and state, you have huge Christian engagement. Well, we in the UK, we have an established church, we have that connection and yet we are seeing traditionally that has been very much one with our education system, with our health service, all of that came from faith, came from the church. But now we have a huge disconnect and it's curious that over in the States where you have that separation, you seem to have churches being engaged where over here in the UK we have that connection in theory in our constitution, but we have a separation. I mean, speaking to that on the end and how kind of that works. [47:39] Well, in America, that whole idea of separation of church and state has been mislabelled. That was in a private letter by Thomas Jefferson in 1802. Thomas Jefferson wasn't there when the US Constitution was written. It was just hearsay. But it was taken out of context over 150 years later in a Supreme Court case. It was used by the up-and-coming modern progressive left to say, oh, you can't be involved. And see, our First Amendment assures freedom of speech just because you're a Christian or you're behind a pulpit. You don't lose that. And I think the more you see judges that are committed to our constitutional, they're constitutional conservatives, they're not trying to rewrite laws. You're seeing a rebalancing of that in America right now. You know, you probably watched, you are probably familiar with that coach out in the state of Washington, Peter, who was fired for doing a silent prayer at a football game. He had done it for years, never promoted it, never made people do it, but people came out of the stands after the game. The kids on the teams came out and it became a big deal. The school district punished him, they fired him, the guy was mocked and lied about, he lost his job. I think he lost his house. [48:50] And a Christian attorney that was at that meeting, Kelly Shackelford at First Liberty Institute took it up and they finally won last June, the right to pray in public like that. And that's a big reversal for America. So coach Kennedy, they had to pay him back pay, they hired him. And I'm sure you remember when that football player on Monday night football about six weeks ago, when he went down, do you know what those football players did and everybody in the stand? They took a knee. There was not a Supreme Court ruling. There was not a school district punishing them. There wasn't a newspaper reporter saying, no, you can't do that. So when people are in dire straits, you know what they do? They pray. They may not know to God. They may not know how. They may not know why. And so this whole idea of separation of church and state has been a misnomer, it's been mislabelled, it's been misapplied. And in America, when you read America's founding documents, those words don't appear in any American founding document. It's been so misinformed to people people are miseducated about it. We've been trying to re-educate them and teach them about the truth and going back to America's original history. Just to end, Faith Wins for probably a quarter of our viewers or state side, a quarter of our listeners or state side, how can they get involved? Can they register? Can they donate? How can they get involved on the website? [50:13] Absolutely. That's faithwins.org .org you've got on your screen. We'd love to have you involved. We'd love to know where you are. We'd love to invite you to our meetings. We were in Iowa yesterday We got meetings in South Carolina this week coming up. We were in 24 states last year. I know we're gonna add Oregon, Washington, [50:31] Minnesota Maine, I know we're adding those four states this year, but if you go on that website You'll see where our meetings are. We'd love to have you come they're free. They're open to people, We want to help educate people we want to have those dialogues and conversation And so faith wins, F-A-I-T-H-W-I-N-S, faithwins.org. We'd love to have you involved. Chad, thank you for coming on. The story of what you're doing with Faith Wins and your story with RNC is exciting and inspiring. So thank you for joining us and sharing your story with us. Thank you, brother. God bless you. Thanks for what you're doing. I hate to won't see you at CPAC, but I know I'll see you soon. I'll see you soon. Thank you so much, Chad. And thank you to our viewers, listeners for watching, for tuning in, for being part of the conversation and look forward to seeing you on our next interview. So thank you so much and good evening to you all.
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IN THIS EPISODE OF THE HUMAN UPGRADE™... a look into the story of the human mind wonders if you're just a machine made of meat. Guest Paul Bloom, a researcher, teacher and author, studies adult and child development in terms of how people make sense of the world. It turns out that there are all kinds of automated systems in your body that are making sense of the world for you and after they do that, they give you a picture of the world. The interesting part is that picture may be more or less accurate based on a lot of things that are part of your programming.Paul is a professor of Psychology at the University of Toronto and professor emeritus of Psychology at Yale University. He teaches a popular “Intro to Psychology” class that he turned into his seventh book, called: “Psych: The Story of the Human Mind.”Because he studies psychology at so many different levels, he brings new knowledge and new synthesis of ideas to the discussion of the human mind. Topics range from consciousness to ChatGPT and BDSM, from whether you have a soul or if you can attain happiness. Paul's writing and lectures show how psychology can give us practical insights into important issues. He addresses the treatment of mental illnesses such as depression and anxiety and the best way to lead a fulfilling life. This episode and his new book guide you through the most important topic there is: the story of you and your mind.Watch this episode on YouTube!WE APPRECIATE OUR PARTNERS. CHECK THEM OUT! Sleep Solutions for High Performance: https://sleepbreakthrough.com/dave, use code DAVE10 to get an extra 10% offComfort Options for Hot & Cold Sleepers: https://sleep.me/daveasprey, use code ASPREY for 25% offKickstart Autophagy: https://timelinenutrition.com/DAVE, use the code ASPREY10 to get 10% off any planSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
You officially have permission to be lazy! Yes, you read that right. On this episode of IMPACT, we scientifically dismantle the myth that hard work yields the best results and teach you how to optimize your human potential! This week's guest is the father of biohacking, Dave Asprey. With the help of his revolutionary time-saving approach to health, he has authored 4 New York Times best-selling books and is well on his way to his fifth with his latest book Smarter Not Harder! If you want to maximize your IMPACT, Asprey's protocol will eliminate hours of unnecessary work and will actually make you more productive than ever. As an entrepreneur, your time is valuable, and fighting your body's natural propensity for laziness is actually hindering you in the long run. The harder you push yourself, the deeper your body goes into survival mode rendering your vigorous exercise and perfect diet useless. Your body cannot distinguish exercise from survival stress, so those intense workouts convince your body that your life is at stake. Asprey teaches you how to quickly trick your operating system into fight or flight mode and then efficiently reset back into rest and recovery. This quick transition mimics the body's natural rhythm of short bursts of high stress balanced by long-lasting laziness. You really only need a 5-minute exercise a few times a week to produce the best results possible! Imagine all that you can achieve with all that extra time available to you! In this episode, Dave Asprey, is true to his word and teaches you how to work Smarter Not Harder! Listen now and get ready to challenge everything you thought you knew about productivity. KEY TAKEAWAYS: [7:00] People want to help you and allowing them to do so is an act of service [8:30] The hero's journey into biohacking [11:50] The nonsensical surgical approach to children's health [13:50] Combining the medical mindset with the hacking mindset [14:30] The separate intelligence controlling your body [16:10] Mitochondria are assessing your reality and deciding your fate on a cellular level [20:20] Changing the way your system interprets reality so you can be calm and achieve more [22:00] Manifestation is the process of interfacing with your operating system [25:10] Your lag time on reality gets slower as you age [30:16] Slope of the curve biology: returning to baseline quicker [35:10] Very brief bouts of pain spike dopamine and make you happier [38:00] Focus on building your energy because doing the work without energy is torture [43:20] The difference between the operating system of a man versus a woman [51:25] You gain courage when you lose your fear of dying HOW TO CONNECT WITH OUR GUEST: DaveAsprey.com Smarter Not Harder The Human Upgrade Podcast Danger Coffee Upgrade Labs 40 Years of Zen MEMORABLE QUOTES: “First thing I would've said would be to understand that people actually want to help you and when you let them help you, you are performing an active service. That would've been really, really helpful cuz I was toiling under the mindset that I had to do everything myself because no one would help me or wanted to help me.” -Dave Asprey “When you look at the human body, there is probably a separate intelligence running your meat, that is not you and is faster than you! -Dave Asprey “There is no one who wants to be healthy as their first thing except people who are incredibly sick like I was when I had chronic fatigue. When you can't get out of bed because you're sick, when you think you might die, that's when you want your health back.” -Dave Asprey “When you really learn how to manifest what you're doing is, you're interfacing with your operating system and you're getting in alignment and you're telling it that it is safe and should expect to see something, and when it expects to see something, it will see it and when it sees it, it's real.” -Dave Asprey “Your immune cells the mast cells, they're looking for potential threats and when they find one they explode and release all sorts of mitochondrial signaling molecules called inflammatory cytokines, so if you were to just look at mast cells and look at mitochondrial function, you would solve about 90% of what's going on in medicine.” -Dave Asprey This episode of IMPACT was brought to you by Practice Better. Visit www.practicebetter.io to learn more and get 30% off your first 3 months on any paid plan when you use the promo code MEGHAN30 at checkout. It's time to say goodbye to a patchwork of software and hello to an organized, efficient practice!
IN THIS EPISODE OF THE HUMAN UPGRADE™... I am honored and grateful to bring you a conversation that I recorded in person with Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar at the Art of Living Center in Los Angeles. Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar is a leader of an international movement with more than 50 million followers who do breathwork every single morning. He has worked for 40 years as a global ambassador for peace at the highest levels. I did his breathwork exercises every morning without fail for five years while fixing my mind, body and nervous system, and I have a huge amount of respect for his work in the world. It was a joy to chat with him in person and his childlike curiosity, enthusiasm for teaching, and deep understanding of the world are echoed in every word of this episode. Gurudev is a true visionary, so I am grateful that he set aside time to talk with me so I could share his wisdom with you. Watch this episode on YouTube!WE APPRECIATE OUR PARTNERS. CHECK THEM OUT! Sleep Solutions for High Performance: https://sleepbreakthrough.com/dave, use code DAVE10 to get an extra 10% offComfort Options for Hot & Cold Sleepers: https://sleep.me/daveasprey, use code ASPREY for 25% off your purchaseDave Asprey's NEW Book! “Smarter Not Harder: The Biohacker's Guide to Getting the Body and Mind You Want” launches Feb. 28, 2023. Pre-order yours today: IndieBound / Barnes & Noble / Apple Books / AmazonSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Maybe we have it all wrong. Maybe we are overdoing it, especially as it relates to things like exercise. Should we tap into the “power of laziness?” In Dave Asprey's new book, SMARTER NOT HARDER: The Biohacker's Guide to Getting the Body and Mind you Want, Asprey makes a compelling point that indeed less may be more. He describes how we live in a time where we finally have such a level of understanding of human physiology that we are indeed able to hack into ancient pathways to bring about health and vitality by implementing knowledge based interventions. The approaches he describes go well beyond simply engaging in very short burst of high intensity activity, but also include important nutritional recommendations, and even ways hack the brain using exciting new technologies. As always, I do enjoy my time with Dave Asprey. The conclusions he reaches are always based upon a deep level of exploration and always seem valuable. ==== Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 2:27 The Power of Laziness 7:58 What DOESN'T Work 12:06 Metrics & Data 15:11 Increasing Energy/ Motivation 17:30 Phytic Acid 21:15 Oxalic Acid 24:07 Night Shades & Fermented Foods 28:15 Danger of Imitation Meat Products 32:00 Fat Consumption 38:36 Supplements 42:01 Enhancing the Brain & Vision 57:09 Conclusion ==== Dave Asprey is an acclaimed entrepreneur, four-time New York Times best-selling science author, host of the top 100 podcast, The Human Upgrade, and CEO of Upgrade Labs. Known as the “Father of Biohacking,” Dave has worked with world-renowned doctors, researchers, scientists, and global mavericks over the last two decades to uncover the latest, most innovative methods, techniques, and products that enhance mental and physical performance. Founder of Bulletproof Coffee and the Bulletproof Diet, a company named one of the top 20 innovative brands by Fast Company, Dave is a true pioneer in the health and wellness industry. He is a leading voice in the movement to take control of our own biology and has created industries to support his breakthrough protocols, including billion-dollar categories for MCT oil, collagen protein, and functional coffee, now known around the world. Having personally spent nearly $2 million hacking his own body's ability to live to be 180, Dave has continued to push the bounds of human possibility all in the name of science and evolution, leading to the launch of a global biohacking movement and the largest, longest-running Biohacking Conference in the world. Through his own reinvented diet and deliberate lifestyle choices, Dave has maintained a 100-pound weight loss, improved his sleep, and upgraded his brain, ultimately transforming himself into a better entrepreneur, husband, and father. He has helped millions of people perform at levels far beyond their expectations—without burning out or getting sick. Today, Dave is focused on upgrading humanity through Upgrade Labs, the first biohacking facilities or “Human Upgrade Centers” in the world. Additionally, he leads thousands of people enrolled in The Upgrade Collective, his online mentorship and membership group in which a community of people learn everything it takes to upgrade their bodies and minds, from cells to spirit. Dave remains committed to progression and innovation in the industry, and recently unveiled his newest business venture, Danger Coffee, a clean, mold-free, farm-direct coffee engineered to remineralize the body with more than 50 trace minerals, nutrients, and electrolytes. Dave's highly anticipated new book, Smarter Not Harder, is available February 28th everywhere books are sold! https://dangercoffee.com/Dave has been featured in numerous top-tier media outlets such as Today Show, CNN, Wired, Good Morning America, Dr. Oz, and more. For more information about Dave, visit DaveAsprey.com. ___________________________ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davidperlmutter/ Website: https://www.drperlmutter.com/ Subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDRl_UAXxbHyOOjklnA0dxQ/?sub_confirmation=1See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
What you'll learn in this episode: What it means to be a personal jeweler, and how Jessica helps repurpose people's unworn jewelry How Jessica came up with the idea for her podcast, Inside the Jewel Vault What pieces Jessica would include in her fantasy jewel vault Why wearing jewelry connects us to our humanity Why Jessica is creating a gender-fluid jewelry brand About Jessica Collins Jessica Cadzow-Collins fell in love with jewelry and gems aged 18, whilst working as an intern at Sotheby's, and trained as a professional gemmologist. For over 30 years since then, she's held senior roles in fine jewelry at luxury retailers such as Harrods, Garrard and Asprey where she helped all kinds of amazing clients with their precious pieces, from tiaras to engagement rings, all over the world. Jessica is now a personal jeweler. She started a business, Jessica May Jewels, to help people find their dream designs and remodel their unworn pieces. Using her high-jewelry know-how, she creates bespoke pieces that don't compromise on luxury, quality, service, value or ethics. Photos available on TheJewelryJourney.com Additional Resources: Instagram Facebook LinkedIn Website Jessica's article on the Koh-i-Noor 'Curse or Blessing' Transcript: When Jessica Cadzow-Collins isn't designing jewelry, repurposing her clients' old jewelry, or developing her own line of jewelry, she's talking to people about jewelry on her podcast, Inside the Jewel Vault. A lifelong jewelry lover, Jessica joined the Jewelry Journey Podcast to talk about what it means to be a personal jeweler; what she would include in her fantasy jewel vault; and why wearing jewelry is distinctly human. Read the episode transcript here. Sharon: Hello, everyone. Welcome to the Jewelry Journey Podcast. This is the second part of a two-part episode. If you haven't heard part one, please head to TheJewelryJourney.com. Today, my guest is Jessica Cadzow-Collins speaking to us from London. She is the founder and designer of Jessica May Jewels. She is also the creator and host of the podcast Inside the Jewel Vault. Welcome back. If you're at a party, how do you describe what you do? If somebody says, “What do you do,” what do you say? Jessica: At the moment, I say I'm a personal jeweler and I can make your jewelry wearable or make it new or make the jewels of your dreams. That's what I say if I'm asked what I do. [REPEAT OF ENDING OF PART ONE] Sharon: What's kept your attention about jewelry for decades? What's kept your attention? Jessica: It's the connections. It's the story. It's everything that ripples below a piece of jewelry. It could be a treasured gift that reminds you of the people that gave it to you. It could remind you that you're loved, that somebody loves you for it. For instance, I wear my signet ring my father gave me. Actually, it's not a proper signet ring. You can see it's just a pinky ring, but that was me being different when I was 18. Every time I put that on in the morning, I think of my father and my connection with him. It could be a piece you bought yourself to celebrate an achievement or a promotion, something that celebrates a brighter goal or future you're dreaming of. There are all of these things connected with a piece of jewelry, and when I'm involved in creating that piece or selling that piece or finding that piece for somebody, I feel a little part of that story as well. That's what I love. The other thing that is so special about jewelry is it's not like a piece of fashion or an accessory. These are pieces that endure, that will travel with you all your life. Then one day it will travel along with somebody else, which I think is so special. Sharon: It is special, especially when you look at an estate piece or an antique piece that's been owned by several people. You want to know the story behind it. Jessica: Oh, absolutely. I love those stories. Sometimes I've recreated them into a piece. For instance, for one lady, I had three diamond rings that had been worn by her grandmother, her mother and herself in her previous marriage. She wanted to combine all of these symbols of strength, these symbols of strong women in her life, and turn them into a ring for her right hand. It was a power ring. That was a wonderful thing to do. Each gem was a different style of cut. Her grandmother's ring was an old mine cut, a rather brilliant cut. Then she had an oval cut in her own engagement ring, so they're all totally different. I created a rough mount around the ring for her, which was really unusual and really suited her. She was from this strong line of Caribbean women. She was a wonderful client to work with. All my clients are wonderful because they have their own stories and their own futures as well. I love my job, as you can tell. Sharon: I can tell. Do you ever feel stymied, like, “What am I going to do with this?” Jessica: Yes, sometimes I do. What I tend to do is say, “Look, I need a week or so and I'll get back to you.” When you've got a little problem, and you let it sit there and play around in your mind, quite often—I don't know about you, Sharon, but I find just before I go to sleep is the time when my brain sends me all the pictures of things I should be designing or need to design. That's my good time. Quite often I will see the piece in my mind's eye. Then I just need to sketch it and work on it with the CAD artist I use and we're off. Sharon: Have you ever presented something and people said, “That's not really what we had in mind”? Or do people not know what they have in mind? Jessica: Yeah, people are different, aren't they? Some people are really good at taking a sketch off the page and seeing it and playing with it in their mind's eye and turning it into 3D. Other people, you have to do a full-on set of renders of different pieces, which is brilliant because 3D technology is so good now. I can send them a 3D CAD so they can touch the screen on their phone. In fact, I've done that for an engaged couple. He wanted to propose to his girlfriend, and we didn't have time to go around and find the right diamond and sketch out the right mount and everything. So, we adapted a CAD sketch I already had and tweaked it to make it into something he thought she would want. He proposed with it on his phone. That was the best; I loved that. It was a digital proposal, and she said yes. He didn't need to change it that much. That was certainly a wonderful way of doing things. You see, anything is possible. Sharon: It is possible. I like that term, digital proposal. I bet that's a term you can coin and do something with. I've never heard it before. Can you imagine life without jewelry? Jessica: No, Sharon, I can't. I'm sure you know this, Sharon, but humans are the only beings on the planet that have draped themselves in things they find attractive. If you go back all the way to early man's beginnings, 90,000 years ago in the Blombos Caves in South Africa, you find pieces of jewelry that are made from shells from the coast a few miles away from where the cave system was. It's a deeply human need, I think, to carry something that gives you good luck, like an amulet, or makes you special. It could just be because these people find something lovely on a beach and think it's beautiful, and they want to carry it with them. It's such a human thing. I personally can't imagine a life without some sort of jewelry. Sharon: Do you think people want jewelry, or do they come to you because they want something valuable or sentimental? What do you see on your podcast? Jessica: The most valuable vault from the podcast was by Josie Goodbody. She had the Red Moussaieff Diamond in there, which is probably one of the most expensive gems on the planet. Arguably, there are some in the Smithsonian Museum in Washington that could be also. I've also been lucky enough to go around the treasury in the Kremlin. That's closed to westerners now, obviously. That was a staggering display of gems. There are some stupendous pieces in people's choices. That's the fun of it; it's a game. The podcast is a game. Select six pieces you would put into a fantasy jewel vault. I wonder, Sharon, what you would put in. Sharon: I don't know. That's an interesting question. I would throw the question back at you. You ask everybody in the world what's inside their jewel vault. Jessica: I haven't asked you, but there you go. I have now asked you, so maybe you can tell me what you want. I definitely like the Moussaieff Red as well. Alisa Moussaieff was my boss for a short while, and she's an amazing connoisseur of gems and the very best of the best you can find. Goodness knows what she's got in her own personal safe, her private safe. I love color. I love diamonds, so when you put the two together in a spectacular large stone like the five carats the Moussaieff Red is, that would be something else. I've never seen it in the flesh, but I'd love to. I think the other piece I would want is the Koh-i-Noor, the diamond that's in the Queen Consort's crown. We're going to see a lot of that in May during the coronation here in Britain. The Koh-i-Noor has a fantastically tangled, bloody history. It really is the gem of kings. I would love to have it, but not the way it was cut by Prince Albert in 1852. I'd want it cut in the traditional Indian rose style so it would look like a mountain. So, there's those two. There was a sea green diamond I bought early on in the 90s, before colored diamonds were a big thing. It was very inexpensive at the time. It was probably around 10,000£ or so, and I knew I could sell it for a better price in New York. I flew with it over the Atlantic to New York to sell it there. It was so valuable we had to insure it. Our insurers wouldn't let me travel without an armed bodyguard when I got to New York. Remember, New York was quite a scary place in the 90s, especially if you were young and female and carrying a large amount of goods. My insurance company insisted on having an armed bodyguard, so I asked my friends in the trade how to find an armed bodyguard when I went to New York with this diamond. They said, “Phone the NYPD. There's always an off-duty detective who can act as an armed bodyguard.” I did that, and when I flew over with this sea-green diamond and landed at the customs desk on entry, there were these bodyguards who looked just out of central casting. These off-duty NYPD officers were chewing their gum with their hats on and holding a paper cup for coffee. I got into their car and we set off. I said, “So, which one of you is packing the piece?” The smaller of the two said, “I'm not, but he is.” My bodyguard had an armed bodyguard. So, I left the sea-green diamond there in New York. I flew back without any bodyguards, but that was so much fun. The sea-green diamond was the most beautiful color. It sold for a fortune. I would love that stone because it's my fantasy. I would love to have that stone. So, those are my three. Sharon: That sounds gorgeous. Jessica: It was the most beautiful color, quite indescribable, really. Sea green is the best I can come up with. It was quite a big stone. It was just under five carats and a radiant cut. It was just gorgeous. Sharon: That's an interesting question. I was thinking about what I would choose. I wouldn't choose very many gems. I love color, but if I think about my own jewelry, I'm not a gem person. I think somebody once said, “What can you say about a gem? You could say it's big; it's large, it's this cut; it's that cut. Where is the artistry?” Jessica: I know what you mean, yes. That's a good point. There is artistry in how you would set it. For me, it would be fun to look at this stone and think of all the things you could do with it. Sharon: Have you ever had somebody come and say, “Just do whatever you want with this jewel. I don't like any of the jewels in this jewel box. Just do what you want. My mother-in-law gave me this stuff and I just don't like it. Do whatever you want, however you think it should be”? Jessica: Yes, sometimes ladies say that. More often than not, there will be something obvious you could do with it—well, something obvious to me. Probably not obvious to them at all, because they look at me and say, “Can we make a pair of earrings out of this brooch?” But I had a lovely customer just last month who had a number of antique pieces, including a big diamond brooch she never wore because most people don't wear brooches anymore. She also had a big cluster ring she never wore either. There's no money in these big brooches, so I literally cut up the brooch into a pair of detachable drop earrings. Out of the cluster ring, we made a negligée pendant with the rest of the brooch, and it really worked. So, out of two pieces of jewelry she never wore and one that was really worth nothing—even the secondhand market isn't that good for these brooches—she had something she could wear, and it looked amazing on her. Should she ever want to put the pendant drop into a ring again, she can easily do that because all we did was carefully slice the shank off the band and leave the head intact. Although she couldn't put the brooch back together, I can't imagine the brooch ever being worn again as a brooch. It was a big Victorian lump of a thing. So, she was thrilled by that. I did a number of other little things for her as well. She completely transformed her jewel box into pieces she could wear and have fun with now. Sharon: You must have been ecstatic. Jessica: Yeah, she's very happy. It's nice. What I love is seeing people's snaps. She sends a couple of pictures when she's all dressed up in new jewels, and that's always fun. I love working with young girls. I've done a dozen rings for people who've inherited their granny's jewelry, and it's really fun for these girls in their teens and early 20s to be designing jewelry. It's such a fun thing to do, isn't it? Sharon: Is it because they come with more of an idea when they're younger? Or can you turn it into something you relate to more? What is it? Jessica: It's making something for them that will be with them forever, that they can hold every day and think about. It's a little bit of them and a little bit of the past all in one piece. I find that very invigorating. Sharon: What do you like about being a podcaster? What holds your attention there? Is it finding guests? Is it the human connection? Jessica: I think you're absolutely right, Sharon. It's definitely the human connection. Tell me, is the reason you do your podcast so that you can chat with people? Sharon: I like the term you used, passion project. It's a passion project. It's the same thing you're saying. What reason do these people have to talk to me, really? It's a passion project. I think that confuses people because I don't have a jewelry store; I'm not a designer; I don't have a brand. Tell us about the brand you're developing. Is it a Jessica-made brand? Jessica: No, it has its own name. That's the amazing thing, Sharon. I'll start at the beginning. The reason it's coming together is because enough of my friends said to me, “I'm looking for a gift or something for me, but I don't want to spend half a year's salary. I want to spend a few hundred pounds, but I want something that's going to last. I don't want to buy plated jewelry, like all those other repetitive designs out there online. I want something that's quality, something you could make me, Jess. Something top-rated, top quality, built to last but beautifully designed and completely different from everything else.” So, I thought, “Well, enough of them have asked me to do this for them.” I felt we could have a business here. So, I've been putting together this brand. It is taking a very long time because I want all the sourcing to be transparent and totally traceable. I want these things that are at the top of my agenda, the ethical, sustainable sourcing story, to be very clear. I think that is the foundation the brand needs to sit on because my customers for this brand are younger people. They're younger men and women who are looking for jewels that reflect their own spirit, something that's different, bold, contemporary and made with fine jewels, fine materials, fine metals. The bit I'm adding to it is the fact that everything is ethically sourced. Sharon: Wow! That's a lot. You have to really think about the pricing and who's going to produce it. Between launching your own business and the podcast and everything, has it allowed your inner entrepreneur to blossom? Jessica: I love it, Sharon, thank you. An inner entrepreneur. Yes, I suppose so. For so many years, I was working for other brands. Now I have to dig deep and create a brand from nothing. It isn't going to be named after me. It has a name we're still working on. It's a strong name. It's got a story behind it. As soon as I'm ready with it, I will tell you, Sharon. Sharon: Yes, I'd love that. When do you expect to launch this? Jessica: We'll do a soft launch in the late spring. I was hoping to get some pieces ready for a launch on International Women's Day, but it's also a brand for kids. I have two sons. My eldest son is quite conservative; he just wears a signet ring, but my youngest son loves jewelry. He wants new pieces. He wants an index finger ring; he wants a pearl necklace. So, it's a multipurpose jewelry line, and it can be worn by girls and boys. I want a few pieces I can launch in the spring. It was going to be launched on International Women's Day, but because of the gender-fluid aspect of it, that's not that appropriate. It doesn't matter if it launches a bit later, so long as I've got a few pieces that will do the brand justice. I don't have to have all the pieces out at the same time. That can come as months roll by, but I'm very much hoping I'll have some pieces for the spring. Sharon: Wow! We're at the end of 2022 right now. You must be very busy. I know it's a very busy time of year. It's hard to get ahold of guests and that sort of thing. Are you busy with a lot of people coming to you? Jessica: Yes. I don't know how to say it, but it is Christmas, so it's crazy. The thing I love about Christmas is that it's a date we all know. Sharon: Yeah, that's true. Jessica: It's at the same time every year, yet these last few days before Christmas are bonkers. It's just hilarious. So, yeah, I'm working through the night and through the weekend. Finally, I'll pack up my digital shop and take a long break for Christmas and New Year's. Sharon: I would guess that people say at the last minute, “Oh my gosh, I have to get something. I'd better talk to Jessica about designing something because I don't have anything.” Jessica: There's nothing I can do now about designing something new, but I've definitely got some pieces that have longer delays than I would have liked, or people have thought of them a little bit too late ahead of time for me to be totally relaxed about it. I've got some last-minute orders that are still in the workshop that I need to get out within the next couple of days. Here in the U.K., we've been blighted by rail strikes and tube strikes and post strikes, every sort of strike. So, we've had to be quite inventive. I feel like a little human shuttle darting around with jewels. Sharon: It must be very challenging. Good luck. I will let you get back to your drawing and everything else you have to do for the holidays. Thank you so much for being with us today. I really appreciate it. Jessica: Sharon, it's been a joy. It's been so nice speaking to you. I'm so honored to be a guest on your show. Thank you very much for asking me. Sharon: We will have photos posted on the website. Please head to TheJewelryJourney.com to check them out. Thank you again for listening. Please leave us a rating and review so we can help others start their own jewelry journey.
What you'll learn in this episode: What it means to be a personal jeweler, and how Jessica helps repurpose people's unworn jewelry How Jessica came up with the idea for her podcast, Inside the Jewel Vault What pieces Jessica would include in her fantasy jewel vault Why wearing jewelry connects us to our humanity Why Jessica is creating a gender-fluid jewelry brand About Jessica Collins Jessica Cadzow-Collins fell in love with jewelry and gems aged 18, whilst working as an intern at Sotheby's, and trained as a professional gemmologist. For over 30 years since then, she's held senior roles in fine jewelry at luxury retailers such as Harrods, Garrard and Asprey where she helped all kinds of amazing clients with their precious pieces, from tiaras to engagement rings, all over the world. Jessica is now a personal jeweler. She started a business, Jessica May Jewels, to help people find their dream designs and remodel their unworn pieces. Using her high-jewelry know-how, she creates bespoke pieces that don't compromise on luxury, quality, service, value or ethics. Photos available on TheJewelryJourney.com Additional Resources: Instagram Facebook LinkedIn Website Jessica's article on the Koh-i-Noor 'Curse or Blessing' Transcript: When Jessica Cadzow-Collins isn't designing jewelry, repurposing her clients' old jewelry, or developing her own line of jewelry, she's talking to people about jewelry on her podcast, Inside the Jewel Vault. A lifelong jewelry lover, Jessica joined the Jewelry Journey Podcast to talk about what it means to be a personal jeweler; what she would include in her fantasy jewel vault; and why wearing jewelry is distinctly human. Read the episode transcript here. Sharon: Hello, everyone. Welcome to the Jewelry Journey Podcast. This is the first part of a two-part episode. Please make sure you subscribe so you can hear part two as soon as it's released later this week. Today, my guest is Jessica Cadzow-Collins speaking to us from London. She is the founder and designer of Jessica May Jewels. She is also the creator and host of the podcast Inside the Jewel Vault. She's a gemologist and a designer, and she has worked with many well-known jewelry houses. Jessica, welcome to the program. Jessica: Thank you so much for having me, Sharon. It's so lovely to be your guest. It's nice to be on the other side of the process instead of being a host for a change. Sharon: Tell us about your jewelry journey. When you were a child, were you interested? Were you artistic? Jessica: Yes, I was artistic. I was also quite academic. I was an all-arounder. I grew up in Scotland. I was educated in Edinburgh, and I had my heart set on being an art dealer as a teenager. That's what I wanted to do more than anything. So, as soon as I could, I got into my old, beaten VW and drove all the way from Edinburgh to Florence. I stayed with the Prince and Princess Corsini as their paying guest, and I did studies in Italian and history of art. Luckily, I managed to win a job as an intern at Sotheby's. I had a very menial job filing, but the desk next to mine was the jewelry expert's. She would value the pieces that came into the Florence office, and I would send them to London if they were good, or New York if they were very good, or they'd go onto Rome. That is how I got into jewelry. It was so amazing seeing these piles of new pieces. Every day fresh pieces would come in, and we would stand and talk about the age of them, the condition, the composition, and the gems. She said, “You shouldn't do paintings. You shouldn't be an art dealer. You should do this.” So, I did. I phoned my father that evening and said, “I'm going to London. I'm going to study gemology,” because that is what she told me she had done. So, there it was. It was just fate. Sharon: You were an art history student and then you went into jewelry? Jessica: Yes, that is the way it worked. Sharon: There are not that many courses for jewelry history except gemology. Tell us about that. Jessica: I went to London. What I loved about studying gemology was it was glamorous and academic and unusual. None of my friends were doing it. At the time, the only course I could take was in London, in the city. It was night school. I was only 18 at the time. I was studying gemology at night, and I had to get a job in the day. So, I won a job again. It was a long process, but I got a job basically as a tea girl. I was in the trading department of this old jewelers on Bond Street called Collingwood. Really, from the get-go, I was expected to trade. I was trading loose stones and antique period jewelry. I would take a bag of jewels and go to Miami and New York and Boston, all over Europe, trading, buying and selling jewels for a 10% profit or whatever, just as an antique dealer would. I wasn't a very good dealer, I have to say. I was too keen on being able to sleep at night and a bit too fair to be a very good dealer. That's how I ended up in retail in the end. Sharon: You say it's glamorous. I don't understand why gemology or gems are glamorous. Jessica: Oh, it is. I loved it, absolutely loved it, because I was surrounded by gems in my day job, and in the evening, I was understanding how they were formed in the earth's crust and the processes they take to go from the mine to the market. It was fascinating. I absolutely loved the whole world. I've been very happy in this world now for 34 years—no, 35 years. I was definitely in the right job. Sharon: But you said you couldn't sleep at night because you wanted to make sure everybody was treated fairly. Jessica: I think a really good dealer would need to be a little bit sharp. I think I was a bit too concerned about being fair. Sharon: Most of the time, dealers say they have a hard time letting go of the things they acquire. Jessica: Yes, I know that feeling, but this is perhaps why the job I do is perfect. I'm making something for someone. When they're happy and their face lights up, you know you've done a good job. That's a joy. That's the thing I love most. Sharon: So, people come to you to have things designed, or do you design them and put them out? Jessica: That's right. That's what I do now, but most of my career I was running departments or boutiques on Bond Street for all the first-class brands, especially those with royal service like Asprey and Garrard. That was my world. Sharon: Wow! When did you decide to go out on your own? What was the catalyst for that? Jessica: It was perfect. I had just begun a new project, a very exciting major project, and then Covid came and everything went dead. My new job collapsed. It just fell in on itself. I think that was the catalyst for me saying, “Well, do you know what? This is the sign to set up my own business I've been waiting for. Let's just get on with it.” So, it all kicked off during Covid at the same time as starting the podcast. Sharon: So, that was the catalyst. Jessica: Yes. Sharon: Covid was the catalyst. Jessica: Yes. I seized the opportunity, because suddenly the whole world seemed in flux. It was an exciting time if you could seize that wave and roll with it and see where you went. I must say I've been very happy working for myself as my own boss ever since. Sharon: So, the podcast is Inside the Jewel Vault. Jessica: Yes. Sharon: Tell us about it. It's so different. Did it take you a while to come up with the name? Tell us, what does the podcast entail? Jessica: Thank you for mentioning the podcast. It is a passion project of mine. It was during Covid. It was shortly after the first spring lockdown in 2020. I'm lucky I have friends who are very talented, including my neighbor, Lizzie Wingham. She's a digital editor who's worked for the BBC. She's very well regarded, and she has an interest in jewelry herself. I was talking to her over the garden fence, and she said, “I've been looking, and there are no podcasts on the subject of jewelry that really spark my imagination as a specialist. Jessie, you should do one,” and I said, “Oh, my goodness, I've never done a podcast in my life. I have no idea what to do.” She said, “Well, I'll help you. I'll be your producer.” The tea ended and the wine came out, and we began a project. The idea for the format is just to ask our guests questions. The guests are drawn from across the jewelry world. They're people who have good stories to tell, obviously, but are exceptional in their own field. When you start to look at the world of jewelry, it's huge. There are not only designers, but there are scholars; there are dealers; there are minerologists; there are curators. The list is so huge. That's how it all came about. The idea was to ask these people to come up with six gems. They could be ones they've worked with. They could be ones they've owned themselves or handled, or maybe handled once and then lost. They could just be pieces they lust after. It's like the jewelry equivalent of Desert Island Discs, which is a very popular BBC radio show. Sharon: What is it called? Jessica: It's called Desert Island Discs. It's one of the staple BBC radio shows in the U.K. So, we just got started, and it was a wonderful excuse for me to speak to some of my heroes. We've uncovered all sorts of ancient gold and royal gems and fabulously valuable diamonds and goodness knows what else. Lizzie's job is to turn all of those recordings I enjoy doing into produced and intelligent podcasts that follow a good line. That's what we've been doing. Sharon: The name is such an unusual idea, Inside the Jewel Vault. Did you come up with it over wine, or did you have to really think about it? Tell us how you did it. Jessica: After a glass of wine, certainly. Good ideas seem very compelling then, don't they? It just came about while we were chatting about it. As I said, it sort of follows the format of Desert Island Discs, where you speak to a guest. In that radio show, they select eight tracks or pieces of music that mean something to them, whereas we are selecting six gems or jewels that really turn them on. Sharon: How often do you have a new episode—I call it an episode—or a new person? Jessica: I don't do this full time. It's not a well-oiled machine like yours, Sharon, I'm afraid. You've done nearly 200, I think, over the last four years, haven't you? Whereas I've only done about 40. There are a couple more in the can waiting for approval and final edits, but we're a bit slower off the mark than you are, Sharon. Sharon: How do you choose a guest, first of all? You must know so many people. How do you choose the guest? Jessica: I have to admit that I don't know the guests. Quite often it's a cold call or a cold email, I suppose. They're somebody who is lighting up their own corner of the world of jewelry. I've yet to ask an auctioneer; I've yet to ask a foreign collector; I've yet to ask all sorts of people on my dream list. 2023 will be the year I start sending out these cold emails again. Sharon: What's the reaction you get when you ask a guest to be on Inside the Jewel Vault? How much time do you give them? It can take a while. Jessica: It's entirely down to the guest. Most people are so busy, especially the people that I've been speaking to. They tend to fly around the world as it has opened up. When I first started, it was rather easy because people were sitting at home. They were able to sit by their laptop and start typing, and everyone got so good at Zoom. It's a bit harder to track people down and to twist their arm enough for them to tell me what six pieces they would put into their fantasy jewel vault, but it is great fun. I love doing it. Sharon: It sounds wonderful. I've listened to it and it's very interesting. The guests you choose, is it because they do something original or they're well-known? You could always choose a diamond dealer. You don't, but how do you choose a guest? Jessica: That's a really good idea, Sharon. I must speak to a diamond dealer. That's one I haven't spoken to yet. I have a set of running lists that I keep adding to. It's just finding the opportunity to approach people. It's very much a passion project, but I must admit it: I do need to give it a bit more time and attention. I think we only manage about one a month at the moment, and it's quite a slow process. I need to work a bit harder on it, but there's always so much to do. That's my excuse. I'm always so busy looking after my clients, making their pieces. Also, I'm about to launch my own brand, which is taking up an awful lot of time. It's very exciting, but also very hard work. Sharon: So, you have your own jewelry brand in addition to retail stores. Tell us how you work right now. Jessica: At the moment, I'm a personal jeweler, which means I take care of people's pieces. I can repair or upgrade their existing pieces or entirely start again from scratch. I make engagement rings. I make new pieces out of old pieces. It's really down to the customer. Quite often, people come to me with their jewelry box and say, “I hardly wear any of these pieces, but so-and-so gave me this and my mother-in-law gave me that. I can't get rid of them, but I don't wear them. What do we do with them?” I'll transform them into pieces they can wear and absolutely love wearing, pieces that are adaptable and suit their lifestyle. I help people with all sorts of things, from signet rings from their 18th birthday to their first diamond pieces in their 20s through to push presents and all the rest of it. Everything a person would do, I do, and I love that. Sharon: How do people learn about your services? Jessica: It's word of mouth and the fabulous Google. I don't do any advertising. It just seems to be luck that people find me through searching or asking. Sharon: Your website is very nice and clean and easy to read. Your LinkedIn is also. I think it's great what you're saying. If I were looking for an original jeweler, if I were looking for an engagement ring, I might go to you and say, “I have no idea, and I have no stone or anything.” What would you do? Jessica: If it was for you, then it makes it a whole lot easier. Sometimes I have to work with the groom or friends of the bride to be. We have to work out what she loves. Sometimes it's crystal clear because she's seen a ring that is her dream ring. Actually, a lot of brides do get involved in designing their dream rings. Occasionally I've done some complete, total surprise dream rings, and they've been wonderful to do. For others I've worked very closely with the couple, and we produce something together that encapsulates their unique love for each other and their story and all their hopes and dreams. It's the most wonderful process. Sharon: That's a lot to have in one ring, a lot to communicate in one piece of jewelry. Tell us what's been the most surprising with Inside the Jewel Vault when people come to you. What are the surprises you've had, things that have been different? Jessica: Oh, gosh! I've had such a broad array of different guests. I think any of the pieces Darren Hildrow chose are quite extraordinary. He chose a piece you wouldn't normally consider a piece of jewelry. It was more like a piece of body art, to be honest. Sharon: What's his name? I haven't heard of this person. Jessica: He's a jewelry entrepreneur called Darren Hildrow, and he chose one piece that was extraordinary. It's called Rocket Man by Walter van Beirendonck, which is more like a piece of body art. That was pretty surprising. Some of the guests have chosen stunning pieces that everyone would know of, but other guests have chosen pieces that are by smaller designers. That's always fascinating to hear. We did a lovely broadcast with the GIA's field gemologist in Bangkok, Wim Vertriest, and he chose some amazing gems that he had stories of throughout his career. The wonderful thing about gems and jewels is that there are stories attached to almost everything. It's the human connection that makes jewelry so special. I think the Rocket Man was the most unusual case, but everything else is particularly special because it does have a story. Sharon: I'm curious if people ask you if you look at it differently because of your background. You're Scottish from Edinburgh, and then you went to Italy. You must speak Italian. Do people ask if you have a different perspective than somebody like me who just grew up and went to school and that's it? Jessica: I'm sure that's not the case, Sharon. You've spoken to hundreds of people in your career now. It's the joy of hearing somebody else's point of view, somebody else's story, somebody else's jokes. There's always an opportunity to learn from people, don't you think? Sharon: Yes, that's why I'm asking. If you're at a party, how do you describe what you do? If somebody says, “What do you do,” what do you say? Jessica: At the moment, I say I'm a personal jeweler and I can make your jewelry wearable or make it new or make the jewels of your dreams. That's what I say if I'm asked what I do. Sharon: We will have photos posted on the website. Please head to the JewelryJourney.com to check them out.
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What you'll learn in this episode: The surprising stories Prince Dimitri discovered while compiling material for his book, “Once Upon a Diamond: A Family Tradition of Royal Jewels” How decorative and fine arts have influenced jewelry throughout history Why paisley is an enduring motif in jewelry Why mixing high and low jewelry and fashion has always been chic How Dimitri's ancestor Catherine the Great created the royal uniform we recognize today About Prince Dimitri Prince Dimitri founded his company in 2007 after sixteen years as Senior Vice President of Jewelry with Sotheby's and later as head of Jewelry at Phillips de Pury & Luxembourg auction houses. Dimitri's love of jewelry dates from his childhood and unique heritage of a family where the heads of European Royalty were closely tied together in an era of extreme opulence, beauty and culture all over Europe. He began designing jewelry in 1999, with a collection of gemstone cufflinks that was sold at Bergdorf Goodman and Saks Fifth Avenue. He also designed a line of women's jewelry that was sold at Barneys New York and Neiman Marcus. He has designed for Asprey's in London and done special lines for other American companies. With his own jewelry company he has been able to realize his own vision in his love of gemstones; the juxtaposition of unusual materials and color; imaginative forms and paying attention to detail and to superb craftsmanship. Additional Resources: Website Instagram Facebook Dimitri's Book Photos: Available on TheJewelryJourney.com Transcript: Growing up surrounded by the world's most beautiful jewels, it's no wonder that Prince Dimitri became a jewelry designer known for his gemmy creations. After working in the auction world for many years, he launched Prince Dimitri Jewelry, which offers a range of jewels from affordable to six-figure masterpieces. He joined the Jewelry Journey Podcast to talk about how jewelry became a symbol of royalty; the most memorable pieces that came across his desk at Sotheby's and Phillips; and where royal jewelers throughout history found inspiration. Read the episode transcript here. Sharon: Hello, everyone. Welcome to the Jewelry Journey Podcast. This is the second part of a two-part episode. If you haven't heard part one, please go to thejewelryjourney.com. Today, my guest is Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia. Welcome back. You know so much about this, I'm sure, because of studying through auctions, but is it because you looked at Russian jewelry, too, as part of your background? Prince: Yes, and I've read all the Cartier books. My favorite book of the moment, apart from mine, is the one of Francesca Cartier. I did a podcast with her. The beginning of a certain style of tiara was the tiara of Grand Duchess Vladimir, my great grandmother. She had invited him to her palace in St. Petersburg and introduced him to the court. There was a particular tiara she liked that is now the property of the Queen of England. It's the favorite, actually, of the Queen of England, but Cartier also was her favorite. He asked her if she would be kind enough to loan it to him so he could get inspired by it. She, being the most important patron of the arts in Russia at the time, immediately said, “Yes, let them have it.” His first tiara, he made it for an American heiress who had married one of the sons of the King of Greece. I show it in my book on two pages, one next to each other, the two tiaras. You can see exactly my great grandmother's tiara in it, but you can see exactly the Cartier style as well. It's unbelievable, the alchemy he did. He took the design, tweaked it, altered it, made some changes, and turned it into a typical Cartier thing. It's the typical art of the French. French art, I would say from the Middle Ages on, and especially in the 18th and 19th centuries, was the art of taking an element from foreign cultures, but doing the magic of turning it into a specifically French product. You see that with porcelains, with furniture, with Japanese lacquers and the Chinese porcelains mounted in the French bronzes, all of that. That's what Cartier wanted to reproduce in his workshop, this mentality of being able to create magic like that, which is true creativity. It all started during the Renaissance times, which marked the beginning of that mentality. Every artist today works based on that. Sharon: You like paisley as a motif. Prince: Yes, I love paisley. Sharon: Why? Prince: Because the shape is so pretty, and the history is so interesting. It is believed that it arrived in Iran and India more or less at the same time, during the conquest of Alexander the Great. He conquered half of the world in those days, and he died pretty young, at the age of 30, I think, in India. A lot of his armies didn't want to go back to Greece and just settled in India and then Iran. On the artifacts they had with them was a shape that was very similar to the paisley. It was the mango. The mango, in ancient Greek decorative arts, represented the symbol of fertility. Sharon: What was the name of it? Prince: The mango, the fruit. Sharon: Oh, mango, O.K. Prince: Yes, the Greek mango was the symbol of creativity, fertility and all that. The Persians and the Indians were already an advanced civilization, and they loved the shape and created their own out of it. It's different from the mango, but when you see the two together, you understand how it originated. It then came back to Europe in the 19th century. There was a huge revival of paisley, and it was immediately applied to fabrics. The center of fabric in Europe was a town in Scotland where they made all the famous shawls that all the elegant ladies of the 19th century wore. The name of that city in Scotland was Paisley. That's why it's called paisley. In French we call it the Kashmir motif, and in Italian also, because it's from the Kashmir region of India. They made it very popular to the western world after it disappeared. It never came back. It's this idea of art going back and forth between different continents, which I find fascinating. Sharon: Your jewelry is mostly by commission. Is it somebody bringing you a bag of their grandmother's stuff and saying, “What you can you do with this?” or is it, “My wife has a birthday coming up. What can you do?” Prince: Exactly. We do a lot of that, or cufflinks for the husband or little pendants for young men for graduations. I do Damascus steel corsets, Damascus steel being the metal with which they made the swords for the crusaders. It's folding sheets of steel, like how you fold sheets to make a croissant, like a baked pastry. In my book, you will see how when you cut it, the way it's folded appears. It gives a wonderful design to the steel itself, and then you apply stones to it, and it makes something very, very interesting. I try and make it into my style of design at the same time to make it more interesting. Sharon: And you say it's appealing to your male clients? Prince: Male clients or female clients who like more toned-down jewelry, more masculine jewelry, because some jewelry is masculine. During the whole Art Deco period and the retro period, all of a sudden they veered away from all the flowers and the fussy things from before to make more geometric forms, which were more masculine. So did fashion. The fashion was more strict. There were fewer feathers, less fabric. It's a back and forth in history between the energies of yin and yang. You see it in decorative arts. Sharon: Do you find it's become more popular or growing in popularity? What's the market? Prince: The market nowadays is for smaller things that you can wear all the time and that you can dress up and down. I make things you can wear with a ball gown that will look amazing, but you could also wear it with a jean and a white T-shirt. It has this chameleon aspect to it. It will blend into your outfit and people won't realize what you're wearing. This is good. You want only the opinion of those who understand jewelry. You want them to understand. To people who don't understand, it doesn't matter. Stuff like that. Sharon: I think—and this is based on some of the reading I was doing—you talked about it being very chic to mix the high with the low. Prince: Yeah, to mix things like that. I remember during my second year at Sotheby's in Geneva, there was a lady who walked in who looked like a model. She was a model; she was actually a Serbian model of unbelievable beauty. She was wearing a white T-shirt and jeans and high heels, and on her pinkie finger she had stuck two rings. One was an emerald-cut, D flawless diamond of 30 carats, and the other one was a 25-carat cushion-cut Kashmir sapphire. I spotted those and I said, “Is this what I think it is?” and she said, “Yes, absolutely.” You know who that lady was? Mrs. Rizzoli. Sharon: I'm sorry, who? Prince: It was Mrs. Rizzoli. Sharon: Mrs. Rizzoli, the publisher? Prince: Yeah. I was told afterwards when she left, but it's Rizzoli who did my book. I always remember what an interesting way of wearing jewelry it was. She has certainly influence my creativity, I think. Sharon: I'm sorry; I'm just not following. Because you would expect somebody like that to be dressed a lot more formally? Prince: I had never seen somebody with a jean and T-shirt wearing a 30-carat, D flawless diamond. She was wearing $10 million of diamonds on that finger, and nobody paid attention. I spotted it immediately because gems speak to me. Sharon: When they speak to you, are they telling you what to do with them? Prince: Yes, sometimes, but I don't know. The first thing I notice is jewelry. It's like a sixth sense I have. Sharon: I don't know how many places somebody's going to walk in with a 30-carat, D flawless diamond. Maybe in New York. How many do you see? I don't see that many, anyway. Prince: Not anymore. Yeah, not anymore. Sharon: You've probably seen a million. When I think of the high and the low, I think of people describing wearing something from Target and then something from, I don't know, Tiffany. Maybe not so much anymore. Prince: Yeah, from Tiffany, of course, or Cartier or anything. Even Fabergé. Sharon: Yes. You talked too about having different lines at different price points. You have it for the ultra-rich and then you have it— Prince: At every price point there is, because I like the challenge of being able to do something very pretty that's affordable. With unlimited budgets it's easier, but I also like the challenge. For instance, this is the best example. The other day, I had to do an engagement ring for the daughter of a friend of mine. The boyfriend of the fiancé couldn't afford much. He didn't have a very big budget, and he was wondering if we could do a mounting that would make the diamond look bigger and add two on the sides and all that. I said, “No, no, no. You don't want a ring that says, ‘This is all I can afford.' You want a ring that says, ‘I have fabulous taste, and this is it.'” So, I gave him a one-and-a-half-carat diamond, which is small, but I did a really nice mounting. We did something called the love note on each side. Sharon: The love song? Prince: The love note. The love note is also known as the note of Savoy, which I speak a lot about in my book and my Instagram. It's the symbol of true love, and it comes with a motto: It binds you, but it doesn't constrain. I said, “You already have a wonderful symbol in this thing. We're going to make it in platinum. There's no underhand. I want the diamond to touch the skin of your fiancé so she can feel it on the palm. It's going to be a work of art.” It worked. We kept the budget under $20,000. Sharon: Wow! It's a love dot? Prince: A love note. Sharon: Is it a little knot on the side? Prince: It's a love note, two of them. It's shaped like a figure eight, like an infinity note; one going up, one going down. It's the note Savoy. You'll see it in my book and on my website. I did an entire collection called “The New Look of Love,” and I do the colored version of it in gold with little cabochon stones. They are about $4,000 or $5,000 and they're super nice. Sharon: And you find those do well for you? Prince: Yes. Sharon: I'm curious what you think. I was listening to a podcast this morning talking about inflation and whether there's going to be a recession with a little “r” or a big “r.” What do you see in terms of jewelry right now? How is the market for jewelry? Are people uncertain? Prince: People are uncertain. It will slow down. I happen to be lucky right now. I have had a ton of orders lined up, but I don't know how long it will last. It all depends on how the economy does. It's always like that. Sharon: Maybe you haven't experienced it for a while, but when times are slower in terms of jewelry, are you doing more drawings in preparation for when things pick up? Prince: Yes, I do that. In 2008, I did that. I was drawing a lot because I like to draw. Sharon: Do you wake up full of ideas? Prince: Sometimes, yes. Not every day, but all of a sudden I do have ideas. Sharon: And they're coming from things around you and things you see and what you read and history, like you talked about. Prince: Yes, anything I could see in the street, for instance, any object, sometimes out of nothing comes an idea. You know what they say: for those who listen, even stones speak. Sharon: That's interesting. I haven't heard that before. I think that's a great line. You talk about Catherine the Great being one of your ancestors. She was a fabulous marketer through her jewelry; her jewelry was a form of marketing. Could you tell us more about that? Prince: Yes. She normally had a gold dress. The dress was very important. She had something like 150 brooches sewn on the dress. She looked like a Christmas tree, plus the tiara and the crown behind all of that. She understood that somebody walked into the palace in St. Petersburg, let's say. If they saw her looking like that, they would instantly know that was the empress and that's what she did. In a way, she invented the outfit, the uniform of an empress. It's funny you say that, because years later my grandmother told me, “Tiaras always give me a headache.” I said, “And could you not wear them?” She said, “No, I had to wear them because that's what was expected of us. It was our uniform. We had to wear tiaras and jewelry and look the part because that's what we were; that's what our job was.” You see it today. The Queen of England, who's a genius at what she does, is always the most elegant woman in England. If you didn't know she was the queen, which is impossible in the modern day because everybody knows what she looks like, but if you saw a lady dressed like that, you would instantly know she's somebody very important. Sharon: You're communicating through your jewelry. Prince: Yes, it's a uniform in a way. If you're a policeman, you were a policeman's uniform. If you're a nurse, you wear a nurse's uniform. If you're a princess or queen, you wear that kind of uniform. Sharon: Which raises a question as you're talking, I'm thinking, “Why put tiaras with your jeans?” I don't know. Prince: No, that you can't do. That is the one thing left that—first of all, you have to be of noble or royal blood, and it's only with a white tie on certain, very rare occasions. Sharon: Do you have to be noble if you can afford it? I'm just wondering. Prince: Yeah. The protocol is that it's only ladies of the nobility and of the aristocracy, meaning the nobility or the royalty, only those ladies are allowed a tiara, and they have to be married. Normally unmarried girls don't wear tiaras yet. Sharon: Interesting. Prince: No. Sharon; Did you have a lot of tiaras cross your desk when you were in the auction houses? Prince: Yes, quite a few from royal families in Europe. Yeah, very nice ones. Sharon: Did they want them melted down, or did they want you to try and auction them as tiaras? Prince: Auction them as tiaras, because it makes more money like that. Sharon: Yes, I suppose—well, I don't. Would it? I guess it depends on what it was made of. Prince: If you can wear it as a necklace, then it makes a lot of money. If you can't wear it as a necklace, then it sells for less because it's more a difficult thing to wear. A lot of those tiaras were necklaces fixed on an invisible frame that you put on your head. It stands up straight, and then you unscrew everything and you can turn it into a necklace, which was a very clever invention done in the 19th century. The Russians were the masters of that, jewels with a variable geometry, I call them. Sharon: Jewels with a variable geometry. I think of the pieces that come apart as being more from the 30s and 40s, but you're saying it was done earlier. Prince: Well before, at the end of the 19th century. The Russians did that. You could take the center parts and wear them as brooches. Sharon: I'm surprised to hear that you're not talking about Fabergé jewels. Did you see those? Were they in your background? Prince: I sold those, yes, but those were extremely, extremely rare. The most famous one in existence today is the Cyclamen Tiara of the Duchess of Westminster in England, which also unmounted to become a necklace. It's absolutely a dream of a tiara. My grandmother had some necklaces and pendants and little things, but not many important ones. Sharon: Fabergé, she had. Prince: Yeah, it was mostly objects and little jewels. But tiaras, there were very few made, and they disappeared during the Revolution. Sharon: Prince Dimitri, where do you want to take your business from here? Prince: I want to keep on growing, wherever that will be. Sharon: Have you found it to be any help or impediment, being a prince? It must be, “Oh my god, it's a prince.” There's an attraction there, but has it been an impediment in what you do? Prince: No, not really. You're right; there's always a curiosity, but after a while, that's it. There's also a human being. Sharon: When people ask you what you are a prince of, what do you say? A Yugoslavian prince? Prince: Yugoslavia, yeah. That's my birthright. When we were born, Yugoslavia still existed, even though it was a Communist country. Titles go on forever. They don't change in case of mutations or geopolitical upheavals and stuff like that. It's a birthright that follows the family forever because it proceeds from the family itself. One studies that in constitutional law in Europe, funnily enough, because some countries still recognize titles, the ones where there's a monarchy. On my English passport and Belgian passport, my title is written because they recognize it. On my American passport and my Italian passport, it's not written. Sharon: Has it influenced your jewelry in any way? Prince: No, it's all aesthetics. It's only about aesthetics. Sharon: So it's removed from that. Prince: Yeah. Movement is very important. Sharon: What's your favorite jewel? What's your favorite gem? Prince: I don't have a favorite gem because I really love all of them, but I have a favorite color combination, which is greens and blues together. For instance, there is nothing I like more than the mixture of aquamarine, emerald and sapphire together. There are lot of examples in my book based on that. Sharon: How about the cut? Is there a favorite cut you have of a gem? Prince: I like emerald cuts. I like a square emerald cut with cut corners. I like antique cushion cuts very much, and I love cabochon also. Sharon: Do you work with all those? Prince: I work with all of those. I also like pear shape, but it all depends on how it's cut. Some cuts don't work; others do. I like unusual cuts also, different shapes that are not seen very often. It depends on how you combine them. Sharon: Right. I guess that's the artistry. Prince: Yes. Sharon: Thank you so much for being with us today and telling us about your line of jewelry. We can find it at Neiman Marcus. Besides that there's the book, which we can find— Prince: You can find it on my website, Dimitri.com. You can find it on Amazon also. You can find it at Neiman Marcus in Dallas, Texas for the moment, along with a collection I designed specifically for them. Sharon: For Neiman Marcus in Dallas. When you say specifically for them, how would it have been different if you had done it for Neiman Marcus in Los Angeles, for instance? What was specific? Prince: From the moment I sold to Neiman Marcus, it was the one in Dallas. We just started last fall, and it's a variation of the cufflinks I was telling you about before. It's stones inside of stones, but with different colors, different assortments, a different way of designing it. Similar but different. That's what I'm doing only for Neiman Marcus. Sharon: Do you see it throughout the states, though, in other places? Prince: No. Sharon: It's basically Neiman. Prince: Neiman in Dallas for the moment. I'm hoping to expand that. Sharon: Well, we'll look for you elsewhere, and we'll also look at the book. Thank you so much for being with us today. We greatly appreciate it. Prince: Thank you so much. It was so kind of you to invite me. I'm very touched. Thank you again for listening. Please leave us a rating and review so we can help others start their own jewelry journey.
What you'll learn in this episode: The surprising stories Prince Dimitri discovered while compiling material for his book, “Once Upon a Diamond: A Family Tradition of Royal Jewels” How decorative and fine arts have influenced jewelry throughout history Why paisley is an enduring motif in jewelry Why mixing high and low jewelry and fashion has always been chic How Dimitri's ancestor Catherine the Great created the royal uniform we recognize today About Prince Dimitri Prince Dimitri founded his company in 2007 after sixteen years as Senior Vice President of Jewelry with Sotheby's and later as head of Jewelry at Phillips de Pury & Luxembourg auction houses. Dimitri's love of jewelry dates from his childhood and unique heritage of a family where the heads of European Royalty were closely tied together in an era of extreme opulence, beauty and culture all over Europe. He began designing jewelry in 1999, with a collection of gemstone cufflinks that was sold at Bergdorf Goodman and Saks Fifth Avenue. He also designed a line of women's jewelry that was sold at Barneys New York and Neiman Marcus. He has designed for Asprey's in London and done special lines for other American companies. With his own jewelry company he has been able to realize his own vision in his love of gemstones; the juxtaposition of unusual materials and color; imaginative forms and paying attention to detail and to superb craftsmanship. Additional Resources: Website Instagram Facebook Dimitri's Book Photos: Available on TheJewelryJourney.com Transcript: Growing up surrounded by the world's most beautiful jewels, it's no wonder that Prince Dimitri became a jewelry designer known for his gemmy creations. After working in the auction world for many years, he launched Prince Dimitri Jewelry, which offers a range of jewels from affordable to six-figure masterpieces. He joined the Jewelry Journey Podcast to talk about how jewelry became a symbol of royalty; the most memorable pieces that came across his desk at Sotheby's and Phillips; and where royal jewelers throughout history found inspiration. Read the episode transcript here. Sharon: Hello, everyone. Welcome to the Jewelry Journey Podcast. This is a two-part Jewelry Journey Podcast. Please make sure you subscribe so you can hear part two as soon as it comes out later this week. Today, my guest is Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia. After more than a decade in the auction world, rising to the top of the jewelry ranks, Prince Dimitri took his love of gems and launched Prince Dimitri Jewelry. He is also an author, having written “Once Upon a Diamond: A Family Tradition of Royal Jewels.” The book has been described as an extraordinary family scrapbook. It has photographs of his relatives, who are celebrities and royalty, showing them wearing their jaw-dropping jewels. It weaves in stories of his illustrious family background and the history that goes behind the photographs. We'll hear more about Prince Dimitri and his jewelry as well as his jewelry journey today. Prince Dimitri, welcome to the program. Prince: Thank you. Hello, Sharon. So nice to see you. Sharon: Nice to see you. Prince: I heard so much about you. Sharon: Dimitri, I'm going to let you tell everybody what your official name is because I could not pronounce it. I saw different variations. Go ahead. Prince: It's a Serbian name. It's pronounced Karageorgevich, and it's written with letters that don't exist in our alphabet. Sharon: I didn't realize that. It's interesting; in everything I saw about you, it gave your name, but I didn't realize it was Serbian. Tell us about your jewelry journey. Prince: It all started as a child. I was obsessed with gems, totally fascinated when I saw my mother and my grandmothers wearing jewelry. When we were in the street and there was a jewelry store, I had to go in and look, and I would stare at the showcases. It never left me. I think I was born with it. It's my passion in life. I joined Sotheby's in 1984 and I stayed there until 2001. Then I was at Phillips for three years. Little by little, I started designing, and now it's all I do. Sharon: I thought it was interesting; some of the material I read said you started making jewelry because you decided you'd seen everything there was to see in jewelry after so long in the auction world. Tell us a little bit about that. Prince: It's not exactly like that. I started designing cufflinks when I was at Sotheby's totally by chance. I had no idea I could design anything or that I was slightly creative. I was a gemologist and expert. I appraised jewelry, and that's all I did. Then a friend of mine had some cufflinks he had made in Brazil with some lovely stones, but a very ugly mounting with thick claws around it. I looked at it and I thought, “You know, I love those stones, but those big, thick claws around it are so clumsy. You need to remount them.” He said, “How should we remount them?” All of a sudden, my mind went blank. I saw a little hole, and I said, “That's it. You're going to drill a hole in the center of the cufflinks. In that hole, you're going to set a little diamond or a ruby or an emerald or a sapphire. It has to be a precious stone, one of those four. That will be how you mount it, through the stones. What you'll see on your shirt will be that lovely, emerald-cut aquamarine with a little stone in the center.” Slick, clean, very gemmy, very chic, I thought. He did it, and it worked beautifully. He said, “Why don't we do a collection like that?” Long story short, we did the collection. It ended up at Bergdorf, at Saks. Little by little, I said, “Let's make some rings and some bracelets and some necklaces on the same principle. All of it,” and we made all that. We were doing trunk shows on the side, as I was still at Sotheby's then, and little by little, it took on a life of its own. Then I was given an offer to join Phillips with a group of other people. It was at the time when Sotheby's was going through major changes and nothing was very happy there anymore, so I thought, “Why not?” That didn't last very long, the Phillips adventure, so I continued. Then, I was approached by a wonderful man who was called Salvador Assael, the king of pearls in those days. After the war, he had convinced all the big houses that black pearls were not black because they were dirty; they were black because it was a beautiful color. He finally opened their eyes. He told me the story of how they would look at the pearls and say, “But these are black pearls. They're dirty. Pearls are supposed to be white,” and he told them, “No, open your eyes. Look at this. This one is a green one. This one is a pinkish one. This one is a peacock one with mixes of green and purple,” and they loved it. He became the number one wholesaler of pearls. Sharon: Is that Assael? Prince: Assael, yeah. Sharon: Wow! Prince: He's very famous. He called me one day. He said, “You know, I love the old jewels and everything you make.” It was after 9/11. The market was not doing well for jewelry anywhere. He said to me, “I can't sell anything anymore because there are only so many strands of pearls people want. Do you think you can design a collection for me? More importantly, do you like pearls?” I said, “Yes, I absolutely love pearls.” We made this collection, and before you knew it, we were in every Neiman Marcus in America except three or four of them, I think. We were in 35 Neiman Marcuses. We were the number two seller at Neiman Marcus and it became a huge success. Then I met my business partner who put me in business to be a serious company. That was 2008, so things didn't work as well as I wished. I had to go on my own because he couldn't funnel any more into it, and now that's all I do. I'm back at Neiman Marcus in Dallas, but the bulk of my business now is one-of-a-kind pieces. That's what I really like. As I say in the preface of my book, I like the concept of alchemy. Bring me some lead; I will turn it into gold. All my friends look into their drawers and find these old stones and granny's pearl necklaces that they can't wear because they're so dated and all of that. Sometimes they bring me bags of things that are totally unrelated and I do the magic. Half of the jewels in the book are made like that. One of the typical examples: I was in Southampton with a friend. We were picking up pebbles on the beach together one day in August. We go home. She shows me these diamond earrings she wants me to remount, these little strings of diamonds that are badly made and boring. I went into the bowl where we had placed all the pebbles. I picked four of the most similar ones, and I said, “Here. This is where your diamonds are going. This is going to be your necklace.” She thought I was completely crazy. She said, “I know you are original and you have ideas, but—" Sharon: You were mixing pebbles and diamonds? Is that what you were doing? Prince: Yes. She said, “You're going to have to explain this to me.” I said, “I will. I will do a drawing for you, and you will make your decision.” So, I did the drawing. I get a phone call from her a few days later. She goes, “I love it. I need this necklace more than I've ever needed a piece of jewelry.” It's featured in the book; you'll see it. Sharon: How did the book come about? Did you want to write the book? Did Rizzoli come to you? Prince: The same way the first cufflinks came to me: totally by chance. It's one of the miracles of modern technology. It's called Instagram. I put all my jewelry on Instagram, but I have tons of old photos from the family, and I post them and write fascinating stories of what all these people have done. For instance, how my great-grandmother saved the life of Albert Einstein; how Adolph Hitler kidnaped the sister of my grandfather and had them killed in a concentration camp. Some of them are beautiful stories; some are very, very tragic, but there are many of them. Somebody from Rizzoli sent me a message on Instagram saying, “I love your Instagram. We should make a book based on that concept. I need to talk to you.” Long story short, it took two and a half years, and here we are. Sharon: Somebody should put together a book of all the stories of everything that's come from Instagram, because people have started jewelry lines and written books from it. It's really launched a lot of people. Was it hard for you to gather all the material, or did you already have it? Prince: I already had all the material. What I didn't have, my mother had. Also, some uncles and aunts and relatives had it, so that was easy. The difficult part was how we were going to make it work. We had to put the chapters in order. It was like a puzzle. We had everything on the floor in our minds, with the different chapters and stories and everything. Little by little, it came together. Everybody had a great idea. I had great ideas. They lady who wrote the book with me had a great idea. She was a fantastic fact checker. She discovered, for instance, that—one of the stories I tell is how, before the war, my grandmother, then Crown Princess of Italy, had discovered Maria Montessori of the famous Montessori School. She decided she loved that program so much, because it was so modern and interesting and ahead of its time, that she wanted to create her own Montessori School at the royal palace for her children and children of the nobility. My mother told me, “Yes, it was fantastic. Here's the photo.” The school was in the Gallery Uffizi in Florence, which had been turned into a palace one year before, in 1942. She said, “Yes, and Maria Montessori was so nice. I remember her.” Well, it was a fictitious memory my mother had because she was eight years old. We found out through fact checking that Maria Montessori was actually in India for eight years at the time. The person she met was the associate of Maria Montessori who founded the school with her. My mother assumed that, because her mother was who she was, it was actually Maria Montessori herself who came, but it wasn't the case. We discovered lots of stories like that. Sharon: Interesting. Prince: We discovered that my grandmother's famous Cartier jewelry was not Cartier jewelry. I pressed and pressed the wonderful gentleman at the Cartier archives, the poor thing. I tortured him so much that he had to do three months of research to find out that it was my great grandmother, the Grand Duchess Vladimir of Russia, who came to Cartier to buy some things and asked him if they could repair this tiara she had in her bag. It was a tiara from Chaumet, and nobody knew it. In every history book, it's listed as the Cartier Tiara. I had just enough time to jump on my phone and call the editor at Rizzoli when we were already in full print. I said, “This is what's going on. We need to change the story.” They said, “You can delete the word Cartier. That's all I can do for you. It's too late.” We were in the middle of Covid. The paperwork was done in Bologna, which was the center of printing in Italy. “That chapter is going to be printed six hours from now, so let me hang up and call them.” Sharon: Is that what you did? You just didn't use the word? Prince: We just removed that, yeah. We couldn't say anything more, but I speak about it all the time. So, now people know. Sharon: Interesting. I've seen the book and I've looked through it, but I don't come from an illustrious background like you do. My ancestors were not royalty, so I didn't relate to it as much, but now this humanizes it. Prince: Yes. There are 16 pages of Romanov photos that have never been published before because I owned the four albums they were in, and I've never shown them to anybody. These are really interesting because it shows them in day-to-day life. They are in the south of France. They go to a spa in Gautreau, Seville, famous for its water. They visit the house of Joan of Arc. It's really interesting. The most fascinating series of photos is the second Olympic Games in history, photographed by my great grandmother. It's all there in the book. There were also photos in Venice and photos in Spain at the bullfights, but we decided not to show the bullfight because it could be controversial. In those days, it wasn't. Sharon: You've lived all over the world. Prior to coming to the auction world, you went to school in Switzerland, then France? Prince: I was in law school in Switzerland for a while, then in France. Then I did law school in Paris. Sharon: When did you do GIA? Prince: When I came to New York. When I finished law school, I had so many friends already in New York. New York was this magic world far away from us. There was something very exotic about America and New York. It was quite fascinating, so I decided to come here and finish my law studies. I had my degree already, but I thought it would be a good idea to do a training program on Wall Street, which is what lots of European people did. So, I did that on Wall Street for almost a year. It was very interesting. I learned a lot of things, but I wasn't particularly ready to make it a career. There was an opening at Sotheby's that I found out about, and that's how it happened. Sharon: Was it a huge decision, or was it a natural segue to go into that world from the world you were in, the business world? Prince: Yes, it was a big decision. It was a very exciting decision. It was a logical thing to do because I have this Renaissance mentality. I think one should know about everything in life. I felt that with a law degree and a kind of Wall Street degree, which is a Series 7—it's the exams you take to become a stockbroker—I thought, “I'm well educated enough to do what I really like, which is gemology and stones and jewelry and all of that.” I worked at Sotheby's right away. I knew enough about jewelry that I could become an expert right away, in the sense that I needed to learn gemology at the GIA, which I went did by following the prices in the market. Pretty quickly I moved up and became after six or seven years, I think, a senior vice president for the company. Sharon: What was it about the auction world combined with jewelry that attracted you? Prince: The amount of jewelry we sold every day, that was the exciting part. For every auction you see, the catalogue you see four times a year in New York, three times a year in Geneva, four times a year in London, and, in those days, also in Hong Kong, that catalogue represents the tip of the iceberg of what comes in and out the doors of Sotheby's. Every day, it was mountains of jewelry. It was so exciting to see so much. I'm very impatient. I want to see a lot. One diamond that's there day after day if you work in a shop is not exciting enough for me. Sharon: You need the constant turnover and attraction. Prince: Yes. That was great. One day we discovered, literally in a shoe box in a bank vault on Park Avenue, one of the most famous Cartier tiaras. The same one is in one of the Cartier books today. The lady who had it had no idea. She said, “I have this funny thing that goes on the head from my grandmother. Do you think it's worth anything?” I was like, “Yes! It's fantastic.” Sharon: Wow! What else is in shoe boxes that we don't know about, right? Prince: There were lots of things like that. My most beautiful story from Sotheby's, I have to say, was when this poor lady came in. She was a bag lady, literally, in tears and very nervous. I felt there was something going on there. She told me the tragic story of how her husband had divorced her, took all her money, and she had literally one little sapphire ring. She was hoping to get $2,000 to just be able to pay her rent or she was going to be evicted. She was going to be on the street. She starts crying and crying, and she said, “Do you think you can loan me the money?” I said, “Well, can I please see the ring?” She looks at me and goes, “Here it is. Do you think I can get maybe $10,000? Would that be possible? And you could loan me $2,000?” I take a look at it. It is the most beautiful Kashmir sapphire I saw in my entire life. I said, “I think I can get more. Let me speak to my boss for the loan. Let me see.” I call everybody. I said, “Guys, you won't believe this.” I tell them the story. They all look at the stone and everybody says, “Oh, my god! We've never seen a stone like that.” My boss says, “You know we don't loan money against one piece.” I said, “John, she thinks it's worth $10,000. Let's offer her $75,000 to $100,000 for the ring and let it sell for over $200,000.” He goes, “Fine.” I go back in the room with a check with me. I said, “Listen, it's your lucky day. That is a lovely ring. I think we can put an estimate of $75,000 to $100,000.” She almost fainted. She goes, “Oh, my god!” Three months later, she comes to the auction. We opened the bid at $75,000. Before you know it, the hammer falls, and it sells for $380,000. She is sitting in front of me sobbing and crying, and then all of us start crying because we knew the story. It is a lovely story because we really changed the life of somebody. Sharon: That's true. You did the change her life, it sounds like. From there you moved to Phillips. From Sotheby's, you moved to Phillips? Prince: Yeah. Sharon: And you were head of the jewelry department there? Prince: Yes. Sharon: Where were you when the man from Brazil came to you with the first cufflinks? Prince: I was at Sotheby's then. It was in 1997. It was 40 years before I left Sotheby's, so I was starting that process little by little then. Sharon: In your jewelry, you barely see the jewelry part; you see the gem. Is it the gems that are talking to you? Prince: Both. I love that. A lot of my jewelry is very gemmy, like you say. You're absolutely right, but a lot of it based on whimsical ideas, unusual materials like the pebbles from the beach or even rubber cords. I do things mounted on leather, Damascus steel, oxidized bronze, oxidized silver. 24-karat gold I use a lot. I do all sorts of things. The other source of inspiration is the shapes, shapes as you see them in decorative arts of every culture in the world. That was the philosophy of Cartier. He instructed, already in the 19th century, the designers who worked for him to look at the decorative arts and to travel and take notes and make drawings of everything they saw, because that was the basis for all sorts of things. In the 19th century, there was a very famous book written, which is called “The Grammar of Ornament.” “The Grammar of Ornament” is a visual dictionary of every artistic style that ever existed in history in any country in the world. It's absolutely fantastic, and I've gotten tons and tons of ideas from there. So did the people at Cartier at the beginning. For instance, the Edwardian period of Cartier, it coincided with two things: when they rediscovered the Louis XVI decorative arts style with the garlands—it was called the garland style—and the introduction of platinum. Platinum in the old days was not considered a precious metal; it was for industrial applications. Then, when they studied it, they realized how hard it was and how white it was. So, it quickly replaced silver. If you look at tiaras made with silver, which are the oldest ones from the first half of the 19th century, they are very heavy. They are lovely, but there's something about them. With the introduction of platinum, Cartier was able to transform them into literally a spiderweb, completely ethereal. That's when they double in size. They're ten times as thin and you can put twice the amount of stones. It sits like an aura on your head. That is what gave them the impetus to create the garland style, the classical Art Deco that mutated into Art Deco. At the time, platinum became such a success that it became seven times more expensive than gold. Sharon: Wow! Prince: It's interesting, yeah? Sharon: Yes, very.
Show Notes The changing landscape in BioHacking: We don't get enough results from bad advice, not because we're not doing enough. Biofeedback is a major part of biohacking. What's hot from the 8th Biohacking Conference It's not just the knowledge but also who's delivering it. Because it's a community. At the Conference, you get to experience the technologies. Doctor V x BioHacking Conference: Science of biohacking + art of living = How you live your life changes your genetic expression. The art of living a beautiful life upgrades your biology and activates the biology of longevity. Epigenetics is built into the definition of Biohacking. Biohacking is not just technology. It's actually changing the environment to change biological expression. Being lit up is good for you and your genes. Being playful and having humor are anti-aging. What biohacking is building: It's our natural state to have more than enough. Being enough is a sign of fear. So quit wanting to be enough, because you're way more than enough.
As you know, it's my mission to help teach you how to build the MINDSET and SKILLS that will help you live an extraordinary life - and over the last few months I've been working hard behind the scenes to help create a brand-new tool that will help you do that. It's called Kyzen - and I am proud to announce that I will be bringing it to the world later this year to challenge you to empower yourself and accomplish greater things in life. To learn more, join my Discord at http://impacttheory.com/discordBig goals require DISCIPLINE. By it's very nature, discipline requires you to do hard things - and that is a skill you can LEARN. I'm teaching my process to build Ironclad Discipline in a new workshop - you can register at discipline.impacttheory.com!Check out our sponsors: Skillshare: Explore your creativity at skillshare.com/impacttheory for a 1 month FREE trial of Premium Membership. InsideTracker: insidetracker.com/impacttheoryOn Today's Episode:When you come across people who have success in multiple areas of their life you want to know, what's the secret? What do they know and what are they doing that you can possibly entertain doing for yourself?Dave Asprey may remind you of the Bulletproof Diet, and you may be familiar with him from his podcast, The Human Upgrade, but he's also a successful entrepreneur several times over. In this episode he and Tom cover Dave's expansive breadth of knowledge around health, fasting, and living as long as possible, while getting into top level insights of what it means to be a game changer in business.“You must build practices that prevent you from falling prey to those basic instincts that make you a short-term thinker.” -Dave AspreyYour health should be one of your highest priorities. Dave reminds us to keep it simple and be mindful that even small changes can have major benefits in the long run, and when you're ready to take those benefits to the next level, there is always another simple change to be made to your lifestyle, diet and habits that will optimize your health.SHOW NOTES:0:00 | Introduction to Dave Asprey0:12 | How to Fast Correctly25:10 | Fix Your Diet Today44:24 | How to Burn Fat & End Cravings1:05:34 | Watch This to Live Longer1:30:48 | Bonus: Boost Brain HealthQUOTES:“You lose weight faster when you're fasting, but you gain weight faster when you're eating.” [10:39]“Fasting everyday is bad for you because it doesn't lend your body the idea of metabolic flexibility.” [24:22]“If you're intermittent fasting, you're occasionally in ketosis, you ought to be able to eat a treat, [...] and be just fine.” [47:01]“If your nervous system believes that you get a game over at the end of this game, you relax a lot more.” [1:09:01“Happiness doesn't come from wealth, but wealth can come from happiness, but being angry and tired and unhappy all the time is not a good way to become successful or to change the game in your field…” [1:37:56]“The ego is the operating system that keeps you alive if there's no human in there.” [1:53:02]“You have to find a way to be consciously, intentionally be grateful instead of be hungry, empty, pissed off, angry, stressed, feeling not good enough, and all the other stuff.” [1:56:56]“Look at aging as death by a thousand cuts. There's no one cause of aging.” [2:01:33]Follow Dave Asprey:Website: https://daveasprey.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/bulletproofexec Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Daveaspreyofficial/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dave.asprey/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DaveAspreyBPR
WE APPRECIATE OUR PARTNERS. CHECK THEM OUT!Skin Health & Healing: https://alituranaturals.com/shop/, use code DAVE20 for 20% off storewideDigestion & Immune Function: https://justthrivehealth.com, use code ASPREY to get 15% offBusiness Growth With SEO: https://www.stephanspencer.com, get a FREE consultationIN THIS EPISODE OF THE HUMAN UPGRADE™... …you'll learn how biological age, rather than chronological age, is the primary risk factor behind diseases like cancer, heart disease, diabetes, strokes, even Alzheimer's. Scientific discoveries show chronological aging may be written in the epigenome, those chemical tags attached to your DNA that control the way DNA operates.We're finding out more about both types of aging because of scientists like Morgan Levine, Ph.D., a leading voice in the field of aging and longevity science. She focuses her research on the science of biological aging, emphasizing health span over lifespan. “If you take the difference between someone's biological age and chronological age, it should predict the things we care about, the actual things we're trying to prevent—so death, disease,” she says. She's an assistant professor of pathology and the Director of the Laboratory for Aging in Living Systems at Yale University School of Medicine. Her team looks at using bioinformatics to quantify the aging process and test how lifestyle and pharmaceuticals alter the rate of aging. She's also a founding Principal Investigator at Altos Labs, a biotech company that focuses on cellular rejuvenation programming to restore cell health and resilience.Today, she's going to talk about the science of aging and longevity explored in her new book, “True Age: “Cutting-Edge Research to Help Turn Back the Clock.” Three main drivers—health behaviors, recent stressors and adversity, and genetics—determine your biological aging. She shares how to measure your own biological age and why you should track your aging regularly. This conversation gets into topics and makes them make sense for your own aging, like:Epigenetics & epigenetic clocksDNA methylation & telomeresCell lifespan Ageotypes (molecular assessment of aging)Phenotypic ageThe “Ceiling” effectThe “CALERIE” trialNutrition & aging (plants, fasting, ketosis)Fitness & aging (energy & brain health)Rest & relaxation (sleep & biological programming)Morgan gives great takeaways on how you can make lifestyle changes to maintain your youthfulness—both inside and out—with low-risk, data-driven biohacking. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
WE APPRECIATE OUR PARTNERS. CHECK THEM OUT!Support Skin Health and Healing: https://alituranaturals.com/shop/, use code DAVE20 for 20% off storewideSupport Digestion and Immune Function: https://justthrivehealth.com, use code ASPREY to get 15% offSupport Your Body's Natural Repair Mechanisms: https://eng3corp.com/DAVE/IN THIS EPISODE OF THE HUMAN UPGRADE™...… I will teach you everything you would ever want to know about before surgery, during surgery and after surgery, so that you come in strong, you have a better surgical experience, and you recover way faster than you're supposed to. Research shows that if you live in America, you're likely to have an average of seven surgeries in your lifetime. Wouldn't you want to know how to go in at your best so you can recover at your best? This was my thinking when I went under the knife last year. In the hours and days that followed, I blew my doctor's mind. He had never seen a recovery like mine. As the Father of Biohacking, I never shy away from an opportunity to blow the lid off what we think is biologically possible. And then I share what I've found with the world.In Heal with Dave, my new documentary, you're going to learn all of the methods I used to heal without pain and recover to the fullest and beyond. I'll teach you how.If this sounds interesting to you and you want to know what to do to have control of your biology at a time when frankly, a lot of people take quite a while to recover and there's increased risk of all kinds of bad things like infections, systemic issues, just not healing very well and building strong tissues, go to daveaspery.com/heal. Watch the documentary, use the resources. It's my gift to you! “Heal with Dave” Documentary: https://daveasprey.com/heal/Ali Sadrieh, DPM at Evo Foot: https://www.evofoot.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
WE APPRECIATE OUR PARTNERS. CHECK THEM OUT!Nature's Nootropic: https://trukava.com, use code DAVE15 to get 15% offNAD+ for Brain Health: https://innovativemedicine.com/DAVE and save 20%Support Immune & Digestive Health: https://justthrivehealth.com, use code ASPREY to get 15% offIN THIS EPISODE OF THE HUMAN UPGRADE™...…you'll learn that one of the major life upgrades you can make includes your relationships. Personal development expert Gary John Bishop doesn't buy into mainstream notions of what makes a happy relationship. Not 50/50 effort, not compromise, not molding yourself into what your partner wants. It's just you and some hard truths.What this episode is not about;Blame or providing communication tipsHow to change or cope with your partner and personality types Healing past trauma or understanding fear of commitment Instead, you'll get the ingredients to creating a real, lasting and profound connection with another human being.“There's some, again, cold truths that you have to face and then really have to start to take on,” he says, “but in a way that it's not always going to go your way. You're not always going to get this thing flowing the way you would want it to go, but your job is to keep bringing yourself to this phenomenon in a way that's consistent with you, who you are, what you're about. And powerfully managing all that you might do to undermine it.”Gary, the New York Times bestselling author of the Unfu*k book series, uses an “urban philosophy” approach that's both simple and enlightening. In his latest book, “LOVE UNFU*kED Getting Your Relationship Sh!t Together,” he puts the focus on relationships. “The quality of your relationships dictates the quality of your life,” he says in “LOVE UNFU*kED.” This conversation gets right to the heart of what you can do to make changes that stick in all areas of your life.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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In this episode, I am speaking with Dave Asprey (best-known for Bullet-proof Coffee) about using biohacking for improving your body and mind.
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