Podcast appearances and mentions of gretchen ruben

The biggest names in wellness podcasting - "The Titans of Happiness" - come together to talk about the greatest mental health challenges facing us in 2024 and the very simple things we can all do to be happier.  Joining Dr Laurie Santos for this World Mental Health Day special are:  Dr Joy Harden Bradford, the clinical psychologist and host of the podcast Therapy for Black Girls. Gretchen Ruben, the best-selling author and host of Happier with Gretchen Rubin.  Dan Harris, the former TV news anchor who now fronts 10% Happier with Dan Harris and the online community at Dan Harris.com.  And since this is an extra special episode, Dr Laurie invited one extra special guest, Sesame Street's Elmo. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The biggest names in wellness podcasting - "The Titans of Happiness" - come together to talk about the greatest mental health challenges facing us in 2024 and the very simple things we can all do to be happier.  Joining Dr Laurie Santos for this World Mental Health Day special are:  Dr Joy Harden Bradford, the clinical psychologist and host of the podcast Therapy for Black Girls. Gretchen Ruben, the best-selling author, host of Happier with Gretchen Rubin and all-round happiness guru at GretchenRubin.com. Dan Harris, the former TV news anchor who now fronts 10% Happier with Dan Harris and the online community at Dan Harris.com.  And since this is an extra special episode, Dr Laurie invited one extra special guest, Sesame Street's Elmo. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The biggest names in wellness podcasting - "The Titans of Happiness" - come together to talk about the greatest mental health challenges facing us in 2024 and the very simple things we can all do to be happier.  Joining Dr Laurie Santos for this World Mental Health Day special are:  Dr Joy Harden Bradford, the clinical psychologist and host of the podcast Therapy for Black Girls. Gretchen Ruben, the best-selling author, host of Happier with Gretchen Rubin and all-round happiness guru at GretchenRubin.com. Dan Harris, the former TV news anchor who now fronts 10% Happier with Dan Harris and the online community at Dan Harris.com.  And since this is an extra special episode, Dr Laurie invited one extra special guest, Sesame Street's Elmo. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Four Tendencies by Gretchen Ruben has been so insigtful in helping me identify my motivation style and come up with ways to motivate and helo myself accountable that work for my specific personality type. If you haven't already head over to www.gretchenruben.com to take her quiz and figure out what your tendency is.  Once you know which of the four tendencies you fall into, come back and listen to this episode where I discuss all the strategies from her book, for every tendency, that can help you find the right strategy to help you implement habits and routines into your life.  It's so refreshing to know that we're all different, but there are individualized statagies for each and every one of us that can help us get motivated, hold ourselves accountable, set goals and expectations and actually implement the habits and routines we want to have in our lives. FREE Goal Setting Guide Daily Planning Notepad

Wrapping up our 22 for 22 list as inspired by Gretchen Ruben and the Happier Podcast.  Also, be careful to not make Christmas a to do list or a deadline.  Connect with me: Email: joylovinghome@gmail.com Community: bit.ly/joylovinghomecommunity IG: https://instagram.com/joylovinghome    

Nicole Baker and I chat about why we procrastinate, imposter syndrome, taking a break from artwork, and achieving those big goals we have as artists. I've been working with her for the last 8 months and have seen significant differences in my quality of life around my art work, for the better!Nicole Baker is a Coach who helps high achievers ditch perfectionism, cut the hustle and start achieving goals with fun and fulfillment. Having grown up in a family immersed in the personal development world, she has been attending seminars and absorbing personal growth tools her whole life and she has since helped hundreds of perfectionists accomplish goals ranging from starting their own businesses to finishing a half marathon. She has been featured in Authority Magazine, Thrive Global, Voyage Denver, The Self Helpless Podcast and The Mighty plus is the CEO of Life Coach Baker and the host of The Life Coach Baker Podcast. Take her quiz: www.lifecoachbaker.com/quizFollow her on IG: www.instagram.com/lifecoachbakerListen to her podcast: https://www.lifecoachbaker.com/lifecoachbakerpodcast The Four Tendencies quiz by Gretchen Ruben https://quiz.gretchenrubin.com/Host and artist Stephanie Scott breaks down the practicality of the art career with topics including: sustainable creative practices, social media skills, and the mindsets that keep it all together. New episodes every Tuesday!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephaniescott.art/ Website: http://www.stephaniescott.art/brushwork Music by @winepot https://www.instagram.com/thewinepot/ Cover photo by Maryna Blumqvist https://www.instagram.com/blumqvist/

Ready for your level-up career adventure? For our HAPPY 100th EPISODE, we talk about how to build those skills in order to live a global life! Lily Allen-Duenas fell in love with yoga and meditation at the early age of 10. After reaching burnout, Lily took a year to re-evaluate her life and listen for her true calling. After making the choice to become a travelling yoga instructor, Lily launched a global career, met her future husband, and taught and studied her way into a beautiful new life. We get into EVERYTHING here: from honoring your sacred time,  navigating long-term and long-distance relationships and remembering that our minds are not ALWAYS on our side! So, sit back, and get inspired to take some quiet time in order to let go of the life you THINK you want, so you can build the life you REALLY need.About Our Guest: Lily Allen-Duenas is an international yoga teacher, meditation guide, and holistic health and wellness coach. She helps overwhelmed individuals reduce their emotional overload, and find balance, breath, and space for self-care. Lily is the founder of the Wild Yoga Tribe and is the host of the Wild Yoga Tribe podcast.Gretchen Ruben, The Four TendenciesThich Nhat HanhS.N. GoenkaPema ChodronSadhguruAmmaTrusted House Sitters: Use this link to join with 25% off. Hemant Singh, Founder of Punyah YogaPrakash Acharya, Founder of Nepal Yoga HomeTo connect with Lily Allen-Duenas: click HERE To connect with Bombshell Brunches: click HERETo connect with Kristina Lao: click HERETo connect with Raquelle Roodenburg: click HEREThank you to our incredible BB Team as always! You can find out more about our team, our vision and our dreams on our website HEREWith special thanks to: Levels Music Production: Audio Career Pathway PartnerRoodenburg Design Consultants: Branding Partner

Lauren and I discuss the book: The Four Tendencies by Gretchen Ruben. Take the quiz https://quiz.gretchenrubin.com/four-tendencies-quiz/ to find out your tendency. 

Danielle, Kim and Bill update ya'll on their lives since the end of the Clayton debacle. Topics include:-Fight pilot call names-Summer reading lists and suggestions-Summer tv watching suggestions-Predictions on the Bachelorette-Summer activity lists and suggestions-Shout out to Chambersburg, PA

We are the sum of our habits, or as Gretchen Ruben says more eloquently in her book "Habits are the invisible architecture of our daily lives". Entrepreneurs, more than any other people, need to have habits that support their goals and ultimately their success. This book caters for the Clarity piece of the EPIC framework, in that it invites us on a journey of discovery of what makes us tick and how we can best get ourselves on board to create those habits that everyone mentions: consistent posting on social media, regular blogging, attending networking events and more. In this episode I ask you to choose one habit that you want to establish and share in my free group on this post https://www.facebook.com/groups/1270150046502922/posts/1974808319370421/

Dr. Kasia Putz is a Polish-American Urgent Care Doctor living and working in San Francisco, California.  She discusses growing up in Chicago with immigrant parents, going to medical school in Poland, and working during the Pandemic.Are you an upholder like Kasia?  Take the 4 Tendencies quiz here: Gretchen Ruben and the Four Tendencies Quiz - https://quiz.gretchenrubin.comFor a fun run:Bay to Breakers Run - https://capstoneraces.com/bay-to-breakers/For an athletic adventure: Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon - https://www.escapealcatraztri.com

There's nothing better than a human to understand other humans. In today's episode, we're joined by Jess Lynch, Founder and CEO of Wishroute, to discuss the #1 thing most digital wellness companies are missing: human-powered accountability supported by technology. If it's your job to help people achieve their goals, don't miss this episode.   In This Episode: [02:00] Introducing Jess and Wishroute. [10:36] Collecting meaningful data and having a human in the loop. [16:34] How Wishroute combines automation and humans for consistent, scalable, and high quality customer support. [19:04] Using meaningful data to motivate and support customers when they need it the most. [25:42] The shift in language around setting goals and how reflection fits into Wishroute's design. [31:18] Gretchen Ruben's Four Tendencies and how Jess and her team use it to turn intrinsic motivation into extrinsic motivation. [33:58] Things to consider if you're delivering experiences and making decisions in service of your customers.   Key Takeaways: Wishroute is a unique human-powered platform that helps people improve the way they live their lives and stay healthy. By using strategic text messaging, Wishroute is able to nudge customers forward along the desired customer journey through authentic two-way conversations. Companies aren't providing the support people need to actually change their habits and adopt the product. Wishroute takes it a step further with positivity and coaching their customers to guide them and meet them where they are. Customers on transformational and aspirational journeys need human support to succeed. The most impactful solutions are digital plus human and finding the right blend to have the scale, consistency, and quality.    Bio: Jess Lynch   Jess Lynch is a prior PwC forensic consultant and Babson MBA, who turned her investigative talents toward figuring out how to help people achieve their goals when they sign up for new products. Wishroute's unique methodology was born from her family's experience with lifestyle change—her brother was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and her mom wrote a book about the family's experience that helped many families in similar positions. Wishroute's next-generation customer engagement platform increases customer retention and success for wellness companies through AI-enhanced, human text message conversations.   Links/Resources Mentioned:   Gretchen Ruben, Four Tendencies

Welcome to the Great Women in Compliance Podcast, co-hosted by Lisa Fine and Mary Shirley. ESG, CSR, Sustainability...it seems like the thing that everyone is talking about lately. In today's Great Women in Compliance podcast, Lisa speaks with Michele Abraham, Senior Director - Ethics & Compliance, Associate General Counsel at Cooper Standard. Michele is a leader in this area and has worked to integrate ethics and compliance and ESG. She talks about what she thinks that compliance officers must to when they are starting to develop an ESG program, and also how the "E" of ESG - "environmental" is often more operational, but the "S" and "G" - Social and Governance - is at the forefront of what E&C professionals are doing today. Michele is an advocate for Gretchen Ruben's "The Four Tendencies," which discusses four personality types and how to work with them. There is a quiz, so she is asked to guess Lisa's tendency. And she concludes with some of the best advice she received...from her mom. The Great Women in Compliance Podcast is on the Compliance Podcast Network with a selection of other Compliance related offerings to listen in to. If you are enjoying this episode, please rate it on your preferred podcast player to help other likeminded Ethics and Compliance professionals find it. You can also find the GWIC podcast on Corporate Compliance Insights where Lisa and Mary have a landing page with additional information about them and the story of the podcast. Corporate Compliance Insights is a much-appreciated sponsor and supporter of GWIC, including affiliate organization CCI Press publishing the related book; “Sending the Elevator Back Down, What We've Learned from Great Women in Compliance” (CCI Press, 2020). If you've already read the booked and liked it, will you help out other women to make the decision to leverage off the tips and advice given by rating the book and giving it a glowing review on Amazon?  As always, we are so grateful for all of your support and if you have any feedback or suggestions for our line up or would just like to reach out and say hello, we always welcome hearing from our listeners. You can subscribe to the Great Women in Compliance podcast on any podcast player by searching for it and we welcome new subscribers to our podcast. Join the Great Women in Compliance community on LinkedIn here.

In dieser Soloepisode gebe ich ein endlich Update, wie es am Ende mit dem Happy-Gründen-Experiment gelaufen ist und was ich daraus für mich gelernt habe. Warum Glücklichsein nicht nur eine Sache der Entscheidung ist, sondern was es noch braucht. Außerdem spreche ich auch darüber, wie es danach bei mir weiterging und warum ich mich in letzter Zeit "stuck" gefühlt habe. Und wie mir unter anderem der Test von Gretchen Ruben über die 4 Tendencies geholfen hat, mich diesbezüglich besser zu verstehen. Wenn Du selber Lust hast mal den Test zu machen, den findest Du hier: 4 Tendencies Quiz Ich wünsche Dir viel Freude beim Zuhören! Das Transkript zur Folge findest Du hier. --- Wenn Du Lust hast auf Unterstützung Dein Business intuitiv anzugehen, dann schau doch mal hier: https://www.insight-business-alignment.de/intuitionscoaching-de Oder findest Du mich hier auf Instagram @insight.business.alignment oder schreibe mir per Mail.

***Complete the 2021 How I Work Listener survey to go into the draw for a $100 Visa gift card and a spot in Inventium's Workday Reinvention program, valued at over $500: https://bit.ly/3fEMiAG. *** What are the routines and habits of a happiness guru? Gretchen Rubin has spent the last ten years dedicated to researching and exploring how to be happier. She's the host of popular weekly podcast, Happier with Gretchen Ruben, and the author of several books including The Happiness Project, Outer Order Inner Calm, The Four Tendencies, and Happier at Home. She's explored all different approaches to being happier and shares the routines and habits that have been the most successful in giving her a happier life. She's also created her own Twelve Commandments to help guide her in staying authentically Gretchen. Can we help our kids create better habits? Gretchen shares her approach. Connect with Gretchen on Twitter, Linkedin or through her website Visit amanthaimber.com/podcast for full show notes from all episodes. Get in touch at amantha@inventium.com.au If you are looking for more tips to improve the way you work, I write a short monthly newsletter that contains three cool things that I have discovered that help me work better, which range from interesting research findings through to gadgets I am loving. You can sign up for that at http://howiwork.co CREDITS Produced by InventiumHost: Amantha ImberProduction support from Deadset StudiosEpisode producer: Jenna KodaSound engineer: Martin ImberListener Survey Competition Terms and Conditions By entering the ‘Acast & How I Work Listener Survey Competition' you are agreeing to the following terms and conditions. Who can enterEntry is open to all participants who complete the Acast & How I Work Listener Survey in full, inclusive of the outlined competition question. How to enterThe competition opens June 1, 2021 at 6am, and concludes on June 30, 2021, midnight. In order to enter, eligible entrants must complete the Acast & How I Work Listener Survey in full and answer the final question: ‘What is the most memorable podcast ad you have heard and... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Sew Much More Podcast is sponsored by;   The Workroom Channel   Scarlet Thread Consulting   The WCAA   Helser Brothers, Inc   The Curtains and Soft Furnishings Resource Library   Merril Y Landis, LTD   I've had a few requests recently for a list of the books I like as well as a few other resources, so I put them all together in this podcast.  It's not every single resource I use and I will put more on the Curtains & Soft Furnishings Resource Library. I hope you find today's podcast helpful!   Links and Resources; I do use some affiliate links here;   Link to episode 110 Happier with Gretchen Rubin Podcast 10% Happier with Dan Harris Books Michele and I both read and loved; The Success Principals by Jack Canfield Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod Growth Mindset by Carol Dweck Profit First by Mike Michalowicz Price Your Work with Confidence by Kitty Stein Ceil’s List Better Than Before by Gretchen Ruben 212 The Extra Degree by Sam Parker and Mac Anderson Aspire - Discovering Your Purpose Through The Power of Words by Kevin Hall The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy Loving What Is by Byron Katie The Energy Bus by John Gordon Daring Greatly by Brenè Brown Atomic Habits by James Clear The 12 Week Year by Brian P. Moran and Michael Lennington Nathan Lozeron - The Productivity Game  The Productivity Game YouTube Channel The Workroom Channel The Workroom Marketplace Workroom Tech The Custom Workroom Conference Michele's Pricing Without Emotion Class Online Ann Johnson The Funky Little Chair Kim's Upholstery Donna Cash Nancy Letts    

Each type is really going to handle goal setting completely differently. The Four Tendencies by Gretchen Ruben really helped me understand why I set goals and how to set them. She talks about the four tendencies as the Upholder, Questioner, Obliger, and Rebel. In this episode I go through each type and how to make the best with goal setting or choosing a word for the new year. I also talk about @enneahealth, follow her for more enneagram health tips going into the new year. 4 Tendencies Quiz: https://quiz.gretchenrubin.com/ Follow @enneahealth on instagram:https://www.instagram.com/enneahealth/ Gretchen Rubens Books: The Four Tendencies: https://amzn.to/3rrJ5IN Better Than Before: https://amzn.to/2KVZyE7 Resources: https://www.forbes.com/sites/naginaabdullah/2017/09/13/learn-which-of-the-4-tendencies-you-are-to-start-your-side-hustle-faster/?sh=6bf2f393cc54

How we deal with expectations can have a huge influence on how we meet them, knowing about the way you habitually respond will give you the upper hand and help you to conquer those goals and meet outer expectations ( if you choose to ) This week we are talking about The Four Tendencies by Gretchen Ruben you can take the quiz here https://quiz.gretchenrubin.com/  To contact us or find out more about our work check out our websites below Kendel http://www.purposedrivenlc.com/Niamh https://www.niamhmitchell.com/ 

Jess is an online coach and course strategist, showing online business owners the simple steps and strategies to stand out online. She has a podcast called the Stand Out CEO podcast where she balances spiritual principles and proven business strategy to empower her listeners to become the CEO in their business. Podcast: jessoconnell.com/podcast Instagram: instagram.com/jess.oconnell_ Books The Go-Giver: A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea by John David Mann & Bob Burg Better Than Before by Gretchen Ruben

June 28, 2020 - Robert & Amy discuss The Three Languages Of Politics, and The Five Languages Of Love. Also, Ben Franklin's 13 Virtues and Gretchen Ruben's Five Tendencies. Takeaway: Ideas Matter, more profoundly than we realize.

The 14 things I talk about are: Set a goal Read every book you have before you buy more Make your reading goals public Stop the “endless scroll” on social media apps Layer your space with books in a variety of different mediums Pass read books on to friends, family, clients and charities A lock screen reminder: stop scrolling, read books The more I read, the faster I get Skim read books if they're hard to read If a book is shit, stop reading I read in front of the television Take up book baths (read the book, in the bath, until the book is finished. PHENOMENAL) Read a variety of genres, and read more than one book at a time Put your kids to bed earlier To track read books: Goodreads Kindle folders Draft blog post In this episode I mention: My favourite books Gretchen Ruben “4 Tendencies” Newsfeed eradicator Goodreads

My favorite podcastsThis last year -my mid life crisis year – I’ve been listening to a lot of podcasts!  I’ve been listening to motivational podcasts, organizational podcasts, developmental podcasts, and coaching podcasts.  I listen to many more – but these are my favorites right now.  Not in any particular order. Levar Burton Reads – I loved Levar Burton in Star Trek: The Next Generation – and many people knew him from his role as Kunta Kinte in Roots, or his award-winning show Reading Rainbow.  In this podcast, Levar reads short fiction stories.  I love listening to his voice and he really brings alive the stories he is reading.https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/levar-burton-reads/id1244649384 Unfuck your brain by Kara Loewentheil – she is a master coach, certified by the Life Coach School - she’s insightful and thought provoking and while I haven’t been listening for too long, I am enjoying her podcast.https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unf-ck-your-brain/id1229434818 The Life Coach School Podcast by Brooke Castillo.  She has made a huge difference in my journey this last year.  I learned about the model – where we learn that circumstances cause our thoughts which cause our feelings and those drive our actions and in turn results.  You do have to start listening from episode 1 – but it’s well worth the time and effort to listen.  You will learn a lot about yourself and relationship with others.https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-life-coach-school-podcast/id870239631 The Brendon Show – He has a book called High Performance Habits – it’s available as audio in season 4 so I’m listening to that right now.  I started listening to him about a month ago, when I signed up to attend Rachel Hollis’s Rise Business conference.  He was a speaker there and very insightful.  I’m enjoying his podcast and hope to start applying his formula to my life.https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-brendon-show/id821746377 Rachel Hollis – Rise – She’s an entrepreneur who has made a successful social media empire.  As I mentioned – I went to her Rise Business conference so I can learn more about starting and maintaining some kind of side business.  Learned lots.  She has authored several books, but the best-selling ones are “Girl, stop apologizing” and “Girl, Wash your face”https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rise-podcast/id1245763628 Organize 365 and Sunday Basket – these are two separate podcasts, but they are both done by Lisa Woodruff.  She teaches you how to declutter and organize your house and she also has a paper organizing system called the Sunday Basket.  The Sunday Basket works – just two weeks ago, I showed a friend how the system works.  One of the slash pockets is called waiting for….  I had put some jury duty paystubs in there in case my work asked for them.  Not two days later, work asked for them, and thanks to this system, I knew exactly where they were!  My house is starting to become more organized though I still have a way to go.https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/organize-365-podcast/id915355770https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sunday-basket-paper-organization-podcast/id1325242284 Lost at the Smithsonian with Aasif Mandvi – this is a 10-episode series of the host going into the Smithsonian and finding 10 different things which he then explores in depth.  It’s been very interesting.https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lost-at-the-smithsonian-with-aasif-mandvi/id1478968631 Optimal Living Daily – This is a daily podcast where the host reads blog entries about living an optimal life.  There is a wide variety of different blog entries by different authors and topics.https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/optimal-living-daily-personal-development-minimalism/id1067688314 Easier – This is a weekly podcast where the host Anthony Wagner gives life hacks on Productivity and Organization.https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/easier-productivity-life-hacks-organizing/id1404113428 By the Book – with Jolenta Greenberg and Kristen Meinzer.  In this podcast the hosts choose a self-help book to read, they break it down for steps they need to follow for two weeks.  They then report back on how things went and come down with recommendations on how they felt about the book.  It’s pretty funny.https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/by-the-book/id1217948628 The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos – this is an interesting podcast.  The host is a psychologist professor at Yale University.  She taught a class at Yale University in January of 2018 – the class was called ‘Psychology and the Good Life.  1182 students or about 25% of Yale’s undergraduates enrolled in the course!  This podcast is based on that course.https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-happiness-lab-with-dr-laurie-santos/id1474245040 Happier with Gretchen Ruben – this podcast introduced me to the Four Tendencies – I found out I’m an obligor.  She explores topics with her cohost sister on different life and work areas.https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/happier-with-gretchen-rubin/id969519520 And last but not least is the Shameless Mom Academy – hosted by Sara Dean.  She is one of the main reasons I started a podcast.  She motivates and inspires woman to stop shrinking and start growing in their lives.  She encouraged me to start the podcast, pointed me to a Facebook group, and recommended some equipment.https://podcasts.apple.com/gh/podcast/the-shameless-mom-academy/id1092674204   

This episode is a follow up to the last one where I introduced the idea of divine assignments, what they are, how you listen for them and some examples in my life. I talk about some more specific tools for tunging in to yours, how to be honest about your fears around it, how to set the intention, and how to help empower yourself to take the next step. If you need some motivation for doing that thing you know you're meant to do, this episode is for you! What will be, already is. Let's get into the vibration of our destiny! If you have a divine assignment that you'd like some energetic help to get going on, send me at DM on Instagram (@thirdeyescience) or email me at thirdeyesci@gmail.com and I'll give you an energetic boost through prayer and a crystal grid. All I need is your name and your assignment in one sentence. If you feel comfortable and want accountability from your friends, share it on social and tag @thirdeyescience and use the hashtag #divineassignment. In the quantum field, time and space are meaningless, so if you are tuning in week, months, or even years after this episode launched, you can still send me your #divineassignment— the energy grid around it is already powerfully growing. Check out the bonus episode to energize your divine assignment along with me as I activate the crystal grid. In this episode, I mentioned:Gretchen Ruben's book The Four Tendencies and her interview on the Rich Roll Podcast. #108daysofserabandande Learn more on the @InvincibleHall instagram. Lacy Phillips' work on manifestation on To Be Magnetic.The Kundalini yoga Warrior Workout— on YouTube and here's a pdf. You do the Warrior workout followed by the Elimination and Circulation Kriya (directly after that in the pdf).Kundalini yoga stretch pose. Nabhi Kriya. Learn more about my journey on my Instagram @thirdeyescience (be sure to check out the stories, which update almost daily!)To help support the show, please tell a friend, share on social media, and rate/review on your favorite podcast platform. More information on www.thirdeyescience.comMusic by www.bensound.com

Becky interviews Ethan Smith about being a questioner one of Gretchen Ruben’s Four Tendencies. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/becky-smith0/message

Becky interviews Cari about being an Upholder from Gretchen Ruben’s Four Tendencies. Cari shares how she is able to meet inner and outer expectations. She addresses some of the strengths and weakness of upholders and helps us understand this way of seeing the world a little better. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/becky-smith0/message

Best-selling author, podcaster and creator of The Four Tendencies Framework, Gretchen Ruben, is one of today’s most influential and thought-provoking observers of happiness and human nature. Today, with Dr. Drew, she shares her ability to distill and convey complex ideas with humor and clarity. http://gretchenrubin.com/ Blinkist: Visit Blinkist.com/drew TrueRecovery: Visit DrDrew.com/true Color: Go to Color.com/drew Purple Mattress: Get a free pillow by texting DREW to 474747 TrueCar: Visit TrueCar to enjoy a more confident car-buying experience

Episode 56 – 1/4/19 Knitting and Running in 30 minutes or less.  You can find me as WindsweptMonique on Ravelry and Instagram or as Windswept Knits on Facebook and Twitter.  Shownotes can be found on my website at WindsweptKnits.com  FOs First of the Un-Christmas Socks - knitting these up in CoBaSi, which is a cotton, bamboo, silk, nylon blend that is super stretchy and breathes beautifully on sweaty feet.  The toes, cuffs and heels are a blue/gray blend called Wave Caps, and the foot and leg in a gray named Seattle Sky. Thing 2’s hat – finished last night and he hasn’t stopped wearing since I put it on his head this morning.  in Valley Yarn’s Southwick.  I’m using the green as the contrast ribbed brim, then the purple that Thing 2 chose as the body of the hat.  No pattern, just knitting to his head size.  Wips 2nd sock started for Un-Christmas socks.  Finished toe and started foot. Boxy by Joji Locatelli.  Using Bamboo Laceweight from Spinaway Farms that I picked up in Rhinebeck 2 years ago.  Variegated cool blues from nearly white to nearly navy. Changing Staircases shawl in 50/50 cotton/bamboo blend from Great Adirondack Yarn in the Hydrangea colorway blue, turquoise and purple Knitting Fail There are dangers to knitting in dark theme park lines… Life and stuff 40 before 40?  Roughly based on Gretchen Ruben’s happiness project, 18 in 2018.  Still not 100% sure I’m going to do this but… Run 5k, 10k, half marathon.   Increase muscle mass.  Swim one mile in one day.  Release 6 patterns.  Submit to more knitting magazines.  Improve my Spanish or Russian, or learn Arabic (know folks who speak all of these). Out and about Florida – late flight – Legoland – to the in-laws – horseback riding and swimming – early morning flight On the Run No running but lots of walking, incl. a hike at the Disney Wilderness Preserve one afternoon with Thing 1, my husband Chris and my dad.  It’s run by the Nature Conservancy and has a few really nice trails with lots of wildlife – just south of Orlando, definitely recommend it. Swam ¼ mile this morning for the first time ever!  

In this episode, your host, Joanna Sobjanek, discusses her life-long research on the pursuit of happiness. Joanna reveals five secrets to remaining composed and content even during difficult situations. While it took her years honing the information she’s discovered, by putting into practice what she’s found she gained a new perspective on living a more fulfilling life. Perhaps this episode can serve as a guide or a helpful resource to get you inspired to make some changes in your life. After all, who doesn’t want to be happy? Enjoy the show! Don’t forget to rate, comment or share it with your friends! Thank you for listening! Books/References: The Power Of Now, Eckhart Tolle; The Happiness Project, Gretchen Ruben; Language Of Letting Go, Melody Beattie, Resisting Happiness, Matthew Kelly Visit www.caramelchic.com to learn more about our brand. Follow us on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/caramelchic_official --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/caramelchic/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/caramelchic/support

It is so exciting for me to get to interview my own mentors when it comes to online business and balancing that with the lifestyle you want. Courtney Johnston is one of those people for me. She runs the Rule Breaker’s club, where she teaches women how to package and sell their brilliance.   In this interview with Courtney, we talk about some keys to scaling your business, why it’s important to step out of the solopreneur mindset, and how to motivate yourself to get things done. We also get into how she uses data to improve her sales funnel during a launch and how it determined the success of that launch.   Courtney’s work has been featured on Inc.com, FastCompany.com, CreativeLive, and the Huffington Post. She’s from Michigan, started her business in Paris, and currently lives in Vancouver, BC with her fiancé, Mohammed.   Links from the episode: The Four Tendencies by Gretchen Ruben (https://gretchenrubin.com/2015/01/ta-da-the-launch-of-my-quiz-on-the-four-tendencies-learn-about-yourself/) Denise Duffield-Thomas: https://denisedt.com/   Courtney’s Links: http://www.rulebreakersclub.com https://www.instagram.com/courtneyjohnston.inc/     http://digimorphs.com https://www.instagram.com/digimorphs/

In this episode, Gretchen Rubin recommends Christopher Alexander’s A Pattern Language and Cynthia Leitich Smith recommends Apple in the Middle by Dawn Quigley. This episode of Recommended is sponsored by Vampires Like It Hot by Lynsay Sands and TBR.

In this Podcast we are continuing on in our discussion of Gretchen Ruben"s "Four Tendencies" we discuss the traits of the "Questioner" tendency and how to navigate it's strengths and weaknesses.- - We are not medical professionals. These are simple solutions we have used and had success with. This is strictly for educational purposes. Small steps every day will dramatically transform your life! - Be sure to also subscribe to our YouTube Channel: DNA Wellness Website: https://www.myyl.com/dnawellnessFacebook: Dayna N Anthony Mott Instagram: YoungLadyDay1224 and Manonthemove30

Books we both read and loved; The Success Principals by Jack Canfield Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod Growth Mindset by Carol Dweck Profit First by Mike Michalowicz Price Your Work with Confidence by Kitty Stein   Ceil's List Better Than Before by Gretchen Ruben 212 The Extra Degree by Sam Parker and Mac Anderson Aspire - Discovering Your Purpose Through The Power of Words by Kevin Hall The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy Loving What Is by Byron Katie The Energy Bus by John Gordon Daring Greatly by Brenè Brown   Michele's List E Myth Revisited by Michael E. Gerber Start With Why by Simon Sinek Failing Forward by John C. Maxwell Strengths Finder 2.0 by Tom Rath The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman The 5 Languages of Appreciation In The Work Place by Gary Chapman and Paul White Book Yourself Solid by Michael Port Secret Service by John R. DiJulius Business by The Book by Larry Burkett The Pumpkin Plan by Mike Michalowicz   Millionaire Success Habits by Dean Graziosi Clockwork by Mike Michalowicz No Excuses by Brian Tracy       Books on our "to read" list; The Making Of A Well Designed Business by LuAnn Nigara Work The System by John Carpenter Finding Your Why by Simon Sinek Everybody Always by Bob Goff     Michele mentions; The How I Built This Podcast            

I took Gretchen Ruben’s Four Tendencies quiz and discovered that I’m a Questioner. I say "discovered," but I guess it’s not that much of a surprise at all. Did you take the Four Tendencies quiz and find out what you are? A couple of weeks ago here in Cincinnati, Ohio, I had the Sunday Basket® Workshop Certified Organizers in town for a boot camp. I told them that I had recorded the podcast with Gretchen Ruben and so they took the Four Tendencies quiz. We found out that the majority of them are Obligers. We also had a few Questioners in the mix, though I don’t think we had any Rebels or Upholders. So I think the majority of people who listen to my podcast are probably Obligers or Questioners. And as a Questioner myself, I know that being a Questioner is not an easy road. Questioners are analytical. I’m going to tell you about my questioning tendencies and how it relates to the Organize 365 products I develop. Instead of using the term Questioner, I’ve always said that I’m very analytical. So I think people who are very analytical are probably a Questioner on Gretchen Ruben’s scale. Also, I think your personality comes into play, because you can be a contrary Questioner or you can be a productive Questioner. I’m a productive Questioner. I question and I analyze so that I can get an end result or so that I can help others get an end result. That is my overarching questioning–ness. I question something to figure out how to solve a problem. My ultimate goal as a teacher, educator, coach, motivator, parent, and human being is to solve problems and help people achieve the end result that they have for themselves. So I am a Questioner, an analyzer, in order to get you to the end result that you desire. Obligers & Questioners I think the majority of you up to this point have been Obligers, but in March I think I had some Questioners on the 100 Day Home Organization Program wait list! I got a couple of emails that asked, "Why are you making me wait? This is ridiculous. Here is my money, let me in please. Can I have the program? I don’t want to wait a month." I literally got three of those emails in one week! I do not promote the 100 Day Home Organization Program every day of the year. I promote it for ten days, three different times of the year, when I know you will have the best end result of jumping into it. Now, I analyzed this quite a bit. I do not need the external motivation that an Obliger needs. My goal for Organize 365 is to get you to your desired end result which is an organized home. And as an educator, and a teacher, and an analyzer, I know that your best chance for success is to start in September, in January, and in April. You’ll get as far as you possibly can because you’ll be going with the natural energy of the year. However, I know that doesn’t work for everyone. And so in the future on the wait list page at the bottom, there’ll be a button that says, “Can’t wait, click here.” If you just took that quiz and you’re an Obliger, you wait until September and you start with everybody else. You will have so much more success with the 100 Day Home Organization Program if you’re doing the weekly Facebook Lives and if you’re in the Facebook Group because everybody is doing the same thing which will help you get to your end result of organizing your house. The next round of the 100 Day Home Organization Program starts on MONDAY! And... I have opened registration for those of you who keep emailing trying to get in. :) You can sign up through the new store here... https://organize-365.myshopify.com/ (Your planner will get there by FRIDAY.) An Update On The Sunday Basket® Club We started the Sunday Basket® Club because a bunch of you Obligers came to me and said that you needed to pay a monthly fee so you would do your Sunday Basket®. And you said you wanted a Sunday Basket® class. I want you to have excellent value when you put money into Organize 365. When you pay for something at Organize 365, I want you to say at the end, “Oh, my gosh, it was worth so much more than that!” So, I price accordingly. I price for the value that is in the product, but I also price so that when you’re done, you realize you got even more than you expected. With the Sunday Basket® Club, I was going to do twice-a-month training sessions on how to organize your paper, which I started doing in January. But I quickly realized that people were joining in February and not getting January’s "how to get started with organizing your paper." There’s an order to it that was missing. So… introducing the new Sunday Basket® Club! It’s $99 a year. You can do the Sunday Basket® on Sundays with Monique and Ryan, and then every other Monday night, is a Facebook Live Q & A, just like in the 100 Day Home Organization Program. It’s an opportunity for you to tell me what you want to hear by telling me what questions you have about your paper. For Questioners, simplicity comes at the end when you’ve decided what the answers to your questions are. That’s how we get simplicity. So go ahead, ask me all the questions you want in the Sunday Basket® Club! I Want To Get You Results We are constantly analyzing and tweaking. Part of why I say, “Progress, not perfection” is because as a Questioner, I know there’s no perfect. If you give me something that’s perfect, I’m going to question it. I want you to get the best end result and that is why I do everything that I do. I want to give you all of the options so you can get the end result of getting your house organized. And sometimes, you see too many choices so you can’t make a decision in order to get to your end result. I am trying to tailor my products to what you need. So that’s a sneak peek into how a Questioner thinks and why I make changes. Every change I make is to benefit you. The 100 Day Home Organization Program hasn’t changed in years. I am going to make it available on demand in the future, but I’m still going to do the launch model because that’s what works for the majority of my audience. Next week, we’re going to dive into physical products and the highs and lows of creating them! And there’s still time to join me in Dallas, Texas for the Organize 365 National Convention on June 7-9, 2018! I can’t wait to meet you and give you a BIG hug! View the complete post here: https://organize365.com/224

Humans are creatures of habit. If we do something one way on Wednesday, odds are we’ll do that same thing the same way on Thursday. Sometimes that helps us. Think about those who exercise regularly and can’t imagine otherwise. Other times, not so much. Think about those who arrive home each night and unthinkingly switch on the TV. So how do habits come to be? And how can we change them? This podcast is the third and final episode of this goal setting, clarifying and doing series. It's all about how to take consistent action on your goals using the power of habits. In this episode we cover: 3 ingredients needed to create, break or replace a habit. How to know if a habit is formed. 4 habit forming personality types. Quotables: "The best plans in the world don't mean much if you don't follow through." Links and resources mention: The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg Better Than Before: What I Learned About Making and Breaking Habits by Gretchen Ruben  MyFitnessPal Podcast 42: How To Choose Your Next Big Goal Podcast 43: Getting Clear and Creating "Bulletproof" Goals New year resolution article referenced for this episode. Connect with Zack: Zack's Twitter: @zwsexton Zack's LinkedIn: @ZacharySexton Leave iTunes Review: zacharysexton.com/review Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Overcast, PocketCast or your favorite podcast player. It’s easy, you’ll get new episodes automatically, and it also helps the show gain exposure. The shownotes can be found at zacharysexton.com/44

Can a strength training workout really take the place of a typical cardiovascular conditioning program? Adam Zickerman, the founder of Inform Fitness and the author of the New York Times best-selling book: Power of 10, explains the difference between steady-state cardio workouts and the slow motion, high-intensity strength training workouts offered at Inform Fitness locations across the country. To find an Inform Fitness location nearest you visit www.InformFitness.com If you'd like to ask Adam, Mike or Sheila a question or have a comment regarding the Power of 10. Send us an email or record a voice memo on your phone and send it to podcast@informfitness.com.  Join Inform Nation and call the show with a comment or question.  The number is 888-983-5020, Ext. 3.  To purchase Adam's book, Power of 10: The Once-a-Week Slow Motion Fitness Revolution click this link to visit Amazon:  https://www.amazon.com/Power-Once-Week-Revolution-Harperresource/dp/006000889X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1485469022&sr=1-1&keywords=the+power+of+10+book Ilf you would like to produce a podcast of your own just like The Inform Fitness Podcast, please email Tim Edwards at tim@InBoundPodcasting.com The transcription to this episode is below: 08 The Intro: Cardio Conundrum - Transcript You're listening to the InForm Fitness podcast, 20 minutes with New York Times, best-selling author, Adam Zickerman and friends. Brought to you by InForm Fitness, life-changing personal training with several locations across the US. Reboot your metabolism and experience the revolutionary Power of 10, the high intensity, slow motion, strength training system that's so effective, you'd get a week's worth of exercise in just one 20-minute session, which by no coincidence is about the length of this podcast. So, get ready InForm Nation, your 20 minutes of high-intensity strength training information begins in 3, 2, 1. InForm Nation, welcome in. Thanks again for joining us here on the InForm Fitness podcast, 20 minutes with Adam Zickerman and friends. I'm Tim Edwards with the Inbound Podcasting Network and the gang's all here once again. We have Sheila Melody with InForm Fitness from the Los Angeles area. Mike Rogers from New York City. And the founder of InForm Fitness, New York Times best-selling author of Power of 10: The Once-a-Week Slow Motion Fitness Revolution, Mr. Adam Zickerman. So, Adam, we introduced you as the New York Times best- selling author. Are you always introduced that way when you're at parties hanging out with your friends? [laughs] Actually, no. [laughs] You know, much like an Oscars' winner is always Academy Award Winning, Tom Hanks or Baseball Hall of Famer, Mickey Mantle, New York Times best-selling author, Adam Zickerman, has a nice ring to it. You know, it's been on the -- it was only on the best seller list for one week by the way. Don't diminish it. You don't need to throw that out there. [laughs] Hey, [crosstalk 01:41]. And by the way it was the publisher's list. So, in other words, the published -- what's published in the New York Times paper itself are the first ten. Fiction or nonfiction, ten of each. Mhm [affirmative]. I was number 15 which is the publisher's top 15 list which still makes me a New York Times best seller but I wasn't actually in the paper itself. You know what we need is like a top 15 list of how many ways Adam can de- emphasize his achievements.     [laughter] Yeah. He's so humble. [laughs] I would have that on my business cards. I've known Adam a long time and he is a people person but for some reason he likes to -- he doesn't want to be announced about anything. [Inaudible 02:26]. [laughs] Well, he is a New York Times bestseller and it's a fantastic book. It's the Power of 10: The Once-A-Week Slow Motion Fitness Revolution and we recommend you go out and pick it up. If you want. If you want. [laughter]. You must pick up the Power of 10 at amazon.com. [Crosstalk 02:41]. You can get it at the library. You don't have to buy it. [laughs] You're a horrible businessman, Adam. I'm surprised -- [laughter] Yeah. [Inaudible 02:50] library [inaudible 02:51]. No, it's true [inaudible 02:53]. People still go to the library? Okay. The library's actually [crosstalk 02:55]. I don't even know what the library is anymore. Amazon's my library. That's true. Starbucks or something. I don't know what's my library but it's not the library. It's not the physical location. Do you remember the Dewey Decimal System? Yes. Those cards that you'd have to pull out -- I do. And go -- well, you're not supposed to pull them out. You're supposed to write them down but I always cheated and snagged it [laughter] and walked around. Did you put them back? I'm not admitting that here on our podcast. There's so many people that don't even know that. [laughs] Yeah. Dewey Decimal System, right along with eight-tracks. Alright, we have a lot of info to cram into our 20 minutes together. So, let's get to it. This show will assist you in super charging your metabolism, increase your cardiovascular endurance and will make you leaner and stronger. Just ask James a proud member of InForm Nation. After doing this workout for the past two, two and a half years I've gone down from a 36-inch waist to a 32 and I've gained a lot of muscle, lost a lot of fat. I have a lot of energy. I'm able to keep up with my guys on job sites and basically have been able to increase my efficiency at work. And you'll notice he mentioned he went down in waist size with no cardio all through the Power of 10 workout at the Toluca Lake location. So, that's our topic today, is the cardio conundrum. I love that alliteration, the cardio conundrum. I had to look up conundrum, I got to be honest with you. I didn't know what a conundrum was but [laughs] I found that it means a confusing and difficult problem or a question. So, Adam, what is it about cardio that makes it so confusing? We think that the activity itself of a steady state cardio activity is actually going to either help us burn calories and lose weight which it doesn't and there's conundrum because people get frustrated when they do it and it doesn't really work all that well. Another conundrum with cardio is that we feel that that activity is the only way to actually affect and improve the heart and that gets confusing as well because everyone's told, well, if you want to improve your endurance and your oxygen uptake, you need to do cardio. And we have to make sure when we talk about cardio that we get all of our definitions straight. So, you know, Adam, one of the first things I noticed when I was first exposed to InForm Fitness and the high-intensity strength training workout with Sheila at the Toluca Lake location was when I toured the facility I didn't see any treadmills and I was a little taken aback when I realized that there is not a mainstream typical cardio portion of the workout. And honestly, I've been doing this for now about six months. I've loved the results and I love telling people about my results and my workout but I get asked 100% of the time, well how can that work if you're not doing any cardio? Adam: Well, my answer, and I have to admit it's a little snarky when I say this, but I say, well, this is cardio but just not in the conventional sense and I say, you see the way the heart gets stronger is by responding to demands. The higher the demand on the heart the better it's going to respond and it's going to improve for that demand. So, if the demand is low, the heart's not really going to adjust very much or it's not going to become more efficient. It has no need to. But when the demand is really high via high-intensity exercise, doing a leg press for example to muscle failure where the demands are huge the body is going to react to that and the heart's going to get stronger. Now, the heart doesn't differentiate between where the demand is coming from. It just knows demand. So, the demand is coming from a leg press or from a treadmill it doesn't differentiate. It has no idea what you're doing. So, when we look at studies, especially recent studies, that are actually able to show that there are improvements to the heart via high intense -- brief high-intensity exercise versus a long steady route. Now we're faced with a choice. There's no need now to spend five hours to improve the heart and the markers that show that the heart's been improved or endurance has been improved. When you can actually improve those same markers with much briefer but more intense exercise. And I'd rather choose that not only because it saves me time but it also saves me from injury because when you're doing a lot of so-called conventional cardio, we're talking hours a week versus minutes a week and when you're spending hours doing a repetitive motion that is where we start getting into problems of injury, of energy depletion, lethargy, lowered immune system, cortisol levels going up. So, we started getting into some messy territory when we start extending our workouts too long. It's a very fine balance. So, I'd much rather do a very brief, intense, make the demand high, have the heart respond equally. Mike: The conditioning happens when you actually work the muscles and, you know, our workout is the one that will prepare you to do any task that you need whether it's a sport, whether it's a simple task, everything seems to be better if you're building your muscles and our -- the Power of 10 is the way to do it safe and efficient. Sheila: Yeah. And I also think there's something to be said for, you know, the quality of the stimulus. You know, you're stimulating -- it's an intense demand and then you end your exercise at InForm Fitness -- the way we do it, when you end your exercise your heart may be beating a little bit like you just did a sprint but then what happens is when you walk out of there your heart has to continue working to go repair, you know, the muscles and what you just did. It stimulates that to continue on in a productive way. Tim: Would that fall under the third pillar with rest and recovery where your heart is still working as your body is recovering from that high-intensity strength training? Sheila: I feel so. I feel that it's -- that's what we're doing is stimulating that. So, that then when you let your body fully recover and you let your heart get to work and deliver the nutrients all over the body and help to replace the energy that was just used and help to heal, then you come back and it's a way more efficient and productive way to build your muscle and to simulate those systems in your body. Mike: Cardiovascular conditioning as we understand it, as the people outside the world of science, who are trying to exercise and become healthier, as I understand it they do cardio because they, A, think it's the way to lose fat and, B, it's the way because their doctor said, oh, I have to make sure my heart is healthy. Those methods have always been, oh, I should run you know, jog on a treadmill, three times a week for 20 minutes and/or bike for half an hour or do the elliptical if my knees are bad because I have to make sure all those things are going on. And I'm just following my doctor's orders because he says I need to have a very healthy heart. And -- Adam: And that would work if you had the time and your body didn't give out for that amount of time every single week for the rest of your life. That could work. And how do we know it works? Scientists look at certain markers of improvement and some of these markers for example are oxygen consumption. If your oxygen consumption has improved, the cardio is working. And aerobic enzymes are improved, that is scientific evidence that your endurance is improving. Now, this is the interesting part about it. Compliance is a big problem. You have doctors telling people to do cardio all the time. You have people being told to go walking and then the walking programs all the time. Compliance is a big issue. People don't have the time. They don't want to do it. They get frustrated. They get hurt. Well, the good news is with these markers of health and endurance can improve with much less time if the intensity is improved and increased. Several studies coming out of McMaster University in Canada that have actually had two groups, one doing steady state exercise and then one group doing high intense exercise similar to what we do except on bikes but they're like interval training. Much less time spent on the bike compared to how much time the other group spent doing steady state cardio on a bike. And they measured the O2 max which is the oxygen consumption. They measured some of these enzymes. After the study was completed, the amount of exercise that the high-intensity group did was tenfold less time. Eight minutes a week of exercise versus like six hours a week for the cardio group. Then they measured the improvements in these markers. This is the fascinating thing. The markers improved equally for both and to me and to a lot of people, what does that say. That says that it's not how often you work out or it's not the tool in which you work out on that creates these changes, it's the demand. It's the intensity of these changes. What that means is the real winner, the real thing we should be going for in exercise is not how long or how often or how high we get our heart rate but how intense is the exercise and how safe it is. We've talked about that. This intensity turns out to improve these markers that the cardio, the aerobics camp has always been hanging their hat on for saying hey the reason you should do this cardio is because it improves oxygen consumption this much. And if you do cardio it's going to improve these enzymes which proves that you're building endurance. That's why you should do all this cardio. Hey, guess what guys, we improve those markers equally by doing like six minutes a week of exercise. So, now what's your reason for doing all that cardio? If you could improve all those markers by just doing six minutes a week versus your whatever, what six hours a week. Is it really the treadmill that's doing this? Is it really the heartrate that's been up for an hour a day every single day that's really improving these things? No. What's happening when you see those improvements from doing cardio is that eventually there's a lot of demand doing six hours of exercise a day. Of course your body's going to eventually respond to that but that's the scenic route. Who has time for the scenic route most times? Right? I want to improve those markers. I don't have time for that. I'm going to do one really brief, intense workout and then live my life. And those markers, my heart, my endurance will improve just as much and these studies are starting to be repeated by other places. So, there's not just one one-off study that McMaster did. Other places are starting to do similar studies like this and very similar findings are presenting themselves. Mike: And some people they enjoy taking the scenic route but I think they need to also understand that there are costs taking the scenic route a lot more that they need to be concerned about. And there's an alternative. And what the Power of 10 does is present that alternative. Tim: And that alternative is an express route to get it done quickly, safely, with the same if not better results.     Adam: The scenic route is not just the scenic route. I know people like to take the scenic route but the scenic route is also fraught with potholes and dirt roads and things that can get you kind of stuck. So, as much as we like to romanticize about the scenic route, you know, unless you have a four-wheel drive you might not make it. My point is really that there are costs taking the scenic route. It's not all you know fun and games. Alright, when you're working out that much it's inevitable that you eventually get hurt. So, yes, like Mike said, people like taking the scenic route and we don't like discouraging people from doing what they like and if you like doing cardio because it's a stress reliever or it's just in your DNA to just be active and do that, okay, so be it. Just understand the risks involved with that and that they're not necessary for health improvement. Period. Tim: Alright guys, we're getting close to that 20-minute mark and we still have a few more elements to cover here in this episode. So, Adam, like I mentioned at the beginning of this episode, the cardio conundrum, it's going to bleed over into other episodes because there is so much content to cover. What can we look forward to in the next episode as we continue? Adam: Well, the other confusing aspect of cardio, besides the fact that we all think it is the only way to strengthen our hearts is that cardio is the only way to lose weight or if you want to lose body fat, you have to do cardio and that's what we're going to talk about next. Do you need to do cardio to lose weight? Tim: Alright. So, that's coming up in our next episode but on the way here still in this episode we're going to hear from another InForm Nation member who works out at InForm Fitness in the Los Angeles area with Sheila. She's a retired pediatrician and actually one of the stars of the Hallmark Channel. Plus, we received our first question via voice memo for Fitness Fact or Fiction. It's from Linda with a question that has to do with alcohol and exercise. Interesting combo. That's coming up in a mere 60 seconds. Right here on the InForm Fitness podcast. Well, this certainly is an episode of firsts as this podcast continues to grow in popularity. We welcome in our first sponsor to the InForm Fitness podcast. It's Thrive Market. Now, I want to remind you that one of the three pillars necessary to maximize your results with the Power of 10 is nutrition. Especially if you're looking to super charge your metabolism, burn fat and build muscle which is the point of this podcast. At the time of this recording I've been working out at the Toluca Lake InForm Fitness location for about five months and in that time I've already lost a couple of inches off my waistline and I'm getting stronger every single week.     But I've done more than just my once a week workout. I've been pretty mindful of what I've been eating and where I've been buying my food. Of course you can get everything on that list at your grocery store but I found everything I need to maximize my results at thrivemarket.com. 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Simply email me directly at tim@inboundpodcast.com and I'll send you a code that will shave 15% off your first order. Thrive Market is on a mission to make healthy living easy and affordable for everyone. Alright. Jumping back into the program let's hear from InForm Fitness member, JJ Levinstein who also happens to be the medical expert on the show, Home and Family on the Hallmark Channel. JJ: Hi, I'm JJ Levinstein. I'm a retired pediatrician and I took care of kids for 30 years so I probably lifted several tons of children every single week. As a result of that I didn't really take good care of myself. I took great care of them but my average diet was a Diet Coke and red licorice for lunch and zero exercise. So, when I retired a few years ago I had an epiphany. I literally said to myself, “If I want to live and enjoy my retirement in a good way, I've got to start taking care of myself.” So, I found this place. First of all, I left so many dollars at so many gyms and so many paid training hours that I never took advantage of because I didn't like the environment of gyms. Gyms are for younger people and folks who didn't really look like me or want the same things in life that I did. So, I found that it just was a really noxious experience for me. I live four blocks away. So, the fact that I can just literally get up, walk over here in whatever I'm wearing during the day, have my little workout in a half an hour, not really sweat. I swear but I don't sweat. [laughs] I can actually move on with my day and it's not a big intrusion. There's not a whole big social scene. It's not expensive for what you get and the amount of bang for your buck it has really been worth it for me.     And for me as someone who's hitting 60 next year, I think myself and all my peers we live in fear of stepping off a curb and breaking our hip. Did my homework, found out about this particular mode of exercise, was intrigued with it and here I landed 18 months ago. What's really great about this is that it's real people training other real people. There's just no bravado. It's a lot of fun. It's sincere. It's empathic and it's effective. That's JJ Levinstein. I like how she said she doesn't sweat but she swears from time to time. [laughs] And I'm a little guilty of that as well. I was raised on George Carlin so I can connect with that. She also said a lot of funny things about lifting several tons of children over the years. Yeah. And she ended with something that always rings with me and we've pointed this out before. Once again, when she's talking about the broken hip stuff and how she can do this workout and not break a hip and not hurt herself. Again, it came down to the safety aspect of this. The intuition that doing it this way is going to allow her to have her cake and eat it too. That she can finally get stronger the right way and not get hurt in the process. Once again, what I feel is the mission of exercise is to make yourself as strong as possible and reap all the benefits of that while at the same time not undermining your health. Well, again, that comment that we heard just a few moments ago, from JJ Levinstein is from a series of videos that my company has produced for InForm Fitness which you can see for yourself at informfitness.com. Sheila, I noticed that as we were filming I had a chance to meet some of the clients there in Toluca Lake and a good share of them seem to have their own, IMDb page. Well, yeah. We have a lot of people who are in "the industry." Mhm [affirmative]. But overall I would say that all of our clients are basically just very smart people. They are very busy people. They are very successful people. They find us and they get it and they don't have time to waste their time doing things that aren't working and those are the people that we -- and the same in New York and I'm sure the same in all of our other locations. Yeah. I'm sure there's no shortage of -- Same thing. Smart people. Of smart people and celebrities over there in your location in Manhattan, right guys? Yeah. Well, you know, over the years we've had our share of those A-listers coming in here, you know. We don't really like talking about it. One celeb who I know wouldn't mind because she's talked about our workout and her workout in the past is Gretchen Ruben, the author of The Happiness Project and also of the podcast of -- what's the -- Happier. Happier. Mhm [affirmative]. Happier podcast. She wasn't a celebrity when she started working out here but she sure is now. [Crosstalk 22:17] Absolutely. Well, we'd love to have Gretchen on the program. So, we'll have to see. And I train her sister Liz and who just completed her 100th workout last week. Oh, congratulations. Mike trains Gretchen actually and the whole family as a matter of fact. I train Gretchen, her husband, their daughter, her in-laws. They're whole family. Her daughter has her own podcast too. Well, we'll put the links to their podcasts in our show notes as well too. So, our audience can go ahead and check out their podcast. And plant that seed in Gretchen's mind. See if she'd like to join us sometime on the InForm Fitness podcast. Alright. Now, time now for Fitness Fact or Fiction. If you have a question for Adam or a member of the crew here regarding fitness, you can type out an email to podcast@informfitness.com or better yet use your phone to record a voice memo and email it to the same address. That way you can hear yourself right here on the InForm Fitness podcast just like Linda will. Hi, Adam. This is Linda calling. I work out at the InForm Fitness studio in Toluca Lake and I have a question for you. My husband brought me a newspaper article that says having a glass of wine is just as good as working out for an hour in the gym and we're winos. We love our wine but I'm really trying to get my husband to come in and work out. What do I tell him? Help! Help! Help! I wish it was that easy. And I wish I can rely on these studies that they're talking about. He can't. Most of -- Are you sure about that, Adam? [laughter] Yeah, I'm sure. I saw you looking at to dispute that. Well, I looked up -- I don't know. I don't know if -- I don't know red wine. I don't know good wine Yeah. [laughs] Obviously. It's a scam. [laughs] Yeah. [laughs] Well -- It's like, you know, really, a glass of wine. Adam, are you really going to continue talking about it? [laughs] So, remember, it's Fitness Fact or Fiction. I think this lands under the fiction umbrella. I'm calling fiction on that one. [laughs] Well, you know, I looked it up on -- I'm looking at Adam and I see friction right now. Yes. [laughs] Look at -- his face is turning as red as the wine. Yeah. And I see affliction. [laughs] Have some wine. And very little diction.     Adam could use a glass of wine today. [Crosstalk 24:22]. Well, I found the article on Brightside. Brightside's a website and the article that I think she might be alluding to after a search from receiving her voice memo says, “A new study says a glass of red wine is the equivalent to an hour in the gym.” However, in the article they don't list where the research has come from. Just conducted, possibly, somewhere in Canada. So, no -- [Inaudible 24:48] talking about this all over the news and all over -- like it was on a recent John Oliver show and in his piece he was talking about all these "studies" and if you just start an article with a new study, a new study, a new study says and nobody really looks into the science of this study. They just go by that headline and then it goes viral over the internet. Hey, I can just drink a glass of red wine and I'm just doing the same thing as you're doing, you know. So, I'm calling fitness fiction on that one. [laughs] Fiction. I think it's across the board, fiction, fiction, fiction, unanimous. Sorry Linda but I don't think that's going to work. You got to find other ways to get your husband into the gym and pull that glass of wine out of his hand. Get him a gift certificate. We got gift certificates here. Just buy it, say, “I spent the money. Get in there.” [laughs] So, you're committed now. Alright. So, again, if you'd like to ask Adam a question on fitness fact or fiction, you can send a voice memo or just type out an email to podcast@informfitness.com. Or you can do it the old fashioned way and give us a call at 888-983-5020, Ext. 3. 888-983-5020, Ext. 3 and you can leave your comment question or even a suggestion. And while you're on your phone, why don't you scroll over to the podcast icon, find our show in the search and subscribe. It's very easy. It takes just a few swipes and clicks and of course it is absolutely free. This is vital to the success of this show and we would greatly appreciate your feedback with a review right here in iTunes. Alright. We have surpassed the 20-minute mark which means that if you started your high intensity workout when we began this podcast you would be wrapping it up right about now just like we are. We are going to continue our conversation regarding cardio and fat loss in next week's episode. Then in a couple of weeks we have a very special treat for you. We will be speaking with an amazing woman who in the past two years has lost, get this, 118 pounds by participating in the Power of 10 workout. She also plays a mean bass and has one hell of a voice.     We'll introduce you to her and sample some of her music right here on the InForm Fitness podcast. To learn more about slow motion high intensity weight training and to join InForm Nation by trying it for yourself, visit informfitness.com for locations nearest you. If you don't have a location nearby, pick up Adam's book, Power of 10: The Once-A-Week Slow Motion Fitness Revolution and we'll have a link for it right here in the show notes. For Adam, Mike and Sheila, I'm Tim Edwards with the Inbound Podcasting Network. Thanks for listening.  

My friends and I discuss our spending and saving challenges and what we are doing to flex our fiscal muscles. Mrs. Frugalwoods still struggles with impulse spending. She’s hosting an ongoing Uber Frugal Month Challenge with over 9,900 participants to give her, and you, the tools needed to combat impulse spending. Melanie will be challenging herself with a no-spend day. Shannon suggests a “clear the pantry” challenge where you have to use whatever is in your fridge and freezer to create meals. Tonya says she is not good at challenges in general and relies on self-discipline to achieve her goals. She took a quiz by Gretchen Ruben to help her understand her personality and why she responds to expectations the way she does. Find new ways to challenge yourself to do and achieve more financially! Focus on mindset more than anything else if you want to make a serious change. You can find links to the Uber Frugal Month Challenge, the compound savings calculator, and Gretchen Ruben’s quiz in the show notes at http://financially-blonde.com/mmpodcast

On our playlist this week: Shabam! – a new type of science show that blends fictional stories with real science, entertaining for all the family Happier – happiness guru Gretchen Ruben is joined by her sister Liz Craft in a lively presentation of practical tips and advice about creating good habits and getting ‘happier’ Invisibilia – an entertaining mix of storytelling and scientific research exploring ideas, beliefs and emotions, the invisible forces that control our behaviour Serial - Season 1 - in 1999 Hae Min Lee a popular high-school student disappears after school one day - Sarah Koenig investigates in this riveting podcast Get in touch, share your thoughts on these podcasts and let us know what else we should be listening to: https://www.facebook.com/podsoup https://www.instagram.com/podsoup_podcast https://www.twitter.com/podsoup_podcast Links to the podcasts reviewed in this episode: Shabam! https://www.shabamshow.com Happier https://gretchenrubin.com/podcast Invisibilia https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510307/invisibilia Serial https://serialpodcast.org

Episode 4 of the Barbells and Bone Broth Podcast with Kelsey Albers Send questions and topic suggestions to barbellsandbonebrothpodcast@gmail.com “Be So Good They Can't Ignore You” Featuring Britany Barton http://sparklekitchen.com/ We discuss bone loss from eating disorders, body image, sustainability, why Organic is important ALL the time and how to make it affordable, being sustainable in the city, and over-training, Mentioned in this episode: Food and Water Watch: http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/ Gretchen Rubin “Better Than Before”: http://www.gretchenrubin.com/books/before-after/buy-the-book/ Paleo for Women by Gretchen Ruben http://paleoforwomen.com/ The Wellness Beets Podcast http://sparklekitchen.com/podcast-2/ The Barbells and Bone Broth Podcast is a division of Ignite. Nourish. Thrive. LLC. Music for this episode provided by bensound.com