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Your smartwatch says you slept great—but you feel exhausted. So who's right: your wearable or your body?We're surrounded by sleep scores, readiness scores, HRV, heart rate, recovery data and stress metrics. But Dr. David Hopper says there's a problem: we may be getting better at reading our devices while getting worse at reading ourselves. In this episode of the Crackin' Backs Podcast, Dr. Hopper joins us to explore how to use wearable technology without becoming controlled—or overwhelmed—by the data.We get into:The one wearable metric Dr. Hopper believes deserves the most attention: HRV Why your sleep or recovery score may disagree with how you actually feel What HRV can tell you about stress, recovery, sleep and your autonomic nervous system Why constantly checking health data may actually create more anxiety How to use an Oura Ring, Apple Watch, WHOOP or other wearable to better understand your body instead of replacing your instincts  The overlooked roles of breathing and sleep in health and recovery  What you might discover if you took your wearable off for an entire week Dr. Hopper explains that HRV can provide useful insight into how the autonomic nervous system is responding to stress and recovery—but emphasizes that wearable data needs context.  His approach starts with something remarkably simple: before checking your watch in the morning, ask yourself how you actually feel. Then use the technology to help confirm and understand those signals rather than dictate them. Because the future of health may not be about collecting more data.It may be about learning which data matters—and knowing when to trust your own body.WATCH TO THE END: Dr. Hopper shares the three things he would teach someone to pay attention to if every wearable disappeared tomorrow.QUESTION FOR YOU: Have you ever felt great—then looked at your watch and suddenly questioned your recovery because of what it told you?

AI strategist Matthew Tiemann is building toward a world where AI agents work around the clock—and humans step in for the decisions that matter. Across his work at energy services company Foundry-Logic and his personal projects, he uses Claude Code, Codex, and Fable to automate knowledge work and accelerate software development. Those projects range from an AI-assisted iOS game to a personal dashboard informed by his goals, to-do list, and Oura Ring sleep data. Drawing on experience across data analytics, supply chain, robotics, logistics, and energy, Matthew joins Reid Hoffman and Parth Patil to explore proactive “heartbeat” agents and shared context. They also discuss adversarial review, 12-hour human check-ins, and AI's limits in subjective judgment—revealing why human vision and alignment remain essential.

Ladies, Theydies, and Gentlethems! Behold Trixie's newly-acquired ring of destiny: the one and only Oura Ring! A small and gleaming metallic circlet wherein the chronicles of the mortal frame are gathered and organized for those fine souls engaged in the pursuit of optimal living. Existing in the nether regions between sleep and waking, heart and breath, exertion and recovery, stress and readiness, the ring brings forth the unseen tides of the human body and lets them shine like constellations upon a midnight sky. At each new dawn this tiny oracle speaks anew; revealing when strength should be summoned, when weariness must be honored, and how the long rivers of rest, movement, and strain may guide its bearer toward greater wisdom over the mysterious organic realm within. And to place this sparkling halo into another's hand in the act of gift-giving is to grant yet one more enchantment: a recurring subscription whose revelations, like the turning of the seasons and the inexorable hand of fate upon one's credit card, return faithfully again and again each and every month. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jason spent the weekend shucking corn with his family, dirty soda machines might be everywhere soon, Jason asks Colleen and Holly about Temu, and Colleen read "Theo of Golden" so you don't have to! Jason's big truck song and Colleen's fast car jingle, people are finding nasty things in their Ninja Creami but it might their own fault, AITA: For not wanting to pay for my friend's boyfriend's dinner? You've heard of Little Free Libraries, now you can visit a Little Free Blockbuster (as in video)!SCREEN QUEENS: Colleen visits the "Secret Mall Apartment" on Netflix, Jason and Holly continue to strut to Freeform's "Project Runway," and Jason checks out "Lanterns" on HBO. Colleen's Oura Ring may not be tracking her sleep like the thought it was, watch out, Jimothy -- Meemers is on your cute tail, and NatGeo's new documentary, "Lion" is a cute aggression-fest! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What happens to our intuition when the world never gives us a moment to be still?This week, Zoey is joined by author and spiritual teacher Tracee Stanley for a conversation about ritual, self-remembrance, and the power of reclaiming our attention. Tracee shares how ritual became part of her everyday life, why she believes “truth does not thrive in distraction,” and how technology and optimization culture can slowly pull us away from our own inner knowing. And yes, Zoey gets personally read by Tracee over her Oura Ring.Tracee also shares the heart behind her newest book, Living Ritual, and how we can create sacred moments within the lives we're already living. They talk about pattern interruption, our connection to the Earth, the wisdom of aging and menopause, and learning to honor the transitions that change us.In this episode:0:00 Welcome back and introducing Tracee Stanley3:01 Finding ritual in the everyday11:31 Creating change through pattern interruption19:27 Reclaiming our presence in a world of constant distraction27:05 Wellness, optimization culture, and trusting your own inner knowing34:06 Ritual as a practice of remembering who we are43:57 Aging, menopause, and reclaiming rites of passageStay in touch with Tracee:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tracee_stanleyWebsite: traceestanley.comLiving Ritual: https://www.traceestanley.com/livingritual☎️ If you loved this episode, take a second to rate, review, and subscribe to get a hotline ring for future episodes. Share it with someone you love and follow along on socials for more. If you feel led to share what came up for you, please tag us on socials – Zoey loves to hear what resonated with the collective!

Andrea Samadi shares her personal resting heart rate data to show why measuring over time matters more than fixating on a single score. She explains how trends reveal stress, recovery, and adaptation, and why comparing yourself to your own baseline is the most useful approach. Learn practical steps to measure consistently, contextualize changes, experiment with one behavior, and use your physiological data to make intentional improvements in sleep, recovery, and performance. BONUS EPISODE 3: ON THIS EPISODE, WE'LL COVER ✔ What resting heart rate can reveal about stress, recovery, and adaptation over time ✔ The story hidden in my own data — from a high of 57 bpm in February to 53 bpm in August ✔ Why the six-month trend matters — and what my 2% lower average may be telling me ✔ How stress and training load can show up in your physiology before you consciously recognize it ✔ Why recovery and nervous-system regulation matter for building a more resilient baseline ✔ How to find your own RHR baseline instead of comparing yourself with someone else ✔ How to look for deviations and patterns across weeks and months—not individual days ✔ How to connect RHR with sleep, HRV, recovery, training, stress, and life events ✔ How to run your own personal experiment: change one variable, measure, and see what happens ✔ The bigger lesson: What gets measured over time can reveal a story you couldn't see day to day. Welcome back to the Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast, where we bridge neuroscience, social and emotional learning, and human performance so we can create measurable improvements in our well-being, achievement, leadership, productivity, and results. I'm Andrea Samadi, and if you've been following along through Season 16, you'll know that we've been building what I call The Brain's Operating System for Human Performance—a neuroscience-based framework designed to help us understand how the different systems of the brain and body work together to influence how we learn, adapt, connect, lead, and ultimately how we perform. We are currently in Phase 3 where we are covering Movement, Learning and Cognition. If you just finished Episode 405[i] with Dr. Kristen Holmes, you know we've been looking at recovery as an essential part of our Movement Loop. Movement → Brain Activation → Attention → Learning → Recovery → Adaptation → Performance → Greater Capacity. And Kristen's work has reinforced something I've learned after years of tracking my own physiology: What gets measured gets improved. But this week, I wanted to dive into my own personal data to show us something I think is easy to miss: Sometimes what gets measured over time reveals a story you simply couldn't see day to day. When we're looking at a wearable every morning, it's easy to become focused on today's number. Today's recovery score. Today's HRV. Today's resting heart rate. Was it higher? Was it lower? But one number—or even one week—rarely tells us very much about the direction we're actually moving. It's when we begin to zoom out that patterns emerge. And that's exactly what happened when I looked more closely at my resting heart rate this year. What initially looked like a collection of numbers began to tell a much bigger story about stress, recovery, consistency, and adaptation. So my hope for this episode isn't that you compare your resting heart rate to mine. Your numbers will be different. My hope is that this episode encourages you to become curious about your own data. Maybe you track sleep. Maybe it's HRV. Resting heart rate. Recovery. Exercise. Blood pressure. Steps. Or even something as simple as your energy, mood, or ability to focus. Take one metric and zoom out. Look at three months. Six months. Maybe even a year. And instead of asking, “Is today's number good or bad?” Ask a different question: “What is the trend that I'm seeing here, trying to tell me?” Is something improving? Is something slowly moving in the wrong direction? Does your physiology change during periods of higher stress? (like you will see mine did). Can you see what happens when you sleep more consistently, exercise differently, recover better, or change one habit? Because sometimes the most valuable insight isn't found in today's score. It's hidden in the pattern. And once you can see the pattern, you have information you can actually use. That's really the purpose of sharing my personal data with you today. Not to say, “Here's what worked for me, so you should do exactly the same thing.” But to show you what can happen when we become students of our own physiology. We measure. Find the tool that works best for you. We notice. Patterns…ups and downs. We experiment. We become intentional with our behaviors to change/improve the numbers. We adjust and try something new/different. And then we measure again. Because ultimately, what gets measured gets improved—but what gets measured over time can reveal the story that you tell you more than just a bunch of numbers. And sometimes that story shows us exactly where our next opportunity for change might be. And that's exactly what happened with my resting heart rate. Earlier this year, I watched my monthly average climb to 56...and then 57 beats per minute. You can see my data in the show notes. Sept and October were even, at 54, and then something happened in November that took my RHR up, and it kept climbing.  I know what was happening in those months to cause the increase. And I went all out to protect my recovery. I worked on rest, hydration, extra exercise, and recovery sessions. Then it began coming down. in March 54 in April 53 The 56 in May isn't the most accurate representation of what was happening with my data, as we travelled internationally and there were 5 days my whoop didn't calculate my score correctly (something to do with the change in time zones) so I'm not going to say that I was stressed out during a relaxing vacation. But something happened that caught my attention. You can see it with the graphics in the show notes. My newest six-month WHOOP average dropped from 55 to 54 beats per minute—2% lower than the previous six months. This NEW result was highlighted in GREEN for me to notice the improvement. For the first time in this story, the baseline itself had moved. And that's what we're going to dive into today. Because this episode isn't really about whether 53 is a good resting heart rate. It's about something much more useful: Do you know your baseline with YOUR RHR—and do you know which direction it's moving? Even better, if you can forsee that it will be moving up, like I knew it was going to in January/February, do you have strategies in place to buffer the stress, and keep this number as close as you can to your baseline? Let's dive into this bonus episode. The Story Behind My Resting Heart Rate: Do You Know Yours? There's a number I've been watching for the past year. I watched it raise higher (when I'm stressed) and go lower when I'm doing all the right things to rest and recover. When I zoom out and look at this number over the past year, it tells a fascinating story about my fitness, recovery, stress, and the way my body is adapting. That number is my resting heart rate. And today I want to ask you: Do you know yours? Because one of the biggest lessons I've learned from nearly five years of tracking my physiology is something we've talked about throughout this podcast: What gets measured gets improved. But I think I need to add something to that. What gets measured over time reveals the story. And my newest data makes that clearer than ever. PART 1 — WHAT IS RESTING HEART RATE? Resting heart rate, or RHR, is simply the number of times your heart beats per minute while your body is at rest. Normal Ranges and Fitness[ii] Average adults: 60 to 100 bpm. Active adults: 55 to 85 bpm. Athletes: 40 to 60 bpm, because their heart muscle is strong and pumps blood with ease For adults, resting heart rate varies considerably between individuals. Fitness, genetics, age, sleep, stress, illness, medications, hydration, alcohol, temperature and training load can all influence it. So I'm not interested in comparing my resting heart rate with someone else's. I'm interested in comparing me with me. That's where wearable data becomes useful. Instead of asking: “Is 53 good?” I'm asking: “What is happening to my baseline over time?” And that distinction matters. PART 2 — MY RHR STORY BEGAN WITH A RISE When I first looked at this data, I focused on January and February. My monthly resting heart rate had climbed: January: 56 bpm. February: 57 bpm. Those numbers weren't alarming. I was experiencing higher levels of stress than usual at that time, and I was even prepared for the stress. But relative to my baseline, (55 bpm) the rise caught my attention. And that's an important distinction. A wearable isn't diagnosing why something happened. It can't look at 57 and tell me: “Andrea, this is stress.” But it can show me that something has changed. Then I can look at the rest of my life. How am I sleeping? How am I training? What's my stress level? Am I recovering? What has changed? That's when data becomes feedback. I was ready to implement some stress reduction strategies to get my RHR and nervous system back to its baseline. PART 3 — THEN THE PATTERN CHANGED After February, here's what happened: March: 54. April: 53. May: 56 (International Trip impacted this data) June: 53. July: 55. August: 53. And I love this part of the story because it wasn't a perfectly straight line. My RHR didn't simply go: 57...56...55...54...53. Real physiology rarely works like that. There were fluctuations. May went back to 56. July went to 55. But my resting heart rate kept returning to 53. April: 53. June: 53. August: 53. That's when I began wondering whether I was seeing something more meaningful than a few good months. And now I have another piece of evidence. PART 4 — THE NEW SIX-MONTH RESULT My newest WHOOP six-month report covers February 23 through August 21, 2026. And this is where the story gets interesting. My previous six-month average resting heart rate was: 55 bpm. My newest six-month average is: 54 bpm. WHOOP shows that as: 2% lower than the previous six months. One beat per minute doesn't sound dramatic. But I'm not looking for dramatic. I'm looking for adaptation. Something to show me that my body responded to the extra recovery that I was implementing to buffer the higher stress. For the first time in this particular story, the six-month average itself has moved down. And that means I'm no longer looking only at a few isolated low readings. The trend is beginning to move. PART 5 — THE AVERAGE WAS HIDING THE STORY This may be my favorite lesson from this entire experiment. Earlier, when I looked at a different six-month window, my average RHR was 55 bpm. And the previous six months? Also 55. If I had stopped there, I could have concluded: Nothing changed. But underneath that average was a changing pattern. My RHR had risen to 57 in February. This makes sense to me when I glance at the data. Then it repeatedly returned to 53 with my focus being on rest/recovery. And eventually the rolling six-month average moved from 55 to 54. This is why one measurement rarely tells the whole story. Trends matter. And sometimes your body is changing before the average catches up. PART 6 — 57 TO 53 There's another way to look at the data. February was my highest monthly average in this January–August period: 57 bpm. August is: 53 bpm. That's approximately 7% lower than that February high. I want to be careful with this number because I'm comparing two monthly endpoints—not two six-month averages. So I wouldn't call this a 7% improvement in my overall cardiovascular health. But it is another signal inside the larger pattern. What was happening in February? What is currently happening in August? And when multiple signals begin pointing in the same direction, (showing an improvement) I'm  paying attention. PART 7 — WHAT CHANGED? This is where I think self-experimentation becomes powerful. I didn't respond to the higher numbers by simply exercising harder. I've spent this year becoming much more intentional about recovery and regulation. Sleep. Daily movement. Zone 2 work. Meditation. Hydration. Infrared sauna. Red-light therapy. Paying attention to training strain. And increasingly, listening to what my physiology is telling me instead of automatically pushing through fatigue. I've also been experimenting with removing alcohol at different times this year, and the changes I've seen in recovery, HRV, sleep stress and resting heart rate have given me another variable to continue watching. I can't take this dataset and say: “This one behavior caused my RHR to fall.” There are too many variables. But I can say: The environment surrounding my physiology changed—and my trend changed with it. That's worth paying attention to. PART 8 — WHY DOES A LOWER RHR MATTER? In many people, particularly when associated with aerobic fitness, a lower resting heart rate can reflect a heart that is able to pump blood efficiently with fewer beats at rest. Training can increase stroke volume—the amount of blood pumped with each heartbeat. That means the heart may not need to beat as frequently to deliver the same cardiac output at rest. Autonomic regulation also plays a role. The sympathetic nervous system helps mobilize us for action. The parasympathetic nervous system supports rest-and-recovery processes. Resting heart rate reflects influences from both, along with many other physiological factors. That's why I don't view RHR as a standalone score. I view it as one piece of my physiological dashboard. RHR. HRV. Sleep. Recovery. Training load. And, most importantly: How I actually feel. PART 9 — THIS CONNECTS DIRECTLY TO THE MOVEMENT LOOP Remember the Movement Loop we've been building in Phase 3: Movement → Brain Activation → Attention → Learning → Recovery → Adaptation → Performance → Greater Capacity. My RHR data brings us directly back to the part of the loop I don't want us to overlook: Recovery → Adaptation. Exercise provides the stimulus. But we don't become fitter during the stimulus itself. The body needs an opportunity to respond to that stimulus. To repair. To replenish. To adapt. And eventually, that adaptation may become visible in our trends. That's why recovery isn't the opposite of performance. Recovery is part of the process that makes performance possible. PART 10 — THE BIGGER LESSON This episode isn't really about whether your resting heart rate should be 53. Mine doesn't need to be yours. Your number might be completely different. The question is: Do you know your baseline? And more importantly: Do you know which direction it's moving? What increases it? What decreases it? Because your physiology is constantly responding to the way you're living. Training. Sleeping. Recovering. Working. Traveling. Eating. Drinking. Managing stress. And sometimes those changes are happening quietly beneath the surface. Until you measure them. PART 11 — HOW TO IMPLEMENT THIS IN YOUR OWN LIFE So now I want to turn this over to you. I've shown you my resting heart rate story. What's yours? And you don't need five years of WHOOP data to begin looking for it. You just need enough information to establish your baseline, and then you need to become curious about what causes that baseline to change. Here's how I would start. STEP 1 — FIND A WAY TO MEASURE YOUR RESTING HEART RATE CONSISTENTLY First, find the measurement tool that works for you. Maybe that's WHOOP. Maybe it's an Apple Watch, Garmin, Oura Ring, Fitbit, or another wearable. Or maybe you're tracking your resting heart rate another way. The specific device isn't the most important part of this experiment. You can even just count your pulse beats that you get in one minute while resting. Just stay consistent as you measure. If you're going to look for a trend, you want to compare measurements collected under reasonably consistent conditions. We're not trying to find the lowest number we can possibly produce. We're trying to understand our normal pattern. STEP 2 — LEARN YOUR BASELINE Next, don't start by asking: “Is my resting heart rate good?” Start with: “What is normal for me?” Look at your data over time. If you have it, look at your last month. Then three months. Six months. And eventually a year. What number—or range—does your RHR tend to return to? For me, I knew that my baseline was somewhere around the mid-50s. That's why 56 and 57 caught my attention. Those numbers weren't necessarily concerning when compared with somebody else's resting heart rate. Someone else I know has a RHR of 80 and that's in the normal range. The higher scores mattered to me, because they represented a change from my baseline. That's the first lesson: Compare yourself with yourself. STEP 3 — LOOK FOR THE DEVIATIONS Once you understand your baseline, look for the places where your data moves away from it. Don't immediately label the change as good or bad. Just become curious. When did your RHR rise? When did it fall? Was it one unusual night? Several days? Several weeks? Or did your monthly average actually begin to move? This is where we stop looking at individual dots and begin looking for a pattern. STEP 4 — PUT YOUR LIFE NEXT TO YOUR DATA Now comes the part that I think is the most interesting. Take the RHR graph and mentally place your life beside it. Ask yourself: What was happening here? Was work unusually stressful? Were you traveling? Were you sleeping less? Were you sick? Had your training load increased? Were you drinking more—or less—alcohol? Had you changed your exercise routine? Were you recovering differently? What was happening emotionally? What was happening physically? This was important in interpreting my own data. When I saw my RHR increase in January and February, I knew what was happening in my life during those months. And when I saw May increase, I also had context: I had been traveling internationally, and I knew there were issues with several days of my wearable data. Context changes interpretation. A graph can show you what changed. Your life can help you investigate why. STEP 5 — LOOK AT MORE THAN ONE METRIC Here's another important point. Don't interpret resting heart rate completely by itself. Put it next to other information. What was happening with your HRV? Your sleep? Your recovery? Your training load? Your energy? Your stress? And most importantly: How did you feel? One metric gives us a clue. Multiple signals moving together can give us a much richer picture. Think of it as your own physiological dashboard. You're looking for relationships between the signals rather than allowing one number to define whether you're doing well. STEP 6 — CHOOSE ONE VARIABLE TO EXPERIMENT WITH Now we move from observation to action. Ask: “What is one behavior I could change consistently and then watch what happens?” Maybe it's getting to bed earlier. Maybe it's improving hydration. Adding more Zone 2 exercise. Building recovery days into your training. Meditating. Walking. Changing your alcohol intake. Or simply protecting more downtime during a stressful period. Choose something that's meaningful and realistic for you. Then give it time. This is important because we're not trying to manipulate tomorrow morning's score. We're trying to see whether consistent behavior begins to influence a trend. STEP 7 — MEASURE AGAIN And now we come back to the beginning. Measure. Notice. Experiment. Adjust. And measure again. You might even keep a very simple note beside your data: What changed this month? You could write: Higher workload. Travel. Better sleep. Started Zone 2. Stopped drinking alcohol. Illness. Vacation. More recovery. Over time, you begin creating something much more useful than a collection of numbers. You're creating a map of how your body responds to your life. DISCOVER YOUR RHR STORY So here's the experiment I want to leave you with. Pull up your resting heart rate data. And ask yourself these five questions: What is my baseline? When does my RHR move above or below that baseline? What was happening in my life when it changed? What other physiological signals moved with it? What is one behavior I could intentionally change and measure over time? Then zoom out. Don't judge yourself by tomorrow morning. Look for the story. Because the goal isn't to achieve somebody else's resting heart rate. The goal is to understand your own physiology well enough to recognize when something changes. And then have strategies available to respond. That's where measurement becomes useful. It moves us from simply collecting information... to using information to make better decisions. REVIEW — WHAT DID WE LEARN? Before we close, let's pull everything together. We started with one simple metric: resting heart rate. We learned that RHR tells us how many times our heart beats per minute while we're at rest—but the number becomes much more useful when we stop comparing ourselves with other people and begin comparing ourselves with ourselves. Then we looked at my own story. My RHR rose to: 56 bpm in January. And then: 57 bpm in February. Because I understood what was happening in my life at the time, those increases gave me information I could use. Rather than simply pushing harder, I became increasingly intentional about recovery. Then the pattern began to change. My RHR repeatedly returned toward 53. And eventually something even more interesting happened. My newest six-month average moved from: 55 bpm → 54 bpm. WHOOP identified that as: 2% lower than my previous six-month average. One beat per minute. Not dramatic. But that's exactly the point. We're not looking for dramatic. We're looking for patterns. We're looking for evidence that the system may be adapting over time. And that's why my biggest lesson from this experiment isn't: “My resting heart rate is 53.” It's: “I understand my resting heart rate better than I did before.” I know my baseline. I know some of the circumstances that push it higher. I'm beginning to understand some of the behaviors associated with it moving lower. And most importantly, I know to keep watching the trend. CONCLUSION — BECOME A STUDENT OF YOUR OWN PHYSIOLOGY This brings us back to something Dr. Kristen Holmes reinforced in Episode 405: What gets measured gets improved. But after looking at this data, I want to expand that idea. What gets measured gives us information. What gets measured consistently reveals patterns. And what gets measured over time can reveal a story. That's the opportunity I hope you take away from this episode. Become curious about your own physiology. Not obsessed with it. Not controlled by a score. Curious. Learn your baseline. Notice when something changes. Put that change into the context of your life. Experiment thoughtfully. And then zoom back out and see what happened. Because ultimately, we're not collecting data just to collect more data. We're trying to turn: Data → Awareness → Action → Adaptation. And that brings us right back to our Movement Loop: Movement → Brain Activation → Attention → Learning → Recovery → Adaptation → Performance → Greater Capacity. Your resting heart rate is only one metric. But it gives us a perfect example of what adaptation can look like when we stop staring at today's number and start paying attention to the larger pattern. So sometime after listening to this episode, open your own data. Go back three months. Six months. A year if you can. And ask yourself: “What story has my body been trying to tell me?” You might be surprised by what you find. COMING NEXT — BONUS EPISODE 4 And there's one part of my own physiological dashboard that I deliberately haven't explored deeply today. Sleep. Because recovery doesn't end when we stop exercising. Some of the most important recovery processes happen while we're asleep. So before we return to Dr. John Medina and move deeper into attention, learning, and cognition, I want to stay with the recovery side of our Movement Loop for one more bonus episode. In Bonus Episode 4, we're going to investigate restorative sleep. What exactly is restorative sleep? How can we measure it? What can our sleep data tell us? And perhaps most importantly: How can we use that information to improve the way we recover, adapt, and perform? We'll apply the same approach we used today. Not just: “How did I sleep last night?” But: “What story is my sleep telling me over time?” Because movement creates the stimulus. Recovery creates the opportunity to adapt. And sleep may be one of the most important places where that recovery takes place. I'll see you next time for Bonus Episode 4: The Story Behind My Restorative Sleep. REFERENCES [i]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE 405 “Movement Isn't Enough: How Recovery Drives Adaptation”  https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/movement-isnt-enough-how-recovery-drives-real-adaptation/   [ii] Health Direct “What is RHR?” https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/resting-heart-rate

In episode 502 of The Reformed Brotherhood, Tony and Jesse begin what promises to be a multi-part deep dive into the Parable of the Good Samaritan — one of the most culturally embedded and theologically rich stories Jesus ever told. But before a single character hits the Jericho road, the hosts ground listeners in something easily overlooked: the charged context in which this parable is told. A lawyer — trained, confident, adversarial — steps forward not to learn but to test. What follows is a masterclass in how Jesus turns the law back on those who wield it as a weapon. This episode covers Luke 10:21–36, explores the covenant of works and covenant of grace, the noetic effects of sin, and why the Good Samaritan is far more than a lesson in being a helpful neighbor. Buckle up. Key Takeaways The lawyer's question is self-contradictory from the start. Asking "what must I do to inherit eternal life?" smuggles a works-righteousness assumption into the very grammar of the question. Inheritance by definition is received, not earned. Jesus does not give the lawyer a new paradigm — He reorients him to the true one. The covenant of grace is not a New Testament innovation. It runs through every Old Testament covenant administration. The lawyer should have already known this. "Do this and you will live" is not a Pelagian concession. Christ is holding out the law's own terms — perfect, total, unrelenting obedience — not to suggest it is achievable, but to expose its impossibility and drive the lawyer (and us) to the only alternative: mercy. "Desiring to justify himself" is more complex than it first appears. Tony argues that the desire to fulfill the covenant of works is not inherently wicked — it is the misguided belief that one can which is the problem. This distinction creates room for reading Christ's response as genuinely merciful instruction, not merely rebuke. The noetic effects of sin mean accurate theology can be deployed in service of self. The lawyer knows the right answers and still uses them to avoid repentance. Correct doctrine alone does not save. The fundamental human problem is not ignorance — it is the will's bondage and the heart's self-love. The parable is primarily Christological, not merely ethical. Jesus is the Good Samaritan. The story is not first about mercy ministry; it is about who binds up our wounds when we are left for dead on the road, unable to save ourselves. The priest and the Levite are not exonerated by their ritual obligations. Considerable ink has been spilled trying to justify their passing by on grounds of Levitical purity concerns. The parable refuses that exit. Everyone in the story — and everyone listening — already knows what the right thing to do was. Key Concepts The Covenant of Works Is Not a Black Box One of the more quietly important arguments Tony makes in this episode is that the covenant of works was never meant to be mysterious or inaccessible. When Jesus responds to the lawyer's question by asking, "What is written in the law? How do you read it?" — He does so with a visible assumption: there is a clear, knowable answer, and the lawyer should be able to give it. And he does. Love God completely, love your neighbor as yourself. The covenant of works was always coherent and comprehensible. The problem has never been that its demands were obscure. The problem is that no one — save the Mediator — has ever kept them. Jesus is not introducing a new ethical framework. He is forcing the lawyer to confront a standard he has always known and has never met. The Lawyer as a Warning to Reformed Christians Jesse closes the episode's first movement with a pointed and personal application that cuts across theological self-satisfaction. The lawyer is not a caricature of ignorance — he is a portrait of someone with accurate, affirmed theological knowledge who instinctively deploys it in the service of self-justification the moment he senses conviction. Jesse names this directly as a danger particularly acute in Reformed circles, where doctrinal precision can become a subtle mechanism of self-defense rather than an occasion for repentance. The Reformation's great recovery of grace must not become a new form of the very disease it diagnosed. Knowing the right words about total depravity, the covenant of grace, and the mediator does not exempt anyone from the need to actually be humbled by them. Theology is not armor against repentance — it is, rightly received, the road toward it. Context Is Not Just Setup — It Is Part of the Lesson Tony and Jesse both emphasize that Luke 10:21–24 is not merely throat-clearing before the real content begins. The theological statement embedded there — that the Father has hidden these things from the wise and revealed them to little children, that no one knows the Son except the Father or the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him — is the hermeneutical key to everything that follows. The lawyer approaches Jesus as one rabbi testing another. But Luke has already told his readers that this is not a conversation between equals debating interpretive options. It is the Lawgiver being questioned by someone who does not recognize Him. The parable that follows is not just an answer to a legal question. It is a revelation — the kind that only happens when the Son chooses to give it. Memorable Quotes You do not want to pit the law against the one who has given the law, the one whose character is represented in the law — because you're always going to get owned, and you'll get owned before you realize you've just gotten owned on multiple levels. - Jesse Schwamb Jesus is trying to sort of reorient them back to the true paradigm of grace that is present under all of the Old Covenant administrations. It's not so much a matter of developing a new framework and imposing it on this guy. It's really trying to say, 'Listen — think about this for a second. Think about the fact that, yes, you know you have to love the Lord your God with your whole heart, your whole soul, your whole strength, your whole mind, and you have to love your neighbor as yourself. You've answered correctly. If you can do those things, you will live.' — with the subtext: and of course you cannot possibly do those things. - Tony Arsenal The fundamental human problem is not primarily ignorance, but the will's bondage and the heart's self-love. It's a problem no amount of correct discipline or doctrine alone can fix apart from some kind of regenerating grace — which is exactly what Jesus is going to illustrate for us in the mercy he's about to display in this parable. - Jesse Schwamb Full Transcript Tony Arsenal: [00:00:00] This parable is not primarily about us figuring out how to do mercy ministry. Like, that's important. It's probably an outcome of this. It's probably something for us to think about. But really, this is actually Christ saying, like, "Hold on a second here, dude." Like, "Let's just think about this." Do you need someone who is going to tell you to pick yourself up off your bootstraps and cross to the other side of the street and leave you to your own devices? Or do you need someone who's gonna throw you on their donkey, who's gonna bind up your wounds, who's gonna pay the innkeeper, and is gonna pledge to pay everything that is owed for your salvation? Right? That's not too on the nose here, I think. Welcome to episode 502 of The Reformed Brotherhood. I'm [00:01:00] Jesse  And I'm Tony, and this is the podcast with ears to hear. Hey, brother.  Jesse Schwamb: Hey, brother. Well, we've got a big one to talk about on this episode. We're marching further and further into all of the glorious parables Jesus told as part of His teaching. And as you and I kind of joked before we began, I mean, what did you call it? Did you say this is, uh, the big daddy?  Tony Arsenal: It's the big daddy, one of the big daddy parables.  Jesse Schwamb: It's one of the big daddy parables. Now, this one is probably second maybe only to the prodigal son. Yeah But in terms of its ubiquity and its kind of just common knowledge in culture, this one ranks right up there. And before I reveal what it is, which you may already know, I was thinking how so many times we look at the Beatitudes as expression of a master class in Jesus teaching the law, and I think that's true. But as I was reading and thinking about this particular parable, I thought, "I don't know. I think this one is, uh, right up there," because [00:02:00] this is like law on law. It's double law. Yeah It's law coming back at the law giver who's trying to use the law to test Jesus, and then Jesus tests him with the law that He himself gave His people. It's... I'm already getting too excited- ... and we've got something to do before we get there. But we're talking about the parable of the Good Samaritan. And so I can't imagine, can I just make a prediction up front? I, you know where I'm going with this, and probably everybody else does. Uh, this is gonna be like two conversations-  Tony Arsenal: At least ...  Jesse Schwamb: probably.  Tony Arsenal: Yeah, at least two.  Jesse Schwamb: Is that fair? Because I realize we, of course, wanna get to the parable itself, and oh, my goodness, how much ink has been spilled. Even going back to, like, if you read, like, Augustine or, like, the early church, like the Patristics, the Church Fathers, there are so much that could be said, and maybe some stuff that just shouldn't be said about all the allegorical potential intent here about these characters. But [00:03:00] there's so much amazing stuff that happens in the opening of this, that's not just the setup, but it is its own lesson, and I'm real excited actually to talk about that with you before we even get into, like, all the good stuff that everybody expects that you wanna talk about. So we're gonna do it all. Tony Arsenal: Yeah.  Jesse Schwamb: We're gonna do it all, but it'll take time.  Tony Arsenal: Yeah. I'm interested to see if we're even on the same page about where to start reading, 'cause I, I think we might not be, and that's gonna be fun. So we'll, we'll let it fly and see what happens. It'll be our own little, uh, podcast game.  Jesse Schwamb: But, uh, I think- Well, I mean, we're gonna be in Luke chapter 10, but I guess to your point, we should be starting in Luke chapter one to get to this. Yeah.  Tony Arsenal: Exactly. But  Jesse Schwamb: we, we do have to back up quite a bit, and I was gonna ask you about that. Yeah. But I, apparently we're just gonna play that on the fly and see where we go.  Affirmations Denials Segment Jesse Schwamb: But of course, the Reformers had their five solos. Chalcedon had its, what, seven withouts. We've got opinions, and we're just as confident about ours, so of course it's time for affirmations, denials, where we affirm something that we think is good or awesome or [00:04:00] we wanna recommend, and we deny, again, something that is not so great or maybe just plain annoying. So before we talk about the Parable of the Good Samaritan, Tony, what do you got for us on this episode? Are you affirming with something, or are you gonna come in with a denial?  Tony Arsenal: Well, I've got two affirmations. That's fine. One is just- I will allow it ... a declaration of joy, and one is, like, a real affirmation. I, I just can't... It would be remiss of me not to share with our podcasting family that my son August and my daughter Adeline, uh, joined the visible church today as- Hear, hear ... uh, non-communicant members. Uh, Augie and Addie were baptized on the 16th of August of 2026, uh, into the visible church, into the name of Jesus Christ. Uh, was, it was just a great service. Um, it's funny because I've been- been talking with Augie. One of the thing with toddlers when you're doing something big like this is you kinda have to talk about it and practice and rehearse, rehearse it and, and get them ready for it. And up until maybe, like, I don't know, three days [00:05:00] ago, every time it would come up he would be saying, "I don't wanna be baptized. I don't wanna be baptized." And, um, you know, I, I, I, you know, I don't wanna force him to do something, but also, like, I make him eat vegetables. But, um- ... he, I, I think it was nerves, and I think something clicked in his head and all of a sudden he was very excited to be baptized. So, um, it was great. We've been talking about, you know, what baptism is, God's promise to you that if you trust him he'll save you. And so today he- Right ... he was like, "God's gonna make a promise to me to save me." So he was very excited. Nice. And he did a great job just standing quietly and listening to the pastor talk. Uh, and Addie was, was, was just a beautiful little girl, and she, um, she loved it as well. So that's just a bonus affirmation. I don't know that I could get through a podcast without gushing over that.  Glorify App and Devotionals Tony Arsenal: Uh, but the, the affirmation I have, uh, this is an, an app that I think some of our listeners may have heard of. Um, some may roll their eyes at it, to be honest with you. Um, I stumbled on this because, uh, you have an Oura Ring, don't you, Jesse? Jesse Schwamb: I do.  Tony Arsenal: You [00:06:00] do, yeah. So for those who don't know, an Oura Ring is like a little wearable ring that's like a, almost like a fitness tracker, but it tracks biometrics, pulse rate, temperature, all these different things, sleep. Um, there's a startup, uh, that has been doing a GoFundMe or a funding kind of thing for, uh, what they're calling like a Christian version of an Oura Ring. So it does a lot of the same things, sleep tracking, basic biometric tracking. Hmm. But it also has like alerts built in, and it's tied into an app that they use for devotionals. So it'll, it'll remind you to pray. It'll remind you, you know, bring you to an app to do a devotion. But the app it uses is a standalone app that I looked up, and it's called Glorify. Have you ever heard of this app before this evening? I have heard of  Jesse Schwamb: this, yeah.  Tony Arsenal: So Glorify is just a small devotional app. Uh, it's not much different than you would expect based on the name. It is connected to this, uh, to this Glorify ring, which again is, is sort of like an Oura Ring tied into this app. But this app basically is, is [00:07:00] designed to help you complete short daily devotional exercises, and they're usually very brief. They're based on a very brief, um, a very brief passage of scripture. Today's passage, uh, c- there's a quote. So today's quote is from Dietrich Bonhoeffer. It says, "True love does not consist in finding the perfect person, but in faithfully loving an imperfect one." Not sure why this devotional app is using a romance, uh, quote from Bonhoeffer of all people. But that was today's. Um, and the passage is Proverbs 5:15-17. So it's a, it's a devotional based on two verses, which is fine. So you read the passage. There's a very brief devotional on that passage, and then sort of a guided prayer, and they have both premium and free models. The premium model includes like you can listen to the devotional, you can listen to the prayer. Um, but just for example, today's prayer, it, it's very simple. "Loving Father, thank you for, uh, thank you because you're faithful and unchanging. In a world [00:08:00] marked by broken promises, disposable relationships, you remain the same. Teach me to reflect that faithfulness in my relationships. Help me to love with perseverance, grace, and commitment following the example of Christ. Protect marriages, strengthen families, restore what needs healing. May every relationship be marked by respect, truth, and genuine love. Shape in me a heart of integrity that honors you in both the small and significant choices of life. In Jesus' name, amen." So I think what I love about this, and this, I mentioned last week that there was, this is kind of like, sort of like the fluffy evangelical devotions. Like- Right ... there's not a ton of like solid doctrinal meat- But like, it's still nourishing. And sometimes we need a little bit of help. Sometimes we don't know what to pray, we don't know what to read, we're not sure. Sometimes in, I think in our Reformed circles, we feel like if we're not reading large portions of scripture and reading deep theological treaties or long, complex devotionals, that we're really not doing anything, and that's just not the [00:09:00] truth. So I've been using this in addition to other devotional studies I'm doing. I don't do it every day. I mean, there's some like streak functionality, kinda like habit tracking type stuff that's built into it. Um, but it's nice. It's nice to be able to pick it up, read a very short scripture, a brief devotional thought, and then have some guided prayer. I know one of the reasons I don't pray as often as I ought to is because I struggle to know what and how to pray. So even having some written prayers, I mean, this is why the Psalms are good, things like the Valley of Visions are good. Um, having some pre-written prayers that you genuinely pray but you're not having to come up with in the moment can really help. Right. So the app is called Glorify. I know it's available on iPhone. I'm not sure about Android. I'm sure it probably is. I'm sure they wanna have a pretty broad ecosystem. Um, and, and it's good. Again, it's, it's not anything fancy. It's not anything like super technical. Uh, and as I kind of alluded, like some of it's a little weird. Um, I, I didn't read the proverb. I think maybe the proverb is about romantic relationships, why they're, why they're tying in that, um, Bonhoeffer quote in, in the prayer. [00:10:00] But, um, even that, like it's pretty innocuous. And the quotes, like you don't have to read the quotes. It's not like you have to have to do that. Um, you could jump in, just read the scripture or just read the devotion and just do the prayer and you would be fine. So check it out. It's called Glorify, available on iPhone for sure. I'm pretty sure it's on, on Android. And maybe it's something you add daily, you know, this kinda thing like you do when you're on the bus or you're waiting at the grocery store, something quick you can do when you might be wasting that time just sorta sitting around or scrolling Twitter. Again, Twitter's fine. You can use your leisure time as you see fit. But if you wanna fill it with something like this, something that is more spiritual, then this would be a good option to just add a little bit of, uh, a little bit of nourishment to your diet where you might not otherwise be getting it  Jesse Schwamb: I have no proof of this, but I just keep saying it anyway. It might be that we're living in the golden age of really great- ... daily worship resources. Like, something to actually cultivate, not just, like, a devotional nugget, but something that actually leads you into a pattern and a habit of [00:11:00]worship, giving your attentive focus on Jesus. And I love that. So, uh, uh, 'cause I was just thinking, like, I was trying to look back on some of our past affirmations here. We've talked about the book Walking in Faith. I just gave everybody Awake My Soul last week. You're coming in with the Glorify app. I- we've talked about Dwell, if not recently, we've talked about that for some time. It's like a great Bible reading app, and there's lots and lots of new features, by the way, coming out on that- Yeah that are fantastic. And then, yes, all these other great prayers. I, I see, like, these books on prayer, like, actually, I'm sorry, like, prayer books, I guess, as, like, a great way to kinda... It's like a jumper for your car. You know what I mean? Like, just gets you started. What a, what a lovely thing to come into a place and have a launching pad. And I've been using a lot of Into His Presence, which is a collection of Puritan prayers, sometimes because, for instance, this just happened, where I wanted to pray for someone who was just going through a rough time, a good friend of mine. And I went to that place to kinda start and frame, knowing that I was gonna sit down with him and pray, how I might be able to do that well and [00:12:00] effectively. And these things are just, like, really phenomenal resources. It's just an amazing time to have all these things at our disposal. So that's another great option. It's, it's really more about, like you and I have talked about, Tony, like, whatever gets us into that pattern, whatever gets us, like, authentically experiencing under our own volition, coming in the discipline of sitting before God in daily worship with that expression being pretty broad in its representation- Yeah is to really include something of devotional time in the scriptures, memorization, metabolation, metabolizing. Metabolation, I'm just gonna make that up as, like- ... what happens when you, when you take the scripture and metabolize it into your own life. Meditating on it and, you know, again, maybe looking through the confessions and creeds that have shaped our distilled understanding of what the scripture teaches so that we're enhancing and edifying our mind. We're also engaging the heart, and then we're engaging God and ourselves in communication with Him through prayer. I'm all for anything [00:13:00] that gets us into those rhythms, reminds us of the importance of them, and like we talked about last week, makes it so that when we think about what it means to be married to Christ, so to speak, it's not just about whipping out some kind of marriage certificate to prove that, but that we actually have a frame and a behavioral pattern that fits a married person, that- Yeah how they act, how they think, how they behave, how they communicate, they're never too far away from their lovely spouse in some way or another. And so I think that these tools are great ways to get us exactly into that kind of mindset and practice.  Tony Arsenal: Yeah, absolutely. And like I said, like, I think- In our Reformed circles, we can, you know, we, we tend to be maybe a little eggheaded, and we, we tend to be a little more intellectual and, and a little more, I don't know, studious. And there's nothing wrong with that. Um, but I think sometimes it can breed a sort of, uh, elitism and arrogance. Sure. Uh, this is a perfectly valid devotional tool. Yes. Mm-hmm. And, and I think, [00:14:00] you know, kinda like the old adage, like, well, what's the best translation of scripture? Well, whichever one you're gonna read. Exactly. Like, what's the best devotional tool? Whichever one you're gonna use, whichever one's actually gonna bring you into the Word, uh, on a, on a regular basis. Um, and again, like, two verses of the scripture is two verses of the scripture that you might- Right ... not have other spent time, otherwise spent time reading. And it really is short enough, and it saves your progress. Like, you can do, you can do the quote in the morning, and then you can check the scripture on the way to the, you know, the word work, on a stoplight or whatever. Um, if you have the, the paid subscription, you can listen to this stuff, you know, on the, the bus or whatever. Um, so check it out. Glorify app, they have a ring they're making. It's in funding, I guess, if you wanna check it out, you can check that out too. I am neither affirming nor denying whatever this Glory ring is, Glorify ring. But, um, but yeah, the app is great. The, the app is free, and it's, it's worth even just checking out and adding once in a while to your day  Jesse Schwamb: The glory ring or the glorify ring sounds like almost too Tolkien, even for me  Tony Arsenal: Yeah. Yeah. It's the one ring to rule all of your devotions. [00:15:00] Uh, and in the, and in the morning bind them. Jesse, save me from the trail I was about to go on, and, and I was gonna speak in the language of Mordor, I think, on accident. Uh, save us from this. What are you affirming or denying?  Jesse Schwamb: That's  Tony Arsenal: beautiful. Please tell me it's the language of Mordor. Elvish AI and Music Pick Jesse Schwamb: Uh, no, but can I just say at the risk of really taking us really far afield so early on, which is not necessarily off-brand for us, I have done this... I, I don't know if I should be ashamed by this or I should be excited by this. But- ... um, the Elvish tongue in the Tolkien universe-  Tony Arsenal: Oh, no. ...  Jesse Schwamb: is like, there's several... If you're super nerdy, you'll know there's like several different kind of iterations or formulas of it, and there's no, like, official language like Klingon, but there ha- it has been studied, and basically, like, it's kind of like the Eugene Peterson of the language. Like, there's, like, just kind of a dynamic equivalent or an expression of words. Anyway, all that to say- ... there's several languages that, uh, Microsoft Copilot will just not [00:16:00] translate because it says, like, "This one, this language doesn't actually exist. There's not enough for me to do anything." Let me tell you something. Tolkien Elvish is not one of those languages, and I actually built an agent, because I have a coworker who can, uh, who can appreciate all this stuff, that takes a text, translates it into this kind of academic high-level Elvish from Tolkien, and then translates it back to English. That makes anything you're saying way better and far more poetic and just absolutely amazing. So if you wanna have some fun, go and do that with whatever your favorite AI model is. Anyway, that's free of charge. Real quick, my affirmation is more music. It just turns out I've found this band, and I've been listening to them a lot. The band's name is Thronebreaker, which is just a phenomenal name, I think, for any group. Uh, it's amazing. Uh, th- this is... I'm gonna read you their description from Spotify. It just says, "Thronebreaker is Christian metalcore built for the bruised, the doubting, and the ones still fighting their way home." And what I've really been [00:17:00] loving about them is it is kind of like Wolves at the Gate adjacent. It's really lovely music. It is melodic, so it's, there's not just that there's that kind of hard edge, but that is present in it. But, uh, the music is really lovely and beautiful, and in part that's because they're going through this, like, drip of releasing music where they're taking, like, old hymns or maybe songs if you're of a certain age like I am of kind of childhood Sunday school- And they're taking the lyrics, not the melody, and they're reimagining them. So they have two versions of Jesus Loves Me that they just released. They have the old We're Gonna Cross, a song called Glory to the King Most High. These songs are just saturated with gospel. Like, they're just all power, all encouragement, and all authority represented in Jesus Christ. They're incredible, and I've j- where I've, what I've been really blessed by is these two versions of Jesus Love Me are just fantastic. Like, they're orchestral. There is a children's kind of chorus at one point, and it got me [00:18:00] singing that song again, and really, maybe to what you were saying before, Tony, like sitting in those three words, which are really phenomenal words to hear. And so I have been surprised at how moved I've been by what really I, I first understood, of course, as a children's song with simple truth that seems, you know, depending on how long you've known some part of the gospel, obvious. And yet I found them all new again, and a, a really lovely way of just sitting in the truth of God in music that I didn't expect to find. So if you're interested in any of that or maybe just curious of what it would sound like if a Christian metalcore band took Jesus Loves Me and turned it into their genre, then honestly you should just go check out Throne Breaker. I mean, you pretty much have to at this point.  Tony Arsenal: I, I don't ever have anything to add to your musical affirmations or denials, 'cause I, I just don't. What I do have to add is that Throne Breaker actually sounds like some sort of really [00:19:00] amazing, like, mace-type weapon in Lord of the Rings. Yes.  Jesse Schwamb: Yes,  Tony Arsenal: it does. Or like a big hammer that a dwarf carries. And I would also like to say that if you ask Google Gemini to translate something into Tolkien English, it not only will do it, it will tell you how to pronounce it.  Google Elf: A ava aini Ilai amel i trona se.  Tony Arsenal: What do you think that was, Jesse?  Jesse Schwamb: No idea.  Tony Arsenal: First of all, that was elevated Quenya, a Quenya. Yes.  Jesse Schwamb: Yes, that's  Tony Arsenal: the one. Classic Quenya.  Jesse Schwamb: Yes.  Google Elf: A leta Ilai amel aima.  Tony Arsenal: I would be willing to bet... Actually, let's do this.  Jesse Schwamb: Ugh.  Tony Arsenal: Uh, we don't give out prizes very often. Uh, I will say to anyone who can tell me what that is, the first person that emails, uh, or, or goes into the Telegram chat, we'll do this. We'll be professional podcasters and drive people to one of our channels. Here we  Jesse Schwamb: go.  Tony Arsenal: The first person who goes to our telephone, our Telegram chat and tells me what that [00:20:00] means, what that, uh, Elvish means, will get a Reformed Brotherhood T-shirt.  Jesse Schwamb: Oh, that is big.  Tony Arsenal: Yeah.  Jesse Schwamb: That-  Tony Arsenal: So I'm gonna, I'm gonna play it one more time.  Jesse Schwamb: Okay, here we go. Everybody listen. Every- All right, pull over. Stop your vehicles. Here we go.  Google Elf: A leta Ilai amel aima.  Tony Arsenal: There it is, everybody.  Jesse Schwamb: I'm not being a cry- I have a guess, but I, I, I wanna try to win the T-shirt, so I'm gonna- Yes ... wi- withhold. All right. Uh, yeah, that's, that's super fun. Did it, um... Did you also translate it back into English from that  Tony Arsenal: just to see- No, I'll do that later, 'cause that would give away the, that would  Jesse Schwamb: give away the prize. Yeah, it's, it's... We'll have to save that for next week, because that, that is the fun. It creates, like, what I was doing to, to have fun with this coworker is take very technical, like, work-related emails, and I would send it through. It would go through that iterative process, and I actually loved how it, it was talking. Like, it wa- this was an email about risk, and it, it gave, like, these beautiful grand metaphors that didn't sound corny or cheesy. That's the beautiful thing. That's amazing. It [00:21:00] was like true Elvish. Like, you were just like, "I wish I spoke that way all the time about, about risk." And it, like I said, it wasn't just like... You could, you could obviously throw something in and be like, "Make this Shakespearean," or, you know, "Make this, you know, sound like, you know, Milton." This is way better. This is way better, because it's not, like, actually trying to manipulate what you're saying. It's takes, like, the dynamic equivalent of what you said, then translates it back with way more kind of poetic infrastructure while maintaining, like, the essential meaning that you have. I'm, I'm selling this too hard. Everybody just has to go out and try it. So, all right, you know what's at stake here, but here's how you have to win this. If you want a chance, if you want a chance at winning this, you gotta go to t.me/reformedbrotherhood, t.me/reformedbrotherhood, and that link will take you to the Telegram app and our little corner of it, and you're gonna find there's a bunch of chats there. You gotta go to the affirmations or denials chat, and then you gotta put in what is the translation of what Tony just played.[00:22:00] I just love... Isn't it amazing, though, that, like, y- as you discovered, there's more than one version of Elvish available? Yeah. And they do differentiate between the various kinds. This is a big deal. I learned there are actually scholars who have, like, again, filled in kind of like the details of the language- Oh, yeah taking as a basis what Tolkien had there. Yeah. So I think that this is the best. We couldn't have conceived of this if we'd actually tried and planned for it, so-  Tony Arsenal: It's true ...  Jesse Schwamb: it's just better that it all happened in, in real time. It's true. And, and speaking of which, I think now we get to have the fun of figuring out, uh, where in Luke chapter 10 are we gonna begin? Or should we just start in Luke 1 and just let's see how far we can get reading  Tony Arsenal: in this- I could have, I could have Google Gemini read it in elevated Kenya, Quenya I did try to get it to put it in Sindarin, and it wouldn't do it for some reason. I'm not sure. Maybe this anti-Sindarin bias in Gemini,  Jesse Schwamb: man. Disappointing.  Tony Arsenal: It's disappointing.  Jesse Schwamb: Dis- disappointing. So let's kick off some Good Samaritan talk, which again, I think is gonna take us [00:23:00] through maybe in the next couple of conversations, in part because, like I said, we're not even gonna start at, uh, verse 25 because there is so much more that needs to be said, I think, before that. Tony Arsenal: Yeah. Yeah. I, I think actually the proper place to start this, and I, I'm guessing Jesse probably, whether he was there or not, he probably figured out where I was going, uh, over the course of the last 20 minutes or whatever. Um, I actually think the proper place to start, at least one of the proper places to start, is in verse 21. Yeah. Um, and I- we'll talk about why that is. And I'll... I'm gonna read here, um, 21, uh, through the end of the parable. Uh, and this is Jesus talking. He says in this, uh... Well, it, this is, um... Yes, uh, I'll just read it here. "In the same hour He rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, 'I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for such was Your gracious will. All things have been handed over to Me by My Father, and no one who knows who the Son is except... No, no one knows who the Son is [00:24:00] except the Father, or who the Father is except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal Himself.'" Then turning to the disciples, he said privately, "Blessed are the eyes that see what you see. For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see and did not see it, and hear what you hear and did not hear it." And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" He said to him, "What is written in the Law? How do you read it?" And he answered, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself." And he said to him, "You have answered correctly. Do this and you will live." But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?" Jesus replied, "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers who stripped him and beat him and departed, leaving him half dead. Now by chance a priest was going down that road, and he saw him and passed on the other side. So likewise a Levite, [00:25:00] when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was, and when he saw him he had compassion. He went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. And he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him. The next day he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, saying, 'Take good care of him. Whatever you, whatever more you spend I will repay you when I come back.' Which of these three do you think proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?" And he said, "The one who showed him mercy." Jesus said to him, "You go and do likewise."  Jesse Schwamb: I think you're right, of course, to back us up into verse 21 because I don't want to keep saying it's always a setup, but Jesus is certainly giving us like the right context in which... Well, Luke of course is the author here and as he's explaining the teaching of Jesus, he does so well to start out with some irony that we don't realize is gonna be ironic until we get to the, to verse 25 [00:26:00] when we realize who's testing Jesus, who's setting this all up. So this idea that the Holy Spirit, everybody rejoicing in the Holy Spirit and the knowledge and the wisdom, the intelligence that's revealed through the Holy Spirit to all of these lesser people and in particular here emblematic the infants That here we have kings and rulers, and in this case, this beloved scholar of the law, who all have this adventure in missing the point. They think, in fact, they're looking for the one who is to set them free, and they can't even see that it's Him who is before him. And yet, incidentally, God has already revealed all these things to the lowest, to the ones who are the most humble, the meek, the mild, the down and outs, the ones who are weak by the view of everybody else. And so it's amazing that if we just kinda, again, like blow past it into, like, just all the characters, we don't see that the teaching starts actually well above this, that even everything we're about to understand, that unfolds in our lives, ev- every spiritual incarnation and insight that we have [00:27:00] first starts with God himself in his revealing it to us both in his general revelation, but of course, in the specific revelation of his teaching. So I like that you started us there, because I, I'm with you. That's where this whole thing launches off, right?  Tony Arsenal: Yeah.  Parables Reveal and Conceal Tony Arsenal: Yeah, and as we come into when we very, like very start of this, uh, series, the, the parable series, Jesus sort of embeds a theology of parables into this introduction, right? Or I should say Luke does. But this, uh, this is written a- as though all of this is occurring as sort of one event. Right. And likely it was, right? So sometimes, uh, in the Gospels, events are kind of, like, moved next to each other for thematic reasons. It's possible that that's the case. It seems like this may have actually just been one, one teaching, and I'll, I'll talk about why that is in a second here. Um, but at the very least, this is placed next to each other in the Gospel almost as, like a, "Here's the theology of parables. Now, here's actually that happening in real [00:28:00] time."  Jesse Schwamb: Yes.  Tony Arsenal: And then also, like, a parable kinda demonstrating it, right? So the theology of the parable here is that there are many prophets, kings who desire to see what it is that, that, uh, uh, the disciples are seeing, right? And all things have been handed over to the Father or to, to the Son, by the Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father. No one who knows who the Father is except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal, right? So the, the theology of parables here presented in Luke is that the parable itself is being used as a way to reveal the Father and the Son to those whom the Son chooses to reveal it to. The Lawyer as the Fool Tony Arsenal: And that leaves us with this lawyer, um, sort of playing, playing the fool in almost like a dramatic sense, right? In a lot of drama, there's kind of like the fool character who's sort of like the foil or the idiot of the thing who's, who's unaware and is almost like made an example of, right? Um, I, I can't think of any examples off the top of my head, but there's often a character in a play who's like, uh, it's [00:29:00] almost like the opposite of the everyman, right? The everyman in a, in a play- Right ... or in a movie is sort of like the outsider who things gets explained to, and he's sort of the proxy for, for the audience. Um, I think like, um, Hawkeye in Avengers is kind of the everyman. He's sort of just like this regular dude swept up in this thing, and oftentimes he's the one that, uh, the big characters are explaining things to. And really what that is is the big characters are explaining that to the audience through this proxy. There's also this concept of the fool in a lot of these plays or movies who's sort of like the dummy, the idiot of the play, who things are explained to, and it's still a way to explain it to the audience, but the character doesn't get it. And so that's kind of, kind of the role that this lawyer is playing in this, this narrative here. He, he steps forward. He's like, "What must I do to inherit eternal life?" Jesus answers his question, and then in this like sort of like stunning moment of, like unawareness, he's trying to justify himself. He says, "Well, who is my neighbor?"[00:30:00] As though that's a question that needed to be asked, right? I think, like, we sort of think of it as like, "Oh, yeah, that's a valid question." I actually don't think it is. Like, it's pretty obvious, in the Old Testament at least, who your neighbor is. It's the people who live immediately with you. It's the other people of Israel. It's the people in your immediate concentric circles, the people you have direct access to. Um, and so then Jesus explains it through this parable, and whether or not he gets it at the end, I guess is maybe a little bit unclear. We can talk about that as we get there. But at least in the beginning, he's portrayed as this sort of, like, fool who doesn't understand what Jesus is saying, and then this parable is taught. So it's this theology of, um, revelation to those whom it is intended to, and further obscuring from those it's intended not to, not to illuminate, which is identical. Uh, maybe it's a different flavor of the same thing, but it's the same thing as what Matthew had and what Jesus taught- Right ... in Matthew with the parables. Jesse Schwamb: Right. It definitely is, again, illustrating, again, God's divine prerogative. I think you really have to do a lot of theological gymnastics [00:31:00] to try to work yourself out of a place here that says, like, "Well, this, this knowledge is accessible to all people."  Tony Arsenal: Right.  Jesse Schwamb: That if somehow we just work hard enough, study hard enough, come even before God with the right attitude or do the right things, that somehow all this will be made plain to us, and that's certainly not the truth here. In fact, again, the ironic setup is you have this lawyer asking this question, which creates this strange contrast because here's a man trained in the law, and he approaches the very wisdom of God to test him while the little children already perceive what this fool cannot. So it's irony upon irony, and then I, I like what you're saying. I think, and we'll get to this to anticipate a bit, I'm reading this as he's hoping that the answer to whom is my neighbor, just like he- he's received the affirmative from Jesus saying, "Yes, you understand. Go and do these things. This is life," and we'll get to all of what that means, I think, as well in terms of the covenant of works and the covenant of grace. But I think he's hoping that the definition of neighbor is gonna mean that he has [00:32:00] already accomplished the thing then, so that if there's somehow- Yeah ... he could just set the right boundaries. He could say, "Ah, yeah, I'm already good then, Jesus. I already, already did all that stuff." So- It's wild to me that it, it all starts with, of course, like some kind of scribal specialist in the Torah, of course, likely some kind of Pharisee by theological alignment. And as I'm looking at the notes here, what I find particularly stunning as we start this out is that Luke, of course, is able to speak several times in this parable to the intent. And so he says right away with great kind of fanfare and description that the intent here from this scribal Torah person was to test or to tempt, which is the same verb used of Satan's temptation of Christ and of Israel's testing of God in Deuteronomy 6, which of course Jesus is gonna quote here later on. So it's not, of course, like sincere inquiry, like you're saying. It, it is like adversarial probing. It is like really profound setup. It is dripping with like [00:33:00] ulterior motive. It's seeking to expose Jesus as either like heterodox or as diminishing the law's demands. And I think we've talked about this before, so Tony, correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure in one of the previous parables we talked about sometimes how these get set up with this kind of weird like oxymoronic setting. Inherit Eternal Life Debate Jesse Schwamb: So like this question of se- uh, uh, itself, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?  Tony Arsenal: Yeah.  Jesse Schwamb: It's like more than just theologically revealing. Biblically it's self-contradictory, 'cause of course like we talked about inheritance, I think actually when we went through the, the parable of the prodigal. By definition, that's received, of course, on the ba- basis of relationship or promise. It's not earned by performance. And if the inheritance comes by a law, it no longer comes by promise, right? I think that's like Galatians. So the lawyer's question already portray- portrays like some kind of weird works righteous paradigm. E- even if you think he's really after trying to understand the true intent of God's heart [00:34:00] behind the law, he is assuming at least in this question that eternal life is some kind of wage that he can earn rather than a gift to be received by grace through faith. And that's a fundamental error that the entire subsequent exchange, including the parable, is designed to expose. It's both, like you're saying, Tony, he has not learned yet what it means to be in the kingdom of God. He's outside of that, and so he's trying... Now Jesus is bringing in this corrective action, as it were, set up in a story, but he's gonna turn the law on him, which, which I don't wanna get too excited about that yet. But he's... But essentially, here we have somebody who's the expert in the law trying to leverage the law by way of force against the one who he does not understand has all leverage and authority over him, and is in fact the law giver himself So he's gonna, Jesus is gonna drive him to see his own ability to keep the law that he claims to honor, and that's more than just brilliant. This is what the law does. You do not wanna pit the law against the one who has given the law, the [00:35:00] one whose character is represented in the law, because you're always going to get owned, and you'll get owned before you realize you've just gotten owned on multiple levels, and I think that's what basically unfolds here. Tony Arsenal: Yeah. Yeah, I, I have a little bit of a different take on the, the word inherit here. Um, I don't think what you're saying is wrong, um, but I think there's a little different flavor here, and actually, I, I think it, it still sort of propels us forward to the conversation we have to have, um, about the law and the gospel and the covenant of works, the covenant of grace. The, the Greek that lays under this word is, uh, it's a compound word of the word for, like, lot or portion and the word for law. And so, so the, this force of the word is more along the lines of, like, what shall I do to have a legal right to eternal life? Like- Right ... inherit, I think we hear inherit, and we think of, like, um, like what you get when someone dies, and so, like, obviously there's nothing you do to earn it, and that's certainly an element of the way this [00:36:00] word is used in some instances. I think reading this and kind of how, how the rest of the text plays out, this lawyer is coming forward and he's like, "What do I need to do to have a rightful legal claim to eternal life?" Right? We might even be able, and this is where it comes into the covenant of grace, covenant of works k- kind of paradigm. We might even be able to say that what this lawyer or this person comes forward to ask Jesus is, how do I gain, how do I gain the benefits of the covenant of works, right?  Jesse Schwamb: Right.  Tony Arsenal: Yep. That's language that was developed later that's not, not, like, biblical language in terms of, like, the actual language within the text, but that's the force of what he's saying. What must I do to be a rightful legal... Uh, what must I do to have a rightful legal claim on all of the blessings of the covenant of works, is really the question that's here. And so Jesus' answer is so instructive- Right ... 'cause what he says is, "Well, what's written in the law?" Like, he, he basically says, like, "Well, you should be able to tell me, teacher- Exactly of [00:37:00] the law, like, what, what needs to happen there." And there's an assumption on Christ's part that, like, there is an answer. I think sometimes, sometimes we, we, uh, we make an error in thinking that the covenant of works was never attainable, that it's somehow this, like, um, it's almost like a black box. Like, nobody could know what we have to do to, like, obtain eternal life. That's absolutely not the assumption Jesus makes. Jesus not only knows that there's an answer, it's such a straightforward answer that he expects this scribe to be able to answer it, right? And the scribe can, right? The scribe says, "Well, you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, your soul, your mind, your strength, and your neighbor as yourself," right? The summary of the law. Just good old classic Westminster larger, shorter catechism. Where's the law summarily comprehended? Summarily comprehended in the Ten Commandments. And then, then again, I don't know the questions exactly, but then it also, like, says, like, "Where does Christ summarize this?" Well, you should love the Lord your God, and you should love your [00:38:00] neighbor as yourself, right? Covenant Works and Grace Tony Arsenal: So the, the lawyer comes forward and says, "What do I need to do to have a legal right to all of the blessings of the covenant of works?" Christ says, "Well, what do you think?" He says, "Well, you obey the entirety of the law." And he says, "You've answered correctly. Do this. Obey the entirety of the law and you will live." So the parable itself doesn't necessarily speak to this law, gospel, covenant of works, covenant of grace paradigm. The, the parable is used to show that not only does this lawyer know what is required of him, but that he won't do it.  Jesse Schwamb: Right.  Tony Arsenal: And I think that's really key, because even in the parable, within the parable itself, there are these figures that know what they should do, right? I, I think, um, we'll get into it, but there's a lot of ink spilled on almost like, um, explaining [00:39:00] why the priest and the Phar- phar- and the, the Levite almost like did the right thing by going to the other side of the room, and it points to like, well, their priestly and Levitical responsibilities, if they touch a dead body, like they can't do those things, and those things are so important. Like, there's a lot of ink spilled trying to almost explain why what they did is right, when the point of the parable is that actually we all know what the right thing to do in that sense was. And even the most righteous people in the mind of the hearers, the Levites and the priests, the most righteous people, even they don't do what they're supposed to do. Jesse Schwamb: Right.  Tony Arsenal: This, this paradigm, this gospel law paradigm, law gospel paradigm, this covenant of works, covenant of grace paradigm, is so baked into the very like fabric of, of human thought that it's just there. And Christ takes this time to point out to this lawyer, like, "You know what's expected of you." And so that's why the phrase desiring to justify himself is so key [00:40:00] here. I actually think that the, the, the I don't wanna go so far as to say, like, that this person was regenerated in the midst of this conversation, 'cause I don't know that. But I actually think that there's a forward movement of this lawyer as he interacts with Christ that is optimistic. I'm optimistic about it, right? Right. He starts out trying to test Jesus, then he star- then he moves to having a desire to justify himself. I think we hear that, we read that, desiring to justify himself, we automatically think that that's a negative thing. But if we think about justifying himself in terms of what he's talking about, how do I fulfill the obligations of the covenant of works, that's not a bad thing to wanna do. Right. It's not bad to wanna obey God's law and to lay claim to His promises. It's a misguided notion of something we can't accomplish, but in itself, desiring to justify himself is to desire to fulfill the obligations of the covenant of works. That's not necessarily a bad thing. And so I think this is a merciful, a merciful [00:41:00] teaching on Christ's part. He's trying to instruct this guy to say, "Look, you can't do it. And even if you could do it, you wouldn't do it. So let's, let's talk about mercy instead and what that looks like." And that's where we get to kind of the end of the, uh, the end of the parable.  Jesse Schwamb: And again, we have to remember that we know that the intent here is actually to test or try Jesus, so He's certainly being merciful by using this opportunity not to just put him on blast, but to actually provide true instruction. And of course, like, that was, to some degree, this turning the question back would've been, like, a rabbinic pedagogical technique, but theologically, this is what floors me, is from the jump, Jesus refuses to let this man treat Him merely as one more voice among competing rabbis. Yeah. Instead, He holds that lawyer to the standard of God's own revealed word by, like you said, asking not just what does it say, but how do you read it? Mm-hmm. He's pressing not just for, like, some kind of recitation, but for the lawyer's own understanding and application, and Jesus is gonna hold him [00:42:00] accountable to his own hermeneutic. So by, by the time we get the answer, we know as readers, and all those present would've understood, he already knows the right answer, and he's not ignorant to God's requirements. He already summarizes the whole moral law correctly, encompassing both tables of the Decalogue. And so I think that does lead us then to this statement that we probably should spend a little time on, like, do this and you will live, like you introduced for us. Like, what does that even mean? Because i- it's not, like, in my view It's not like a Pelagian or Arminian concession that law keeping actually saves. I mean, it is the covenant of works principle stated truly inexorably that the law as law does promise life to perfect obedience. But that's the exact problem. I, I like what you said that it's not as if we can't understand what it would be to comprehend or contemplate this perfect law and what it means to fall under the covenant of works. It's just that he also presents for us at the same time this covenant of grace in which life is [00:43:00] granted freely through faith in the mediator who alone fulfills all of these laws' demands. So it's wild in this back and forth that's happening here where it's... I don't even know if it's fair to say this is like the most incredible subtext ever. I'm imagining trying to process this in real time and realizing everything that's being said, not just listening to what's being said and like the technical answers going back and forth. But I think like you said, that the Spirit even here is at work, I would like to believe, in the life and at the heart and the mind of this lawyer who's bringing forward this question with nefarious intent first to test and to undermine, and then is being drawn in almost inexorably into this debate to more profound understanding about a covenant based on works that cannot be accomplished, uh, in perfect obedience except through the mediator who organizes and distributes liberally this covenant of grace to his children for whom he has accomplished at least passively and then actively in his obedience in life and death. And so Jesus' reply is, I [00:44:00] think, thus a very genuine like if that functions to expose an impossibility. I, I don't think he's teaching salvation by works here, of course. He is holding out the law's own terms so that the lawyer and everybody else listening, and even us as well, can discover through this narrative which is about to happen the impossibility of self-produced righteousness, which again is what this gentleman is theologically all about. He's trying to justify himself. And that is precisely the pedagogical strategy like Paul uses later when he systemizes all of this by saying that the law was our guardian or school master until Christ came in order that we might be justified by faith. I think- Yeah ... and it's only because God is good to us and we might sit in some of this teaching, I think this is all in play. So, so I ask you, like, have I gone too far with all this? Like, how much do you think in the real time was being processed? And maybe that's a horrible question to ask because we know the Spirit does this work of illumination and enlightenment, and we're on the other [00:45:00] side of this and have this time to sit and to kind of parse and to really kind of just be pickled in all of this. But there's so much happening here, right?  Tony Arsenal: Yeah. Yeah. Uh, maybe I'll answer the question a, a little bit of a different way. I think, um- We often can think about Old Testament religion, if we wanna kinda call it that. We think about Old Testament religion as though it was totally uniform and, um, entirely legalistic. Right. Uh, my- the, the listener is gonna panic a little bit when I say this, so please don't freak out, but I, I think N.T. Wright, uh, and some of the new perspective on Paul stuff is a, a little bit helpful in this, in that it gives us a foil to sorta push against. Yes. The new perspective on Paul is this idea that, um- Paul was not saying that Judaism was legalistic and Christianity is a grace-based religion, right? He, m- [00:46:00] um, N- NPP is not, is saying, um, Paul was not correcting New or Old Testament religion. And where they go wrong is that they say that Paul actually retains this concept of covenantal faithfulness, covenantal nomism fidelity. Uh, where I think, where I think they're right is that this idea that, like, the Old Testament religion is entirely legalistic and Paul was just sort of correcting that, I think that's way too simplistic. And the reason I say that is that the Mosaic Covenant for, you know, w- and predominantly this podcast is coming from a sort of Westminster Confession of Faith Presbyterian perspective, give or take, right? The, the broad Reformed tradition would say that the, the Mosaic, uh, covenant, the Davidic Covenant, all of the covenants of the Old Testament, and we can break them up in all sorts of different ways, but all of the covenants of the Old Testament, [00:47:00] um, with maybe the exception of the Noahic Covenant, and there's some debate about that, all of those are They're not just, like, supporting structures for the covenant of grace, but they actually are the covenant of grace in various administrations. If that's true, and of course we believe that it is, if that's true, then the people of those covenants understood that on some level. Right. Right? So to think that, like, people under the administration of the covenant of grace somehow thought that they were operating under a legalistic framework doesn't make any sense. Jesse Schwamb: Yeah,  Tony Arsenal: that's true. So, so where I think that applies here is I think this person coming forward, it's not as though the concept of the covenant of grace... Again, that's language that we would develop later, but the concept that God graciously saves His people by the counsel of His own will, apart from their works of righteousness, apart from their meritorious effort, that God [00:48:00] simply extends His grace and conveys the cov- the blessings of the covenant of works to those who trust in the mediator, those who trust in the one to come, the, the forthcoming serpent-crushing seed, right, if you wanna use- Right language from Genesis 3. The, the idea that God simply graciously conveys the blessings of the covenant of works to those people Um, that's not something that's alien to the Old Testament, right? It's not alien to the, even to the Mosaic economy. The most law-based of all of the Old Testament, um, covenants, even that starts with the concept that these people are God's people who he redeemed out of Egypt, right? Right. The redemption out of Egypt comes before the giving of the law, and the giving of the law is a result of the redemption out of Egypt. So to think that this lawyer comes forward, and again, this had been sort of corrupted and distorted and had become a very works-based, uh, [00:49:00] meritorious-based understanding. But the idea that this framework of a covenant of grace is totally alien to this guy just doesn't, it just doesn't, I think it doesn't play. And so I think rather than us read this as I think sometimes we do, of Christ as kind of like giving this guy, trying to give this guy an entirely new paradigm, or like the rich young ruler is very much a parallel kind of situation. We read this, this guy comes forward, he's like, "What do I gotta do to earn eternal life?" Christ is like, kinda basically says like, "Well, you dum-dum, you can't. And I'm gonna demonstrate for you that you can't by- Right ... taking sort of like this situation that you can't possibly believe that you fulfilled and telling you to fulfill it." That's the outcome of this. We'll get to that when we get to the end of the parable. Um, he's not trying to give them a new paradigm. He's trying, in my opinion, he's trying to sort of reorient them back to the true paradigm of grace that is present under all of the Old Covenant administrations. So it's not so much a matter of like [00:50:00] developing a new framework and impli- like imposing this new framework on this guy. It's really trying to say like, "Listen- Think about this for a second, dude. Think about this, right? Think about the fact that, yes, you know you have to love the Lord your God with your whole heart, your whole soul, your whole strength, your whole mind, and you have to love your neighbor as yourself, right? You've answered correctly. If you can do those things, you will live. With the subtext, which I think is what you're getting at, the subtext of, like, and of course you cannot possibly do those things. Right. Right. So what's the alternative, my friend? The alternative is not justifying yourself by somehow identifying who the person is that you have to love the most. The, the, the, um, the... Well, we'll get this when we get to the parable itself, but the, the alternative is... This will be interesting, 'cause I'm not sure that we... I don't know where you are on this, but, um, the alternative is that there's someone out there who shows us mercy. [00:51:00] Right. There's someone out there who takes care of our need despite our total inability to do so. Jesse Schwamb: That's right.  Tony Arsenal: That's the alternative to the covenant of works, is the covenant of grace. I m- maybe I'm, like, hinting at it too much, so I'll just say it. Like, Jesus is the Good Samaritan, right? Like, there's something for us to learn about our own justification here and our own- Right ... like, um, our own need to be merciful, to treat people as our neighbors. But just like we talked about when we talked about, like, what does the least of these mean, this parable, uh, I'm totally, like, burying the lede for next, next week, but that's fine. This parable is not primarily about us figuring out how to do mercy ministry. Right. Like, that's important. It's probably an outcome of this. It's probably something for us to think about. But really, this is actually Christ saying, like, "Hold on a second here, dude." Like, "Let's just think about this." Do you need someone who is going to tell you to pick yourself up off your bootstraps and cross to the other side of the street and leave you to [00:52:00] your own devices? Or do you need someone who's gonna throw you on their donkey, who's gonna bind up your wounds, who's gonna pay the innkeeper, and is gonna pledge to play- pay everything that is owed for your salvation? Right? That's not too on the nose here, I think. Right. And, and I really look forward to, like, unpacking that, although maybe we don't need to now, but I think, like, this parable is so much more about how salvation works than it is about, like, what it means to have a good neighbor and to be a good neighbor. I think we get bogged down in that, and I just am really excited to talk more about, like, what I think this parable actually gets at.  Jesse Schwamb: I agree, and it's happening in the contex

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Natalie Ochoa, president of Jigsaw Health, details widespread magnesium insufficiency and why it occurs (soil depletion, low plant intake/processed foods, stress-related loss, aging, and medication effects including diuretics and proton pump inhibitors). They discuss the poor reliability of standard serum magnesium testing, the limitations of RBC magnesium testing, and using symptoms such as cramps, twitches, constipation, fatigue, and sleep trouble as clues. Ochoa explains Jigsaw's sustained-release magnesium malate (MagSRT) designed to reduce GI side effects and how to read labels for elemental magnesium, with typical intake around 500 mg/day. She reviews the 2018 placebo-controlled Scottsdale Magnesium Study (91 participants) showing increases in RBC and serum magnesium and reduced deficiency symptoms, and a Korean study linking higher magnesium intake to less sarcopenia and lower CRP. They also cover MagSoothe (magnesium glycinate) and an Oura Ring-based sleep trial reporting reduced perceived stress and improved sleep quality, plus mention Jigsaw's potassium drink, electrolyte product, and cod liver oil.

When does trying to be healthy cross the line into rigid or disordered eating? Healthmaxxing focuses on optimizing nutrition, protein, exercise, sleep, steps, and other health metrics. But for someone with an eating disorder or history of disordered eating, healthmaxxing can become another way to follow rigid rules, compulsively track behaviors, and disconnect from the body. In this episode of Dr. Marianne-Land, Dr. Marianne talks with registered dietitian and eating disorder specialist Amy Ornelas, RD, about healthmaxxing, diet culture, protein obsession, fitness trackers, compulsive exercise, and eating disorder recovery. Is Healthmaxxing the New Diet Culture? Healthmaxxing may look different from traditional dieting, but some of the messages sound familiar: eat the “right” foods, maximize protein, hit your steps, exercise consistently, track your metrics, and keep improving. Dr. Marianne and Amy discuss how healthmaxxing can become a socially acceptable form of rigid or disordered behavior. For someone recovering from an eating disorder, relying on an Apple Watch, Oura Ring, calorie tracker, or wellness influencer may also make it harder to rebuild trust in hunger, fullness, fatigue, and other body cues. Protein, Fitness Trackers, & Compulsive Exercise Protein has become one of the biggest trends in nutrition and wellness culture. Amy compares today's protein obsession to previous diet trends, including the fat-free craze of the 1980s and 1990s. Protein matters, but maximizing protein at every meal doesn't automatically make eating healthier. Dr. Marianne and Amy also unpack step counts, exercise goals, calorie tracking, and wearable fitness devices. Fitness data can provide useful information for some people, but it can also reinforce compulsive exercise, perfectionism, and eating disorder behaviors. Your body's needs change. Rest, relationships, sleep, pleasure, and spontaneity matter too. Eating Disorder Recovery & Rebuilding Body Trust Eating disorders can make hunger, fullness, fatigue, emotion, and physical sensations difficult to interpret. That uncertainty can make external rules and health metrics especially appealing. Amy explains how eating disorder nutrition therapy can provide appropriate structure as someone rebuilds nourishment and reconnects with their body. Unlike an algorithm or influencer, individualized nutrition support considers a person's history, eating disorder behaviors, physical needs, and recovery. Dr. Marianne and Amy also discuss what happens when fitness becomes part of your identity. Letting go of compulsive exercise or rigid health behaviors can raise a difficult question: Who am I if I'm no longer the person who always works out, eats a certain way, or prioritizes fitness? Recovery can create room to discover an identity beyond food, weight, exercise, and optimization. What You'll Learn You'll hear Dr. Marianne and Amy discuss healthmaxxing and disordered eating, diet culture and wellness culture, protein obsession and nutrition trends, fitness trackers and calorie tracking, compulsive exercise and step goals, fitness identity, hunger and fullness cues, body trust, and nutrition therapy in eating disorder recovery. They also ask a bigger question: What happens when trying to optimize your health starts taking away from your life? About Amy Ornelas, RD Amy Ornelas is a registered dietitian and eating disorder specialist with more than two decades of experience. She incorporates nutrition therapy, somatic therapy, yoga, and intuitive practices into her work with adolescents and adults. Her own eating disorder recovery helped shape her commitment to helping people move away from diet culture, rigid food rules, body image struggles, and disconnection from their bodies. Instagram: @amyornelasRD Website: i-heart-nutrition.com Related Episodes Have you ever had the experience of suddenly feeling huge in your body, even though nothing about your body has actually changed? That moment of intense body distress is incredibly common in eating disorder recovery. But what if that feeling is not really about body size at all? In this episode of Dr. Marianne-Land, Dr. Marianne Miller is joined by Amy Ornelas, RDN, an eating disorder dietitian, yoga teacher, and somatic therapy practitioner, to explore what body distress may actually be signaling underneath the surface. Together, they unpack how thoughts like “I feel huge” can often reflect emotional activation, overwhelm, grief, shame, anger, or stress rather than a literal change in body size. Amy explains how eating disorder behaviors such as restriction, binge eating, and purging can alter brain chemistry and disconnect people from their internal emotional world. When those behaviors begin to shift in recovery, many people suddenly find themselves face to face with emotions that may have been numbed or pushed aside for years. This can feel confusing, intense, and sometimes even frightening. Dr. Marianne and Amy talk about how eating disorders can function as powerful survival strategies that help people manage overwhelming emotional states. Rather than demonizing these behaviors, they explore how they often develop as adaptive coping mechanisms in environments where emotional expression was discouraged, dismissed, or unsafe. The conversation also highlights how family dynamics, culture, trauma, and neurodivergence can shape the way people learn to relate to their emotions. Many individuals grow up hearing messages that they are too sensitive, too emotional, or should simply get over what they feel. Over time, these messages can make emotional awareness feel dangerous or overwhelming. Amy introduces the role of somatic therapy in eating disorder recovery and explains how body-based approaches can help people reconnect with their internal sensations in a gradual and supportive way. Instead of forcing emotional processing, somatic work focuses on building safety in the nervous system and slowly increasing the capacity to notice and tolerate emotional states. Dr. Marianne and Amy also discuss how body image distress can function as a powerful distraction. It can feel easier to focus anger, fear, or grief on the body than to confront deeper sources of pain, such as relational conflict, social stress, or systemic injustice. Learning to translate body distress into emotional language can help people understand what their internal system is truly trying to communicate. This episode also addresses an important reality in eating disorder recovery: sometimes people appear more emotionally dysregulated as they begin healing. That increase in emotional expression can actually be a sign that someone is reconnecting with their inner world after years of emotional numbing. Amy shares several practical tools that can help people begin reconnecting with their emotions, including brief emotional check-ins throughout the day, asking simple questions about what feelings may be present when eating disorder urges arise, and using movement to help emotional energy move through the body. Dr. Marianne also brings in a neurodivergent-affirming lens, discussing how stimming, rocking, sensory soothing, and other nervous system supports can help people stay connected to themselves during emotionally intense moments. Together, they emphasize that emotions are not problems to eliminate. They are information from our internal systems that help guide us toward safety, boundaries, authenticity, and healing. In this episode, we discuss How eating disorder behaviors can numb or redirect difficult emotions. Why recovery often brings a surge of feelings to the surface, What somatic therapy is and how it can support eating disorder recovery. Why the thought “I feel huge” often reflects emotional distress rather than body change. How trauma, family systems, and culture shape emotional expression. Why body image distress can act as a distraction from deeper pain. The difference between compartmentalizing emotions and avoiding them. Why increased emotional intensity can be a sign of progress in recovery. Practical ways to begin noticing and naming emotions during recovery. How neurodivergent people may benefit from stimming and sensory supports. About the guest Amy Ornelas, RDN, is a registered dietitian nutritionist, eating disorder specialist, yoga teacher, and somatic therapy practitioner based in California. She works with individuals, families, and groups and integrates nutrition care with somatic and nervous system–informed approaches to eating disorder recovery. Connect with Amy Ornelas Instagram: @amyornelasRD Website: i-heart-nutrition.com Listen if you are Experiencing intense body image distress during eating disorder recovery. Trying to understand why recovery can bring more emotion, not less. Curious about somatic therapy and body-based approaches to healing. Looking for tools to help manage urges to restrict, binge, or purge. Interested in understanding the emotional layers beneath body distress. Related episodes On "I Feel Huge" Versus "What I'm Actually Feeling": Translating Body Distress Into Emotions" via Apple or Spotify. On Eating Disorders as a Coping Strategy for Deeper Pain via Apple or Spotify. On Eating Disorders in Midlife & Our Personal Recovery Stories via Apple or Spotify. On Atypical Anorexia via Apple or Spotify On Eating Disorder Recovery, Higher Level of Care, & Renourishment via Apple or Spotify On Reconnecting With Your Body in Eating Disorder Recovery via Apple or Spotify On Trauma, Eating Disorders, & Levels of Care via Apple or Spotify. Work With Dr. Marianne If healthmaxxing, compulsive exercise, rigid food rules, body image concerns, or anxiety around eating have become tangled up with your eating disorder, Dr. Marianne offers a neurodivergent-affirming, trauma-informed approach to eating disorder recovery. Dr. Marianne specializes in ARFID, binge eating, anorexia, and bulimia, including the ways eating disorders intersect with autism, ADHD, sensory needs, and trauma. She offers eating disorder therapy in California and Washington, D.C., as well as virtual coaching for people elsewhere. She also offers a self-paced ARFID & Selective Eating course for adults with ARFID, parents and caregivers, and providers. Visit drmariannemiller.com to learn more about working with Dr. Marianne. Follow @drmariannemiller on Instagram and listen to Dr. Marianne-Land on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

Hosts: Ed Jones (Owner – Nutrition World) & Clint Powell A variety of topics to living a healthy life Presented by: Nutrition World www.nutritionw.com Broadcasting from the Nooga Dentistry Studio www.noogadentistry.com Production of: Whitfield Media Group www.vitalhealthradio.com Title: Beyond Cholesterol: The Heart Health Markers That Matter [0:00:00] – Intro: Lettuce Contamination, Social Media & Local Business Impact Discussion of “fear of lettuce,” limited to 15 states (not Tennessee) How social media amplifies food scares Local “Build a Salad” restaurant going out of business and timing around lettuce scare [0:04:39] – Back-to-School Immune Support: Oral Probiotics & Iodine Nasal Spray Back-to-school season and rise in colds/sicknesses Oral probiotics for kids: oral microbiome, throat/sinus benefits Iodine nasal spray for parents and teachers: safety, use during school/gym, personal routines of Ed and Clint [0:08:04] – Supplement Industry & Big Pharma Buyouts Thorne bought by Procter & Gamble for $3.8B History of pharma mocking “granola/hippie” supplement culture, now buying brands Many acquired supplement brands failing under pharma ownership Difference between pharma customers and nutraceutical users (education, mindset) Nutrition World's preference for privately owned brands [0:14:00] – Life Lessons from Flying & Racing: Doing the Hard but Right Thing Ed's story: practicing engine-out landings, re-learning best glide speed Insight: sometimes you must “point the nose down” (do the counterintuitive hard thing) to survive Clint's race-car analogy: “you go where you look” – look down the track, not at the wall [0:18:01] – Food Label Claims: Olive Oil vs. Avocado Oil Products UC Davis testing of products “made with olive oil” – most passed authenticity tests Avocado-oil-labeled products often failing purity tests Takeaway: be more skeptical of “made with avocado oil” claims [0:18:31] – Prostate Cancer & “Treating the Terrain,” Not Just the Tumor Dr. Gio (prostate-focused naturopath): focus on the ground cancer grows in Historical context from Stephen Paget's work on tumor “soil and seed” Lifestyle “soil-building” recommendations: Resistance training, walking 150 minutes/week Waist circumference < half your height Sleep, stress reduction, nutraceuticals, nutrient-dense diet [0:21:58] – Multivitamins, Carotid Stenosis & Functional Benefits COSMOS study: Centrum multivitamin and patients with carotid narrowing Reported improvements in physical function (walking, climbing stairs) and symptoms (shortness of breath, fatigue) Ed's extrapolation: better-designed multis (True Grace, Life Extension, etc.) likely offer even more benefit [0:22:30] – Post-Infectious Cough: Honey + Instant Coffee vs. Prednisone Double-blind RCT comparing: Honey + instant coffee paste Prednisone Guaifenesin Honey + instant coffee dramatically outperformed prednisone in reducing persistent cough frequency Discussion of guaifenesin's role, safety, and its regulatory history in health food vs. pharmacy channels [0:30:12] – Prednisone, COVID & Anxiety: Personal Case Story Guest Dr. Curt Dearing shares: Followed COVID protocol including prednisone Developed severe, prolonged anxiety afterward (twice) Realization that prednisone triggered it Ed's summary of prednisone side effects: bone loss, cataracts, muscle wasting, weight gain; okay short term, risky long term [0:33:30] – Cardiovascular Disease, Statins, & New Drug Lifendra (PCSK9 Inhibitor Pill) CV disease framed as leading cause of death for most people Introduction of Lifendra (oral PCSK9 inhibitor, from Merck) as “breakthrough” LDL-lowering drug Comparison with Repatha (injectable PCSK9 inhibitor) Curt's key points: Lifendra lowers LDL but does not show reduction in cardiovascular death, heart attack, or stroke (per Merck's own wording so far) Repatha's trial data: minimal impact on non-fatal events; no reduction in CV deaths vs. placebo Very high cost (~$300+/month out of pocket; heavy insurance burden) Critique of LDL obsession in cardiology Need to ask: Why is the cardiovascular system inflamed and oxidized? Ed & Curt's “terrain” model: Bad inputs: ultra-processed food, toxins, poor sleep, chronic stress, lack of sun/movement Missing inputs: nutrient-dense foods, minerals, omega-3s, organ meats, sunlight, sleep, movement Example of amlodipine: lowers BP numbers but may increase arterial calcification (calcium channel blocker) For people unwilling to change lifestyle, drugs may offer marginal benefit—but not true health [0:41:05] – Curt's Book & Lab Markers That Matter More Than LDL-C Curt's book: “Beyond Cholesterol: The Ultimate Guide to Testing and Supplements for Heart Health” Emphasis on better markers: ApoB, LDL particle size/number, calcium score, etc. Book's Amazon performance briefly noted (new release bestseller in its category) [0:44:32] – Alternatives to Statins & PCSK9s: Bergamot & Lifestyle Curt's hierarchy: Lifestyle (diet, exercise, stress, sleep) Targeted supplements like bergamot (citrus extract): lowers harmful particles such as ApoB and supports “good” LDL function Only then consider pharmaceuticals, and very selectively Skepticism about recommending Lifendra at all; strong bias toward non-drug approaches [0:45:28] – Dr. Wolfson, Mold, and Cardiovascular Terrain Ed & Curt's respect for Dr. Jack Wolfson, “The Natural Heart Doctor” Mention of mold as a major, under-recognized driver of cardiovascular disease Reference to Dr. Wolfson's educational resources and upcoming podcast plans [0:48:04] – Key Takeaways on Lifendra & Heart Prevention Strategy Lifendra will not fix: seed oils, glyphosate exposure, mold, bad sleep, chronic stress Terrain-building priorities: Real food, omega-3s, sunlight Toxin reduction Mitochondrial support Foundational supplements Contrast: drugs = band-aids with side effects; nutraceuticals = “side benefits” when used correctly [0:52:28] – Wrap-Up Ed mentions Sprouts selling lab-grown meat and his strong opposition Update on Oura Ring: now tracking nighttime blood pressure and importance of BP dipping Listener story: young man post–heart surgery credits Nutrition World's education and support with changing his life Final thanks to Dr. Dearing and closing outro  The post Radio Show / Podcast – August 9, 2026 first appeared on Vital Health Radio.

I'm a biohacker with a peptide fridge, and right now I am injecting absolutely nothing. That is probably not what you expected me to say. The internet makes it look like the goal is more compounds, stacked higher, forever. It is not. The goal is to use the right tool for a specific window, then come off it. In this solo episode I open my actual fridge. I walk through every peptide I have run recently, the real dose, why it went in, why it came out, and why I am on a full break right now. I cover my injury repair pair BPC-157 and TB-500, my body composition experiments with AOD-9604 and a Retatrutide microdose, my beauty and longevity layer with GHK-Cu and NAD nasal spray, and my brain and mood pair Selank and Semax. Then I explain why I am cycled off everything, and how to build your own stack for a female body instead of copying mine. This is my personal experience for education, not medical advice, and peptides are provider territory. If you want me to help you build and sequence your own stack around your goals and your labs, you can book a free call here. Join The LongHer Life Longevity Community for women-specific guidance on peptides, hormones, and longevity. Timestamps: 02:20 - The confession: a biohacker with a peptide fridge, injecting nothing right now 02:55 - Why more is not better, and who is really selling you peptides forever 04:04 - Work with me one on one: free 15-minute calls for women worldwide 05:11 - Foundations first: hitting 140 g of protein a day and creatine 06:39 - Two years postpartum, building muscle, and my genetics 07:57 - Sleep and recovery: my new Oura Ring and tracking HRV 08:43 - Where my peptide year started: a wake surfing knee injury 09:35 - BPC-157: how it works, my dose, and doubling it to heal my knee 11:17 - Who BPC-157 is for, injecting near the injury, and breastfeeding 12:41 - TB-500: the classic repair partner, my loading dose, and tapering off 13:58 - Body composition peptides: AOD-9604 and Retatrutide microdosing 14:25 - AOD-9604: gentle fat metabolism, my 300 mcg fasted dose, who it suits 18:46 - Retatrutide explained: the triple agonist people call GLP-3 22:25 - Why I would buy Retatrutide now and store it in your fridge 24:56 - Serious weight loss vs my 0.5 mg microdose, and the nausea I felt 28:02 - The GLP muscle and nutrient warning every woman needs to hear 29:18 - GHK-Cu: the copper beauty peptide for skin, hair, and nails 30:47 - Managing the GHK-Cu skin reaction, and when to take a break 32:24 - NAD nasal spray: energy, focus, and longevity the gentle way 35:22 - Selank: my favorite calming peptide for anxiety and stress 37:45 - Semax: the focus peptide, and how I pair the two 39:04 - Why I am cycled off everything right now: the full deload 43:53 - How to build your own stack without copying mine 44:38 - Labs and supplements I am running: SiPhox, Function Health, Needed 45:44 - Start gentle, stay at 3 to 5 peptides, and cycle off 46:27 - Free peptide sources and my digital peptide planner 48:18 - Close: work with me, and why the break is the protocol Resources: Work with me one-on-one: book a free 15-minute call. The Her Stack Planner to track your doses, timing, and cycles. My Peptide Source Guide with vetted sources for Canada, the US, and global, plus supplies. Join The LongHer Life Longevity Community. Products mentioned: AgelessRx for the NAD nasal spray and GHK-Cu cream. Code: BIOHACKINGBRITTANY. SiPhox Health at-home blood testing in Canada. Code: BRITTANY20. NiaHealth at-home labs in Canada. Function Health labs in the US. Needed prenatals and omegas. Code: BIOHACKINGBRITTANY. Oura Ring for sleep and HRV tracking. Let's connect: Instagram and TikTok @biohackingbrittany, and Facebook. Shop everything I use at biohackingbrittany.com. Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube Music. This is for educational purposes only. This is not medical advice.

Deze week in de podcast: Ziggo wordt een overkoepelende kabelaanbieder voor heel de Benelux. We testen de CLIP die iedere fiets elektrisch moet maken, maar die heeft toch veel haken en ogen. En de Fitbit Air van Google lijkt nu echt de beste smart band voor iPhones. Daarnaast was je niet de enige waarvan WhatsApp ineens het account blokkeerde.Disney+ streamt weer 4K, maar HDR laat op zich wachten. En Google annuleert een app waar bijna een miljoen mensen op zitten te wachten. Sponsor: Misschien niet de eerste plek waar je kijkt als IT’er, maar wel één waar je je sneller thuis voelt dan je denkt. Ontdek waarom op rabobank.jobs/IT Tips uit deze aflevering: Serie: Ted Lasso is terug. Moet gezegd worden, want Floris en Erwin zijn fan. De serie leek al afgesloten, maar heeft toch weer een nieuw seizoen gekregen. Dit keer moet de Ted Lasso een vrouwenelftal vol karikaturen begeleiden, samen met een norse hulp-coach. We hebben de review live staan op Bright en elke week verschijnt er een nieuwe aflevering op Apple TV. App: Polycam is een app waarmee je 3D-scans maakt door fotogrammetrie en/of LiDAR. Het wordt veel gebruikt door 3D-kunstenaars, maar ik gebruik het om mijn huis vast te leggen zoals het nu is. Dat verandert over de jaren heen en in plaats van stilstaande foto's, kun je dan later door je huis heen bewegen. Resultaten zijn niet altijd even scherp, dus heb vooral heel veel geduld. Wearable: vorige keer in de podcast had Wolter het over de Oura Ring 4 die in de korting was, maar nu heeft hij de Oura Ring 5. Hij is echt blij verrast met de grootte van de Ring. Hij is veel minder aanwezig dan Ring 4 en hij kan hem van harte aanbevelen. Hij heeft ongeveer een week batterij. Hij is wel wat duurder, 429 euro betaal je ervoor, dus dan de tip om voor de Oura Ring 4 te gaan. Qua design is de Ring 5 veel discreter. Wolters volledige review volgt snel! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week's Addicted to Fitness features a product review of one of the most popular fitness trackers on the market today. Shannon provides a comprehensive review of the Oura Ring 4, including its price, features, health tracking data, performance, and the pros and cons to help you determine whether it's the right smart ring for your needs. They also discuss sleep injuries, ripped stuntwomen, and starbathing. Follow the podcast profile on Instagram @TheATFPodcast. Give it a listen and let us know what you think by leaving a rating & review in Apple Podcasts. Visit addictedtofitness.libsyn.com to listen to our entire archive. Like & Follow the Addicted to Fitness Podcast Facebook page (Facebook.com/addictedtofitnesspodcast). Follow Nick & Elemental Training Tampa on Facebook (www.facebook.com/ElementalTampa) and Instagram (www.instagram.com/ettampa/) to participate in free live workouts. Follow the podcast profile on Instagram @TheATFPodcast and send Nick a DM if you're interested in receiving a customized workout plan or visit shannonjb.com (IG @shannonjb) to learn more about Shannon's wellness coaching program.

We live in the most connected, most inspired, most information-rich time in human history — and somehow, a lot of us are struggling to answer a very simple question: What do I actually think?   In this solo episode, I'm exploring what I've been calling "external noise" — the constant stream of opinions, aesthetics, expert takes, and algorithm-fed content that shapes our preferences before we've had a chance to form our own. It started with a moment standing in my closet, unable to figure out what felt like me. But it quickly became about something much bigger: whether we've slowly lost confidence in our own point of view.   This isn't an anti-social media episode. It's a conversation about discernment — the practice of being influenced without being consumed, and building a strong enough sense of self that the world adds to you instead of defining you. IN THIS EPISODE The closet moment that started it all — and why it wasn't really about clothes What "external noise" actually means (hint: it's not just social media) Why influence isn't new, but the volume, speed, and intimacy of it is The neuroscience behind why we adopt other people's preferences without realizing it — the mere exposure effect explained Why I stopped wearing my Oura Ring and what it taught me about outsourcing my own experience What two years of fertility opinions taught me about trusting myself Body image, repetition, and the realization that some of my preferences were borrowed — not mine The difference between admiration and alignment Five steps to strengthen your internal filter: Notice, Ask, Filter, Experiment, Reflect Why the goal isn't certainty — it's becoming rooted enough that the world adds to you RESOURCES & LINKS MENTIONED Figuring It Out on Instagram Email Hailey: hailey@hailey-miller.com Rate & review the show on Apple Podcasts or Spotify   If this episode resonated with you, share it with a friend who needs to hear it — and let me know what you think via DM or email.

Mollie Eastman, behavior change specialist, sleep optimization expert, founder of Sleep Is a Skill, and host of the Sleep Is a Skill podcast, joins me on this episode of the Business Minds Coffee Chat podcast. After struggling with debilitating insomnia herself, Mollie became determined to understand the science behind great sleep. What she discovered transformed her own life and led her to help entrepreneurs, executives, athletes, and high performers improve their health, energy, and performance by mastering one of the most overlooked skills of all: sleep.

This week on the SLMan Podcast, we're joined by self-taught cook and content creator James Holdsworth for a conversation spanning food, style, travel and men's health.James talks about teaching himself east Asian cooking, his go-to summer BBQ recipes and why simple, seasonal ingredients always win. The team also share their latest fashion picks – from shoes and shirts to sunglasses – plus, the new Jo Malone London fragrance everyone's talking about. Elsewhere, we get into the week's biggest topics: ‘The Odyssey', international sport returning to the UK, travel plans, fatherhood and the unexpected world of baby modelling. We also have an honest chat about men's health, why regular check-ups matter and breaking the stigma around asking for help. Finally, we tackle your dilemmas – from wedding guest etiquette to friendship boundaries and style advice.Expect laughs, honest takes, and the usual laidback SLMan energy.Get SheerLuxe Straight To Your Inbox, Daily | http://sheerluxe.com/signup PANELHarvey James | @harvjam | https://www.instagram.com/harvjam/ Russell & Bromley Moccasin Loafers | https://go.shopmy.us/p-74984807 Uniqlo Colourful Socks | https://go.shopmy.us/p-74984911 Percival Straight-Leg Jeans | https://go.shopmy.us/p-74985056 Rampley & Co The Varenna Tie | https://go.shopmy.us/p-74985185 Oura Ring 5 | https://go.shopmy.us/p-74985450 James Holdsworth | @james__holdsworth | https://www.instagram.com/james__holdsworth/ Levi's 578 Baggy Sandy Stonewash Jeans | https://go.shopmy.us/p-74985656 Toast Theo Cotton Short Sleeve Tee | https://go.shopmy.us/p-74985878 Tunde Ogunsina | @tundeogun | https://www.instagram.com/tundeogun/ M&S T-Shirt | https://go.shopmy.us/p-74986175 M&S Crew Neck Jumper | https://go.shopmy.us/p-74987493 Abercrombie & Fitch Baggy Jean | https://go.shopmy.us/p-74989285 Moss Tobacco Ruched Loafers | https://go.shopmy.us/p-74989461 Ray-Ban Meta Glasses | https://go.shopmy.us/p-74995103 THINGS WE LOVEF45: https://f45training.com/Aya Resort | https://aya-resort.com/ FASHION FINDSBottega Veneta Palazzo Intrecciato Mules | https://go.shopmy.us/p-75003486 Nolwol Spencer M Suede Mules | https://go.shopmy.us/p-75003740 Chamula Polanco Woven Leather Mules | https://go.shopmy.us/p-75004071 Finlay Theodore Sunglasses | https://go.shopmy.us/p-75004222 Story mfg. Greeting Shirt | https://go.shopmy.us/p-75004360 Jo Malone London Carrot Blossom Cologne | https://go.shopmy.us/p-75004495 Buetti QSL Trucker Cap | https://www.instagram.com/p/DbEKafViF65/ SuperTeeth Toothpaste | https://go.shopmy.us/p-75004877 

#309: Want to wake up feeling energized instead of exhausted? In this episode, Josie shares her exact Hot Girl Nighttime Routine Checklist—the step-by-step system she uses to fall asleep faster, sleep more deeply, and wake up feeling like her best self. From the 9-Hour Rule and her nightly "closing shift" to the sleep habits that have transformed her Oura Ring scores (and her energy, skin, mood, and productivity along with it), this episode is packed with practical, science-backed tips you can start using tonight.You'll learn:• The 9-Hour Rule and the 80% Rule• Why your nighttime routine matters even more than your morning routine• The simple lighting and phone changes that support melatonin production• Phone hacks, lighting tricks, & bedtime rituals that calm your nervous system• Josie's favorite sleep supplements—and who actually needs them• How to create the ideal sleep environment with a few simple tweaks• The final one-minute practice that helps her fall asleep fastFor Detailed Show Notes visit theeverygirlpodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2 men jumped over the Space needle. Safely. Now they can't find the men. Raven doesn't even like going inside the buildings, never mind jumping. Anna proposes the idea that 1m millions dollars is on the line, would you do it?  Anna has been lying to her Oura Ring when it thinks she's working out. She falsely confirms those exercises. Today, she comes clean with her Oura friend.  3 trending news stories, Raven picks the headline to hear the whole story! Today, a cruise passenger caught itching foot with a fork in the dining room. Maybe plastc silverware is the best from here on out.  Doomscrolling has been proven to ruin sleep and sleep schedules. Admit it; we're all guilty. Anna and Raven discuss all the sleep distractions we all go through.  What's your new clothes washing protocol? Anna thrifted a blazer that she has no time to clean and feels slightly dirty wearing it unwashed. Smell test it is! Dating somebody new? We know. There are always signs. After Anna and her friends saw a couple skipping down the street and another one holding a 45-minute gaze on the dance floor, they discuss "new relationship giveaways"  BREAKING: It's Middle Schooler News! Every week, Anna and Raven invite a middle schooler to report the biggest headlines! This week, Liam joins the show!     Trending: Usher kicked a girl off the stage after she was giving off the vibe, she didn't want to be there. Anna was in a similar situation with Donnie Wahlberg. Millennial parents now are making Minivans cool again. The Operations Manager of the office, Ed, is a diehard Minivan fan and is encouraging more people to get one. Not... AT ALL... an ad.  Ian and Lizzy have been dating for a couple of years. When they first started dating, Lizzy had a bad encounter with Ian's ex-girlfriend and there was a threat of physical violence. Nothing ever happened and they all moved on. Now, Lizzy has just found out that her company that does promotions for a liquor company has hired her to work their company. There's a chance they would even be together on some projects. Lizzy thinks she should tell her boss and try to avoid any problems, Ian says don't say anything, they've all grown. What would you do? Siobhan has a chance to win $900! All she has to do is answer more pop culture questions than Raven in Can't Beat Raven! 

275 | Samuel und Alex pitchen sich Geschäftsideen! Diesmal: Ein Oura-Ring, der soziale Interaktion misst, eine App gegen Rückenschmerzen und eine Idee mit Pikachu.Partner dieser Folge:sevdesk.deUpgrade deine Buchhaltung! Rabatt auf den Jahrestarif mit 60% auf die gesamte Vertragslaufzeit bei 12 und 24 Monaten: OPTIMISTEN6060% auf die ersten 3 Monate bei Monatstarifen: OPTIMISTEN3M https://sevdesk.de/digitale-optimisten/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=er_digitale-optimisten_q2_2026_#2 Mach das 1-minütige Quiz und finde eine Geschäftsidee, die zu dir passt: digitaleoptimisten.de/quiz.Kapitel(00:40) Intro(04:21) Bitcoin Bros(12:46) Proseminar Klimawandel(24:46) Geschäftsidee: Oura Ring, der soziale Interaktionen misst(37:55) Y-Combinator Request for Startups(30:25) Was ist eigentlich mit E-Mobilität?(47:22) Geschäftsidee von Samuel: App gegen Rückenschmerzen (55:15) Geschäftsidee von Alex: KartenkurierSo erreichst du uns:Sprachnachricht senden: https://www.speakpipe.com/digitaleoptimistenEmail schreiben: alexander@digitaleoptimisten.deLearningsKlimasysteme ganzheitlich denkenDer Dialog zeigt, dass Albedo-Effekt, OTEC und Aerosole zusammenwirken und dass eine einzelne Maßnahme das Klima nicht zuverlässig steuert. Energie bleibt Energie, und der Gesprächsverlauf betont die Wechselwirkungen sowie die Notwendigkeit von Koordination unter Regierungen und privaten Akteuren. Es wird deutlich, dass private Akteure oder einzelne Staaten zu viel Macht übernehmen könnten, weshalb eine globale Abstimmung erforderlich erscheint. Für Gründer heißt das: Klima-Geschäftsideen müssen systemisch gedacht und Risiken, Nebenwirkungen sowie politische Rahmenbedingungen berücksichtigt werden.Health-Score als Workplace-AnsatzDie Idee Back Angel orientiert sich an einem Rücken-Health-Score wie Whoop, mit fünf Übungen pro Woche und einem Recovery Score. Dazu kommen konkrete Verbesserungsempfehlungen und der Vergleich mit anderen High Achievers als Motivations- und Messgröße. Die Zielgruppe soll direkt Verbraucher sein (Direct-to-Consumer), während Kaya Health eher Firmenkunden bedient; das eröffnet verschiedene Vertriebswege. Unternehmerischer Nutzen: Ein messbares Health-Produkt kann Markenbildung und Kundenbindung stärken, er braucht klare Positionierung und messbare Outcomes.Y Combinator RFU als GründungsleitfadenIm Gespräch wird deutlich, dass Y Combinator erneut einen Request for Startups veröffentlicht und damit Orientierung bietet. Als Beispiele nennen die Hosts AI for the aging population und New Operating System for the physical world, die als thematische Leitlinien dienen. Die Diskussion sieht RFU als nützliches Instrument, um Ideen zu bewerten und sich stärker auf passende Themen zu fokussieren. Im Unternehmenskontext bedeutet das: Gründer können RFU-Themen nutzen, um Markteintrittsrisiken zu reduzieren und relevante Pitch-Felder zu identifizieren.Ethik und Regulierung bei Plattform-basierter WetteEs werden Multiple Polymarket-Scams und Insider-Trading diskutiert, unter anderem Wetten auf Trump-Zeilen und Maduro-Festnahmen. Die Gespräche werfen Fragen auf, ob solche Aktivitäten legal sind und zeigen eindrücklich, wie leicht Transparenz und Regulierung unterlaufen werden könnten. Das verdeutlicht, dass Produkt- und Plattformdesign Governance-, Compliance- und Ethik-Anforderungen berücksichtigen müssen. Für Unternehmen heißt das: Risikogovernance und klare Regeln sind essenziell, um Missbrauch zu verhindern und Vertrauen zu schaffen.KeywordsAlbedo-EffektOcean Thermal Energy ConversionFeststoffbatterienE-MobilitätPolymarketAlbedo-Effekt Auswirkungen globale TemperaturenOcean Thermal Energy Conversion ErklärungFeststoffbatterien Vorteile ReichweiteE-Mobilität Secondhand-Batterien WertverlustPolymarket Wettmärkte Risiken Insider-TradingRückenschmerzen Startup Back AngelKartenkurier Sammelkarten Grading ConciergeLongevity Arbeitsplatz Wearable

Is it just your age, or is inflammation really affecting your fertility? In this episode, I'm breaking down the real relationship between hormones, inflammation, and egg quality — why age isn't the whole story, how chronic inflammation impacts your fertility, what your cycle is really trying to tell you, and how to balance lifestyle changes with treatment like IVF for the best possible outcome.  Joining me is one of my favorite fellow fertility doctors, Dr. Natalie Crawford  @NatalieCrawfordMD   a board-certified reproductive endocrinologist, co-founder of Fora Fertility in Austin, Texas, host of the As a Woman Podcast, and author of The Fertility Formula. ✅️In this episode, we cover: - Why simplifying fertility decline to "just age" does a disservice to patients - How chronic inflammation affects egg quality, mitochondrial function, and chromosome alignment - Why your menstrual cycle is a vital sign and how most tracking apps get ovulation wrong - The best tools and methods for accurately tracking ovulation (BBT, LH tracking, cervical mucus, wearables) - Why baseline cycle knowledge matters, especially after stopping contraception - How to balance lifestyle changes with moving efficiently toward treatment like IVF - Why IVF success starts with preparation, not just the procedure itself

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Are you spending more energy stressing about your health than actually enjoying your life?In this episode of the Health Up Podcast, clinical nutritionist and lifestyle medicine specialist Anthony Hartcher tackles one of the most overlooked wellness traps — health obsessiveness, also known as orthorexia. If you've ever felt guilty for missing a workout, competitive about how long you fasted, or overwhelmed by conflicting health advice, this episode is your permission slip to breathe.Anthony explores why the relentless pursuit of "doing health perfectly" can actually work against your wellbeing — and why the healthiest communities on earth (the Blue Zones) thrived without a single supplement, gadget, or biohacking protocol.What you'll discover in this episode:

Quynh, Jessie, and Sara go behind the scenes of their paper flower mastermind, sharing what three cohorts have taught them about accountability, imposter syndrome, and building a creative business for the long haul. In this episode, Quynh, Jessie, and Sara step away from guest interviews to talk directly to you about something they don't often unpack on the podcast: their mastermind community, Paper to Profit, and what running it for three cohorts has taught them about what it actually takes to build a paper flower business that lasts. They talk candidly about the difference between making art and selling art, why their members today struggle with too much information instead of too little, and why accountability and community consistently move the needle more than any single tactic. Sara and Jessie share what it's like watching members go from afraid to even say “I'm an artist” out loud to confidently running their first workshops and sales. "It's so easy to sit and think and not do anything about it. Our purpose in the mastermind is to motivate you, to keep you accountable, to be your cheerleaders." - Jessie on accountability The hosts also get real about the timeline. Referencing recurring guest Poy T. Granati's three-year pursuit of a Hermès collaboration, and their own decade-plus journey building Paper Talk into a top-ranked podcast, Quynh and the team make the case that meaningful creative businesses are built slowly, with consistent effort, not overnight virality. They close with details on their next mastermind cohort opening September 8th (sign-ups open in August) and their upcoming August retreat in Seattle, which includes a visit to the Seattle wholesale flower market and the flower fields of Mount Vernon and Skagit Valley. As always, the episode wraps with the hosts' current favorite things, including Quynh's new obsession with her Oura ring, Jessie's discovery of a product that saves her from uncomfortable leaks, Sara's long-overdue investment in real running shoes. The Best Thing We Bought that Bring Us Joy Quynh: Get 10% off of the Oura Ring 5 Jessie: Uresta Bladder Support for Women Sara: Hoka Running Shoes Paper Talk is supported by our community of readers and listeners. When you click on our affiliate links, we may earn a commission for qualifying purchases made through Amazon.com, Shareasale, or similar affiliate marketing programs. This commission goes directly into the maintenance of this website and our podcast. ----------------------------------------------------- JOIN OUR PAPER TALK MASTERMIND! If you've been running your paper business solo and you're tired of figuring out pricing, marketing, and selling alone, then this is for you. The Mastermind is returning in the Fall 2026 and we saved you a seat! Starting September 8, we are leading a 6-month Mastermind for paper artists ready to build something sustainable. You'll meet twice a month with us and a small group of paper artists tackling the real stuff: pricing, social media, selling your work, newsletters, and building confidence in your business. We'll have honest conversations, dive into practical strategies, and be with people who actually understand what you're building. Registration begins in August. Get on the Waitlist! -----------------------------------------------------

This week, Emily sits down in Paris with Laura Thweatt, three-time US Cross Country National Champion, top-10 finisher at major marathons like New York and Chicago, and the assistant roads team coach for the On Athletic Club (OAC). Fresh off her stellar 13-year professional running career, Laura discusses transitioning from elite athlete to coaching world-class talent, navigating injury cycles, and why she is passionate about helping female athletes understand their own physiology to unlock peak performance. IN THIS EPISODE The Transition to Coaching: Laura explains her role with OAC, helping to construct and build out a specialized marathon team alongside coach Dathan Ritzenhein. A Lifelong Passion: Why a stint coaching high school cross country at Monarch High School made Laura realize she wanted to stay on the coaching side of the sport after hanging up her own competitive sneakers. The Power of Female Physiology: Laura opens up about why women need spaces to comfortably discuss their menstrual cycles, recovery, and training adjustments to treat their bodies like a superpower. Tracking and Biofeedback: How OAC is working with tools like the Oura Ring to help athletes track data, optimize their schedules, and actively reduce injury risks. Navigating Chronic Injury: A deep dive into Laura's battle with osteitis pubis (inflammation of the pubic symphysis) and how complete time away from running reshaped her listening relationship with her body. Small Wins and Journaling: Why tracking tiny daily progression points became a vital mental health tool when facing an extended recovery with no clear return date. QUOTABLE MOMENTS "So many of my hardships in my running, in life, have always taught me that in the moment it’s so hard to see, but it’s what sets you up for the things that come later." "If you don't schedule breaks for yourself, your body will eventually force you to take one." "I believe in myself the way that I want my athletes to believe in themselves. We’re a team... I have to believe in myself that I can help them get there." SOCIAL@lthweatt@emilyabbate@iheartwomenssports JOIN: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Daily Hurdle IG Channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ SIGN UP: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Weekly Hurdle Newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ASK ME A QUESTION: Email hello@hurdle.us to with your questions! Emily answers them every Friday on the show. Listen to Hurdle with Emily Abbate on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wanna tell us how you feel about the podcast? Text us!Three lawyers. Four sandwiches. Zero filter.This week, Andy, Ed, and Terry bring in Ozzy's Market — one of St. Louis' newest restaurants, a grab-and-go café on Washington Avenue in Downtown West — straight to the Brown & Crouppen studio on The Hill for a taste test. On the menu: chicken salad, Italian combo on focaccia, chopped cheese with tomato jam, and a spicy house-made meatball sub. Spoiler: the tomato jam is doing a lot of work.But as always, the food is just the starting point.This episode covers:• Private equity buying hospital systems — and the 13% rise in ER death rates nobody is talking about• Why AI is the single greatest financial and security threat facing American consumers right now• Online scams targeting older adults and why one of our aunts dumped her boyfriend over a $50,000 email scheme• Porch pirate explosion videos: real, AI, or entrapment?• Polymarket and prediction markets — and whether the UFO files are actually getting declassified• Health tracking wearables: Oura Ring vs. Whoop vs. Panther, and what HRV actually means• Michael Dell's $6.25 billion donation to Trump accounts — generous gesture or the world's most pointless gift?• Nikki Glaser, writing jokes, and a challenge for next episodeFilmed at Brown & Crouppen Law Firm Studios on The Hill, St. Louis.---Subscribe wherever you listen so you never miss an episode.

So far, there have been exactly zero great AI-first gadgets. But that hasn't stopped the tech industry from trying to figure out what shape and size these new gadgets might take, and whether any of them can best the device in your pocket. The Verge's Allison Johnson and Victoria Song join David to rank all those shapes, from pendant to smartwatch to rectangle, to see whether there is actually a next big thing out there. Further reading: ⁠Apple sues OpenAI for allegedly stealing hardware secrets | The Verge⁠ ⁠Less is more with the Oura Ring 5 | The Verge⁠ Subscribe to The Verge for unlimited access to theverge.com, subscriber-exclusive newsletters, and our ad-free podcast feed. We love hearing from you! Email your questions and thoughts to vergecast@theverge.com or call us at 866-VERGE11. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You have a wedding, a vacation, a babymoon, a reunion, or a big shoot in about two months, and you want to walk in glowing. In this episode I give you my full 8 week glow up protocol, the same one I build for my one on one clients, and it is all from the inside out. I break down what glow actually is on a physiological level: collagen, glycation, inflammation and puffiness, gut health, circulation and lymph, and body composition. Then I walk you through the labs to run, my three pillars of nutrition, lifestyle, and supplements, and the peptides I reach for when a client wants skin, hair, tan, and fat loss support. I close with budget tiers so you can start whether you have $100 or $5,000 a month. If you want me to build this protocol with you, work with me one on one for peptides, hormones, longevity, and a full lab review.   I TALK ABOUT: 00:00 Welcome and the 8 week glow up premise 04:16 What glow really is: collagen as your scaffolding 09:52 Glycation, AGEs, and how sugar ages your skin 11:11 Inflammation, puffiness, and what actually drives bloat 18:56 The gut skin axis 20:34 Circulation, lymph, and de-puffing 24:09 Muscle tone, body composition, and hormones 28:46 The labs to run first 35:45 Pillar 1: Nutrition (protein, collagen, electrolytes) 50:03 Pillar 2: Lifestyle and biohacks 58:39 Pillar 3: Supplements 1:02:25 Peptides for skin, hair, tan, and fat loss 1:17:32 Budget tiers from $100 to $5,000 and how to start   WORK WITH ME: 1:1 longevity and peptide consults for women My Peptide Source Guide Her Stack Planner Join The LongHer Life   WHAT I MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Labs: Function Health, SiPhox Health (code BRITTANY20), and NiaHealth for Canada. Skincare, SPF, and gua sha: OneSkin, code BIOHACKINGBRITTANY. Protein: Vega Sport. Electrolytes and pre workout: Baja Gold Salt Company, Tidal, code BIOHACKINGBRITTANY. Movement: Booty by Bret. Sleep tracking: Oura Ring. Everything I use, with my codes, is in my shop.   LET'S CONNECT: Instagram: @biohackingbrittany TikTok: @biohacking Facebook: Biohacking Brittany Website: biohackingbrittany.com   This episode is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice.

The Cycling Tech Brief: the cycling tech that actually matters today — and whether to update, wait, or ignore.Karoo Build 1.640.2470 brings color-coded trail difficulty maps to all Karoo devices — Update now — Trail Maps is a genuine feature unlock for any gravel or MTB rider, and the Target Power fix is a quiet but real win for structured-workout users.Oura Ring 5: world's smallest smart ring launches at $399 — excellent for sleep and recovery, weak for cycling sports tracking — Early multi-source impressions are broadly consistent on the hardware quality but uniform on the sports-tracking limitations — monitor for further software improvements before treating it as an athlete-grade device; if recovery tracking is your primary need and you dislike wrist wearables, it warrants a closer look.Daily cycling intelligence from SEMIPRO CYCLING, produced with AI-assisted research, scripting, and synthetic voice.

The Tim Conway Jr. Show Hour 1 (7.7) Buckle up — this episode goes OFF. Andy Reismeyerin for TIm Conway Jr. We're breaking down the new Oura Ring and its next-gen sleep tracking that now clocks YOUR sleep and your partner's (creepy or genius? you decide

Send us Fan MailIn this personal solo episode of Call Me CEO, Camille shares the unexpected lessons she learned during a year filled with major family transitions, health challenges, and a complete re-evaluation of what success really means.After a health crisis landed her in the emergency room last fall, Camille was forced to slow down, ask for help, and confront the reality that pushing harder wasn't the answer. Through navigating motherhood, business ownership, physical recovery, and emotional processing, she discovered that growth doesn't always look like expansion. Sometimes it looks like simplifying, healing, and learning to listen.In this episode, Camille shares:• Why growth sometimes feels like being stripped down instead of building up• The health scare that changed how she approaches work and life• Managing personal capacity and learning to say no• The challenges of navigating multiple family transitions at once• How breathwork became a powerful tool for emotional processing• What low iron, vitamin deficiencies, and hormone health taught her about wellness• The importance of getting blood work and understanding your body's unique needs• How she uses her Oura Ring to track sleep, stress, and recovery• Why clarity creates confidence in both life and business• The surprising power of slowing down and receiving supportWhether you're navigating a difficult season, feeling overwhelmed, or simply trying to balance business and family life, this episode serves as a reminder that your health, energy, and well-being matter.Connect with Camille:Website: camillewalker.coPodcast: Call Me CEOInstagram: @callmeceopodcast

In this episode, I'm giving you the full sleep protocol I built for myself and for the women I work with. Not just how to sleep longer, but how to make the hours you actually get deeper, more restorative, and more efficient. Even if you have a kid in your bed. Even if you are perimenopausal and running hot. Even if you have been broken for years. I share the exact protein-before-bed hack that ended my 3 AM wake-ups, the caffeine half-life math (why your 2 PM coffee is still in your system at 10 PM), why I do not recommend melatonin for most women, the 3 sleep peptides I trust the most (DSIP, Epitalon, Selank), and the fringe biohacks that actually move the needle. If you'd like to work with me, you can book a free call here.   Timestamps: 02:15 - Housekeeping: one-on-one consults are open 05:20 - Why broken sleep is physiological, not a willpower problem 07:50 - The 3 AM wake-up: cortisol, blood sugar, and the Chinese medicine organ clock 10:30 - Sleep architecture (deep sleep first half, REM second half) 12:20 - What good sleep looks like for a woman + how to track it (Oura Ring) 15:15 - The truth about melatonin (why more is not better) 17:30 - The hormone cascade: tryptophan, 5-HTP, serotonin, melatonin 19:35 - GABA, dopamine, cortisol, oxytocin: what happens while you sleep 21:15 - Pillar 1: Nutrition. the protein-before-bed experiment that changed my sleep 25:45 - Cherries, kiwi, magnesium-rich foods 27:30 - Caffeine half-life math + why alcohol wrecks the second half of the night 29:10 - Pillar 2: Lifestyle. the fixed bedtime rule, warm bath, blue light, morning light 35:00 - Pillar 3: Supplements. magnesium glycinate, glycine, L-theanine, chamomile 36:40 - Pillar 4: Peptides. DSIP (100 to 300 mcg, 3x per week) 38:45 - Epitalon (5 to 10 mg, 10 to 20 day course, once or twice a year max) 40:15 - Selank (nasal or subcutaneous, my favorite peptide for women) 44:45 - Sermorelin + Ipamorelin (growth hormone loop + deep sleep) 45:45 - Fringe biohacks: grounding, Pulsetto vagus nerve stimulator, mouth taping 48:00 - FilterOptix blue blockers + Eight Sleep cooling mattress + the EMF caveat 50:30 - Recap + where to start   Resources: My free, trusted Peptide Source Guide. Work with me one-on-one. The Her Stack Planner (digital or prints at home). Join The LongHer Life Longevity Community.   Products mentioned: BiOptimizers Magnesium Breakthrough 7-form magnesium blend. Code BIOHACKINGBRITTANY. WeNatal prenatal magnesium. Code BIOHACKINGBRITTANY. FilterOptix blue-blocking glasses. Code BIOHACKINGBRITTANY. Oura Ring sleep tracker. Eight Sleep cooling mattress cover. Pulsetto vagus nerve stimulator. Code BIOHACKINGBRITTANY.   Let's connect: Instagram, TikTok, Facebook Shop my favorite health products. Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube Music.   This is for educational purposes only. This is not medical advice.

Summer may be on the calendar, but someone forgot to tell the weather in Pittsburgh! This week, Jill, Melissa, and Kelly catch up on everything from gloomy skies to summer travel plans—and plenty in between.Melissa shares why she's obsessed with her new Oura Ring and all the health insights it's been giving her, while the moms have a conversation about how stress and trauma can affect your health, inspired by Christina Applegate's new book. Kelly also gives an update on her ongoing battle with her sleep apnea mask, and let's just say...it's not exactly helping her get more sleep.Jill recaps her Father's Day trip to a farm with the family—including the "divas" she raised, who managed to show up in Chanel. Father's Day has the moms reflecting on the family traditions they still cherish. They also swap their best summer travel tips and explain why they've officially become carry-on-only travelers.To wrap things up, Melissa answers a question Dance Moms fans have been asking: after she and the girls left the show, did they ever return to ALDC? She's setting the record straight.Have a question for the moms? Leave a voice message at https://www.speakpipe.com/deardancemom and you might be part of a future show!For exclusive video and even more Dance Moms content, join us on Patreon! https://patreon.com/deardancemom Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Text us a comment or question!Artificial intelligence is everywhere.But beyond the headlines, hype, and scary predictions, AI may become one of the most powerful tools we've ever had for improving our health - especially after 50.In this episode, I sit down with physician and author Dr. Earl Campazzi to explore how everyday people can use AI, wearable technology, and health data to make smarter decisions, ask better questions, and take greater control of their health and longevity.This isn't about replacing your doctor or becoming obsessed with gadgets.It's about using technology as a practical tool to help you sleep better, train smarter, catch problems earlier, and become a more informed partner in your own healthcare.Whether you wear an Apple Watch, Fitbit, Oura Ring, WHOOP, or simply want to get more out of your annual physical, this conversation will completely change how you think about the future of preventive medicine.In this episode, you'll learn:Why AI should be your health assistant—not your physicianHow your smartwatch and wearable devices may be detecting important health trends before you ever notice symptomsThe biggest mistake most people make when using ChatGPT for health adviceA simple prompting strategy that produces dramatically better AI answersHow AI can help you prepare for doctor appointments and ask better questionsWhy bringing organized information to your physician leads to better careHow to safely use AI to analyze blood work and other health data while protecting your privacyWhy trends matter far more than single data pointsHow to use wearable data to improve sleep, recovery, stress, and overall performanceWhy building healthy habits will always outperform relying on motivation and willpowerHow AI is already improving colonoscopies, mammograms, medical documentation, and disease detectionWhy personalized medicine is becoming more realistic than ever beforeWhat the future of AI-powered healthcare may look like over the next few yearsKey TakeawayTechnology isn't replacing personal responsibility. It's giving us better tools. The healthiest people over 50 won't necessarily be the ones with the newest gadgets—they'll be the ones who learn how to use those tools consistently to make better decisions every single day.Connect with Dr. Earl Campazzi

https://youtu.be/Ji1OZYu1r1Y Charles Fry, Founder and CEO of CODE Éxitos, is helping businesses hire AI in enterprise to transform software engineering, modernize product development, and build intelligent connected systems.  In this conversation, Charles introduces The Agentic Org Chart Framework: Hire Systems Thinker, Look for Failed Entrepreneurs, and Have AI Replace “Trade Skills”. He explains why AI is fundamentally changing software development, how organizations must redesign their structures for an AI-first workforce, and why systems thinking is becoming more valuable than technical specialization. Charles also discusses how the rise of agentic software development is reshaping the future of SaaS, why combining AI with connected hardware creates a stronger competitive advantage, and what business leaders must do to successfully navigate AI-driven transformation. — Hire AI in Enterprises with Charles Fry  Good day. Steve Preda here, and I’m talking with Charles Fry, the Founder and CEO of CODE Éxitos, building cyber-physical systems for mid-market and enterprise companies, as well as full-stack web, mobile, and SaaS development. Charles, welcome back to the show.  Hey, I’m happy to be here. It’s always great to see you, and I’m looking forward to our chat. Yeah. It’s so interesting to talk to you because the last time we had you on the show, three or four years ago, it was still before the AI age was fully upon us.  Right.  Your business was kind of a different business. I’ve been following you on LinkedIn, and I see that you’ve evolved your approach, and now you’re an AI-first company. So tell me a little bit about how that came about, this whole evolution, and how you found your new focus?  Yeah. Wow. It’s been that long since we were on the show. It was a lot of fun, but here we are. You’re right. AI really sort of came out of left field. I’ll skip all the technical things that suddenly made AI an achievable thing. But really, at the beginning of 2024—and somebody can fact-check my timeline—ChatGPT, if you were aware of it, was kind of passing the Turing test. It was giving pretty reasonable answers to natural-language questions.  And we were like, “Wow, this is interesting.” At first, we were helping our clients think about how to build those capabilities into their products, something we still do.Share on X But by mid-’24, late ’24, it became pretty obvious that one of the best applications of large language models—and expert systems, we used to call them that—is writing software. And so by early to mid-’25, the systems were suddenly not novelties. They were credible at what they were doing, and they were gaining momentum in the quality and credibility of the software they were producing.  Now, CODE Éxitos was started largely to create an opportunity for entrepreneurs and enterprises that needed, let’s call it, garden-variety, well-done software. We built that through the Americas to arbitrage labor rates in Latin America and leverage the time zones. So it was essentially an offshore, blended, hybrid-team model. Honestly, by the middle of 2025, the AI tools for software engineering were as good as, or better than, 50 percent of the human developers that we employed.  And at some point, as a business owner, when you’re out there representing yourself, and your product is yourself, and you’re representing that to clients, you have a moral and ethical obligation to say, “Hey, I think I can still give you the best product that you’re looking for, but I’m going to do it in a different way.” So beginning in late 2025, we were hard into the pivot. Today, all of our software development is done agentically. There are still people. It’s not a complete dark factory. But our mid-level performers and below, we exited them from the business, which caused a lot of human turmoil. I mean, we were at around 100 people. A lot of human turmoil. Our clients were going through the same thing. We were watching what was happening in their organizations and what the leadership demands were.  We just made the decision to lean into it. And here we are, almost mid-’26 now, and it’s actually going really well. Now, AI, of course, anyone who opens an internet browser anymore sees it. AI is everywhere. You read the newspaper. AI is going to change everything.  Every application has an AI layer to it.  Yeah.  Right? Every SaaS application has a button that says, “Use AI here.”  My view, at least—and these are the things people should probably give me some credibility on—I’m going to keep my views focused on how AI applies to the software industry, my industry, and its direct impact. We see, and we have clients working on, things like AI in customer service, the legal department, and the finance department. We do all of those things internally—agentic first, AI first. But those really aren’t my industry. I’m not ready to make a sweeping prognosis about how AI is going to change capitalism in the United States. But in the software industry, it’s a fundamental change. And it’s not done yet.  So what’s your vision? Where is everything going? What’s it going to look like three years from now?  Well, I’m not smart enough to know that. But I think the patterns we've seen—and again, within the world of writing software, and making that a broad category of activitiesShare on X —are going to continue to consolidate and converge to where humans are important, but they might be only 10 to 20 percent of the input to the process. I really do think we’re going to see a day, sometime in the three-to-five-year time horizon, where a large amount of software will be written and managed by other software systems.  There’s no technical reason to prevent that. For example, I was talking to one of our clients today, a CIO at a great company. A couple hundred million dollars in revenue. A really well-run business. A sizable internal IT team. But there’s a lot of ongoing maintenance and attention required. Building the software is just the beginning of a five-to-ten-year life cycle. So I think in the near term we’re going to see that building the software becomes, “Okay, we got that figured out.” That’s a largely solved problem.  We’ll then progress to the problem of: “Hey, this software has been in production for five years.” “It needs updates.” “It needs attention.” “It needs maintenance.” “It needs to scale.” More software systems will take care of that. Fewer and fewer humans will be involved in that kind of work. So I think that’s where the software industry is headed. I think it’s going to be 60 to 80 percent smaller in human capital than it is today. Sometime soon. Yeah. I really do think it’s about as close as I want to get to calling it an extinction event. Let’s put it that way. Some people say SaaS companies are going to go out of business, and it’s all going to be agents running around doing things for us. But other people say SaaS companies are actually the SOP for whatever activity is out there, and you need that structure. The SaaS application provides that structure. You don’t want agents running in an unstructured way. You’d rather have these SaaS applications. What’s your view?  I think that’s a good way of looking at it. If you’re a dinosaur like I am, back in the late 1980s or early 1990s, when you wrote software for a company, everything was custom software because there were no packaged software products, no SaaS platforms. But over the last 20 years, I think SaaS companies have become, for a lot of businesses, exactly what you said. They’re the embodiment of best practices. If you take something like HubSpot, which I’m sure you and many of your audience are familiar with, you really don’t need to customize it.  You just need to follow its baseline processes because they have thousands of customers who have helped refine the sales motions that work. So I think there’s some truth to that. The problem SaaS systems face is that the barrier to competitive entry is much, much lower. If you look at a company like Salesforce—and I think I’ve led three different Salesforce deployments back when I was a CIO or CTO—that software really shows its age. It’s layers and layers of complexity built to serve a wide audience. It’s great. It’s expensive. Emerging companies don’t need that. They can effectively vibe-code their own CRM system, and it works. I think the threat for big SaaS companies is twofold.  One is that the next generation of customers is going to onboard very differently into those systems than the previous generation.Share on X I don’t know what that onboarding ramp is going to look like. The second problem is there’s very little defensibility in having a pure software product. And the other part of our intro—you talked about cyber-physical systems. We’re spending more and more of our product development cycles on hardware-related products, things that have a nexus in the physical world. Here’s a good example. I’m wearing one of these health rings. This Oura Ring. Oura, yeah.  There’s a lot of amazing hardware in here that justifies my monthly subscription for the app. The app we could recreate pretty easily. But the development, manufacturing, and distribution of this physical item create a much higher barrier for a competitor to overcome. So more and more of our clients are companies that have a physical product they either want to make smarter or make more connected.  That’s really what it comes down to. And that’s a pretty exciting space. But for a pure-play SaaS company, I think it’s going to get tough. The competitive pressure is going to be intense. And the barrier to entry is going to be really low. It’s not even about engineering cost anymore because the cost of engineering has dropped so much with AI. It’s almost like it went full circle. You had all these product businesses that wanted to become service businesses to create recurring revenue. And now the service businesses—the SaaS businesses—want to become product businesses to create a barrier to entry, improve retention, or reduce disruption. Isn’t that interesting?  Yeah. I hadn’t thought about it exactly that way. Maybe the pushback would be that these professional services businesses wanted to have a technology play or a platform. That’s interesting. But I think we’re going to see AI, at least in technology, continue to lower the barrier to entry. It will allow much faster experimentation with pure software ideas. And we’re focused on the things where the AI robots can’t play. They’re not going to cut your grass.  They might guide the machine that cuts your grass, but they’re not going to cut your grass. So I think that while the turmoil is still sorting itself out in the pure software world, we’re going to see a whole new set of opportunities open up. We’ll be able to build truly smart devices. Devices that think for themselves. Devices that are aware of the world around them. They can participate with us in our day-to-day work. That’ll be a lot of fun. I think we still have some rough sailing ahead of us as AI sorts itself out.  Isn’t it true that people prefer to interact with a purpose-designed device rather than a software product? And maybe an app is kind of a device that is software, or maybe that’s the overlap there. But I know there are some things I’d rather have on my phone, even though it’s complicated because there are so many other things on it. But if I have a single-purpose device, like you have your Oura Ring, it’s easier to interact with. There’s no complexity, and then it lowers the accessibility.  Yeah. An area of active study is something called HMI, or Human-Machine Interface. Again, back in the ’80s and ’90s, it meant things like: Are the buttons big enough for someone to push? Does a red light always mean a bad thing, and a green light always mean a good thing? But now that’s expanded into the kind of research in psychology and sociology that you’re talking about, Steve. Some of that is really amazing.  I’m sure you’ve seen them, and your audience has seen them. You can find these videos on YouTube. There are humanoid robots. It took a while for researchers to figure out that a robot doesn’t actually need a head. It can have what is essentially a torso with arms and legs. The head doesn’t really need to be there. But a robot with no head freaks people out. Yes. People don’t like it. So the robotics engineers put heads on them. Then they thought, “Well, if we’ve got a head here, we’ll just put a face on it.” But if the face is too realistic, it gives people the creeps.  Yeah.  So people didn’t like faces on them. If you look at the current generation of humanoid autonomous robots, they have these, I don’t know, sort of pseudo-faces. They kind of look like Halloween jack-o’-lanterns or something. They’re not scary, but they’re somewhere in the middle. Anyway, the things you’re talking about are really fascinating.  I mean, Isaac Asimov wrote about humanoid robots and all the challenges that come with them. What happens when they have a human-like appearance? What happens when people think they are actually people, but they just don’t age? All those things have been explored. But listen, I’d like to switch gears here and ask you this. Right now, in this AI age, what drives your business? What drives growth in your business?  This part is truly fascinating to me. Everyone is working off the same timeline now, which isn’t a very long timeline. We don’t have a lot of experience to draw on. Much more quickly than when the internet became commercially available—I was there when that happened too— the adoption of AI as a fundamental change happened in a matter of months, compared to several years for the internet.Share on X Some people also compare it to the adoption of mobile phones, which you mentioned.  But this has happened very fast. A year ago, we were talking to sophisticated technical buyers who said, “Yeah, I’m still on the fence about whether I like agentic software development.” That doesn’t happen anymore. Everybody says, “Yeah, we’re using it too.” What we’re seeing now is that it’s evolved so quickly and had such a fundamental impact that people don’t know not only how to manage it inside their business, but also how to deploy it. It’s really disruptive. And this is where you’re a pro.  It’s really disruptive to organizations. So in less than a year, we’ve gone from, “Hey, should I let my developers use AI?” to now everybody using AI. And the leading teams, including ours, can produce high-quality commercial code faster than organizations can absorb it, and faster than org charts can adapt to the change. Our engineering teams have to adapt to the pace of the business, not the other way around. Because we get clients saying, “Hey, you guys are producing too much.” “We can’t check everything.”  “We haven’t finished testing last week’s new features and capabilities yet.” “We can’t take another batch of features and capabilities this week.” So we’re seeing a lot of organizational behavior change starting to come out of this. When we’re talking to C-level executives and senior leaders, that’s where most of the conversations are today. “How do I retool my organization to capture the benefits?”  Yeah. Because what I see is that the more AI you apply, the faster decision velocity becomes. And the complexity of understanding the whole picture, connecting the dots, increases. So you need a different kind of person who can operate at that higher level of contextualization. Do you see the same thing?  We do. Software engineering and product development had matured into a pretty predictable set of job descriptions and capabilities. The business processes were really well worn. We knew what the product owner did. We knew what a project manager did. We knew what a tech lead did. Et cetera, et cetera. A lot of these, frankly, became trade skills. “Hey, I’m really good at writing code.” Or, “I’m really good at doing QA, but I’m not really a systems thinker.” “I’m not an entrepreneur.” “I’m not a creator.” Pick your fuzzy lens of choice.  That’s really what AI displaces right now. AI displaces those trade skills and, frankly, does them better and cheaper. There’s no way to dispute that. What we look for now, and I think where the trend is going with our clients, is systems thinkers. We have enough agentic tooling built on our own internal platform that the people operating and building products for our clientsShare on X —we refer to our team as digital creators—come from a variety of backgrounds. You don’t have to be a computer science major. You do have to have some domain experience. You do have to be a systems thinker. You do have to understand what business value you’re trying to create. But as far as actually writing really good code, nobody’s really doing that now. It’s being done automatically.  If you have a couple of gray hairs like I do, you’ll remember back 20 years ago when we talked about the war for talent. That’s what everybody was looking for. They wanted people with these highly specialized engineering skills. I think there’s a new war for talent. It’s going to be harder to pin down because we’re going to be looking for whole-systems thinkers as opposed to technical specialists. Because AI will be the technical specialist we need, regardless of the business domain. So what do you do to infuse systems thinking in your business?  Wow. I wish I had a good answer for that. I don’t even know how to recruit these kinds of people right now. I’ll be that candid with you and your listeners. I was talking to a couple of my senior people, and I said, “Maybe we should go look for failed entrepreneurs.” Which is kind of a heretical thing to say. But as an entrepreneur, I know firsthand that it doesn’t always work. The fact that the business fails doesn’t necessarily mean you, as an entrepreneur, are a personal failure.  Entrepreneurs are about the only, I don’t know, primary source I can think of for people who have done a little bit of everything. They’re systems thinkers. Maybe they didn’t get it right, but they could. So we talked about that. I don’t know if Disney still does it, but Disney was phenomenal at producing these kinds of people through its internal training programs. We’re not big enough to compete with Disney. But to answer your question, how do we teach it? I can’t honestly say that we do. Because we’re still figuring out what it is that we would even teach.  Well, it’s a new type of SOP that’s needed in the business. So what are the best practices for building an AI workforce? That still needs to be defined.  Yeah. For larger organizations, our clients that are running larger organizations have the same problem. All of a sudden, their org chart is broken. What I mean by that is, if you look at the way we’ve traditionally built and scaled businesses, you have this pretty large cadre of managers who give you what Eliyahu Goldratt called the span of control, your degree of leverage. When you’re younger, you hear things like, “Ah, my manager doesn’t even do anything.” You’ve probably heard that before. “Oh, my manager doesn’t really do any work.” “He just comes in and bugs me.”  It’s not entirely wrong because we rely on that manager’s experience to be spread across six, eight, or ten other people and supervise their work. So managers don’t really do a whole lot of delivering the work themselves. I think AI is going to change that. I know AI is already changing that inside technical teams. All of a sudden, we have clients saying, “My org chart doesn’t translate to the way my business operates under this new agentic model.” That’s problem number one. Problem number two is, “I have people on my team who are good people and good contributors, but there’s no box for them in the new org chart that I think works with an agentic workflow.” Does that make sense?  Yeah.  So two things have happened suddenly. We see a lot of press—although I think it’s moderating a little bit now—about how kids coming out of university are having trouble getting entry-level jobs. True enough. I think the other area where org charts are collapsing is managers who don’t actually produce any output. Supervising other managers and compiling the weekly report of reports just isn’t a valuable job function, even at the best of times. And now—I hate to say this—but it’s useless. So I think there’s a lot more work we’re going to have to do with our clients, and ourselves, on what an org chart should look like. And what the expectations are for people doing work inside a company that’s moving aggressively toward leveraging AI capabilities in what we would normally call white-collar job functions. Yeah. Some years ago, I thought about the org chart being broken. The top-down hierarchical org chart—I think it’s completely broken. In my head, the org chart is more like an amoeba, where you have the entrepreneur and the manager in the middle as yin and yang. Different departments report to different people. And you’ve got these pizza teams all over, actually delivering teamwork. But that’s fascinating. Yeah, fascinating topic. So who are the ideal customers for you? If they have the right kind of projects, what are the right kinds of customers and the right kinds of projects for CODE Éxitos that would be interesting to look at?  There are two types of clients that we focus on and that we can help quite a bit. The first type of client is one that has a large, established internal software development and product development process, and they’re trying to figure out how to adapt, modernize it, and harness AI. We can come in, and we have a very opinionated point of view. We can have a couple of conversations, and they either like the direction our telescope is pointed in and want us to help, or they say, “No, we think we’re going to do it a different way.”  And that’s okay, too. Because right now, nobody really knows the final answer. We call those engineering transformation projects. Somebody says, “Hey, we have a team. Can you help us get better?” The second type of client we like is one that has this physical connection challenge. I’ll give you an example. We have a client that primarily makes pumps and motors. They put those pumps and motors into very specific industrial applications across North America. They wanted those pumps and motors connected to a network.  They wanted to collect data from those pumps and motors to help their customers. Once we built the data collection, the electronics, and the connectivity, the data started coming in. Now there are a lot of AI-related things we can do with that data. We’re beginning to work on what you can think of as supervisory agents that watch what’s going on. They’re much more robust than the old filters that just looked for exceptions and red lights. Those are the kinds of clients we really help on the product side.  Sometimes they come to us with an idea scribbled on a napkin. It’s like, “Hey, we have this system or this process that we envision, and we need somebody to help us build it.” We’ll do the electronics, the AI, and the software engineering. And that becomes a complete system. So, more systems thinking. Yeah. And then you combine software with hardware. Then you have AI agents doing much of the coding, management, and maintenance of these systems.  Yeah, that’s right. This is not a client of ours, by the way, but the story I’m going to tell is fascinating. It’s a second-degree connection that I chatted with. He runs a $100 million-a-year manufacturing company. I think he’s second or third generation—I can’t remember which. He knows the business. He grew up in the industry. He’s in the process of transforming the company so that he can basically run the whole business from his phone.  He’s applying AI to his internal business functions like finance and accounting. He’s done some really amazing stuff. He’s automating the manufacturing process, the machines, and the feedback systems. It’s just stunning what this guy is already able to do. He just picks up his phone and says, “Yeah, I want to run my company from here.” I think he’s going to be able to do it. I think we’re going to see more of that emerge. Yeah. That’s fascinating. The race is for the first one-person unicorn, right?  I think that’s already happened. I don’t know if you’ve seen this. I can send it to you. There was a New York Times article a couple of months ago about a guy—not a tech guy, a marketing guy. He and his brother run an online company that generates $1.8 billion a year in sales. And it’s just the two of them. Wow!  Spoiler alert: As I remember, they sell weight-loss drugs. He’s a marketing guy with a tech background. He figured out all these marketing channels where, if you order Ozempic or whatever online, it basically drop-ships from the pharmaceutical company to you, and he gets a cut. But he said in the article, “At one point, we were doing $300 million a month in sales.” He goes, “Well, technically, I’m not a one-man company because I had to hire my brother to help me out.” So it’s the two of them.  That’s pretty great. Yeah. That’s definitely a unicorn. So if you’re listening to this and you have an enterprise company, and you want to harness AI in your business, create agentic systems, streamline your operations, and make your company more efficient and productive, then reach out to Charles Fry at CODE Éxitos. Any last thoughts for listeners who are thinking about building a business in the AI age? What advice would you give them? I don’t know that it’s changed a whole lot. Building a business is always hard work. For any listener who wants to chat about any of these topics or see if we’re the right fit, they can always reach out and contact me. The conversation is free, and I usually learn something from it. But no, I would say that things are different. It doesn’t mean they’re wrong or better. I think they’re just different. It’ll be interesting to see how all of this unfolds over the next few years.  Yeah.  I’m in it for the journey.  We’re living in interesting times. So, Charles Fry, Founder and CEO of CODE Éxitos, thanks for coming on the show. And if you enjoyed this show, make sure you follow us on YouTube and Apple Podcasts. Give us a review, and stay tuned because every week I bring an amazing entrepreneur onto the show. Thanks for coming. Thanks for listening.  Thanks, Steve. Important Links: Charles's LinkedIn Charles's Website

Content creator and marathon runner Brett Chody joins us for what we're calling the sporty girl's guide to getting dressed — a practical conversation about building a wardrobe around an active life without sacrificing style.We get into all of it: how being an athlete shapes the way you see your body and get dressed, the bags she's investing in (and why she gravitates toward color over classics), her honest take on wearables and why she finally took off her Oura Ring, and the exact brands and pieces she reaches for every single day.We also talk about Bites Run Club — how a spontaneous Instagram story turned into 150 girls showing up to run Central Park, and why in-person community might be one of the most underrated things you can build right now. Plus the runner uglies, men's deodorant as a life hack, designing her own Nike shoe, and the wardrobe advice she gives every woman who moves a lot and actually wants to get dressed.Shop all items mentioned in the episode: https://shopmy.us/shop/collections/5831698In this episode, we get into:How being a marathon runner has completely shaped the way Brett gets dressed — and why athletes often have the most instinctive sense of personal styleThe sporty girl uniform that actually works: the exact jeans, tops, and shoes Brett reaches for when she wants to look put together without trying too hardWhy she sizes up in almost everything she buys — and why she tells her followers to stop looking at the tagThe bag conversation: why she invests in color over classics, the pistachio suede Chanel she ran a race for, and what her Bottega, Prada Cleo, and Andiamo all say about her styleHer honest Oura Ring confession — why she wore it every day for a year, what finally made her take it off, and whether she'd ever go backThe Apple Watch debate: why she thinks it's "tears" as a fashion accessory and what she actually wears on her wrist insteadHer go-to workout gear broken down by activity — what she runs in versus what she wears to Pilates, and why those are two very different wardrobesDesigning her own Nike Vomero+ colorway and why it felt like a full-circle moment from her Nike ID days in high schoolHow Bites Run Club started with one Instagram story and 150 girls showing up to Central Park — and why she thinks in-person community is what people are craving most right nowThe post-grad loneliness no one talks about — and how finding a hobby with a built-in community can change everythingThe deodorant hot take that stopped us in our tracks (hint: it's from the men's aisle)Her dessert bowl wardrobe breakdown: the piece she's had since high school that's still in heavy rotation, the brand she keeps buying in multiples, and what recently got retiredBrett Chody Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brettsbitesLet's Get DressedYouTube: www.youtube.com/@livvperezInstagram: www.instagram.com/letsgetdressedpodNewsletter: https://substack.com/@livvperezLiv Perez Instagram: www.instagram.com/livvperezTikTok: www.tiktok.com/livv.perezShopMy: https://shopmy.us/livvperezLet's Get DressedYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@livvperezInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/letsgetdressedpod/Newsletter: https://substack.com/@livvperezLiv Perez Instagram: www.instagram.com/livvperezTikTok: www.tiktok.com/livv.perezShopMy: https://shopmy.us/livvperez Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“The quick and the dead”: 80+ “Supermovers” show slowed cognitive decline; Dietary polyphenols help overcome vascular effects of prolonged sitting; Pros and cons of ketamine therapy for depression; Time-restricted eating alters microbiome to promote weight loss; Magnesium—what research reveals about better sleep, stress resilience, and whole-body wellness.

Alle reden von KI, und ihr habt zwischen Care-Arbeit, Job und Chaos einfach das Gefühl, ihr kommt nicht hinterher? Atmet durch. In dieser Folge nehmen Fanny und Alina euch das FOMO – ganz ohne Technik-Studium. Fanny ist keine Expertin (sagt sie selbst), aber sie hat in den letzten Wochen richtig viel gelernt: vom kompletten Shop, den sie sich selbst „programmiert" hat, bis zur Pflanzenberatung im Baumarkt, wenn mal wieder kein Mensch da ist. Alina erzählt von ihrem Oura Ring, der ihr schwarz auf weiß zeigt, dass ein Kinder-Wutausbruch sie mehr stresst als jede Renovierung. Same, oder? Wir klären: Was können ChatGPT, Claude und Gemini eigentlich – und wofür nehmt ihr was? Warum KI eher wie ein Praktikant ist, den man gut anleiten muss (Stichwort RAIL: Rolle, Aufgabe, Input, Layout). Wie ihr euch den Prompt sogar von der KI selber schreiben lassen könnt. Und wie viel Strom und Wasser das Ganze wirklich frisst – mal ehrlich eingeordnet, ohne Panikmache. Kein Hype, kein Weltuntergang – einfach ehrlicher Real Talk über ein Tool, das euch den müden Mami-Alltag richtig erleichtern kann. Ihr müsst nur wissen, wie. PS: Fanny überlegt, jede Woche eine kleine Snackable-KI-Folge zu machen – 15 Minuten, ein Tool, ein Hack. Schreibt uns in die Kommentare, ob ihr Bock drauf habt! MOMSPLAINING: Ihr habt eine Geschichte, einen Fall oder einfach was, das euch von der Seele muss? Schickt's an fanny@mamaleisa.de – wir lesen alles. Du bist schwanger und fühlst dich gerade überfordert, unsicher oder allein? Das Hilfetelefon „Schwangere in Not“ ist jederzeit für dich da – anonym, kostenlos und in 19 Sprachen. Du bist nicht allein: www.hilfetelefon-schwangere.de Du möchtest mehr über unsere Werbepartner erfahren? Hier findest du alle Infos & Rabatte: https://linktr.ee/mama_leisa Du möchtest Werbung in diesem Podcast schalten? Dann erfahre hier mehr über die Werbemöglichkeiten bei Seven.One Audio: https://www.seven.one/portfolio/sevenone-audio

To turn a single product into a high-margin, recurring-revenue brand, get on the waiting list for our next workshop at https://capitalism.com/bootcamp  The old rule was 100 sales a day across four products to build a million-dollar business. In this episode, Ryan breaks down a faster, lower-stress path, the compounding sales model, that gets you to seven figures with a single product and as few as five sales a day. We walk through the product criteria, the bundle-and-autoship offer structure, and the audience-then-ads sequence that turns one sale into recurring revenue. Links mentioned in the video: ► Free custom GPT that helps you create a recurring revenue product: https://capitalism.com/productgpt  ► Free resources for building a seven-figure brand (the best place to start): https://capitalism.com/100K   Timestamps (0:00) The old rule — 100 sales a day — and the faster new way: just 5 sales a day to $1M (1:00) Why more products = slower growth; one-product brands grow fastest (2:00) The Switch story — a great product stuck at $9K/month (3:00) The compounding sales model — turning one sale into many (4:00) The old way: the launch spike and the post-launch sales crash (6:00) The new way is a staircase, not big swings (8:00) Doubling sales by keeping customers instead of chasing new ones (9:00) Product criteria #1 — premium pricing (median competitor price × 2) (10:00) Criteria #2 — consumable or subscription (Oura Ring, air filter) (11:00) Free tool: the recurring-revenue product GPT (12:00) Stop losing money on the first purchase (13:00) Option 1 — bundles and upsells for upfront cash (14:00) Option 2 — autoship, and combining both into a flywheel (15:00) Filling the funnel — ads vs. audience building (16:00) Start with audience building, then turn on ads (17:00) Miguel — six weeks of audience building to a $100K launch (18:00) Amy's story — a stay-at-home mom builds a women's wellness brand (19:00) The autoship incentive that doubled her sales (21:00) Compounding to $45K/month — and pacing $2.5M in year one (22:00) The math — five sales a day at $60 gets you there in ~9 months (23:00) The Switch recap — audience building plus break-even ads (25:00) Launching the complementary second product, and closing

What if your ring knew you were getting sick before you did and could one day monitor chronic conditions around the clock? In this episode, Dr. Ricky Bloomfield, Chief Medical Officer of Oura, explores how continuous health monitoring with wearable devices is shifting health care from reactive treatment to early prevention. The Oura Ring can detect illness days before symptoms appear, from COVID to lymphoma to appendicitis, because earlier diagnosis can make all the difference. Rings are becoming the wearable of choice. By tracking meaningful metrics such as cardiovascular age and cumulative stress scores, people can act on what they see, adjusting diet, exercise and sleep habits and watching their health improve. Finally, Dr. Bloomfield unpacks what it will take for wearable data to be meaningfully integrated into clinical care. He also explores how AI is transforming the health care landscape, from Oura Advisor, an AI-powered tool that lets users query and understand their own health data, to AI-generated summaries designed to highlight the most important and actionable insights for doctors.

Wines We're Drinking: Jessica: Ortega Family Wines Pinot Blanc, Carneros Valley, Napa Susie: Edgar Torres Wines Mourvèdre-Cab Blend, Paso Robles She's a licensed therapist with over 20 years of experience, a certified wellness menopause coach, and the kind of guest every woman in her 30s, 40s, and beyond needs in her corner. Susie Cortez, LCSW joins Jessica for a candid, unfiltered conversation about perimenopause, menopause, and everything our mothers never told us about our bodies, because nobody ever told them either. From panic attacks at a football game to building a coaching practice that fills the gap doctors leave behind, Susie shares her own journey into the menopause movement and why education, community, and speaking up are the most powerful tools women have right now. Jessica opens up about her own experience after her 2024 hysterectomy, including the HRT patch shortage, the ear itching nobody warned her about, and why she finally told her mom, "I'm so sorry." This is the conversation the women in your family needed to be having for decades. It starts right here. In This Episode We Cover: [00:00] Welcome & intro, Susie shares Edgar Torres Wines from Paso Robles, Jessica pours the last glass of Ortega Family Wines Pinot Blanc [10:00] Susie's origin story, 20 years as a therapist, working with teenage girls, and recognizing the hormone-mood connection she didn't have language for yet [15:00] What is perimenopause vs. menopause? Breaking down the timeline, what "the chaos" of hormone decline actually looks like, and why symptoms can start as early as 35 [25:00] The history of hormone replacement therapy (HRT), the 2002 study that scared women off it, why that research has been largely debunked, and what the menopause movement is changing [35:00] Lifestyle shifts that actually help: movement, protein, fiber, sleep hygiene, and why walking to a podcast counts as self-care [45:00] The sleep struggle is real: waking at 2 and 4 AM, the brain fog that follows, the Oura Ring, naps, and the challenge of fighting your body when you have a dog in the bed [55:00] How menopause strains relationships and what partners can actually do: initiation, communication, the libido conversation nobody wants to have, and why rage during perimenopause is more common than anyone admits [1:05:00] Finding your voice at 50, letting go of people-pleasing, reevaluating friendships and values, and what it means to protect your peace in midlife [1:12:00] Common misconceptions about menopause, the emotional symptoms doctors dismiss, why "I just don't feel like myself" is a complete sentence, and the importance of community over suffering in silence [1:20:00] Halle Berry's Respin platform, supplements, hair loss, collagen, and the bad actors trying to profit off the menopause movement [1:30:00] Documenting your symptoms before your doctor's appointment, magnesium glycinate for sleep, progesterone as a sleep aid, mocktails, Agua Bonitas, and Susie's Menopause Mingles [1:40:00] Closing thoughts: you are not alone, reach out, and why talking about it is the most important first step Connect with Susie Cortez: Instagram: @WellnessCoachSusie Website: WellnessWithSusie.com Services: Individual coaching, group coaching, digital courses, Menopause Mingles (in-home workshops), therapist CEU training Connect with Wine & Chisme: Website: thewineandchismepodcast.com Instagram: @thewineandchisme Latiné Wine Brand Directory: thewineandchismepodcast.com/directory Sin prisa. Sin vergüenza. Con vino.

Struggling to trust your fitness tracker—or your own instincts? In this episode of “Random Fit,” hosts Wendy Batts, and Ken Miller, dive deep into the “wearable dilemma”: balancing biometric data from wearables like Oura Ring, Garmin, WHOOP, and Apple Watch with how you actually feel day-to-day. What you'll learn: ·      How fitness wearables can trigger anxiety and “orthosomnia”—the obsession with perfect sleep data ·      Why comparing daily data is less helpful than tracking trends over weeks and months ·      The psychological impact of the Nocebo Effect and how mindset shapes your performance ·      How to interpret key metrics like Heart Rate Variability (HRV) and Resting Heart Rate ·      Practical strategies for balancing technology and intuition—including the benefits of “analog days” and body awareness ·      The Recovery Stack Pyramid: Building a science-backed foundation for optimal recovery Perfect for you if you: ·      Rely on wearables for fitness, recovery, or sleep insights ·      Worry your devices might add more stress than solutions ·      Want actionable advice on using tech for better—not just more—wellness  Show references:  https://www.majorleaguecricket.com Pro PadelLeaguehttps://usgaa.org Major League RugbyUS Squash USA Team Handball If you like what you just consumed, leave us a 5-star review, and share this episode with a friend to help grow our NASM health and wellness community! The content shared in this podcast is solely for educational and entertainment purposes. It is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek out the guidance of your healthcare provider or other qualified professional. Any opinions expressed by guests and hosts are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of NASM. Introducing NASM One, the membership for trainers and coaches. For just $35/mo., get unlimited access to over 300 continuing education courses, 50% off additional certifications and specializations, EDGE Trainer Pro all-in-one coaching app to grow your business, unlimited exam attempts and select waived fees. Stay on top of your game and ahead of the curve as a fitness professional with NASM One. Click here to learn more. https://bit.ly/4ddsgrm

You've been told to get eight hours of sleep your whole life. Dr. Michael Breus — The Sleep Doctor — says that's not only wrong, it may be making things worse. In this conversation with Dwayne Kerrigan, one of the world's foremost sleep specialists breaks down the science of when to sleep, when to drink caffeine, when to workout, and why most people's sleep problems aren't about how much they sleep — they're about when. In this episode: The four chronotypes — Lion, Bear, Wolf, and Dolphin — and why knowing yours could reduce your total sleep while dramatically improving quality; plus why 55% of the population are Bears, and what that means for your nine-to-five schedule The 90-minute caffeine rule: how adrenaline and cortisol make caffeine useless for the first 90 minutes after waking, and when to stop caffeine entirely to protect your sleep The biology of the 1:00–3:00 AM wake-up: every human on Earth wakes up in this window due to a cortisol spike — and Dr. Breus's four-step protocol for getting back to sleep, including the four-seven-eight breathing technique developed by Dr. Andrew Weil for Navy snipers Why alcohol destroys Stage 3 and 4 deep sleep — the physical restoration stage where the brain's glymphatic system flushes beta amyloid and tau proteins linked to Alzheimer's disease — and the exact wine-with-dinner timing strategy that lets you drink without wrecking your sleep Sleep tracking devices: why none of them are accurate for measuring sleep stages, why rings outperform wristbands, why you should only review your tracker data once a week, and how to use trend analysis rather than nightly numbers Dr. Breus's personal disclosure: he has moderate obstructive sleep apnea and stops breathing 26 times an hour — and why he wants every listener to stop avoiding sleep testing out of fear Discover Your Chronotype - Take The Quiz: https://sleepdoctor.com/pages/dr-breus-podcast-dwayne-kerrigan Episode Highlights: 00:00 - Entrepreneurs Sleep Differently 00:33 - Welcome and Guest Introduction 01:06 - Tony Robbins Connection 03:17 - Meet Dr Michael Breus 05:05 - Middle of Night Awakenings 07:40 - Understanding Chronotypes 11:31 - The Lion Chronotype 12:47 - The Bear Chronotype 13:18 - The Wolf Chronotype 14:23 - The Dolphin Chronotype 18:07 - Bad Sleep Habits 20:39 - Morning Workouts and Cortisol 22:27 - Perfect Time for Sex 25:20 - Understanding Cortisol 26:37 - Why We Wake at 3AM 28:57 - Don't Go Pee 30:52 - Don't Look at the Clock 31:43 - Four Seven Eight Breathing 34:59 - Getting Out of Bed 36:28 - Stay Positive 38:06 - Breathing Technique Recap 38:51 - Breathing Techniques Really Work 42:50 - Alcohol and Sleep Quality 46:47 - Caffeine Timing Guidelines 49:49 - Cannabis and Sleep 51:39 - Understanding Sleep Stages 54:29 - Sleep Cycles Explained 56:11 - Sleep Tracking Devices 01:00:08 - Choosing the Right Tracker 01:04:18 - Heart Rate Variability 01:07:17 - Quality Over Quantity 01:08:46 - Sleep Apnea and Testing 01:12:12 - Finding Your Sleep Need 01:12:36 - Closing Thoughts and Stay Tuned for Part 2 Resources mentioned: Several of Dr. Michael Breus' books – The Power of When, Energize!, The Sleep Doctor's Diet Plan, Good Night, and Sleep, Drink, Breathe Four-seven-eight breathing technique — developed by Dr. Andrew Weil Muse headband — brainwave monitoring headband for sleep and meditation Oura Ring — sleep tracking ring Whoop Strap — activity and sleep tracker Apple Watch — sleep tracking The Happy Ring from Happy Sleep — FDA-approved ring for sleep studies Tony Robbins's book Unleash the Power Within Quotes: “Eight hours is a myth, man. So many people try to force themselves to get... The math doesn't even work. Like, the right number of cycles doesn't even end up at eight hours.” - Dr. Michael Breus “ I really, honestly, legitimately feel like I've dumbed myself down a little bit when it comes to, when it comes to my, like, abuse of sleep over the years.” - Dwayne Kerrigan “To be clear, dude, you are your best doctor. When you wake up in the morning, if you feel good, you feel good. Like, you slept well.” - Dr. Michael Breus “ The first liquid that crosses your lips every morning should not, I repeat, not be caffeinated.” - Dr. Michael Breus “ Stop thinking about hours. This is a quality game, not a quantity game. If you get six and a half hours of good quality sleep- As a sleep doctor, I am much more interested than if you get eight hours of crappy sleep.” - Dr. Michael Breus Dr. Michael Breus, Ph.D., is a double board-certified Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Sleep Specialist, and one of only 168 psychologists in the world to have passed the Sleep Medicine Boards without attending medical school. Known as The Sleep Doctor, he is the founder of sleepdoctor.com, was named the Top Sleep Specialist in California by Reader's Digest, and one of the 10 most influential people in sleep. He is the author of several books including The Power of When and Sleep, Drink, Breathe: Wellness is Too Complicated, and has appeared on Oprah, CNN, The Today Show, and The Dr. Oz Show more than 40 times, and lectures globally for organizations including YPO and Tony Robbins' Unleash the Power Within. Connect with Dr. Michael Breus: YouTube: Sleep Doctor Instagram: Sleep Doctor (@thesleepdoctor) Take the Original Chronotype Quiz | SleepDoctor.com Sleep Doctor At Home Sleep Test (SleepDoctor.com) The Sleep Doctor At-Home Sleep Test provides clinical-level sleep analysis from the comfort of your own bed. Using two simple sensors and a connected app, users receive personalized results reviewed by a licensed provider in under a week. Connect with Dwayne Kerrigan Facebook Instagram Linked In Website Disclaimer: The views, information, or opinions expressed by guests during The Dwayne Kerrigan Podcast are solely those of the individuals involved and do not necessarily represent those of Dwayne Kerrigan and his affiliates. Dwayne Kerrigan or The Dwayne Kerrigan Podcast is not responsible for and does not verify the accuracy of any of the information contained in the podcast series. The primary purpose of this podcast is to educate and inform. Listeners are advised to consult with a qualified professional or specialist before making any decisions based on the content of this podcast.

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Valve hiked Steam Deck prices by up to $300 as RAMageddon hits consumer electronics. Bloomberg detailed Apple's Siri overhaul ahead of WWDC, Meta rolls out subscription plans for Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp, and Oura unveils a 40% smaller Ring 5. Valve hikes the Steam Deck OLED's prices due to "rising memory and storage costs": from $549 to $789 for the 512GB model and from $649 to $949 for the 1TB model (The Verge) Illustrations based on sources detail Apple's Siri overhaul, including a new UI, a chatbot-style app, and other major iOS 27 changes, ahead of WWDC on June 8 (Bloomberg) Meta rolls out Plus plans for Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp globally, and tests $7.99/month and $19.99/month Meta AI plans, and a $49.99/month creator plan (TechCrunch) Reactor, which says its AI platform can generate video in real-time with near-zero latency, emerges from stealth with a $59M Series A led by Lightspeed (Variety) Oura unveils the Oura Ring 5, with a 40% smaller form factor, improved sensing, and repositioned LEDs, on sale from June 4 for $399, up from the Ring 4's $349 (Bloomberg) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Light Therapy, 40Hz Gamma & Brainwave Entrainment: How BrainTap Resets Sleep, Clears Brain Fog, and Boosts Productivity by 26% Your brain is being starved of the one nutrient it needs most, and it is not a supplement, not a nootropic, not a fasting protocol. It is light, and a 40 hertz flicker delivered at the right frequency can break up amyloid plaque, reset your nervous system, and get you 26 percent more productive in a single session. -Watch this episode on YouTube for the full video experience: https://www.youtube.com/@DaveAspreyBPR -Go to https://braintap.com/dave/ for an exclusive offer for The Human Upgrade listeners Host Dave Asprey sits down with Dr. Patrick Porter, PhD, award-winning author, educator, entrepreneur, and founder of BrainTap, who has spent over 35 years at the forefront of neurotechnology helping millions of people achieve mental and emotional resilience through cutting-edge brain entrainment tools. Backed by 72 peer-reviewed studies and research conducted alongside Google, Microsoft, universities in Brazil, and veteran treatment programs, Dr. Porter is one of the most experienced and validated practitioners in applied neuroscience and brain optimization working today. Together, Dave and Dr. Porter break down exactly how flickering light and binaural sound delivered through the BrainTap headset feeds the brain through the electron transport chain, triggers nitric oxide release, boosts mitochondrial energy, and drives neuroplasticity through frequency following response. They cover how 40 hertz gamma light breaks up amyloid plaque and why that same frequency is linked to reversing dementia, how BrainTap reset the circadian rhythms of coal miners in under three weeks, how 490,000 students in Brazil raised their GPA using brain wave entrainment, and how AI now builds personalized 21-day brain training protocols from 3,000 available sessions. If you are serious about biohacking your brain, upgrading sleep optimization, and doing smarter not harder work on your mind, this episode delivers the science and the tools. You'll Learn: Why light is the most underrated nutrient for brain health and how BrainTap delivers it directly to every cell in your body How 40 hertz gamma frequency breaks up amyloid plaque, restores blood flow, and may reverse dementia and Alzheimer's progression Why binaural beats and isochronic tones trigger frequency following response and what that does to your focus, metabolism, and energy How three 10-minute BrainTap sessions per day produces 26 percent more work output according to studies with Google and Microsoft How BrainTap restored deep sleep and REM cycles in coal miners with destroyed circadian rhythms in under three weeks Why 90 percent of autistic children in one study began speaking after six weeks of pulsed light therapy targeting alpha wave production How AI inside BrainTap now generates personalized brain training protocols based on your specific stress, sleep, and performance goals Why the vagus nerve is the hidden target of BrainTap's ear lights and how triggering it drives parasympathetic recovery How SMR brain waves create the optimal state for focus and concentration and why elite athletes use this for both performance and academic results What the NeuroCheck system measures across nine parameters of the nervous system in five minutes and how it validates your biohacking results Thank you to our sponsors! - AirDoctor | Go to https://airdoctorpro.com/daveasprey and save up to $300 on Air Purifiers. - AquaTru | Go to https://aquatruwater.com/daveasprey and save $100 on all AquaTru water purifiers. - iRestore | Reverse hair loss at www.irestore.com/DAVE and get exclusive savings on the iRestore Elite, use code DAVE Dave Asprey is a four-time New York Times bestselling author, founder of Bulletproof Coffee, and the father of biohacking. 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Friday - Clark Stinks day! Christa shares Clark Stinks posts with Clark. Submit yours at Clark.com/ClarkStinks.    Also, while many of us use fitness trackers to count steps or monitor sleep, the latest data shows some of these devices are evolving into genuine lifesavers. Clark has worn a Garmin for twenty years and a Samsung smartwatch, but the Oura Ring has truly impressed him and for good reason, as new findings indicate.   Clark Stinks: Segments 1 & 2 Oura Reports: Segment 3 Ask Clark: Segment 4 Mentioned on the show: Is Turo Legit? 5 Things To Know Before You Use It 5 of Clark Howard's Most Extreme Frugal Hacks What Is Umbrella Insurance and Do You Need It? - Clark Howard The Insurance Policies You Need (and Some You Don't) What Age Are Americans Actually Starting Social Security? Term Life vs. Whole Life Insurance: Understanding the Difference Oura Ring Helps Uncover 'Multiple Cases of Lymphoma,' Says Its Chief Medical Officer Axios: Finish Line: The quiet rise of "prescribing connection" 4 Ways To Stop Junk Mail - Clark Howard How To Choose the Best Charities for Your Donations - Clark Howard Memorial Day 2026: Facts, Meaning & Traditions Clark.com resources: Episode transcripts Community.Clark.com  /  Ask Clark Clark.com daily money newsletter Consumer Action Center Free Helpline: 636-492-5275 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kat is feeling scattered and Amy is feeling thankful. While, can’t remember why exactly she feels that way, she does know that she hates the saying: “Wet my whistle.” The mention of “whistle” makes the conversation take an interesting turn. Amy is also fully convinced her Oura Ring is going to keep her single forever because her sleep score now matters more than going out. Kat recommends a new game called Play 9 that might be their new favorite thing. A comment made about Amy talking with her hands a lot on an IG live sparks a chat about policing our own thoughts. Plus a list of signs that a friendship feels like home and whether Amy and Kat's friendship checks all the boxes. And new research from Oxford shows most women have about five close friends and what happens to that number when a new relationship comes along. Get some Feeling Things merch by clicking HERE! (FeelingThingsPodcast.com) Sign up for the Feeling Things newsletter HERE! Watch us on Youtube HERE! Call and leave a voicemail: 877-207-2077 Email: heythere@feelingthingspodcast.com HOSTS: Amy Brown // RadioAmy.com // @RadioAmy Kat Van Buren // threecordstherapy.com // @KatVanburenSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.