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How to Design your Wedding with Pinterest - Episode #190 Join our Facebook Group Timelines and Checklists www.fromringtoveil.com/checklists Today we have a guest host who is here to help us with how to design a wedding with Pinterest. Michelle Edgemont with Michelle Edgemont Design. A few things about Michelle: BFA in Textile surface design 7yrs in the fashion industry Passion for whimsical florals and Joyful events Michelle Edgemont Designs launched in 2011 Named 35 under 35 brightest stars in the floral biz Here are a few things that we talk about in this episode: How do you effectively search Pinterest to find the most relevant images. How do you narrow them down to what fits your theme and style? Cohesiveness? How do you set up just wedding boards? Secret? Photos that no longer have a website/page associated with it. How many pins are sufficient for one board? Links: Facebook THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSOR: Seattle Metro Area Wedding Planning Resource Guide ( http://fromringtoveil.com/rgpaperback ) ( http://fromringtoveil.com/rgkindle ) FRTV Swag www.fromringtoveil.com/tee Join our Facebook Group Subscribe to the podcast: { Apple Podcasts }{ Spotify }{ Stitcher }{ Youtube } { iHeartradio }{ Alexa }{ CastBox }{ GooglePodcasts } -Until next time, No Stress No Worries Keep Calm and Listen On-  

Stever Robbins, host of the Get-It-Done-Guy Podcast and author of Get-It-Done Guy's 9 Steps to Work Less and Do More, shares his best productivity hacks. And host Keith McArthur speaks with fitness contributor Kathleen Trotter about how exercise can help us beat the February blahs. Feedback / Connect: Subscribe to My Instruction Manual on Apple Podcasts or on Android Visit MyInstructionManual.com for shownotes, more great content and to sign up the email newsletter Email: keith@myinstructionmanual.com Keith on Twitter: @KeithMcArthur Join our Facebook page Visit us on Pinterest Episode 19 Show Notes [00:00] Welcome and Intro [00:57] 18 Steps to Own Your Life Keith's next book comes out Tuesday, March 6 Keith is recruiting launch team members who can get a pre-release review copy now myinstructionmanual.com/launchteam [01:43] Featured interview with Stever Robins Stever Robins is author of Get-It-Done Guy's 9 Steps to Work Less and Do More: Transform Yourself from Overwhelmed to Overachiever and host of the Get-It-Done-Guy Podcast. He is an executive coach and communications consultant who has been involved in multiple startups. Stever moved out of home as a teenager at 14 and got started as a computer programmer [2:30] How growing up a computer programmer led Stever to crack the human algorithm [4:22] The trouble with productivity [9:05] How the erosion of task-specific space has created a productivity crisis [13:15] Why smartphones make it harder to implement workarounds, such as only checking your email a couple times a day [18:03] Is it time to get rid of the smartphone and go back to a flip phone? [20:26] Why putting your phone in black and white mode makes it less addicting [22:10] Divorcing your computer  [22:54} Work Less and Do More: The Zombie Musical Stever's views on living an extraordinary life [29:35] Why we should pursue fulfillment instead of success [31:46] Stever's theory of hard work [34:30] [36:06] Stever's Instruction Manual 1. What are the habits you maintain every day to stay happy and healthy? [36:26] Exercise Eat well Have human contact regularly  2. What personal development book do you recommend? [38:23] Loving What Is: Four Questions that Can Change Your Life by Byron Katie "I have found nothing that even approaches this in terms of how powerful it can be." 3. Favorite personal mantra / inspirational quote [39:26] "Done is the Engine of More" from The Done Manifesto 4. What's your one guilty pleasure? [40:55] Oreo Ice Cream Cake 5. When your time comes, how do you want to be remembered? [41:06] "To be honest, how I'm remembered is just not important to me. What's important to me is the change that I make in the world." [42:12] Where to find Stever Podcast on iTunes: Get It Done Guy SteverRobbins.com Stever's Living and Extraordinary Life Speech Work Less and Do More: The Zombie Musical [43:24] Fitness contributor Kathleen Trotter on how exercise can help with the February blahs Kathleen Trotter is author of Finding Your Fit: A Compassionate Trainer's Guide to Making Fitness a Lifelong Habit In this conversation, Keith and Kathleen discuss: Why working out is most important on days we don't feel like working out [44:37] Getting outdoor exercise in the winter is good for you, but you need to take precautions to stay safe [47:09] Where to find Kathleen [48:49] KatheenTrotter.com Instagram: KathleenTrotterFitness Twitter: KTrotterFitness Facebook: KathleenTrotter [49:12] Closing words

Jake Nawrocki, host of the Operation Self Reset podcast, outlines the steps we need to take to reset our lives. Host Keith McArthur announces the title and launch date of his next book. And mindfulness contributor Joelle Anderson explains why you might want to add a body scan to your meditation practice. Feedback / Connect: Subscribe to My Instruction Manual on Apple Podcasts or on Android Visit MyInstructionManual.com for shownotes, more great content and to sign up the email newsletter Email: keith@myinstructionmanual.com Keith on Twitter: @KeithMcArthur Join our Facebook page Visit us on Pinterest Episode 18 Show Notes [00:00] Welcome and Intro [00:57] Keith's book announcement 18 Steps to Own Your Life: Simple Powers for a Happier, Healthier You will be released on Tuesday, March 6 Keith is putting together a launch team for the book. Launch team members will get a free copy of the book in exchange for writing and posting one or two honest reviews [2:09] Featured interview with Jake Nawarocki Jake Nawrocki is the host of the popular podcast Operation Self Reset. He lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In this conversation, Keith and Jake discuss: How early morning hockey practice make Jake a self-help junkie [2:49] How business struggles led Jake to create Operation Self Reset [5:16] What is Operation Self Reset? [7:24] Chasing perfection is dangerous because it gets in the way of progress [10:33] Number one step of a reset: Clearly define your goals [12:43] How emotions and feelings get in the way and dictate our decisions [15:01] The brain-cut connection and the importance of taking care of your gut [16:00] Jake refers to The Mind-Gut Connection: How the Hidden Conversation within Our Bodies Impacts Our Mood, Our Choices, and Our Overall Health Why a  lack of confidence and self-esteem are the biggest stumbling blocks for a self-reset [20:30] Jake's struggles balancing life and business [22:53] [24:36] Jake Nawrocki's Instruction Manual 1. What are the habits you maintain every day to stay happy and healthy? [25:01] Read something Take care of gut health Sweat (exercise) Get enough sleep  2. What personal development book do you recommend? [25:34] As a Man Thinketh by James Allen "It's an amazing read. I highly suggest it." 3. Favorite personal mantra / inspirational quote [26:54]  "Winners never quit and quitters never win." Vince Lombardi "Do what you can't." Casey Neistat (scroll down to see his YouTube video) 4. What's your one guilty pleasure? [29:20] Ice cream Video games 5. When your time comes, how do you want to be remembered? [30:12] As a guy who tried something that filled him up.  [31:21] Where to find Jake Podcast on iTunes: Operation Self Reset Website: OperationSelfReset.com Twitter: @JakeNarocki Facebook: OSRfanpage Email: Jake@operationselfreset.com   [32:19] Mindfulness contributor Joelle Anderson on including a body scan in your meditation practice Joelle Anderson is a therapist specializing in mindfulness meditation and creator and host of the Kernel of Wisdom YouTube channel. In this conversation, Keith and Joelle discuss: What is a body scan? [32:56] When to do a body scan? [34:57] Where to find Joelle [36:08] Kernelofwisdom.com YouTube.com/KernelofWisdom1

Kristen Ulmer, author of The Art of Fear, shares the four-step art of fear method. And host Keith McArthur speaks with nutrition contributor Michelle Jaelin about why most diets are a waste of time. Feedback / Connect: Subscribe to My Instruction Manual on Apple Podcasts or on Android Visit MyInstructionManual.com for shownotes, more great content and to sign up the email newsletter Email: keith@myinstructionmanual.com Keith on Twitter: @KeithMcArthur Join our Facebook page Visit us on Pinterest Episode 17 Show Notes [00:00] Welcome and Intro [1:00] Featured interview with Kristen Ulmer Kristen Ulmer is author of The Art of Fear: Why Conquering Fear Won't Work and What to Do Instead. In the nineties, Kristen was known as the best female big mountain extreme skier in the world. In this conversation, Keith and Kristen discuss: Kristen tells the story of the day she instantly became recognized as the best in the world [2:01] Fear as a motivation [3:56] Fear as mindfulness [5:12] That time Kristen got paralyzed by fear when she went to give a speech on how to overcome fear [7:05] How Kristen learned she had an unhealthy relationship with fear  [9:31] Kristen says we can't overcome fear. She shares what we need to do instead [12:30] The Art of Fear Method [15:11] Step 1: Acknowledge that fear is natural and normal to feel, not a sign of weakness or a character flaw [15:36] Step 2: Be aware of where you're feeling discomfort in your body related to fear [16:09] Step 3: Be aware of how much you're trying to resist the sensations of fear [18:58] Step 4: Feel the discomfort without trying to get rid of it [21:04] Meditation and fear [23:36] Kristen says a better relationship with fear would have made her an even better skier [25:19] [26:52] Kristen's Inuction Manual 1. What are the habits you maintain every day to stay happy and healthy? [27:10] The 4-step art of fear practice  2. What personal development book do you recommend? [27:50] The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle "Reading that book really changed my life because I realized I could access that state just sitting in a chair." 3. Favorite personal mantra / inspirational quote [28:51]  "Whatever you won't look at is the key to freedom." 4. What's your one guilty pleasure? [30:18] Macaroni and Cheese 5. When your time comes, how do you want to be remembered? [30:49] As someone who embodied what it means to be "alive" [32:14] Where to find Kristen Website: KristenUlmer.com [32:27] Nutrition contributor Michelle Jaelin on diets Michelle Jaelin is both a trained artist and a Registered Dietitian who is known as The NutritionArtist. She appears regularly as in newspapers, magazines and on television as an expert in healthy eating. In this conversation, Keith and Michelle discuss: How should we define diet? [33:46] Michelle's verdict on the ketogenic diet and periodic fasting [34:18] Michelle's advice: Eat more mindfully and stop when you feel full [36:14] Why Michelle is down on what we traditionally think of as diets    [47:25] Where to find Michelle: Twitter: @nutritionartist  Instagram: /nutritionartist Facebook: /nutritionartistRD [38:42] Closing words

Daisy Buchanan, author of How To Be a Grown Up, teaches important life skills like how to be confident, how to manage money and how to wash your hair. And host Keith McArthur speaks with fitness contributor Kathleen Trotter about how exercise makes you smarter. Feedback / Connect: Subscribe to My Instruction Manual on Apple Podcasts or on Android Visit MyInstructionManual.com for shownotes, more great content and to sign up the email newsletter Email: keith@myinstructionmanual.com Keith on Twitter: @KeithMcArthur Join our Facebook page Visit us on Pinterest Episode 16 Show Notes [00:00] Welcome and Intro [1:00] Featured interview with Daisy Buchanan Daisy Buchanan is the author of How To Be a Grown Up: You're Doing Fine and Let Me Tell You Why. Daisy is a freelance journalist living in England. In this conversation, Keith and Daisy discuss: How reviewing her own search history led Daisy to write this book [1:42] How social media created an existential crisis for Daisy and other millennials [4:30] Why Daisy chose to live in public with a more honest version of herself [7:52] Why do millennials fetishize "adulting" [13:51] How to wash your hair [19:10] Why you're probably doing fine at adulting [22:24] How to be confident [23:41] How to make and manage money [25:37] [28:46] Daisy's Instruction Manual 1. What are the habits you maintain every day to stay happy and healthy? [29:08] To make sure she gets outside into nature every day  2. What personal development book do you recommend? [30:26] Crazy Salad by Nora Ephron 3. Favorite personal mantra / inspirational quote [32:33]  "Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." - John Watson (aka Ian McLaren) 4. What's your one guilty pleasure? [33:43] "I was brought up Catholic so all of my pleasures are guilty." Domino's Stuffed Crust BBQ Pizza and Ben and Jerry's ice cream Re-reading books  5. When your time comes, how do you want to be remembered? [34:56] "If my name were to come up in conversation after I have passed, I'd like people to say: 'she was kind and she was funny.'" [35:13] Where to find Daisy Buchanan Instagram: @thedaisybee Twitter: @notrollergirl [36:25] Fitness contributor Kathleen Trotter on how exercise makes you smarter  Kathleen Trotter is author of Finding Your Fit: A Compassionate Trainer's Guide to Making Fitness a Lifelong Habit In this conversation, Keith and Kathleen discuss: The more reasons we have to be active, the more likely we are to do it. [36:54] The science behind how exercise makes you smarter [40:41] Exercise is more important for brain health as you get older [42:22] Where to find Kathleen [44:04]   KatheenTrotter.com Instagram: KathleenTrotterFitness Twitter: KTrotterFitness Facebook: KathleenTrotter [44:30] Closing words  

Leslie Caubble, who recently moved to Maui, shares what went through her mind on the morning of Jan. 13, 2017 when an errant missile alert made her think she was about to die. And host Keith McArthur speaks with mindfulness contributor Joelle Anderson about the differences and similarities between meditation and yoga. Feedback / Connect: Subscribe to My Instruction Manual on Apple Podcasts or on Android Visit MyInstructionManual.com for shownotes, more great content and to sign up the email newsletter Email: keith@myinstructionmanual.com Keith on Twitter: @KeithMcArthur Join our Facebook page Visit us on Pinterest Episode 15 Show Notes [00:00] Welcome and Intro [00:57] Featured interview with Leslie Caubble On the morning of Jan. 13, 2017, people across the state of Hawaii received an alert on their phones warning that ballistic missiles were on the way. “THIS IS NOT A DRILL,” the alert read in all caps. 37 minutes later a second text went out which let people know that, in fact, it was all a mistake. But in the meantime, more than 1-million people wondered if their lives were about to end. One of these people was Leslie Caubble who blogs and podcasts about living in Hawaii at The Aloha 360. In this conversation, Keith and Leslie discuss: Why the Caubble family moved to Hawaii [1:49] Leslie gets the alert on her phone [4:29] Leslie's initial thoughts and feelings [6:47] We reference Leslie's blog post where she writes about 37 random thoughts during those 37 anxious minutes The Caubbles prepare their home for an imminent missile strike [10:04] Leslie wondered if she was going to die [12:02] Leslie writes her kids an "I'm about to die, I love you" text. [13:40] The first clues this wasn't real [16:59] How the even changed Leslie [18:50] Can an event like this make Hawaii kinder and more compassionate? [21:58] [24:51] Leslie Caubble's Instruction Manual 1. What are the habits you maintain every day to stay happy and healthy? [25:09] Start of day by reading Bible or some other devotional or inspirational reading Make a to-do list and block her time for the day Set aside some time to be outside in nature every day  2. What personal development book do you recommend? [26:42] The One Thing by Gary Keller  "I use it every day, just the whole premise of it." Book she wants to read: The Road Back To You 3. Favorite personal mantra / inspirational quote [28:17]  "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and don't lean on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct your paths." Proverbs 3:5-6 4. What's your one guilty pleasure? [29:00]  Flying (as a pilot) 5. When your time comes, how do you want to be remembered? [29:23] As a humble servant to God, her husband, her children and to the people around her. "That I served others around me with love and grace and mercy and patience." [30:09] Where to find Leslie Website (blog and podcast): thealoha360.com Instagram: @lcaubble Twitter: @lesliecaubble Pinterest: /LeslieCaubble [31:17] Mindfulness contributor Joelle Anderson on the similarities and differences between yoga and meditation Joelle Anderson is a therapist specializing in mindfulness meditation and creator and host of the Kernel of Wisdom YouTube channel. In this conversation, Keith and Joelle discuss: What are the similarities / differences between yoga and meditation? [31:34] Should we do both?   [32:36] Slower forms of yoga are best for mindfulness, but any kind of will do. It's more about shifting to a more mindful mindset when you practice [33:55] Where to follow and connect with Joelle [34:54] Kernelofwisdom.com YouTube.com/KernelofWisdom1 [35:19] Closing words  

Jeff Chegin and Carmela DiClemente, co-authors of Dare to Win, explain how failure helped some of the world's most successful people including Steven King, Adele and David Bowie. And host Keith McArthur speaks with nutrition contributor Michelle Jaelin about eating right in 2018. Feedback / Connect: Subscribe to My Instruction Manual on Apple Podcasts or on Android Visit MyInstructionManual.com for shownotes, more great content and to sign up the email newsletter Email: keith@myinstructionmanual.com Keith on Twitter: @KeithMcArthur Join our Facebook page Visit us on Pinterest Episode 14 Show Notes [0:00] Welcome and Intro [1:00] Featured interview with Andrea Owen Carmela DiClemente and Jeff Chegwin, are co-authors of Dare to Win: Lessons from 57 of the world's most successful people. A veteran of the UK music industry, Jeff has promoted some of the biggest names in the industry including Paul McCartney and Elvis Costello. Carmela is former BBC producer who has worked with some of the biggest names in the UK radio business. In this conversation, Keith, Jeff and Carmela discuss: What it means to "Dare to Win" [2:02] Jeff's favorite story in the Book: Adele [3:04] Carmela on Steven King [3:56] Jeff on how rejection led to David Bowie's success [8:14] Carmela on rejection as a driver for success [9:13] Jeff and Carmela talk about the celebrities they've met (David Bowie, Simon Cowell, Paul McCartney) [11:20] Jeff tells his own Dare to Win story: How he helped Billy Bragg make it big with a bowl of curry [14:58] Scroll down to for a YouTube clip of Bragg's "New England" [19:01]  Jeff Chegwin's Instruction Manual 1. What are the habits you maintain every day to stay happy and healthy? [20:55] Sleep well Run Drink lots of water Surround self with positive people Try to be the same person to everybody  2. What personal development book do you recommend? [22:04] "I don't think I've ever read one" but Fix You by Coldplay as an inspirational song. 3. Favorite personal mantra / inspirational quote [25:46]  "Believe in your dreams and they will come true" 4. What's your one  guilty pleasure? [26:26] Unhealthy food like chocolate and cookies (biscuits) Documentaries about the supernatural 5. When your time comes, how do you want to be remembered? [29:14] Being motivational and helping people [19:01]  Carmela DiClemente's Instruction Manual 1. What are the habits you maintain every day to stay happy and healthy? [19:21] Connect to nature, even if it's just looking at the trees and the sky in crowded London Exercise including yoga, walking and tennis Take time to reflect on whether she's being courteous and kind to those around her  2. What personal development book do you recommend? [22:20] My Family and other Animals by Gerald Durrell "It made me worship nature." 3. Favorite personal mantra / inspirational quote [23:31]  "You can't fast-track to happiness and you can't shortcut misery." 4. What's your one guilty pleasure? [27:08] Playing The Smiths very loud 5. When your time comes, how do you want to be remembered? [28:00] As somebody who loved well [29:56] Where to find Jeff Website: Jeffchegwin.com [30:27] Where to find Carmela Twitter: @sloanesqgal [30:54] Nutrition contributor Michelle Jaelin on New Year's Resolutions Michelle Jaelin is both a trained artist and a Registered Dietitian who is known as The NutritionArtist. She appears regularly as in newspapers, magazines and on television as an expert in healthy eating. In this conversation, Keith and Michelle discuss: Why are health-related resolutions so popular? [31:15] Michelle explains the "false hope syndrome" [31:43] What should people do if they've already fallen off track with their resolutions? [33:24] Where to find Michelle: Website: nutritionartist.com Twitter: @nutritionartist  Instagram: /nutritionartist Facebook: /nutritionartistRD [35:10] Closing words

Andrea Owen, author of How to Stop Feeling Like Sh*t, reveals 14 toxic habits that are holding us back from happiness. And host Keith McArthur speaks with fitness contributor Kathleen Trotter about exercise resolutions for the new year. Feedback / Connect: Subscribe to My Instruction Manual on Apple Podcasts or on Android Visit MyInstructionManual.com for shownotes, more great content and to sign up the email newsletter Email: keith@myinstructionmanual.com Keith on Twitter: @KeithMcArthur Join our Facebook page Visit us on Pinterest Episode 13 Details: [1:02] Featured interview with Martin Andrea Owen Andrea is author of How to Stop Feeling Like Sh*t: 14 Habits that Are Holding You Back from Happiness. She is a life coach based on North Carolina and hosts the Your Kick-Ass Life Podcast. In this conversation, Keith and Andrea discuss: When Andrea hit rock bottom  [2:13] How Andrea became a life coach [4:19] Andrea opens up about her struggles with co-dependency, eating disorders, love addiction and alcohol abuse [5:30] How Andrea identified the 14 toxic habits that hold us back from happiness [9:31] Keith admits that he sees 13 of the toxic habits in himself [10:53] Andrea talks about the most common habits that hold us back  [11:30] Negative self-talk [11:30] Isolating and hiding out [13:36] So many of us struggle alone with our toxic habits [14:18] Dealing with these habits takes work [16:10] The habit Andrea is currently struggling with [17:38] When you want to cancel, is it because of fear or self care? [18:54] Why Andrea doesn't believe in affirmations, but does recommend mantras [22:02} Andrea on meditation [25:26] Practical tools: Make a list of all the things we're scared people will think about us [28:00] Talk to others about our successes [32:29] [34:34] Andrea Owen's Instruction Manual [39:29] Fitness contributor Kathleen Trotter on exercise resolutions for the new year Kathleen Trotter is author of Finding Your Fit: A Compassionate Trainer's Guide to Making Fitness a Lifelong Habit In this conversation, Keith and Kathleen discuss: Is New Year's really the best time for resolutions? [39:53] How Gretchen Rubin's The Four Tendencies can help you with your resolutions [43:11]

In this special edition of the podcast, life lessons from 10 of the most inspiring people on the planet. Host Keith McArthur speaks to Jenny Blake, Kurek Ashley, Robert Puff, Luminita D. Saviuc, Jolenta Greenberg, Greg Wells, Fabiana Bacchini, Celeste Headlee, Morra Aarons-Mele and Martin Gibala. Feedback / Connect: Subscribe to My Instruction Manual on Apple Podcasts or on Android Visit MyInstructionManual.com for shownotes, more great content and to sign up the email newsletter Email: keith@myinstructionmanual.com Keith on Twitter: @KeithMcArthur Join our Facebook page Visit us on Pinterest Episode 12 Details: [1:30] Morra Aaron-Mele: ‘Own your choices’ [5:37] Kurek Ashley: ‘Choose happiness’ [8:30] Fabiana Bacchini: ‘Live in the present’ [12:36] Celeste Headlee: ‘Don’t pick your career based on job titles’ [15:23] Martin Gibala: ‘Work hard, be humble, get lucky and take risks’ [17:20] Jolenta Greenberg: ‘Trust your gut’ [20:26] Greg Wells: ‘Major obstacles lead to major growth’ [23:00] Robert Puff: ‘You can’t live your whole life in the now, you can only live this moment in the now’ [25:33] Luminita D. Saviuc: ‘There’s darkness in people, so trust your intuition’ [28:42] Jenny Blake: ‘Stressful thoughts are optional’

In this special holiday edition of the podcast, Keith McArthur's son takes over and turns the tables on his dad. Connor McArthur asks Keith five questions to uncover the Keith McArthur recipe for success. Then Keith asks these same questions of the show's regular contributors Joelle Anderson, Kathleen Trotter and Michelle Jaelin. Feedback / Connect: Subscribe to My Instruction Manual on Apple Podcasts or on Android Visit MyInstructionManual.com for shownotes, more great content and to sign up the email newsletter Email: keith@myinstructionmanual.com Keith on Twitter: @KeithMcArthur Join our Facebook page Visit us on Pinterest Episode 11 Details: [1:02] Keith McArthur's Instruction Manual Keith McArthur is the host and creator of the My Instruction Manual podcast. [4:50] Joelle Anderson's Instruction Manual Joelle Anderson is a therapist specializing in mindfulness meditation and creator and host of the Kernel of Wisdom YouTube channel. [9:51] Kathleen Trotter's Instruction Manual Kathleen Trotter is author of Finding Your Fit: A Compassionate Trainer's Guide to Making Fitness a Lifelong Habit [20:24] Michelle Jaelin's Instruction Manual Michelle Jaelin is both a trained artist and a Registered Dietitian who is known as The NutritionArtist. She appears regularly as in newspapers, magazines and on television as an expert in healthy eating.

Martin Gibala, author of The One-Minute Workout, reveals how to make high intensity interval training an efficient and effective component of your fitness routine. And host Keith McArthur speaks with fitness contributor Kathleen Trotter about setting up an inexpensive home gym. Feedback / Connect: Subscribe to My Instruction Manual on Apple Podcasts or on Android Visit MyInstructionManual.com for shownotes, more great content and to sign up the email newsletter Email: keith@myinstructionmanual.com Keith on Twitter: @KeithMcArthur Join our Facebook page Visit us on Pinterest Episode 10 Details: [1:02] Featured interview with Martin Gibala Martin is author of The One Minute Workout: Science Shows a Way to Get Fit That's Smarter Faster Shorter. Martin is a professor of Kinesiology at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada and perhaps the leading expert in High Intensity Interval Training.  In this conversation, Keith and Martin discuss: What is the one-minute workout? [1:51] Keith shares his own attempt at a one-minute workout [2:52] High Intensity Interval Training creates a calorie-burning afterburn [4:01] What led Martin to become one of the world's leading experts in this area of study  [6:13] The research Martin's team does to prove the efficacy of High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT)? [7:57] Why is HIIT so effective? [9:32] Interval workouts even works for walking [13:14] Martin explains the "ten-by-one" workout [14:45] Martin responds to skeptics & criticisms around the risks and practicality of HIIT [16:24] The idea of "exercise snacking"  [21:00] Interval training for kids and teens [23:45] Martin Gibala's Instruction Manual [28:18] [32:32] Keith talks about special episodes for Christmas Day and New Year's Day. [34:53] Fitness contributor Kathleen Trotter on setting up an inexpensive home gym Kathleen Trotter is author of Finding Your Fit: A Compassionate Trainer's Guide to Making Fitness a Lifelong Habit In this conversation, Keith and Kathleen discuss: A home gym as an alternative to a gym membership[35:08] Options for home gym equipment at multiple price points. Kathleen mentions Powerblocks. [36:32] Kettlebells [38:46]

Morra Aarons-Mele, author of Hiding In The Bathroom, shares tips for ambitious introverts. And host Keith McArthur speaks with mindfulness contributor Joelle Anderson about the importance of paying attention to physical sensations when we meditate. Feedback / Connect: Subscribe to My Instruction Manual on Apple Podcasts or on Android Visit MyInstructionManual.com for shownotes, more great content and to sign up the email newsletter Email: keith@myinstructionmanual.com Keith on Twitter: @KeithMcArthur Join our Facebook page Visit us on Pinterest Episode 9 Details: [0:58] Featured interview with Morra Aarons-Mele Morra is author of Hiding in the Bathroom: An Introvert's Roadmap to Getting Out There (When You'd Rather Stay Home). She lives in Boston and runs Women Online, a social media communications firm. She's also the host of the Hiding in the Bathroom podcast. In this conversation, Keith and Morra discuss: When inner peace is interrupted by: "Wait, aren't I supposed to be worried about something?" [3:31] Morra's life-long battle with anxiety [4:44] In her twenties Morra was very ambitious and successful but unhappy [6:17] "There is nothing about introversion that says I am not going to be the most powerful person in the room" [8:25] Morra says her privilege allows her to be open about her anxiety and introversion  [10:18] Having the best of both worlds comes at a cost [12:37] Why Morra says anxiety is a gift [19:41] How to manage anxiety [21:41] The importance and difficulty of self-love [24:23] Trying a "hermit pilot" [25:23] Why women graduating today aren't as happy as those who graduated in the seventies [32:01] Morra's Instruction Manual [34:18] [40:04] Mindfulness contributor Joelle Anderson on why we need to pay attention to our bodies when we mediate Joelle Anderson is a therapist specializing in mindfulness meditation and creator and host of the Kernel of Wisdom YouTube channel. In this conversation, Keith and Joelle discuss: Why is it important to pay attention to the body? [40:33] Keith shares that he feels a pit in his stomach that he recognizes as fear [41:02] The average emotion only lasts for 2-3 minutes if we let them go [42:04]

Celeste Headlee, author of We Need to Talk, shares her tips on how we can all have conversations that matter. And Kathleen Trotter, our fitness contributor, critiques the fitness routine of host Keith McArthur. Feedback / Connect: Subscribe to My Instruction Manual on Apple Podcasts or on Android Visit MyInstructionManual.com for shownotes, more great content and to sign up the email newsletter Email: keith@myinstructionmanual.com Keith on Twitter: @KeithMcArthur Join our Facebook page Visit us on Pinterest Episode details: Celeste Headlee is author of We Need to Talk: How to Have Conversations That Matter and radio host of On Second Thought at Georgia Public Broadcasting. Celeste’s TEDx Talk -10 ways to have a better conversation - was one of 2016's most watched TED talks, with over 12-million views. Keith and Celeste discuss topics including: What's wrong with the current state of conversation? [6:10] Why talking is usually better than email [7:40] How putting your phone away and being present can make you a much better conversationalist [11:49] Why you shouldn't bring up your own personal experience when someone is talking about theirs [13:13] A simple technique when your brain is really unable to focus on a conversation [18:58] The importance of the worlds "I don't know" [20:04] Celeste's Instruction Manual [23:07] Kathleen Trotter is author of Finding Your Fit: A Compassionate Trainer's Guide to Making Fitness a Lifelong Habit Keith and Kathleen discuss: Keith shares his current fitness routine [28:09] Kathleen's advice to Keith [29:21]