Podcasts about prioritizing

“As your time commitment goes down, the importance of intensity goes up,” says Kristi Storoshuk. Storoschuk is a PhD candidate in Muscle Physiology at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. Her research focuses on the relationship between skeletal muscle metabolism and whole-body metabolism, with an emphasis on how nutrient–exercise timing influences physiological adaptations to exercise. Storoschuk has contributed to peer-reviewed publications and is passionate about translating complex scientific findings into practical, evidence-based recommendations. Outside of her academic work, Kristi is the founder of a women's health coaching program focused on improving metabolic health through sustainable nutrition and exercise, particularly in the context of preconception health.  00:00 - What is Zone 2 training?  08:14 - The limitations of Zone 2 training 11:18 - Prioritizing intensity when time is limited 15:56 - All about interval training 19:16 - The truth about building your aerobic base 21:02 - We shouldn't train cardio like elite athletes 24:48 - Fat burning & Zone 2 26:10 - Talking weekly cardio protocol 30:03 - Storoschuk's habits 33:03 - Unpacking exercise culture & trends  37:22 - Recovery, wearables, & intuition  43:10 - HIIT above all else Referenced in the episode:  Read Storoschuk's research about Zone 2: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40279-025-02261-y  For more about Storoschuk, visit her website: https://krististoroschuk.com/  We hope you enjoy this episode, and feel free to watch the full video on YouTube! Whether it's an article or podcast, we want to know what we can do to help here at mindbodygreen. Let us know at: podcast@mindbodygreen.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Urban A. Kiernan, PhD is a biomedical scientist, entrepreneur, and host of the Decoding Health podcast. As Founder and CEO of iMetabolic Biopharma Corporation, he is advancing innovative therapies targeting metabolic disease while translating complex science into practical strategies for improving healthspan. Dr. Kiernan is a passionate advocate for evidence-based nutrition, metabolic health, and disease prevention, helping people better understand the science behind insulin resistance, obesity, longevity, and human performance. Outside of career Dr Kiernan is a devoted husband, father and grandfather. He is also an active martial arts competitor, holding black belts in both Judo an Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Socials: IG - https://www.instagram.com/light_bearer/ FB - https://www.facebook.com/urban.kiernan LI - https://www.linkedin.com/in/urban-a-kiernan-ph-d-8568b621/ X: @LightBearer2022 Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-7894210?e9s=src_v1_sa%2Csrc_v4_sa_o Website:: https://www.decodinghealthpodcast.com/ Timestamps: 00:00 Trailer 00:30 Introduction 06:15 Balancing work and single parenthood 07:08 Prioritizing health and well-being 11:48 Impact exercise benefits on joint health 15:57 Running hill sprints with friends 17:46 Jiu-jitsu injury and recovery 23:02 Limitations of lab research 26:32 Personal experience with keto diet 27:50 Sticking to keto without cheat days 31:14 Insurance reimbursement and treatment programs 37:02 Understanding HDL cholesterol and debates 39:25 Particle sizing and heart health 41:22 Popularity of weight loss drugs 44:19 Where to find Urban Join Revero now to regain your health: https://revero.com/YT Revero.com is an online medical clinic for treating chronic diseases with this root-cause approach of nutrition therapy. You can get access to medical providers, personalized nutrition therapy, biomarker tracking, lab testing, ongoing clinical care, and daily coaching. You will also learn everything you need with educational videos, hundreds of recipes, and articles to make this easy for you. Join the Revero team (medical providers, etc): https://revero.com/jobs ‪#Revero #ReveroHealth #shawnbaker  #Carnivorediet #MeatHeals #AnimalBased #ZeroCarb #DietCoach  #FatAdapted #Carnivore #sugarfree Disclaimer: The content on this channel is not medical advice. Please consult your healthcare provider.

Do you ever feel like your week is running you instead of you running your week? I know I do! My friend Heather Brown joins me to talk about simple, practical ways we can care for our minds, bodies, and spirits without adding another overwhelming item to our to-do lists. We talk about creating intentional rhythms, managing chronic stress, protecting what matters most, and letting God help us see where our lives need a reset. Heather also shares some incredibly doable ways to slow down and care for ourselves in the middle of real, busy life. If you're tired of running on empty, this conversation is for you. Remember, I'd love to connect more on Instagram, where you'll find me at @donnaajones. And don’t forget to subscribe so you don’t miss a single episode! Xo, Donna Key Takeaways: 0:02:24 - “Sunday Reset” for Overwhelmed Women 0:08:34 - Start With God’s Vision for Your Week 0:17:18 - Chronic Stress and the Overloaded Nervous System 0:21:19 - Box Breathing as a Daily Reset Tool 0:24:34 - Simple Hydration & Salt Hacks for Energy What We Talk About Why busy women so easily end up running on empty What it means to love your neighbor as yourself Heather's Sunday Reset and how to begin creating one Asking God what your ideal day and week should look like Making your calendar reflect your actual priorities Recognizing where distractions are stealing your time Prioritizing your closest relationships How chronic stress affects the body The importance of sleep and true rest Using box breathing as a quick way to calm your nervous system Simple ways to incorporate prayer, Scripture, and worship into everyday routines Creating small habits that support your physical, mental, relational, and spiritual health Why caring for yourself sets an example for your children and family Heather's Sunday Reset Heather's approach begins with slowing down long enough to intentionally look at your life with God instead of simply reacting to everything coming at you. Start with God. Ask: Lord, what do You want this season, week, or day to look like? Identify what matters most. Consider your relationship with God, your closest relationships, your physical and mental health, and the specific calling God has placed on your life. Look honestly at your calendar. Do the things taking up your time match the things you say are important? Find the gaps and distractions. Ask where you're wasting time, what may need to be removed, and which habits aren't serving you well in this season. Put your priorities on the calendar. Schedule the important things instead of assuming they'll happen once everything else is done. Reset instead of expecting perfect balance. Some weeks will get crazy. The goal isn't perfection; it's recognizing when you've gotten off track and intentionally resetting. A Simple Stress Reset: Box Breathing Heather also shares a practical breathing exercise you can use in just a few moments: Inhale for 4 → Hold for 4 → Exhale for 4 → Hold for 4 Repeat for a few cycles to intentionally slow your breathing and create a moment of calm. Donna’s Resources: Order a copy of my latest book - Healthy Conflict, Peaceful Life: A Biblical Guide to Communicating Thoughts, Feelings, and Opinions with Grace, Truth, and Zero Regret. It is available anywhere books are sold– here is the link on Amazon. If you need a helpful resource for someone exploring faith and Christianity or simply want to strengthen your own knowledge, you’ll want a copy of my book, Seek: A Woman’s Guide to Meeting God. It’s a must for seekers, new believers, and those who want to deepen their faith. Connect with Heather: Heather’s Website: www.healthybyheatherbrown.com Healthy by Heather Brown Podcast: https://mylifewellloved.com/podcast Let’s Connect: Instagram: @donnaajones Website: www.donnajones.org Donna’s speaking schedule: https://donnajones.org/events/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Episode 5615: 1 Million In Fraud And Prioritizing Pharmaceutical Profits Over Children's Health

What if you had the opportunity to sit down with yourself twenty years ago over coffee? What would you say?Quincy opens this episode with that exact question and delivers a clear, urgent message to men in every season of life:Life is about who you are becoming.It is not about who everyone else thinks you should be. It is not about the misconceptions of who you think you have to be in order to make an impact. It starts with who you are becoming.From there, he lays out foundational priorities that every man must lock in:Become an expert at prioritizing your time. Few things matter more than having your priorities straight.Dig into your relationship with Jesus Christ — not religion, not doctrine, but a real relationship with the One who has called you.Understand that becoming Family Famous matters most because your number one ministry as a husband and father is your family.This message is for:Young men 18–25 who are still forming their directionMen in their 20s and 30s who are married (with or without children)Any man who feels lazy or lost ambition, distracted by selfish ambition, or unsure of the vision for his lifeQuincy challenges listeners to stop and ask hard questions:Am I the man I promised I would be?What is the vision for my life?Where am I actually living right now?He shares from personal experience how transformation began when he created disciplines based on who he believed God wanted him to be, then surrendered his selfish ambition. Over time, Jesus continued the work of renewal — even through seasons of the gray, disappointment, and adversity.The episode ends with a clear gospel invitation and a strong prayer for every man listening, whether he already walks with Christ, has drifted, or does not yet know Him.Quincy also announces the major transition underway: Man vs Marriage is becoming Family Famous — a men's leadership podcast focused on teaching men how to become famous where it matters most: at home.Key TakeawaysLife is about who you are becoming, not who others expect you to be.Your first ministry is your family.Prioritizing time and deepening your relationship with Jesus are non-negotiable foundations.Transformation begins with honest evaluation of where you are, followed by disciplined action and surrender.You can start today — right where you are.There is hope no matter what season you find yourself in.Questionnaire / ReflectionIf I could speak to myself 10–20 years ago, what is the most important thing I would say?Am I currently the man I promised my wife (or future wife) I would be?What is the vision of the man I am supposed to become?Where have I been distracted by selfish ambition or lost vision?What is one discipline I need to lock in this week that aligns with who I am becoming?Connect & Call to ActionIf this message hit you, do not let it stay in your headphones.Email me: quincy@mvsmpodcast.com Let me know where you are and how I can pray for you.Website: https://quincymoran.com X: @quincywmoranShare this episode with one man who needs to hear it. Life is about who you are becoming. Let's rise up and become Family Famous — famous where it matters most.From the Moran Family Studio — this is Man vs Marriage, transitioning into Family Famous.

In this episode, Paul Galloway and Craig Jeffery discuss how treasury leaders can make better decisions when resources, time, and management attention are limited. They examine how to prioritize competing initiatives, balance short-term wins with long-term strategy, avoid reacting only to urgent issues, and evaluate investments in the broader context of the organization. The discussion also covers resource constraints, root-cause thinking, cross-functional input, and the importance of regularly reviewing people, processes, technology, data, and structure. Behavioral Finance Meets Treasury: How Bias Shapes Financial Decisions (2025) Architecting a Leading Treasury Group with Ron Chakravarti (2024) Becoming a Treasurer: Part 6 – Securing the Resources You Need (2019) Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 01:32 Why prioritization is difficult 05:15 Evaluating major investments 06:51 Short-term wins vs. long-term goals 10:47 Common decision-making mistakes 12:57 Building a strong decision framework 16:38 Final thoughts 16:45 Outro ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ABOUT STRATEGIC TREASURER ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Strategic Treasurer is recognized as a top tier consulting firm in the area of treasury and risk management. Corporate clients, banks, and technology vendors all rely on their industry leading advisory services that are backed by a deep awareness of current needs, practices, and budgeting priorities of treasury professionals through Strategic Treasurer's annual industry surveys and decades of treasury experience. Strategic Treasurer utilizes a senior consultant model where every project is managed by senior consultants with actual practitioner experience in corporate and/or banking roles. Download The Strategic Treasurer: A Partnership for Corporate Growth by Craig A. Jeffery in Kindle, or hardcover. As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Visit us today at StrategicTreasurer.com. Or join in the discussion at one of our leading LinkedIn groups.

Align your actions with desired business outcomes, even when it requires challenging current habits. In this episode, Jess Dewell talks with Chris McShanag, CEO and Founder at Virtual Teammate, about boldly confronting distraction debt and using growth levers to scale. He shares proven strategies that help owners and executives ditch low-value work, redeploy talent, and fuel business growth — while delivering real client results. Today it is necessary to actively shape your company because there are challenges you must face to create the future relevance of your business. Prioritizing impact, and ensuring you have time to think before taking action, guarantees you are designing a path forward that puts decision-making and execution responsibilities with the right people on your team. In this episode, you will discover: The evolution of distributed workforces and how virtual teams enable growth without expanding physical overhead Why client experience should be the focal point for all business processes How to design operations in reverse from the ideal client experience, not from internal processes The reality of AI adoption and how it augments work rather than replaces it How to free up skilled professionals from administrative tasks so they can focus on highest-value work Why managing energy is as important as managing systems The proven way to evaluate how you spend your time for maximum impact How to remove friction and get out of your own way  The power of undoing or ending processes that hold growth back Why clarity of roles and accountability — not location — are core to team effectiveness and scalable growth It is BOLD to confront your own strategic debt and leverage your current leadership to grow and scale.  Managing distraction debt directly impacts your ability to lead effectively and scale intentionally. By removing what doesn't serve your vision and empowering the right people with the right responsibilities, you create the foundation for sustainable growth and real business transformation.   —-----------------   If you want to identify business bottlenecks, the necessary skills, the initial actions to take, the expected milestones, and the priorities for achieving growth, try the "Growth Framework Reset" approach. This will help you keep learning and growing while working strategically on your business. --------------------   You can get in touch with Jess Dewell on Twitter,  LinkedIn or Red Direction website.

Hey, Heal Squad! We're back with Dr. Gabrielle Lyon, and if you're a woman over 35, this might be one of the most important conversations you'll hear all year. For years, we've been told to eat less, do more cardio, and accept that weight gain, brain fog, low energy, and losing muscle are just part of hormones and getting older. But what if they don't have to be? In Part 2, Dr. Lyon shares what she calls the real playbook for women who want to stay strong, healthy, and independent for decades to come. She explains what actually happens to our muscles as we age, why your first and last meal of the day matter more than you think, and why resistance training isn't just about looking fit, it's one of the most powerful things you can do for your brain, metabolism, hormones, and long-term health.Maria and Dr. Lyon also bust some of the biggest myths women have been told about aging...from the idea that belly fat and muscle loss are inevitable to why walking alone isn't enough to maintain muscle after 35. Plus, Dr. Lyon shares her simple, realistic prescription for building strength at any age, including exactly how often to strength train, how much protein to eat, and why it's never too late to start. Whether you're just beginning your fitness journey or looking to level up your routine, this episode is a powerful reminder that getting stronger isn't about perfection…it's about giving your future self the healthiest, strongest foundation possible. Enjoy! HEALERS & HEAL LINERS Women don't need to spend the second half of life getting smaller, they need to get stronger. Resistance training and adequate protein are two of the most powerful tools for protecting your metabolism, brain, and long-term health. After 35, your muscles need more attention, not less. Prioritizing protein, especially at your first and last meal, and strength training consistently can help support energy, body composition, and healthy aging. It's never too late to build muscle. Whether you're 40, 60, or even 75, Dr. Lyon says your body is still capable of getting stronger (and healthier!) when you give your muscles the right stimulus. Join us at our Canyon Ranch 2026 Retreat: https://www.canyonranch.com/lenox/retreats/heal-retreat-maria-menounos HEAL SQUAD SOCIALS IG: https://www.instagram.com/healsquad/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@healsquadxmaria HEAL SQUAD RESOURCES: Heal Squad Website:https://www.healsquad.com/ Heal Squad x Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HealSquad/membership Maria Menounos Website: https://www.mariamenounos.com My Curated Macy's Page: https://stylecrew.macys.com/@mariamenounos EMR-Tek Red Light: https://emr-tek.com/discount/Maria30 for 30% off Airbnb: https://www.airbnb.com/host GUEST RESOURCES: Follow Dr. Gabrielle Lyon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drgabriellelyon/?hl=en For more on Dr. Gabrielle Lyon: https://drgabriellelyon.com/ For more on Dr. Gabrielle Lyon's Practice Strong Medical⁠ https://strongmedical.com/ ⁠  Check out Forever Strong : https://www.amazon.com/Forever-Strong-Science-Based-Strategy-Aging/dp/1668007878 Check Out The Forever Strong Playbook: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Forever-Strong-PLAYBOOK/Gabrielle-Lyon/9781668085622 ABOUT MARIA MENOUNOS: Emmy Award-winning journalist, TV personality, actress, 2x NYT best-selling author, former pro-wrestler and brain tumor survivor, Maria Menounos' passion is to see others heal and to get better in all areas of life. ABOUT HEAL SQUAD x MARIA MENOUNOS: A daily digital talk-show that brings you the world's leading healers, experts, and celebrities to share groundbreaking secrets and tips to getting better in all areas of life. DISCLAIMER: This Podcast and all related content (published or distributed by or on behalf of Maria Menounos or http://Mariamenounos.com and http://healsquad.com) is for informational purposes only and may include information that is general in nature and that is not specific to you. Any information or opinions provided by guest experts or hosts featured within website or on Company's Podcast are their own; not those of Maria Menounos or the Company. Accordingly, Maria Menounos and the Company cannot be responsible for any results or consequences or actions you may take based on such information or opinions. This podcast is presented for exploratory purposes only. Published content is not intended to be used for preventing, diagnosing, or treating a specific illness. If you have, or suspect you may have, a health-care emergency, please contact a qualified health care professional for treatment.

The Buddha taught a path of awakened living, but how does that manifest in today's world of constant connectivity and widespread suffering? How do we keep our hearts open without being defined or hardened by the pain that surrounds us, whether personal, collective, or historical? How do we navigate the paradox of holding both pain and joy, without mistaking suffering for punishment or personal failure? Can we infuse our compassion with wisdom and perspective to find the agency to take meaningful action in our communities? In her new series, Engaged Compassion, Sharon delves into these questions and more, engaging in candid conversations with a diverse group of teachers, activists, and changemakers. For the ninth and final episode in the series, Sharon speaks with Shelly Tygielski. Philanthropist and social activist Shelly Tygielski has been hailed by individuals ranging from President Joe Biden to Arianna Huffington and Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn to Maria Shriver. She is the founder of the global, grassroots mutual aid organization, Pandemic of Love and the co-founder of Partners in Kind, a purpose in production equity fund that invests in projects that focus on social impact in entertainment. Her work has been featured in over 100 media outlets, including CNN Heroes, The Kelly Clarkson Show, CBS This Morning, The New York Times, and The Washington Post. A Garrison Institute Fellow, Shelly has been called one of the “12 Powerful Women of the Mindfulness Movement” by Mindful.org and teaches self-care and resilience at organizations and to audiences around the world. She is also the author of several books, “Sit Down to Rise Up” and “How We Ended Racism.” This is her second appearance on the Metta Hour Podcast.In this conversation, Shelly and Sharon speak about:• What motivated Shelly to get her PH.D.• The definition of Mutual Aid • Mutual Aid across history• Peter Kropotkin's view of society • Cooperation vs competition in society• Thriving interspecies ecosystems • How Shelly's practice has evolved over time• Finding a balance in our compassion• Prioritizing self-care in engaged compassion• How Shelly has let go of her caregiving guilt• The signs that burnout is lurking• Seeing resentment as a signal flare• Shelly's advice to change-makers• Activism with our own sustainability in mind• Asking for help before falling into burnout• Joy is not an abandonment of responsibility • How Shelly finds joy in nature and with musicAdditional ResourcesThe episode closes with Shelly leading a lovingkindness meditation. Learn more about Shelly's work and her different books right here. Learn more about Pandemic of Love right here.Related Metta Hour EpisodesEpisode 121: Shelly's first appearance on the Metta Hour, released in 2020.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode, Josh and Alessandra discuss the importance of adaptable routines, foundational principles in health and fitness, and practical strategies for managing busy family life while maintaining personal growth. They share real-life experiences and insights on how to build sustainable habits amidst life's chaos.   L5 Health Score Quiz https://score.lvltnhealth.com/ LVLTN Health https://www.lvltnhealth.com/ The Fitness League app https://www.fitnessleagueapp.com/   Chapters 00:00 Introduction and episode overview 00:24 The significance of flexible routines in daily life 241:38:22 Planning versus real-life adjustments in routines 5916:38:34 Understanding sleep regressions and managing sleep with kids 7722:11:57 Back to basics: Foundations of health and fitness 10194:25:23 Mastering the five pillars of health 12499:58:45 Creating backup plans for busy days 14083:18:45 The importance of evening routines for morning success 16833:18:51 Adapting routines through different seasons of life 21805:32:25 The role of mindset and mental capacity in change 24138:52:29 Starting small and scaling habits effectively 28027:45:52 The significance of evening routines and sleep hygiene 31749:59:17 Prioritizing and making sacrifices for goals 35416:39:23 The power of small shifts and consistency 37527:46:08 Waking up early and the benefits of quiet mornings 38527:46:14 The value of coaching and personalized plans 461666:39:58 Final thoughts on responsibility and continuous improvement

Fertility treatment can be an emotional rollercoaster, impacting mental health, relationships, and a sense of self. In this episode, Rachel Goldberg, a licensed therapist specializing in infertility and reproductive health, shares practical tips for building resilience, coping with grief, and maintaining connection with partners. She provides insights into navigating the emotional complexities of fertility treatments, pregnancy loss, and family planning while offering actionable strategies to support overall well-being. In this episode we cover: Common emotional challenges people face during fertility treatment  How fertility treatment affects relationships with partners and oneself  Coping strategies for managing stress and anxiety  Prioritizing mental health while staying focused on treatment goals  When to seek support from a mental health professional Read the full show notes on my website. Find Rachel Goldberg's website here.    Do you have questions about IVF? Click here to join me for The IVF Class. The next live class call is on Monday, September 14 at 4pm PST, where I'll explain IVF and Egg Freezing, and there will be time to ask questions live on Zoom. Other ways to connect: Visit my YouTube channel for more fertility tips! Subscribe to the newsletter to get updates. Join Egg Whisperer School. Request a Consultation with me. Dr. Aimee Eyvazzadeh is one of America's most well-known fertility doctors. Her success rate at baby-making gives future parents hope when all hope is lost. She pioneered the TUSHY Method and BALLS Method to decrease time to pregnancy. Learn more about the TUSHY Method and find a wealth of fertility resources at www.draimee.org.

In this episode, Sally chats with her good friend, rockstar pacer, podcast host and ultrarunning coach, Joe Corcione! Joe shares how running helped transform his life from addiction and unhappiness into nearly eight years of sobriety, a coaching career, and a deep belief that people can change through consistent effort. Joe also chats about his demanding Western States–Badwater double and the larger lesson that growth comes from embracing difficult challenges! Enjoy!Other episode highlights:Prioritizing rest and mental freshness over additional fitness.His first coach, Zach Bitter, gave him crucial confidence by immediately believing in his ambitious racing goals.Badwater fulfilled one of Joe's long-held dream races and became a major “full-circle” moment.How friendships, crews, and shared moments often become more memorable than race times or placements.Joe's coaching missionFollow Joe:Coaching: Theeverydayultra.comPodcast: The Everyday Ultra Instagram: @joecorcioneYouTube: @everydayultrapodcast1473All links, discounts, and ways to support the podcast are here.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sally McRae Strength App⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Choose Strong Book ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Choose Strong Podcast YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sally McRae YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Choose Strong Merch ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Choose Strong Strava Group⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Episode Sponsors:LAUNDRY SAUCE: Make laundry day the best day of the week! Get 20% off your entire order @LaundrySauce with code STRONG at https://laundrysauce.com/STRONG  #laundrysaucepodMud/WTR: Start your new morning ritual & get up to 43% off your @MUDWTR with code STRONG at  ⁠⁠⁠mudwtr.com/STRONG⁠⁠⁠! #mudwtrpod #sponsored

What does it really take to rebuild your business, reputation, and confidence after losing almost everything?In this episode of the Builders of Authority Podcast, the tables are turned as Adam McChesney steps away from the host's chair and is interviewed by Builders of Authority COO Alejandra during her visit to the St. Louis office.Adam shares the complete story behind his entrepreneurial journey, from working in corporate medical device sales and learning digital marketing through an online course to building his first performance-based marketing website and eventually launching an agency.He also opens up about one of the most difficult periods of his life: the collapse of a previous business partnership in early 2024. Adam discusses the legal and financial consequences, the mental burden of feeling like a failure, and the decision to start over when quitting would have been easier.In this conversation, Adam and Alejandra discuss:• Transitioning from corporate medical device sales into entrepreneurship• Learning digital marketing and building his first website• Navigating the legal and financial impact of a failed business partnership• Overcoming the mental burden and identity crisis caused by professional failure• Rebuilding Builders of Authority from a small team into an agency of approximately 50 employees• Scaling a company rapidly without following a traditional agency growth model• Prioritizing committed, high-quality people instead of replacing teams with AI tools• Creating long-term client relationships by deeply serving the people who trust you• The pressure entrepreneurship can place on marriage, family, and personal health• Evolving individual skills and leadership abilities at the same rate the company growsAdam also speaks candidly about the personal cost of rebuilding a business. He reflects on struggling to remain mentally present at home, the pressure placed on his wife, Delaney, and the responsibility he feels as a father to his son, Murphy.He closes the conversation with a direct message for entrepreneurs experiencing failure and advice for his internal team on what it takes to grow alongside a rapidly scaling company.

The Cardinals sold at the trade deadline — and somehow, they're right back in the playoff race.On this episode of the Redbird Report, Brandon Kiley and Tanner Hendrickson break down the Cardinals' recent surge, what's driving the offense, and whether this young core can make things interesting down the stretch.They discuss Alec Burleson's monster season and whether St. Louis should consider a long-term extension, the impact of Jordan Walker, Iván Herrera, and JJ Wetherholt, the biggest questions surrounding the bullpen, and what upcoming series against the Cubs, Reds, and Phillies could mean for the postseason picture.Plus, the guys debate how the Cardinals should balance winning now with developing for the future, including how the front office should handle calling up some of its younger players from the minors.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Cardinals sold at the trade deadline — and somehow, they're right back in the playoff race.On this episode of the Redbird Report, Brandon Kiley and Tanner Hendrickson break down the Cardinals' recent surge, what's driving the offense, and whether this young core can make things interesting down the stretch.They discuss Alec Burleson's monster season and whether St. Louis should consider a long-term extension, the impact of Jordan Walker, Iván Herrera, and JJ Wetherholt, the biggest questions surrounding the bullpen, and what upcoming series against the Cubs, Reds, and Phillies could mean for the postseason picture.Plus, the guys debate how the Cardinals should balance winning now with developing for the future, including how the front office should handle calling up some of its younger players from the minors.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Join the Millionaire University AI Mastermind at ⁠⁠⁠⁠MillionaireUniversity.com/AI⁠ #1033 What if the difference between reaching your goals and staying stuck comes down to what you actually do today? In Part 2 of this two-part episode, Justin and Tara Williams continue their first Millionaire University coaching call with a practical look at turning big goals into focused, daily action. You'll hear advice on knowing when to pivot versus double down, using leverage and systems to avoid burnout, breaking goals into prioritized action items, and learning only what you need to keep moving forward. Plus, they dive into overcoming analysis paralysis, using accountability to follow through on your commitments, and why taking imperfect action is often the fastest way to overcome the fear and mental roadblocks holding you back! What we discuss on the call: + Turning goals into daily action + Knowing when to pivot + Building leverage to avoid burnout + Breaking through analysis paralysis + Learning by doing + Prioritizing what matters most + Using accountability to follow through + Overcoming fear and avoidance + Focusing on one thing at a time + Systematizing and scaling your business Thank you for listening! Check out Part 1 of this episode. Check out Millionaire University at ⁠⁠⁠⁠MillionaireUniversity.com⁠⁠⁠⁠. Watch the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠video podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ of this episode! Get your FREE 5 Minute Business Plan at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠MillionaireUniversity.com/Plan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ To get exclusive offers mentioned in this episode and to support the show, visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠MillionaireUniversity.com/Sponsors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ray had a busy day scheduled at work. But soon after he arrived, he encountered an employee who entered the building after being physically assaulted.   As you might imagine, the employee was very shaken and upset. Ray needed to decide where to spend his time. He could have decided that this was a personal problem that should be dealt with personally.   Instead, Ray cleared his schedule. He spent the ... The post Prioritizing the Urgent appeared first on Unconventional Business Network.

Disclaimer: This episode and article are for educational purposes only and are not a substitute for individualized medical advice. Always consult your physician before making changes to your diet, exercise routine, or medications.TL;DR* The CDC's top 10 causes of death account for roughly 74% of all deaths in the US each year, and up to 80% of chronic disease is estimated to be driven by lifestyle factors — diet, movement, sleep, stress, and toxin exposure. * This episode goes cause by cause (heart disease, cancer, COVID/respiratory disease, accidents, stroke, Alzheimer's, diabetes, kidney disease, flu/pneumonia, and suicide) and lays out what the peer-reviewed research says about preventing, slowing, or reversing each one.* Ready to build your own plan? Book a free Metabolic Blueprint Session →The List, and the Number That Should Keep You Up at NightAccording to the CDC, ten conditions account for about 74% of all deaths in the United States every year:* Heart disease* Cancer* COVID-19 / chronic lower respiratory diseases* Accidents (unintentional injuries)* Stroke* Alzheimer's disease* Diabetes* Kidney disease* Influenza and pneumonia* SuicideHere's the part that doesn't get said enough: research estimates that up to 80% of chronic disease is driven by lifestyle factors — diet, movement, sleep, stress, and toxin exposure. Those aren't destinies. They're decisions, and decisions can change.A landmark paper in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that poor diet alone accounts for more deaths in the US than tobacco use. The fork may be more dangerous than the cigarette. And yet, most patients who end up on four to six medications were never once asked what they eat, how they sleep, or whether they move their bodies before those prescriptions were written. That's the difference between a sick care system and a healthcare system.Heart Disease and Stroke: The Most Reversible Disease We KnowHeart disease kills one American every 34 seconds and has held the #1 spot for over a century. But it's also one of the most reversible conditions in medicine.In 1990, Dr. Dean Ornish's landmark Lifestyle Heart Trial showed that intensive lifestyle changes — diet, exercise, stress management, and social support — could reverse coronary artery disease without drugs or surgery. Arterial plaques reduced. Blood flow improved. Chest pain decreased. A 2019 study in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology confirmed it: a plant-predominant diet, regular aerobic exercise, not smoking, and a healthy weight reduced cardiovascular risk by over 80%.What that looks like in practice:* A Mediterranean or whole-food, plant-based diet rich in omega-3s and antioxidants (this isn't the only diet that works — it's the broadest evidence-backed baseline)* Zone 2 cardio (low-intensity aerobic work, three to five times a week — a brisk walk counts)* Managing chronic inflammation, the real driver of arterial plaque formation* Reducing refined sugar and seed oils, which damage the endothelial lining of the arteries* Prioritizing sleep, since poor sleep spikes cortisol and directly harms the heartStroke follows the same playbook: control blood pressure through diet, exercise, and stress reduction. The DASH diet in particular has been shown in multiple studies to lower blood pressure as effectively as medication in many patients.Cancer: 30–50% Preventable, and Possibly More Metabolic Than GeneticTo be clear, this isn't a claim about curing cancer — it's about how much prevention research is available and underused. The World Health Organization estimates that 30–50% of cancers are preventable. The American Institute for Cancer Research has identified lifestyle factors that dramatically reduce risk across multiple cancer types:* Diet. A 2022 meta-analysis in The Lancet linked poor dietary patterns — low fiber, low fruit/vegetable intake, high processed meat — to one in five cancer deaths globally.* Obesity. Excess weight is now the second-leading risk factor for cancer after smoking, because fat tissue is metabolically active and produces hormones like estrogen and inflammatory cytokines that fuel cancer growth.* Exercise. A 2019 study of over 1.4 million people found higher physical activity was associated with lower risk across 13 cancer types, including breast, colon, and endometrial cancer.* Fasting and metabolic health. Emerging research on intermittent fasting and time-restricted eating shows it can lower insulin-like growth factor, a key promoter of cancer cell proliferation.* Toxin reduction. Chronic low-grade exposure to pesticides, plastics (BPA, phthalates), and environmental pollutants has been linked to increased cancer risk. Choosing organic where possible, filtering water and air, and reducing plastic in cookware and storage all matter.There's also a deeper shift happening in how researchers understand cancer itself. It's long been treated primarily as a genetic disease, but the evidence is increasingly pointing toward cancer as a metabolic disease. Dr. Thomas Seyfried at Boston College has done groundbreaking work showing that cancer cells overwhelmingly rely on glucose and glutamine fermentation for energy — which is why a ketogenic or low-glycemic approach may help starve cancer cells while protecting healthy ones. The research is still evolving, but it's compelling.Think of your body like a garden. You can water it, enrich the soil, and pull the weeds — or you can dump sugar and chemicals on it and wonder why nothing grows right. Disease doesn't happen to you. It grows in an environment you create, consciously or not. The good news: you can change that environment starting today.Alzheimer's: “Type 3 Diabetes”Alzheimer's is rising, and it's terrifying to watch someone go through it. But emerging science shows it has a strong lifestyle and metabolic component — researchers now sometimes call it “type 3 diabetes” because of the profound link between insulin resistance and neurodegeneration.Dr. Dale Bredesen's ReCODE Protocol, published in the Journal of Aging, showed that a multimodal lifestyle intervention — diet, exercise, sleep optimization, hormone balancing, and stress reduction — reversed early cognitive decline in the majority of patients treated. In his 2014 case series, 9 of 10 patients with early Alzheimer's or mild cognitive impairment showed measurable improvement, with several returning to work.Key strategies from the research:* Sleep is non-negotiable. The brain's glymphatic (waste clearance) system activates primarily during sleep, flushing out amyloid beta plaque. Poor sleep means plaque buildup.* Exercise. A 2020 study showed aerobic exercise increases BDNF (brain-derived neurotrophic factor) — essentially fertilizer for neurons — and reduces dementia risk by up to 35%.* Mediterranean-MIND diet. Shown to slow cognitive aging by an estimated 7.5 years in adherent individuals.* Blood sugar management. Insulin resistance in the brain disrupts its ability to use glucose for energy, effectively starving neurons.* Social connection. Harvard's 80-year longitudinal study found relationship quality was the single strongest predictor of cognitive health and longevity in old age.Type 2 Diabetes and Kidney Disease: One Disease Driving AnotherOver 37 million Americans have type 2 diabetes, and another 96 million are pre-diabetic. Here's the part that surprises people: type 2 diabetes is reversible in the majority of cases, and this isn't controversial — the science is overwhelming.The 2019 DiRECT trial, published in The Lancet, found that nearly half of type 2 diabetics achieved full remission through an intensive dietary intervention alone, with no medication. Other studies using low-carbohydrate and very-low-calorie diets have replicated these results consistently.Diabetic nephropathy — kidney damage from chronically high blood sugar — is the leading cause of kidney failure in the US. Control the upstream issue (blood sugar and metabolic dysfunction) and you protect the downstream organ.The diabetes reversal framework from the research:* Dramatically reduce refined carbohydrates and added sugars to blunt insulin spikes and reduce fat storage in the liver and pancreas* Practice time-restricted eating or intermittent fasting to improve insulin sensitivity* Add resistance training — muscle is your biggest glucose sink, so more muscle means better blood sugar control* Reduce visceral fat (the fat around and inside your organs), a key driver of insulin resistance and inflammationIf this list feels like a lot, that's fair. But it's not about blame — it's about empowerment. You have more control over your health outcomes than the medical system has typically told you.Respiratory Disease, Flu, and PneumoniaChronic lower respiratory diseases like COPD and emphysema are largely driven by smoking and air quality. Quitting smoking remains the single most impactful intervention here, full stop.For flu and pneumonia risk, immune resilience matters: vitamin D optimization, zinc and elderberry, and gut microbiome health (roughly 70% of your immune system lives in your gut). Even mild sleep deprivation has been shown to quadruple susceptibility to viral infection.Suicide and Mental HealthThis is the cause of death nobody wants to talk about, but it's in the top 10 — and it's the leading cause of death for men under 50, and the second-leading cause of death for people ages 10–34.While this is complex and deeply personal, research points to several lifestyle levers:* Exercise functions as an effective antidepressant, largely through endorphin release* The gut-brain axis matters more than most people realize — over 75% of the body's serotonin is produced in the gut, so gut health directly shapes brain chemistry* Social connection and purpose. Viktor Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning, written while he was in a Nazi concentration camp, captured this: meaning and connection to purpose are essential for survival, and perspective shapes both physiology and outcome* Reducing alcohol, a central nervous system depressant that worsens anxiety and depression despite short-term reliefIf you or someone you love is struggling, crisis hotlines are available 24/7. There's often a reason it's happening, and there's often a way through it.The Common ThreadAcross every single one of these conditions — heart disease, stroke, cancer, Alzheimer's, diabetes, kidney disease, respiratory disease, immune function, mental health — the same five levers keep showing up: diet, exercise, sleep, toxin reduction, and blood sugar balance.Your daily habits are either building disease or building resilience. Every meal, every walk, every night of good sleep compounds — just like interest in a bank account.This Week's Action Plan* Do a food audit. For the next three days, write down everything you eat. No judgment, just awareness — you can't change what you can't see.* Walk 30 minutes a day. It lowers blood pressure, improves insulin sensitivity, boosts BDNF, and reduces cortisol. Simple, not easy — do it anyway.* Optimize your sleep. Consistent bedtime, dark room, cool temperature, no screens.* Get your labs done. Know your fasting glucose, A1C, CRP, vitamin D, triglycerides, and LDL — these are your early warning systems.* Address one stress source this week. A conversation you need to have, a boundary you need to set, or ten minutes of breathwork. Chronic stress is silently killing you — take action on it.Ready for a Real Plan?If you're ready to take your health seriously and want a clear roadmap instead of guesswork, book a Metabolic Blueprint Session. In 30–45 minutes, we'll walk through your top three priority areas and how programs like the Metabolic Momentum Accelerator, the Cellular Reboot Accelerator, and the Total Health Restore Protocols can help.Schedule your complimentary consult →Know someone this could help? Share this episode with them — it might change or even save their life.If this episode was valuable, leaving a review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts helps this show reach more people.ReferencesStudies and sources cited in this episode:* CDC — Leading Causes of Death data* Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) — poor diet and US mortality* Ornish, D. et al. (1990) — The Lifestyle Heart Trial* Journal of the American College of Cardiology (2019) — plant-predominant diet, exercise, and cardiovascular risk reduction* DASH diet research on blood pressure control* World Health Organization (WHO) — cancer preventability estimates* American Institute for Cancer Research — lifestyle and cancer risk* The Lancet (2022 meta-analysis) — dietary patterns and cancer deaths* Physical activity and cancer risk study (2019, ~1.4 million participants)* Seyfried, T., Boston College — cancer as a metabolic disease* Bredesen, D., Journal of Aging — the ReCODE Protocol; 2014 case series* BDNF and exercise study (2020) — dementia risk reduction* Mediterranean-MIND diet and cognitive aging research* Harvard Study of Adult Development (80-year longitudinal study) — relationships and longevity* DiRECT Trial, The Lancet (2019) — type 2 diabetes remission through dietary intervention* Frankl, V. — Man's Search for MeaningThis article summarizes claims and studies as presented in the podcast episode. Listeners are encouraged to review primary sources directly and consult their own physician before making health decisions. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tripleplaydoc.substack.com/subscribe

All this week we're looking at the recent Surgeon General's warning on the Harms of Screen Use in the lives of our children and teenagers. The advisory says that screen use may be harmful when a child loses control over their screen use, and warning signs of compulsive behavior begin to manifest in our child's life. Parents, are you seeing any of the following warning signs? Spending too much time on screens or constantly thinking about them. Repeatedly asking to use screens, often while whining, crying, or sulking. Using screens to feel better and becoming upset or moody when screen time ends. Hiding or lying about screen use. Getting defensive when asked about screen use. Trying unsuccessfully to reduce screen use. Showing symptoms of withdrawal when screens are not available. Prioritizing screen time over responsibilities, family time, and other activities. And finally, continuing to engage with their screens despite the disciplinary negative consequences.

The Orioles subtracted Taylor Ward from the lineup last week and replaced him with a AAA player from the Nationals instead of guys like Heston Kjerstad and Enrique Bradfield.

The number on your scale tells you almost nothing about your actual health. You can lose weight while becoming less healthy—or stay the same weight while dramatically improving your metabolism, reducing your risk of disease, and adding years to your life. In today's episode, I discuss: Why the scale can completely miss what's happening inside your body and the hidden health risks it can't measure The dangerous difference between muscle and visceral belly fat, and why one protects you while the other drives disease The five health markers I pay attention to instead of body weight—including one simple measurement you can do at home How insulin resistance develops years before diabetes and the early warning signs you can catch before it's too late The goal isn't simply to lose weight; it's to build a healthier metabolism. The healthiest body isn't always the lightest one—it's the one that's functioning the way it was designed to. Resources Mentioned: Want to dive deeper into why muscle is the key to longevity? Listen to my full conversation with Dr. Gabrielle Lyon here Track your health with Function Health: https://functionhealth.com/mark (Use code MARK2026 for $50 off your membership.) Have a question you'd love answered on Office Hours? Submit it here (0:00) Rethinking weight loss: muscle, metabolism, and key health metrics (7:17) Chronic inflammation, insulin resistance, and metabolic health (11:00) Five metrics that matter more than weight (13:17) Shifting focus: Prioritizing health over weight loss (15:14) Muscle and longevity with Dr. Gabrielle Lyon

In the health and wellness space, we often focus on the dangers of not having enough healthy habits. Especially in today's culture, it's common to not exercise enough, or to not eat enough healthy foods. But what about on the other side of spectrum? Today, we're going to explore the risks of obsessive healthy habits and the stress that can surround self-optimization.  Today's guest is New York Times bestselling author and biohacking expert, Ben Greenfield. Ben is back on The Model Health Show to share some of the revolutions he's had about finding balance and shifting his focus to what truly matters in life. You're going to learn about how certain exercise types can have diminishing returns, the importance of having clear priorities, and how to find true fulfillment in your life.  If you've ever struggled with excessive exercise or extremism in any way, Ben's insights will help you find balance and peace. We're going to discuss building self-awareness, having the right dosage of healthy habits, and how to find self-worth and identity outside of self-optimization. I hope you enjoy this interview with Ben Greenfield!  In this episode you'll discover: The diminishing returns of endurance exercise. (4:38)  How much physical activity is optimal for cardiovascular health. (6:22) The importance of finding balance in a healthy lifestyle. (10:44) Why we should engage in more human-powered commuting. (12:22) How changing your mentality about movement can benefit you. (17:04) The story of how Ben had to change his priorities. (20:19)  Three important things that Ben changed to find fulfillment. (25:45) What looksmaxxing is. (37:16) The specific metrics and behaviors to prioritize for health and longevity. (42:45) How to create healthy boundaries around exercise. (47:20) Why excessive cardio can damage your arteries. (49:10) Items mentioned in this episode include: DrinkLMNT.com/model - Get a truly meaningful dose of electrolytes in a science-backed ratio. Free sample pack with any order. Boundless - Watch Ben's documentary here! Connect with Ben Greenfield Website / Facebook / Instagram / YouTube Be sure you are subscribed to this podcast to automatically receive your episodes:  Apple Podcasts Spotify Soundcloud Pandora YouTube  This episode of The Model Health Show is brought to you by LMNT. Most people are underhydrated—and it's costing you energy, focus, and performance. LMNT delivers a science-backed electrolyte ratio with no sugar, no junk—just what your body actually needs. Get a free sample pack with any order at drinklmnt.com/model. 

When a brand says it "used AI," that could mean anything from a tool speeding up a human's first draft to a system generating and shipping work on its own — and almost all of the real risk lives in the difference. So as AI moves deeper into creative work, which decisions are you certain still belong to a human?Real agility here isn't being quick with the latest tools. It's moving fast without losing the through-line that makes a brand recognizable — the ability to know exactly where human judgment stays non-negotiable.Today we're recording live at Ai4 2026 in Las Vegas at the Venetian, and we're going to talk about:- Drawing a clear line between where AI sharpens creative work and where it introduces unacceptable brand risk.- A practical look at how AI was used in a national campaign to improve the creative process, not just automate it.- The strategic shift as consumers move from traditional search engines to AI-powered platforms for discovery and research.To help me dig into this, I'd like to welcome Taryn Crouthers, CEO at Big Spaceship.About Taryn CrouthersTaryn Crouthers is the CEO of Big Spaceship, MSQ Partners' award-winning creative agency. A passionate leader, Taryn has spent her decades-long career inspiring teams to create work that moves both people and business. Her work spans advertising, media, entertainment, and the distribution and commercialisation that scale them. She is the former President of social-first global media company ATTN:, where she helped lead the company from pre-revenue through its $100M acquisition.Along the way, she earned recognition including Campaign's Inspiring Women (2026), 40 Over 40 (2025), Ad Age Leading Women (2024), Cynopsis' Corporate Visionary, and Top Women in Digital.An entrepreneur at heart and a nationally recognised voice on the future of creativity and AI integration, Taryn brings a founder's mindset to scaling creative businesses and developing new revenue models. She has served on juries for Cannes Young Lions, The One Show, ADC, Webby Awards, and other prestigious industry competitions. She serves on the Advisory Board of Miami Ad School and is an active investor in emerging creative and technology-driven companies.She is also a co-founder of the Women in AI Summit for the Creative Community and launched the Women in AI Creative Cohort, which selects 15 top global executives for a six-month AI mentorship program.Taryn Crouthers on LinkedIn---------- Resources ---------- Big SpaceshipThe Agile Brand podcast is brought to you by TEKsystems.We're proud to be a media partner for #MAICON26 - Oct. 13-15! Learn how AI can power your marketing and business and help you grow smarter. Use code AGILE150 to save! Reach your customers with Reddit. Spend $500 in ad spend, get $500 back in ad credit!Chaser is the only Slack-native project management platform that helps teams turn messages into tracked tasks, automate follow-ups, and maintain team-wide visibility, without adopting another tool. Now integrated with Claude and other GenAI tools. Learn more at trychaser.com and use code AGILEBRAND for a 3-month free trial (normal trial is 14 days).The most influential minds in software, AI, and engineering leadership will be at WeAreDevelopers World Congress North America, September 23-25 in San Jose. Start building your own apps with Replit and get $20 off.Enjoyed the show? Tell us more at and give us a rating so others can find the show.Connect with Greg on LinkedInDon't miss a thing: get the latest episodes, sign up for our newsletter and more.Check out The Agile Brand Guide website with articles, insights, and Martechipedia, the wiki for marketing technology.The Agile Brand is produced by Missing Link—a Latina-owned strategy-driven, creatively fueled production co-op. From ideation to creation, they craft human connections through intelligent, engaging and informative content. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're talking this season about Telling Our Stories and if there's one place that farmers markets and participants really can control the narrative it's in our email newsletters. These weekly updates remind folks to come to market, update them on special events, new products and what's in season and keep them coming back. Listen in this week as we discuss the ways to make your newsletters most effective and take the dread out of that weekly deadline:  Prioritizing the 2 C's: Consistency and Content Keeping your newsletter fresh and relevant Using the most effective timing for calls to action Including farmers and vendors in your newsletter stories Including the vital info: your farmers market's day, time and location

Learn More about The Pastorate's Lead Pastor FellowshipAbbotsford Pentecostal AssemblyThe Pastorate ConferenceThe Pastorate's City MeetupsThe Pastorate Pastors RetreatEpisode NotesIn this conversation, Jordan sits down with Dave Funk, lead pastor of Abbotsford Pentecostal Assembly and a peer facilitator in The Pastorate's Lead Pastor Fellowship. Dave and Jordan connect about both being pastors' kids who went on to pastor under their fathers. Dave opens up about what it has been like raising his own three teenagers in the front row of church, while reflecting on his own upbringing in the church. From there, Dave traces his journey into pastoral ministry, including growing up assuming pastoring was "his dad's thing," a season of surrender to God's call on his life, five years serving as his father's assistant pastor, and then the decision to leave and pastor elsewhere rather than to succeed his dad. He and his wife, Rebecca, discerned that call together, first at Bethel Church in Penticton, a declining, aging congregation they helped bring back to life, and later in Abbotsford, where he arrived in the middle of COVID to a church recovering from a difficult leadership transition.In the back half of the conversation, Dave discusses his leadership philosophy, that compounding health in the life of the church has the power to build a consistent and healthy congregation over time. He reflects on his experience in The Pastorate's Lead Pastor Fellowship, first as a participant, now as a peer facilitator for its second intake.Jordan and Dave discuss:What it's like to raise pastor's kids in the front row, and the pressure Dave tries not to pass on to his own three teenagers,Growing up under his dad's leadership without ever sensing a gap between who his dad was on Sunday and who he was at home,Serving five years as his dad's assistant pastor, and the bullets his dad took for him that he didn't learn about until years later,Why he chose to leave rather than succeed his dad, Walking into a declining, aging church in Penticton and, later, a church in Abbotsford recovering from a difficult transition,and his return to The Pastorate's Lead Pastor Fellowship as a peer facilitator for its second cohort.PartnersWe couldn't do the work we do at The Pastorate without your generous support. We invite you to pray, share, and give towards seeding a hope-filled future for the Canadian church.Contact John Wright at Generis for help cultivating a culture of generosity in your church.

How can higher education institutions connect the entire student lifecycle from applicants through alumni using a unified technology platform? How can consolidating systems curb digital sprawl while enhancing user experience and improving data quality and lowering costs? We talk through these with Sarah Williams, Product Manager and Interim Associate Dean for Online Education at the University of Utah. Discover how leveraging role-based access, overcoming political data silos, and deploying personalized platforms and communications can transform student engagement, streamline operations, and support continuous institutional improvement across campus departments. Episode Highlights include: [05:51] Breaking down institutional data silos - Sarah Williams outlines how unifying data across departments creates a continuous student journey. [09:15] Segmenting communication to eliminate noise - Moving away from blanket emails toward targeted notifications improves student engagement and safety alerts. [14:22] Creating a unified platform for all audiences - The University of Utah consolidated multiple separate apps into a single personalized entry point. [14:24] Selecting Pathify to drive role-based personalization - Replacing three expired software contracts with one unified platform enabled custom views for over 350 campus roles. [25:56] Preventing portal overload through dynamic user design - Prioritizing user personas ensures heavy amounts of campus content remain organized and relevant.

Classroom Management Starts on Day One, Not Later Guest: Abby Bartle, fourth-year English teacher, Oswego High School, Oswego, Illinois In this episode, Abby Bartle explains why classroom management can't be postponed while you settle into curriculum and school logistics. She makes the case for prevention over punishment and lays out a practical, proactive framework for the first weeks of school. In this episode: Why classroom management must start on day one, not once things "settle down" Establishing routines and procedures before the school year begins Where to find inspiration: online teachers, school colleagues, student teaching experience, and your own education Why the second week of school often brings boundary testing Learning student names quickly through attendance, pronunciation practice, and icebreakers Building relationships without becoming "too friendly," and why that boundary matters The concept of being a "warm demander" Strategic desk placement and seating arrangements, including pods, pairs, and rows A step-by-step approach to building seating charts, from accommodations to friendships Why students shouldn't choose their own seats early in the year Key takeaway: Structure now creates freedom later. Prioritizing routines and procedures at the start of the year makes it possible to build in flexibility and relationship warmth as the year goes on. #ClassroomManagement #NewTeacherSupport #TeachingPodcast #BackToSchoolPrep #WarmDemander #TeacherTips #ClassroomRoutines #BehaviorManagement #TeacherLife #PositiveClassroomCulture #TeacherProfessionalDevelopment #RelationshipBuilding #SeatingChartStrategy #TeachWithConfidence #NewTeacherTalk #TeacherPodcast

Hi, it's Neil Cowmeadow here with episode 438 of The Tutor Podcast, the Monday morning shot of uncommon sense for anyone who wants start, grow and love their own tutoring, teaching and coaching business – the same way I love mine.  As usual I've been rummaging through the ragbag of my mind and my notebooks, the ones I've made during all the courses, seminars, classes, webinars, conferences, field trips, research projects, books, trade press, videos and a ton of other stuff I've done over the years… Boiling it down to get at the good bits so I can give them to you in a no-nonsense, No BS kind of way... So I'm squeezing a little more juice out of it for myself, and –at the same time - sharing it with you here in the hope that it helps you have as much fun at work and in life as I do. And – of course - I'm not just here to talk, I'm listening - so if you have any ideas that might be worth sharing via the show – get in touch info@neilcowmeadow.com or on X where I am @TutorPodcast, and maybe you can help me to learn something new, something better? Because I'm smart enough to realise that I don't have all the answers, and if I rely on my own tiny, pea-sized brain to solve all of my problems…. Well..... If you're good with that, let's crack on...  and today, we're diving into a topic that many of us struggle with but is incredibly important for our well-being: the power of saying "no." "no" is a simple word, yet it carries a weight that can shift the dynamics of our relationships, our time management, and even our self-esteem. And such a simple word can be very hard to actually say – mostly because humans are wired for co-operation and mutual help. In a world that often encourages us to say "yes" to every opportunity and demand, learning how to say "no" can be a rebellious, even a revolutionary act of self-care.  Why do we often find it difficult to say no?  Many people fear disappointing others or missing out on potential opportunities.  There's also the cultural pressure to be accommodating and agreeable – to fit-in and do what is considered “normal” by the masses. That's the “what will the neighbours say?” effect – and this fear can lead us to overcommit, which in turn causes stress and burnout.  But what happens when we say "yes" to everything?  It's what a friend of mine describes as “your maiuth writing cheques that your body can't cash” We try, of course, but we end up stretching ourselves too thin, neglecting our own needs, and ultimately feeling resentful. Instead, when we learn to say "no," we protect our time and energy, allowing us to focus on what truly matters. Let's break down the benefits of saying "no": 1.It Builds Confidence:  Every time you say "no" to something that doesn't serve you, you affirm your values and priorities. This builds self-esteem and reinforces your ability to make decisions that are right for you. 2.  It Creates Space for What Matters:  Saying "no" allows you to say "yes" to the things that truly align with your goals and passions. Whether it's spending time with loved ones, pursuing a hobby, or simply resting, saying "no" can help prioritize what really matters in your life. Remember that every YES to something is going to mean you have to say NO to something else – the opportunity cost of saying yes to a low-value or low priority request could be the high-value activity or outcome that could change your whole life. Stay on Target. 3: It Reduces Stress:  When you decline commitments that don't fit into your life, you create a manageable schedule. This leads to less stress and more time for self-care and relaxation. 4.  It Sets Boundaries:  Establishing boundaries is essential for healthy relationships. When you say "no," you communicate your limits, helping others understand and respect your needs. YOU get to specify what you'll put up with – and what you absolutely won't put up with from someone else. So – how to be a badass at saying NO? Here are a few strategies to help you say "no" effectively and gracefully.   Be Direct but Respectful:  You don't need to provide a lengthy explanation for your decision. A simple, "I appreciate the offer, but I can't commit right now," is often sufficient.  Personally, I'm fine just saying NO. No explanation, no apology or justification needed.   Use "I" Statements:  Frame your response in a way that reflects your feelings. For example, "I have too much on my plate at the moment," emphasizes your perspective without placing blame on the other person. Practice Saying "No": It might feel uncomfortable at first, but practice makes perfect. Try role-playing scenarios with a friend or in front of a mirror to build confidence. Offer Alternatives: If you're inclined to help but can't take on the request, suggest another way you can support them. For instance, "I can't help with this project, but I can connect you with someone who might." This is a very effective exit from a proposed commitment… Remember Your Own Priorities: When faced with a request, take a moment to assess whether it aligns with your goals. If it doesn't, it's okay to decline, and absolutely should decline anything that doesn't align with your own goals and aims, your moral code or your ethical compass Now, there's a possibility that you might experience a twinge of guilt when you say NO to a reasonable but unaligned request – it often accompanies saying "no." It's completely natural to feel that twinge of guilt, but remember: you are not responsible for other people's feelings.  Prioritizing your own well-being is not selfish; it's survival – and it is totally necessary. By saying "no," you're not only taking care of yourself but also laying-out healthy boundaries which inform others how to behave around you. To wrap up, let's recap on how we can incorporate saying "no" into our daily lives. Start small. Maybe it's declining an invitation to an event you're not excited about or saying no to an extra task at work that may overwhelm you. I do this a lot! If you're all twisted up about it – write it up in your journal…. As we've said before on the show – I'm a big fan of keeping a journal to track your feelings – so think on paper if saying NO messes with your mind and feelings.  Then get over it. I promise You that, over time, it becomes easier and more empowering.  Remember, every time you choose to say "no," you're saying "yes" to yourself. You're taking control of your life, your time, and your energy. Embrace the power of saying "no," and watch how it transforms your life for the better. I hope today's discussion inspires you to embrace the power of saying "no." and do Let me know when you've had a bash at this and how you got on – I'd love to hear from you if you have a long line of disappointed mendicants stretching around the block, get in touch! Drop me an email to info@neilcowmeadow.com and  if you have any comments, questions or problems,  get in touch  - again it's info@neilcowmeadow.com    or on X where I am @The Tutor Podcast Let's leave it there for today – I hope this show has got you thinking and has been some help to you and that you'll join me next time on The Tutor Podcast for more No-BS tips and ideas of how to Start, Grow and Love YOUR Tutoring Business – just like I love mine. Till then, remember that your time is precious, your life is largely what you make it, so always make it good. Be excellent to yourselves - stay healthy, stay useful, and Have a Fabulous Day!

Welcome to another edition of Retail Roundup—your weekly brief helping retail leaders decode the biggest shifts in retail, AI, and commerce. In this week's episode, Jeremy Goldman sits down with industry experts David Polinchock (Co-Founder & President at Unified Brand Experience Lab) and Aidan Mittra (Co-Founder at OrderGrid) to examine the operational and regulatory forces redefining the industry. From the growing divide in grocery retail, the intense regulatory scrutiny surrounding dynamic pricing and electronic shelf labels, to the strategic debate over whether consumer brands should go public or stay private. INSIDE THIS WEEK'S EPISODE: - THE GROCERY DIVIDE: VALUE vs EXPERIENCE: As cost-conscious shoppers trade down and higher-income consumers seek experiences, middle-ground grocers are caught in the squeeze. While tech giants win on speed, experiential grocers thrive through in-person engagement and community. - DEMYSTIFYING SURVEILLANCE PRICING AND ELECTRONIC SHELF LABELS: Growing regulatory scrutiny and consumer mistrust over dynamic pricing and electronic shelf labels are pushing retailers toward transparency. Winning back trust requires bridging the online-offline pricing gap with a clear value exchange. - PUBLIC MARKET PRESSURES vs THE POWER OF STAYING PRIVATE: Faced with a cool IPO market, consumer brands are choosing to stay private longer. Prioritizing long-term brand equity over quarterly earnings pressure proves that rapid expansion doesn't always yield lasting value. As consumer expectations shift and regulatory pressure mounts, retail leaders must balance operational efficiency with clear customer value.

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Welcome once again to UnMind, the podcast of Great Cloud, my Zen name, also published on Substack, and as my DharmaByte in the newsletter of the Silent Thunder Order (STO) - visit www.STOrder.org. Please let me know if there is a subject you would like to hear about in a future segment. We are pioneering a creative, collaborative approach to establishing true Zen community (Skt. sangha) in the USA. We invite you to come aboard the raft. If you are in the Southeast, visit www.aszc.org for our schedule. "Excuse Me My Dear Aunt Sally," in case you are unfamiliar with the expression, is a mnemonic I learned in high school for remembering the proper sequence of arithmetical operations to be performed in solving quadratic equations: solve the exponents first; then do the multiplication; then the division; the addition; and finally, any subtraction called for. If you do not follow this sequence exactly, you will not get the right answer. Setting aside for now the question of what may be the larger point of getting the right answer, as well as the question of the potential arbitrariness of the "givens" of any equation — i.e. the initial values attributed to "x" and "y" — XMDAS provides an analogy for the process of solving any problem, from a design-thinking perspective. Let's look at each of the five steps, one at a time. From writing a book to simplifying our life, it works. Determining what value lies under the radical in an exponent (X) is roughly analogous to defining the reason for pursuing any problem, whether in a professional setting or in everyday life. "What's it all about, Alfie?" or "What's the meaning of this?" as my grandfather would sternly demand, when we were caught roughhousing, in my younger days. He didn't realize what a profoundly central question he was asking. I find myself at the intersection of Zen and design-thinking, when confronting the various aspects of daily life. Zen practice and the discipline of design-science, as one of my many mentors, R. Buckminster Fuller, termed it, are both generalist worldviews oriented to a problem-solving mentality as an approach to navigating the challenges of life in our times and developing the specialist skills necessary to that endeavor. Key to finding the best solution to any problem is developing the best definition of the problem. In the professional context, working for the benefit of a client company, the first step may involve redefining the client's own definition of the problem they are asking you to solve. One of the values of using outside consultants is that they ostensibly are not subject to the same tunnel vision of insiders, though of course they may be hindered by another sort of tunnel vision. The process outlined is meant to mitigate against this. Returning to and redefining the focus of the initiative is a crucial part of the process. It should be noted that someone writes down the ideas on a whiteboard for all to see. The second step, doing the multiplication (M), is likewise analogous to brainstorming, engaging in the uninhibited free association of any and all factors that may have a role in developing the final solution to the given problem. This is where thoroughness and lack of prejudging come into play. Best done as a form of playful "What-if" scenarios. The third, division (D), correlates roughly with sorting the various free-ranging comments into groupings or categories of related items, like the familiar "One of these things is not like the others" theme from Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. The fourth, addition (A), suggests fleshing out the various distinct categorical groupings with other items that may not have occurred to anyone on first consideration. Finally the fifth step, subtraction (S), involves setting aside all the various components and considerations that are not immediately necessary at this point in the project, for later development, scaling down the scope of the first phase of solution iterations to include only the most important and germane elements. Prioritizing, in other words. Needless to say, and so I will say it emphatically: this is not a one-and-done process. It will be necessary, in virtually every case, to revisit the exponent several times to see if we have wandered too far afield from the original problem definition, and to reexamine the other four steps again as we proceed. Everything is a work-in-progress. There are some provocative prompts to the process that can be brought to bear when the creativity seems to lag, such as positing the "Worst Possible Solution" — imagining that if we wanted to subvert the objectives of the project altogether, how would we do it? Oftentimes, conjecturing the most negative outcome in opposition suggests a different positive approach that we otherwise would not come up with. We can apply this design-thinking approach to our Zen practice, emphasizing problem definition over leaping to a solution, based on the underlying premise that within a thoroughgoing and complete definition of any given problem, the solution will be implied. It becomes clear that, while as Master Dogen reminds us, "Zazen is not step-by-step meditation," the process of our Zen life moves through several distinct, if overlapping, phases, if not exactly stages. The difficulty with conceiving the arc of our experience as progressing through stages is that we will inevitably be looking to the next stage, assuming that it will be more advanced. And consequently, missing the reality of the present moment. As the old Ch'an poem reminds, "Not understanding the Way before your eyes, how will you know the path you walk?" Nonetheless, it is incumbent upon us who find ourselves in the unenviable position of being regarded as teachers or exemplars of Zen to address this issue, when students or followers express a sincere aspiration to insight, and confusion as to its meaning, or the common experience of "plateauing" — the sense that no progress is occurring. Let us attempt a correlation of the fivefold sequence of the process outlined above with the general arc of the narrative of a typical Zen pilgrim's progress. As always, your results may vary, and the map is never the same as the territory. X — Let's begin with the exponent of Zen - what is the root of the problem? What lies under the radical, waiting to be solved? What is the source of our suffering? We can derive some guidance from the written record, of course, where we find such definitions as the reification of a non-existent self, unsatisfactoriness with the causes and conditions of our existence, et cetera, which are, of course, not very satisfactory. The problem of existence, and our place in it, begs the question: Is it really a problem? It is more important to personalize this problem definition than to generalize it. What is troubling you immediately, in space and time? As Master Dogen says in "Genjokoan": If you find your place where you are, practice occurs, actualizing the fundamental point. If you find your way at this moment, practice occurs, actualizing the fundamental point. So the problem, if it is a problem, must be hiding in plain sight. M — Brainstorming intentionally, rather than allowing the monkey mind to hijack the process, we embrace our world of complexity and distractions from all four spheres of activity and influence — the personal, social, natural, and the universal realms — in which we find ourselves. All apparent barriers to solving the problem. The root of the problem we might logically assume to manifest on the personal level; but we cannot ignore social demands of family, friends, colleagues and strangers; nor the many ways in which we connect with the world of Nature; and even the universal, especially in a time when technological evolution has revealed so much of our macro- and micro-cosmic context. D — Sorting through the matrix of all dimensions impinging upon us and considering how to group them into relatively discrete aggregations, analogous to the "five skandhas" of the traditional Buddhist model of sentient being, may help to overcome the daunting asymmetrical nature of the scope of our interconnectedness and diminishing influence on outcomes, as we move from the personal to the social, natural and universal realms. Feelings of helplessness and hopelessness accompany a growing sense of humility at the vastness of the enterprise. But at least we are beginning to comprehend it. Recognizing the problem is the first step; visualizing or modeling it is the second. A — After articulating the many components of our living situation we come up with, writing them down in a mind-mapping exercise, and sorting into relatively discrete — if overlapping — categories, we can now review each to see if we have inadvertently left out any elements that may prove to be relevant or important. Are they complete? S — At this point, the problem may be well-defined, but any point of taking action is still obscure. Subtracting what is inessential from consideration at the present time, leaving what is necessary to address first and foremost, we come to a point of taking action. No process of problem-solving is effective unless it leads to appropriate action. Resistance to doing so is based on fear of the unknown, unintended consequences, and the desire to maintain the status quo. "Fall down seven times get up eight": we succeed by failing. Once the "problem" is stripped down to a limited set of actionable items, we can begin the prototyping phase of the project. This involves trial and error, experimenting with various promising approaches, assessing progress, and adjusting as necessary. The current trope in the business world is "agility," the ability to recognize when we are off-course, and correct accordingly. It is an apt expression on the personal, as well as the corporate, level. The main difference is that we should be able to get ourselves to risk a change in behavior on a strictly personal level much more easily than it is to sway others into compliance with our definition of a solution. In summary, most of us approach Zen with an initial curiosity or motive — X, the root exponent — derived from the unsatisfactory nature of living in today's world, drawn to Zen by a hunch that it seems focused on this very issue, buttressed by impressions from reading books and hearsay. As Matsuoka-roshi would often say, people go though life with a sense of something missing. They don't know what it is, but they definitely know it's missing. Eventually they come to Zen hoping to find it. This is typically followed by a phase of "doing my own research" — M, multiplication — perusing more books on the subject, pursuing podcasts and documentaries, attending lectures and joining groups. There is a nearly inexhaustible smorgasbord of entrees on offer in today's spiritual materialism market. The multiplier effect often lends more confusion than clarity as to our initial purpose — the exponent of Zen — where we started out. Once we have surveyed most of the approaches on offer, we begin to categorize them — D, division — as to sameness and difference, effectiveness and convenience, the whole gamut of judgment calls that we generally apply to any other activity or pursuit. They break down into such categories as various styles of meditation, our personal bibliography of books that we choose to read and re-read, teachers we choose to follow, and support groups with which we engage and disengage. As well as those we reject. Much of this trial-and-error testing and analysis is aimed at rationalizing our resistance to making the effort sustained required to realize any long-term positive effects. We resist change, if on an unconscious level. In my first book, "The Original Frontier," I devote an entire chapter to the various lame excuses we make up for evading the hard work of meditation, beginning with the most common cop-out, "I don't have the time." These are followed up with suggested workarounds, under the rubric, "Damn your lousy excuses." Over time, we cobble together our own Frankenstein monster of a practice path, adding to the mix — A, addition. Hopefully, we settle upon a combination that seems to work. In Zen, it usually comes together as a balanced combination of buddha-, dharma-, and sangha-practice, a 3-legged stool consisting of: time on the cushion; studying the teachings; and participating in Zen community. And, in a non-monastic setting, finding a reasonable, operable schedule of training. Eventually, we begin to minimize or eliminate — S, subtraction — those activities and preoccupations that have proven to be peripheral rather than central. As Master Dogen asked, if you want to find drinking water, do you drill a lot of shallow wells, or one deep well? He also recommended focusing on the central method, rather than the surrounding protocols: When first you meet a master, without engaging in incense offering, bowing, chanting Buddha's name, repentance and reading scripture, you should just wholeheartedly sit, and thus drop away body and mind. Again, over the span of our lifetime, it is likely that we will cycle through this process many times, disappointed by unmet expectations and buffeted by the whims of fortune. As Matsuoka-roshi would often encourage us, "Just don't give up." The reality that Zen points to does not change with the vicissitudes of fate. More design thinking to come in the next installment of UnMind: "It's Not About That."

On a Wednesday episode of Hot Takes, Eric Goodman and Troy Renck recap yesterday's practice, which was a physical one that saw the Broncos defense take charge. Riley Moss continues to have a strong camp, along with Zach Allen. Nik Bonitto limped off the field with an injury scare, but Sean Payton said Bonitto will be fine. The defense has said they are prioritizing forcing more turnovers this season. Is that the next step this defense needs to take in order to be compared with the 2015 Super Bowl winning defense? Check out a Wednesday episode of Hot Takes! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Feeling overwhelmed by canning and preserving your garden harvest? Wondering if you have to preserve everything you grow to make gardening worthwhile? In this episode, I share how my approach to food preservation has changed over the last few years and how I've found a healthier balance between growing, preserving, and enjoying life. You'll hear the lessons I learned after stepping back from doing it all, how I'm simplifying my preserving routine, and practical ideas you can use whether you have a large garden or just a few extra tomatoes. Free Download: Harvest to Jar Estimator Not sure what to do with 5, 10, or 25 pounds of tomatoes? The free Harvest to Jar Estimator shows you what you can realistically make from different harvest sizes so you can preserve with confidence. https://journeywithjill.net/tomato-harvest-to-jar Key Takeaways Learn how to simplify food preservation without giving it up completely. Discover how to prioritize the crops that matter most to your family. See practical ways to reduce preserving stress while still stocking your pantry. Find freezer, canning, and storage tips that save both time and energy. Create a preserving plan that fits your current season of life. Chapters 00:00 – Why my preserving approach changed 01:52 – My original preserving goals 04:14 – The setback that changed everything 06:33 – Taking a break from tomato canning 08:55 – Small-batch tomato preserving lessons 10:18 – My 2026 preserving plan 13:03 – Simplifying tomato preservation 17:44 – Scheduling preserving without burnout 20:05 – Deciding what not to preserve 24:20 – Prioritizing what matters most 28:02 – Freezer organization tips 31:22 – Steam canning advantages 33:07 – Garden planning that reduces preserving 35:20 – Finding a sustainable balance 36:15 – Free Harvest to Jar Estimator Resource Links Harvest to Jar Estimator (Free) https://journeywithjill.net/tomato-harvest-to-jar Friday Emails (Newsletter) https://journeywithjill.net/gardensignup Recommended Brands & Products https://journeywithjill.net/recommended-brands-and-products/ Amazon Storefront https://www.amazon.com/shop/thebeginnersgarden Complete Garden Planner https://shop.journeywithjill.net/ Disclaimer Gardening advice shared in this podcast is based on my own experience in Zone 8a (Arkansas) and from the feedback I receive from others in different gardening contexts. Your results may differ depending on your location, climate, and growing conditions. Always check your local extension service or trusted resources for region-specific guidance. Some links mentioned may be affiliate links, which means I earn a small commission at no extra cost to you if you make a purchase. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.

What question have you always wanted to ask an autism expert—but were afraid to say out loud? On today's show, nothing is off limits. Join Shannon Penrod and Dr. Doreen as they answer your most honest questions with compassion,  science, and hope. 00:00:37 Introduction: The Questions Parents Are Afraid to Ask 07:24 The Emotional Reality of Autism Parenting 09:24 Will My Child Ever Have Friends? 15:03 Friendship vs. Romantic Relationships 17:40 Will My Child Ever Live Independently? 22:10 Building Independence: Real-Life Success Stories 24:59 Planning for Life Beyond the Family Home 28:26 Am I Doing Enough for My Child? 30:22 Prioritizing the Skills That Matter Most 35:38 What If Therapy Isn't Working? 38:20 How to Evaluate a Quality ABA Program 44:43 Parent Guilt, Plateaus, and Staying Motivated 48:27 When Progress Stops: Don't Accept Stagnation 53:06 What If I'm Exhausted? Building Your Support Village 54:41 Will We Ever Feel Okay Again? Hope for Parents

What if one of the most powerful anti-aging tools wasn't a supplement, medication, or expensive biohack—but the way you exercise? While many people think of exercise as a way to lose weight or burn calories, its greatest benefits happen deep inside your cells. In today's episode, I discuss: The two most effective forms of exercise for healthy aging and longevity What happens inside your cells when you challenge your muscles and cardiovascular system The often-overlooked factor that can determine whether you stay strong and independent as you age The minimum amount of exercise needed to support your muscles, metabolism, heart, and brain How and why you should measure your VO2 max Healthy aging isn't about finding the latest longevity hack—it's about consistently giving your body the signals it needs to adapt, grow stronger, and stay resilient. Resources Mentioned: Track your metabolic health with Function Health: https://functionhealth.com/mark (Use code MARK2026 for $50 off your membership.) Have a question you'd love answered on Office Hours? Submit it here (0:00) The role of exercise, types of exercise, and debunking strength training and HIIT myths (2:05) Mitochondria, aging, and chronic disease (4:24) Movement, mitochondrial health, and essential types of movement for longevity (5:54) Prioritizing strength training and muscle as a longevity organ after age 40 (8:17) Building a resilient immune system (10:27) HIIT, VO2 max, and interval training routines (13:24) Combining strength training and HIIT; starting from scratch and common questions (15:17) Movement as medicine and closing remarks

You make dozens of invisible decisions every class period. Should I squeeze in one more activity or leave time for questions? Do I spend more time on this concept or move on? Is this the best use of our remaining five minutes? You weigh options, estimate time, and reprioritize on the fly, and you do it so automatically that you barely notice anymore.  But here's the problem: your students have no idea any of this is happening. They just see you move seamlessly from one thing to the next. If kids never see how you plan, prioritize, and adjust, how are they supposed to learn to do it themselves? In this episode, I'm talking about how to make your thinking processes visible to students, and why it matters so much. We'll cover how to talk through your weekly overview so kids learn to anticipate where their time and energy should go, how to involve students in prioritizing decisions (like "We have five minutes left, should we do X or Y?"), how to model breaking down projects into manageable steps, why most people are bad at estimating time and what to do about it, and what to say when things go off track and plans need to change. These are teachable skills, but kids won't pick them up through osmosis. They need to see it modeled, and even better, they need to be invited into the process. Listen or read the episode here: https://truthforteachers.com/truth-for-teachers-podcast/think-out-loud-teaching-the-hidden-skills-of-planning-and-prioritizing/

Struggling with unexplained weight loss, racing heartbeats, or anxiety that won't quit? Your thyroid could be the hidden culprit behind it all. This episode uncovers the truth about hyperthyroidism and Graves' disease, from early warning signs to natural healing strategies most doctors never mention.Host Jenn Trepeck sits down with functional medicine expert Dr. Eric Osansky on Salad with a Side of Fries to explore how diet, stress management, and gut health can help restore thyroid balance naturally.What You Will Learn in This Episode:✅ How to spot early symptoms of hyperthyroidism, from a racing heart to sudden weight loss✅ Why Graves' disease is often autoimmune, and how the triad of autoimmunity and 4 triggers fuel the condition✅ Natural options like bugleweed and motherwort that may support a balanced thyroid✅ How healing the gut and managing stress can influence long-term thyroid healthThe Salad With a Side of Fries podcast, hosted by Jenn Trepeck, explores real-life wellness and weight-loss topics, debunking myths, misinformation, and flawed science surrounding nutrition and the food industry. Let's dive into real-life wellness and weight loss, including drinking, eating out, and skipping the grocery store.TIMESTAMPS:00:00 Meet Dr. Eric Osansky, author of Natural Treatment Solutions for Hyperthyroidism and Graves' Disease, Hashimoto's Triggers, and The Hyperthyroid Healing Diet04:59 Dr. Osansky shares how he first noticed symptoms of Graves' disease through an elevated heart rate09:50 A breakdown of key differences between hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism symptoms13:55 Exploring the autoimmune triad and how genetics, triggers, and leaky gut interact17:28 Environmental toxins, mold, and chemicals that may trigger thyroid imbalances22:03 Conventional treatment options like antithyroid medication and radioactive iodine explained26:30 Natural first steps for safely managing hyperthyroid symptoms and discussion of goitrogens31:22 Why stress management and quality sleep are essential for thyroid healing36:42 The gut thyroid connection and how gut health impacts hormone conversion39:34 Final thoughts on iodine intake and finding the right balance for thyroid supportKEY TAKEAWAYS:

In this throwback episode of the Uploft Interior Design, I answer three listener questions all about creating better living rooms, from blending contemporary furniture with the timeless character of a historic home to solving TV glare from oversized windows and arranging a space for better entertaining. I explain why every successful design starts with a personal two-word phrase that guides every decision, from furniture and textures to color palettes and accessories, and I share how finding the right inspiration piece makes the rest of the room come together naturally. I also discuss practical solutions for managing natural light with window treatments, why TV placement matters, and my step-by-step process for creating a functional floor plan by prioritizing how you actually use your space. I encourage listeners to focus on intentional design choices that create beautiful, comfortable living rooms tailored to their own lifestyles while inviting them to send in their own design questions for future episodes. Timestamps: 00:00 – Throwback living room design Q&A begins 02:15 – Using a two-word phrase to guide your design style 08:10 – Choosing colors, textures, and an inspiration piece 12:00 – Reducing TV glare with the right window treatments 15:30 – Prioritizing room functions before arranging furniture 20:10 – Creating a living room layout that's perfect for entertaining Don't forget to subscribe for more design tips and inspiration! Links: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Uploft.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠AffordableInteriorDesign.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Submit your design questions⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to be featured on the show ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Become a Premium Member⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and access the bonus episodes Click ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to become an interior designer with Uploft's Interior Design Academy. Get Betsy's book: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠betsyhelmuth.com/book⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠For more about our residential interior design services, visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ModernInteriorDesign.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For our commercial interior design services, visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠OfficeInteriorDesign.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Us: Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@uploftinteriordesign⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠facebook.com/UploftIntDes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠tiktok.com/@uploftinteriordesign⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠linkedin.com/company/uploft-interior-design⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you enjoy the show, please spread the word and leave a review on iTunes! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Andrea Samadi shares a five-year self-experiment using a WHOOP wearable to track sleep, recovery, movement, and biological age. She reveals how daily low-intensity movement and consistent recovery—not one intense workout—produced lasting improvements in heart rate, recovery scores, and biological age. Andrea distills five lessons: movement prepares the brain, consistency beats intensity, recovery is where adaptation happens, small habits compound over time, and every step is an investment in your future brain. Practical takeaways include walking daily, adding 2–3 strength sessions per week, protecting sleep, and tracking trends instead of perfection. In this Bonus Episode you'll learn: Why recovery matters more than you think. What 1,905 recoveries taught me about human performance. Why consistency beats intensity. How movement changes the brain. How to create lasting biological adaptation. Why every walk is an investment in your future brain. EPISODE BONUS Move Today. Recover Tonight. Younger Tomorrow. Five Years. 1,905 Recoveries. One Lesson That Changed Everything. Welcome Back Welcome back to the Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast. I'm Andrea Samadi. Over the past seven years, I've had the privilege of interviewing many of the world's leading experts in neuroscience, psychology, learning, leadership, health, and human performance. Throughout Season 16, we've been connecting those conversations into a simple framework I call The Brain's Operating System for Human Performance—a practical way of understanding how the brain and body work together to help us learn better, think more clearly, live healthier, and perform at our highest potential. In Episode 402[i], we introduced The Movement Loop, built around one simple idea: Movement is the input. Adaptation is the process. Performance is the outcome. Then, in Episode 403[ii], Dr. Chuck Hillman helped us understand why movement changes the brain. Every step increases blood flow. Exercise stimulates Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor—BDNF—often called fertilizer for the brain. Movement strengthens the neural networks responsible for learning, memory, attention, and executive function. But after recording those episodes, I found myself asking a different question. What happens when we apply those principles consistently—not for days, weeks, or even months—but for years? Today's bonus episode is my attempt to answer that question. Not from another research study. Not from another interview. And definitely not to give you one more thing to add to your already busy schedule. Instead... I'd like to share a five-year experiment I never realized I was conducting—one that completely changed the way I think about health, movement, recovery, and human performance. Five Years Looking for the Answer When I started wearing a WHOOP device back in April of 2021, just before my fiftieth birthday, I thought I was buying a fitness tracker. I thought it would help me train harder. I thought it would reward intensity. Instead... It spent the next five years teaching me something far more valuable. How to recover. Over those five years I've tracked nearly everything I could measure. Sleep. Movement. Recovery. Resting heart rate. Heart rate variability. VO₂ Max. Biological age. Blood work. Thousands of workouts. And more than 1,905 recoveries. Nearly two thousand mornings of waking up and asking my body the same question. How well did I recover? At first, I didn't really know what I was looking for. I simply assumed the harder I trained... the healthier I'd become. The Mystery Then WHOOP introduced a new metric. WHOOP Age. The first time I looked at it, I honestly couldn't believe what I was seeing. My biological age measured 48.7 years old. I was fifty-five. More than six years younger biologically than chronologically. Of course, my first question wasn't, "That's great." My first question was... Why? What was I doing that created this result? Naturally, I assumed it was my hardest hikes. My toughest strength workouts. The mornings I pushed myself until I was completely exhausted. But that's not what the data showed. Not even close. The biggest contributor wasn't intensity. It was consistency. Daily walks. Steady hikes. Hours spent moving in Heart Rate Zones 1 through 3. The very workouts I used to think "didn't count." Ironically, even today, after finishing a workout, I still catch myself hoping to see more time in Zone 4 or Zone 5. Old beliefs don't disappear overnight. Part of me still believes harder must be better. But five years of data kept telling me a different story. A Belief I Had to Unlearn For most of my life, I believed exercise was supposed to leave me exhausted. If I wasn't completely out of breath... If I wasn't drenched in sweat... If I wasn't barely able to walk back to my car... I assumed I hadn't worked hard enough. Maybe you've felt that way too. We grew up hearing... "No pain, no gain." But neuroscience—and my own data—kept challenging that belief. The movement that felt the easiest... was quietly producing the greatest return. Daily walks. Easy hikes with friends. Walking my dogs along the canal. Consistent aerobic movement. Those weren't "easy days." Those were adaptation days. And slowly, my definition of success began to change. The Moment Everything Changed A few days ago something happened. After nearly five years... and more than 1,905 recoveries... I recorded my highest recovery ever. 98%. For a few moments I celebrated the score. Then something much more meaningful hit me. That number wasn't created overnight. It wasn't the result of one perfect night's sleep. Or one incredible workout. Or one supplement. Or one recovery tool. It represented five years of learning to work with my biology instead of against it. That's when everything finally clicked. Recovery isn't passive. Recovery is where adaptation happens. It's where muscles rebuild. It's where the brain consolidates learning. It's where the nervous system recalibrates. It's where hormones rebalance. It's where your cardiovascular system grows stronger. It's where yesterday's movement becomes tomorrow's performance. Movement starts the conversation. Recovery is where your body answers.   The Missing Piece That's when I realized something I wish someone had explained to me years ago. Movement isn't the goal. Recovery isn't even the goal. Adaptation is the goal. Movement is simply the signal that tells your biology... "Build something stronger." Recovery is when your body actually does the work. Adaptation is the result. Performance becomes the evidence. That is The Movement Loop. Move. Recover. Adapt. Perform. One connected system.   What My Data Shows When I stopped looking at individual workouts and started looking at years of trends, the story became remarkably clear. My resting heart rate dropped. My recovery improved. My biological age became younger. My weekly movement consistently averaged more than seven hours in Heart Rate Zones 1 through 3. None of those changes happened because of one extraordinary workout. They happened because of thousands of ordinary choices repeated over and over again. That's how biology changes. Quietly. Consistently. Patiently. Five Lessons Five Years and 1,905 Recoveries Taught Me Looking back over nearly five years—and more than 1,905 recoveries—I realize I wasn't simply collecting health data. I was watching my brain and body adapt in real time. Here are the five lessons I wish I had understood when I first started this journey. Lesson 1: Movement prepares the brain. One of the biggest insights from Dr. Chuck Hillman's research is that movement doesn't just strengthen our muscles—it prepares our brains to learn and perform. Every walk increases blood flow. Every hike stimulates Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor, or BDNF, helping the brain build and strengthen neural connections. I've noticed this in my own life. On the days I move first, I think more clearly, focus longer, solve problems more easily, and simply show up as a better version of myself. Movement isn't something I do after work anymore. It's how I prepare for my work. Lesson 2: Consistency beats intensity. For years, I believed the hardest workout was the best workout. My data taught me something completely different. The biggest improvements in my health didn't come from one exhausting hike or one intense strength session. They came from showing up every single day. Walking the canal. Taking the dogs out. Choosing another easy hike. Stopping to talk with people on the trails. It took me years to ask one person their name, after seeing them on the trails for over 10 years! Repeating those small decisions (and actions) over and over again. The body doesn't transform because we occasionally do something extraordinary. It transforms because we consistently do the ordinary. Lesson 3: Recovery is where adaptation happens. This may have been the biggest surprise of all. For years, I thought recovery meant taking a break from making progress. Now I understand that recovery is the progress. Recovery is where muscles rebuild. It's where the brain consolidates learning. It's where the nervous system recalibrates. It's where your body responds to the signal that movement created. Without recovery, movement is simply stress. With recovery, movement becomes adaptation. Lesson 4: Small daily habits create extraordinary results. When I recorded my highest recovery ever—98%—(just this week) I realized something important. That number wasn't created by one perfect night of sleep. It wasn't one workout. It wasn't one supplement. It wasn't one infrared sauna session. It represented thousands of small decisions repeated consistently over five years. Morning sunlight. Walking. Strength training. Prioritizing sleep. Breathwork. Meditation. Recovery. None of those habits seem remarkable on their own. Together, they completely changed my biology. And then I was able to create PREDICTABLE results with recovery, once I fully understood it. Lesson 5: Every step is an investment in your future brain. This may be the most important lesson of all. Most of us exercise because we want to look better or feel better today. But neuroscience tells us something even more powerful. Every walk you're taking today is helping build the brain you'll rely on years from now. Every time you move, you're strengthening the systems that support attention, memory, emotional regulation, cardiovascular health, and resilience. You may not notice those changes tomorrow. I certainly didn't. It took me nearly five years—and 1,905 recoveries—to truly appreciate what my body had been quietly building all along. That's why I no longer think of movement as exercise. I think of it as one of the greatest investments I can make in my future health, my future brain, and the quality of my life. Because every step you take today is a vote for the person you're becoming tomorrow.   Practical Application If you're wondering where to start... Start walking. Walk before work. Walk after dinner. Walk with your family. Walk with your dog. Strength train two or three times each week. It doesn't take a lot to see noticeable gains. Protect your sleep. Track trends instead of chasing perfection. Then tomorrow morning ask yourself one simple question. Not... "How hard should I train today?" Instead... How can I move today? One question. One decision. Repeated consistently. That's how change begins. Review and Conclusion As we wrap up this bonus episode, let's step back and look at what we've learned throughout this first part of Phase 3. Movement prepares the brain. Recovery builds the body. Adaptation changes our biology. Performance becomes the evidence. Five years ago, I thought movement was the goal. Today I know better. Movement is the signal. Recovery is the builder. Adaptation is the transformation (that we can see) Performance is the evidence (or what we were aiming for in the first place). After nearly 1,905 recoveries, I finally understand why recovery matters. Not because it helps us rest. Because it helps us become. Looking back, I wasn't simply collecting health data. I was watching neuroscience unfold in real time. The greatest improvements in my health didn't come from my hardest workouts. They came from thousands of ordinary decisions repeated consistently over time. We can go back to our early episodes[iii] to hear the importance of repetition. That's how human performance is built. Not through one breakthrough moment. But through daily choices that quietly reshape the brain, strengthen the body, and prepare us for whatever comes next. So wherever you're listening today... Whether you're heading out for a walk... Driving home from work... Finishing a workout... Or simply deciding how you'll move tomorrow... Remember this. Every step is a vote for your future self. Move today. Recover tonight. Adapt tomorrow. Live younger tomorrow. Until next time... Keep moving. Keep learning. Keep adapting. Because every step you take today is helping build a healthier, stronger, and more resilient version of yourself tomorrow.   REFERENCES:   [i]  Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE 402 “Phase 3 Intro: How Movement Builds the Brain https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/movement-loop-how-everyday-action-rewires-your-brain-and-boosts-performance/   [ii]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE 403 “How movement Activates the Brain and Learning”  https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/movement-first-how-a-20%e2%80%91minute-walk-lights-up-the-brain/   [iii]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE 38 https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/assistant-coach-to-the-winnipeg-jets-todd-woodcroft-on-the-daily-grind-in-the-nhl/  

Send Dr. Li a text here. Please leave your email address if you would like a reply, thanks.Discover why sleep may be the missing link in your productivity and well-being journey in this episode of the Make Time for Success podcast. Dr. Christine Li explores the essential role of rest and sleep in optimizing your mind and body, breaking free from exhaustion, and creating a sustainable, successful lifestyle. Learn practical strategies to revamp your approach to rest, tips for better sleep, and how prioritizing quality rest can help you achieve more with greater ease.Timestamps00:00:00 Introduction to the episode and importance of sleep for productivity00:01:03 Overview of podcast purpose and strategies for overcoming procrastination00:01:45 Differentiating rest and sleep; importance of examining sleep patterns00:03:05 The exhaustion trap and recognizing unhelpful cycles00:06:09 What sleep actually does for your brain and body00:11:03 Prioritizing sleep, revenge bedtime procrastination, and its pitfalls00:15:12 Practical tips to improve sleep (e.g., setting modem timers, establishing routines)00:18:10 Encouragement to experiment and free sleep resource download00:18:52 Closing remarks and connecting with the hostTo get the free download that accompanies this episode, go to: https://maketimeforsuccesspodcast.com/sleepTo sign up for the Waitlist for the Simply Productive Program, go to: https://maketimeforsuccesspodcast.com/SPFor more information on the Make Time for Success podcast, visit: https://www.maketimeforsuccesspodcast.comGain Access to Dr. Christine Li's Free Resource Library -- 12 downloadable tools and templates to help you bypass the impulse to procrastinate: https://procrastinationcoach.mykajabi.com/freelibraryTo work with Dr. Li on a weekly basis in her coaching and accountability program, register for The Success Lab here: https://www.procrastinationcoach.com/labConnect with Dr. Christine LiWebsite: https://www.procrastinationcoach.comFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/procrastinationcoachInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/procrastinationcoach/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@procrastinationcoachThe Success Lab: https://maketimeforsuccesspodcast.com/labSimply Productive: https://maketimeforsuccesspodcast.com/SP

What's up, everybody! Welcome back to Couple Things with Sean and Andrew. This episode is extra special — we're sharing our live conversation from the book tour with Jimmy [Sunny], the incredible ghostwriter and third author behind our new book on commitment. Jimmy has spent 15 years writing biographies and bestsellers — from Cato the Younger, to "The Founders" (the origin story of PayPal), to his upcoming book on Kobe Bryant. We talk about how our three very different writing styles collided (and somehow worked), the hardest parts of spending three years turning our lives into a book, and the surprising story behind our chapter on love. We also open it up to a live Q&A covering: Raising kids in youth sports without burning them out What sports really teach you about life and teamwork Advice for newlyweds and long-distance relationships Navigating modern dating outside the apps How parenting has changed (and challenged) who we are Prioritizing marriage, family values, and friendship Grab our book and follow along as we open up more than ever about commitment, marriage, parenting, and everything in between.

In this conversation, Lee sits down with two of Unleashing Leaders' top change agents, Skye Connors and Emily LaPorta, to tackle a problem every high performer eventually hits: too many priorities, not enough hours. Skye and Emily built UL's internal SOP for handling conflicting task requests and walk through how it works, from the physical warning signs of overload to the tiebreakers that step in when two tasks conflict. Feeling overloaded usually means you're trusted with more, not that you're falling short. Lee, Skye, and Emily break down the prioritization shortcuts that quietly wreck teams: First in, first out. Last in, first out. Whoever screams the loudest. And the fallback of declaring "everything is priority one," which just pushes the decision onto your team, leaving them to default to whatever's easiest. What UL actually uses instead is a framework that sorts commitments by required, desired, and optional, weighs critical path and impact, and falls back on real tiebreakers, like prior commitment and relative priority, when everything else ties. Emily closes with a reminder that this gets easier with practice: "Am I required?" and "What is the impact?" stop needing a checklist and become instinct.   Additional Resources Attend Unleashing Leaders University: https://unleashingleadersuniversity.com/curriculum Learn more about Unleashing Leaders: https://unleashingleaders.com/ Follow Unleashing Leaders on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/unleashingleaders Connect with Lee on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leeallenscott/ Follow Unleashing Leaders on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UnleashingLeaders/ Follow Unleashing Leaders on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unleashingleaders/   Key Takeaways: Feeling overloaded is a sign of trust and competence, not a warning sign of failure. Notice the physical tell (tight chest, racing heart) before it drives a bad decision. First in, first out, last in, first out, and "whoever screams loudest" all fail as standalone strategies. Declaring everything priority one pushes the decision to your team, and they'll default to whatever seems easiest, leaving the hard stuff undone. Sort every ask into required, desired, or optional before you commit to it. When priorities truly tie, fall back on real tiebreakers like prior commitment and relative project priority. With practice, questions like "Am I required?" and "What is the impact?" stop needing a checklist and become instinct.  

View the Show Notes Page for This Episode Become a Member to Receive Exclusive Content Sign Up to Receive Peter's Weekly Newsletter In this "Ask Me Anything" (AMA) episode, Peter explores the evidence behind environmental pollution and its impact on long-term health, separating well-supported risks from less substantiated claims while providing a practical framework for deciding which exposures deserve attention. He explains what environmental pollution encompasses, where it fits within the broader hierarchy of longevity interventions, and why studying its health effects is uniquely challenging. Peter examines the evidence linking air pollution to disease and shares actionable strategies for improving indoor and outdoor air quality. He also discusses how noise and light pollution can influence sleep, cardiovascular health, and overall well-being, offering practical ways to reduce their effects in daily life. Finally, Peter takes an evidence-based look at electromagnetic fields (EMFs) and 5G technology, evaluating the current science and whether concerns about these exposures are supported by the available data. If you're not a subscriber and are listening on a podcast player, you'll only be able to hear a preview of the AMA. If you're a subscriber, you can now listen to this full episode on your private RSS feed or our website at the AMA #87 show notes page. If you are not a subscriber, you can learn more about the subscriber benefits here. We discuss: Defining environmental pollution and its role in longevity [1:45]; Why the topic of environmental pollution is both polarizing and difficult to study [6:00]; Where environmental exposures fit within the hierarchy of health priorities, and a framework for evaluating which environmental risks are worth addressing [13:15]; Understanding air pollution: the major pollutants and why PM2.5 is a key marker of health risk [16:00]; Indoor air pollution: why indoor air quality often matters most for reducing personal air pollution exposure [21:45]; How air pollution is measured and how the Air Quality Index (AQI) translates pollution data into practical guidance [25:00]; The health effects of air pollution: evidence linking exposure to respiratory and cardiovascular disease [27:00]; How air pollution causes disease: biological mechanisms linking pollution to respiratory and cardiovascular health [29:15]; Who is most susceptible to the health effects of air pollution? [31:45]; Understanding air pollution thresholds and the differences between WHO and EPA air quality guidelines [34:15]; Comparing acute air pollution events with chronic exposure and cumulative health risk [36:15]; Best strategies for mitigating air pollution exposure [38:00]; Noise pollution: effects on hearing, sleep, and cardiovascular health [44:30]; Measuring noise exposure and understanding the thresholds for hearing loss and chronic health effects [48:00]; Practical strategies to reduce noise exposure and protect your hearing [54:15]; Light pollution: defining light pollution and the importance of timing for circadian health [58:15]; The health effects of artificial light at night and the evidence behind blue light and blue light-blocking glasses [1:00:00]; Practical strategies for optimizing light exposure to support circadian rhythms and sleep [1:04:00]; Concerns about EMF and 5G exposure: understanding electromagnetic fields and the distinction between ionizing and non-ionizing radiation [1:06:30]; Evaluating the evidence linking radiofrequency electromagnetic fields to cancer risk [1:10:15]; Evaluating the evidence for electromagnetic hypersensitivity and EMF-related symptoms [1:14:00]; Practical recommendations for managing everyday EMF and 5G exposure and avoiding unnecessary interventions [1:15:30]; Prioritizing environmental exposures based on their impact on health and longevity [1:18:00]; The highest-ROI strategies for reducing environmental pollution exposure and protecting long-term health [1:19:30]; and More. Connect With Peter on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube

For years, chronic fatigue, joint pain, and skin issues can leave you feeling unheard, especially when your labs come back "normal." This episode explores why standard testing often misses the inflammation quietly driving those symptoms, and shares practical, faith-based steps for supporting your body through natural means. This episode is for the Christian woman who is tired of guessing at what's wrong and trying remedy after remedy with no real answers. She's done more research, tried more things, and asked more questions than most people around her — and she's ready for real, grounded next steps instead of more guesswork. What Inflammation Actually Is Inflammation is the body's natural response to injury, illness, or something foreign like germs, toxins, or chronic stress. It's a necessary part of healing, but when it becomes chronic, it can quietly contribute to exhaustion, autoimmune conditions, and a long list of health struggles that don't always show up clearly on a standard lab panel. Why Conventional Labs Don't Always Tell the Full Story Many common lab tests weren't designed to catch the subtler imbalances that functional and naturopathic practitioners often look for. After personal health struggles, including a painful skin flare-up back in 2019, a functional medicine evaluation revealed significant nutrient deficiencies and gut health issues that standard testing had never flagged. This isn't a claim that conventional labs are  wrong. It is a reminder that they don't always capture the whole picture, and that seeking additional wisdom and information is a reasonable, faithful step toward better health. A Personal Turning Point Before making dietary changes, weight had dropped to 90 pounds from confusion over what to eat, and topical steroids were part of daily life. Committing to a gut cleanse, adjusting diet, and addressing nutritional deficiencies changed the trajectory entirely. Today, medication use is rare, energy is strong, and daily life includes working, homeschooling, and staying active. This isn't shared to boast, but as a testimony to what became possible through seeking God's wisdom for the body He designed. Practical Ways to Support Your Body Through Inflammation Several approaches have made a real difference over time: Fish oil has supported joint comfort, particularly easing stiffness that once caused a thumb to lock in place. Diluted, raw apple cider vinegar with the mother has helped calm flare-ups of heat and inflammation, especially in the hands. Warm baths with calming essential oil blends offer a simple way to unwind and support the body's stress response. Prioritizing seven to eight hours of sleep, rather than the four to six hours once considered normal, has made a noticeable difference. Prayer and quiet time with God, including learning to sit in silence and actually listen for His response rather than treating prayer as one-sided, has become a foundational stress-management practice. Breathing techniques, such as the physiological sigh and box breathing, offer accessible tools for calming the nervous system in stressful moments. Addressing emotional health through counseling, retreats, and community with other women has been just as important as physical remedies. Reducing toxic exposure by switching to cleaner personal care products has, for some, led to real improvements in symptoms like migraines and allergies. None of these are presented as a cure-all. They are pieces of a whole-person approach that honors both the body's design and the wisdom God provides through it. Time-Stamped Highlights 00:00 — Why standard labs may not catch what's really going on in the body 00:23 — What inflammation is and why it happens 00:52 — The limits of conventional testing and the rise of functional medicine 02:17 — A personal story of lab results, gut health, and a turning point in 2019 04:36 — How addressing nutrition changed a health trajectory 05:06 — Introduction to practical, natural ways to reduce inflammation 05:34 — Fish oil and joint support 06:01 — Apple cider vinegar for flare-ups 06:56 — Baths, sleep, and prioritizing rest 07:25 — Prayer as a two-way conversation with God 09:10 — Breathing techniques for stress relief 09:40 — Emotional health, counseling, and community support 10:37 — Calming teas and daily stress tools 11:03 — Toxic personal care products and their hidden effects Key Takeaways Chronic inflammation often has more layers than a single lab panel can reveal. Staying curious and asking questions is a wise, faithful response, not an overreaction. Healing is rarely one single fix. It tends to come through small, consistent choices across nutrition, rest, stress, and spiritual life. Prayer is meant to be a conversation, not a monologue. Leaving room to listen can be as valuable as the words spoken. Real change often starts with choosing just one or two practical steps rather than trying to overhaul everything at once. Your body was designed with intention. Learning to understand it, rather than fight it, is part of stewarding the health God has given you. Ready for Your Next Right Step? If this episode named something you've been feeling but haven't been able to fully explain, you don't have to keep piecing it together alone. The More Energy Strategy Session is a focused, one-on-one conversation to walk through your specific situation and identify your next right step, whatever that looks like for you. If you're done waiting for things to make sense on their own and ready to move forward with clarity, book your session at herholistichealing.com/services. This content is for informational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice.

In the world of specialty coffee, the relationship between roaster and cafe is one of the most vital. In a healthy relationship, there is a support for the client that mirrors the hospitality and quality that the roaster hopes the cafe produces using their coffee. There may be nobody more qualified to speak to both side of this relationship of mutual support than today guest, Sam Lewontin!  Sam is a veteran coffee professional whose nearly 30 year career has taken him from barista in many small and obscure shops, to owning and growing one of NYC best Cafes Everyman Espresso along with Sam Penix. Sam Lewontin carved out a niche for himself as one of coffee's most thoughtful, clear, and intentional operators as well as decorated barista competitors.  After a long career in barista work and cafe hospitality and ownership, Sam took the listening, communication, and service skill he honed in th shop, and applied it to the world of sales and wholesal support for Stumptown Coffee Roasters and now most recently is representing Counter Culture Coffee!  Literally every time you interact with Sam, he is not just enthused to see you, but in genuinely interested in your good. This is why we are talking with him today to learn about how we can develop our hospitality approach in like fashion, but take a page from him play book in sales to truly help our clients solve problems and thrive in their business.  We discuss: The evolution of Sam's career from hobby to professional and the importance of continuous learning how friend and mentors shaped his world.  Creating accessible and welcoming coffee experiences through thoughtful design and hospitality The role of networking, community building, and trust in growing coffee businesses Meeting customers where they are: making coffee approachable and familiar Practical tips for supporting wholesale clients with streamlined resources and support Prioritizing high leverage support tools instead of generic offerings Facilitating connections between wholesale customers, tech support, and global producers The philosophy that the core value of cafes is delivering an approachable, memorable hospitality experience   REGISTER NOW FOR THE SUMMER WEBINAR SERIES!  Build a Stronger Coffee Shop: One Step at a Time Great coffee shops don't happen by accident. They are built by hiring the right people, training them well, and leading them with clarity and consistency. In this live three-part Summer Webinar Series, Chris Deferio shares the practical systems and coaching insights that have helped coffee businesses build stronger teams, healthier cultures, and more resilient operations. Each webinar includes: Live instruction and Q&A PDF workbook One hour of virtual consulting for each live attendee Lifetime access to the recording Register for the individual sessions that fit your current needs, or scroll down to save 20% on the complete Summer Webinar Series. REGISTER NOW FOR THE SUMMER WEBINAR SERIES!    chris@keystothshop.com of book a free call now:  https://calendly.com/chrisdeferio/30min    Related episodes: 246 : Selecting a Wholesale Coffee Provider 473: A Master Class in Wholesale Coffee w/ Honor Forte of Olympia Coffee Roasters Be honest with your Wholesale Accounts 133 : 5 Keys to Successful Wholesale w/ Sarah Richmond    

Welcome back to Barn Talk! Today's episode is all about Taylor Moyer, a guy who swapped the fast lane of NASCAR for the wide-open spaces of cattle ranching outside Charlotte, North Carolina. The conversation focused on Taylor's wild ride from pit crews to pasture, where he's doubled his ranch's acreage, built his own family home, jumped into ag-tourism, dabbled in tech, gone viral on social media, and still found time to be a hands-on dad. A key theme that emerged was Taylor's willingness to shake up the status quo. The discussion explored how he made his dream of running a profitable ranch come true from scratch, why he doesn't stress about "the way it's always been done," and how he leans on new ideas like artificial intelligence to make things easier. Several points were raised about building great relationships, finding the right mentors, and being super intentional about why and how you do things especially when it comes to business and family. If you've ever wondered how to carve your own path in agriculture, balance work and home, or just love a good story about reinventing yourself and making it stick, you'll get plenty of laughs, encouragement, and real ideas from this episode. Taylor's journey proves that with curiosity, hustle, and the right people around you, you can blaze your own trail and really enjoy the ride. JOIN THE BARN TALK NEWSLETTER & GET LIVE EVENT ACCESS: We're on a mission to get 10,000 subscribers, and once we do, we're hosting a live event at the barn! Sign up to get exclusive access to tickets and details.

Check out Marek Health at https://marekhealth.com/syatt and get 10% OFF your first order using code: SYATTIn this episode of The Jordan Syatt Podcast, I shoot the breeze and answer questions from listeners with my podcast producer, Tony, and we discuss:- Building an insanely strong deadlift- How to hit a personal record right now (immediately)- Toxic fitness culture- Prioritizing health and enjoyment- Optimizing lean muscle in your 40s- Unpopular muscle building facts- Weight loss plateaus- And more...Do you have any questions you want us to discuss on the podcast? Give Tony a follow and shoot him a DM on Instagram - @tone_reverie - https://www.instagram.com/tone_reverie/I hope you enjoy this episode and, if you do, please leave a review on iTunes (huge thank you to everyone who has written one so far). Finally, if you've been thinking about joining The Inner Circle but haven't yet... we have hundreds of home and bodyweight workouts for you and you can get them all: https://www.sfinnercircle.com/

Nearly 1.2 billion people worldwide were living with a mental disorder in 2023, and anxiety and depression accounted for much of the increase, making mental illness one of the leading causes of disability across the globe Teenagers ages 15 to 19 now carry the highest burden of mental disorders, replacing middle-aged adults as the most affected group and raising concerns about long-term effects on education, relationships and future health Mental health concerns are appearing more often during routine pediatric medical visits, with anxiety-related visits increasing about 300% over the last decade despite a slight decline in overall doctor visits Brain imaging research found that people with anxiety disorders had about 8% lower levels of choline-containing compounds in important brain regions involved in attention, planning, memory and emotional regulation Prioritizing sleep, exercising regularly, strengthening social connections, reducing chronic stress and consuming enough choline from foods such as pastured egg yolks and grass fed beef liver are practical steps that help support long-term brain and mental health resilience

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