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Colin O'Brady talks about his life of adventure, tragedy, and perseverance. He details the 12-hour walk that changed his life, how to overcome your biggest limiting beliefs (including not having enough money), and what it means to live life with a “Possible Mindset”.

Colin is a 10-time world record breaking explorer and one of the world’s best endurance athletes. He isn’t your typical adventurer despite his unmatched athletic accomplishments including a world-first solo crossing of Antarctica, a world-first ocean row across Drake Passage (from South America to Antarctica), and summiting Mt. Everest twice. Colin is an expert on mindset, a highly sought-after keynote speaker and a New York Times bestselling author. He’s also a television host, an executive producer and an entrepreneur who has built and sold companies. And, he’s done it all after overcoming a devastating accident - that nearly left him unable to walk - to prove that anything is possible.

If you were told you could never walk again, would you believe it or would you start training for a triathlon? By the end of this episode, you’ll likely pick the latter.

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Key Highlights

• Colin shares his “why” behind the extreme endurance challenges he’s accomplished, from rowing Drake Passage to being the first human to cross Antarctica solo pulling a 375lb sled with no support. He also talks about what it was like to be told he’ll never walk again after suffering a tragic accident in a remote part of Thailand.

• Listen in as he breaks down the meaning behind his mom’s “Possible Mindset” and how he’s used it to unlock a life full of unlimited possibility.

• Colin speaks on how he gained traction and maintained momentum after severe injury. He notes the power of overcoming limiting beliefs, the fear of failure, and a scarcity mindset.

• What will a 12-hour walk do to your body and mind? Tune in to find out!

Powerful Quotes by Colin O'Brady

All of us humans, we have reservoirs of untapped potential to achieve extraordinary things, particularly when facing adversity.

The mindset of abundance is not a get rich quick scheme… but it is saying ‘what’s possible within that “Possible Mindset” framework?’

Episode resources:

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More about Colin's work:

"From the New York Times bestselling author of The Impossible First, a compelling blend of riveting adventure stories and hard-won wisdom that teaches us how to overcome our limiting beliefs and embark on a transformative one-day journey that will unlock our best lives. Millions of people dream of living a more fulfilling life, yet many settle for a life of comfortable complacency, allowing excuses and negative thoughts to invade their minds. I don’t have enough time…I don’t have enough money…I’m afraid to fail...I don’t have what it takes—we allow these limiting beliefs to control us. Now comes The 12-Hour Walk, which provides the inspiration—and catalyst—for getting unstuck and realizing your full potential. Featuring life lessons from explorer, endurance athlete, and entrepreneur Colin O’Brady—whose adventures in such extreme places as Antarctica and the perilous Drake Passage and on the peaks of Mount Everest and K2 have seen him establish ten world records—this book’s vivid narrative and powerful insight will show you how you can embark on your own life-changing journey. With Colin as your guide, The 12-Hour Walk asks you to invest one day in yourself. The goal? Conquering your mind and becoming your best self. By walking alone, unplugging, listening to the voice within, and rewriting the limiting beliefs etched into your psyche, you can break free of the patterns holding you back and learn how to cultivate a “Possible Mindset”—an empowered way of thinking that unlocks a life of limitless possibilities. The reward: being the hero of your own destiny."

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Chase talks with Kathryn Fantauzzi about the impact of stress on our physiology and well-being, how to become aware of and manage your stressors, and the secret to becoming more resilient. Kathryn shares how to understand and apply heart rate variability (HRV) and everything else you need to know about keeping your nervous system balanced and recovered so you can accomplish everything you set your mind to.

Kathryn Fantauzzi is the Co-Founder and CEO of Apollo Neuroscience, which has developed the first scientifically-validated wearable technology that actively improves energy, focus & sleep.

Take a deep breath. Unclench your jaw. Relax your shoulders. This week, we’re exploring all things stress, resiliency, and nervous system recovery.

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Key Highlights

• How do you define stress? “Stress is life, life is stress,” she says. Kathryn believes it’s all about keeping a balance of good stressors and bad stressors and making sure there’s enough recovery in your life so you’re able to cope and be resilient to stress.

• If we change our mindset around stress, can we eliminate stress from our life or even use stress as fuel for growth? Kathryn explains the role of awareness, perception, and mindset in stress management.

• Learn the signs and symptoms of chronic stress and how it affects the body as well as the relationship between HRV, human connection, and longevity.

• Apollo Neuro is a wearable device that uses low frequency sound waves to change the balance of your nervous system. Listen in to hear about the many benefits of Apollo, including managing stress responses, maximizing performance, improving the quality of your sleep, and balancing the circadian rhythm. 

Powerful Quotes by Kathryn Fantauzzi

When you have more stressors than normal, your resiliency is down and you actually can’t bounce back and you can’t perform and you start to see what happens to your health and your well-being and your overall capacity to grow and learn and be this strong, resilient go-getter.

This isn’t a replacement for meditation or for breathwork or for exercise, it’s not. All of those things are critical for your health. Apollo is there to help support you and make those things easier. 

If you set a goal and you set an intention and you baby step your way there, you will get there.

Recommended Resources:

• Episode 513 - "How Psilocybin Improved My HRV by 40%"

• Episode 559 - "10 Ways to Improve Your HRV"

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More about Kathryn

"Kathryn Fantauzzi is on a mission to change lives. She is a CEO, speaker, and a thought leader at the convergence of health, tech, and data.

Kathryn has led world-class teams and multimillion-dollar projects to deliver breakthrough tech commercialization for the Energy Research and Development Authority in New York. She is now CEO and Co-Founder of Apollo Neuroscience, a new technology that improves sleep, focus, and mood through your body’s natural response to soothing touch. In just a few years, Kathryn transformed Apollo Neuro from an idea in a university lab into a powerful tool that has already helped tens of thousands of people.

Kathryn was born and raised in New York, holds a B.A. from Smith College and a Master of Public Administration (MPA) in behavioral economics and finance from the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy. Kathryn has lectured on innovation, the intersection of research and business, and entrepreneurship at leading conferences like CES and universities including Brown University, and the University of Pittsburgh. Her most recent awards include the 2021 EY Entrepreneur of the Year, the 2020 SXSW Innovation Award, and the Paley Center’s 2020 Best of CES.

When not solving for some of the world’s toughest problems, you can find Kathryn whipping up dinner for family and friends, hiking up a trail, cycling down a mountain, swimming, sailing, or skiing."

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How to live a more passionate, aligned life… it’s something we’re all wondering, but this week’s guest seems to have the secret formula.

Erica Lippy is a life and wellness coach, renowned fit model, podcaster, and creator of Passion Love Pursuit, and intentional movement that encourages you to be your best self, living a vibrant life more passionately and purposefully. 

In this discussion, Chase and Erica talk about what it takes to live a more aligned, intentional life full of passion and purpose. They speak on the power of embodying your values, separating who you are from who people perceive you to be, and prioritizing self-love while in a relationship. Erica shares her bits of wisdom on seeking discomfort, building confidence, and maximizing self-growth.

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Key Highlights

• Erica breaks down her holistic morning routine and shares how she uses superfoods like functional mushrooms and cacao, particularly in the morning, to optimize and “hack” her health.

• Confidence comes from mastering your body physically, mentally, and emotionally. “Very much of what you do in your life is all about being accountable and keeping your word to yourself and your standards,” Erica says.

• How do you live an aligned life? What does it feel like to embody your values and beliefs? Listen in as Emily shares her candid answers!

• Erica talks about her experience being a fit model, how it affected her relationship with her body, and how it drove her to find her life’s purpose.

• If you’re uncomfortable being alone, question that. Get curious why and go deep. What are you missing? What are you attached to? What needs to change? Get quieter with yourself and that will uncover why you feel that way. 

Powerful Quotes by Erica Lippy

Everything I do is because I love it, it feels good, and the outcome is outweighing the uncomfortableness.

We should always step into what’s uncomfortable because what’s on the other side is always growth.

The most powerful thing we have is choice. I believe, personally, that self-acceptance is the pathway to self-love.

Episode resources:

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Saad Alam is the CEO of Hone, a health and wellness company dedicated to helping men take charge of their lives and be the best they can be, especially as they get older. Hone believes that your body can be optimized to reach your peak performance for whatever it is that matters in your life. Whether it’s running an Iron Man at 45 or running in the backyard with your kids after a day in the office.

In this discussion, Chase and Saad talk about new and unique approaches to men’s health, the misconceptions around Testosterone Replacement Therapy (TRT), and the real impact of chemicals and microplastics on hormone levels and fertility. Saad gives insight into what it feels like to have low testosterone levels and a few habits and actions you can take to maintain your hormone levels as you age. 

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Key Highlights

• How are we, as men, supposed to show up in the world? What harmful narratives about manhood have we held on to that are no longer serving us? Saad sheds light on the biggest needs for men’s health right now in 2022 compared to when we were growing up and becoming men. 

• Chase shares his experience before and after Testosterone Replacement Therapy (TRT) as a man in his mid-30s. Saad describes what it was like to be diagnosed with hypogonadism (low testosterone levels) and why it’s beneficial to split up your testosterone doses.

• How do you feel better and maintain your masculinity as you get older? Is testosterone the primary hormone men should be paying attention to? Tune in to find out!

• Saad answers: What does it feel like to have low testosterone levels? What happens to men’s bodies as they age? He then highlights the things men can do to maintain their hormone levels and slow the aging process.

• Don’t wait until you hit rock bottom to take action. If you’re not feeling yourself, reach out to your doctor and consider using Hone to test your hormone levels or learn more about optimizing men’s health!

Powerful Quotes by Saad Alam

The way people used to think was that as you get older, you kind of start nailing it in, and what the reality is is that’s completely bullshit. If you take care of yourself, if you have the right mental, physical, emotional mindset as well, you can actually continue to progress and only get better as you get older.

For people that have really low testosterone, it feels like you’re kind of depressed, it feels like you’re a little heartbroken, and it feels like you are actually a little bit hungover… You don’t have energy, you can’t focus, you don’t feel like yourself, you’re always walking in a little bit of a haze.

The medication is not what changes you. The medication gives you a little bit of momentum in your life so you have a little bit more energy and when you have a little bit of momentum and some more energy in your life, you then have to take it and do something useful with it… By doing those things, you then start to build your confidence back up.

The way you are feeling is very often in direction relationship to what is happening in your body and the chemistry.

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Marc Champagne is dedicated to helping people level up their mental fitness and the host of the top 50 ranked podcast Behind The Human and co-founder of the journaling app (KYO) which reached 86.9 million people without any paid advertising. He is the author of Personal Socrates: Questions That Will Upgrade Your Life from Legends & World-Class Performers.

As a “mental fitness strategist”, Marc has consulted with and spoken for many Fortune 500 companies on streamlining their systems and processes for increased employee happiness and organizational efficiency.

Marc defines “mental fitness” as an umbrella term for anything you can do to train your mind—whether to boost your mental health, mental resilience, mental performance, etc.

Listen in as Marc shares how anyone can build mental fortitude by asking themselves the right questions at every stage of life. Continuous growth, according to Marc, lies in pondering over these two basic questions to start with:

“Who am I now?” and “Who am I optimizing to become?”

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Key Highlights

• How do you know if you’re asking yourself the right questions? Marc gives us some of his go-to prompts which he writes about in Personal Socrates.

• After closing down his first business, Marc once again had to ask himself the question, “What will give me purpose?” He explains how asking it felt the second time around after achieving massive success once.

• Marc talks about how anyone can start a mental fitness practice today for just a few minutes a day.

• Marc shares the daily habits he follows which maximize his creativity.

• One of the biggest impediments to growth is our tendency to rest on our laurels. Marc shares how we can ensure we don’t get stuck on “maintenance mode” in our life and career.

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Powerful Quotes

A good question gives us the luxury of a pause. Asked at the right time, a question can literally change our life.

Everything starts and stops with the mind.

As long as we can keep our curiosity alive, we will always err on the side of progress.

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Listen in to this month’s chat with May Yazdi, Chase’s wife, as the pair talks about burnout and relationships.

In this discussion, Chase and May talk about how to manage burnout through nurturing your relationship with yourself and how to support your partner while they experience burnout. They share simple, yet powerful communication techniques for partners navigating burnout together along with tips and advice on gaining back your energy and inspiration after burning out.

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Key Highlights

• Burnout is a syndrome conceptualized as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed. It is characterized by three dimensions: feelings of energy depletion or exhaustion, increased mental distance, or feelings of negativism or cynicism. Does any of this resonate with you? If so, you’re likely burnt out!

• May sheds light on how burnout caused her to feel uninspired and unmotivated in her career and how burnout impacted her physical, mental, and emotional health. 

• How do you effectively manage stress? May shares an analogy to illustrate the idea that when you react to and process your stress, the stress is able to be broken down and released without being stored in the body.

• If your partner is experiencing burnout, or if you’re both experiencing burnout, how can you get through it? May and Chase speak on the importance of acknowledging the space that each of you are in, sharing about your work day at a time that feels right for you, and allowing yourself the time to fully process your stress before involving your partner. Always be willing to listen, ask your partner what they need/want, and be willing to give them space.

• When your partner doesn’t want to talk about their day, be accepting of that and don’t take it personally.

• Managing and recovering from burnout is a non-linear process. There may be waves of emotions and feelings, some days might be better than others, but there’s always a way to overcome it.

Powerful Quotes by May

What I’m kind of grappling with is being okay with not being validated for overachieving. 

When I’m really burnt out, I need time alone. I need to be introspective, I need to gain new perspective, I need to become reinspired… Inspiration, for me, comes from within myself.

All we need, as humans, and all we want is to feel seen and heard. 

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What is a radically neutral approach to nutrition and health? It’s an approach rooted in compassion and intuition and it’s changing thousands of people’s lives.

Meet Michelle Shapiro, a Holistic Registered Dietician and Certified Functional Nutrition and Lifestyle Practitioner who helps people use functional nutrition to heal gut issues, reverse anxiety, and approach weight lovingly. At the root of her practice is, you guessed it, compassion and intuition.

In this discussion, Chase and Michelle break down a few controversial health topics along with what we can do to empower ourselves to have greater health. Michelle shares her thoughts on the effects of diet culture and anti-diet culture, fasting, intuitive eating, and functional nutrition practices that actually work for human beings. She also speaks on the relationship between body positivity, body image, physical health, and mental health. 

This is a very insightful episode you certainly won’t want to skip over!

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Key Highlights

• Michelle sheds light on the role of “new-ancient” health and wellness modalities and the rising anti-diet culture movement. “Overtime, as we’ve seen, chronic illness rates in America have consistently gone up, regardless of the fact that we’re putting more and more [modern Western medicine] interventions into place,” she says.

• How do you separate yourself from the noise of diet culture and find information that serves you and your needs? Michelle emphasizes the power of intuition and intuitive eating in developing your ideal diet, lifestyle, and wellness practices.

• Ask yourself questions, especially when making changes to your diet or lifestyle. 

• “The way that I describe the body positivity movement is that it is an extreme knee jerk reaction to a tremendous amount of very real trauma after a really long time,” Michelle says. She then details the principles of compassion and coddling she uses with her clients to make health changes as well as with her opinions on HAES (Health at Every Size).

• Michelle shares her unique opinion on the individualization of fasting, highlighting the types of people that would benefit or would not benefit from fasting. Is fasting right for you? Tune in to learn more!

Powerful Quotes by Michelle Shapiro

There’s no one in the world that knows our bodies better than we do.

The human body cannot be fixed. It’s all about achieving balance without force.

Functional nutritionists view things from a root cause perspective. So, if a client comes to me with anxiety or gut issues, I’m not looking to manage those issues, I’m looking to help them reverse at the root of those conditions.

We can’t accept chronic illness that’s preventable… if it’s preventable it’s unacceptable.

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Ivana De Maria is a producer, actress, activist, and tech entrepreneur. She is the founder of Storyplace, an empathy-driven digital platform where you can write and read stories from people all around the world.

Tying all of Ivana’s varied passions is the same mission: to promote empathy through the most basic and powerful form of education, storytelling.

Listen in as Ivana breaks down the magic of stories in their power to learn more about not just other human beings, but ourselves as well. It was thanks to her strong belief in the ability of storytelling to unite people of disparate background and beliefs that she was inspired to create the Storyplace platform.

In the latter half of our conversation, Ivana reflects on her experience with psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy, as well as her very first Ayahuasca ceremony, and how these sessions caused her to wake up to a truer version of herself for the first time in her life.

Asked what story she is currently writing now that she is in her third decade of life, Ivana tells Chase:

“I feel like I was just born again. I realized I had never, in 30 years, asked myself, ‘What do I want?’”

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Key Highlights

• If you open yourself up to hearing the stories of everyone around you, you level up your own life. It all starts by slowing down and truly listening to the other person. Going further embrace empathy by consciously separating listening from agreeing.

• Ivana shares what inspired her to establish her unique platform built to bring people’s stories together.

• Addressing the all-too-common reply of, “I don’t have a story,” Ivana explains that, instead of saying to someone, “Tell me your story,” it’s so much more powerful to say, “Tell me a story about…”

• Ivana talks about how her psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy experiences made her feel like she had “woken up from a 29-year-nap”.

Powerful Quotes

You learn about life through other people’s experiences. Once you realize that, how can you not become addicted to hearing everyone’s stories and trying to learn from every single person around you?

The best way to learn a language is to learn how to live in that language.

We all have stories. We’re all made up of a million-and-one stories. Every day, every second, is a story.

We tell ourselves stories to justify the lives we live.

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Every veteran and first responder deserves healing, peace, and a thriving life. Unfortunately, too many veterans are struggling with mental illnesses like PTSD and struggle to live the lives they want and get the help they deserve. But there are silver linings!

Meet Kelsi Sheren, a veteran, author, mother, wellness and mental health advocate, CEO & Founder of Brass & Unity, and Host of The Brass & Unity Podcast. Kelsi is an incredible force in the veteran community as she has dedicated her post-military life to helping her fellow soldiers get a second chance at life.

In this discussion, Chase speaks with Kelsi about her efforts in raising mental health awareness for veteran communities. The pair talk about everything from psychedelic therapy and accountability to holistic tactics for healing yourself and others.

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Key Highlights

• Is there a safe way for people to do ketamine-assisted psychotherapy at home? As an enthusiastic user of and advocate for psychedelics and cannabis, Kelsi shares her honest answer to this question, emphasizing the importance of having a guide in the right set and setting.

• As veterans, how do we push past the fear of getting mental health support and treatment? Kelsi and Chase talk about how veterans can become more aware of their mental health and how they can cultivate a sense of safety in their lives.

• Integration and accountability are the keys to improving and sustaining your mental health. No one is going to come and save you or do your healing for you. “We have to take responsibility for our own healing,” Kelsi says, “When it comes to starting the process, go up the chain if you have to, go to a civilian if necessary… there are so many resources now in the veteran community that you can call and reach out to that are not within the system that can really, truly help advise you.”

• Kelsi sheds light on the powerful benefits received from veteran healing/mental health programs like Heroic Hearts Project, Defenders of Freedom, and VETS, which she herself has utilized to heal.

Powerful Quotes by Kelsi Sheren

The VA is not going to solve this problem for us… we have to solve it from within the community.

There is a time for pharmaceutical intervention, but it’s not every time, but it’s being used every time.

Get uncomfortable. When you learn to be comfortable in the uncomfortable, you are going to thrive in ways that you did not know were possible.

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• VETSolutions

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• If you’re struggling, reach out to Kelsi at info@brassandunity.com

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What is health hacking? Can you really hack your way to better nutrition, fitness, and mental health? Let’s dive in and find out!

Sean McDevitt, the Co-Founder of DLDNation nutrition and fitness coaching, is back on Ever Forward Radio to talk about his incredible new book, Hack Your Health.

In this discussion, Chase and Sean explore the worlds of health hacking and psychedelic medicine, shedding light on the practices and mindsets that can help you improve all aspects of your health. Sean shares all the hacks you can use to make gains in your health, fitness, mindset, and nutrition starting right now. 

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Key Highlights

• Sean shares the story behind his book, Hack Your Health, highlighting the pandemic’s effect on his coaching business, DLDNation.

• The word “hack” often makes us believe that we need to adjust because we’re doing something wrong or shameful… but this isn’t true! Hacks are in place to help us make small adjustments that lead to big gains.

• When trying to hack your health, Sean emphasizes the power of the pause. Essentially, create a stillness practice in your life through meditation, breathwork, journaling, time for rest, etc. 

• A huge part of hacking time is planning ahead.

• Sean talks about how he uses a “Journal of Truth” to better manage life’s challenges and break through the mental blocks he experiences throughout the week.

• He breaks down the historical origin of the placebo effect and how he uses the placebo effect to shift into different mindsets and perspectives.

• Integration is the key to receiving benefits from psychedelics, self-help books, coaching, etc. If you’re not consistently integrating what you’ve learned into your daily life, how do you expect to gain anything or achieve the outcome you’re looking for?

Powerful Quotes by Sean McDevitt

If we look at our lives critically… and it does take practice, this isn’t gonna happen overnight, but we can start to sort of pause the emotion and allow ourselves the move forward.

When I shift into a different perspective that serves me, even if it’s BS and I’m just telling myself a story, based on what I know about the facts of the placebo effect that’s been scientifically studied, I am 100% buying into that because I’m just going to placebo effect myself. 

Recommended Resources:

• Watch Fantastic Fungi

• Watch How to Change Your Mind

• How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan

• Listen to EFR #491: How to Make a Career Pivot to Pursue Your True Passion with Sean and Dala McDevitt

• Listen to EFR #618: Higher Self Behaviors, Living on Brand, and the Vivid Spectrum of Psychedelic Healing with Emily Duncan 

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David de las Morenas is Boston-based personal trainer, certified strength coach, bestselling author, and the personality behind the widely popular How to Beast YouTube channel, which now boasts over 1.1 million subscribers. David’s content is focused primarily around fitness and dating advice.

Today’s conversation centers on David’s success as an internet personality and business owner, as well as his advice to those who are looking to create content and start their own online brand in our influencer-saturated world.

A fan of Marcus Aurelius, he stays true to the philosophy of stoicism in both his personal and professional life. In fact, David attributes much of his success to his determination to stay grounded, collected, and introspective as challenges and opportunities continue to come his way.

Finally, David shares his thoughts on the dating world and how things have changed for himself since getting engaged. He also talks about what he has done to keep his relationship with himself healthy now that he is committed to sharing life with his partner.

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Key Highlights

• David reflects on what Marcus Aurelius and the stoic philosophy in general means to him and how he applies it in his day-to-day life.

• David shares how his biggest insecurity growing up caused him to struggle in the dating world.

• Once you have a romantic partner, how do you keep your relationship with yourself healthy and flourishing at the same time?

• David talks about how it feels to be a modern-day influencer and creative entrepreneur.

• In today’s social media and content-saturated world, Chase and David agree that it’s best for any creative to lean into the things that they are most passionate about.

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Louisa Nicola is a neurophysiologist, brain coach to elite athletes, and Founder of Neuro Athletics, a full-service neuroscience diagnostic testing company. 

Back in episode #436, Louisa Nicola gave us an introduction to the brain and nervous system, setting the foundation for us to understand how neuroscience can help us get more out of life. This week, Louisa is back to dive deeper into the science behind brain performance. 

In this discussion, Chase and Louisa talk about the three domains of peak brain performance: nutrition, physical exercise, and neurophysiology. Louisa breaks down how to utilize nutrients, exercise, and sleep, so you can better optimize your brain health. The pair also talk about keeping the blood-brain barrier strong, the benefits of using exogenous ketones, and why you need to be more mindful of maintaining your dopamine levels. 

Plus… Can our brain cells regenerate or are the connections just getting stronger? Stick around until the end to hear Louisa’s shocking answer!

Follow Louisa Nicola @louisanicola_

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Key Highlights

• Sleep: “Sleep is probably the most underrated high performance tool we have,” Louisa says. If you’re an athlete who doesn’t get enough quality sleep, it affects almost every aspect of your performance and increases risk for injury. Louisa goes on to describe the impacts of sleep on brain health, brain disorders, and brain aging.

• Nutrition: “When it comes to the brain, there are certain things that the brain favors, especially as it relates to nutrition and supplementation,” Louisa says. Listen in to learn how stress, inflammation, and supplementation of key nutrients, like EPA and DHA, can play a role in longevity and cognitive performance. Plus, Louisa explains the benefits of going on a high fat diet immediately after a traumatic brain injury (TBI) or concussion).

• Hydration is a key indicator of brain functioning. If we are 2% dehydrated, we can have a decrease in our cognitive performance by 30%.

• Exercise: “You can grow the gray matter of your brain by physical activity alone,” Louisa says. She then recaps various research studies that show the relationship between exercise, particularly resistance training, and cognitive performance as well as how exercise can prevent Alzheimer’s disease.

• Your brain loves quality time with other humans, loving relationships, social interactions, and of course, self-love. 

• How will you know these practices are actually improving your brain health? Tune in to find out!

Powerful Quotes by Louisa Nicola

When you search any PubNet article and you really dig deep into the literature, nothing really seems to align until you have sleep down first.

Suppression of inflammation may be the very key to longevity and cognitive performance.

We need to be feeding our brain what it functions on. 

Recommended Resources:

• Listen to EFR #436: Neuroscience That Will Help You Perform Better, Think Faster, and Live Longer with Louisa Nicola

• Listen to EFR #612: Dr. Gabrielle Lyon on Plant Protein Versus Animal Protein and How to Prevent Disease and Promote Longevity Using Muscle Centric Medicine

• Listen to The Neuro Experience episode with Layne Norton, PhD

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