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For transgender activist Precious Brady-Davis, her turning point came when she realized that she had to love herself firstbefore she would be able to open her heart and attract those who could truly love her. “People can’t give you what you don’t have.”, she says.

Having grown up in the Pentecostal faith, she recalls her seemingly endless struggle with being othered by her own religious circle for being a biracial, gender-nonconforming kid. But the same “neglect, instability, and abandonment” that she experienced daily as a child only fueled her determination to find acceptance—even if it meant stepping away from her faith community.

Her journey led her to become what she is today: “A trans woman fully actualized, absolutely confident, and precious.” She lives with her husband Myles—who is transmasculine—and infant daughter Zayn.

In July 2021, Precious released her memoir, I Have Always Been Me, in which she looks back on 35 years that began with immense trauma, and how she was able to turn it all around.

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Key Highlights

• Precious looks back on her struggle to embrace her identity while being othered by her own faith community.

• How does Precious define and express love as a member of the LGBTQ community who still believes in God?

• What can someone do today to gain greater awareness of and appreciation for diversity (i.e. race, sexual, orientation, etc.)?

• Precious gives two pieces of advice on embracing your authentic self, no matter how your identity is perceived by society.

• How do you stop feeling shame for who you are?

Powerful Quotes by Precious Brady-Davis

Once I came into alignment that I could be a person in the LGBTQ community and that I could still be spiritual, that opened up so many doors for my mental health and for my physical being.

Shine in the places that you can. Be yourself. You will find a place where they will love and accept you. Get involved in a community that is affirmational.

Shame is that thing that you have to talk to and say, “Fall off.” Shame is that self-talk of, “I am not that.” [...] Fighting shame is a muscle that you have to build over time.

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Have you ever tried to win over someone's approval by building your life or career around their definition of success? Do you struggle with a sense of personal fulfillment when examining your professional career or intimate relationships? What if you were able to work towards both simultaneously?

These questions and more are answered in today's episode and help you come to the realization that you are exactly where you are supposed to be! Welcome to your August relationship health episode where Chase and his wife May share some recent major life updates in both their relationship and May's career.

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In this solo episode, Chase breaks down the exact protocol and the results he experienced after one whole month of using psilocybin.

Chase’s first experience with psychedelics began in the Fall of 2020. But medicinal mushrooms have been a vital part of his nutritional routine for half a decade prior dipping into the hallucinogenic variety.

This is thanks in large part to Shawn Stevenson of The Model Health Show who promoted the scientifically proven wonders of lion’s mane, reishi, and cordyceps, among other varieties of functional mushrooms.

Listen in as Chase dives deep into his two-day-on, one-day-off microdosing schedule, the exact ingredients each dose consisted of, and the impact of this protocol to his physiological and mental faculties.

He describes the transformational effects of the experience and explains how he tracked the physiological changes that took place over time, which included a staggering 40% increase in HRV!

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Key Highlights

• Chase talks all things mushrooms, including the amazing benefits of his favorite functional varieties.

• Chase explains the exact protocol he followed in taking 20 capsules of psilocybin across one month.

• From massively improved biomarkers to a greater sense of connection between mind and body, Chase shares the many mental and physiological changes he experienced over the past month—and continues to experience even after his psilocybin protocol ended.

Powerful Quotes by Chase

When it comes to particularly reishi, lion’s mane, and cordyceps—three functional mushrooms that I take daily—[the effects] are so noticeable right away and they do exactly what it’s said they’ll do.

Never in 35 years of being alive have I felt more in-tune and more present in mind and body than I have on this psilocybin protocol. [...] And the best part was, it didn’t go away.

Your body is very capable of adapting to its environment and performing at its best. Psilocybin has, hands down, for me, been the greatest training aid, the greatest life hack, the greatest supplement, the greatest routine I have done to contribute to increasing my body’s ability and capability to adapt to its environment and perform at its best.

Physiological Correlates of HRV  

Autonomic Influences of Heart Rate 

Although cardiac automaticity is intrinsic to various pacemaker tissues, heart rate and rhythm are largely under the control of the autonomic nervous system.59 The parasympathetic influence on heart rate is mediated via release of acetylcholine by the vagus nerve. Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors respond to this release mostly by an increase in cell membrane K+ conductance.606162 Acetylcholine also inhibits the hyperpolarization-activated “pacemaker” current If.6364 The “Ik decay” hypothesis65 proposes that pacemaker depolarization results from slow deactivation of the delayed rectifier current, Ik, which, due to a time-independent background inward current, causes diastolic depolarization.6566 Conversely, the “If activation” hypothesis67 suggests that after action potential termination, If provides a slowly activating inward current predominating over decaying Ik, thus initiating slow diastolic depolarization. 

The sympathetic influence on heart rate is mediated by release of epinephrine and norepinephrine. Activation of β-adrenergic receptors results in cAMP-mediated phosphorylation of membrane proteins and increases in ICaL68 and in If.6970 The end result is an acceleration of the slow diastolic depolarization. 

Under resting conditions, vagal tone prevails71 and variations in heart period are largely dependent on vagal modulation.72 The vagal and sympathetic activity constantly interact. Because the sinus node is rich in acetylcholinesterase, the effect of any vagal impulse is brief because the acetylcholine is rapidly hydrolyzed. Parasympathetic influences exceed sympathetic effects probably through two independent mechanisms: (1) a cholinergically induced reduction of norepinephrine released in response to sympathetic activity and (2) a cholinergic attenuation of the response to a adrenergic stimulus.

Components of HRV 

The RR interval variations present during resting conditions represent a fine tuning of the beat-to-beat control mechanisms.7374 Vagal afferent stimulation leads to reflex excitation of vagal efferent activity and inhibition of sympathetic efferent activity.75 The opposite reflex effects are mediated by the stimulation of sympathetic afferent activity.76 Efferent vagal activity also appears to be under “tonic” restraint by cardiac afferent sympathetic activity.77 Efferent sympathetic and vagal activities directed to the sinus node are characterized by discharge largely synchronous with each cardiac cycle that can be modulated by central (vasomotor and respiratory centers) and peripheral (oscillation in arterial pressure and respiratory movements) oscillators.24 These oscillators generate rhythmic fluctuations in efferent neural discharge that manifest as short- and long-term oscillation in the heart period. Analysis of these rhythms may permit inferences on the state and function of (a) the central oscillators, (b) the sympathetic and vagal efferent activity, (c) humoral factors, and (d) the sinus node. 

An understanding of the modulatory effects of neural mechanisms on the sinus node has been enhanced by spectral analysis of HRV. The efferent vagal activity is a major contributor to the HF component, as seen in clinical and experimental observations of autonomic maneuvers such as electrical vagal stimulation, muscarinic receptor blockade, and vagotomy.131424 More controversial is the interpretation of the LF component, which is considered by some24787980 as a marker of sympathetic modulation (especially when expressed in normalized units) and by others1381 as a parameter that includes both sympathetic and vagal influences. This discrepancy is due to the fact that in some conditions associated with sympathetic excitation, a decrease in the absolute power of the LF component is observed. It is important to recall that during sympathetic activation the resulting tachycardia is usually accompanied by a marked reduction in total power, whereas the reverse occurs during vagal activation. When the spectral components are expressed in absolute units (milliseconds squared), the changes in total power influence LF and HF in the same direction and prevent the appreciation of the fractional distribution of the energy. This explains why in supine subjects under controlled respiration, atropine reduces both LF and HF14 and why during exercise LF is markedly reduced.24 This concept is exemplified in Fig 3, showing the spectral analysis of HRV in a normal subject during control supine conditions and 90° head-up tilt. Because of the reduction in total power, LF appears as unchanged if considered in absolute units. However, after normalization an increase in LF becomes evident. Similar results apply to the LF/HF ratio.82

Spectral analysis of 24-hour recordings2425 shows that in normal subjects, LF and HF expressed in normalized units exhibit a circadian pattern and reciprocal fluctuations, with higher values of LF in the daytime and of HF at night. These patterns become undetectable when a single spectrum of the entire 24-hour period is used or when spectra of subsequent shorter segments are averaged. In long-term recordings, the HF and LF components account for only approximately 5% of total power. Although the ULF and VLF components account for the remaining 95% of total power, their physiological correlates are still unknown. 

LF and HF can increase under different conditions. An increased LF (expressed in normalized units) is observed during 90° tilt, standing, mental stress, and moderate exercise in healthy subjects, and during moderate hypotension, physical activity, and occlusion of a coronary artery or common carotid arteries in conscious dogs.2479 Conversely, an increase in HF is induced by controlled respiration, cold stimulation of the face, and rotational stimuli.2478

Summary and Recommendations for Interpretation of HRV Components 

Vagal activity is the major contributor to the HF component.

Disagreement exists in respect to the LF component. Some studies suggest that LF, when expressed in normalized units, is a quantitative marker of sympathetic modulations; other studies view LF as reflecting both sympathetic activity and vagal activity. Consequently, the LF/HF ratio is considered by some investigators to mirror sympathovagal balance or to reflect the sympathetic modulations.

Physiological interpretation of lower-frequency components of HRV (that is, of the VLF and ULF components) warrants further elucidation.

It is important to note that HRV measures fluctuations inautonomic inputs to the heart rather than the mean level of autonomic inputs. Thus, both autonomic withdrawal andsaturatingly high level of sympathetic input lead to diminished HRV.28

Potential Therapeutic Effects of Psilocybin

The current state of modern research suggests considerable therapeutic promise for psilocybin. This research is most advanced regarding the treatment of cancer-related psychiatric distress, with three randomized, placebo-controlled trials showing promising results for psilocybin [38–40]. Two of these trials involved a moderate number of participants and administered relatively large doses of psilocybin [39, 40]. These two studies, in particular, provide strong evidence showing substantial decreases in depressive and anxious symptoms that appear to persist for at least 6 months after a single active treatment. Such results are unprecedented in psychiatry. The single open-label study of treatment-resistant depression outside the context of cancer provides initial preliminary evidence that persisting antidepressant effects of psilocybin might not be limited to those with cancer [42]. If future trials with larger numbers of participants continue to show such persisting therapeutic effects and a favorable adverse effect profile, psilocybin may garner regulatory approval for use as a medicine in the USA and other nations. If approval is obtained, regulations governing clinical use should closely mirror the screening, preparation, monitoring, and follow-up procedures used in research studies to maximize efficacy and minimize medical and behavioral risks.

Psilocybin in the treatment of addiction is currently at an earlier stage of research, with two recent open-label, pilot studies, one for tobacco smoking cessation and one treating alcohol dependence, suggesting potential safety and efficacy. Both of these lines of addiction research are being followed up with larger, randomized studies. If these trials continue to show safety and efficacy, a similar medications development pathway as described for cancer-related psychiatric distress could be anticipated. Although clinical approval for either cancer-related psychiatric distress treatment or addiction treatment do not depend on identification of mechanisms of action, it seems very likely that advancing knowledge of both biological and psychological mechanisms underlying efficacy would lead to advances that improve treatment outcomes.

Episode resources:

• Everything You Need to Know About Heart Rate Variability - The Ultimate Guide to HRV (WHOOP)

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• Heart Rate Variability - Standards of Measurement, Physiological Interpretation, and Clinical Use (American Heart Association)

• Potential Therapeutic Effects of Psilocybin (Neurotherapeutics Journal)

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Cal Callahan is the host of The Great Unlearn podcast, on which he dives into unlearning and questioning what the world taught us, and—in the process—how to be the truest version of yourself, minus the bullshit.

Chase and Cal kick things off with a discussion on parenting, with Cal disavowing the oft-quoted saying, “There’s no such thing as a bad kid; just a bad parent.” There was a time he believed it, but not anymore.

He now insists that parenting is about showing up for your kids while allowing them to experience the fullness of life. It’s about setting appropriate boundaries but never beating yourself up when your children stray on occasion. 

“I’m not doing this because I want to be a cool dad,” says Cal. “I’m doing it because I want this kid to have his own experience. And I want to show him that I trust him and I trust his judgement.” 

And just as Cal had to unlearn everything he thought he knew about raising kids, so too did he have to forgo many of his beliefs about how to live his own life.

Listen in as Cal dares us to question our belief system, to figure out whether our beliefs are really ours or someone else’s, or to simply discover whether or not we’ve been BSing ourselves all our lives. He invites us on a journey back into our body, where we’re able to put our trust in our hearts over our minds.

Finally, he challenges us to continue loving our wounded selves even as we unlearn our old paradigms and step into a new phase of knowing.

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Key Highlights

• Cal reflects on how he was forced to reevaluate his “picture-perfect” existence when he found himself fearing for his life during the 2017 Las Vegas shooting.

• Most people never experience a radical come-to-Jesus moment as Cal did in 2017. How can the average person find their own unique path to healing and making big changes in their life?

• How can you continue to love the past version of yourself and glean valuable lessons from that “previous” life as you step into a new phase of knowing.

Powerful Quotes by Cal Callahan

If I can give myself grace, I can now give you grace because now I know what it feels like. I can’t give you grace if I can’t give it to myself because I don’t know what it is.

If we can just pull away from belief systems and get into our knowing

… The gut and the heart is always right for you, but it’s been conditioned out of us. Our society is so heady, but the real trick is to get down into that heart.

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Jeffrey Shaw is a small business consultant, sought-after speaker, and author of Lingo and The Self-Employed Life. 

From selling eggs door-to-door at fourteen to gaining a reputation as one of the most preeminent portrait photographers in the United States, Jeffrey has lived a varied and colorful life with only one thing in common: He’s never, ever worked for a boss other than himself! 

Listen in as Jeffrey explains why discovering “the intersection of meaning and marketability” is key to finding success as a self-employed professional. He breaks down the three-element “self-employed ecosystem” that he writes about in The Self-employed Life; namely, personal development, business strategies, and daily habits that create consistent mindsets. 

As every crisis deepens our humanity, Jeffrey believes there is a call for businesses to be more compassionate, empathetic, and inclusive, now more than ever. He shares how he sees companies redesigning the workforce to accommodate the value-shifts of the last year-and-a-half.

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Key Highlights

• What is the very first thing you need to know once you’ve decided to step into the self-employed life?

• Since the beginning of the pandemic, which aspects of one’s personal development have become more crucial than ever to focus on?

• What does the future of the workplace look like, not just physically, but from a cultural level as well?

• There’s never been a better time in history to be a creative. Jeffrey shares how the self-employed creative can thrive in today’s market.

• Jeffrey talks about the concept of “hug marketing” and what makes it so much more powerful than simply moving prospects through a sales funnel.

Powerful Quotes by Jeffrey Shaw

What drives you crazy? There’s a really good chance that what drives you crazy in life is what you would love to do to solve that problem.

Work-life balance is a fallacy. Your life is in balance if you’re empowered with the choice.

I truly believe you get the best of people if you give them autonomy.

Without a doubt, the biggest shift in business I’ve seen in 37 years is that people no longer hire you because you’re the best at what you do—they hire you because they feel like you get them.

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In 2012, Ken Cook, President of Environmental Working Group (EMG) presented a 22-minute talk called “10 Americans”. In it, he shares EMG’s research on ten individuals across the country to determine how dependent a person’s toxic load was on where they lived.

What they found was that these ten Americans had over 200 cancer-causing chemicals in them that could potentially lead to infertility, thyroid problems, and autoimmune conditions.

Other than the toxins themselves, there was only one commonality shared by every individual in this study:

All ten of these Americans were still in the womb.

A decade later, we’re being barraged by more harmful chemicals in our everyday lives than ever before. What can we do to start lowering our “toxic bucket” today?

Dr. Mindy Pelz is a holistic health and fasting expert. Her tips on fasting and alternative health can be found on her YouTube channel as well as the podcast she founded and hosts, The Resetter Podcast. Dr. Pelz is the author of three bestselling books The Menopause Reset, The Reset Factor, and The Reset Factor Kitchen.

Dr. Pelz is also the founder of Family Life Wellness (formerly Family Life Chiropractic), a biohacking center in the Bay Area focused on speeding up the healing process and maximizing performance.

Listen in as Dr. Pelz shares how to lower your toxic bucket in the modern world, how fasting can nip chronic disease in the bud, why experiencing symptoms such as fever or mucus buildup is actually your body’s innate healing mechanism in action, and why addressing immunocompromisation is far more important to ending the pandemic than vaccines and lockdowns.

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Key Highlights

• Toxins are seeping into our environment and into our bodies, contributing to rising infertility. What exactly are the reasons for this alarming rise in infertility?

• What is our “toxic bucket” and how do we keep it low as we live our day-to-day lives?

• Dr. Pelz explains how fasting can overcome the toxins that barrage us daily and contribute to weight loss, mental energy, clarity, and sleep.

• Dr. Pelz speaks on the body’s innate ability to heal itself.

• What are the three primary factors that lead to immunocompromisation and how can addressing these factors bring the pandemic to an end?

Powerful Quotes by Dr. Mindy Pelz

We are actually living in the most toxic time in human history. [...] What the FDA has done is allow ingredients to go into our food that are considered “safe” but haven’t been proven guilty. They can be carcinogenic; they can cause hormonal disruption.

You came preprogrammed with a healing mechanism inside every cell within you. The problem is, you are never taught that. You’re taught, from the moment you come out, that if you have a symptom, you need to put something from the outside-in to fix that symptom. But symptoms are your body’s way of healing.

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What makes collagen such a unique protein and why should you care?

For starters, collagen is the most abundant protein in your body, making up about a third of your body’s protein composition.

It’s known as the “glue” that holds everything together, and once you hit 25, your body’s ability to create collagen begins to weaken; hence the “aches and pains” of old age. But it doesn’t have to be this way.

Today’s guest, Charlie Bailes, says that he is in better shape at 34 than he was at 24, mainly thanks to incorporating more collagen into his diet.

But what really opened his eyes to the power of collagen was its healing effect on his daughter Vivian, who at 1-and-a-half years old, routinely became sick. After introducing collagen into her diet (alongside other healthy lifestyle choices such as cutting out gluten, vegetable oils, and sugar), Vivian, who was told by multiple pulmonologists that she would be on an inhaler for the rest of her life, now only uses her inhaler about two times a year.

Collagen had changed the lives of Charlie and his family, and he wanted to pay it forward. In 2018, Charlie started CB Supplements, founded on the three pillars of premium product, education, and customer appreciation.

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Key Highlights

• In what ways has collagen helped Charlie feel and perform better at 34 years old compared to 24?

• What makes collagen unique when it comes to our gut health?

• Charlie explains what to look for in a great collagen supplement.

• What is the difference between topical and ingested collagen products and why is the latter more effective for your long-term health?

• Collagen is not the silver bullet. Charlie shares some of the other factors to consider for maximum health and wellness.

Powerful Quotes by Charlie Bailes

Our bodies are really good at creating collagen until we get to about 25 or 30 years old and then we call that “aging”. We just decrease by 1% every year. But it doesn’t really have to be that way. If you make collagen a part of your diet and a part of your daily life, you can thrive well into what we now call “old age”.

I’d rather you go buy better food and invest in bone broth and buy certain organ meats before you go buy a supplement, because a supplement is just that: it’s supposed to supplement your diet. But you can get everything you need from food.

My message to every entrepreneur out there is: If you have an idea, it’s going to die with you unless you do something about it.

I’m the guy who created CB Supplements, and I will tell you: Collagen is not the silver bullet. It is part of the pie of health. It is one of the eight pieces of health. As a company, we want to talk to you about the other seven pieces.

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“It all begins with creating a foundation of healthy habits which can lead to long-term wellness.”

Eric Champ is a Marine Corps veteran who currently owns and operates Champ City Holistic Fitness and a 14-by-7 mobile gym. He is living his passion, but it didn’t come overnight. In fact, there was a point in his life when Eric didn’t even know if he would live to see the day he turned 40 years old.

While in the Marine Corps, holistic health and wellness was the last thing on Eric’s list of priorities. He partied almost every night, loved his drink, and eventually ballooned up to over 250 pounds. He knew deep inside that something was horribly wrong with his lifestyle, but he never could never admit it just because he was too afraid to face himself.

But the day inevitably came when Eric had to come to terms with what was happening, when he had to engage in “that showdown with myself”. He made a fateful decision, while gazing at his deteriorating body in front of the mirror, that he would turn his life around. That decision, coupled with his wife Katie’s determination to keep him accountable, drove Eric to keep his eyes firmly rooted on his new path.

The next morning, Eric grabbed his shorts, headed to the YMCA down the road, and walked a mile on the treadmill. And so began a journey that would later inspire him to launch a fitness platform that would quickly grow into a thriving worldwide business.

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Key Highlights

• Where did the idea for Champ City and the mobile “Fit To Me” concept come from?

• When did the former Marine realize that it wasn’t too late for him to change, even as he was approaching his late-30s?

• Eric walks us through some of the destructive habits he fell into while in the military without realizing the damage he was doing to his body in the long run.

• Eric explains the simple movements he always falls back on to stay in shape and why more doesn’t mean better.

• Eric shares some of the toughest mistakes he had to forgive himself for.

Powerful Quotes by Eric Champ

Addition, not restriction.

Change is hard. Have those honest conversations with yourself, because only you know. You could fake it; but, you’re going to continue to be in despair because you know you’re faking it.

The power of a total transformation, internally and externally, has no equal.

If you want to change your lifestyle, you’re not going to have success in a week, in a month, in a year. Don’t go out sprinting. It’s tiny, incremental changes over time that will lead to a meaningful impact.

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The cost of pet healthcare has been rising in recent years and there seems to be no end in sight. What’s more, the best technology and the best care have mostly been available only to those who can afford them.

Marc Atiyeh is the Founder and CEO of Pawp, “the digital clinic for pets” that gives dog and cat owners unlimited 24/7 access to licensed vets and a $3,000-a-year pet emergency fund.

Pawp’s mission is to make pet healthcare much more affordable and accessible to the vast majority of Americans. By extension, the company’s mission translates into the financial wellbeing of the human beings who serve as pet parents.

“Let Pawp be the first line of defense,” says Marc. “Let’s put in the hands of most Americans some of the best and most advanced pet care experts in the country.”

Listen in as Marc describes the spark that led to the founding of Pawp and how he hopes the business can serve as a model that will lead to much-needed structural changes in the pet healthcare industry.

He also talks all things pet health and how your dog or cat’s wellbeing has a direct influence on your own wellbeing.

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Key Highlights

• What is it about our pets that directly contributes to our own wellbeing?

• How exactly is Pawp making pet health more affordable and accessible?

• Beyond its immediate goal of granting access to quality healthcare for a fraction of the cost, how is Pawp helping families to improve their mental and financial health?

• What is Pawp doing to spread the value of having a pet to Americans of all cultural backgrounds?

• Marc gives his thoughts on why disrupting or revolutionizing the pet healthcare industry doesn’t have to be a zero-sum game. In fact, he explains why he hopes that Pawp will cause all ships to rise.

Powerful Quotes by Marc Atiyeh

We didn’t invent telemedicine. I don’t even think we invented televet. But we made pet care affordable and accessible by giving 24/7 access to licensed pet care experts. We also understand that most Americans don’t have $2000 readily available if their dog or their cat were to go through an emergency—this is where I think Pawp shines.

There is no such thing as a bad dog breed; but, there is such thing as a bad pet parent.

A lot of people struggle with personal finances. Having a pet should not add to it. People get pets for a reason, but it’s never to add more stress. We don’t need more stress in our lives.

My mom always told me: “Be careful of people who don’t like animals.”

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The fitness world was dramatically shaken up during the past year-and-a-half—and with it our own goals. With gyms and other fitness establishments finally opening up, how do we get back on track and move forward in an industry that has transformed in so many ways?

Krysta is a certified personal trainer and nutrition coach who is the founder of The Fitness FYX brand and the FYX Studio platform. She is the host of THE FYX podcast, a show which covers “all things fitness, nutrition, love, loss, personal and professional relationships, entrepreneurship, being a damn millennial, and embracing that stereotype.”

Listen in as Krysta gives us her thoughts on getting unstuck and taking proactive steps toward your health and fitness goals in the new normal.

She explains the double-edged sword that is the ease of becoming certified as a coach nowadays. She says that this means personal accountability has become one of the biggest keys to breaking through the noise as a trainer—especially boutique ones like herself. Krysta says that trainers now have the responsibility to perform a self-audit to ensure continuous improvement in their specialties.

For both trainers and trainees, she reminds us that more training doesn’t necessarily equal better training and to not become distracted by the increasing complexity and the bells and whistles of the modern fitness industry.

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Key Highlights

• Krysta breaks down the difference between results-oriented training and training for general health purposes.

• Are you just moving, or are you there to get results? Krysta touches on how much of the responsibility in setting performance expectations lies with the trainee and how much lies with the trainer.

• How effective is community-centered training compared to individual sessions with regard to hitting your personal health and fitness goals?

• What can someone ask their trainer to get an answer that’s going to put them on the path to getting real results instead of just going through the motions?

• Krysta explains why too much variety in your workouts can be a limiting factor in seeing results.

Powerful Quotes by Krysta Huber

The client should do the research on what they’re signing up for; but, at the same time, I don’t know that we’ve done a good enough job at educating to be able to teach somebody how to discern, “Is this the right workout for me?”

It’s not “should’ve”, “would’ve”, or “could’ve”. It’s, what can you literally do right in this moment, today?

Be okay with the fact that change is the one thing that is always guaranteed and that you’ve just got to roll with it even if it doesn’t go exactly how you want it to.

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One of the great attributes of masculine energy is that it pushes us forward—it drives us to advance in a positive direction. But without self-esteem backing up that masculine energy, we may still be able to move forward, but in a negative direction.

In today’s episode, Angelo Sisco of Alpha Hippie talks all things manhood and the oftentimes elusive road to unlocking the professional man within you.

So many of us are obsessed with blazing a trail that, when we look back, we realize we’ve forgotten our heart. On the other hand, there are those of us who live in our hearts and their thoughts without ever taking action.

Listen in as Angelo explains why the first step to embracing your masculinity is actually in nurturing your feminine energy (or what he calls “grace”). He tells us that the lack of understanding and, by extension, the inadequate integration of one’s masculine and feminine energies is the cause for many of the issues we face in the world today.

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Key Highlights

• Self-esteem is the key to manhood and attaining it opens the gate to every other aspect of self-improvement. Angelo shares how to develop your own self-esteem.

• Angelo explains why self-esteem begins with nurturing your feminine energy, or “grace”, and how your mother’s grace greatly differs, but is no less important than that of your significant other.

• Masculine energy is the embodiment of action, inspired by self-esteem, anchored by integrity. Angelo walks through the steps to becoming a

  professional man.

• What are some tangible things you can do to live proactively instead of reactively, and how will the dynamics of all of your relationships change as a result?

• Angelo speaks on why he believes the world would be better off without toxic femininity than toxic masculinity.

Powerful Quotes by Angelo Sisco

Self-esteem is the reputation you keep for yourself. It’s how you hold yourself and believe who you are in this world. [...] When you lack self-esteem, the world beats you up, because the world is your projection.

The ultimate expression of masculine energy is that we take action.

I’m not in charge of your experience. This is my experience. Take ownership of yours so you don’t have to knock down mine.

Respect is an integration of three things: love, admiration, and just a little fear.

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“You can transition from just being aware of your chaotic and toxic thoughts to being empowered to catch these thoughts in their early stages, manage them. From there, you can improve your overall peace and wellbeing.”

Dr. Caroline Leaf is a communication pathologist and cognitive neuroscientist who for almost 40 years has been doing research into the mind-brain connection, the nature of mental health, and the formation of memory.

Dr. Leaf is the host of the podcast Cleaning Up Your Mental Mess and the author of the book Cleaning Up Your Mental Mess: 5 Simple, Scientifically Proven Steps to Reduce Anxiety, Stress, and Toxic Thinking (a recent selection for the Ever Forward Book Club!). We talk in-depth about the book in today’s conversation.

Her overall message? You are not your brain. Your mind, in fact, controls your neurophysiology. When you understand your mind, you can begin to drive change in your brain and in your body. It’s all under your control.

She says that, contrary to popular belief, emotional and even physiological symptoms that result from stress are not the result of an irreversibly “broken” brain. Rather, it’s a question of your paradigms or the narrative lens that you see the world through.

“Because our brain is neuroplastic and we make a million new cells every second, we have a lot of power to influence and change” the stories we tell ourselves.

Listen in and learn how you can become empowered to manage your “messy mind” so that you can then give the podium to the “wise mind”.

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Key Highlights

• Why do we have a tendency to glance over the things that we know, in the back of our mind, we need to work on?

• How does our mental wellbeing directly influence our physiological state and even our telomeres?

• Dr. Leaf shares how to build a foundation of physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing to help us weather the turbulence of life.

• How can you identify your own “mental mess” and take steps to start cleaning it up?

Powerful Quotes by Dr. Caroline Leaf

If we’re going to make a mess, it’s totally okay. It’s a repair process; it’s a growth process. The thing is not to stay in the mess. The thing is to own it, recognize it, repair it, and grow from it.

Even saying, “I can’t” is a decision. Let’s break that down. Maybe “I can’t do as much, but what can I do?” That kind of thinking starts the shift to empowerment.

Accept the hot mess because that’s the first step to tapping into the wise mind. Messy mind; wise mind.

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