Healthy Eating & Fitness For Kids, How Unschooling Works, Top Book Recommendations, Common Kitchen Mistakes & Much More: Ben Greenfield Puts His Sons In The Hot-Seat (The Official River & Terran Greenfield Interview).
Boundless Life
Breakfast Banter and the Hero's Journey
This chapter features a lighthearted discussion about breakfast favorites, including fresh-baked bread and humorous anecdotes over family dining experiences. The conversation transitions into exploring literary themes, particularly the hero's journey, and relates how this narrative framework applies to both storytelling and personal creativity. The speakers also share their insights on reading habits and the joy of graphic novels, emphasizing the importance of diverse texts in shaping their family's literary adventures.
River and Terran Greenfield are my twin 12 year old sons. They are unschooled, they are hyper-creative, they can survive in the wilderness with a knife, backpack and wool blanket, they know more kitchen and cooking tricks than most adults (and have an amazing cooking podcast), and they are generally crushing life.
So in this very special episode, I put my twin boys in the podcasting hot seat to discuss life, creativity, cooking and healthy eating for kids, fitness, and much more.
During our discussion, you'll discover: -Best breakfast to crush the day.. 4:40- Fresh-baked sourdough bread w/ jam and butter
- Eggs and bacon
- Smoothies made w/ Organifi
- Florida Cells French restaurant in N. Idaho
- Graphic novels (novel illustrated in comic book style)
- Wings of Fire
- Asterisk
- Graveyard by Neil Gaiman
- The Hero's Journey by
- The Writer's Journey by Christopher Vogler
- Graphic novels always contain a distinct style in the artwork
- The Lost Language of Plants (television destroyed dreaming)
- Almanac of Naval Ravikant
- Essay by Naval Ravikant Ben mentions on the 5 core skills needed for life
- Reading
- Writing (long form)
- Logic and/or computer programming
- Arithmetic
- Rhetoric/persuasion
- The Almanac of Charlie Munger
- Mathnasium program River and Terran use for their schooling
- Unschooling allows learning how the world works alongside the subjects being learned (math, logic, etc.)
- Advantages of AI and robots outweigh the negatives (skills becoming obsolete)
- Rhetoric game
- Tell 'em what you're gonna tell 'em; then tell 'em; then tell 'em what you told 'em
- Board/card games
- Quibbler
- Web of Spies
- Telestrations
- Boggle
- Scattergories
- Scrabble
- BGF podcast w/ James Altucher on game theory
- Feed rabbits, play a game, play piano, workout, shoot bow
- More scheduled or structured play/learning til 3-5 pm
- Is life school, or is school life?
- BGF podcast on unschooling
- Journal on daily activities
- St. Andrews College in Moscow, ID
- Liberal arts studies is a good way to get a well-rounded education
- Make up own workouts; workouts w/ dad give more motivation
- Animal Movements by Darrell Edwards
- Irwin Lecour movement fitness
- Sandbags, kettlebells
- Exercise is more than workouts, gyms; movement throughout the day
- Breathwork:
- 4 in, 8 out promotes parasympathetic nervous system
- SOMA breathwork course
- BGF article on the SOMA course
- Far better for stress control than pill popping
- BGF podcast w/ Niraj Naik, the Renegade Pharmacist
- Fish oil supplement
- Restore for gut health
- Glutathione supplement
- Limit screen time
- Breakfast: natural eggs and meat
- Lunch: Sandwiches w/ mom's sourdough bread
- Wild Planet fish
- Pickles, lettuce, arugula in the sandwiches
- Walnuts, raisins for snacks
- Sesame seed rice crackers
- Sparkling water
- Halo stevia drink
- Mocktails at restaurants
- Izzy for parties
- Chai tea and Italian sodas
- Coconut ice cream for dessert
- Mediterranean diet seems more agreeable than other diets
- Eating w/ people, long family dinners
- Making your own food helps you appreciate it more
- Easy to overeat from packages vs. food prepared yourself
- They both have an iPod Touch and is for business purposes (podcast)
- Computer used mostly for school
- Started 4+ years ago
- Began learning to cook at age of 3 (made mom eggs for Mothers Day)
- The Four Hour Chef by Tim Ferris
- Eggs are a great starting point for learning to cook
- Favorite recipes:
- Paleo doughnuts made w/ Magic Spoon cereal
- Terran: Soufflé
- River: Risotto
- Top baking tip from Terran: Don't overcook; don't rely on looks to determine if it's done
- Top risotto tip from River: Keep stirring, pay attention constantly
- Top tip from the chef: Don't add too many seasonings; keep it simple
- Clean up as you go
- Pay attention to recipes
- Do it a lot at home to appreciate the diversity in other locales
- Bow hunting is more natural and dependent on physicality than w/ a rifle
- First thing in the day: read Bible, journal, express gratitude
- Sing doxology every Sunday
- Spiritual Disciplines handbook by Adele Calhoun
- Abide app
- Self-examination at the end of each day allows you to reflect on how you did that day
- "To make the love and joy of God through writing and art"
- "To use my art to make people feel strong emotions"
- They enjoy seeing dad more
- Different reactions w/ kids vs. adults
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Do you have questions, thoughts or feedback for River Greenfield, Terran Greenfield or me? Leave your comments at bengreenfieldfitness.com/gogreenfields and one of us will reply!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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