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In this Friday's rebroadcast, I joined Evan H. Hirsch, MD on the EnergyMD Podcast to answer: What breathwork is and why it's such a powerful wellness tool. My own breathwork discovery journey plus why and how I created the BREATHE | Breath & Wellness Program. How box and circular breathing specifically help combat fatigue and help you gain more energy. Whether you should breathe through the mouth or the nose. Plus how we can determine and differentiate the hype from the actual science. Hope you enjoy! For more powerful conversations, visit https://joshtrent.com/podcast A special gift from Evan and myself: Use the code "EVAN" for 25% off of my BREATHE | Breath & Wellness Program at breathwork.io Are You Stressed Out Lately? Take a deep breath with the M21™ wellness guide: a simple yet powerful 21 minute morning system that melts stress and gives you more energy through 6 science-backed practices and breathwork. Click HERE to download for free. Is Your Energy Low? Get more superfoods to improve your energy, digestion, gut health plus also reduce inflammation and blood sugar. Click HERE to try Paleovalley's Apple Cider Vinegar Complex + Save 15% with the code 'JOSH' *Review The WF Podcast & WIN $150 in wellness prizes! *Join The Facebook Group

Wellness + Wisdom Podcast Host and Wellness Force Media CEO, Josh Trent, shares why CV!9 is the biggest crime of the century and what we can collectively heal. Are You Stressed Out Lately? Take a deep breath with the M21™ wellness guide: a simple yet powerful 21 minute morning system that melts stress and gives you more energy through 6 science-backed practices and breathwork. Click HERE to download for free. Is Your Energy Low? Get more superfoods to improve your energy, digestion, gut health plus also reduce inflammation and blood sugar. Click HERE to try Paleovalley's Apple Cider Vinegar Complex + Save 15% with the code 'JOSH' *Review The WF Podcast & WIN $150 in wellness prizes! *Join The Facebook Group In this solocast, you will learn: How Josh feels about the CV!9 theater. Why he uses the acronym CV!9. What happens to future generations if we spiritually bypass the pandemic. The power of Vanguard and BlackRock capital firms. Why there is a limit to success. How the government is lying to us. Why too much structure allows for no flow and too much power given to few people leads to corruption. Why money is behind the CV!9 theater according to Josh. What mainstream media is not sharing about the Chinese communist party. Why the Wuhan lab hasn't released any files about the virus they were working on at the time of the outbreak. Why this episode will most likely be flagged as controversial to “keep you safe” and how is that hidden censorship. How media is controlled and used as a political tool to create division. Freedom of the press and speech are crucial to becoming free. What it means that we are all in need of an individual and collective wake-up call. How those in power are taking away our sovereignty and individuality by keeping us “safe.” The collective dream of separation. Why being at cause doesn't mean that we are at fault. Tips on how to bulletproof the mind to escape mind control. Why you should place your phone in “do not disturb” mode. The importance of blocking the sources that create fear, anger, or anxiety within us. How taking care of your body makes your mind bulletproof. Breathwork and meditation: Physical and mental strengthening. BREATHE: Breath & Wellness Program Get 25% off of the BREATHE: Breath & Wellness Program with the code PODCAST25   Boost your immunity and calm your mind with freedom from chronic stress in the modern world. A 21 day guided breath and wellness program using ancient wisdom to boost your immunity, calm your mind, and give you freedom from chronic stress in the modern world. Combining special breathwork infused with safe vape cannabidiol, BREATHE gives you everything you need to let go of old weight, de-stress, and build immunity so you can live your best life. In this special (limited time) offer, you will receive: – Lifetime access to BREATHE – Free upgrades to all future training modules – Free additional training modules – Special VIP coupons for safe vape, essential oils, CBD, nootropics and more – Private WF group access Listen To Episode 501 As Josh Trent Uncovers   [00:00] CV!9 THEATER: WHO IS REALLY BEHIND IT? In today's solo cast, we are exploring the crime of the century how the lockdown and CV!9 theater broke billions of minds, and how we can prevent this from happening as an individual and a collective in 2023 and beyond. Look, it is no surprise that you made it here to the Wellness + Wisdom Podcast. Maybe you saw the title and you clicked it maybe you already feel the way that I feel and that we feel in this community and that is that we have been robbed and sometimes the most loving thing we can do is to be at war. By the end of this solo cast, I will promise you that you'll take away the following five big rocks that you can use to protect yourself and your family and your mind, most importantly, from any future attacks on your ancient brain specifically the amygdala. We'll discuss some of the most cutting-edge and recent developments in the origin of the CV!9. Why Matt Ridley, a British writer, journalist, and public speaker, has written a book about CV!9 and has collectively sold over a million copies that have been translated into 31 languages. The framing of the plandemic as a political distraction. How fear-based headlines grab hold of your neural chemistry, and what to do about it. The real reason for spiritual and consciousness maturation that we are destined to learn from this theatre nonsense in early 2020. What tools I use when I'm overwhelmed and stressed. How to bulletproof your mind against amygdala hijacking.   [02:10] COMMUNISM + MIND CONTROL TACTICS Now look, I know it's a touchy subject for media, and probably many are exhausted with this conversation about the pandemic and lockdowns and masks and jabs and medical freedom and Gestapo mind control from the media and the government but this is something that we need to and we must and we get to explore. Otherwise, our children and our children's children will pay the price. Somewhere in your subconscious mind, there's probably already a question why should I listen to josh for the next 10 minutes? Well, I will tell you, because I've spent the past two years just like you, experiencing the nuclear fallout from an economic, mental health, the community split by the acts of what I believe is communism and mind control tactics by the most elite of the elite, who essentially run the world. I'm talking about the powers that be behind closed doors at Vanguard and BlackRock capital. I'm talking about $20 trillion that is managed by Vanguard and BlackRock and probably a lot more that just isn't showing publicly. All you have to do, and don't worry you won't go down the rabbit hole today and there's no tinfoil hat needed, is make the connections between the two largest capital firms in the entire planet, literally in the history of humanity, this much wealth has never been held by such few people. Now, the free market capitalist inside of you and inside of me is celebrating when people succeed, but there is a limit to the succession of financial gain when it comes to creating scarcity and fear, and pain for others. What do I mean by this? Let's dig in. All of the money in the world can be funneled into and out of the largest capital firms like Vanguard, and BlackRock, traced to, and from the federal reserve, which is a private company that is for profit which most people get wrong, and of course, traced to the United States federal government, and then that is where all the money supposedly gets applied to state and local city governments. But you and I both know if you've ever gone to get a driver's license or registration or a permit that the existential energy and every single office whether at a local city or federal level has a flavor doesn't it? It has a flavor of lies and frustration, like an existential pressure that we all can feel whenever we step foot into a government or authority organization. Now the father in me knows that order and structure, and a framework for chaos, which is life is necessary. But you and I also both know that too much structure allows for no flow and no energy to move from point a to point B. In other words, too much control given to too few people will ultimately yield corruption and that is exactly what we are seeing with the financial system. Make sure that you listen to the episode with Robert Breedlove, where he does an incredible job, breaking down the financial system, and the rise of cryptocurrency it is a master class on financial wellness. It's very important for you to listen to this episode.   [05:40] WHY THE TRUTH IS BEING HIDDEN FROM US Now back to the crime of the century. The reason we had to talk about money before that is because money created this CV!9 theater. Period and stop. If you look at the YouTube video interview with Jordan Peterson and Matt Ridley, the author of Viral: The Search For The Origin Of CV!9, titled The Origin Of CV!9, you will learn from the most accurate and observational research of the data that mainstream media is not sharing that there is a smoking gun when it comes to the Chinese communist party and their involvement in the leaking out of this virus that caused so much death and destruction and mind control. And emails now exposed the head of the NIH, the National Institute of Health is quoted: “We can't damage international harmony, we mustn't dampen the reputation of Chinese science.” And this, my friend, is the smoking gun, the Wuhan CV!9 research lab in China. Still to this day, has not released their files about what viruses they were working on at the time of the leak and the outbreak. When the Chinese lab was confronted by the United States government to release their records, they were told no. If this isn't the biggest smoking gun, that should allow natural sacred anger and sacred rage to come forth from you and I and us as a collective, then nothing ever will. What we have gone through over the past 2 and a half years is a vile and disgusting cover-up, to which there may never be forgiveness and tell the truth is exposed. Matt really continues to share with us through his research that conversations were controlled by the communist party in China here in America and censorship that was funded by. The CCP has been rolling out ever since the leak. Now I'm sure this episode is going to get flagged whenever you mention CCP or China or BlackRock or any of the terms I'm talking about automatically the technocrat agencies will flag this episode as a controversy or that you don't have the responsibility in your own mind to protect yourself against me. So they are going to place a huge blue or green or black label on this continent where you're listening or watching it to “keep you safe” and isn't that so disgusting that these technocrat agencies don't believe in you, they don't believe in your own agency and filter of information so they slap warnings on contact like this to “keep you safe “which is essentially hidden censorship. It should not surprise you by now, but there is a silver lining in this, which I will get to you in a moment.   [09:23] CV!9: A POLITICAL DISTRACTION? Essentially, what has been happening is that all media has been controlled and the entire Plandemic was used as a political distraction tool to divide people into pro-mask or anti-mask, pro job or anti-jab pro BLM or anti-BLM and it's all a fucking joke and a fucking lie and you and I both know it. This is divisional language 101. If you look at military tactics of war, the very first thing you do is that you put sides against each other then you confuse them, then you take away their resources, then you control the world and all of its people. Is it so hard to believe that at the highest level your attention is being controlled which will lead to the choices that disempower you and disenfranchise you from your very own freedom? This is why billions of minds were broken because the truth will set us free but in order to have freedom we must have freedom of press and freedom of speech which you and I both know absolutely was under siege over the past 2 and a half years and even more aggressively so now, which is why we're here on this podcast to get the mental physical, emotional, spiritual and financial truth about how we can support our wellness. And wellness starts in the body and in the mind. Head over to the show notes page JoshTrent.com/501 if you want to get all the links and resources and dive much deeper with me into this topic let's move on because I promised you we would get into five core aspects that you can use to bulletproof your mind about anything similar that may happen in the future so let's continue.   [10:55] THE ILLUSION OF SEPARATION So why is this all happening? Let's take a deep breath. I believe this is happening because we are in need of a collective and an individual wake-up call. The quote by Aristotle that Alan Watts has been very famous for is that nature abhors a vacuum. Nature hates a vacuum. Well, the vacuum that is being pulled on us by the media, and by those at the highest levels of power is sucking away our sovereignty and our individuality through the lens of “it's for your safety. The real reason for this pandemic and of this insanity is that we have to crack open so that light can pour out of us and into us. We are living as Paul Levy my guest on episode 503 next week will share in a collective dream. We will go much deeper into this topic next week, which I know you would love. The collective dream is that we are separate. We believe this dream of illusion that there is such a difference between the hearts in our chests, in the air that we breathe and the emotions that we all feel. We are taught that we are separate, but we are not. We are absolutely not separate. We never have been, and we never will be. So in order to come to the truth, we have to experience the vacuum the contrast, the darkness, the opposite of love. I don't know why God made it this way my friend, it makes me sad at times and it's definitely a spiritual maturation process for me to accept, but it is what it is and so what do we do about it now? You've heard me say many times since interviewing my friend and mentor Scott Jackson that we are at cause, but being at cause does not always mean that we are at fault. But it is with our compliance and our talking detail between her legs and wearing the masks and getting the jobs and following orders and hoping it will all go away… This is what perpetuates the darkness and perpetuates the attacks on the mind.   [13:08] STEPS TO BULLETPROOF YOUR MIND So let's talk about how to bulletproof the mind so you can be free of this control, tactic by the media and the highest elite power. The very first thing you must do is to place your phone on “do not disturb.” I know it's a very simple thing, but place your phone on do not disturb, next have specific times that you check social media. Once, twice, maybe three times a day, or just have specific days that you check social media. Next, and this is very very important, whenever you see something on your Instagram Facebook, social media feeds, or news and it makes you feel fear and you'll know you're feeling fear because your prefrontal cortex will shut down and you'll start feeling anger or sadness or rage, immediately unfollow, block, and hide the source that showed you the main control message. I'm talking about CNB, CMS, MBC, Fox, CBC, BCBBB, whatever the acronyms are it doesn't even matter. Any major news outlet – immediately unfollow it. There are only five news outlets globally, and they hide behind subsidiaries. And if you don't believe me just do a quick Google search or search on YouTube for the video titled “This Is Extremely Dangerous to Our Democracy” and you'll see what I mean. It's also in the show notes at JoshTrent.com/501.   [14:40] TAKING CARE OF YOUR BODY TO STRENGTHEN YOUR MIND Next, if you want to bulletproof your mind, you have to care and love for your body. Now look you don't need to buy anything for this but if you have income that you're spending on alcohol, drugs or partying, or anything else that is taking you away from your physical sovereignty I want you to listen really really closely here. JoshTrent.com/Store it's really serious and meaningful to me. I've worked very hard to get the deepest discounts possible to get you all the tools that will fuel and support your physical mental emotional, spiritual and financial health so you can be well and when you're well you're less controllable when you're healthy, you're less controllable. There's two specific products I want you to use. The first one is the Upbeat from Nootopia, and the second one is the Kanna or the MesemBright from LiftMode. Both of these are built to support your new chemistry and make your mind and your nervous system strong. When you combine that with your discipline of putting your phone on “do not disturb” and hiding the fear-based news, you were going to be rock-solid, my friend that is my promise. Another way that you can bulletproof yourself is through breathwork and meditation. As you know, I absolutely love breathwork. It is a core part of my life and you can join me in a three-week program titled Breathe: Breath & Wellness. The new year is coming. It's a perfect time for you to join me in the program you can go to breathwork.io and use the code “PODCAST25” to get 25% off the Breathe: Breath & Wellness program in that program will talk about the many layers you can put into place right away to make you bulletproof physically and mentally from this mind control from the media by just using your breath in the most intelligent way. That's breathwork.io. Use the code “PODCAST25” to support and nourish yourself through your breath. I really like the MitoZen Nasal Spray. It has got oxytocin and Hape. It's very calming. I use it in the evenings to connect with my partner or if I'm feeling stressed. Here's the key if you feel like you're out of your body, you most likely are, and when you're out of your body, your prefrontal cortex is shut down. So when you spray the oxytocin and the Hape into your sinuses, you come back into your body. The prefrontal cortex starts to come back online and you're actually yourself again you can go to JoshTrent.com/MitoZen and use the code “WELLNESSFORCE” to get 15% off the oxytocin and Hape Zen nasal spray. Now look again, you don't have to buy any of these things. I just love them I use them myself and thousands of people in our Wellness + Wisdom Community have purchased them and use them as well so I think they will really really help you.   [17:55] SPARKING MEANINGFUL CONVERSATIONS And I trust that this podcast lit a fire inside of your heart to motivate you to dig deeper in 2023 and have this conversation at the holiday table or with a friend or with a family member who just simply does not know. Maybe they're unconsciously incompetent about it, in other words, they don't even know they don't know this can be your special moment to connect with a friend or a family member that you haven't connected with for a long time and make it a meaningful conversation. Please, share this podcast with someone who literally does not know that they don't know share this crime of the century how this CV!9 theater broke billions of minds and how we can heal collectively. Everything today's at JoshTrent.com/501 from my heart to yours thank you for being here please share this podcast. Please leave us a review at JoshTrent.com/Review. It helps the show expand and rise in the algorithms and I appreciate you being here with me. There's a reason you found me, there's a reason you feel this, there's a reason that we spent time together today, and I'm grateful for that reason. Make sure you tune in next week to episode 503 with Paul Levy talking about Wetiko, the mind virus. If you resonated with this solocast, you will absolutely love that guest interview until I see you again I'm wishing you love and wellness. 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Kanna is a PDE4 inhibitor and it has very similar effects to SSRI, serotonin reuptake inhibitor. It works really well on a biochemical level to keep those good hormones flowing around but it’s gentle enough so you don’t have to worry about serotonin syndrome. - Bandit French *Save 10% on LiftMode products with the code "JOSH10" Are You Stressed Out Lately? Take a deep breath with the M21™ wellness guide: a simple yet powerful 21 minute morning system that melts stress and gives you more energy through 6 science-backed practices and breathwork. Click HERE to download for free. Is Your Energy Low? Get more superfoods to improve your energy, digestion, gut health plus also reduce inflammation and blood sugar. Click HERE to try Paleovalley's Apple Cider Vinegar Complex + Save 15% with the code 'JOSH' *Review The WF Podcast & WIN $150 in wellness prizes! *Join The Facebook Group Wellness + Wisdom Episode 500 In this episode, Lead Product Developer at LiftMode, Bandit French joins our host, Josh Trent, to talk about a plant that has been used for centuries by indigenous people in South Africa, its influence on our cognitive functions, and how it can sustainably boost our serotonin level. Are you ready to uncover the secrets of a South African plant, Kanna, and learn about its positive effects on the human brain? Join Bandit and Josh as they discuss why Kanna is nature's MDMA, its effects on the brain and amygdala, and why it's safer than pharmaceutical drugs. *Save 10% on LiftMode products with the code "JOSH10"     LiftMode LiftMode offers quality & innovative nootropics for cognition enhancement, mental and physical health, and energy boost. *Save 10% With The Code "JOSH10"   LiftMode's Kanna Extract Powder LiftMode Kanna Extract powder is a powerful mood-support supplement derived from the African succulent, Sceletium tortusum. It grows naturally in South Africa and has been used for millennia by the Khoisan bushmen. This extract contains very high concentrations of the alkaloids Mesembrine and Mesembrenone. Kanna extracts are reputed to produce tranquil yet cheerful states of mind while acting as a mild stress-reducing serotonin reuptake inhibitor. Kanna extracts have also been known to enhance cognitive function and reduce nicotine cravings. Boosts Mood Reduces Stress Promotes Tranquility Also check out LiftMode's NeuroLift and MesemBright products here! * Coupon applies to all products except the phenibut range. *Save 10% on LiftMode products with the code "JOSH10" *Save 10% With The Code "JOSH10"   Listen To Episode 500 As Bandit Uncovers: [1:30] LiftMode: Enhancing Your Cognition Giveaway - Enter for a chance to win $7,000 in wellness prizes! Ends on December 23, 2022. LiftMode Kanna - *Save 10% with "JOSH10" Why LiftMode gets all their products tested to ensure the standard level of alkaloids. Armand Tuzel Tulin Tuzel How LiftMode pushes performance and cognition to the maximum. The first mention of Kanna (Sceletium) in 1662.   [14:45] Kanna For Healing Anxiety Why Kanna was used for trade in the 17th century. The ways hunter-gatherers in South Africa used Kanna. The side effect of the natural antidepressant, St. John's wort. Why healing our anxiety has to come from within us, and how supplements can help us make the shift. Josh’s positive experience with LiftMode. How the dosage of Kanna can change the experience, especially in a social setting. Bandit’s journey from a customer to joining LiftMode. Why he doubted other supplement products. The different ways you can consume Kanna. Alkaloids Mesembrine and Mesembrenone in Kanna: Lowering the dosage for a calming experience. Why the FDA cannot patent Kanna.   [24:30] Is Kanna A Natural MDMA? Why Josh had a similar experience with Kanna as with psychedelics. The reason Bandit doesn’t really think of Kanna as an entheogen but rather an entactogen. LiftMode Mesembright - *Save 10% with "JOSH10" Why Mesembright is the ideal product for daily use. Bandit reveals why Kanna in its pure form is nature’s MDMA. Why Kanna is safer to use than farmaceutical drugs. What the research says about Kanna’s effect on the brain and amygdala. National Library of Medicine - A Chewable Cure "Kanna": Biological and Pharmaceutical Properties of Sceletium tortuosum Why LiftMode products contain higher amounts of Mesembrine than other Kanna producers.   [37:47] Kanna And Its Effects On The Brain The positive effects of Kanna that are similar to MDMA. Why Kanna is not a drug but a herbal remedy. Bandit’s first experience with Mesembright and how it can help people heal. Why Kanna doesn’t deplete our serotonin. The reason Bandit recommends taking a week off Kanna every few months. How Kanna enhances your cognition. Josh explains what entheogens are and their primary purpose.   [45:40] The Magic of Mother Nature Why Bandit believes that there is something in nature that will be the key to healing diseases. How exploration keeps him motivated to keep going. What wellness means to Bandit: Discipline, self-reflection, and living your best. Why our perception of what’s happening is actually way worse than what is happening. LiftMode Neurolift - *Save 20% with "JOSH20" How being diagnosed with ADHD as a kid sent Bandit on this path of finding natural supplements. How he found the perfect formula to help him with ADHD after 10 years.   Power Quotes From The Show Kanna: A Tool For Your Healing Journey "It’s a tool. You need to do the work yourself. You need to make sure you’re taking personal care but this is a tool that’s just going to add so much more to people’s journey and to living better." - Bandit French   Is Kanna An Entheogen? "An entheogen can change your perception but it’s also anything that’s mood-altering. A cognition enhancer is an entheogen. Kanna can change your perception, it changes your mood, and even your outlook on life." - Bandit French   Links From Today's Show  LiftMode Kanna - *Save 10% with "JOSH10" Armand Tuzel Tulin Tuzel LiftMode Mesembright - *Save 10% with "JOSH10" National Library of Medicine - A Chewable Cure "Kanna": Biological and Pharmaceutical Properties of Sceletium tortuosum LiftMode Neurolift - *Save 10% with "JOSH10" Shop the Wellness Force Media Store breathwork.io PLUNGE – Save $150 with the code “WELLNESSFORCE" HIGHER DOSE INFRARED MAT - Get 15% off with the code “JOSH15“ Organifi – Special 20% off to our listeners with the code ‘WELLNESSFORCE' MitoZen – Save 10% with the code “WELLNESSFORCE” Paleovalley – Save 15% on your ACV Complex with the code ‘JOSH' NOOTOPIA - Save 10% with the code "JOSH10" Activation Products – Save 20% with the code “WELLNESSFORCE” NEUVANA - Save 15% with the code “WELLNESSFORCE” SENSATE - Save $25 on your order with the code "JOSH25" DRY FARM WINES - Get an extra bottle of Pure Natural Wine with your order for just 1¢ CHILISLEEP - Save 25% on Josh's favorite ChiliSleep products with the code "JOSH" ION - Save 15% off sitewide with the code ‘JOSH1KS' TOUPS - Save 15% with the code "JOSH" Feel Free from Botanic Tonics – Save 40% when you use the code ‘WELLNESS40′ Drink LMNT – Zero Sugar Hydration: Get your free LMNT Sample Pack, with any purchase BREATHE - Save 20% by using the code “PODCAST20” Essential Oil Wizardry: Save 10% with the code ‘WELLNESSFORCE' MY GREEN MATTRESS - Save up to $125 on your order with the code "JOSH" NEUROHACKER - Save 15% with the code "WELLNESSFORCE" ALIVE WATER - Save 33% on your first order with the code "JOSH33" M21 Wellness Guide Wellness Force Community Leave Wellness + Wisdom a review on Apple Podcasts LiftMode Instagram Facebook Twitter Pinterest   About Bandit French Jared ‘Bandit’ French is CMBDO and a lead product developer at LiftMode, although he prefers the title of 'mad scientist and innovation chaser'. Now with over 15 years of experience in the supplement, health science, and nootropic space, he brings a lifetime of passion to the field thanks to his own path of self-discovery, and a near obsession with maximizing human potential and weaponizing a tendency to hyperfocus that he was once told might limit him in life. Already a customer who had admired the catalog for a number of years, when Bandit met LiftMode founder, Armand Tuzel, they shared big ideas, talked about research, and immediately hit it off. Their collective drive to harness novel compounds and cutting-edge botanical extracts to push the limits of cognitive, physical, and emotional well-being laid a powerful foundation for the continued growth and development of the LiftMode family in the years that followed. Five years later, though his title has changed, you will still find Bandit buried in research, walking the labs with the founders at Liftmode's Illinois-based facility, or up late at night excitedly planning the next big thing via Zoom from the HQ of their sister company Suzume in Osaka, Japan. They still have far more ideas and formulations than they have lab space or personnel, with no shortage of projects in the pipeline. Most recently, the pair have been pioneering novel formulations and delicious delivery systems for Kanna (Sceletium Tortuosum), a plant extract sourced from South Africa with powerful, scientifically verified properties to boost mood, enhance cognition and even provide beautiful heart-opening, empathogenic experiences with the most important people in your life. 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Wellness + Wisdom Podcast Host and Wellness Force Media CEO, Josh Trent, shares how we pass emotional baggage from generation to generation and how to take responsibility for it, even though it's not our fault. Are You Stressed Out Lately? Take a deep breath with the M21™ wellness guide: a simple yet powerful 21 minute morning system that melts stress and gives you more energy through 6 science-backed practices and breathwork. Click HERE to download for free. Is Your Energy Low? Get more superfoods to improve your energy, digestion, gut health plus also reduce inflammation and blood sugar. Click HERE to try Paleovalley's Apple Cider Vinegar Complex + Save 15% with the code 'JOSH' *Review The WF Podcast & WIN $150 in wellness prizes! *Join The Facebook Group In this solocast, you will learn: Are emotional epigenetics a real thing? What epigenetics is and how they conduct our DNA. “Genetics load the gun, and behavior pulls the trigger.” We are not victims of what we were born with and what our parents did. Inheriting emotions the same way we inherit biological adaptations from our parents. How we receive emotions from past lives, in utero, and our parents’ trauma and stress. A study of children in orphanages: How the separation from their parents triggers biological alterations. What emotional contagion is and how it affects us. How our traumatic experiences, toxic mentality, and addictions are passed on to the next generations. How the programming in our brain unwires as we get older. Mice research: How the mother's stress affects the next 5 generations of pups. Emotional inventory: Can you be at cause of the things that happened for you in your life? The meaning of: "It’s not your fault but it’s your responsibility." How Josh is aware of his own hypervigilance. Is what we experience physically a manifestation of what we experience emotionally? The practices of holistic medicine and why emotional epigenetics is the missing link. Understanding what creates energy in motion and why it gets dysregulated. The opposite of addiction is connection. How emotional healing helps us achieve better health and wellness. Can you cultivate the courage to feel the feelings you’re feeling?   BREATHE: Breath & Wellness Program Get 25% off of the BREATHE: Breath & Wellness Program with the code PODCAST25 Boost your immunity and calm your mind with freedom from chronic stress in the modern world. A 21 day guided breath and wellness program using ancient wisdom to boost your immunity, calm your mind, and give you freedom from chronic stress in the modern world. Combining special breathwork infused with safe vape cannabidiol, BREATHE gives you everything you need to let go of old weight, de-stress, and build immunity so you can live your best life. In this special (limited time) offer, you will receive: - Lifetime access to BREATHE - Free upgrades to all future training modules - Free additional training modules - Special VIP coupons for safe vape, essential oils, CBD, nootropics and more - Private WF group access     Listen To Episode 499 As Josh Trent Uncovers Why Emotional Epigenetics Is The Missing Link In Healing This is Josh Trent. This is a very extra special Solocast. Now, if you don't know, every single Thursday, every single week, we publish something where I can share my mental musings, the things that are lighting me up about the pentagon of wellness that I've been talking about for two years + now, the mental, physical, emotional, spiritual, and financial ways that we either nourish or choose to malnourished ourselves. Have you ever noticed that people say things like, "The apple doesn't fall far from the tree, or they're just like their mother, they're just like their father." Now, why is that? Today, we're going to talk about emotional epigenetics, which quite frankly, I think it's something that I made up. I don't find it on any DuckDuckGo, Google searches, or Brave, it's just not out there, and if it is out there, please send me an email admin@wellnessforce.com. We're talking about the missing link in holistic medicine today. By the way, if you love these Solocast, let me know. Leave us a quick review, JoshTrent.com/Review. It helps the show climb the computer algorithms so that the AI gods bear us with you actually seeing our show and your friends seeing our show, and it also allows us to get even bigger people on the podcast. So please, if you love the show from my heart to yours, I ask you, go to JoshTrent.com/Review. Leave us a quick review. [01:24] Epigentics + Emotional Trauma Let's dig in today. By the end of this Solocast, you are going to understand what epigenetics are, what gene expression happens through emotional trauma, capital T, lower-case T trauma, and why parents' emotional trauma may change, that science is showing their children's biology, literally, the biology. Think of it as the software, which is the trauma, can actually alter the hardware, which is our brain, our synapses, and so much more. So let's dig in. Here's a story that I can share with you to understand this concept of emotional epigenetics and why I believe it's the missing link in true holistic circular complete medicine today. Epigenetics is a rapidly emerging field of science that has massive implications on how we address our health and the health of our future children. The word literally means on top of the genes, and that pretty much describes the epigenetics role in the body. Look, all of us have DNA. Almost every cell in our body contains all of our DNA and all the genes that make us up. It's the fabric of who you are. This is known as the genome. But look, we're not just made of one cell. Our brains do many different things from those in our heart, for example, who behave differently than the cells in our toenails or our skin. If all of our cells have the same info, why is it that they do such different things? Well, this is where epigenetics comes in. It's basically a layer like an onion of instruction that sits on top of the DNA and gives it signals to turn off and on, and many other things. You can think of it like an orchestra. When you have a conductor with the symphony. Well, if the DNA is the music, the epigenome is the conductor, it waves its wand, it tells the cells what to do and when, and everybody has an orchestra inside. This is what biochemical individuality is. So while the epigenome doesn't necessarily change our DNA, it is responsible for deciding what genes will be expressed in your body's cells.   [03:30] "Genetics Load the Gun, Behavior Pulls the Trigger" We had Chris Kresser on the podcast, and I'll link that here in the show notes for the Solocast. He said something so profound. He said, "Genetics load the gun and behavior pulls the trigger," and just let that land for a moment. When we look at epigenetics, it's what sits on top of the DNA, on top of the genes. You are not... and I want to share this from my heart to yours, not a victim of what you were born with, what your parents did, or what your parents acted. So in other words, it's not your fault, but it is your loving responsibility. This is where things can get very challenging because if you listen to our episode with Scott Jackson about being at cause. We know that being at cause does not mean that it's your fault. There's a difference there. In the same way that we have this biological adaptation for epigenetics and epigenetic expression, I've been noodling on this for a while now, just try this on, just bear with me. If you receive certain genomic adaptations from your parents, like type 1 diabetes proclivity towards MTHFR, proclivity towards weight gain, proclivity towards sensitivity to sun, or sensitivity to caffeine based on your haplogroups. These are all things to consider from a physiological standpoint. But what about emotionally, what about emotionally, is it possible? Today, I'm going to make a case that it absolutely is. Is it possible that emotional epigenetics are the missing link in what is actually being manifested on a physical level? Here's why I believe this. Not only is the biological adaptation that we go through in life, a combination of our genes and our epigenetics, but also the stress that we incur both in-utero, and also, if you look at the work of Mark Wolynn, I'll link this, we've had him on the podcast twice. He wrote It Didn't Start With You. He's the founder of the Family Constellations, where they talk about past life trauma. So the trauma that happens, capital T, which is like physical sexual abuse, terrible things, lower case T, which is neglect, an unsupportive parent, an avoidant parent, an anxious parent. All of these things stack up. Now they're emotional trauma from parents, from in utero, from past life, maybe even from other dimensions. I mean, look, we're all figuring this out as we go along. We all know that emotional trauma can actually change our biology.   [06:12] Gene Expressions for Generations Studies show that suffering triggers changes in gene expression that last for generations. This is a study I came across that was fascinating. In Zurich, Switzerland, the children living in SOS Children's Village orphanages in Pakistan had a very rough start to life. Many lost their fathers, which in conservative Pakistani society can effectively mean losing their mothers too. Now, these widows often struggle to find enough work to support their families and may have to give up their children. That's one example. University of Zurich physician and neuroscientist Ali Jawad says that despite the support that these children received, they experience symptoms similar to PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder, including anxiety and depression. Now, this neuroscientist wondered about a potential hidden consequence of these children's experiences. He set up a study with the orphanages to probe the disturbing possibility that the emotional trauma of separation from their parents also triggers subtle biological alterations changes so lasting that the children might even pass them off to their own offspring. If you think about this in utero perspective, your grandmother was born with your mother inside of her, and your mother created you. So if that's the case, and we know now that epigenetic transfer happens on a biological level, then why wouldn't it happen on a psychosomatic level? I think it's so fascinating that people laugh at the idea that behaviors can be contagious. But we know from so many of the people we've had on the podcast that emotional contagion is utterly real. It is palpable. In other words, you're not just the sum of the five people you hang out with the most, you're the sum of all the behaviors of the people you choose to be around. Now, that idea would've been laughed at 15 years ago. But today, the hypothesis that a child's experience and adults' experience might actually alter the cells in behavior of their children that they bring into the world and the grandchildren that come into the world, it's now been accepted across the board.   [08:20] NLP: Neuro Linguistic Programming Look, in animals exposure to stress, cold or high-fat diets definitely triggers metabolic changes in later generations. There are some small studies that have been done on humans exposed to very traumatic conditions. Among them, the children of the Holocaust survivors point to biological and health changes in their children. So look, the implications of this are profound. If our experiences can have consequences that reverberate to our children, then to our children's children. This is a huge argument against everything from smoking to poor diet to toxic mentality. That's really the big one, toxic mentality. People that say things in families like, "Oh, that's just who we are. Oh, you're a Smith. Smiths are alcoholics." I mean, what an absolutely disempowering thing. And by the way, if you look at NLP and the barrier between the conscious and unconscious mind, when you are brought into the world zero through seven, at your seventh year, your brain has a lot of neuroplasticity and essentially your hemispheres have been connected for so long that you are so suggestible when you come into the world and you're so suggestible because all the programming in your brain, it actually unwires as you get older. It creates space for new programs. So how sad is it? Honestly, I'm like my hands on my heart right now. How sad is it that this emotional trauma that is very distinct from physical stress can be passed on to generations? Well, this is what was proven in this study. Let's dig in. In the study to explore how trauma affected generations of mice. Researchers stressed the mother mice, their little pups then exhibited both molecular and behavioral changes, such as taking more risks on an elevated maze. This is the key. These changes, they persisted for up to five generations, five generations. That's 3 to 500 years, you all. So the mother separated from the pups, and traumatized, the mother would ignore the offspring. The three-month-old male offspring made it with traumatized females. The offspring showed epigenetic and behavioral changes... this is the key, without having experienced the trauma, and that breeding carried out for six generations. I mean, look, if you're a scientific person, this study should be all that you need to know about emotional epigenetics. Why the trauma that we experience before we're even born while we're in utero and also in the first seven years of our lives and more, it's almost like we're all connected. It's almost like everything is all connected.   [11:04] Taking Emotional Inventory So here's the case that I'm making to you today, and I'm curious how you feel about this. If you can take a true emotional inventory of all the things that have happened for you in this lifetime that your soul chose to experience in quite a perfection, by the way, otherwise it wouldn't be experienced. Can you, number one, be at cause for the things that have happened for you in life? I'm not saying it's your fault. I know that terrible things happen, and I know that right now, maybe it's palpable for you. Maybe in your arms or your body and your stomach and your heart, maybe you feel like, "Fuck you, Josh. What are you even talking about? You think that me being raped, that me being abused, that me being hurt, that me being neglected, you think it's my fault?" No, that's not what I'm saying, my friend. What I'm saying is it's not your fault. It's not your fault. I think of that scene in Good Will Hunting, when Robin Williams was hugging his patient, Goodwill Hunting, and he said, it's not your fault over and over and over again, and finally Will just broke down crying. It's one of the most powerful scenes I've ever seen in a movie. You have to watch Goodwill Hunting. But it points to exactly what I'm talking about, because what I'm talking about is it is not your fault, but it is your responsibility. You can either be at effect or you can be at cause. So how do we unpack this in a way that truly provides a solution? Well, here we go. Number one, you must take an emotional inventory. I've talked about this in the Solocast on hypervigilance. You can go through that entire process because I want to move forward here with us today. Go to joshtrent.com/490. That's going to be the starting point for this emotional inventory process, which by the way, you know that if you experience hypervigilance, where if you ever feel like you're a junkyard dog and everything's fine. So why are you so stressed out and what's going on? This is where you start. You start with the emotional inventory, and I can speak from my own personal experience. To this day, at 42 years old, I still have an awareness of my own hypervigilance, the things that trigger me. I'll say that my hypervigilance is an expression of my epigenetics, and really the missing link for me to dive deep into and for all of us to dive deep into, because as above, so below, so below, as above. "You cannot have the tree reach its branches to heaven unless its roots touch hell," Carl Young. So what I'm saying here is if the missing link or the bridge between what appears for us, what manifests physically, cancer disease, rheumatoid arthritis, CHD, weight gain, liver issues, all these things, if they are a manifestation, and Chinese and Western medicine, show us that they are... If what we experience physically is a manifestation of what we are experiencing emotionally, energy in motion, then today, I know I've planted a seed in your garden that allows you to see the truth around if epigenetics express themselves physically because of what the cells were told by our parents' grandparents in utero and outside dimensions, then you know that after this podcast, you can see that the emotional energy that we experience as human beings, emotionally, these things get transferred too.   [14:28] Healing Addiction I think this is really something that is worth a deeper look on your own. It's going to be in the book that I write next year. It's going to be in many of the upcoming podcasts that we do. Emotional epigenetics, I believe is the missing link in holistic medicine. In holistic medicine, there is nutrition, breathing, water, thoughts, beliefs. Many of the ways that Paul Chek, Dr. Michael Ruscio, a lot of the people that we've had on the show who are experts in their field, they all approach these basic fundamental human behaviors. But what I love about Paul's work and what I love about my own work, too, is understanding what creates energy and motion. What I believe creates energy and motion and is the true missing link here is, the curiosity about discovering why energy is dysregulated, why energy is dysregulated. This is a part of this podcast that I really want you to feel before we say goodbye, and this is what you can take to the bank. If you are experiencing energy and you try to suppress or resist that energy, a part of your heart and soul knows that it always comes out sideways. In other words, why do alcoholics, drug addicts, porn addicts, shopping addicts, work addicts, why is addiction of any kind even a thing in anyone's life? It's because the opposite of addiction is connection. If you are connected to the energy that you're experiencing in your body, and you are courageously able to open up to that energy, to learn from that energy, to learn from the pain teacher, and to learn from the things that you are experiencing in a perfect way, otherwise they wouldn't be happening, then guess what? The more you lean into your emotional experience, the greater health, the greater wellness you will have, you will be. Period, end of story, full stop, new paragraph. This is it. Now, obviously, that is a sensitive issue because the moment that a human being starts to dig into their emotional inventory, starts to actually feel what they feel, starts to actually understand what the pain teacher, what these emotions are trying to tell them, well, then hypervigilance, the subconscious strategy that slowly kills us, this is what we talked about in the podcast, joshtrent.com/490. In that podcast, I go into depth about what hypervigilance is trying to tell us, but really what hypervigilance is, it's epigenetic expression of trauma; of trauma from an emotional standpoint that is trying to be let go of. It's always been said in many circles, what's coming is going, but what's coming that's blocked, never goes. So if that's the truth and there's something in your life, my life, all of our lives that is freaking asking for permission, it's asking for permission to be let go of, this is the ultimate question today, and this is what you can take and put in the bank as well. Can I cultivate the courage to take the emotional inventory, to feel the feelings I'm feeling, and to be honest with the challenge of my life? Can I be honest with the challenge of my life? Look, there's no shame if the answer to some of those questions was no. There was a major part of my life that was ruled by pornography for so long, and I think that these synapses that are wired, they do float away. They do uncouple. But in full transparency, I still have random thoughts of porn throughout the day. Do I act on them? No, I don't act on them because they don't hold the charge anymore because I've had the deeper work and the commitment to this deeper work be an everyday part of my life. Now, if you ask my partner, Carrie Michelle, she might be like, "God, can we just have one day where we're not working on ourselves?" My answer is like, "No, we can't," because every day is an opportunity. Every day is an opportunity to work on thyself, and that is my wish for you today.   [18:35] Join our Wellness Community: M21 and Breathwork Guide We've covered emotional epigenetics. We've talked about how this plugs into holistic medicine. We've talked about the studies of science, the reality of energy, and spirit, the past life in utero, experience that we all have as human beings. Here's what I want to challenge you to do today. Here's the invitation. The invitation for you today is to go to joshtrent.com/490 and take your breath and relieve your stress. You can join us in the BREATHE: Breath and Wellness program. You're here with us on the podcast. So I'm going to give you a special coupon right now. Just go to breathwork.io. Use the code "PODCAST25" in the BREATHE program. I'm going to personally guide you for three weeks. A lot of what we uncover in this process together is going to be why is hypervigilance there? What is going on on a physiological level? How can psycho-immunology actually be the cause of some of our diseases the cause of most of our stress? In that brief program, it is my promise to you that the breath is going to set you free from many of the things you're experiencing. Your free resource is joshtrent.com/490. Go there now. Do the emotional inventory. Email me when you're done, admin@wellnessforce.com. Then head over to breathwork.io and use code podcast 25. You get 25% off the program. I'm excited for you and I to do work together. I think it's really easy to listen to a podcast and turn it off and not do anything. Well, I'm talking to your subconscious mind. I'm talking to your heart, to your soul right now. There's a reason you clicked on this episode. There's a reason you're interested in emotional epigenetics. There's a reason that your soul brought you here; otherwise you wouldn't be listening. It wasn't just pure curiosity that brought you here. It was a deeper knowing. It was a deeper knowing that what you and I were going to explore today is the peace that you're seeking, and I don't say that lightly. It's a really big deal to me that you and I spend time together and I'm so grateful for you, and I want you to accept this invitation joshjtrent.com/490, breathwork.io, use the code "PODCAST25". Until I see you again on another Solocast, I'm wishing you so much love and so much wellness.   Links From Today's Show  140 Unconventional Medicine – Chris Kresser 481 Scott Jackson | Rewire Yourself: How To Create A Life You Love With Freedom From Subconscious Sabotage 311 Mark Wolynn | It Didn’t Start With You: Ending The Cycle of Inherited Trauma It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle by Mark Wolynn Good Will Hunting (Trailer) 490 SOLOCAST | Hypervigilance: The Subconscious Strategy of Survival That Slowly Kills Parents' Emotional Trauma May Change Their Children's Biology. 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In this Friday's rebroadcast, I joined Nick Zei on his podcast to talk about many topics such as Spiritual Apex Predators, Evil vs Truth, The Nature of God outside of religion, Health and Wellness, Breathwork, and so much more. Hope you enjoy! For more powerful conversations, visit https://joshtrent.com/podcast Are You Stressed Out Lately? Take a deep breath with the M21™ wellness guide: a simple yet powerful 21 minute morning system that melts stress and gives you more energy through 6 science-backed practices and breathwork. Click HERE to download for free. Is Your Energy Low? Get more superfoods to improve your energy, digestion, gut health plus also reduce inflammation and blood sugar. Click HERE to try Paleovalley's Apple Cider Vinegar Complex + Save 15% with the code 'JOSH' *Review The WF Podcast & WIN $150 in wellness prizes! *Join The Facebook Group

When you have more intellectual bandwidth and mental capacity, it reflects in every area of your body. Instead of having this radical hormone flood, fight or flight, during a perceived negative event, you can look at the event without all of that emotional overhead. Because instead of your head thinking: “Oh crap, this event’s happening, it’s going to wipe me out, and I’m not going to be effective…”, you can look at it, almost laugh about it: “Ok, bring it… Let’s do this thing. - Mark Effinger Are You Stressed Out Lately? Take a deep breath with the M21™ wellness guide: a simple yet powerful 21 minute morning system that melts stress and gives you more energy through 6 science-backed practices and breathwork. Click HERE to download for free. Is Your Energy Low? Get more superfoods to improve your energy, digestion, gut health plus also reduce inflammation and blood sugar. Click HERE to try Paleovalley's Apple Cider Vinegar Complex + Save 15% with the code 'JOSH' *Review The WF Podcast & WIN $150 in wellness prizes! *Join The Facebook Group Wellness + Wisdom Episode 497 Mark Effinger, Founder of BiOptimizers and Nootopia, joins the host, Josh Trent, to discuss the real-life "Limitless pill." And although all of us have unique brain chemistry, Mark and his team managed to create a personalized product for the most efficient brain and mood optimization yet developed. Are you looking for an effective way to enhance your mood and brain function? Learn how Nootropics positively affect the neurotransmitters in our body with Mark Effinger and Josh Trent. By the end of this episode, you will understand what inspired Mark to create Nootopia, how Nootropics contribute to healing anxiety and depression, and how they optimize your brain for improved focus, memory, and motivation.   Nootopia Nootopia: UNLOCK YOUR BRAIN'S Maximum Focus, Concentration, And Creativity Boost your cognitive performance Think through more tasks without burnout Manage more projects without rising stress Handle more mental stress without bending or breaking Increase your capacity to learn new things quickly and effortlessly Articulate things better in a more meaningful way   Save 10% with the code “JOSH10”    Listen To Episode 497 As Mark Effinger Uncovers: [1:30] Nootropics 101 BiOptimizers Nootopia - Save 10% with code "JOSH10" Wade Lightheart Paul Chek How Josh first heard about Nootopia and BiOptimizers. What nootropics specifically are and why they’re so beneficial. Mark tells a story about his deceased wife. His own wellness journey and health crisis led him to pursue a career in the wellness industry. How he gained his work ethic, and how it helped him become an entrepreneur and create several companies. Why he took Accutane, got precancerous conditions from it, and his skin cracked open during a rock band performance at a church camp. His thyroid failure: Why it’s essential to prioritize our lives over our work. Dr. Michael Ruscio | Hypothyroidism, Thyroid Symptoms, & The Truth About Hypothyroid   [15:00] Striving For Health In A Toxic World How Nootropics came to Mark’s life: Finding out from a doctor at a B&B that he has hypothyroidism and discovering Acetylcholine through a radio show. What the neurotransmitter Acetylcholine is good for. Dietary issues: How are we being lied to about our food? Mycotoxins: Disease-causing fungi found in animal products and the reason why you should only eat organic or compound meat. 482 Dave Asprey | Advanced Biohacking For Body Mind & Spirit: How To Train A Healthy Brain, Boost Your Flow State + Remove False Beliefs The reason Mark would not dive into the Mississippi River and how the Gulf of Mexico is being destroyed. Why our attempts to become healthy are actually toxifying us: Our natural biochemical reactions VS chemical supplements.   [21:30] From Addictions to Nootopia Neurohacker Nootopia UpBeat Nootopia Zamner Juice joshtrent.com/nootopia- Save 10% with the code "JOSH10" 483 Wayland Myers | NonViolent Communication: How to Stop Arguments In 60 Seconds + The Power of Loving Detachment Mark uncovers how Nootopia came to life: His wife getting on painkillers after giving birth to their first child, becoming addicted, and committing suicide. How the exposure to addiction through his wife and older sibling made him search for a solution to get people out of addictive behavior. His background as a biochemist: Building a human growth hormone stimulating component and a light nootropic.   [27:00] Orchestrating Neurochemicals Neurochemical research: Getting feedback on his prototypes from his clients. Mark explains what Pyroglutamic acid is and why he tested it together with Acetylcholine on himself to discover the effects. Creating Nootopia to make a change and help people with addiction and cognitive decline. 123 Aubrey Marcus – Own The Day How he discovered his prototypes made him sleepy and started looking at new components: Anti-inflammatories, antioxidants, and B vitamins. Why it’s important to use precursors and signaling molecules. How he understood and put together all ingredients that serve different purposes: Get rid of inflammation, and boost brain function, memory and motivation. How creating the perfect formula compares to conducting an orchestra. Limitless (2011) - link to Amazon DVD purchase   [34:00] How Zamner Juice Helps Regulate Your Mood How you can make your performance a predictable part of your day. Key things to know about stack development and what they have done with it at Nootopia specifically with the Zamner Juice. The component that they have in every single one of their stacks and how it helps the brain improve mood, neurochemicals, and neurogenesis. How Nootopia designs their stacks to keep you focused and alert but not overstimulated like you might experience with caffeine. Why Zamner Juice is safe for expecting mothers to help them with mood regulation. What is specifically in Zamner Juice that helps people calm down.   [34:30] Business + A Spiritual Journey Why Josh appreciates the place that Mark came from creating Nootopia. Peter Gabriel: Solsbury Hill Matt Gallant Brad Costanzo WebNutrients (now Nootopia) The reason Mark didn’t want to sell his company and why he believes making his products is a spiritual journey. How caffeine actually makes us tired earlier, why you shouldn’t drink it during the first 90 minutes after you wake up, and the purpose of dopamine.   [41:30] Toxicity, Road Rage, And The Nootropics Solution The biochemical reactions in our body in the morning and why it’s important to set an intention for the day. How serotonin helps us connect with others and speak without fear. Neurochemical balance: Preventing our flow from being blocked. How chronic emotional distress is slowly breaking us down without us noticing. Why Mark was always expecting bad things to happen to him. How our mind and soul are connected to each other, and how our environment has become toxic to us. Road rage: The story of developing the Zamner Juice to calm people down in traffic. The connection between our bad eating habits and our energy deficit. Why he carefully selects music with positive lyrics and the words he uses to create conversations with other people.   [52:00] Creating Indomitable Human Beings How cognitive enhancement became a byproduct of Nootopia’s products. Neurogenesis: New neurons that we can program to states of positivity, faster thinking, and love to become indomitable human beings. Mark’s journey to meditation: Starting transcendental meditation at the age of 8 at school. The difference between “having to do things” and “getting to do things.”   [57:30] Mark’s Journey and The Game of Life Why Mark believes he is fortunate, and how his past curiosity manifested in the present. The reason he still keeps his first chemistry set he got when he was a kid. How his journey led him to meet brilliant people and create a powerful supplement. What it means to be “in the game” and what can mess us up, especially when we are triggered. He explains how the team of PhDs aggregates knowledge and value to people. 046 Dr. John Gray: ADHD, Brain Health, & Sex Addiction 183 Dr. Kyra Bobinet | Living A Well Designed Life: 10 Lessons In Brain Science   [1:02:00] Optimizing The Brain To Make Conscious Decisions 465 Dr. Jin Ong | Emotional Triggers: Are They Your Best Teacher? How To Collapse Time + See The “Space In-Between” (The Art of Listening to Your Body) Why Josh doesn’t watch horror movies because he doesn’t want those toxic triggers to enter his mind. Cortisol and triggers: What happens in our body when we get triggered and how it affects our performance and reactions. Why we need to recognize what’s happening and put it outside of ourselves. Mark reveals how he makes conscious decisions through his state optimization process, and why he doesn’t rate these situations as good or bad. Kwai Chang Caine - Kung Fu TV series The Matrix - movie - add the Amazon affiliate dvd link Nootopia UpBeat Why he sold test tubes with tiny plastic baby figures in them and how it helped him start his first company. JoshTrent.com/Store   [1:09:30] Expectations VS Reality of Nootropics The reason Mark created 3,000 prototypes before he created the current Nootopia products. Why he started customizing the products and how it helped with the efficiency of the products. Josh’s sensitivity to caffeine and the fact that he loves how Nootopia customized it to have little to zero caffeine in his products. Nootopia Apex People’s expectations VS reality: Can you get the Limitless effect? Why some people function better in GABA and Serotonin, entering the flow state. Mark’s negative experience using Adderall, and how he managed to create a natural supplement for the drug. Apex: Keeping people aware but not vigilant, and energized but not on edge. joshtrent.com/nootopia   [1:17:00] The Long-Term Effects of Nootropics The influence nootropics have on us long-term, even after we stop using them. How Josh relates his life to Neo from the Matrix movie. Mark’s Facebook intro: Is your life by choice or by chance? Think and Grow Rich by Arthur R. Pell Why Mark thinks many people don’t have intentions in their life and how it impacts them. What he wanted to accomplish at the age of 19 when we joined AirForce. Why it’s important to make scary shifts in your life and recompose them. Joe Rogan 462 Ben Greenfield: Should You STOP Using Plant Medicines? Wisdom on Microdosing, The Muscle of Faith + How to Grow Your Spiritual Strength   [1:24:00] The Journey to Wellness 437 Josh Trent | Death & Rebirth: Why I’m Saying Goodbye to Wellness Force… How Josh opened up to the mystery and allowed himself to recreate himself. Collagenius 438 Justin Donald | Why Wellness Is A Pentagon: The Art of Financial Intelligence & Lifestyle Investing Breathwork.io What wellness means to Mark, and why he believes that abundance comes from our health. 10% off on Nootopia with "JOSH10"   Power Quotes From The Show Chemically Processed Supplements "We’re buying our vitamins, not understanding which ones are chemically processed and which ones are naturally derived… In an attempt to become healthy, we are often times toxifying ourselves. So it’s really important that we take a little bit of extra time to understand the difference between those two." - Mark Effinger   Changing Every Life You Touch "I was called to make a monumental contribution to every life I touch. And the way to do that seems to be this vehicle of meeting people like you (Josh), that have a heart for changing every life they touch." - Mark Effinger   Effective Vitamins "To make something that was really going to be effective, and put it into either a powder form or a capsule form, we needed to address the main things that kept people from performing. Number one was the inflammatory response; anti-inflammatories and antioxidants…The next was B-vitamin. Most people have a deficiency of B-vitamin… And then the Acetylcholine precursor layer so that your brain can create this thinking molecule." - Mark Effinger   Links From Today's Show BiOptimizers Nootopia - Save 10% with code "JOSH10" Nootopia UpBeat Nootopia Zamner Juice Wade Lightheart Paul Chek Dr. Michael Ruscio | Hypothyroidism, Thyroid Symptoms, & The Truth About Hypothyroid 482 Dave Asprey | Advanced Biohacking For Body Mind & Spirit: How To Train A Healthy Brain, Boost Your Flow State + Remove False Beliefs Neurohacker 483 Wayland Myers | NonViolent Communication: How to Stop Arguments In 60 Seconds + The Power of Loving Detachment 123 Aubrey Marcus – Own The Day Peter Gabriel: Solsbury Hill Matt Gallant Brad Costanzo WebNutrients (now Nootopia) 046 Dr. John Gray: ADHD, Brain Health, & Sex Addiction 183 Dr. Kyra Bobinet | Living A Well Designed Life: 10 Lessons In Brain Science 465 Dr. Jin Ong | Emotional Triggers: Are They Your Best Teacher? How To Collapse Time + See The “Space In-Between” (The Art of Listening to Your Body) Nootopia Apex Think and Grow Rich by Arthur R. Pell Joe Rogan 462 Ben Greenfield: Should You STOP Using Plant Medicines? Wisdom on Microdosing, The Muscle of Faith + How to Grow Your Spiritual Strength 437 Josh Trent | Death & Rebirth: Why I’m Saying Goodbye to Wellness Force… 438 Justin Donald | Why Wellness Is A Pentagon: The Art of Financial Intelligence & Lifestyle Investing Shop the Wellness Force Media Store breathwork.io Paleovalley – Save 15% on your ACV Complex with the code ‘JOSH' Seeking Health - Save 10% with the code 'JOSH' Organifi – Special 20% off to our listeners with the code ‘WELLNESSFORCE' Drink LMNT – Zero Sugar Hydration: Get your free LMNT Sample Pack, you only cover the cost of shipping Feel Free from Botanic Tonics – Save 40% when you use the code ‘WELLNESS40' PLUNGE - Save $150 with the code "WELLNESSFORCE' MitoZen - Save 10% with the code "WELLNESSFORCE" Activation Products - Save 20% with the code "WELLNESSFORCE" Essential Oil Wizardry: Save 10% with the code 'WELLNESSFORCE' Cured Nutrition – Get 15% off of your order when you visit wellnessforce.com/cured + use the code ‘WELLNESSFORCE' M21 Wellness Guide Wellness Force Community Leave Wellness Force a review on iTunes Mark Effinger Instagram Twitter Facebook   About Mark Effinger Mark is a seasoned entrepreneur and intrapreneur with specialties in biochemistry and hormone and brain optimization. He is successful in industries from marketing to lasers to software. Companies turn to him for his clear grasp of the startup-to-sellout process. The death of Mark's former wife from a painkiller overdose put him on the path to creating high-performance nutritional supplements. After 4 years of development, he released a product called “Limitless NZT-48,” as in the movie Limitless, with 3,500% growth over the first year (now 5,100% over 29 months). Mark considers the biggest challenge with nootropics to be that everyone’s brain chemistry is unique. For the first time ever, Nootopia has solved this with a personalized process and product. They use your information to evaluate your goals and brain chemistry, then customize their nine core blends. Whether you want to say goodbye to afternoon energy crashes, increase your verbal fluency, boost your emotional intelligence, or reach other optimization goals, Nootopia gets you 100% personal help every single day. The system even comes with an app that guides you every step of the journey and allows you to give feedback to customize your blends even further. Mark's vision is for the resources from the company to move the needle in terms of making a difference while they make healthy profits. He firmly believes that Nootopia can add value both locally and globally.  

This is a special re-broadcast of an interview that I did on The Mind Pump Podcast with Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, and Doug Egge: Some of the topics today include: Taking advantage of being hedonistic.  The greatest gift he received from his father. Fatherhood is the craziest growth experience.  Navigating raising a child with parents with different childhoods.  The misconceptions surrounding free/home birth, and the weaknesses in the western medicine healthcare model. When a movement becomes a zealot or dogma, it’s usually time to let go of it.  “I know that I am wise because I know nothing.” Fighting against social contagion. “If I can breathe, I can choose.” Don’t poke the bear when it comes to our freedoms.  Are You Stressed Out Lately? Take a deep breath with the M21™ wellness guide: a simple yet powerful 21 minute morning system that melts stress and gives you more energy through 6 science-backed practices and breathwork. Click HERE to download for free. Is Your Energy Low? Get more superfoods to improve your energy, digestion, gut health plus also reduce inflammation and blood sugar. Click HERE to try Paleovalley's Apple Cider Vinegar Complex + Save 15% with the code 'JOSH' *Review The WF Podcast & WIN $150 in wellness prizes! *Join The Facebook Group

Wellness + Wisdom Podcast Host and Wellness Force Media CEO, Josh Trent, shares how he healed his own money found and how you can achieve financial freedom yourself. In this solocast, you will learn: Why money dominates so many of our thoughts and why people believe they don’t have enough. An exercise to discover the limiting belief you have around money. Why wealthy people attract wealthy people. Josh’s limiting beliefs about money that he acquired from his parents. Why we don’t learn how to think but what to think. How Josh went from being in debt to creating a successful business by changing his mindset. The four principles of the money construct. Why Josh added financial wellness to the four principles. Know your outcome: The importance of having reasonable goals and coming from a place of abundance. The universe only hears ‘yes’: Why we must rephrase our wishes. Making goals achievable with SMART goals. Taking action from an inspired place instead of from the belief-though-feeling-action model. What it means to be behaviorally flexible and how it helps you achieve your goals. How feedback guides us to operate from excellence. Why Josh felt disempowered during his childhood. Making the choice to be empowered: Choosing to be at cause for the results in your life. Why being honest with yourself about where you are at right now matters. How we can turn our dreams into reality through energy exchange. Why we need to be in touch with our unconscious mind. Removing the critical barrier between the conscious and unconscious mind. Why quitting our goals is our unconscious incompetence. The importance of asking yourself “What do I know that I don’t know?” as a conscious incompetence practice. What it means that perception is projection: Letting everything happen for us. Why Josh believed that making more money than his father would make him feel worthy and how it made him struggle. How our results can be traced to our behaviors. Are You Stressed Out Lately? Take a deep breath with the M21™ wellness guide: a simple yet powerful 21 minute morning system that melts stress and gives you more energy through 6 science-backed practices and breathwork. Click HERE to download for free. Is Your Energy Low? Get more superfoods to improve your energy, digestion, gut health plus also reduce inflammation and blood sugar. Click HERE to try Paleovalley's Apple Cider Vinegar Complex + Save 15% with the code 'JOSH' *Review The WF Podcast & WIN $150 in wellness prizes! *Join The Facebook Group BREATHE: Breath & Wellness Program Get 25% off of the BREATHE: Breath & Wellness Program with the code PODCAST25 [spacer height="20px" id="2"] Boost your immunity and calm your mind with freedom from chronic stress in the modern world. 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In this special (limited time) offer, you will receive: - Lifetime access to BREATHE - Free upgrades to all future training modules - Free additional training modules - Special VIP coupons for safe vape, essential oils, CBD, nootropics and more - Private WF group access   Links From Today's Show  Rewire Event Mike Dillard Michelle Alderman 481 Scott Jackson | Rewire Yourself: How To Create A Life You Love With Freedom From Subconscious Sabotage Psychology of the Unconscious by Carl Jung Seven Spiritual Laws Of Success by Deepak Chopra Stephen Cave 009 How To Live An Extraordinary Life With Hal Elrod 115 Jeff Sanders: The Power of Saying No 490 SOLOCAST | Hypervigilance: The Subconscious Strategy of Survival That Slowly Kills 437 Josh Trent | Death & Rebirth: Why I’m Saying Goodbye to Wellness Force… The Secret by Rhonda Byrne Shop the Wellness Force Store breathwork.io PLUNGE – Save $150 with the code “WELLNESSFORCE" HIGHER DOSE INFRARED MAT - Get 15% off with the code “WELLNESSFORCE15“ Organifi – Special 20% off to our listeners with the code ‘WELLNESSFORCE' MitoZen – Save 10% with the code “WELLNESSFORCE” Paleovalley – Save 15% on your ACV Complex with the code ‘JOSH' NOOTOPIA - Save 10% with the code "JOSH10" Activation Products – Save 20% with the code “WELLNESSFORCE” NEUVANA - Save 15% with the code “WELLNESSFORCE” SENSATE - Save $25 on your order with the code "JOSH25" DRY FARM WINES - Get an extra bottle of Pure Natural Wine with your order for just 1¢ CHILISLEEP - Save 25% on Josh's favorite ChiliSleep products with the code "JOSH" ION - Save 15% off sitewide with the code ‘JOSH1KS' TOUPS - Save 15% with the code "JOSH" Feel Free from Botanic Tonics – Save 40% when you use the code ‘WELLNESS40′ Drink LMNT – Zero Sugar Hydration: Get your free LMNT Sample Pack, with any purchase BREATHE - Save 20% by using the code “PODCAST20” Essential Oil Wizardry: Save 10% with the code ‘WELLNESSFORCE' MY GREEN MATTRESS - Save up to $125 on your order with the code "JOSH" NEUROHACKER - Save 15% with the code "WELLNESSFORCE" ALIVE WATER - Save 33% on your first order with the code "JOSH33" M21 Wellness Guide Wellness Force Community Leave Wellness + Wisdom a review on Apple Podcasts   Shop the BEST Organic Snacks at PaleoValley   Save 15% with the code 'JOSH'   PaleoValley's 100% Grass-Fed Beef Sticks Paleovalley 100% Grass Fed Beef Sticks are the only beef sticks in the USA made from 100% grass fed/grass finished beef and organic spices that are naturally fermented. 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One of the biggest lies ever sold to men: getting married means the fun is over, life is over… Men who believe that lie never grow up... They’re consumers. They’re easily manipulated and they don’t care. They don’t care about a lot of stuff… When you become a dad, and you have a family, and you’re devoted to your family, everything changes including your consuming habits. - Sal Di Stefano Are You Stressed Out Lately? Take a deep breath with the M21™ wellness guide: a simple yet powerful 21 minute morning system that melts stress and gives you more energy through 6 science-backed practices and breathwork. Click HERE to download for free. Is Your Energy Low? Get more superfoods to improve your energy, digestion, gut health plus also reduce inflammation and blood sugar. Click HERE to try Paleovalley's Apple Cider Vinegar Complex + Save 15% with the code 'JOSH' *Review The WF Podcast & WIN $150 in wellness prizes! *Join The Facebook Group Wellness + Wisdom Episode 494 Creator of MAPS Fitness Programs, and Mind Pump Podcast host and co-founder, Sal Di Stefano, joins Josh Trent for the first time on Wellness + Wisdom Podcast to discuss his journey from fitness to podcasting, his growth from divorcing his first wife, and how it brought him closer with his children. Are you ready to discover how the idea of fatherhood has changed for Sal, and what lies our society is telling men about being a father and husband? Join Sal and Josh to find out what it means to become a man, why we don't truly know our children and why we should be more present with them, and how to grow through discomfort.   Listen To Episode 494 As Sal Di Stefano Uncovers: [1:30] Following Family Values And Traditions Sal Di Stefano Mind Pump Media Mind Pump Podcast: Josh Trent Of Wellness Force On The Future Of Tech In Fitness & Beyond 437 Josh Trent | Death & Rebirth: Why I’m Saying Goodbye to Wellness Force… The things that happen to us vs the things that happen for us. Why Sal sees his journey as a blessing, even though it was difficult and painful. What it was like being raised in a traditional Italian family that immigrated to the USA and didn’t have much money. The sense of responsibility: Being the oldest son and feeling like a father to his 3 siblings. Following the family tradition and getting married at the age of 22 to a girl with a similar background.   [10:30] Marriage And Growing Apart How divorce can break you and why Sal didn’t want to be a weekend dad. Ending a 15-year marriage and asking himself: What did I do wrong? Why did it not work out? Getting into a marriage because of his family values, and putting all his time into making money and working hard. What he believed a dad’s job was and how different values led to a lot of fights. Avoidance in Sal’s marriage: Burying conflicts and not understanding the importance of growing together. Our modern culture: Glorifying being a single man who’s having fun VS your life being over when you get married and have children. What made Sal feel like he was missing out and feel resentful.   [14:20] How Resentful Thoughts + Feelings Are Created One of the biggest lies that is sold to us according to Sal. Peter Pan Syndrome in men, how it’s related to consumerism, and how men change as consumers when they become fathers. Objective VS subjective morality. Why men with children and are devoted to their spouses are happy, and why middle-aged female executives without children are the least happy. Facing mortality: What do people wish they had done more of in their lives? How Sal’s challenges in life made him who he is now.   [19:35] Searching For Novelty VS Becoming A Man Why novelty makes us feel alive and the connection with the limbic brain. Getting pleasure without the work and having access to what you want all the time: Why is it a problem? The current problems are not new problems, it’s a new environment. Envy: One of the 7 deadly sins has been around for thousands of years but the circumstances are different now. Why Sal thinks a good woman turns you from a boy into a man. Differences between men and women: The biological clock, emotional attachment. Chris Rock: “A man would live in a cardboard box if that’s all he needed to do.” Jordan Peterson The spiral of evolution: The right woman will make a man grow. Why older adults in long-term relationships have better sex.   [23:30] Do We Really Know Our Children? Sal shares why not exercising actually hurts more than doing an exercise, and why eating whatever you want is not enjoyable. His life after divorce: Trying to be present for his children and have a good relationship with his ex-wife. How divorce finally brought Sal closer to his children, and how his view on day-to-day tasks completely changed. What makes him feel guilty about raising kids with his second wife. Josh shares his experience with taking care of his son and getting to know him.   [27:12] Providing For The Family How to provide for your family: Creating a balance between what you produce with your wants. The ways Sal would provide for his family if his life was more unfavorable, and why the values he has matter. Why he tries to not be on his phone even when his son plays by himself. Child development: Why the first 7 years are pivotal for our children.   [29:00] What It Means to Be Present How to drive more value from our behavior and the importance of presence. The difference between modern hunter-gatherers and us: Why are we always distracted? Why we need to practice presence and how to get better at it. Josh explains why the monkey brain is a construct of the default mode network and how our brain is impacted by trauma. Sal tells how he tried meditation for the first time and thought it wasn’t for him. You have to practice to become better. Why he places himself in situations where it’s hard to get distracted.   [35:08] The Mind And Body Connection How Sal healed from Asthma in his adulthood. Breathwork.io The connection between muscles and our breath. Sal explains the types of asthma treatments and how they work. How our triggers and fear can trigger asthma attacks and contract the muscles. Why he only uses an inhaler once a year now, and why he believes our mind and body play an important role in healing. Joe Dispenza Bruce Lipton What it means, “the body is the subconscious mind.” Arnold Schwarzenegger   [38:45] Growing Through Discomfort How Sal’s insecurity motivated him to change, and why he liked the empowering aspect of fitness. Learning acceptance and the value of struggle through long-term fitness training, and why he started liking the journey more than the goal. Why he believes you can get better at anything if you practice enough and why you shouldn’t be afraid to suck. What is the flinch response that’s stopping us from doing things?   [41:25] Sal’s Life-Changing Health Pivot Why Sal likes growth more than he hates discomfort. He talks about the radical fitness approach that he had to change his body and how it led him to Crohn's disease. Why he hired wellness experts for his clients but never actually used them for himself until he got sick. The reason he avoided looking at himself in the mirror for a year and what happened when he finally did. Why it’s important to not dwell on the parts that we don’t have control over but acknowledge them. What it means that we are meaning making machines according to Josh.   [45:32] Religion, Faith, And God Why is there a clash of faith VS our earthly senses and logic? What it’s like being raised Catholic without spiritual practice. How our spirituality connects us to our mortality. Why Sal thought the religious idea of God only serves to control people. The good and the bad in people: How does it compare to religion? The Bible - Isaiah 45:7 What it means “I am everything and I am nothing at the same time.” Sal reveals why having a potential for good also indicates that you have a potential for bad. Why superheroes are not brave but regular mortal humans are. 405 Tim Corcoran | Vision Quest: How To Find Your Place In The Ecology of Life, Purpose Mountain & Spiritual Courage 457 Josh Trent: Solocast | Healing The Father Wound, 100+ Hours Fasting, Vision Questing + Being Alone With Mother Nature’s Wisdom Josh’s experience at Vision Quest: Stripping away distractions to awaken the subconscious.   [53:28] Growth + How Vulnerability Helps Us Grow MPM: 1480 How To Find Peace & Meaning Amid Chaos With Bishop Robert Barron What Sal means when he says "without Hitler, there would be no Schindler." Helping someone because we have the choice: Would there be a potential for good without our consciousness? The ways in which having children, getting a divorce, and finding a new partner made Sal mature. How caring about something other than yourself makes you more vulnerable and grow as a person. 484 Stefan Chmelik | Vagus Nerve Toning: The Science + Spirit of Healing From Stress With Sensate The value of growing together: Learning from past mistakes and your partner, understanding your differences, and changing together. How having a podcast helps Sal process his thoughts and provides him with deep conversations.   [58:42] From Fitness to Podcasting MPM Co-host: Adam Schafer MPM Co-host: Justin Andrews How Sal got to know his co-hosts better in 2 years than some of his best friends. MPM Producer: Doug Egge How he got to work with Adam and Justin, and created a fitness program and a podcast. Why he feels blessed but not lucky. Starting a podcast 8 years ago: The blessing of being at the right place at the right time. How being a personal trainer helped Josh become a great podcaster. What the most important factors of a good personal trainer are to Sal, and how your sales skills can make you a better trainer. Paleo Conference - Austin, Texas Josh talks about the first time he met Sal and how he felt about his podcast. Why approaching fitness lineary doesn’t work long-term: Why we should ignore the relationship we have with food and exercise. Shawn Stevenson: The Model Health Show 384 Shawn Stevenson | Eat Smarter: Use the Power of Food to Reboot Your Metabolism, Upgrade Your Brain, and Transform Your Life Why simple things are not always easy.   [01:10:30] Healing As A Family How Josh discovered his relationship with food wasn’t healed when he became father. Why healing is like a spiral that contracts and expands. 333 Dr. Kelly Brogan | The Spiral Path: How To Own & Love Your Self Why Sal wanted his children to always be happy after the divorce and got in the way of his new wife developing a relationship with them at first. Jessica Di Stefano Fear of the damage the divorce could cause his children: Protecting them from feeling negative emotions. How Sal’s wife makes an effort to grow together: Talk therapy and leading by example. Arthur Brooks   [01:17:00] Why We Can't Avoid the Small Things What beliefs make Sal avoidant in the relationship with his wife: Avoiding the small fights only to get into a big fight. You can’t avoid life’s challenges and discomfort. The price we have to pay for whatever path we choose. Why Sal never wanted to marry and have kids again until he met Jessica. The moment he realized he truly liked and wanted to be with his Jessica.   [01:22:07] Letting Go to Come Together The fear and anxiety Sal experienced during his wife’s pregnancy and birth. Why the last pregnancy made him feel joy. Dr. John Gottman The challenges of blended families: Why it takes 5 years to fully integrate. 451 Laura Coe | Understanding Akashic Records: How To Live Your Dharma, Spiritual Bypassing, Twin Flames & Soul Mates Twin Flame and soulmates: There’s only one twin flame for us but many soulmates. Why there’s more conflict with our twin flames.   [01:27:29] Becoming a Father: The Identity Death The different childhood experiences Sal and Jessica had growing up. Why you and your partner should believe they are meant for each other to be able to grow together for the rest of their lives. The ways in which Josh experienced his identity death when he and Carrie became parents. Why we need to have to do things differently when we have a family, and how Sal fought that his life changed after he became a father.   [01:34:00] The Gift of Struggle Chris Kresser MPM: 620 Chris Kresser On The Chronic Disease Equation, The Potato Hack For Fat Loss, The Disease Worse Than Being Eaten By A Shark & MORE 140 Unconventional Medicine – Chris Kresser Why it’s easy for us to eat potato chips but we wouldn’t eat the same amount if it was a boiled potato. MPM: 1480 How To Find Peace & Meaning Amid Chaos With Bishop Robert Barron MPM: 910 Paul Chek Paul Chek Paul Chek’s ritual before eating a meal. How Sal finds objective human truth in religion and cultural crossovers. MPM: 1792 The Secrets Of Happy People With Arthur C. Brooks The Matrix movie Why we need the struggle to be happy. 369 Paul Chek | All Is God: Three Part Series How being humble plays a role in receiving wisdom. The ways in Sal redefined wellness for himself and why he always tries to be open. Resistance Training Revolution by Sal Di Stefano Why it’s important to find a community to learn what you’re interested in as well as against.   Power Quotes From The Show The Vulnerability Of Fatherhood "Being a dad, you definitely realize how invincible you were before in the sense that you’ve never been vulnerable like you are the second you care about something more than yourself." - Sal Di Stefano   Facing Mortality: What Is It That Truly Matters? "If you look at studies on people who are faced with their mortality, people with chronic disease who have a year to live, people on the death bed… Nobody says I wish I worked more or I made more money. Everybody says I wish I spent more time with my kids, I wish I had kids, or I wish stayed with that partner, I wish I was more with my family and friends." - Sal Di Stefano   Same Problems, New Environment "These problems that we have today are actually not new problems. It’s a new environment… The reason why people are unhappy now is although we have more, they can see the next guy that has more than they do, as they compare themselves. That’s not a new problem… This is human behavior. I don’t think they’re new problems, I think we have different circumstances. Human behavior doesn’t change, I think we still have to learn the same lessons." - Sal Di Stefano   Links From Today's Show  Dr. John Gottman 451 Laura Coe | Understanding Akashic Records: How To Live Your Dharma, Spiritual Bypassing, Twin Flames & Soul Mates MPM: 1480 How To Find Peace & Meaning Amid Chaos With Bishop Robert Barron 484 Stefan Chmelik | Vagus Nerve Toning: The Science + Spirit of Healing From Stress With Sensate The Bible - Isaiah 45:7 405 Tim Corcoran | Vision Quest: How To Find Your Place In The Ecology of Life, Purpose Mountain & Spiritual Courage 457 Josh Trent: Solocast | Healing The Father Wound, 100+ Hours Fasting, Vision Questing + Being Alone With Mother Nature’s Wisdom Mind Pump Media Mind Pump Podcast: Josh Trent Of Wellness Force On The Future Of Tech In Fitness & Beyond 437 Josh Trent | Death & Rebirth: Why I’m Saying Goodbye to Wellness Force… Jordan Peterson Joe Dispenza Bruce Lipton Arnold Schwarzenegger MPM Co-host: Adam Schafer MPM Co-host: Justin Andrews MPM Producer: Doug Egge Paleo Conference - Austin, Texas Shawn Stevenson: The Model Health Show 384 Shawn Stevenson | Eat Smarter: Use the Power of Food to Reboot Your Metabolism, Upgrade Your Brain, and Transform Your Life 333 Dr. Kelly Brogan | The Spiral Path: How To Own & Love Your Self Jessica Di Stefano Arthur Brooks Chris Kresser MPM: 620 Chris Kresser On The Chronic Disease Equation, The Potato Hack For Fat Loss, The Disease Worse Than Being Eaten By A Shark & MORE 140 Unconventional Medicine – Chris Kresser MPM: 1480 How To Find Peace & Meaning Amid Chaos With Bishop Robert Barron MPM: 910 Paul Chek Paul Chek MPM: 1792 The Secrets Of Happy People With Arthur C. Brooks The Matrix movie 369 Paul Chek | All Is God: Three Part Series Resistance Training Revolution by Sal Di Stefano Shop the Wellness Force Media Store breathwork.io Paleovalley – Save 15% on your ACV Complex with the code ‘JOSH' Seeking Health - Save 10% with the code 'JOSH' Organifi – Special 20% off to our listeners with the code ‘WELLNESSFORCE' Drink LMNT – Zero Sugar Hydration: Get your free LMNT Sample Pack, you only cover the cost of shipping Feel Free from Botanic Tonics – Save 40% when you use the code ‘WELLNESS40' PLUNGE - Save $150 with the code "WELLNESSFORCE' MitoZen - Save 10% with the code "WELLNESSFORCE" Activation Products - Save 20% with the code "WELLNESSFORCE" Essential Oil Wizardry: Save 10% with the code 'WELLNESSFORCE' Cured Nutrition – Get 15% off of your order when you visit wellnessforce.com/cured + use the code ‘WELLNESSFORCE' M21 Wellness Guide Wellness Force Community Leave Wellness Force a review on iTunes Sal Di Stefano Instagram Twitter Facebook   About Sal Di Stefano Sal picked up his first weight at the age of 14. A painfully skinny teenager, he felt insecure about his physique and his lack of muscle and strength. Fitness was a way for him to apply hard work and effort towards changing and re-inventing himself. A natural intellect, Sal devoured every fitness, physiology and nutrition publication he could get his hands on. His appetite for knowledge is voracious and he used his passion for learning to maximize his own body’s potential. 4 years later Sal walked into his local 24 Hour Fitness gym and applied to be a personal trainer. He quickly became a top performer and, at the age of 19 was promoted to the position of general manager with as many as 40 employees working under him. During this period of time, Sal learned to master skills of sales, marketing, and communication and his gyms broke records in sales and production. At the age of 22, Sal became an entrepreneur. He opened a wellness and personal trainer facility that offered one on one training, massage therapy, nutritional counseling, hormone testing, and acupuncture. At the age of 28 Sals health took a bad turn.   Sal's Wellness Journey The years of training his own personal body with excessive amounts of intensity in the pursuit of more muscle combined with the abuse of supplements caused his body to rebel. He lost 15 lbs of muscle and at one point believed he may have an autoimmune disorder. This forced Sal to change his personal approach to fitness. He made health a priority and he visited his insecurities that caused him to abuse his body. It took him a full year of study and learning to transform yet again. Sal learned about gut health, hormone health and how to prioritize health over appearance. He healed his body and changed how he communicates fitness and health and was re-invigorated with a new sense of purpose. Although this was a challenging time for him, it is literally what formed his view on health and how he communicates it to this day.   MAPS Programming At 33 years old Sal met Doug Egge who became his client. They formed a close friendship and together they created the first Maps program. Sal was the designer of the workout plan and Doug created the marketing material behind it. Their goal was to shatter the failed muscle-building workout ideas that Sal had personally witnessed as entirely ineffective. They knew that MAPS programming would be vastly superior. Their challenge was how to bring this to the masses. 2 years later Sal met Adam and Justin and together with Doug they started Mind Pump. The goal with Mind Pump was simple... Bring quality fitness and health information to the masses with integrity and honesty. Sal wanted to shift the direction of the fitness industry from an aesthetic insecurity-based industry to a self-love and self-care health industry. He knew this could be accomplished with education through entertainment.

Wellness + Wisdom Podcast Host and Wellness Force Media CEO, Josh Trent, shares why our gut is the second brain and: In this solocast, you will learn: How making decisions and judgments are related to our nervous system. What the enteric nervous system (ENS) is and why it is our second brain. Brain-gut connection through the vagus nerve. The new studies that are being done on the ENS and microbiome. What the function of neurotransmitters is in the ENS. How fermented foods positively affect our gut and therefore also the ENS, the vagus nerve, and the brain. What our gut feeling truly is and why it gives us false information if we have dysbiosis. How our mental health is involved in the enteric nervous system. The relation between serotonin imbalances and depression. What the consequences of our diet are on our mental health. How Ion Biome supplements support our gut health. Why we should avoid using sunscreen with aluminum. How breathwork stimulates the vagus nerve. 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