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If you don't go fight your battles and you're always open heart full time no matter if it kills you, if you don't go do what you're supposed to do on this planet - you have an energy inside of you and the obstacles that you face in your life are there to test that energy and if you avoid those obstacles, the energy turns in. The only choice you have is to listen to your intuition; what are you pulled to? What can't you get out of your mind? This helps lead you to your dharma. - Joseph Anew 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 468 International Speaker, Fitness Expert, Entrepreneur, Lifestyle Coach, and Founder of RUNGA, Joseph Anew, shares his own Hero's Journey including surviving several near-death experiences, how we can become an intuitive warrior, why obstacles are put in place to test our energy + purpose, and how to become a frequency of change. Are you ready to develop the courage to face the obstacles that are part of your Soul Contract? By the end of this episode, you will have the knowledge to grow a greater capacity for love, increase your emotional bandwidth, and follow your true brain - your heart. 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. Their 100% Grass Fed Beef Sticks are unlike anything else on the market. In fact, they were recently voted in Paleo Magazine as one of the top snacks of the year. The reason is that they are committed to making the highest quality, clean products that are free from problematic ingredients. Their beef comes from 100% grass fed cows raised entirely on natural grass pastures by family farmers right here in the USA. As a result they are healthy and happy. PaleoValley's Pasture-Raised Turkey Sticks Paleovalley Pasture-Raised Turkey Sticks were created to make healthy snacking easier. Their turkey sticks are made from turkeys who are allowed to live as nature intended... on organic grass pastures with plenty of sunshine, fresh air and room to exercise. The result of raising turkeys in such a natural way is a much healthier, clean protein with higher levels of vitamins, minerals, and omega-3s. Unfortunately, virtually all turkey in the USA is conventionally raised with a small portion being "free range" – a virtually meaningless term that simply means the turkeys were allowed access to the outdoors. However, most "free range" turkeys only have access to an outdoor dirt field with no pasture in sight. Their truly pasture-raised turkeys are given full access to outdoor, pesticide-free pasture with plenty of grass and insects for them to nibble on. Listen To Episode 468 As Joseph Anew Uncovers: [1:30] How to be an Intuitive Warrior Today Joseph Anew RUNGA Spartan Race Intuitive Warrior Podcast Heartful: Practices to Awaken the Heart BREATHE. | Joe DiStefano | TEDxLugano Exploring how to be an intuitive warrior in our modern era and why it's such a challenge for many people. 375 Bizzie Gold: Break Method | Why Instinct And Intuition Are Not The Same (Rewiring The Subconscious) Breaking down how intuition is different from instinct. Why intuition gets stronger the more and more you use it. How Joseph has grown his intuitive muscle rather than just doing what his higher self wanted him to do. The fact that you can test your intuition through muscle testing. Paul Chek Joe Dispenza Why the future of healing comes down to frequency and vibration. [8:00] Joseph's Evolution + Hero's Journey from 3 Near Death Experiences Leonidas I Why Joseph decided to change his name, especially because of his son. Joseph's horrific accident when he actually fractured his skull. The inner strength Joseph found within as he began to heal and be his own support system. His mission to help everyone around him become stronger as he began to recover but deep down he really wasn't fine. The doctors that helped him and his decision to move to the island of St. John for a while after learning he was going to be alright after his accident after all. Why his parents weren't able to give him the support he needed but he has made peace with that. The various other accidents Joseph has been through from cracking his teeth to breaking his ribs to dislocating his shoulder. Joseph's first experience during an epic obstacle race and how it connected him to himself. Why actually just showing up to a Spartan event is half the battle of attending it. [20:00] How Obstacles Test our Energy + Purpose 086 Creating The Unbeatable Mind With Mark Divine 410 Mark Divine | Positive Neurodiversity: Kokoro Spirit, The 5 Mountains For Inner Peace, & How To Fulfill Your Potential Joseph's incredibly close relationship with his grandfather. His first spiritual awakening walking into his grandfather's home for the first time in 10 years after he passed away. Why the obstacles we face in life are there to test our energy and purpose. The importance of not avoiding the obstacles you face in life. Paths to God: Living the Bhagavad Gita by Ram Dass His obstacle in trying to read Paths to God and what important message came from that for his journey. What steps you can take to find your dharma or purpose by tuning inwards. Alan Watts The aiming issue that many people face when trying to figure out and live by their dharma. [28:30] How to Become the Frequency of Change How Joe Dipsenza's work has greatly impacted Joseph's journey. Where Joseph is at now compared to before having his frequency shift with Joe Dispenza's work. Why the phrase from Dispenza, "Be the frequency of change," has been so helpful for his growth. Arnold Patent Eckhart Tolle Tony Robbins Why acting like all of your dreams and goals have come true is so powerful. Their decision to ask people to fill out applications to be accepted to attend RUNGA. Breaking down how the heart acts as a magnet. The difference between the idea of 'law of attraction' and true sending and receiving messages on a higher frequency. [34:40] The Cataclysmic Event of Leon's Birth The incredible cataclysmic event Joseph experienced with the birth of his son while at the hospital during CV 19 lockdowns in Luxembourg. Josh and Carries own birth experience with Novah. Britta Bushnell Transformational Birth Course Why he recommends Britta Bushnell's Transformed by Birth course to help parents prepare for the unknown. The heightened intuition both Joseph and Josh felt as their sons' births got nearer and nearer. Nathan Riley, MD, FACOG The OBGYN physician that helped Carrie and Josh immensely with Novah, Dr. Nathan Riley. How modern western medicine has really robbed the birth experience from women and the family. The multi-hundred billion dollar industry that grabs very high-level plasma stem cells from the baby's umbilical cord and placenta. How Joseph and his wife, Emilía, have made peace with Leon's birth experience and they're so grateful to have a healthy son. Why a person's birth experience is often reflective of the life journey that they're going to have in their time on earth. Joseph's mission to be a warrior and protect Leon with all that he has especially with how the birth went for them. [46:30] Growing a Greater Capacity for Love Esther Perel What lessons we can learn from our parents, how their generation is different than ours, and what gifts they gave us while alive for us to pass on to future generations. The Dark Night of the Soul that Joseph went through when his father died in 2017. Why the healing journey all comes down to ourselves and the individual path we go on in life. How Arnold was like a surrogate father figure for Joseph when he seeked out his mentorship. 463 JP Sears | This Is How Media HIJACKS Your Mind: Stop Censoring Yourself & Heal The Tyrant Within The power of breath and being aware of active breathing and moments when it becomes constricted based on the energy we're feeling or what we might have just listened to or read. How Joseph grew a greater capacity for love after the death of his father. What true duality is and why we need to experience the dark to know and understand the light, joy, and how to love. How RUNGA has been created to be a transformational experience to help people grow and achieve greater abundance and step into themselves. [56:15] Joseph's Top Mental + Emotional Tool Sets Why healing and doing the inner work shouldn't be forced and that was an important lesson for Josh to learn when he changed the podcast from Wellness Force to Wellness + Wisdom. Byron Katie's Four Model Questions and why Josh (and others) feel that they push shame on people when used in a general way. Josh's experience at RUNGA and all of the different activities that they did.  Why certain life experiences or moments in life call for one set of wellness tools over another and how to know when to use each one. How detours and blocks pop up when we misinterpret our energy and look too much back into our wounding. Why sometimes we don't need to keep processing a certain energy but go and use it through an activity such as mountaineering in Joseph's case. The incredible biohacking tools and supplements we have available today to help us keep our health in check and beyond yet we're going backwards at the same time. MitoZen 436 Dr. John Lieurance | Melatonin Miracle: Supra-Physiologic Dosing, Sinus Health & Ending Inflammation How sound and stillness will be the next important wellness practices that Joseph believes we will be going back to for healing. Why you need to employ the power of a thunderbolt or sound and vibration when you're going to make a real change in your life. [1:06:00] The Heart is the True Brain The different rites of passage for both men and women and why a vision quest is one way to experience it. Heart Rate Variability (HRV) and why it's an incredible tool to keep the body in sync and essentially the true brain. HeartMath's research and how the heart gives off so much more energy than the brain and the communication is from the heart to the brain; not the other way around. The blood pressure wave in the HRV and why it's the reason he believes the three strongest emotions - anger, fear, and sexual energy can switch in a moment. Why Joseph believes that it is attainable to live in joy all of the time despite the duality we live and experience. How HRV is a reflection of our mood and state of being plus why an elevated average is best. The fact that the roof of our mouth has 83 acupuncture points and every sound we make has a frequency. Why so many yogis change their names after years of practice. Joseph's belief that we can check all the boxes and try to follow logic but heart and intuition is the only true path. Why our partners act like a mirror and bring up all the things we need to work on for ourselves. What the neck up approach to loving and dating looks like plus why it's not the same as true intimacy. [1:15:00] Why + How We Choose Our Life Partners How Joseph's wife, Emilía, came into his life to help him do the inner work and in the end he became Joseph Anew. Josh and Carrie's similar relationship story and how they help each other grow. Paleo(Fx) Why Joseph was so sure that he was going to marry Emilía the moment he met her at Paleo(Fx). The idea that maybe we already choose a life partner that levels us up to the point where the things that are hurting us on a subconscious level are going to help us flush those out. Why love isn't always enough; we need to be with someone that will challenge us and make us better. Journey of Souls: Case Studies of Life Between Lives by Michael Newton Why being open and intuitive are so important because people and signs are the map even when things don't make sense. How we're matched up with a life and life experiences based on what we're only able to handle plus learn in this lifetime and the next one. [1:25:00] The Key to Finding Purpose + Gaining Mastery The power of exploration and learning different things in life rather than just zeroing in on one thing and how that fits into the health and wellness journey. How Joseph's return to mountaineering is going to flow over into other areas of his life, especially parenthood. Why curiosity and playfulness is the missing piece in wellness that RUNGA is able to provide participants. The gratitude that Joseph has for all of the lessons he has learned in life that have made him who he is today. What key piece of advice he would give to a 17-year-old who feels lost right now. Joseph's mission to help people transform and uncover their dharma in life. His own experience getting caught up in the whole "I have to go to college and figure out my life now" mindset and why he now wishes he knew at 17 about dharma and life that he does now. How Joseph came to name his event, RUNGA. Why attending these intense yoga classes were like a metaphor for Joseph's life at the time. Deepak Chopra What primordial sound meditation is and why the word, "runga," has an interesting vibration. Joseph's view on wellness and what being well means to him. What it means to him to step out with his new name, Joseph Anew, and how his DNA is literally changing with his new identity. Power Quotes From The Show Coming Back Home to Joy "When we are born, we are abundant. We are joyful, we are happy. The game, the lived experience is us going far from there and coming back. That's the duality, that's the journey." - Joseph Anew Law of Attraction vs Higher Frequency "Between the law of attraction and sending messages on a higher frequency, the approaches are different but it's the same concept. Different approaches cater to different audiences. When you read books like The Secret or Think and Grow Rich, you're very focused on what you want and it's not that you shouldn't get granular even if you're into Dispenza but to me with Dispenza, you're looking for a more broad version of this change. A lot of people are looking for healing for example; not a blue BMW by September 20th, 2025. In my opinion, you want to become the frequency of change to see what's there." - Joseph Anew How to Live Your Own Life "I would tell my 17-year-old self that everything is happening on purpose. Everything in your life is for a purpose. Remember that there is no time or space in dharma, really. Right now your focus is to follow your heart, find your true friends, take good care of your body, be as physically fit as you can be in a reasonable amount of investment, and await further instructions. When we go to college and everyone has to be a doctor or a lawyer or something that pays well, you lose the magic. Everyone has their unique genius, their special gifts. For example, you could be an astronaut if you want to be but you're not supposed to be; you have a different soul contract and purpose for this world." - Joseph Anew Links From Today's Show  Spartan Race Intuitive Warrior Podcast Heartful: Practices to Awaken the Heart BREATHE. | Joe DiStefano | TEDxLugano 375 Bizzie Gold: Break Method | Why Instinct And Intuition Are Not The Same (Rewiring The Subconscious) Paul Chek Joe Dispenza Leonidas I 086 Creating The Unbeatable Mind With Mark Divine 410 Mark Divine | Positive Neurodiversity: Kokoro Spirit, The 5 Mountains For Inner Peace, & How To Fulfill Your Potential Paths to God: Living the Bhagavad Gita by Ram Dass Alan Watts Arnold Patent Eckhart Tolle Tony Robbins Britta Bushnell Transformational Birth Course Nathan Riley, MD, FACOG Esther Perel 463 JP Sears | This Is How Media HIJACKS Your Mind: Stop Censoring Yourself & Heal The Tyrant Within MitoZen 436 Dr. John Lieurance | Melatonin Miracle: Supra-Physiologic Dosing, Sinus Health & Ending Inflammation Paleo(Fx) Journey of Souls: Case Studies of Life Between Lives by Michael Newton Deepak Chopra Shop the Wellness Force 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 Botanic Tonics – Save 40% when you use the code ‘WELLNESS40' 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 Joseph Anew Facebook Instagram LinkedIn RUNGA Facebook Instagram LinkedIn About Joseph Anew Joseph Anew is an international speaker, fitness expert, entrepreneur and lifestyle coach. During his eight years as Head of Sport and Training at Spartan Race, Joseph worked full-time with professional endurance athletes and taught seminars all over the world. From there, Joseph went on to found RUNGA, an experiential lifestyle brand empowering individuals through highly effective and sustainable practices that fuel health, wellness and performance. His talks and teachings focus on engraining profound mindset shifts, giving audiences the courage and the tools align their actions with their objectives throughout daily life. After a traumatic brain injury, Joseph dedicated his life to finding health again, stopping at nothing to regain his potential. Today, this experience shapes him as a coach and educator, where he believes that removing negatives and environmental detractors is a necessary step before piling on new tools and practices. While the industry is focused on the ‘sweaty and sore’ scale, Joseph looks at the ‘health and happiness’ scale as a measure of success with his clients. Joseph is based in Austin, Texas.

This is a rebroadcast of an interview I did on the Wondersoul Show with my friend, Skip Kelly. In this conversation we talk about money, fatherhood, breathwork, growing a legendary podcast, and building your dream life. But a lot of what we explore on this is a pathway and a guidance point moving towards the direction of our dreams; of what we actually care about. How do we find that childlike joy? How do we live a life of purpose? How do we move through the things that happen for us that are super challenging and not lose our enthusiasm? I think you're really going to love this episode. Listen and subscribe so you never miss a Wellness + Wisdom podcast episode at 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

Wellness + Wisdom Podcast Host and Wellness Force Media CEO, Josh Trent, shares the mental health hierarchy in our society and: All the reasons why unconscious capitalism shatters the mind.  How we can exit mental slavery. Josh's own story around capitalism and what shifted his mindset to no longer be a slave to unconscious capitalism. Stories we often tell ourselves about money. What happens to the soul when we have a job that we're not aligned with at all. Josh's family's history of bipolar disease and why he's the only one who hasn't taken SSRIs. The dis-ease that happens in the body when we're not healthy and at ease or peace. Question prompts to help you live life well right now. Different aspects of mental health - anxiety, OCD, and depression. The misuse of psychedelics and spiritual commoditization.  Josh's experience taking too much Ayahuasca during a poorly facilitated plant medicine ceremony led to OCD thoughts. How to nourish your Wellness Pentagon. 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 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   Links From Today's Show  Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business by John Mackey and Rajendra Sisodia Psychologist Jordan Peterson says lobsters help to explain why human hierarchies exist – do they? 464 Solocast | Learning To Love The Tyrant Inside: Relaxing The Default Mode Network via Conscious Breath Awareness Joseph Campbell Cover Story Podcast Paul Chek | All is God Shop the Wellness Force Store breathwork.io 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" 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 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   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. Their 100% Grass Fed Beef Sticks are unlike anything else on the market. In fact, they were recently voted in Paleo Magazine as one of the top snacks of the year. The reason is that they are committed to making the highest quality, clean products that are free from problematic ingredients. Their beef comes from 100% grass fed cows raised entirely on natural grass pastures by family farmers right here in the USA. As a result they are healthy and happy.   PaleoValley's Pasture-Raised Turkey Sticks Paleovalley Pasture-Raised Turkey Sticks were created to make healthy snacking easier. Their turkey sticks are made from turkeys who are allowed to live as nature intended... on organic grass pastures with plenty of sunshine, fresh air and room to exercise. The result of raising turkeys in such a natural way is a much healthier, clean protein with higher levels of vitamins, minerals, and omega-3s. Unfortunately, virtually all turkey in the USA is conventionally raised with a small portion being "free range" – a virtually meaningless term that simply means the turkeys were allowed access to the outdoors. However, most "free range" turkeys only have access to an outdoor dirt field with no pasture in sight. Their truly pasture-raised turkeys are given full access to outdoor, pesticide-free pasture with plenty of grass and insects for them to nibble on.

I really do believe that we do have all of the answers within us if we allow the space, more of the feminine energy to come in, and welcome more of the quietness. So, seeing the space in between is really beautiful. It's like where time collapses because time is this funny, human concept but everything just slows down and you can process everything that's within you in the moment. - Dr. Jin Ong 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 465 Professionally trained as an osteopath, psychosomatic therapist, western medical acupuncturist, and herbalist, Dr. Jin Ong, shares the art of listening to your body, how to integrate both the masculine and feminine energies, how to heal the relationship you have with your younger self, how to develop the courage to set healthy boundaries and say, "No," and a warning about the dark side of the Free Birth Movement. How can your triggers become your biggest teachers? By the end of this episode, you will understand what it means to "see the space in between" and how you can finally get to a point where you can process your emotions and traumas. 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. Their 100% Grass Fed Beef Sticks are unlike anything else on the market. In fact, they were recently voted in Paleo Magazine as one of the top snacks of the year. The reason is that they are committed to making the highest quality, clean products that are free from problematic ingredients. Their beef comes from 100% grass fed cows raised entirely on natural grass pastures by family farmers right here in the USA. As a result they are healthy and happy. PaleoValley's Pasture-Raised Turkey Sticks Paleovalley Pasture-Raised Turkey Sticks were created to make healthy snacking easier. Their turkey sticks are made from turkeys who are allowed to live as nature intended... on organic grass pastures with plenty of sunshine, fresh air and room to exercise. The result of raising turkeys in such a natural way is a much healthier, clean protein with higher levels of vitamins, minerals, and omega-3s. Unfortunately, virtually all turkey in the USA is conventionally raised with a small portion being "free range" – a virtually meaningless term that simply means the turkeys were allowed access to the outdoors. However, most "free range" turkeys only have access to an outdoor dirt field with no pasture in sight. Their truly pasture-raised turkeys are given full access to outdoor, pesticide-free pasture with plenty of grass and insects for them to nibble on. Listen To Episode 465 As Dr. Jin Ong Uncovers: [1:30] The Art of Listening to Your Body Dr. Jin Ong The Art of Listening to Your Body Podcast What exactly a cathartic release practitioner does and her training as an osteopath, herbalist, and acupuncturist for New Zealand and Australian patients. Questions people have about catharsis and why some people feel uncomfortable about the release. Why she's moving away from the title of cathartic release practitioner and calling herself a psychosomatic therapist and emotional anatomy practitioner. The history interpretation process that she took Josh through in their 1-1 session and what came from it. Her knowledge of the doshas, chakra, and Ayurvedic healing modalities. How she helps clients find out which emotions have been stored in their bodies and how to release them. Explaining where exactly the voice of our body comes from within ourselves. How we can better tune inwards when we allow the feminine voice within to come forward by spending time alone in a quiet area. Why verbal dialect is so important for releasing trapped emotions because of the vibration and frequency it carries. [14:15] The Importance of Both Our Masculine + Feminine Energies How the masculine + hustle and bustle energy in this world is causing so many people to create sideways energy from within. We shouldn't label masculine or feminine energy as good or bad because we need both. The cause of why so many people end up focusing more on being in their masculine rather than feminine selves plus the imbalance that creates within. How the masculine energy helped lead Dr. Jin to where she is now with her career. Why the feminine energy allows us to become our fully embodied selves. Her struggle listening to her feminine energy, and intuition to embody her work. The health issues that came up for Dr. Jin when she wasn't expressing herself through her feminine energy. Explaining what ends up blocking our inner voice from being heard. [18:00] Healing Through Conversations with Our Younger Selves Why we find it so hard to trust even our heart and intuition. The fact that some of the most beautiful life experiences happen from challenges and growth. The younger selves conversations that she teaches people to have with their inner child and why they are so important. Dr. Jin's own turning point and healing journey when she was experiencing multiple skin issues. The thousands of dollars she was spending on to heal her skin and then came to realize her actions were a dysfunctional behavior pattern trying to control external issues to heal her inner pain. What she needed to unlearn from her medical education as an osteopath to know what she knows now. The fact that all of the hives on her body were all over her joint lines and why that was significant to help her heal. How she uses her skin as a barometer to know when she is out of alignment. [25:00] Developing the Courage to Say, 'No' Breaking down why we struggle as a society to have the courage to say, 'No,' and set up healthy boundaries for our time and energy. The work she does to constantly teach and remind her clients how to say, 'No,' and that it's a full sentence - they don't have to explain why they're denying a request. Why it can be triggering to set healthy boundaries and that's why you have to know yourself so well including your values so that you can stay grounded in your decisions. Her journey of healing from being a constant high perfectionist with her Asian heritage and background. How parents can help their children heal and learn good behaviors by being good role models for them. [29:00] Seeing the Space in Between + The Four Milestones The Space Inbetween episode - The Art of Listening to Your Body Podcast What it means to see 'the space in between' when people get to the point where they're able to process their emotions and trauma. Viktor Frankl What the four milestones are that she sees her clients go through and how she breaks down each one. How being attentive and present to our emotions and triggers are the first steps for healing them. Unpacking why our deepest triggers are actually an invitation for us to heal.  The fact that even when you find your purpose or spark in life, challenges will still be present but you will know that they're there to help you grow. 311 Mark Wolynn | It Didn’t Start With You: Ending The Cycle of Inherited Trauma 366 Mark Wolynn | How To Heal Generational Trauma: The Thoughts, Feelings, Patterns & Behaviors Formed Before You Were Ever Born Why she tries to turn people off from the work to actually make sure that they really want to do it. Signs that someone is truly ready to dive in and do the deep inner work. Why group work can be triggering for some people compared to 1-1 guidance with someone like Dr. Jin. [41:50] Healing Traumatic Birthing Experiences The importance of counselors and coaches learning how to ask their clients better questions. Questions Dr. Jin asks her clients to help them explore their minds and tap into their body wisdom. The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma by Peter Levine Why it is so important to find the right therapist or group that makes you feel comfortable especially if you are healing from physical or sexual abuse. The beauty of being in an open environment where you can openly share. Unpacking why we sometimes seek permission to share our feelings or experiences. Why exploring uncomfortable topics is so important for the healing process and not welcoming that can halt discovery for months or years. The birth experience Josh and Carrie had for Novah and why things didn't work out as they had planned. How a traumatic or emergency birth experience or having the umbilical cord wrapped around their neck can impact people later on in life. Why Dr. Jin believes it's key for parents to have not only a birth plan in mind but some flexibility and adaptability as well to help their experience in advance. How she works with people about their birthing experience if that is something they're working on healing. Why people will naturally project their birthing experiences onto other people when discussing someone else's pregnancy. How to set up healthy boundaries when someone is telling you negative stories or frightening things they feel you should know about right then and there. Why it's key for parents to be aware of their energy and emotion when they tell their child about their birthing story. [51:30] A Warning About The Free Birth Movement The pressure and emotions of shame many women are facing with the Free Birth movement to have a natural birth but in an extreme scenario like being alone by a lake. Carrie and Josh's personal experience feeling pressure from others in the Free Birth movement when deciding on how to bring Novah into the world. Why no woman should feel shame for having a C-Section or seeking out medical attention if and when they need it. How dogmatic camps and beliefs can shift so quickly when the tables are turned. Why we can experience karma when we have very high expectations for something like a birth. The powerful fact that it's never too late to do the work, before or after you become a parent. How we can go so deeply into a masculine mode when not just raising a child but also essentially keeping it alive. Why Josh believes that some people from the Free Birth movement are indeed doing beautiful work helping women such as the organization, Indie Birth. Indie Birth [58:10] Emotional Intelligence Training for Men: During Partner's Pregnancy + Post-Partum Josh's disappointment in one of the popular Free Birth organizations for not providing any resources or support for fathers in the natural birthing process. Exploring different emotional training tools for men to help them support their partner during their pregnancy and post-partum experiences. Why women can have a traumatic birthing experience when they don't feel that they're receiving the support they need from their partner. How Dr. Jin's partner was present with her during the pregnancy by doing things together like meditation or reading the same books. What hypnobirthing is and why she recommends other couples read up about it as well. Hypnobirthing: A Natural Approach To A Safe, Easier, More Comfortable Birthing by Marie Mongan MEd MHy Important discussions she and her partner had when planning the birth of their child including taking into account that he has anxiety about hospitals. How to embrace the crown chakra and the qualities as well as emotions that it governs. What you can do to let go of old belief systems by asking yourself if you can be open to evolving and being curious. How to shift your mindset from "Why is this happening to me," to "Why is this happening for me." What wellness and living your life well means to Dr. Jin with all of her life and work experience. Power Quotes From The Show Have You Forgotten to Trust Your Heart? "Upbringing, conditioning, belief systems, the business of the masculine world, and getting stuck in the logical mind rather than trusting your heart block the body's voice from being heard. That is why having conversations with our younger selves is so important to help you come back home to yourself. In our pain, we often don't believe that it can get any better but yes; when have those deep, darker times it can make the high stuff feel even higher." - Dr. Jin Ong The Many Layers of Our Soul "I want people to know that there are so many layers to who they are. You ask one question and there are so many different perspectives and layers. Be and stay curious on your wellness path. There will be people who want to shut you down and stop you from growing but someone out there is going to be your support and help answer your questions to open up this wellness pathway even wider for you. Come back to that deeper inner trust and your intuition but communicate; use your voice if you're able to do so." - Dr. Jin Ong Dr. Jin Ong: Our Darkest Corners Hold the Greatest Lessons "So many people are under this illusion that when you connect with your purpose that your life is just going to flow and be free of challenges but that's not true. Instead, you learn to embrace the challenges and know and trust that there is a lesson in each one that will help you grow. I believe that we have these recurring things that happen and they can play out in our intimate relationships, our family, and at the workplace in different shapes, ways, and forms because there is a lesson there that we are yet to recognize. So, if we're willing to go in deep and be aware and get curious about our triggers, there definitely are deeper lessons that are linked to the interaction and reaction." - Dr. Jin Ong Links From Today's Show  The Art of Listening to Your Body Podcast with Dr. Jin Ong The Space Inbetween episode - The Art of Listening to Your Body Podcast Viktor Frankl 311 Mark Wolynn | It Didn’t Start With You: Ending The Cycle of Inherited Trauma 366 Mark Wolynn | How To Heal Generational Trauma: The Thoughts, Feelings, Patterns & Behaviors Formed Before You Were Ever Born The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma by Peter Levine Indie Birth Hypnobirthing: A Natural Approach To A Safe, Easier, More Comfortable Birthing by Marie Mongan MEd MHy How Your Doshas Change Through Life And A Secret To Health Two Phases Of Discomfort Is Catharsis Fragmenting? Shop the Wellness Force 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 Botanic Tonics – Save 40% when you use the code ‘WELLNESS40' 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 Dr. Jin Ong Facebook Instagram Spotify YouTube About Dr. Jin Ong A reformed procrastinator and perfectionist, mum to one lotus birth baby, indoor plant addict, clinic owner, therapist, dabbler in all sorts of projects, and a desires-driven manifestor. Jin Ong is a professionally trained as an osteopath, psychosomatic therapist, western medical acupuncturist and herbalist living in the beautiful lakeside town of Wanaka, New Zealand. Having treated thousands of clients in her clinics, she soon became fed-up treating with her clinical skills alone. She wasn’t seeing the results she’d hoped for. Deep down, she knew her client’s pain (not only physical) was a manifestation of their emotional state. They were dealing with hidden trauma and stress they’d never spoken about, which impacted the ability of their physical and emotional body to heal. Their body was speaking to them, but they weren’t listening. They had an emotional disconnect. How Dr. Jin Ong Helps People Heal Based on a client’s pain, injury, mental imbalance or behavioural dysfunction, Jin tapped into her intuition and started interpreting the deeper emotional issues at play. Not only could she bring awareness to the issues her clients were previously unaware of, she started facilitating her clients through a process to help them release these stored emotions to truly liberate them of their pain physically and mentally. After a pandemic hit and her clinics had to shut down, fear drove her to do what she was really passionate about. To train other therapists in her methods and processes as well as work with people all around the world at a deeper level to create profound shifts in their life and realign them with their soul purpose. She loves to dig deep, speak about the unspoken, and help people process unresolved emotions that hold them back from living the life they truly want.

Wellness + Wisdom Podcast Host and Wellness Force Media CEO, Josh Trent, shares how we can learn to love the tyrant within with tools including both the Curious Compassionate Inquiry Emotional Intelligence Squared (EI2) processes plus the Wellness Pentagon. In this solocast, you will learn: Your biggest narrative and how it is guiding you Our relationship with the default mode network Breathwork and how it keeps us anchored How to do a CCI - Curious Compassionate Inquiry Healing our triggers with the Emotional Intelligence Squared (EI2) process How to live your life by the Wellness Pentagon   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   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 464 As Josh Trent Uncovers: [00:00] What Is Your Biggest Narrative? This is Josh Trent. This is the Wellness + Wisdom Podcast. This is a very special solocast. It's something I've been ruminating on for a long time. I wanna know if you can relate. Do you ever feel like there's a tyrant inside of your mind, a tyrant who bullies you, talks down to you, and it makes you feel like shit? If so, let me know. In the comments, what is your biggest narrative? When it comes to the tyrant inside of you today, I'm gonna give you some big tools, some big rocks that I'll break down with mindfulness and with care. So that by the end of this podcast, you're gonna leave with less created self-stress. So you can show up for life, more powerful, less controllable, and somebody who embodies more courage and more peace. Let's start here. [1:00] Where is Your Tyrant Narrative Guiding You? We have narratives in our mind. We always have these narratives that either guide us toward love or guide us towards hate. Now, the reason is, that we're half beast, half spirit, we're a biological being, but we're also a spirit inside that being, having a spiritual experience. So inside of our brain, there is a default mode network. We're gonna go into this later on in the video, I'm gonna share with you how conscious breath awareness can actually turn down the volume of your default mode network. And I'm gonna tell you what the default is, and I'm gonna tell you what the default mode network actually is and why it's so important to your emotional intelligence and your piece. I'll give you another big tool. That's called Emotional Intelligence Squared. This is something that I've been working on for an upcoming book. We'll talk about CCI, which is Curious Compassionate Inquiry, and why these are the ways that all of us can get down to what I call the lens of the kaleidoscope, the kaleidoscope that's connected to our head, our heart and our soul. [1:56] Learning To Love The Tyrant Inside - Let's Get Started So we can make great decisions and not just be in our head all the time. Let me know if you can relate to this, you ever find yourself in your head and it's been days or weeks or maybe a month or more where you've actually felt your stomach felt your breath? I'll talk about how to get out of the mind and into the body. So you can make decisions from this alignment of the kaleidoscope. And lastly, we'll talk about the five sides of the Wellness Pentagon, something we've been going into depth on for Wellness + Wisdom, but it's the mental, physical, emotional, spiritual, and financial ways that we all nourish ourselves. So we can show up in life with more peace and with more courage and be less controllable, especially what's going on in the war, for our minds and our souls on social media. So let's dig in. If you're the kind of person who has the narrative in your mind, that sometimes makes you feel like garbage, take a deep breath to your nose, fill your belly, and let it go through your mouth. [2:52] Understanding the Default Mode Network Let's begin. The default mode network is a structure in the brain that is the prefrontal cortex, the posterior singulate and the amygdala. Now, these are three big ancient structures. There are many more inside of the default mode network. But the key that we have to understand about the default mode network is it's most active when we're at rest. Now, why is that? If the default mode network, which is essentially the thing that's scanning for danger, the thing that remembers when you've been through pain, when you've been hurt or back in the day, if you're a cave person being chased by a tiger, it's probably a good thing to know. So I'm not here to demonize any structure of the brain or any structure of biology. What I'm saying is we have to be aware that these ancient structures don't necessarily apply anymore. Like they used to. So when we get this activation of the default mode network, it puts us in what's called a fight or flight state. It pulls us out of the present moment. It makes our respiration decrease. It makes our heart rate increase and it makes our stress hormones increase. [4:03] Understanding Our Fear Response We have structures near our kidneys called cortisol. We have structures near our kidneys called adrenal glands, which release cortisol. This is exactly what happens when we are in two places. One is anxiety, which is fear of the future fear of not being able to handle it, not being enough or one is depression rumination of the past, beating yourself up for what didn't happen, depending on your level of integration of trauma or stress, or just things that have occurred for you in life. You are going to have either a high volume or a low volume of the default mode network. Now here's where it gets awesome. One of the reasons that I use breathwork in my own life and for the thousand plus students that are in our BREATHE: Breath and Wellness program at breathwork.io is because when you use conscious respiration when you are actually having conscious breath awareness, you can scientifically and somatically turn down the volume radically of that default mode network. [4:30] Active vs Resting Brain Here's why it's active when our brain is at rest. When our brain is at rest, we also want to be engaged in loving activities or a flow state, but we get pulled out of it because of this rumination or this anxiety. So when we start doing circular breathing, and I'm gonna talk about some more of these tools, when we get to the Wellness Pentagon section in this solocast, when we're experiencing anxiety, we have a shortness of breath. When we're experiencing depression, we have a compression of breath. We don't have as much volume in our breath. So the best way to do this, which I talk about in our program and that you and I are gonna do right now to turn down the volume of this tyrant, which is really attached to the default mode network. We do it like this. We breathe in through our nose. We breathe out through our mouth three times without any pauses. So it looks and feels just like this. [5:00] If I Can Breathe, I Can Choose I like to continue to do that up until about 21-30 times, somewhere in between. You'll notice that when you're breathing like a circle, and also when you breathe like a box, we'll talk about this later, your mind is at rest over the course of time. The more that you do this practice, this circular practice with no pausing at the top or the bottom, you will scientifically and somatically turn down the volume of your default mode network. And when the volume is turned down, this is the most amazing thing. When the volume of your default mode network is turned down, you can show up more, present, and more loving. It's on my arm in Italian. I've talked about this many times, "se posso respirare posso scegliere," which means, "If I can breathe, I can choose." I myself fought depression, anxiety for a long time coming from my own familial situation, my own trauma. [5:49] The Anchor of Your Breath And I found that, you know, I did plant medicines and I did lots of other things and conferences. And you fell on the gamut. I mean, I did lots of things, but it was my breath. It was the anchor of my breath. It was seeking me out the entire time. And that is why I believe that conscious breath awareness is what we all need to learn right now. And that is what is going to turn down. All those structures, turn down the volume of the default mode network and allow you to unlock some peace. When you have peace, you're able to build more courage. This is the key. When you're peaceful, you're more courageous or when you're more courageous, you're more peaceful. It's the chicken or the egg. That's a big concept. I'm gonna link a resource right here to three different podcasts that I've done about the default mode network, about how our breath works. So you can dig in more. Let's move on. We're gonna talk about emotional intelligence squared or my EI2 process. [6:46] Josh's Vision Quest Experience So this came to me earlier this year after I did a vision quest. If you haven't done a vision quest, it can be incredibly transformational. Once you have a foundation of conscious breath, awareness and self-inquiry, and the Wellness Pentagon, the three things that I'm gonna give you in this solocast, but beyond just a deep dive into my soul, what I really felt from God's wisdom, nature's wisdom in nature. When I was fasting for four days with just water is I felt this compassionate inquiry. I really knew that everything I've ever wanted was inside of myself. And it's inside of you too. We're all just trained by society and the media. And unfortunately, our parents, who were trained by our grandparents, that we don't have the answers, but we actually do. The EI2 process is where we align the thoughts that we're thinking in our head, the feelings that we're feeling in our heart, which direct us to the energy in motion, the emotions that we're experiencing, and our intuitive faculty to connect with soul, to connect with God. [7:47] Your Guiding Kaleidoscope: Better Understand the Tyrant Within So head, heart, and soul make up what I believe is the kaleidoscope, the lens of awareness that we all have, but we have to, to cultivate the vision, to see through it. Here's how we do it. You take a piece of scratch paper or a journal. And on the left side of the page, you're gonna write down 10 things that you truly know are causing you pain. So go ahead and do that right now. Pause this podcast, pause this video, grab a journal, grab a piece of paper, grab a pen. Or if you want to, you can do it on an Evernote or a digital journal. So do this right now. This is truly going to be a starting place for you to relieve the narrative of the dogma and the torture of this tyrant that lives inside of all of us. And really we're gonna learn today how we can love it. [8:33] What Are You Grateful For? So write down those 10 things. Now that you've done that draw a line down the center and on the right side of the page, write down 10 things that you really, really love. And on the right side of the page, write down 10 things that you truly love. Things that fill your body with gratitude, things that you actually experience on a very deep level. Don't just be like, oh, I like food, I'm grateful for my food. Like things that you are, unless you really are, things that you are really, really, really grateful for things that you feel. Maybe it's holding your son, your daughter, your partner...your friends, something exciting. Maybe you love to paint. Write that down, take a big breath, let it go. Make sure your phone is off. Make sure you have no distractions. And I want you to circle the one on the left.. [9:21] Paralysis by Analysis ...that's causing you the most pain and you know what it is. Sometimes we get in this paralysis by analysis and it actually is a figment of the ego that keeps us stuck by being so overwhelmed or confused that we can't move forward on the one thing that we know is causing us the most pain. Now, here's why we did the 10 on the other side. So from that list of 10, that you're most grateful for, circle the one that you know is the most energetically aligned with your heart. The one that feels the best when you tune into it, you love it the most, maybe it's like your wife or your son or your daughter. I'm not here. Or your husband. I'm not here to tell you what that is, only you know what that is. So you've done the exercise. You've begun this emotional inventory in the emotional intelligence squared process. [10:15] Sharing Your Journey with Someone You Trust The EI2 you've began by doing the emotional inventory. So, you have your paper. You've circled the two, be honest with yourself because the next step is actually the most challenging. And the most liberating. You reach out to someone, maybe it's a coach, maybe it's somebody in the Wellness + Wisdom community. Maybe it's somebody in your community and you call a friend, someone that you trust and you tell them, "Hey, I've done a process and I'm changing my life. And I wanna share something with you. Can I share?" Now to the degree they give you back a response that's trustable, share with them, but do not share - This is a big key. Do not share your inventory process with somebody that, you know, secretly may not support your highest dreams, may not support your highest goals. So, be careful who you share this with, and then you share with them, "Hey, what's causing me... [10:55] What Are You Committed to Changing? ...the most stress is my current work what's causing me. The most pain is at my current work. I know that I'm destined for more. I know that I can make more money, whatever it is, or maybe it's a relationship you're in or health or finances, one of those big ones. And then you actually share to that person, this is what I'm committed to changing." And you put a date on it by when I'm gonna change it. By this point on this day, it's so empowering. And here's the key. You tell that person, "And I'm doing this because I may not have the biggest, I may not have the biggest amount of love for myself right now, or I love myself enough right now to change this..." Whatever your degree of self-love is, you talk to the person who you're sharing with about the thing that you love, the most, the thing that's gonna be worth it for you when times get hard. [11:37] Curious Compassionate Inquiry And when you're confronted with your ego and when you're confronted with the things that are not making you change, I know you can feel this. It's like palpable - in order to change and let go of something that's hurting you. That scares you. You have to have the fuel from something that you love. Otherwise, what's the point.? What's the point of changing? What's the point of evolving if you're not connected to someone or something that you truly love? And then from that place, you have taken away the first part, the most important part of this EI2 process. The next part of the EI2 process is where you look at the people in your life that are triggering you the most, the experiences of your life that are triggering you the most and just your general way of being. So the way that this works is now that you've done the first part, you can move on to stage two. And in stage two, you're gonna ask yourself five big questions. In other words, five wise deep, and you do this through the CCI process. The CCI is Curious Compassionate Inquiry. Now, if I'm having an experience, like let's say for an example, that my partner is triggering me... [12:37] Healing Our Triggers & Calming the Tyrant Within For an example, a traditional one is where somebody leaves their clothes all over the floor, right? And so just in this example, we'll say, "God, my wife left her clothes all the floor. Again! What in the hell is wrong with her?" You notice that response that you and I get, or that any of us get when we're triggered by a partner, when we're triggered by life, when we're triggered by an event. Obviously that is something that comes from the mind. The mind is making up a story. And so here's how we go five wise, deep. And by the way, you can apply this to anything, right? It could be capital "T" trauma. It could be lowercase "t" trauma, or it could just be an event that's occurring for you in life. The first thing that you do, and you do the same thing where you grab a piece of paper and you actually script this out. [13:22] Really Get Curious About Your Inner Tyrant! So you've already done the first part with the EI2 process where you did the 10 and 10 circled each one and told a friend, and that was putting you in the momentum of this next stage. And this is a thing you can do at any time. You can do this 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 times a day in the beginning, and you might have to, and that's okay. But the first thing that you write down on your page is what am I thinking? What am I thinking? And remember, you're gonna be compassionate to yourself. This is the CCI. So it's curious, compassionate inquiry. Be curious right now - don't run right to the answer. Just write it down. What am I thinking? I'm thinking that I hate it when my partner leaves the socks on the floor. I hate it.when my partner does this. What are the thoughts that are running through my mind about this person's circumstance or experience or situation? [14:12] Are Your Tyrant Thoughts True? Write it down, "What is the story that my mind is telling me?" Um, my mind is telling me a story of (I'm writing it down with you right now.): My partner doesn't actually care about me and they're lazy and they don't care about my feelings and they know it pisses me off. And this totally sucks. And you know what? This is a deal breaker. I hate this. That's really good to get out. Then the next question you ask is, "Am I reliving the past?" So maybe in another relationship, you had somebody that left socks or clothes on the floor and that was one of the reasons why the relationship didn't work out. Keep being curious here, keep being compassionate in your inquiry. And then the last one is, "Am I projecting into the future?" Maybe when I write that down, I'm feeling like they're never gonna change. Next week... [14:59] Unpacking All of Your Tyrant Stories ...it's gonna be the same thing and keep going until it doesn't hurt anymore. Keep going. You can go five. You can go 10, but make sure you ask those exact questions in that order so that you get to the bottom of it all, where you just realize this has nothing to do with my partner. This has everything to do with the experience inside of me. And when I really tune in to this kaleidoscope lens, through this compassionate inquiry, through this CCI, I can start to make decisions from a solid beam, a solid column inside of me. And that is the emotional intelligence squared. Now that you've done the CCI, you know what your mind is thinking, you know, all the stories, you know, all the fabrications, you know all the bullshit. Now go to your heart. What is your heart feeling? [15:51] What Is Your Heart Feeling? Your heart is feeling sad. Your heart is feeling sad. It's directing you to grief, the emotion of grief. Maybe it's directing you to the emotion of despair, whatever it is, write that down. You know what your thoughts are thinking, cause you just did that. And now go to your soul, close your eyes, take a deep breath. And I want you to visualize all those thoughts that are running in your head. All the feelings, all the emotion that your heart is truly feeling. The thing that maybe you don't wanna share, cause it's really vulnerable. And then I want you to connect with God. I want you to connect with your soul and feel your soul, giving you a lesson, giving you something that you know is for your greatest good. So, let's do this process. In my mind I just did the CCI, the inquiry. "I know my partner loves me, but God, it pisses me off. It reminds me of my last relationship and it makes me feel like they don't love me." [16:49] Listening to Your Heart's Wisdom Now, go to the heart. When I don't feel loved, I feel alone. When I feel alone, I feel like someone might abandon me. Huh? There's wisdom. There. There's a deeper emotion there. Keep going. It's not about just the socks on the floor. Just the laundry on the floor. It's about the emotion, the subconscious emotion that is being experienced from the thoughts that are narrating by the tyrant. And then go a little bit deeper. Now go to this experience with God, with soul and tune in and understand that this event is neutral. Your partner is not on purpose, trying to be mean to you or trying to hurt you. Even if they are - now, this is your experience to go to them with the head, the heart and the soul and give them a realistic understanding of what's happening inside of you. [17:43] How to Share with Your Partner And you do it by non-violent communication. Here's how, "Hey babe, I just did my inquiry. And I noticed earlier this morning, the socks were on the floor again. And my mind was telling me all these stories like you don't care about me. You don't love me or you're lazy. And it was really intense. I mean, the thoughts I were having were projecting me into the future and making me ruminate about the past. But really what I wanna share with you is that when I see the laundry on the floor, it makes me feel sad. It makes me have an experience that I'm not loved. And when I'm not loved, I might be abandoned. And it's super vulnerable for me to share with this. And it's super vulnerable for me to share this with you right now, but that's the truth. I know that this is happening because my soul is telling me that this is a way that you and I can get deeper..." [18:29] Emotional Intelligence Squared "...and this is a way that you and I can be closer together. So can you do me a favor please from now on just pick up your laundry on the floor." Now, can you imagine if you gave your partner that type of inquiry? Oh my gosh. Way different than, "Pick up your fucking socks!" Right? The way that we experience ourselves and the way that we articulate our experience is everything. It is truly everything. Try this on for size today, tomorrow, this week. I hope you've enjoyed this section two and really gotten something from this EI2 process, emotional intelligence squared, where you did the first part, where you wrote down the 10 and 10, you circled them. You shared, and you took action on a specific date. Then you went through a process of CCI, curious, compassionate inquiry, where you went at least five wise deep, and you recorded everything. [18:55] Power from Peace and Courage And then you actually shared, you took it upon yourself to align in this third portion of the EI2 process. You aligned your thoughts, your head, your heart, and your soul. And then you shared, then you came with the wisdom. Then you came with the courage. Then you came with the peace. And that is powerful. When you have power from peace and courage, that can be trusted, but brute force power. When you're just yelling at your partner, it's just not integration. It's just not emotional integration. And there's no shame to this because the tyrant is very loud. Let's go to the third part of our video today of this solocast. [19:29] The Wellness Pentagon And this is the five sides of the Wellness Pentagon. So in this last portion of the cast, we're gonna talk about the mental, physical, emotional, spiritual, and financial ways that we nourish ourself so that our nervous system, our biology can actually hold the load of doing the EI2 process and of understanding what this tyrant is actually telling us. In other words, if our conduit is dirty, if our physicality is loaded, if we're stressed out, if we're underslept, if we ourselves are over-stressed, it's going to be really challenging. Let alone, I think even impossible to love the tyrant inside of yourself, by doing this compassionate inquiry, by having curiosity. So let's begin. [20:02] The Power of Box Breathing The first aspect is the mind. The mind obviously feeds itself on thoughts. So if we want to calm down the mind, if we want to let the mind lose some weight, maybe the mind is obese. We have to give it a stimuli to do so. And so what we do is we do a conscious connected. And so we employ box breathing. Box breathing is powerful. It is what I learned from Mark Divine. It is what I've also seen Navy special warfare do before they go out into battle. It feels the same for you and I, whether we're with our spouse or in life or in battle, it's all the same. Box breathing is known to not just pull us over to the parasympathetic side of the nervous system, but also it's known to decrease cortisol, decrease stress hormones. And this is really key. When you're doing box breathing, I'm gonna show you how to do it. You're focused on your breath. That's all you're focused on. How to do Box Breathing When you're focused on your breath, you can start to bring in a calming mantra. My mantra is "I am loved. I am supported. I am on the right path." So let's do two rounds of the five-count box breathing to satisfy this mental construct that is wanting more, wanting more, but really it just wants a deep breath. Inhale for five through your nose. Fill your belly. Hold for five Exhale for five Hold for five Inhale nose for five Hold for five Exhale for five Hold for five [21:53] Grounding Ourselves Through the Breath Now imagine if you did that 10 times, 10 times, if you did a five count box breath, you are going to bring yourself to a place that is totally at peace and totally calm. And you can do this for free anywhere, anytime. We also go into depth. So you can use not just the box breath, but also the circular breath and many different things for your nervous system, to clear your stress with your breath. That's at breathwork.io. And by the way, if you're here on this video, you can just use this discount code. I give it to my friends, my family, or people like us who are interested in calming down our nervous system and that's PODCAST25. So you can get that at breathwork.io, just enter the code PODCAST25. So with this mental construct, calm down, we can bring in that mantra. [22:40] The Physical | Wellness Pentagon I've done my box breathing. I bring in the mantra that says, "I am loved. I am supported. I am on the right path." Now you can bring yourself to the physical. This is the next part of the Wellness Pentagon. The physical is so important because obviously, you know that it's important for you to move. So choose whatever you'd like. I'm not here to tell you how to work out or train. Get sweaty first. You can also do the sauna. In the sauna, there's very special heat shock proteins that are released by your body. These build emotional resilience, they're called hormetic stress or hormesis. Very fascinating. I'll leave a link right here in the show notes below this video. So you can learn more about hormesis, but we also get something from cold as well. And so as we're nourishing this physical lens, this physical part of our Pentagon, it's important to know that after your movement or your sauna, if you go right to the cold plunge, not only are you getting the heat shock proteins from the heats, which give you more immune response and give you better health... [23:38] Cold Plunge Benefits to Keep the Tyrant at Bay But now you're gonna get the cold shock proteins from the cold. I like the brand, Plunge. You can go to joshtrent.com/plunge. With the code, "WELLNESSFORCE" you get 150 bucks off a Plunge unit, which is amazing. Then when you're doing this and when you do the cold and the hot and you cycle that one, maybe even two times, I promise you, now that you've done the mental calming, you've done the physical calming. Now you're ready for the emotional. See people jump right to the emotional. They try to get their charge outta their body without getting their body to let go of the charge. You see the difference. It's like one of 'em is push. One of 'em is pull. So now that you've pulled the things out, that no longer serve you by doing your box breathing, your physicality. Now you can go to the emotional process. We can do a two part breath. We can also just go into another CCI. The curious, compassionate inquiry. [24:32] Two Part Breath & Strike Pose The two part breath looks and feels just like this. You can do it nasally. Or if you want to have the two part breath looks just like this. Notice. I have my hand on my heart. I have my hand on my stomach. That's allowing you to get that cry response. A lot of times, remember when you're a little kid or just people that cry, cause crying's normal. When you cry, you go like this, right? The two part breath is so powerful for letting go of emotions. And also you can do what's called a strike pose. So you get on the ground with, with your knee about shoulder width apart and you take your hands, just like this so that your fingers are together and the palms of your hands are down and you strike, you, put your hands over your head and you strike the pillow with a full body motion up and down. So that you're actually getting rid of the energy, getting rid of the anger that you may have in your system. [25:12] Getting Rid of Energy in Motion One of the best ways that you can nourish your emotional self is yes, doing the EI2 process going deep into what's happening for you, the head, the heart, the soul, but also sometimes we can be so overwhelmed by what's happening for us emotionally that we have to get the energy in motion out. We have to just get the energy out of our body. So yes, you can do the two part breath. You can do that. Just like I showed you for three minutes or five minutes and just allow what comes out to come out. Or if you're feeling really intense, you can go into that strike post. That is a big one. We talk about many of these things in the BREATHE program. Again, I've already given you the discount it's at breathwork.io (PODCAST25). [26:01] Centering After an Emotional Release with MitoZen I like to stack my breathwork with the tool from Mito Zen. This is Dr. John Lieurance's company and this has oxytocin and hoppe in it. So a lot of times after I do a big purge or release, I'll relax with this nasal spray. It is so powerful. I actually use it for breathwork practices as well, but you can get this joshtrent.com/mitozen. There's a code "WELLNESSFORCE." You get 10% off. The reason I like it the most is because after I've had the release, it helps me to reset. It helps me to actually be more in my center so I can calm down. And it actually gives me a little bit of a high. Now it's not the kind of high like psychedelics, but it is absolutely powerful. I totally recommend it. It is my go-to for emotional intelligence and for emotional release. [27:00] Cleaning Our Spiritual Lens +Understanding the Tyrant Within The next is our spiritual lens. So now that we've gone through the physical, the mental, the emotional, the spiritual is where we actually connect with that part of our soul. That part that connects to God. And we do that through either reading some type of scripture, doesn't have to be the Bible - I'm not a religious man - or some type of intelligence that you know is godlike or angelic. Maybe you could just do a dedicated prayer or a loving kindness meditation. This is a big one because when you sit still and want to put your hand on your heart and your stomach, maybe you just sit and do a loving kindness meditation. You just allow thoughts to come up that aren't loving and you let them go. When you do this, you actually start getting information from the collective, from the ether, whether you're scientific or spiritual, you know that there's lots of things out there that you don't understand and whatever created us all, whatever's gonna give you that spiritual connection because without spirit, you can't do anything. [28:00] Tools for Greater Spiritual Connection Whatever's gonna give you that spiritual connection. You can find that by being still. One of the ways I love to be still is this Feel Free product (40% off with code "WELLNESS40"). It's a plant tonic. It's got really beautiful adaptogens in it. One of them is kava so it relaxes you. It also gives you a focused euphoria and I've found that after I've cleared my physicality after I've done my breathwork after I've purged emotionally when I really want to connect to my myself, the God in me and the God outside of me, I love, love, love to use this Feel Free. It's one of my most favorite tools, actually the Mito Zen spray and the Feel Free are like every single day. Actually, that's not true. The spray is more like three times a week. I don't do the spray every day, but the feel free is my go-to for connecting with the deeper parts of myself. So I can have that focused euphoria. And also you don't need this. You don't need the Feel Free to connect with God. I'm not sitting here saying you must have any of these tools. They just have helped me a lot more so I thought I'd share. [29:07] Build Greater Financial Health And the last one is financial. Many of us experience this anxiety about finances or depression from our epigenetics about finances. We can shift the story. And I know this. I came from welfare, I've been $75,000 in debt myself. I've had quite the money story. And here's what you do to fill your financial self. You ask yourself who do I know that I feel is wealthy and that has a life that I love? Who do I know that's wealthy and has a life that I love? Add your time for them. Add your time as value for them. So you might take an inventory of your phone or all the people in your community. And you might go to someone who's a mentor or somebody that you really think is doing both. Has a great life, has a life that you would love and has has wealth. And you ask them, "Hey, would you mind? I'm actually like in a process right now where I'm growing my own intelligence. I'm moving forward in my life. And I'm honestly sick of being poor. I'm done with the anxiety and depression that comes with being poor. And with being financially strapped, would you be able to allow me to volunteer for you?" And don't be surprised if they say, "No," it's okay. You can have maybe 10.  I guarantee you. If you ask 10 people, one of them is gonna say, "Yes," and you can just share with them. Your goal is to share with them, your dreams and let them know you'd love to volunteer. [29:32] The Beauty of Volunteering Your Heart Energy This is key. There's something so reciprocal about volunteering your heart energy, which is the most incredible thing connected to your time, which is a gift that time can never be replaced. So when you offer your time and you offer your heart to someone that is wealthy and also has a life that you feel like you would love, you can tell that they are embodying love in their life. That is gonna bring you closer to you saving money, you becoming more wealthy and get excited. Get excited about growing your own wealth regardless of your external circumstances. Now we just filled all the five sides of your Wellness Pentagon. You should feel incredibly nourished. Watch this entire video again, write down all of your notes. [31:18] Getting Closer to Your Wellness Goals You can also go to joshtrent.com/464. That's where everything here is laid out for you. All the discounts, all the resources, the BREATHE program, and everything we've talked about today. From my heart to yours, if anything, you moved 1% closer to being more emotionally intelligent by turning down the volume of this default mode network and giving this tyrant an outlet that lives inside of you. It's not about beating up the tyrant. It's not about being a tyrant. It's about recognizing that inside of me, inside of you, inside of us, there is always a tyrant cause to be human is to be a tyrant, to be on the path of emotional integration is to sometimes find that you need to love the tyrant inside of yourself. I know for me, this came on full strength recently in the vision quest. [31:55] How Do You Live Your Life Well? And if you're like me, you're on this path of constantly learning about yourself and constantly reflecting about, "How do I live my life well?" How do I be the person I know that I'm capable of? How do I step into my potential? And these are not terms that Tony Robbins speaks on a stage. These are feelings and experiences that you and I are feeling probably right now. Otherwise, you wouldn't be watching this video or listening to this podcast. So again, joshtrent.com/464. It is my wish. It is my desire that from this solocast, you have been able to get rid of the self-created stress so you can live better. You can have more courage. You can have more peace or vice versa. And if you did get something from this video, please drop in the comments below. If you're on YouTube or wherever you're watching this solocast. If you're listening on audio, you can always write to me. It's admin@wellnessforce.com. That's admin@wellnessforce.com. From my heart to yours, thank you for being here on this solocast. Stay tuned every week. We're gonna be releasing more solocasts so we can all dive in together and do the real work. Josh Trent saying goodbye. So until I see you again, I'm wishing you love and wellness. 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Turn off the news, really minimize social media, and don't look at your phone for the first hour of the day. Removing these kinds of things are absolutely vital before we have any hope in hell of understanding what we actually think. Whatever I'm getting emotionally charged at; that's a mirror for me in my self-growth and spiritual realization. I ask myself, 'How am I being a tyrant towards myself? Have I already enslaved myself? How am I censoring myself?' to find out what I can learn from my triggers and then the tyrants become our teachers. - JP Sears 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 463 Comedian and Creator of the popular YouTube channels, Awaken with JP and JP Reacts, JP Sears, joins Josh Trent on the Wellness + Wisdom Podcast to discuss how he has been such a powerful voice of reason when the plandemic theatre began in 2020, to explain how he handles anger and censorship that is thrown his way, to explore the origins of gender dysphoria in America plus the power of human connection and how to stop outsourcing your power. If you are someone that notices from time to time that inside of your mind lives a demanding dictator who tends to have a tyrannical radical bent... or are someone who is deeply concerned with what you see as the loss of freedom and rise in censorship in America, this will be a truly life-changing conversation for you. 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. Their 100% Grass Fed Beef Sticks are unlike anything else on the market. In fact, they were recently voted in Paleo Magazine as one of the top snacks of the year. The reason is that they are committed to making the highest quality, clean products that are free from problematic ingredients. Their beef comes from 100% grass fed cows raised entirely on natural grass pastures by family farmers right here in the USA. As a result they are healthy and happy. PaleoValley's Pasture-Raised Turkey Sticks Paleovalley Pasture-Raised Turkey Sticks were created to make healthy snacking easier. Their turkey sticks are made from turkeys who are allowed to live as nature intended... on organic grass pastures with plenty of sunshine, fresh air and room to exercise. The result of raising turkeys in such a natural way is a much healthier, clean protein with higher levels of vitamins, minerals, and omega-3s. Unfortunately, virtually all turkey in the USA is conventionally raised with a small portion being "free range" – a virtually meaningless term that simply means the turkeys were allowed access to the outdoors. However, most "free range" turkeys only have access to an outdoor dirt field with no pasture in sight. Their truly pasture-raised turkeys are given full access to outdoor, pesticide-free pasture with plenty of grass and insects for them to nibble on. Listen To Episode 463 As JP Sears Uncovers: [1:30] Speak Your Truth & Stop Censoring Yourself JP Sears Awaken with JP on YouTube JP Reacts on YouTube Why JP was really the voice of reason for Josh when the CV 19 theatre began. JP's first thoughts on CV19 and asking, 'Why is freedom becoming political?'  The two types of people when facing stress: Those who stay stressed out and don't do anything compared to those who do take action and allow that stress to dissipate. Josh and JP's shock at other wellness influencers and podcasters not speaking out about the mandates and control during CV 19. Why it was surprising to see so many people be blocked by their fear-based compliance and then shame or intimidate other people for using their own critical thinking. [12:30] Free Will & Dharma: Is Life Pre-Destined? 451 Laura Coe | Understanding Akashic Records: How To Live Your Dharma, Spiritual Bypassing, Twin Flames & Soul Mates Is free will actually destiny as part of our soul contract and dharma or do we have any real say in it? JP's take on free will and the experiences we have had, are having, or will have in this lifetime. Paul Chek | All is God Living 4D with Paul Chek: Episode 5 – JP Sears: Friendships, Relationships and Personal Growth JP's experience working with Paul Chek and how his encouragement helped him in, "an exquisite degree," to believe in himself. Why Paul is like a surrogate father for JP as he learned so much from him. Josh's bad experience during an Ayahuasca ceremony and how Paul helped him be rid of this dark entity plus the words of wisdom that forever shaped Josh's life. What Wilder, JP's son, has taught him about life, what really matters, and the joy of being a parent. The experience JP and Amber had bringing Wilder into this world during the CV 19 plandemic. Why JP had no fear of being censored and de-platformed from YouTube and other social media channels for sharing his thoughts during CV 19. How JP had to tweak his content and express himself in a different way to avoid being kicked off. [22:30] Healthy Methods to Embrace & Connect with Our Feelings of Anger How JP shifts his fuel source to come from a place of love with all of the energy he receives every day. Healthy boundaries JP sets up for himself to not be brought down by other people and their negative energy. Why JP feels more like a whole man now that he is a father and has the mission of creating a better future for Wilder. Why living for someone else besides yourself is the greatest fuel source according to JP. How JP is embracing his emotions of anger now (compared to ignoring them before) as a fuel source that pushes him in the direction of what he loves like a Father Gorilla or Mama Bear. The fear JP used to have around anger that he wasn't willing to try and connect with it at all. How JP has faced the backlash of cancel culture and why he uses humor to get his message across to people. Why he believes we're pre-destined to express ourselves through different archetypes like the Joker or the Jester (in his example) for our  personal expression. How JP balances the two worlds of humor and being serious in his teachings by being resourceful. [33:00] Vital Lessons the Light & the Dark Teach Us Unpacking the #MeToo movement, COVID-19, and how the pendulum has swung that it is greatly impacting ourselves and society. Exploring the importance of the light and dark, pain and pleasure - why experiencing these opposites are vital for us to uncover who we are at our core. Why it's so important for us to remember who we are again and not betray ourselves by swinging too far to one extreme. You are the Universe - Alan Watts How we can let ourselves be free through humor and why insecurity stops it in its tracks. Why humor helps us be present in the moment and is a powerful expression of connection between two people. Important lessons that many people have forgotten: we're loved no matter what and we matter as individuals Why we substitute that knowledge with the amnesia that we need other people's approval.  The fight, flight, faun, or freeze modes we automatically go to when we're afraid, insecure, or nervous. PaleoF(x) 167 Michelle Norris: From Healing & Growth To Paleo f(x) 354 Keith Norris: Bread, Circuses, & Mind Control [42:30] Humor from the Heart How JP uses humor from the heart to bring light to issues that are taking away people's freedom and sovereignty. The disappointment we feel when we have such high expectations and then life doesn't serve up what we were hoping for plus why that can be exhausting. Why JP has come to accept and expect more corrupt situations and narratives are bound to keep coming our way. How JP uses satire, metaphors, and tweaks his script to avoid censorship. JP Sears: BOMBSHELL Safety Data Released on “Life Jackets” Why Life Jackets Should Be Mandatory! Mike Rowe: Off The Wall: Disappointed by the Absurd Meme How we can avoid being slaves to our anger and self-regulate ourselves. What led Josh and Carrie to decide to move from California to Texas. The instant connection JP and Amber felt to Texas as well after being there for just 36 hours for an Onnit event with Aubrey Marcus. 196 Aubrey Marcus: Owning The Day, Open Relationships, & Skipping Breakfast? [53:00] Fighting for Our Freedom The saga of cancel culture and calling people conspiracy theorists when many of these ideas turned out to be true. Dr. Robert Malone Why the difference between a normal mind and a conspiracy theorist's is about 6 months. JP's participation in leading the March Against Mandates Rally in Washington D.C. with 40,000 people of all different backgrounds and how that experience made his heart more whole. Why the tyrants of this world cannot control you unless you actually allow them to do so. The energy of freedom vs division that we're all witnessing in our world today. Lessons from the Civil Right Movement and how it's helping people find their courage today to stand up for what they believe in. [1:01:30] Taking a Look at Ourselves & Healing the Tyrant Within The roles we all play in this universe and both of Josh and JP's missions to leave the world a better place for future generations. How JP pauses and takes a closer look at himself when he gets emotionally charged and triggered by something. Questions JP specifically asks himself including how he is censoring, punishing, or controlling himself when he gets triggered. Why we're seeing more and more tyrants in the world because it is a perfect energetic match. How we can shift our own energy when we see ourselves in the tyrants. David R. Hawkins Josh's own emotional journey in 2020 going through the different vibrations starting at the bottom with despair. [1:05:30] The Genesis of Gender Dysphoria in America Taking a close look at the gender dysphoria campaign that we are witnessing all over the world. Mike Dillard Exploring the genesis of gender dysphoria and why JP believes it's Marxism and an agenda to control and weaken people. Mikki Willis The war of the psyche and how people with good hearts and agendas are manipulated by others with bad intentions to comply and obey. Reid Hoffman How people's empathy can and are being hijacked today. The incredible harm that can sometimes be done when we're trying to do good in the world. Jordan B. Peterson | Article: Twitter Ban Why it's beneficial for us to sit in our discomfort to grow and learn from it. How JP knocks down the wall of deception with comedy to help the viewer see what there is to be seen and think for themselves. [1:13:30] The Power of Human Connection: Tuning Into Our Hearts What JP would say to people about their amygdala's being hijacked with all that is going on with mask mandates still such as in California and the mental health crisis that comes from it. The power of human connection but also exploring our own thoughts and what we actually think plus what our hearts really want without the narrative manipulating us. Why we start to suffer so much when there is a kink in our own energy field and we're out of alignment with our heart's guidance. Exploring what constrictive energy like fear can teach us about ourselves and about life. 411 Gay Hendricks | The Genius Zone: The Breakthrough Process to End Negative Thinking and Live in True Creativity The importance of getting curious and becoming accustomed to that instead of aligning with fictitious expectations. Why there's nothing wrong with being afraid or experiencing constrictive energy plus why it's amazing to embrace those feelings. [1:18:50] How to Quit Outsourcing Your Thinking What practical steps we can follow to help our mind, body, and heart be in greater alignment. JP's favorite methods to tune in and stop outsourcing his thinking. Why it is vital to get comfortable with the discomfort and open ourselves up to explore and experience the negative emotions, not just the positive ones. How to find the courage to let our critical thinking and heart flow out to the rest of the world through our words and actions. Why doing things that are uncomfortable like ice baths, hard workouts, and more are actually good for us and what is comfortable like eating a bunch of sugar or sitting on the couch all day are bad. How to reframe your mindset and remember that what is uncomfortable, within reason, is good for you. Why relationships will do so well and grow when we do have those uncomfortable talks with our significant other and hold space for them. Exploring hard life decisions and moments in JP's life: Why they were hard in the moment but he benefits from them the most. Why having a difficult conversation with someone is always the scariest thing for JP. How JP started to get innovative when all of his comedy shows were canceled at the start of CV 19. [1:26:30] The Metaverse: What Does it Mean for Humanity? How life shifts when you are in a committed relationship; especially when there is a child too. Why he believes having a family helped him be more innovative with his career than he would have if he were single and didn't have Wilder in his life. Maps Of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief by Jordan B. Peterson How becoming a father has helped Josh become a stronger person. What lights JP up about the next things he's planning on creating for the world. 428 Dr. Ben Lynch | Health Freedom: The Truth About Genetic Testing, Histamine, Healing Sinusitis, & Metaverse 453 Sky King | How To Exit The Matrix: The Psychology of Propaganda & Marketing Exploring the metaverse and what it means for humanity as far as safety and danger. The downfall of the metaverse and voluntarily living in a fake reality instead of embracing the here and now in this actual reality. How one can make meaning during their own awakening process. Tony Robbins The spiritual bypassing of "good vibes only" and avoiding the lesson you need to learn in the pain you're feeling. What wellness means to JP and what life can teach us every day. Power Quotes From The Show Gender Dysphoria + The Current War of the Psyche "We can do incredible harm while we're trying to do good. It can be so uncomfortable to see someone else uncomfortable that we want to help them. The method that we're doing to help people with gender dysphoria can be incredibly hurtful on them and that is very selfish of us to inflict hurt with our helping hand because we don't have the courage to experience our own discomfort." - JP Sears How Human Connection Keeps Us in Alignment "Human connection - we've been told it's the deadliest thing for us but I think it's the most enlivening thing for us. It reminds us who we really are and we need it. Part of that human connection is understanding, 'What do I actually think?' - Not just what your brain is thinking and the thoughts that are in there but what you actually think and what your hear wants. The more we can let our words and actions be congruent with what our thoughts are and what our heart's guidance is, the more peace and purpose we will feel. When that is out of alignment, we start to suffer." - JP Sears Letting Go of Constrictive Energy "To me, feeling nervous and constrictive energy is fear and a common denominator of maybe a lot of those fears is the fear of being who and how I really am in this moment. Will that be accepted by others; by myself? Will I get approval from my peers? I don't know how I will show up in the upcoming given moment so there can be fear of the unknown. The more we get accustomed to being curious of how we're going to show up rather than trying to align with a fictitious expectation, the more those constrictions go away." - JP Sears Links From Today's Show  Awaken with JP on YouTube JP Reacts on YouTube 451 Laura Coe | Understanding Akashic Records: How To Live Your Dharma, Spiritual Bypassing, Twin Flames & Soul Mates Paul Chek | All is God Living 4D with Paul Chek: Episode 5 – JP Sears: Friendships, Relationships and Personal Growth You are the Universe - Alan Watts PaleoF(x) 167 Michelle Norris: From Healing & Growth To Paleo f(x) 354 Keith Norris: Bread, Circuses, & Mind Control JP Sears: BOMBSHELL Safety Data Released on “Life Jackets” Why Life Jackets Should Be Mandatory! Mike Rowe: Off The Wall: Disappointed by the Absurd Meme 196 Aubrey Marcus: Owning The Day, Open Relationships, & Skipping Breakfast? Dr. Robert Malone David R. Hawkins Mike Dillard Mikki Willis Reid Hoffman Jordan B. Peterson | Article: Twitter Ban 411 Gay Hendricks | The Genius Zone: The Breakthrough Process to End Negative Thinking and Live in True Creativity Maps Of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief by Jordan B. Peterson 428 Dr. Ben Lynch | Health Freedom: The Truth About Genetic Testing, Histamine, Healing Sinusitis, & Metaverse 453 Sky King | How To Exit The Matrix: The Psychology of Propaganda & Marketing Tony Robbins Shop the Wellness Force 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 Botanic Tonics – Save 40% when you use the code ‘WELLNESS40' 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 JP Sears Instagram Twitter Facebook Rumble About JP Sears JP Sears is a comedian who tours the country extensively doing stand-up comedy and publishing weekly online videos. His videos have been viewed more than 500 million times. In addition to inspiring laughter in a weird world, JP’s work takes an unapologetic stand for freedom, free speech, and encouraging people to free themselves from fear. JP lives in Texas because of FREEDOM! There he’s set a world record for how much he loves his family. When he’s not making videos or performing on stage, JP spends his time passionately playing all out, scaring himself daily, and choosing to live guided by his own free will. JP uses comedy to share "sincere life advice" and balances "the sincere and the satirical" while avoiding the idea that "you're either serious, like Deepak Chopra, or you're only joking around like a comedian”. Sears has rejected being categorized as either "sincere" or "humorous", explaining that he is both, and the premise of the question is like asking "do you have a right hand or do you have a left hand?"

God doesn't want you to use drugs to interact with the spiritual world. The reason for that is it's very easy to put your faith in being able to have God or the gods at your beck and call, being able to divine, being able to experience God but not ever truly know God, being able to experience a deep spiritual awakening but never actually go through the blood, sweat, tears, and the hard work that develops true spiritual enlightenment. - Ben Greenfield 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 462 Health Consultant, Speaker, and New York Times bestselling author of 17 books, Ben Greenfield, joins Josh Trent on the Wellness + Wisdom Podcast to share why he's no longer using plant medicines + the moral obligation he feels to share it with the world, to explore the special circumstances for using plant medicine and to explain why + how you should go about plant medicine with caution and with the right ceremonial set up, environment, and shaman. For any human being on a spiritual or faith path, should you stop using plant medicines? By the end of this episode, you will have a deep intelligence around the clarification of what exactly plant medicines are for human beings and how they connect us to spiritual dimensions + higher consciousness. 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. Their 100% Grass Fed Beef Sticks are unlike anything else on the market. In fact, they were recently voted in Paleo Magazine as one of the top snacks of the year. The reason is that they are committed to making the highest quality, clean products that are free from problematic ingredients. Their beef comes from 100% grass fed cows raised entirely on natural grass pastures by family farmers right here in the USA. As a result they are healthy and happy. PaleoValley's Pasture-Raised Turkey Sticks Paleovalley Pasture-Raised Turkey Sticks were created to make healthy snacking easier. Their turkey sticks are made from turkeys who are allowed to live as nature intended... on organic grass pastures with plenty of sunshine, fresh air and room to exercise. The result of raising turkeys in such a natural way is a much healthier, clean protein with higher levels of vitamins, minerals, and omega-3s. Unfortunately, virtually all turkey in the USA is conventionally raised with a small portion being "free range" – a virtually meaningless term that simply means the turkeys were allowed access to the outdoors. However, most "free range" turkeys only have access to an outdoor dirt field with no pasture in sight. Their truly pasture-raised turkeys are given full access to outdoor, pesticide-free pasture with plenty of grass and insects for them to nibble on. Listen To Episode 462 As Ben Greenfield Uncovers: [1:30] How Plant Medicines Connect Us with the Spiritual Dimension Ben Greenfield Listen to: Ben Greenfield Life Podcasts Why I Am No Longer Going to Be Using Plant Medicines: Part 1 - The Big Problem With “Plant Medicines” Part 2 - Why I Am No Longer Going to Be Using Plant Medicines: The Big Problem With “Plant Medicines” CHEK Institute How To Eat, Move, & Be Healthy by Paul Chek Paul Chek on Wellness + Wisdom Podcast RUNGA  Ben's background and how his wellness journey has shifted over the years. What he means when he says he's no longer doing or supporting plant medicines and clarifying which ones. The history of plant medicines and the use of them for spiritual and religious activities. How plant medicines can connect us with a spiritual dimension as it shifts our consciousness. The profound spiritual experiences former atheists experience that has caused them to change their views on God and the universe. Which specific plant medicines and environments Ben is warning his listeners against especially when there is no supervision. The great deal of influence that we open ourselves up to for spiritual entities when we do go on a plant medicine journey. The New York Magazine podcast series, Cover Story | Power Trip on how rife the plant medicine industry is with the financial power to take advantage of others. Cover Story | Power Trip by New York Magazine Why it's so important to do your research and be careful of which plant medicine experience and shaman you select. [15:45] The Big Warning about Plant Medicines from God Onnit 123 Aubrey Marcus – Own The Day 196. Aubrey Marcus: Owning The Day, Open Relationships, & Skipping Breakfast? Josh's own dark experience with Ayahuasca at a center in Costa Rica. How Ben's experience with God shifted during the plant medicine ceremonies. Their experience at RUNGA together recently and the research that Ben was doing on spirituality at the time. RUNGA Ben's spiritual workout each morning with breathwork, reading the Bible, using essential oils, and spending quiet time alone. BREATHE: Breath and Wellness How reading various bible verses about pharmakeia over and over led to Ben spending a lot of time reflecting on the word. What is pharmakeia in the Bible? Paul Chek | All is God The amazing experiences Ben has had with plant medicine and the spiritual dimension which has brought him great love, light, and answers. Why there is a big warning flag from God about using psychedelics and plant medicine to interact with the spiritual world. Ben's belief about why God would include plants like psilocybin or Ayahuasca on our planet for our good but we have abused them. Aldous Huxley Aleister Crowley Timothy Leary Plants of the Gods Podcast: S3E5 -  Mushrooms, Magic, Medicine and Mortality: Paul Stamets in Conversation with Dr. Mark Plotkin Carl Jung: BEWARE OF UNEARNED WISDOM | Explained by Jordan B Peterson Carl Jung Why it is so tempting to want to use plant medicine as a quick hack for enlightenment without actually doing the real inner work first. [26:00] Finding God: Climbing Your Own Mountain of Spirituality + Why There's No Shortcut Why Ben believes that he has never had a bad plant medicine ceremony experience because of God's protection and his spiritual practices. The lack of knowledge out there about using plant medicine responsibly that Ben is worried about. Ben Greenfield - Extreme Endurance | London Real SILENCE VIA PSILOCYBIN - Ben Greenfield on London Real How to climb your own mountain of spirituality and why there are no shortcuts. Unpacking how to build a relationship with God and learning to understand what it is. Exploring the dark and the light in our world and in religion. How you can have moments with God such as journaling or spending time in nature without leaning toward drugs. What Gnosticism is and why Gnostics believed there was this secret knowledge and way to God that was only accessible to certain people compared to Jesus with his message of salvation, love, happiness, and the access to God being totally free and available for everyone. Ben's recent exploration of asking himself this, "Do I want to be the guy who tells people that to access God, you have to be able to afford a trip to Peru to do Ayahuasca or go to a ketamine clinic?" Why Josh chose to delete a lot of content on the Wellness Force Media channels about plant medicine from his visit to a place in Costa Rica. Josh's experience with a dark entity from a plant medicine ceremony in Costa Rica and how Paul Chek helped him heal it. Living 4D with Paul Chek: EP 115 — Josh Trent: All is God [35:45] The Dark + Light Side of Plant Medicine 437 Josh Trent | Death & Rebirth: Why I’m Saying Goodbye to Wellness Force… 390 Hamilton Souther | Plant Medicine: The Dark & The Light Wetiko: Healing the Mind-Virus That Plagues Our World by Paul Levy Our relationship with God and plant medicine and why it is not the way for a person to grow their faith. Why one must do plant medicine with caution if they're seeking the spiritual dimension because these spirits can do with you what they please. Certain scenarios where Ben believes plant medicine is appropriate including with your partner. How to create an environment with the right container and intention to speak to God through a plant medicine experience alone. What using small doses of plant medicine like Psilocybin or MDMA can look like for someone. How higher doses of plant medicine can be used during couple's therapy, supervised trauma therapy, or end-of-life therapy. Alexander Theodore "Sasha" Shulgin Why some people are turning towards synthetic plant medicines and psychedelics. [45:15] Life Lessons We Learn from God Exploring where intention comes from - the heart or the ego? Ben's experience sensing a dark energy present in the room during a plant medicine experience. Why I Am No Longer Going to Be Using Plant Medicines: Part 1 - The Big Problem With “Plant Medicines” Part 2 - Why I Am No Longer Going to Be Using Plant Medicines: The Big Problem With “Plant Medicines” The message and wish Ben has for his twin sons and their experience with God whether it's through plant medicine or not. Why we have to accept that sometimes terrible things like Josh's dark entity will happen but then we have the chance to teach people about them. Our free will nature and the desire that we have to create because we have been made in the image of God. What lessons we can learn from God, both positive and negative ones. [56:20] Three Key Pieces of Soul Wisdom Endure: Tools, Tactics, and Habits for Spiritual Stamina by Ben Greenfield Disney and Pixar’s Soul | Official Trailer The most important pieces of wisdom that Ben pulled from the movie, Soul, that he included in his book, Endure. Why the movie, Soul, means so much to both Ben and Josh. C.S. Lewis Ben's spark to live a simple yet extraordinary life and what that looks like for him. How you are indeed positively helping and changing the world even if it's as simple as just loving one person because that is an infinite gift that goes on for all of eternity. The effects of melatonin and how it's similar to a spiritual awakening process. What he has learned about society and why we're not inherently good when left to our own volition as we make a lot of bad mistakes and hurt others. Why we are all capable of love and being good but we cannot do it all on our own. How Ben stays sustainable in his own spiritual growth. Why turning to a higher power can bring people so much hope because then they know that they are not alone. [1:07:25] The 3 Biggest Rocks for Spiritual Connection Fibonacci's sequence Exploring proof that a God or Higher Power does exist compared to the lack of proof that it doesn't. Why you need absolutely nothing to be able to commune with God; not plant medicines, not a priest, not a church, an institution, or a specific religion. His family's belief that love does cover all and any disputes and arguments need to be set aside with one another. Unpacking why you were made for a reason and do have a purpose. How to avoid the 'grass is always greener' syndrome and compare your purpose to other people living theirs. How To Find Your Purpose In Life. - Ben Greenfield Fitness Why you should never underestimate your special skills and what you're able to do in this world. How to come familiar with what you're good at and then without shame take that and run with it, not in the spirit of monetizing it, but with love. [1:13:30] How Prayers Can be Answered + Sometimes Are Not Why your heart first has to be in the right place and with pure intention when you commune with God about your wishes and desires. Ben's prayers for years to God to help heal his gut issues and how that health experience led him to actually helping so many people with their own healing process. How his health issues keep him humble knowing that his body is not perfect. Why prayers, like the ones he made for his gut health, are sometimes not answered directly because God knows that another purpose needs to be served,  you need something better or you need to be praying for something different. The fact that some people pray but they don't truly believe and that hinders the process. How God makes plans for us in ways that we cannot fathom and things will play out in a process that we never expected. Why we need to thank God now for the very thing that we desire compared to coming from a place of scarcity. How Ben defines wellness and living life well. Why freedom is also being vulnerable and how Ben has navigated his own shadow self and ego. 405 Tim Corcoran | Vision Quest: How To Find Your Place In The Ecology of Life, Purpose Mountain & Spiritual Courage Power Quotes From The Show Sustainable Spiritual Growth "By the nature of me knowing and acknowledging that I'm not good, that I can't do it all on my own, that I need God's help, it's incredibly humbling. To be able to be on my knees each morning and say to God, 'I give everyone and everything to you. I can't do this on my own. I can't be good on my own nor be the father and husband I want to be on my own. Although this might sound like the total polar opposite of a positive affirmation, I'm a fallen creature and I would commit great evil if I were left all alone to myself; I know it...' ...However, there is this great confidence that despite all of that, I am loved unconditionally and have been offered a rescue line that is free so that all I have to do is rely upon the grace of God and his love to be able to help me be as good as I can be. I think knowing that gives great hope because then you know that you don't have to do it all on your own. You can rely upon a higher power to be the person that you want to be in this life." - Ben Greenfield Loving the World Through Your Purpose "You were made for a reason and you just have to unlock it. You have a planned divine purpose and it's so easy to experience the "grass is always greener" syndrome especially in a world with social media. It's so simple to look at other people living their purpose; they're a doctor or an architect or a gardener and then you find yourself comparing your life to theirs but never underestimate your unique skill set and the things that come easy to you because that's how you can love the world the most. You just have to intimately become familiar with what it is that you're good at and then unashamedly run with it in the spirit of not monetizing it but loving with it. Find your purpose and know that you never have to be ashamed of that purpose." - Ben Greenfield The Appropriate Path to God "In my own plant medicine experiences, they have only ever been about light, love, and spiritual enlightenment. Many former atheists that I have spoken to that have participated in plant medicine have been able to come and know God through ceremony. Plant medicines can be a path to God but it is not THE path; it is not the appropriate path to God. The reason for that is you can go in protected with positive energy plus the right environment and know that you can trust the shaman but it's really just playing with fire... ...That's why God has warned us about pharmakeia in the bible because he knew how attractive it was and how much of a train wreck it would cause in the end or how much of a displaced trust it would cause for people to put their faith and reliance upon how they could become spiritually enlightened in anything other than the free act of just leaving their burden at the foot of the cross, thanking Jesus, and living in grace." - Ben Greenfield Links From Today's Show  Listen to: Ben Greenfield Life Podcasts Why I Am No Longer Going to Be Using Plant Medicines: Part 1 - The Big Problem With “Plant Medicines” Part 2 - Why I Am No Longer Going to Be Using Plant Medicines: The Big Problem With “Plant Medicines” CHEK Institute How To Eat, Move, & Be Healthy by Paul Chek Paul Chek on Wellness + Wisdom Podcast RUNGA  Cover Story | Power Trip by New York Magazine Onnit 123 Aubrey Marcus – Own The Day 196. Aubrey Marcus: Owning The Day, Open Relationships, & Skipping Breakfast? What is pharmakeia in the Bible? Paul Chek | All is God Aldous Huxley Aleister Crowley Timothy Leary Plants of the Gods Podcast: S3E5 -  Mushrooms, Magic, Medicine and Mortality: Paul Stamets in Conversation with Dr. Mark Plotkin Carl Jung: BEWARE OF UNEARNED WISDOM | Explained by Jordan B Peterson Carl Jung Ben Greenfield - Extreme Endurance | London Real SILENCE VIA PSILOCYBIN - Ben Greenfield on London Real Living 4D with Paul Chek: EP 115 — Josh Trent: All is God 437 Josh Trent | Death & Rebirth: Why I’m Saying Goodbye to Wellness Force… 390 Hamilton Souther | Plant Medicine: The Dark & The Light Wetiko: Healing the Mind-Virus That Plagues Our World by Paul Levy Alexander Theodore "Sasha" Shulgin Endure: Tools, Tactics, and Habits for Spiritual Stamina by Ben Greenfield Disney and Pixar’s Soul | Official Trailer C.S. Lewis Fibonacci's sequence How To Find Your Purpose In Life. - Ben Greenfield Fitness 405 Tim Corcoran | Vision Quest: How To Find Your Place In The Ecology of Life, Purpose Mountain & Spiritual Courage Religio Roots of ‘Religion’ Shop the Wellness Force 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 Botanic Tonics – Save 40% when you use the code ‘WELLNESS40' 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 Ben Greenfield Facebook Instagram Twitter YouTube About Ben Greenfield Ben Greenfield is a health consultant, speaker, and New York Times bestselling author of 17 books, including the widely popular titles Beyond Training, Boundless, Fit Soul, Spiritual Disciplines Journal, the Boundless Cookbook and Endure. A former collegiate tennis, water polo and volleyball player, bodybuilder, 13-time Ironman triathlete and professional obstacle course racer, Ben has been voted by the NSCA as America’s top Personal Trainer and by Greatist as one of the top 100 Most Influential People In Health And Fitness. Ben's Wellness Background A frequent contributor to health and wellness publications and websites and a highly sought-after speaker, Ben’s understanding of functional exercise, nutrition, and the delicate balance between performance and health has helped thousands of people around the world achieve their goals and improve their quality of life–from high-level CEOs to soccer moms to professional athletes and beyond. Ben also seeks to teach and inspire people to fully experience and joyfully savor all of God’s creation while optimizing their physical health. Work with Ben Via online, phone, e-mail and in-person consulting, Ben coaches and trains individuals all over the world for health, longevity, and performance. He also works with individuals, corporations, and teams for body and brain performance enhancement, and specializes in performance, fat loss, digestion, brain, sleep, hormone, anti-aging, parenting, relationships, spiritual fitness, smart drugs, nootropics, and overall wellness for achieving an optimized life. Ben's Mission Ben Greenfield’s mission is to serve those who, like himself, desire to live life to the fullest. To experience deep meaning, purpose, happiness, fulfillment, and connection. Explore and enjoy every nook and cranny of God’s great creation, and discover how to achieve full optimization of mind, body, and spirit with boundless energy. Ben resides in Spokane, Washington with his wife, Jessa, and twin boys, River and Terran. There he enjoys swinging kettlebells, fiction, guitar, ukulele, spearfishing, bowhunting, plant foraging, cooking and savoring all of God’s creation

For many people, perfectionism is a response to trauma. It's not that you just want to do everything perfectly. So, when you are a perfectionist, you have this constant inner voice telling you, 'That's not good enough. You need to do it again.' It's a defense mechanism that we create which can lead to a negative mindset and inner voice that's a constant critic. That can then override these beautiful emotions like joy and love. Your heart resonates so many positive emotions but trauma can really override that in the inner critic.  - Dr. Wendy Myers 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 An expert in detoxification and minerals, Wendy Myers, FDN-P, NC, CHHC, returns to Wellness + Wisdom to share her new Emotional Detox Masterclass, how trauma leads to perfectionism, how biofield tuning compares to talk therapy, and how your enneagram personality type impacts how you process trauma. Are you a perfectionist? Do you identify with being that way? Do you know someone in your life who is a perfectionist and just can't seem to let go of their strict behaviors? Discover why perfectionism tendencies are the product of unprocessed and unhealed trauma. Wellness + Wisdom Episode 461 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. Their 100% Grass Fed Beef Sticks are unlike anything else on the market. In fact, they were recently voted in Paleo Magazine as one of the top snacks of the year. The reason is that they are committed to making the highest quality, clean products that are free from problematic ingredients. Their beef comes from 100% grass fed cows raised entirely on natural grass pastures by family farmers right here in the USA. As a result they are healthy and happy. PaleoValley's Pasture-Raised Turkey Sticks Paleovalley Pasture-Raised Turkey Sticks were created to make healthy snacking easier. Their turkey sticks are made from turkeys who are allowed to live as nature intended... on organic grass pastures with plenty of sunshine, fresh air and room to exercise. The result of raising turkeys in such a natural way is a much healthier, clean protein with higher levels of vitamins, minerals, and omega-3s. Unfortunately, virtually all turkey in the USA is conventionally raised with a small portion being "free range" – a virtually meaningless term that simply means the turkeys were allowed access to the outdoors. However, most "free range" turkeys only have access to an outdoor dirt field with no pasture in sight. Their truly pasture-raised turkeys are given full access to outdoor, pesticide-free pasture with plenty of grass and insects for them to nibble on. Listen To Episode 461 as Dr. Wendy Myers Uncovers: [1:30] Understanding + Releasing Emotional Trauma Dr. Wendy Myers The Emotional Detox Masterclass Myers Detox Protocol Course 205 How To Live To 110: Wendy Myers What is new for Dr. Wendy since she was last on Wellness + Wisdom including receiving her Ph.D. The emotional trauma root from losing her father to cancer and why he was such an inspiration for her. Her passion in not just heavy metal detoxification but emotional detoxification and psychology as well. The journey she has gone on to better understand emotional trauma and how to release it. Her research and uncovering that emotional trauma causes over 65% of physical health issues. 304 Dr. Ann Shippy A breakdown of what psychoimmunerolgy is and its impact on our wellness. Childhood attachment trauma and why it is so common for health problems later on in life. [15:00] How to do an Emotional Detox What exactly an emotional detox is and the first steps someone can take to help heal themselves. Where we hold emotional trauma in the body and why it's so important to know that. HeartMath Institute The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk Why talk therapy might not be what someone needs to help them heal trauma. How sound and vibrational therapy go a step further to heal the trauma, especially that which is transgenerational, trapped inside our physical energy fields. The most common trapped emotions that people are holding onto unconsciously including self-hatred. Different loops Dr. Wendy found herself in including being in relationships with narcissists. How a lot of negative thoughts and feelings start when we're young before we're able to speak and that's why we're not able to intellectualize them. [20:00] The Top 5 Negative Emotions to Heal with Biofield Tuning 311 Mark Wolynn | It Didn’t Start With You: Ending The Cycle of Inherited Trauma 366 Mark Wolynn | How To Heal Generational Trauma: The Thoughts, Feelings, Patterns & Behaviors Formed Before You Were Ever Born Richard Schwartz, IFS Institute Breaking down what and how to help the top five negative emotions we all carry. The 52 other emotions a person can start to work on if that resonates with them. What biofield tuning is and how it helps a person detox their negative emotions. The origins of biofield tuning and how Eileen Day McKusick came across its healing properties. Eileen Day McKusick - Biofield Tuning Other methods of healing negative emotions including a bioenergetic software called NES Health. NES Health What called Wendy to focus more on emotional health and intelligence after helping so many people with their physical wellbeing. Harry Massey, Founder, NES Health How NES Health's program has helped her release trauma and heal her bulimia. The healing power of Epsom salts and spending time in water with plenty of it to release emotions. 423 Ryan Duey | Ice Baths: Cold Therapy For Weight Loss, Immunity, Metabolism & Mental/Emotional Health [28:00] The Safe Space of Detoxing Emotions Peter A. Levine PhD Exploring the idea that people might block out memories from their childhood without realizing it. The fact that we are all doing the best we can to relieve ourselves from our trauma. Breaking down how biofield tuning works to help people draw out their negative emotions. The various modules in her Emotional Detox program from tools like biofield tuning to looking deeper at human biology and proper health practices to address stress at the root cause. Detox symptoms that may come up during the program and how to address it when that happens. Practices for people with deep trauma like PTSD such as EMDR. [36:00] Why Talk Therapy Doesn't Heal The Root Cause The benefits of talk therapy but why it doesn't heal the root cause of trauma unlike other methods. Why Dr. Wendy didn't know why she had bulimia until doing an emotional detox helped her understand it better. How these practices help people stop bad habits like smoking and drinking without even really trying. Paul Chek | All is God 381 Aleks Rybchinskiy | Master Your Man: How To Live Life As A Powerful Creator 268 Understanding The Primal Self: Sara Gustafson David R. Hawkins Why we can't deny that frequency rules the world. Her path to creating the Emotional Detox program and what she found the most fascinating about frequency during her research. The problem with the Law of Attraction's message when someone has a lot of trauma. Why the Law of Attraction works so much better once you have released your traumas and negative emotions. [42:00] How Your Enneagram Personality Type Impacts Your Trauma Response How we can bring peace and improve the relationship between the mind and body. What an Enneagram Personality Type is and how that impacts a person's response to trauma. Examples of Enneagram Types and how they respond to trauma. How people can become a perfectionist in their response to trauma and how it drives their behavior. Why perfectionism can be a defense mechanism against trauma and negative emotions. How perfectionism overrides other emotions that are positive and beautiful like joy and love. Exploring other ingredients to heal the mind and the heart other than vibration. Why some people are able to take on larger stress loads but others can't and they may even face physical setbacks if they don't let them go. [47:00] Reclaiming Your Power from the Mainstream Media How you can navigate and not let fear and stress created by the mainstream media take over your mind and body. What steps you can do to take your personal power back from the mainstream media. Various positive things that have happened because of this chaos over the last couple of years as more and more people are consciously waking up. Why she believes that the dark is working for the light right now in the world as people's consciousness is expanding. The fact that chaos is always seeking order in the universe and how we're witnessing that unfolding right now. What she believes are exactly the negative forces in our world today. The popular acronym of F.E.A.R. - Forget Everything And Run but what came through Josh during a Vision Quest about this approach: For Everyone's Attention Responsibly. Why fear doesn't have to control us: we can be present to rational fears and let go of irrational fear. How irrational fears created by the mass media create a cascade of different effects on our personal wellbeing. What you can do to set healthy boundaries with the mass media and how much of it you consume. [56:00] Overcoming Doubt & Resistance The most challenging part for Dr. Wendy while creating this Emotional Detox program. Why doubt and resistance came up for her and these are also emotions you can work on with biofield tuning. How many people face resistance to doing the work and how they can overcome that. What wellness means now to Dr. Wendy since her last Wellness + Wisdom podcast interview. Power Quotes From The Show Over 65% of Health Issues Caused by Emotional Trauma "In my research, I found that emotional trauma causes over 65% of physical health issues. It's really a bigger issue than I expected for both little 't' and big 'T' trauma. There will be people with extreme cases such as PTSD but what's more common is childhood attachment trauma or developmental trauma because of an abusive or neglecting parent. This creates a cycle of stress in the body and a person can then develop a high-stress set point where they can be more sensitive to a stressor than the next person and it causes this cascade of stress hormones that can lead to this whole biological domino effect in the gut and brain." - Dr. Wendy Myers The Genesis of Self-Hatred "The genesis of self-hatred comes from how you were treated as a child by your primary caregivers. The reason why you can't talk or intellectualize away these negative feelings about yourself or your parents as an adult is because many of these abusive or neglectful situations happened before you were even able to intellectualize or verbalize them. As a child, you were not even consciously aware of what was happening and that is why talking about them doesn't really work. A lot of people aren't even aware that they still have these issues and you don't have to know what happened to you or what your negative emotions are to tune them out of your energy field." - Dr. Wendy Myers How Different Enneagram Personality Types Respond to Trauma "So many of us have this negative inner voice that can creep in and in the Emotional Detox program, we explore the different enneagram personality types that people have and how this changes their response to trauma. Based on the trauma that you have, your different personality trait(s) might be expressed. Some such as Type 1 or Type 3 might become perfectionists in response to trauma." - Dr. Wendy Myers Links From Today's Show  The Emotional Detox Masterclass Myers Detox Protocol Course 205 How To Live To 110: Wendy Myers 304 Dr. Ann Shippy HeartMath Institute The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk 311 Mark Wolynn | It Didn’t Start With You: Ending The Cycle of Inherited Trauma 366 Mark Wolynn | How To Heal Generational Trauma: The Thoughts, Feelings, Patterns & Behaviors Formed Before You Were Ever Born Richard Schwartz, IFS Institute Eileen Day McKusick - Biofield Tuning NES Health Harry Massey, Founder, NES Health 423 Ryan Duey | Ice Baths: Cold Therapy For Weight Loss, Immunity, Metabolism & Mental/Emotional Health Peter A. Levine PhD Paul Chek | All is God 381 Aleks Rybchinskiy | Master Your Man: How To Live Life As A Powerful Creator 268 Understanding The Primal Self: Sara Gustafson David R. Hawkins Shop the Wellness Force 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 Botanic Tonics – Save 40% when you use the code ‘WELLNESS40' 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 Dr. Wendy Myers Instagram YouTube Facebook Twitter Pinterest About Dr. Wendy Myers Wendy Myers, FDN-P, NC, CHHC is an expert in detoxification and minerals. She is passionate about educating the public on the importance of long term detoxing considering our toxic world. She healed her own health issues through hair mineral analysis and developed a unique detox and supplement program. Wendy wants to help others do the same. Wendy’s interest in nutrition began with the death of her father from esophageal cancer. Intuitively, she knew his chemo, radiation, and ten medications killed him prematurely. She vowed to find out what made him sick, why he died, what role medications played in his demise, and how she could avoid the same fate. The more Wendy learned, the more she realized that all the answers to health do not lie in our medical system. Food, detoxification and natural healing modalities must be used to compliment the advances in modern medicine.  

The popular mantra, 'I am enough,' is actually an insult; it is disempowering. I get that it is a bridge in the self-development process because of the programming that people have received and they believe this lie but the analogy that I like to use is: If you went to a beautiful mountain lake and saw the most epic sunset of your entire life and you said, 'You are enough; yeah, that's enough'; what are you talking about? We are so much more than 'enough;' that is the understatement of the century. That belief has to change. - Tara Garrison 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 460 Founder of HIGHER, a Health & Life Coaching company, and Host of the Inside Out Health Podcast, Tara Garrison, returns to Wellness + Wisdom to share why the popular mantra "You are enough," is actually an insult, the 4 Peaks of Truth process to help you tune into the inner work, how to live in your higher frequency each day, the toxic reality of food camps + why she doesn't recommend doing the ketogenic diet long-term. What is your fear? How is it holding you back from your higher self? Find out how this question can help inspire and guide you for radical alignment, self-empowerment, and positive life changes. 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Their turkey sticks are made from turkeys who are allowed to live as nature intended... on organic grass pastures with plenty of sunshine, fresh air and room to exercise. The result of raising turkeys in such a natural way is a much healthier, clean protein with higher levels of vitamins, minerals, and omega-3s. Unfortunately, virtually all turkey in the USA is conventionally raised with a small portion being "free range" – a virtually meaningless term that simply means the turkeys were allowed access to the outdoors. However, most "free range" turkeys only have access to an outdoor dirt field with no pasture in sight. Their truly pasture-raised turkeys are given full access to outdoor, pesticide-free pasture with plenty of grass and insects for them to nibble on. Listen To Episode 460 As Tara Garrison Uncovers: [1:30] Inside Out Health: You Are More Than Just "Enough" Tara Garrison Inside Out Podcast Episode 13: JOSH TRENT Breathwork, Ayahuasca & Following Your Heart Higher 1:1 Coaching Short Term Keto by Tara Garrison 338 Tara Garrison: Inside Out Health Tara's religious and health background plus her personal growth journey. How everything came together for Tara and all of the life lessons she has learned. Bruce H. Lipton, PhD The fact that our physiological, internal selves and external reality will manifest according to the thoughts and beliefs that we have. How her body gives her these intuitive nudges that she leans in on and trusts 100% to guide her health decisions. Why she believes that telling yourself "you are enough" is actually an insult to yourself; it's an understatement and you are an incredible human being. Powerful inner work practices for greater self-love, respect, and reverence for your mind, body, and soul. How Tara tunes in and listens to what her negative thoughts, feelings, and emotions are trying to tell her. Why one of her favorite journal prompts is: "What is my fear?" for both her personal and professional life. How to get out of fear and create at a higher frequency level. [15:20] The 4 Peaks of Truth Exploring the 4 Peals of Truth including why and how she came up with them. Why it's impossible not to be a mindset coach if you are a health coach helping people with their fitness and nutritional goals. Her experience working with pro athletes and how many have been conditioned to do whatever they're told to do but that doesn't mean they've had the opportunity to heal themselves emotionally or their relationships. The questions she asks her clients to help them get back in alignment with their hearts and with themselves. Tara's recent deep inner work practice asking herself, "Who would I be if I didn't help?" [26:20] How to Tune In & Be in Alignment Botanic Tonics | Feel Free - Save 40% with the code "WELLNESS40" The life experiences Tara has had including leaving the Mormon church, having 4 children, and getting a divorce. Questions Tara would ask her younger self based on what she knows now about living life well. The deep programming she received at a young age from her parents and the Church about who she should be in life. Why our intuition is always right; we just have to learn how to listen to it. Examples of how our bodies are always telling us what we need and why we have to pay attention. How to have the courage and find the internal capacity to follow nudges. Why she tells clients to be their own moms to help them look after themselves and remove all the pressure. Her coaching approach and why she doesn't hold her clients accountable because it puts them in victim mode. [33:30] The Power of Words & How to Ask Important Questions 284 Mike Bledsoe & Mark England: Cognitive Fitness & Building Verbal Strength Why the words we use vocally and internally are literally spells. How she lost everyone in her circle including friends and family the moment she decided to leave the Mormon church. Why she credits eating healthy food and focusing more on her wellness with helping her become a more critical thinker. Her journey of waking up and why she loves always learning something new. The experience of writing her book and why feelings of fear came up for her at the beginning. How she connected with herself and really tapped into Source to help her through the writing process. 293 Dr. Jade Teta: How To Be A Next Level Human Josh's plan to write a book in 2023 and what wisdom has been shared with him about the process by Dr. Jade Teta. Her decision not to focus on teaching people about the Keto Diet anymore and why. Why knowing what she knows now, she did not have to do Keto for an entire year. How long you could do Keto for and why it shouldn't be a long-term practice but cyclical. [46:50] The Toxic Reality of Food Camps 365 Dr. Paul Saladino | Your Guide To The Carnivore Diet: The Myths of Eating Meat & Plants Exploring food camps and the perceived safety people feel in these groups. How a lack of personal development causes people to want to be led. The Jordan Peterson Carnivore Diet - Dr. Robert Kiltz Why you should be cautious when someone tells you "this is the best diet that everyone must be on." 349 Ronnie Landis | Rethinking Veganism: The 10 Year Journey Back Home The reality that in some food camps, especially in the vegan world, some people are especially self-righteous. Why she doesn't like the energy of proving you're right in the world of nutrition specifically with a dogmatic approach. 458 Can Eating BISON Meat Really Help Heal The World? Regenerative Ranching With Force of Nature Meats Tara Garrison's Regenerative Ranch Mastermind Event Other topics that are creating a great amount of division within our country and the underlying energy amongst everyone. Byron Katie The impact of Bill Gates buying massive amounts of private farmland to Kim Kardashian promoting fake meat products. [57:20] Finding & Living in Higher Frequency How she gets herself out of those lower states of judgment by focusing on loving people unconditionally to raise her frequency. Why we're naturally attracted to higher frequencies so the more you're in yours, the more people around you will start to feel the same too. How she teaches people to find and live in a higher frequency state of being. How to allow these lower frequency vibrations through you and afterward ask yourself, "Where are you outside of your realm of power." Why a lot of suffering comes from a place of not being able to be in control. What neurotyping is and how Tara uses it to help her clients understand their physical and emotional selves. Neurotype System by Christian Thibaudeau How she helps people understand that being emotional is actually a superpower. Why it's been so important for Josh to put up healthy boundaries as an empathetic person and not take on other people's energies. Her top advice for people who are empathetic or an HSP (a Highly Sensitive Person). How to know your daily and weekly capacity of how much you can actually take on, go with that groove, and adjust accordingly. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values by Robert M Pirsig [1:08:40] How to Show Up Authentically & Honor Yourself Words of wisdom about how we can show up every day as our authentic selves. Her experience with plant medicine specifically mushrooms at Moab, Utah, and what has been shown to her by Source. Why you should never do plant medicine alone out in nature on your own and the safety measures you should have in place. The importance of intergenerational healing to help our future generations. Lessons that our children from babies to teenagers can teach us every day. The Conscious Parent by Dr. Shefali Tsabary Josh Trent: Solocast | Healing The Father Wound 366 Mark Wolynn | How To Heal Generational Trauma 311 Mark Wolynn | It Didn’t Start With You Alan Watts: All retch and no vomit 459 Michael Brandt | Ketones + Fasting Tara's answer to Josh's question years after she answered it in her first Wellness + Wisdom interview: "What does wellness mean to you?" How to tune in, play, have fun, and make smart decisions about fitness and food instead of just focusing solely on weight loss. The energy she is feeling in Austin while visiting it for KetoCon and this interview. Power Quotes From The Show How to Tap Into Your Creation Energy "You already are worthy. 100% you are worthy of success, of love, of better health. You don't even have to question that and the more you know that the more you will just be. A tree isn't sitting there wondering if it's worthy, it just is. Remember this when you catch yourself with a negative mindset about your body, work, or personal growth. When we see our worth; we feel it and when we resonate in it full of gratitude and truly see ourselves, that is actually creation energy. When you tap into that, you're no longer coming from a place of scarcity and trying to prove yourself to the world." -  Tara Garrison Why Are We Attracted to Food Camps? "We are so attracted to specific food camps because of our lack of self-development and people wanting to be led, taught, and get the Cliff notes of what is best. Then maybe they try that diet and they truly do feel better and it helps them. For example, If someone heals their SIBO with the carnivore diet, they are going to be feeling a lot better. But then if you have all of these respectable health professionals telling you all the reasons why this is THE best diet in the world for all humans, which a lot of it is for their monetary gain, you're not going to be really listening to yourself and what your own body needs. If all of that happens, you are setting yourself up to be in this very safe way of thinking." -  Tara Garrison Getting Back Into Powerful Alignment "When you are out of alignment, ask yourself, 'What is my fear?' Are you investing in yourself? Do you take courses, hire mindset coaches, or follow intuitive nudges and go on a trip that your intuition told you to do just for you?" -  Tara Garrison Links From Today's Show  Inside Out Podcast Episode 13: JOSH TRENT Breathwork, Ayahuasca & Following Your Heart Higher 1:1 Coaching Short Term Keto by Tara Garrison 338 Tara Garrison: Inside Out Health Bruce H. Lipton, PhD 284 Mike Bledsoe & Mark England: Cognitive Fitness & Building Verbal Strength 293 Dr. Jade Teta: How To Be A Next Level Human 365 Dr. Paul Saladino | Your Guide To The Carnivore Diet: The Myths of Eating Meat & Plants The Jordan Peterson Carnivore Diet - Dr. Robert Kiltz 349 Ronnie Landis | Rethinking Veganism: The 10 Year Journey Back Home 458 Can Eating BISON Meat Really Help Heal The World? Regenerative Ranching With Force of Nature Meats Tara Garrison's Regenerative Ranch Mastermind Event Byron Katie Neurotype System by Christian Thibaudeau Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values by Robert M Pirsig The Conscious Parent by Dr. Shefali Tsabary Josh Trent: Solocast | Healing The Father Wound 366 Mark Wolynn | How To Heal Generational Trauma 311 Mark Wolynn | It Didn’t Start With You Alan Watts: All retch and no vomit 459 Michael Brandt | Ketones + Fasting Shop the Wellness Force 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 Botanic Tonics – Save 40% when you use the code ‘WELLNESS40' 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 Tara Garrison Instagram TikTok YouTube Facebook Twitter About Tara Garrison Tara Garrison is the Founder of HIGHER, a Health & Life Coaching company that offers training, nutrition, mindset and biohacking coaching. She has helped many celebrities, professional athletes, top executives and everyday awesome humans optimize their health. Tara is the creator of the popular Keto In & Out System and author of Short-Term Keto, in which she teaches how to “Do Keto. Not Forever” to optimize metabolism, brain power, athletic performance and physique. She is a mom of 4, the host of the Inside Out Health Podcast, avid weightlifter, Boston Marathoner and lover of nature. You can find Tara on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and Facebook as @coachtaragarrison, where she shares tips for optimizing health and mindset.

We're all pre-diabetic; we're all pre-hearing loss, right? At some point, if you live long enough, that stuff begins to stop working in the body but you get to choose on the spectrum when that happens. Do you want that to happen when you're 100 or when you're 50? When you have ketones and protein in your system at the same time, it helps muscle protein synthesis happen quicker. Ketones and the ketogenic diet actually have the ability to rescue the brain function in Alzheimer's patients and reverse it. - Michael Brandt 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 459 CEO and Co-Founder of H.V.M.N., Michael Brandt, shares how their product, Ketone-IQ™, provides a healthy source of energy from the inside out, explains how the ancient fuel of ketones reverses aging, unpacks the pre-diabetic impact + looks at how our modern world has impacted our natural ability to create ketones on its own. How do we do it all? How do we get sharp cognition + energy without having to take stimulants all the time? Whether you're a busy parent, an entrepreneur, or just have a busy schedule that makes you feel burnt out - exogenous ketone supplements are one of the most powerful biohacks that can help your body + brain function better. Meet H.V.M.N.'s Ketone-IQ™ ⁠🎁 ⁠⁠⁠⁠30% off on 1st month of HVMN Subscription orders⁠⁠ Get Your Fuel From Ketones Looking for a cleaner brain fuel? Just one daily serving of Ketone-IQ™️ will help you feel sharper, more focused, and ready to take on the day Ketones are nature’s superfuel, proven to support energy, focus, endurance, and more. Developed alongside the U.S. military and top universities, Ketone-IQ™ delivers all those benefits in one drink. No caffeine, no sugar—just clean, on-demand energy for superior physical and cognitive performance. Optimal Blood Ketone Levels for 4 Hours Did you know that ketones provide the most benefits at a certain range? With Ketone-IQ™, you can stay at these levels for up to 4 hours — much longer than other drinkable ketones. Fueling with ketones takes you to a place where everything flows — a gentle, clean boost of energy without the jitters or racing heart. Built to support endurance and recovery, Ketone-IQ™️ is used by high performers of all types, from Navy SEALs and Tour de France cyclists to athletes in every major sport in the U.S. ⁠🎁 ⁠⁠⁠⁠30% off on 1st month of HVMN Subscription orders⁠⁠ Listen To Episode 459 As Michael Brandt Uncovers: [1:30] Hacking Our Body's Ancient Systems + The Truth About Ketones Michael Brandt KetoCon Austin 2022 How Michael's team has hacked the body's ancient systems with their H.V.M.N. products. Unpacking why ketones and the keto diet are having a big moment in the health and wellness industries. The fact that the human body has always been producing ketones on its own but our modern world has been making this harder for us to do. Why we're still struggling to help people be aware of how toxic processed sugars and other ingredients are on our health. Exploring why not all calories are the same and the direct impact of these hazardous processed ingredients. Why a shot of ketones like H.V.M.N.'s formula is a great way to get extra energy because it doesn't create oxidative stress like carbohydrates do. [16:00] The Optimized Max Benefits of Ketones Neurohacker All of the research they have done at H.V.M.N. from nootropics to now the Ketone-IQ™ to learn how to optimize the human body. Breaking down the science of ketones and why it's not just something a person can easily buy at the store like a supplement for example. How oxidative stress impacts our metabolism and how our energy and even behavior is wired. The 6 million contract that they made with the U.S. Department of Defense. How much money actually goes into training just one. US Navy S.E.A.L. Digging deep into how metabolism impacts us now and in both the short and long-term future. Why we should care more about our metabolic health. Explaining how Ketone-IQ™ is a much better afternoon pick-me-up than what you're probably drinking or eating. [28:24] The Key to Improving Metabolic Health What happens to the body when we don't give it proper fuel and our metabolic health goes downhill. Why understanding your insulin resistance is so key for your wellbeing. How insulin works and why it can't do it's job properly if we keep spiking our glucose levels and need more and more insulin. Why we're all essentially pre-diabetic and how we treat our bodies with nutrition matters so much. The fact that anyone can benefit from ketones as they use it as a sustainable fuel source. Comparing ketones and the energy that fats, proteins, and carbohydrates give us. The fact that the human body simply metabolizes ketones where there is too much of them and you don't need insulin to help with that process. Why we can consider Alzheimer's to be Type 3 Diabetes because it is mainly has to do with metabolic dysfunction of the neurons due to insulting resistance. Stephen Cunnane - Can Ketones Slow Down Alzheimer’s? Research that is being done on reversing Alzheimer's with a ketogenic diet. [35:50] How to Best Consume Ketones Best practices for consuming ketones and if you can pair Ketone-IQ™ with other foods. How most people consume Ketone-IQ™ and when during their day. Why you don't need to have Ketone-IQ™ with other foods necessarily. How athletes take Ketone-IQ™ strategically after their workouts. Why ketones are most present when you're in endurance mode. 432 Barton Scott Exploring whether or not we can become dependent on ketones. Is it best to eat meat right away after it's cooked or is okay later too? Modern foods like margarine, oat milks and why they're not great for us or the environment. Following the middle path and how Ketone-IQ™ applies to it. [48:20] Priming Other Good Behaviors with Ketone-IQ™ How Ketone-IQ™ and other health products will help prime you for other good behaviors throughout the day. Tips to help you stay out of an all day carbohydrate cycle. The history of Kellogg Cereal and why they were focusing on mass population control and lowering their libidos by encouraging people to eat a lot of carbohydrates. Where companies should be putting all of their focus to help people thrive and live life well. Michael's mission with H.V.M.N. and why it goes so much farther beyond than just science. He and Josh's experience running marathons. Why metabolic health plays the ultimate role in keeping the body in homeostasis. How Michael conquered his marathon and was able to have a time below 3 hours by finding ways to make it easier for him. What you can do to get to a place of better flow and be relaxed when you run. His advice for all runners and those who would like to get into the sport. [1:05:00] The Seasons of Life & Achieving a Flow State Why Josh doesn't agree with David Goggins and smashing the gas pedal 24/7. Exploring the different seasons of life when sometimes we're busier, need to be more still, and eventually come back to the middle. The difference between being in a smooth flow state and upping the ante to the point that you exhaust yourself. Why it does more harm than good to overestimate how much you're going to do in a day or in a week even. How Michael prepared himself to be able to do a marathon in less than 3 hours by showing up every day and being consistent without pushing too hard. Brian Tracy [1:13:00] The Cognitive Mental Benefits of Ketones Breaking down the mental benefits of ketones like Ketone-IQ™. The connection between mental disorders and metabolic dysfunction. Why it's incredible and strange that we need to intellectualize spirituality in our Western society. The power of tuning in and knowing that we feel good in our bodies on our own. World-class manifestation of our unique and individual gifts with examples of Kobe Bryant and Maya Angelou. How we can express our unique orbs and abilities to be in greater alignment with our purpose. [1:25:50] Optimizing The Human Experience with Financial Intelligence Unpacking financial intelligence and how it comes into play in the Wellness Pentagon. Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman by Yvon Chouinard How the CEO of Patagonia, Yvon Chouinard, used his glowing orb of being an environmentalist and used that to create a greater impact with Mother Earth and how we see clothing. Why you can't see money as something bad if you're trying to make a dent whether that's in your own personal life or for the world. Breaking down what money really is: spiritual energy to fuel our mission(s) in life. How both Josh and Michael's stories and thoughts of money have shifted over time. 1:35:00 H.V.M.N.'s Production of Ketone-IQ™ The growth of H.V.M.N. and where the company is now at compared to at the beginning. Their first launch with a nootropic, Nootrabox, and where they went from in the human performance development space from there. The experience they had on Shark Tank and why they purposely said $40 million valuation for $2 million which is more than any other company ever has on the show. Nootrabox on Shark Tank Their experience launching the first ketone drink (Save 10% with code "JOSH") and the Department of Defense was their first customer. The decision to take Version 1 of their product completely off the market while they worked on Version 2 and the impact that had on their business. Why the moment to start something new like launching a podcast or a business idea is now. How Michael would define wellbeing and wellness in his life. Power Quotes From The Show Understanding our Metabolic Health "One of the key things to look at for metabolic health is insulin resistance and when that happens, you feel more tired because you don't have the fuel to keep you going. A lot of people think that the answer is to keep eating even more but they can become addicted to it and as that insulin resistance is still happening - then people become diabetic. One of the big misnomers about diabetes is that we pathologize it until this disease state of either you have it or you don't but just like hearing loss we are all somewhere on the spectrum and we are all pre-diabetic." - Michael Brandt How to Bend Your Reality to Live a More Meaningful Life "What is a meaningful life? Take the signals that you think are good in the world and amplify them as much as possible as much as you can. Bend your reality and create more of what you want to see in the world by controlling your thoughts on a day-to-day basis, how you think about things, and how you manifest what is going on around you happen at a larger scale. You can be the least spiritual person but even just writing down your goals every day, breathing them in, and thinking about them - with all of the time you spend on it, you will manifest that reality." - Michael Brandt Ancient Fuel That Reverses Aging "Why are special operators like the Department of Defense interested in our Ketone-IQ™️ product? They're really interested in our ketone drink as a metabolic superfuel because ketones are efficient and they can turn into ATP cell energy. Think of your metabolism like an engine and if you're fueling it with dirty fuel you're going to have more gunk build up. Other types of fuel won't cause a gunk build-up and might even clean out the gunk. Why do some people seem older and more worn down than others? It's due to a lot of things like attitude and mobility but if we zoom in on metabolism, how much oxidative stress are you creating in that area over decades of your life?" - Michael Brandt Links From Today's Show  ⁠🎁 ⁠⁠⁠⁠30% off on 1st month of HVMN Subscription orders⁠⁠ KetoCon Austin 2022 Neurohacker Stephen Cunnane - Can Ketones Slow Down Alzheimer’s? 432 Barton Scott Brian Tracy Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman by Yvon Chouinard Nootrabox on Shark Tank Shop the Wellness Force 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 Botanic Tonics – Save 40% when you use the code ‘WELLNESS40' 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 H.V.M.N. - Get 10% off with code 'JOSH' Facebook Instagram YouTube Twitter Michael Brandt Instagram About Michael Brandt Michael Brandt is the CEO and co-founder of Health Via Modern Nutrition (H.V.M.N.). He's an avid triathlete and marathoner (2:42 PR). Prior to starting H.V.M.N., he received his BS in Computer Science & Design at Stanford, was a Product Manager at Google, and Adjunct Professor at the Academy of Art in SF. He has always been a leader, and lifelong student, of designing products around new technologies and emerging needs.