Wellness + Wisdom Podcast

Today if you look around everyone is taking selfies to show off how they look, but actually only a select few of us are looking inside, trying to understand what is happening inside our most important machine. - Dr. Gil Blander With a huge focus right now across the world on diet and exercise, and with all the New Year's resolutions fading fast, how can we actually quantify and track our progress to know if the inspired health and wellness actions we're taking are truly making a difference? We explore this in Wellness Force Radio 158 with Chief Scientific Officer of InsideTracker, Dr. Gil Blander, and dive deep to uncover the truth about the exciting and rapidly emerging field of biomarkers and blood testing, and how they correlate with genetics and epigenetics to give you the inside track on upleveling your human optimization. Discover how taking a simple blood test can give you an accurate blood biomarker analysis plus personalized interventions for nutrition, exercise, lifestyle and supplements to optimize health and fitness. Save 15% On Your Biomarker Test - Use Code "wellnessforce" The team at InsideTracker has gifted the Wellness Force Community with 15% off your 2018 biomarker test kits and services. This is huge for us, as there is no greater indicator about your health and wellness than looking inside the window of your own unique biomarkers. Click here to sign up and get your WFR discount. Listen To Episode 158 As Dr. Gil Blander Uncovers: The meaning of "What if you could take a selfie from the inside?” How InsideTracker supports ourglobal collective's progress for human optimization For Men: What are the ED-related biomarkers men should track For Women: What specific blood tests can women take compared to men What are the 3-5 most pivotal biomarkers to judge a healthy body How taking a full spectrum biomarker test actually help someone noticeably improve their health and wellness How are biomarkers different from genetics Why are biomarkers dynamic and modulated by simple interventions such as diet, supplementation, exercise, and lifestyle changes What can we learn from epigenetics that apply to long term behavior changes that we can make in our lives The real ranges of cholesterol (HDL/LDL) we get to shoot for What are the optimal Vitamin D levels Dietary changes can we make from a blood test How Dr. Gil Blander sees using uBiome, Voime, and other gut tests in combination with blood tests The scientific approach for actionable health behaviors when looking at a tool like 23&Me Understanding CRISPR: What people need to know about this powerful science Links From Today's Show Wellness Force Radio Discount: Click here to sign up and get your 15% off your biomarker test! Dr. Gil Blander on LinkedIn  Inside Tracker on Facebook Inside Tracker on Instagram  Inside Tracker on Twitter Inside Tracker on YouTube Inside Tracker on the web "Erectile Dysfunction Is Affecting More Men Than Ever. We're Here to Help.” “In Defense of Vitamin D: The Facts You Need To Know” "Food Allergies & Sensitivities: All the Science You Need to Know" The Science: Inside Tracker CRISPR: The future of gene editing  Wellness Force Radio Podcast: Dr. David Perlmutter: The Grain Brain Whole Life Plan "In 2018, We Will CRISPR Human Beings" 23andMe uBiome Promethease Wellness Force Facebook Group Power Quote From Dr. Gil Blander "Today if you look around everyone is taking selfies to show off how they look, but actually only a select few of us are looking inside, trying to understand what is happening inside our most important machine. What we are doing with InsideTracker is allowing you to see what's happening inside your body, and after that we're giving you an actionable recommendation to improve your health, wellness, and performance. This is very similar to what is happening with your car when you plug in a computer. The system tells the ignition exactly what are the issues that the car suffers from today, right now. I see InsideTracker and biomarker testing with recommendations very similar to what's happening with a car. We are checking the machine, finding out what are the issues, and then we intervene. Hopefully, with the right guidance, we improve the quality and longevity of our lives."  - Dr. Gil Blander About Dr. Gil Blander Dr. Gil Blander is the chief scientific officer of InsideTracker and is internationally recognized for his research in the basic biology of aging and translating research discoveries into new ways of detecting and preventing age-related conditions. He leads a team of biology, nutrition & exercise physiology experts, and computer scientists at InsideTracker, and has been featured in CNN Money, The New York Times, Forbes, Financial times, and The Boston Globe among others. Dr. Gil Blander received a Ph.D. in biology from the Weizmann Institute of Science and completed his Post Doctoral fellowship at MIT, before going on to found InsideTracker. The InsideTracker platform analyzes key biochemical and physiological markers and applies algorithms and large scientific databases to determine optimal zones for each marker. The system then provides nutrition, exercise, supplements and lifestyle interventions that empower people to optimize their markers, increasing vitality, improving overall health, as well as athletic performance and extending life. About InsideTracker InsideTracker is a personalized health analytics company founded by leading scientists, physicians, nutritionists and exercise physiologists from MIT, Harvard and Tufts University. The InsideTracker platform analyses and tracks key biochemical and physiological markers as they change over time. InsideTracker uses sophisticated algorithms and large scientific databases to determine optimal zones for each user’s markers. InsideTracker’s expert system then provides science-driven lifestyle and nutrition interventions that empower people to optimize their markers. When optimized, these marker levels have been scientifically proven to increase vitality, improve performance and extend life. Get More Wellness In Your Life Join the WFR Community on facebook Send Josh Trent a personal message Tweet me on Twitter: Send us a fun tweet (or a what's up) Comment on the Facebook page Sign up to get an email alert whenever we release a new episode Support This Podcast Leave a 5 star review on iTunes Share this episode with someone you care about Contact Wellness Force Radio for podcast sponsorship and partnership opportunities Rate & Review Wellness Force ---> REVIEW THE PODCAST Ask A Live Question For The Next Episode ---> Click here to leave a voicemail directly to Josh Trent to be read live on the air.  You May Also Like These Episodes Food Freedom Forever With Melissa Hartwig Nir Eyal: Breaking Bad Habits, Technology Addiction, & Emotional Triggers Healthy, Happy & Harder To Kill w/ Steph Gaudreau of Stupid Easy Paleo Beyond Meditation: How To Get A Better Brain With Ariel Garten Living A Healthy Lifestyle In A Modern World With Dan Pardi Creating A Life Worth Living With Michael Strasner Join the Wellness Force Newsletter: www.wellnessforce.com/news Don't miss next week's show: Subscribe and stay updated Did you like this show on Ketosis? Rate and review Wellness Force on iTunes You read all the way to the bottom? 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What is it about adding mindfulness to the mix that makes this one the real deal? Quite simply, because it works. In the same way things like whole food diets and yoga were once fringe trends, we’ve experienced a tipping point where enough people have accepted these things as an integral part of their lives. Mindfulness is no different. - Amy Baglan JOIN THE FACEBOOK GROUP | REVIEW THIS PODCAST 20% OFF ORGANIFI - USE CODE: WELLNESSFORCE Instead of immediately focusing on getting in shape, what if you spent time becoming emotionally fit to kick off 2018? Get ready to dive into the authentic masculine and feminine self in addition to understanding how relationships can be a catalyst for mindfulness. On Wellness Force Radio 157, CEO and Founder of the dating app, MeetMindful, Amy Baglan, explains how you can make more meaningful, authentic connections with other people to enhance your personal wellness. Not just in a romantic relationship, but with others who also want to live a more mindful, health-focused life. Learn how to grow from a place of authenticity.  Join MeetMindful Today MeetMindful is a relationships company that inspires people to make meaningful connections every day, revolutionizing the way you meet and connect with others in daily life. Maybe you're looking for long-term love with a partner who shares your core values. Perhaps you just want to meet more like-minded friends to grab a coffee with on a Saturday afternoon. The bottom line? You're looking for people to connect with, people who get you. At MeetMindful, we experience life to its fullest potential; we live deeply and with intention. We thrive by exploring, learning and growing. Here, we bring together a community that encourages you to embrace the friction and vulnerability that comes with growth. MeetMindful is the meeting ground for your most life-changing and inspiring connections. We don’t create the magic moments; we create the space for you to make your own. Listen To Episode 157 As Amy Baglan Uncovers: Why any relationship with someone else is the fastest way for you to grow. The reason why authenticity was so important to her; even at a young age. How her relationship with her family inspired her to design MeetMindful. Why working in a huge corporation setting just wasn't right for her and why she loves working in startups. How yoga gave her the peace of mind and stillness that allowed her to realize she could make the changes that she wanted to see happen in her life. The different routes you can take through the Institution for Integrated Nutrition and why she decided to create a social network instead of do something like coaching. Why websites like Match.com don't allow you to truly see whether or not you can connect with someone on an authentic level. Her past event company, Yoga Dates, in Denver, Colorado and how they helped give people the permission to bond and talk over their passion for yoga. How mindfulness can help you create a more enriching experience in relationships in addition to the natural chemistry and attraction you have with someone else. The signs that will tell you whether or not you can trust someone from a dating app. Variable awards on MeetMindful and why the ultimate goal is to help people find a wonderful relationship so that they can leave the app. Why you should listen to your body and not your mind to tell you what you feel in the moment and more importantly, with someone else. How companies can improve their communications tactics between employees by being more mindful and open about emotions. Why a relationship with someone new can actually help you grow and heal. Ghosting and how it's become something acceptable in our society even though it shouldn't be accepted at all. How to nicely say to someone that the relationship just isn't going to work out. Power Quotes From The Show "There's always going to be work to do in a relationship, but you get to choose who you want to do it with. You and your partner have to learn how to be in conflict together. So, if doing that work and being in conflict together always brings out the worst in both of you, that tells you something about your relationship." - Amy Baglan "I've always had this desire that people show up as their authentic self rather than put on a front or be superficial. I can't connect with others when they're not being true about themselves." - Amy Baglan "I always urge people to look at how a potential partner acts and not pay attention to what they say. The way that people show up in the world, their behavior, and how they treat other people including yourself cannot be filtered by words." - Amy Baglan "Dating apps are almost like a trigger happy, fast food style atmosphere where there's almost too many options and choices. This is teaching younger generations that this is all there is. They learn that people can be disposable and that the quantity of connections over quality is better." - Amy Baglan "If all a person does is share pictures of selfies on a dating app and they only care about what their body looks like, then they probably don't value anything else about themselves. If that's the case, then I certainly don't think they're going to value much else about myself either." - Amy Baglan Links From Today's Show: MeetMindful Facebook Instagram Twitter YouTube Amy Baglan: LinkedIn Twitter Amy Baglan - Mindful Dating on the Untangle Podcast Mindful Dating is Now a Thing - And This Buzzy New App is Here to Prove It 5 Rules for Mindful Dating & Relationship-Intention Setting this Holiday Season by Amy Baglan Variable Rewards: Want To Hook Users? Drive Them Crazy Emotional Expressions Beyond Facial Muscle Actions. A Call for Studying Autonomic Signals and Their Impact on Social Perception Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur Arielle Ford Conscious Leadership Group Internet Dating Conference Double Your Dating Success 3.0 Summit Institution for Integrated Nutrition Wellness Force Community WFR #149 Johnny Blackburn WFR #048 Nir Eyal About Amy Baglan Amy Baglan is the Founder of MeetMindful, an online dating site where mindful singles connect with one another to find true love. MeetMindful is a relationships company that inspires people to make meaningful connections every day. They are not only a dating app, but a meeting ground for people who want to live their happiest, healthiest lives—and connect with others who feel the same. Amy has created a business for people who value healthy living, yoga, meditation, authentic connections and more and she believes relationships are the fastest way to personal growth Get More Wellness In Your Life Join the WFR Community on facebook Send Josh Trent a personal message Tweet me on Twitter: Send us a fun tweet (or a what's up) Comment on the Facebook page Sign up to get an email alert whenever we release a new episode Support This Podcast Leave a 5 star review on iTunes Share this episode with someone you care about Contact Wellness Force Radio for podcast sponsorship and partnership opportunities Rate & Review Wellness Force ---> REVIEW THE PODCAST Ask A Live Question For The Next Episode ---> Click here to leave a voicemail directly to Josh Trent to be read live on the air.  You May Also Like These Episodes Food Freedom Forever With Melissa Hartwig Nir Eyal: Breaking Bad Habits, Technology Addiction, & Emotional Triggers Healthy, Happy & Harder To Kill w/ Steph Gaudreau of Stupid Easy Paleo Beyond Meditation: How To Get A Better Brain With Ariel Garten Living A Healthy Lifestyle In A Modern World With Dan Pardi Creating A Life Worth Living With Michael Strasner Join the Wellness Force Newsletter: www.wellnessforce.com/news Don't miss next week's show: Subscribe and stay updated Did you like this show on Ketosis? Rate and review Wellness Force on iTunes You read all the way to the bottom? 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If you wake up in the morning and say to yourself, 'I love my life,' Then your conditioned mind will, unconsciously or consciously, look for evidence to prove that your life is worth loving. - Adam Markel How can a person love themselves if they've never been taught how to do it? JOIN THE FACEBOOK GROUP | REVIEW THIS PODCAST 20% OFF ORGANIFI - USE CODE: WELLNESSFORCE Discover how to reinvent the way you unconditionally love and accept yourself so that you can express that same gratitude to others. In Wellness Force Radio episode 156, International Speaker, Entrepreneur, Attorney, CEO, Transformational Leader, Podcast Host of the The Conscious PIVOT Podcast and Best Selling Author of several books including Pivot: The Art and Science of Reinventing Your Career and Life, Adam Markel shares how you can grow and thrive in your relationships through the The 7 Pillars of Ultimate Relationships: Self-love Gratitude Intimacy Hold Space Base Camp Rules for Engagement Communication By the end of this episode, you'll be ready to become more intimate with yourself so that you be more present in life and your relationships.   Pivot by Adam Markel The successful CEO of the internationally renowned Peak Potentials—who has trained thousands of people to find new jobs, careers, and directions—shares his practical and inspirational program for reinventing yourself, whether you are out of work or want to change your professional trajectory. What would you do in your life if you knew you could not fail? That’s the question answered in Pivot, a roadmap for embracing your true potential without abandoning your responsibilities or risking your future. As a transformational teacher and the CEO of Peak Potentials, which has trained more than one million people worldwide, Adam Markel can help you leap out of your comfort zone and into the destiny you’ve always dreamed of. Whether you are transitioning your career, or have been downsized, or believe that your true potential has yet to be fully tapped, Pivot is a guide to reinvention for anyone, at any age. With clear-eyed compassion and frank assessments, Adam shares the secrets that will guide you away from fear and toward a powerful new vision for your life. The uplifting stories, introspective prompts, clear step-by-step exercises, and energizing calls to action throughout this remarkable book will guide you through the process of personal and career transformation, from creating a vision and clearing space for change to building a supportive environment and establishing daily rituals that will regenerate your soul. Success and personal fulfillment are within reach! Program your internal GPS to a destination of your wildest imagination—all it takes to change your path is one right turn. Listen To Episode 156 As Adam Markel Uncovers: The 7 Pillars of Ultimate Relationships. What does it mean to be fully present in the moment? Why he pivoted from a career as a law attorney to become a transformational speaker and author. What you can do to seek out loving evidence to prove that you lead a great life and why that's a vital part of self-love rituals.  How you can re-program your thoughts around self-love  to see yourself as being complete. What you should do before going over the 7 Pillars including spending more time with yourself. Getting rid of old software and baggage by letting go so that you can grow into the 7 Pillars by loving yourself more. How you can change your mind, habits, and approach to making decisions. Why intimacy also means showing up for your partner in the relationship. The reality that someone else cannot 'complete' you. The only one who can is yourself. Why #MeToo is triggering, but important in how it relates to the 3rd Pillar of being able to hold space. The difference between men holding space and women holding space. How technology is getting in the way of your relationships in this digital age. Connecting relationships through technology while also not letting it get in the way. The rules for engaging in conflict with someone and how we can have a healthy dispute. Why you should be truthful and authentic in all aspects of communication in the relationship including dirty, little secrets. Power Quotes From The Show   "I'm in the 'moment' when I'm unconditionally present. By that, I have a string of several moments put together in which I feel unconditional acceptance and love. That could be acceptance of someone else, of a situation, or of myself. However, if I'm not experiencing unconditional acceptance and love of myself, then I cannot give it to others." - Adam Markel "We're not taught how to love ourselves and there's no manual to follow to understand what unconditional self-love looks like. So, we become programmed to see ourselves as either incomplete or unworthy based on how we're judged or observing different examples." - Adam Markel "Intimacy isn't really about the sensual part of the relationship. It's actually about you being vulnerable and feeling comfortable with your true, authentic self. Too many people believe that a relationship will fix them and make them feel whole. We cannot put that burden on someone else; it's our own responsibility to make ourselves feel complete." - Adam Markel "We express gratitude as a part of our family rituals, to each other, and as much as possible every day. As far as I know, it's the highest form of spiritual practice and it's a blessing to experience that in my relationship with my wife." - Adam Markel "The things that you try to hide are the thorns in the relationship. When you try to control or sedate them, you begin walking on eggshells to try to avoid the pain. However, pain is a part of life; it's just another thing in the universe. If the pain controls you, then how can you be present when you're trying to avoid it?" - Adam Markel Links From Today's Show: Adam Markel Facebook Start My PIVOT Community Facebook Group Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn Pivot: The Art and Science of Reinventing Your Career and Life by Adam Markel Success from the Heart by Adam Markel The Conscious PIVOT Podcast with Adam Markel The Conscious PIVOT Podcast - Resilience & Wellness Intelligence with Josh Trent – Show #29 RiseUp: The Movie Dr. Joe Dispenza Gary Vaynercheck The Untethered Soul by Michael A. Singer The Presence Process by Michael Brown WFR #046 - Dr. John Gray WFR #087 - Bonnie Kelly WFR #129 - Gretchen Rubin About Adam Markel Adam Markel is a CEO, Best-Selling Author, Speaker, and Podcast Host of The Conscious PIVOT Podcast.   Adam has a love for helping people create massive transformation in their lives, which is rooted in his personal practice of growth and constant, never ending self-improvement. Adam’s journey of reinvention has led him to living a life he loves, where he’s actively sharing his unique gifts, making a positive impact and leading from his heart. He is a magnificent example of what it means to “walk the talk” and live with integrity, leadership, tenacity and immense gratitude. These qualities and experiences are what make Adam a wildly charismatic, sincere and riveting speaker.   As someone who is committed to physical, spiritual and emotional fitness and well-being, Adam is a shining example of what it means to lead a healthy, fulfilling and authentic lifestyle. At the origin of his personal and professional success are his carefully curated daily rituals, some of which include practicing yoga, surfing, morning green juices and creating space for meditation. It’s through these powerful habits that Adam builds and nurtures his energy, passion and peace of mind. Get More Wellness In Your Life Join the WFR Community on facebook Send Josh Trent a personal message Tweet me on Twitter: Send us a fun tweet (or a what's up) Comment on the Facebook page Sign up to get an email alert whenever we release a new episode Support This Podcast Leave a 5 star review on iTunes Share this episode with someone you care about Contact Wellness Force Radio for podcast sponsorship and partnership opportunities Rate & Review Wellness Force ---> REVIEW THE PODCAST Ask A Live Question For The Next Episode ---> Click here to leave a voicemail directly to Josh Trent to be read live on the air.  You May Also Like These Episodes Food Freedom Forever With Melissa Hartwig Nir Eyal: Breaking Bad Habits, Technology Addiction, & Emotional Triggers Healthy, Happy & Harder To Kill w/ Steph Gaudreau of Stupid Easy Paleo Beyond Meditation: How To Get A Better Brain With Ariel Garten Living A Healthy Lifestyle In A Modern World With Dan Pardi Creating A Life Worth Living With Michael Strasner Join the Wellness Force Newsletter: www.wellnessforce.com/news Don't miss next week's show: Subscribe and stay updated Did you like this show on Ketosis? Rate and review Wellness Force on iTunes You read all the way to the bottom? 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My brain changed when I changed the way that I ate. Fat will stabilize your brain and it's a very nice thing; especially if you're subject to blood sugar swings and moods. - Anna Vocino Have you ever found yourself obsessing over a food label by reading and analyzing every single ingredient listed on the package? What ever happened to enjoying whole, nutritious meals that you can cook at home with simple ingredients like vegetables and meat? When did everything become so complicated? JOIN THE FACEBOOK GROUP | REVIEW THIS PODCAST 20% OFF ORGANIFI - USE CODE: WELLNESSFORCE Join us on Wellness Force Radio 155 as mother, comedian, actor, voice over artist, best selling author of Eat Happy and the upcoming Eat Happy, Too, as well as the Co-Host of the top iTunes Health and Fitness podcast, Fitness Confidential with Vinnie Tortorich, Anna Vocino, shares how eating healthy can be enjoyable. Anna, who is Celiac and has been gluten free since 2002, discusses how she was able to begin following a healthy diet while also eating delicious foods to help heal her body and stay strong. Discover why the phrase, "If you have your health, then you have everything," is true on so many levels. The weight loss will come, but if that's your only focus, then the real health benefits will be harder to find. Eat Happy | Eat Happy Too by Anna Vocino Eat Happy: Gluten Free, Grain Free, Low Carb Recipes Made from Real Foods For A Joyful Life 154 delicious grain-free, gluten-free recipes that are also free of any processed sugars. There are meats, fish, sides, soups, starters, casseroles, slow cooker recipes, breakfast dishes, and even desserts to satisfy any sweets craving you might have, all with virtually no sugar. If you are low carb, paleo, are wanting to keep autoimmune issues at bay, or just want to lose extra weight, Eat Happy gives you comfort food where you won’t miss the sugars or grains so your body and brain can feel happy from eating real foods. In 2012, after almost ten years of being gluten free due to celiac, Anna Vocino found she was gaining weight faster than a tick on a labradoodle. Turns out the culprit wasn’t overeating or too much fat in the diet, but the pesky sugars and grains in all those gluten free comfort foods. When Anna started podcasting with Fitness Confidential author Vinnie Tortorich, she adapted her entire way of eating to do what Tortorich coined: NSNG—No Sugars No Grains. Sure enough, the weight dropped off, the inflammation due to celiac finally calmed down, and for the first time in her life, she learned what it meant to be truly happy about food. All of Anna’s recipes are delicious, easy to make, and so satisfying, you won’t even know you’re eating healthy. Craving rich, decadent chocolate pots with fresh cream that are delicious but not fattening? Wanna make a grain-free pizza crust that actually helps you lose weight? Dying for pancakes, but you’ve committed to avoiding carbs? How about hearty shepherd’s pie, tater tots, sizzling ginger rice, all made with cauliflower instead of high carb rice and potatoes? Eat Happy offers low carb comfort foods to please the entire family. Want more amazing, healthy recipes? Anna will be releasing her next cookbook, Eat Happy, Too: More Gluten Free, Grain Free, Low Carb Recipes Made from Real Foods for a Joyful Life on April 1, 2018. Listen To Episode 155 As Anna Vocino Uncovers: How Anna met Vinnie Tortorich and joined his podcast, Fitness Confidential. All about Anna's first podcast, Yoda and Me Anna's journey towards success in Hollywood. How Anna found out that she was Celiac in 2002 and how that shifted her life. Common signs of Celiac Disease. Can you tell when you eat gluten or is testing the only way to really know? About Anna's awesome cookbook, Eat Happy: Gluten Free, Grain Free, Low Carb Recipes Made from Real Foods For A Joyful Life How Vinnie Tortorich inspired her to live a No Sugars, No Grains lifestyle. The moment Anna lost her mother and how that affected her mentality around food. Anna's method of daily checking in with herself about her emotional connection with food. How healthy fats don't only help keep you full, but your mind clear and sharp as well. Why cleaning out your kitchen can be such a great power move to approaching nutrition. The challenge of getting your family on board to eat healthier with you at home. The biggest benefit when she shifted her diet in 2002. Why counting calories is so pervasive because your ancestors never counted them. They just ate what they wanted. Anna's experience with being anorexic from ages 15-17 and craving being in control around food. Intermittent fasting and how it might trigger certain emotions, thoughts, and the need to be controlling with food. Working with a functional medicine doctor for check-ups and treatments for hyperthyroidism and the different tests she has taken. How other people in marriages or relationships can work together to shift and accept the other person's decision to follow a No Sugars, No Grains diet. How you can become more vocal about the changes you want to see in the food industry. Her daughter being diagnosed with Hashimoto's Disease and how Anna is helping her cope with it while also beginning college. Power Quotes From The Show "The idea of 'letting go of weight' has always been a vanity trigger for me. The real benefits are the health benefits and being happier by stabilizing my brain. Losing weight is everything to people, but it's really not. Losing the weight is the second benefit that comes after enjoying life more." - Anna Vocino "When I get emotionally involved, I just want to munch on something like almonds to help me deal with my feelings. That helps me calm down, but then I still have to isolate and deal with the emotional matter on its own." - Anna Vocino "Eat Happy is a recipe book that is intended to include really yummy food that is easy to make at home. Whether you are gluten free, low-carb, or grain free, it's for everyone." - Anna Vocino "Take things easy and be nicer to yourself if you go ahead and have a treat like gluten-free cookies. We have a tendency to want to beat ourselves up about our choices, but we need to calm down. If you beat yourself up too often, you're just going to end up binge eating because you're so emotionally involved about your food choices. " - Anna Vocino "Don't forget to increase your healthy fat intake if you decide to follow the No Sugars, No Grains lifestyle. People don't eat enough fat with NSNG because they're afraid they'll gain weight and then they complain about being hungry. Don't be afraid of fat; you have to get full by eating fats." - Anna Vocino Links From Today's Show: Anna Vocino Facebook Anna Vocino’s Eat Happy Facebook Group! Twitter Instagram Eat Happy by Anna Vocino Eat Happy, Too by Anna Vocino The Fitness Confidential Podcast WellnessFX 23andMe Wired to Eat by Robb Wolf Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch Why We Get Fat by Gary Taubes The Big Fat Surprise by Nina Teicholz WFR #140 - Chris Kresser WFR #129 - Gretchen Rubin WFR #107 - Dr. Sylvia Tara WFR #103 - Robb Wolf WFR #080 - Dr. Murdoc Khaleghi WFR #107 - Dr. Sylvia Tara About Anna Vocino Anna is the author the best-selling book, Eat Happy, and will soon release her next book, Eat Happy, Too on April 1, 2018. She is the Co-Host of the popular health and fitness podcast, Fitness Confidential, with Vinnie Tortorich and also does comedy, acting, and voice overs.   She has been gluten-free since 2002 after discovering that she has Celiac Disease. She believes that autoimmune diseases like Celiac shouldn't hold people back from enjoying amazing food and so she has recreated gluten free versions of her favorite recipes which she also shares on her Recipe Box Blog. Like Vinnie, she follows the No Sugars, No Grains lifestyle and so all of her recipes are free of sugars and grains. Not only that, but they also include fresh, simple ingredients so that they are easy to follow. Get More Wellness In Your Life Join the WFR Community on facebook Send Josh Trent a personal message Tweet me on Twitter: Send us a fun tweet (or a what's up) Comment on the Facebook page Sign up to get an email alert whenever we release a new episode Support This Podcast Leave a 5 star review on iTunes Share this episode with someone you care about Contact Wellness Force Radio for podcast sponsorship and partnership opportunities Rate & Review Wellness Force ---> REVIEW THE PODCAST Ask A Live Question For The Next Episode ---> Click here to leave a voicemail directly to Josh Trent to be read live on the air.  You May Also Like These Episodes Food Freedom Forever With Melissa Hartwig Nir Eyal: Breaking Bad Habits, Technology Addiction, & Emotional Triggers Healthy, Happy & Harder To Kill w/ Steph Gaudreau of Stupid Easy Paleo Beyond Meditation: How To Get A Better Brain With Ariel Garten Living A Healthy Lifestyle In A Modern World With Dan Pardi Creating A Life Worth Living With Michael Strasner Join the Wellness Force Newsletter: www.wellnessforce.com/news Don't miss next week's show: Subscribe and stay updated Did you like this show on Ketosis? Rate and review Wellness Force on iTunes You read all the way to the bottom? 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Cancer feeds on sugar. Plain and simple as that. If you want to have a healthy body and mind, it's vital that you cut out as much processed sugar as possible. - Vinnie Tortorich You might have come to believe that being healthy and getting fit means eating bland foods and working out until you're about to crash and burn. JOIN THE FACEBOOK GROUP | REVIEW THIS PODCAST 20% OFF ORGANIFI - USE CODE: WELLNESSFORCE Well, that couldn't be farther from the truth. Living healthy isn't a punishment, it's about being present and enjoying the moment. One Wellness Force Radio episode 154, celebrity fitness trainer, speaker, Podcast Host of Fitness Confidential, and best-selling author of Fitness Confidential: Adventures in the Weight-Loss Game,  Vinnie Tortorich, shares life stories, the importance of movement, and how to follow the No Sugars, No Grains (NSNG) lifestyle. With more than 30 years involved in the health and wellness industry, Vinnie has experienced so much and is a great source on any topic you want to know more about. By the end of this episode, you will feel more free and inspired than ever before to go on your own health and wellness journey. Fitness Confidential by Vinnie Tortorich America's Angriest Trainer, Vinnie Tortorich, exposes the nasty underbelly of the fitness industry while getting you into the best shape of your life. For over 20 years, Vinnie has been Hollywood's go-to guy for celebrities and athletes looking to get fit fast. Now, in this hilarious and often r-rated memoir, he holds nothing back. What's the best piece of fitness equipment money can buy? What's the fastest way to lose weight: diet or exercise? Why are health clubs worse than used car lots? In Fitness Confidential, Vinnie tells all. So get ready to get fit, get inspired and get the dirt with Hollywood's most outrageous personal trainer! Listen To Episode 154 As Vinnie Tortorich Uncovers: What he has seen and experienced with more than 30 years involved in the health and wellness industry. How he came up with the No Sugars, No Grains lifestyle. Why the idea that eggs are bad for you is a complete lie. The fact that quinoa is a grain and therefore it doesn't belong in the NSNG lifestyle. How the combination of becoming legally deaf at 6 years old, attending Catholic school, and his home life shaped the way that he is today. Vinnie's experience having and defeating leukemia. How he changed his diet to help end his leukemia by adding more Vitamin B, following a ketogenic diet, and cutting out sugars completely. Why is it that no single person ever succeeds on the very first try. Which is more important to focus on to get fit: diet or exercise? Why it's vital that you exercise so that you don't lose your muscular strength. Do celebrities have the same complaints with accountability that normal people do? How one of Vinnie's listeners, Lisa, broke through her negative relationship with food and overcame great adversity to become comfortable with herself. Why do certain foods negatively affect the blood sugars of some people, but not for others? What about the European Paradox? Which foods can spike our blood sugars to an unhealthy level? What can the Ketogenic Diet do for people? Can we cycle in and out with it? Why NSNG is not a Ketogenic Diet. How to prepare for a trip if you're on a 30 Day NSNG Reset. Power Quotes From The Show "When it comes to fitness, you can either use it or lose it. If you're not using your muscles and helping your body grow and get strong, then you're just dwindling away. What kind of exercise you decide do doesn't even matter. Go for a walk, on a bike ride, or use a jump rope for a couple of minutes. It doesn't matter." - Vinnie Tortorich "You shouldn't constantly cycle in and out of a Ketogenic Diet because that creates a lot of acidity in your system which can lead to problems like gallstones. Once you're in, you're in. You don't want to go crazy and have a carb night once you decide to get off the Keto Diet." - Vinnie Tortorich "Don't sleep in every morning. Instead, get up and get moving. Whether you have something to do the next day or not, get up and create something to do - even on the weekend. Have a healthy breakfast with some protein like a whole egg and then do something physical. You don't have to do tons of exercise first thing in the morning, but maybe some stretching or a light walk." - Vinnie Tortorich "Everyone has their own journey, but pretty much everyone just gives up after they fail. They don't see failure as another step towards success. If you think like that, then you're missing out because no one ever succeeds on the first try. We need to learn from our own failures." - Vinnie Tortorich Links From Today's Show: Vinnie Tortorich Facebook Twitter YouTube Fitness Confidential by Vinnie Tortorich and Dean Lorey The Fitness Confidential Podcast Fitness Confidential Episode 956 - Josh Trent on Emotion-Driven Eating  No Sugar No Grains (NSNG) Frequently Asked Questions Fitness Confidential: The Weight That Protects You Will Kill You - Episode 884 Being Gluten Free and F*** Quinoa The French Paradox: Lessons for Other Countries Vinnie Tortorich on the Adam Carolla Show What the Health trailer Vinnie Tortorich on the Oprah Winfrey Network - Where Are They Now? Wide World of Sports Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey Bruce Lipton WFR #129 - Gretchen Rubin WFR #103 - Robb Wolf About Vinnie Tortorich   Author of the runaway bestseller Fitness Confidential and host of the popular Fitness Confidential podcast earning over 850,000 downloads per month, Vinnie Tortorich is revolutionizing the world of weight loss. He is also  as a regular contributor on The Adam Carolla Show and a frequent guest on the Dr. Drew Show, Andy and Gina in The Morning at 110.03, The Sound, and The Heidi and Frank Show on KLOS. He is an international motivational speaker and has spoken at hospitals, universities, and corporate events around the world.   During his 30 years of training Hollywood celebrities, Vinnie was the “go-to guy” for producers who wanted a certain star to drop some weight before filming began, and Starlets who “needed” to be a size 0 for the red carpet. Vinnie coached budding athletes who then went on to become world famous players. His experience was broad and his knowledge deep - he had seen and heard it all.   Through his book and podcast Fitness Confidential, Vinnie introduces the world to a simple and sustainable way of eating and living that has revolutionized the lives of tens of thousands of people. By avoiding foods that contain sugar and grains and eating healthy fats, protein, and lots of fresh vegetables, NSNG® followers have lost hundreds of thousands of pounds and found themselves feeling fitter, healthier, and happier than ever before. Get More Wellness In Your Life Join the WFR Community on facebook Send Josh Trent a personal message Tweet me on Twitter: Send us a fun tweet (or a what's up) Comment on the Facebook page Sign up to get an email alert whenever we release a new episode Support This Podcast Leave a 5 star review on iTunes Share this episode with someone you care about Contact Wellness Force Radio for podcast sponsorship and partnership opportunities Rate & Review Wellness Force ---> REVIEW THE PODCAST Ask A Live Question For The Next Episode ---> Click here to leave a voicemail directly to Josh Trent to be read live on the air.  You May Also Like These Episodes Food Freedom Forever With Melissa Hartwig Nir Eyal: Breaking Bad Habits, Technology Addiction, & Emotional Triggers Healthy, Happy & Harder To Kill w/ Steph Gaudreau of Stupid Easy Paleo Beyond Meditation: How To Get A Better Brain With Ariel Garten Living A Healthy Lifestyle In A Modern World With Dan Pardi Creating A Life Worth Living With Michael Strasner Join the Wellness Force Newsletter: www.wellnessforce.com/news Don't miss next week's show: Subscribe and stay updated Did you like this show on Ketosis? Rate and review Wellness Force on iTunes You read all the way to the bottom? 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Maybe you want to start something, but you're too afraid. However, there will never be a 'right' time and you just have to take the leap. You may fall on your face many times, but that's okay. That's part of the journey. - Ali Reti Discover the power of progress over perfection by focusing on small wins rather than stressing over the bigger picture. JOIN THE FACEBOOK GROUP | REVIEW THIS PODCAST 20% OFF ORGANIFI - USE CODE: WELLNESSFORCE This episode is for all of us who have dreamed big dreams, but have never taken the leap. Whether you are afraid of failure or not sure how to change your life, you will be able to activate a life you love by the end of this episode. In Wellness Force Radio #153, Ali Reti of RetiFit joins us to share how she activated a life she loves and how she's now helping other people do the same through health and wellness. A recovering perfectionist, as well as former national fitness trainer turned life coach, public speaker, and podcast host of the The Ali Reti Podcast: Activate A Life You Love, Ali understands that completely changing life around is no easy task. However, if you take small steps and focus on daily achievements, anything is truly possible. The Activate A Life You Love Event with Ali Reti The Activate a Life You Love event is a one of a kind immersion experience designed to dissolve the hidden blocks keeping you stuck, accelerate your success, and finally, thrive in your life’s unique purpose. No distractions. No information overload. Focus, immersion, and implementation. Let’s create traction in your life, in your career, and in your relationships. Listen To Episode 153 As Ali Reti Uncovers: What she learned from her parents' experiences and challenges as entrepreneurs. Why you should focus more on progress over perfection. The power of small wins over time to make your progress last. How showing up and being present will keep you on a steady path. What you can do to make yourself more comfortable with the future and unknown by being in touch with your spirituality. Where Ali's past drive for perfectionism came from in the first place. How can you be vulnerable from a healthy standpoint? Why it's normal to be tested by life and the universe when you're trying to improve and move on up with life. How shame and guilt can hold you back from reaching out for the help that you need and why you should reach out to someone if you're struggling. Dealing with the great unknown and anxious thoughts about the future. The power of finding the daily joys and knowing that something cannot just happen overnight. How she worked as an Uber driver to stay financially secure while working hard towards her career goal. Why a dream job might not be all that you thought it would be and those who you once idolized aren't what you thought they were. The difference between taking massive action and the more calm, center-focused, and inspired action. Why no one single method of discovering inspired action exists because it's different for each person. Different ways to discover your own inspired action as long as it resonates with you. Shutting down the negative 'monkey mind' voice in your head. Power Quotes From The Show "Fitness and nutrition are both very important, but there are so many different aspects to our lives such as our relationships, home life, or work. So, if those things not going well and we're not happy, then everything else will suffer." - Ali Reti "I believe that our intuition will always guide us to exactly where we need to be."  - Ali Reti "I cope with anxious thoughts about the unknown by telling myself that if it's not this, then it's something better. I trust that if this is not what I'm supposed to be doing, then I can't even fathom how amazing my life will be with my next decision." - Ali Reti "As humans, we're meant to collaborate and go through experiences together. Whatever you're experiencing right now, you're not actually meant to go through it alone. Know that and be brave by reaching out to someone for help." - Ali Reti "When you put 'good' out into the world, that comes back to you. When you give to others, you have no idea how that will come back, but it will certainly impact your life." - Ali Reti Links From Today's Show: Ali Reti Facebook Instagram Twitter YouTube LinkedIn The Ali Reti Podcast: Activate A Life You Love Episode 76 - Coping with the Unknown The Law of Attraction Wellbridge Brené Brown On Air With Ella Les Brown - The Chinese Bamboo Tree (Lesson on Patience) Tony Robbins Finding Joe Past Life Regression EPIC Bar RXBAR WFR #129 - Gretchen Rubin WFR #127 - Ella Lucas-Averett WFR #055 - Gay and Katie Hendricks About Ali Reti A recovering perfectionist, Ali Reti is intimately familiar with how losing sight of the forest for the trees can cause crippling stress and anxiety on a regular basis. She’s come to realize that exercise—particularly the kind RetiFit prescribes—is the ultimate game-changer when it comes to loosening the grip that negative thoughts, emotions, and behaviors have on our everyday lives. Ali has dedicated her career to inspiring healthy behavior change in others through exercise and fitness. Through her parent's entrepreneurial successes and failures, Ali learned first-hand that the best way to make a living is by first making a genuine life. For her, the center of that genuine life is wellness education and fitness services. Ali's professional experiences over the past 10 years have reinforced her commitment to progressing in life highlighting wellness and fitness—she loves it, she's good at it, and most importantly, she's seen it help people and change lives, time and time again. Around the world, and in-person in Boulder, CO, RetiFit clients are empowered by the companies results-oriented commitment to be a catalyst for worldwide social change and individual healthy behavior change. As a Certified Group Exercise Instructor (Les Mills, MOSSA), Certified Personal Trainer (CPT), and Precision Nutrition Coach, Ali has helped thousands of clients progress toward a healthier version of themselves. Through RetiFit, Ali can’t wait to get in front of audiences around the world and share her energy and passion in demonstrating to others how committing to and choosing progress over perfection can lead to realized dreams and an overwhelming sense of accomplishment. Get More Wellness In Your Life Join the WFR Community on facebook Send Josh Trent a personal message Tweet me on Twitter: Send us a fun tweet (or a what's up) Comment on the Facebook page Sign up to get an email alert whenever we release a new episode Support This Podcast Leave a 5 star review on iTunes Share this episode with someone you care about Contact Wellness Force Radio for podcast sponsorship and partnership opportunities Rate & Review Wellness Force ---> REVIEW THE PODCAST Ask A Live Question For The Next Episode ---> Click here to leave a voicemail directly to Josh Trent to be read live on the air.  You May Also Like These Episodes Food Freedom Forever With Melissa Hartwig Nir Eyal: Breaking Bad Habits, Technology Addiction, & Emotional Triggers Healthy, Happy & Harder To Kill w/ Steph Gaudreau of Stupid Easy Paleo Beyond Meditation: How To Get A Better Brain With Ariel Garten Living A Healthy Lifestyle In A Modern World With Dan Pardi Creating A Life Worth Living With Michael Strasner Join the Wellness Force Newsletter: www.wellnessforce.com/news Don't miss next week's show: Subscribe and stay updated Did you like this show on Ketosis? Rate and review Wellness Force on iTunes You read all the way to the bottom? 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Pain is a request for change. Whenever you feel any pain, that's your brain and body telling you that they need your full attention. - Dr. Perry Nickelston Once you learn how to read and understand your body, it will never lie to you.  JOIN THE FACEBOOK GROUP | REVIEW THIS PODCAST 20% OFF ORGANIFI - USE CODE: WELLNESSFORCE Your life is 100% unique to yourself. How you lived in the past, your life today, and your future is unlike anybody else's. Therefore, the health choices you've made and the environment you live in can ultimately affect both your mind an body. This podcast is for those of you who've gotten to the point where it seems like your pain will not improve and there's no way out.  On Wellness Force episode 152, Chiropractic Physician and author of the upcoming book, Stop Chasing Pain, Dr. Perry Nickelston, DC, NKT, FMS, SFMA, has been helping people who feel lost without the hope of getting better to restore the quality of their life. He fully understands that we shouldn't approach healing the body with the same method every time because each person lives a different life and has experienced different movements. In fact, to heal an injury, Perry advises that we need to look as far back as 1o years to see what could have led to such pain. By the end of this episode, you will be more somatically aware of yourself and how to identify the toxic environments, thoughts, and poor habits that are causing you pain.   Stop Chasing Pain by Dr. Perry Nickelston Dr. Perry Nickelston's upcoming book, Stop Chasing Pain empowers readers to take back control of their lives from pain—to get over their fear of movement and regain a connection with their bodies. Movement is brain candy and neural nitro for the whole body. Change how you move and you change your life! The human body is designed to move. Today’s sedentary lifestyles and cookie-cutter exercise programs make us more prone to pain and injury. The answer lies in going back to how we learned to move in the first place, taking the body back to ground zero and tapping into fundamental human movement patterns. Full-body movements that integrate our muscular subsystems gives us strength, power, flexibility, timing, and coordination. Stop Chasing Pain begins with a fundamental pattern assessment to help readers see where they fall on the movement scale and how much stability they need to regain. Then it explains how to use the RAIL Reset system (Release, Activate, Integrate, Locomotion) to regress movement and progress strength. Mobility restrictions and pain are linked to dysfunction in the five movement subsystems: intrinsics, posterior oblique, anterior oblique, lateral, and deep longitudinal. Without these we don’t move. Dr. Perry shows readers how to release them with rollers, balls, and bands; activate them with Chapman Reflex points; integrate with Powerhouse stretching and Primal Movement Chains fundamental patterns; and then stand up and move (locomotion). Listen To Episode 152 As Perry Nickelston Uncovers: How he began his personal wellness journey to better health after experiencing numerous health problems including cancer. How we can change the perception of the world, ourselves, and what causes us to feel pain. What he did to change his environment to help him heal. What influenced him to start doing more ground based movements to both heal and grow. How he developed his assessment skills to better help patients with their next steps towards healing. Why we shouldn't approach healing a body with the same method because each person lives a different life and has experienced different movements over the course of their lifetime. The core pillars of assessing a patient as a chiropractor. How we can identify our own barriers so we that we may overcome them. The physical signs that someone is under a great amount of stress. How to activate our limbic brain and deal with traumatic stress. What we can do to become more somatically aware of ourselves. How inner stress along with a toxic environment and pollutants can inflame the body. Why phones and social media are affecting our energy levels, mindset, and social life for the worse. The harm we do to ourselves by making bad habits like eating junk food, drinking too much alcohol, and allowing other external factors to become our new normal.  What we can do to give our brain what it needs to get enough oxygen to thrive: breathe better, move more, and change your environment. Why medicine isn't a quick fix for all of our illnesses because we're all different and live in various environments. What fermented foods like Kiefer milk can do to dramatically improve our gut health and increase the amount of serotonin in the body. Power Quotes From The Show   "When I became a chiropractor, I quickly realized that there has to be something more to just helping people fix a problem. I've always looked for the reason why people become injured, but more importantly, why they don't stay well after seeing a therapist. Why don't these therapies last? That's when I started looking at movement." - Perry Nickelston "You cannot get well in the same environment in which you became ill in the first place." - Perry Nickelston "There is an emotional component to every type of chronic illness and pain as well as every barrier in fitness and performance. Sometimes people just get can't get out of their own way and that's when they start to beat themselves up about it. So, when you remove that barrier, a person's life can completely change. They no longer feel the pain and can break through a plateau." - Perry Nickelston "When you understand how to read the body, there will be tell-tale signs about their health such as the eyes and the face. People who are under a great amount of stress will have a lot of inflammation. You can see it in the eyes if they're red and the pupils are wide and locked in fight or flight mode." - Perry Nickelston "There's so much sickness and illness along with autoimmune disorders in the world and it's only getting worse. Why is this happening? It's happening because our bodies are becoming inflamed by the world that we live in. That inflammation begins to take a hold  of us even when we don't know it's there." - Perry Nickelston Links From Today's Show: Dr. Perry Nickelston Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn Google+ Stop Chasing Pain Official Website SCP Podcast Primal Movements Chain Rocktape products Rockstock 2018 Spartan Races Gray Cook Movement Head Strong by Dave Asprey 7 Kefir Benefits and Nutrition Facts that Boost Immunity & Heal the Gut Our Top 10 Favorite Kefir Beverages...and One You Can Even Make at Home Serotonin Foods and Mood Disorders WFR #084 - Dr. David Perlmutter WFR #137 - Dr. Tim Brown About Dr. Perry Nickelston: Perry Nickelston, DC, NKT, FMS, SFMA, is a Chiropractic Physician with primary focus on Performance Enhancement, Corrective Exercise, and Metabolic Fitness Nutrition and trained fromThe American College of Addictionology and Compulsive Disorders. He is an expert in myofascial, orthopedic, medical and trigger point soft tissue therapy. A member of the Board of Directors and Medical Staff Advisor for AIMLA (American Institute of Medical Laser Application). Dr. Perry teaches healthcare professionals all over the world how to successfully use Class IV Deep Tissue Laser Therapy in alleviating pain. Director of clinical protocols and training for LiteCure Medical Lasers specializing in Myofascial Laser treatments. Dr. Perry is an expert in movement assessment and diagnosis. Certified and trained as a Functional Movement Specialist (FMS) and Selective Functional Movement Assessment Specialist (SFMA). He uses programs designed to find your source of painful dysfunction and correct it the site of pain improves. A regular columnist for Dynamic Chiropractic, Practice Insights, Chiropractic Economics, To Your Health Magazine, Advance Physical Therapy, PT on the Net, LiveStrong, StrengthCoach, and other industry publications for health and fitness. Rock Tape At RockTape, we make products that help people move better. When people move better, they tend to move more. More human movement is our goal. 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Your relationship with fear is the most important one in your life because it's also a mirror of the relationship you have in your core. - Kristen Ulmer Instead of stopping your fears in their tracks, what if you tried to understand them better? JOIN THE FACEBOOK GROUP | REVIEW THIS PODCAST 20% OFF ORGANIFI - USE CODE: WELLNESSFORCE We can all relate to pushing back the feelings of fear and anxiety that like to resurface from time to time. For those who suffer from chronic anxiety, it may seem impossible to get through a single day without negative emotions controlling every moment. What would happen if you didn't prevent yourself from feeling your negative emotions, but embraced them instead? What kind of relationship could you have yourself by trying to understand your anxious thoughts? On Wellness Force Radio 151, former US Ski Team athlete turned Thought Leader on Fear, Zen Therapist, and author of The Art of Fear, Kristen Ulmer, takes you on a journey of getting to know yourself better by building a relationship with fear. After seeking assistance to help tackle her own worries and anxieties with a Zen Master, Kristen developed the highly effective teaching tool, Shift: The Game of 10,000 Wisdoms. Since becoming a Zen Therapist, she has helped many people who have insomnia, PTSD, panic attacks, depression, excessive anger, indecisiveness, and more. Discover who you are by allowing yourself the permission to feel and truly understand both fear and anxiety in just four easy steps. By the end of this episode, you will know how to approach and embrace your negative emotions.   The Art of Fear by Kristen Ulmer A revolutionary guide to acknowledging fear and developing the tools we need to build a healthy relationship with this confusing emotion—and use it as a positive force in our lives. We all feel fear. Yet we are often taught to ignore it, overcome it, push past it. But to what benefit?  This is the essential question that guides Kristen Ulmer’s remarkable exploration of our most misunderstood emotion in The Art of Fear. Influenced by Ulmer’s own complicated relationship with fear and her over 15 years as a mindset facilitator, The Art of Fear will reconstruct the way we react to and experience fear—empowering us to easily and permanently address the underlying cause of our fear-based problems, and setting us on course to live a happier, more expansive future. Listen To Episode 151 As Kristen Ulmer Uncovers: How we can #ShiftIntoFear and why we should uncover the underlying causes of fear. What services, events, and programs she offers to people with chronic fears and anxiety. How decision fatigue is a tough obstacle to overcome when we have to make daily choices. Her own experience with PTSD, adrenal fatigue, and difficult injuries that led her to heal her relationship with fear. Why she repressed her own fears for so long and when she knew that she had to do something about them. What she learned about fear and herself by working with a Zen Master. Why we should honor our emotions of fear  and anxiety in order to improve our relationship with them. How you can give yourself permission to feel your fear and other emotions with just 4 Steps. Deal with fear by finding the sensation of discomfort in your body. Be curious of where you feel it. Acknowledge that it's perfectly normal to experience discomfort in life. Take time feeling the fear, but don't try to get rid of it. Be curious again about fear's message for you. Why fear is here to serve you in order to help you become more present and focused. What she is doing to help professional athletes overcome their fear so that they can perform at their best. How can we feel more alive? What can we do to get in touch with ourselves amidst our current society? What lead her to becoming this model of a fearless person and the consequences of her being so tense. How she realized that she was experiencing adrenal fatigue and what she did to overcome it. Why she loved feeling the fear when she was a skiier, yet she regularly repressed it. How experiencing and feeling anxiety and fear will actually help us grow. Power Quotes From The Show   "Many professionals are advising us to stay away from fear, but I do the exact opposite. You think that all these modalities, therapies, and medications would be helping us to conquer our fears and anxieties, but they're only getting worse and worse. The treatment for dealing with excessive fear and anxiety is actually exasperating the underlying causes." - Kristen Ulmer "We should honor our fear in order to improve our relationship with it. It just wants to be heard. Instead of spending so much time thinking about our fear, what if we focused on feeling our fear? Emotions are meant to be dealt with emotionally, not intellectually." - Kristen Ulmer "How we treat fear is exactly how we treat ourselves. If we're embarrassed by fear, then we're embarrassed by ourselves. If we hate our fear, we hate ourselves." -Kristen Ulmer Links From Today's Show: Kristen Ulmer Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube The Art of Fear Kristen Ulmer on Making Friends with Fear - Life is Beautiful Festival 2015 Work with Kristen The Art of Fear and Skiing Events Kristen Ulmer Talks About Fear and Skiing Freedom From Excessive Fear and Anxiety Ski to Live Fear Specialist Kristen Ulmer Makes Suggestion on How to Live Your Live with Fear How Fear Influences Athletes - and What You Can Do to Have a Healthy Relationship with It 2017 U.S. Spartan Race David Deida The Hendricks Institute Fear Melters Animation WFR #055 Gay and Katie Hendricks About Kristen Ulmer Kristen is thought leader, master facilitator and fear specialist who radically challenges existing norms around the subject of this deeply misunderstood emotion. Starting out as a mogul specialist on the US Ski team, Kristen more notoriously became recognized as being the best female big mountain extreme skier in the world, a status she kept for 12 years. Known for enormous cliff jumps and you-fall-you die descents, she became sponsored by the likes of Red Bull, Ralph Lauren, and Nikon. Her mastery of other danger sports including paragliding, ice and rock climbing, kiteboarding, adventure mountain biking, and flying trapeze also gained her the outdoor industry vote as most extreme woman athlete in North America, beating all danger-sports stars, not just skiers. Retired as an athlete since 2003, she then spent the next 15 years going to the next level — studying intently with a Zen Master, which led to facilitating thousands of clients, addressing numerous subjects such as the mindset of optimal sports performance, flow states, whole mind thinking, how to embrace change, emotional intelligence and more. She developed a highly effective teaching tool called Shift: The Game of 10,000 Wisdoms. This is a facilitated dialog which helps groups or individuals access the resources of their own minds to solve problems in a matter of hours that would otherwise take decades of therapy to achieve. Her revolutionary work has been featured in such media as NPR, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Forbes, USA Today, Outside Magazine, Sports Illustrated and many more. Kristen’s transition to thought leader on Fear came in 2012, the day she realized that most of her client’s problems –such as underperforming, insomnia, PTSD, panic attacks, excessive anxiety, depression, excessive anger, excessive fear, indecisiveness and more, were quickly and permanently resolved once she helped them address their avoidance of fear. Get More Wellness In Your Life Join the WFR Community on facebook Send Josh Trent a personal message Tweet me on Twitter: Send us a fun tweet (or a what's up) Comment on the Facebook page Sign up to get an email alert whenever we release a new episode Support This Podcast Leave a 5 star review on iTunes Share this episode with someone you care about Contact Wellness Force Radio for podcast sponsorship and partnership opportunities Rate & Review Wellness Force ---> REVIEW THE PODCAST Ask A Live Question For The Next Episode ---> Click here to leave a voicemail directly to Josh Trent to be read live on the air.  You May Also Like These Episodes Food Freedom Forever With Melissa Hartwig Nir Eyal: Breaking Bad Habits, Technology Addiction, & Emotional Triggers Healthy, Happy & Harder To Kill w/ Steph Gaudreau of Stupid Easy Paleo Beyond Meditation: How To Get A Better Brain With Ariel Garten Living A Healthy Lifestyle In A Modern World With Dan Pardi Creating A Life Worth Living With Michael Strasner Join the Wellness Force Newsletter: www.wellnessforce.com/news Don't miss next week's show: Subscribe and stay updated Did you like this show on Ketosis? Rate and review Wellness Force on iTunes You read all the way to the bottom? 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We all have a different body and metabolism that can change from day to day. LEVL allows you to take measurements to actually see where your fat metabolism is at and what your body is using for fuel. So, instead of changing your whole lifestyle, you can adjust one thing at a time and see how that affects your levels each day.  - Andrea Duchovonic Gone are the days of testing ketone levels by solely relying on blood meter devices. JOIN THE FACEBOOK GROUP | REVIEW THIS PODCAST 20% OFF ORGANIFI - USE CODE: WELLNESSFORCE Rather than going the route of pricking your finger for blood measurements to test beta-hydroxybutyrate or BHB, you can now simply breathe into a device to test your acetone levels. With a single breath, you can biohack your way to become the healthiest version of yourself. In Wellness Force Radio 150, both Dr. Joe Anderson, Head of Clinical Science, and Andrea Duchovonic, Territory Account Manager, of LEVL share how this breathing device is changing the way you can track your ketone levels so that you can live your most optimal, healthy lifestyle. Discover who benefits from following a Ketogenic diet and why a breathing device is optimal for keeping track of your weight loss, brain function, and energy levels. Listen To Episode 150 As Dr. Joe Anderson and Andrea Duchovonic Uncover: How LEVL measures the state of Ketosis or fat metabolism. Who is Keto for? Who should avoid following a Keto lifestyle? Measuring with blood vs. breath and acetone levels- which one is more accurate for measuring ketone bodies? What is the physiology between sleep and how we can burn more fat? How long has this type of breath technology been around? What's the science behind it? What successful experiences have people had with using LEVL? How much sugar is too much to affect a Ketogenic diet? Andrea's experience with a sluggish thyroid and adrenal fatigue. Views on using exogenous Ketone powders and tracking the breath to try to live a healthy lifestyle. How can exogenous Ketone powders be beneficial for brain function; especially for Alzheimer's and dementia, but not for brain cancer. How you can adjust and improve your lifestyle by using the LEVL device. What are some key factors we should look at when making adjustments to our health and wellness? What's coming up next for LEVL in 2018? Common misconceptions about breathing technology How will LEVL help with personal coaches or trainers work and connect with their clients. Power Quotes From The Show "It turns out that the Keto diet is great for therapeutic uses as well. There is some evidence to demonstrate that an elevated level of ketones can help with therapy of cancer, Parkinson's, and Alzheimer's. However, even though there will be range of people who have a disease and benefit from ketosis, there will be those who do not benefit from it." - Dr. Joe Anderson "My keto-flu period lasted a long time. It lasted from 2 weeks to a month and so I tell people to give it 1-3 months. I was in a state of nutritional ketosis, but I wasn't feeling good and I almost wanted to give up, but I couldn't give up on myself that easy. I've been a sugar burner all my life and I knew that I wasn't going to be able to switch to becoming a fat burner in just a month." - Andrea Duchovonic "When you are losing fat, but you haven't been keto-adapted for a long period of time, eating foods with sugar can really hit you hard. Whereas, if you're around 6 months into a keto program and you're eating high fat and low sugar, you might be able to recover more quickly from eating a slice of cake because the machinery inside your body has already been ramped up. " - Dr. Joe Anderson Links From Today's Show: Dr. Joe Anderson Andrea Duchovonic LEVL Facebook Twitter Instagram LinkedIn Measuring Breath Acetone for Monitoring Fat Loss by Dr. Joseph C. Anderson What is the Ketogenic Diet and How to Measure if You're in Ketosis Response of acetone in expired air during graded and prolonged exercise Breath acetone analyzer: diagnostic tool to monitor dietary fat loss Breath acetone as biomarker for lipid oxidization and early ketone detection Measuring breath acetone for monitoring fat loss: review What Are The Best Biohacks Of The World’s Top Biohackers? What is the paleo diet? (keto?) Achieve fat-loss faster with metabolic data that helps you optimize your routine intelligently Hack Your Health: 6 Biohacks That Might Surprise You About LEVL LEVL is a cutting-edge health and wellness product developed by Medamonitor LLC. The company took root as an incubation of Seattle-based GM Nameplate, a decades-old, International company that is revered for consistent, quality manufacturing in highly-regulated markets. For the past seven years, Medamonitor has developed a groundbreaking device that arms every person with a reliable method to predict the body’s individual fat burn based on half of a century of proven breath science research. From a single idea to development to manufacturing, the LEVL device is the product of creative minds united by our mission to unlock the mystery behind achieving health and wellness goals. About Dr. Joe Anderson Dr. Joe Anderson, Ph.D., Clinical Science  is one of a few breath science leaders in the world, bringing deep experience in pulmonary physiology and breath research science to the LEVL team. He has led the development of breath protocols, performed clinical trials, and structured our science and physiology goals at LEVL, taking the research he performs and helping us translate that into protocols. Prior to joining LEVL, he managed clinical research at a VC-funded company where he guided the development of a medical device through clinical and regulatory hurdles and on to commercialization. He is the owner of Anderson Bioscience and is an affiliate faculty member in the bioengineering department at the University of Washington, where he also obtained his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering. He has published over 40 peer-reviewed publications. Joe’s strategic vision and deep expertise have been an immense driver in LEVL’s successes. About Andrea Duchonovic Andrea Duchonovic is a wellness enthusiast and Health Coach through the Institute of Integrated Nutrition. Andrea is an Account Manager at LEVL and works with Health and Wellness Professionals across the nation coaching them in the use of LEVL for personal and client metabolic data tracking. She also focuses on building partner relationships where LEVL provides unique lifestyle insights to hundreds of people.  Her personal wellness story, passion for the health industry and her understanding of ketosis and fat loss allows her to not only connect with clients, rather create lasting relationships that help people reach their wellness goals. 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"The privilege of a lifetime is being and becoming who you are." - Joe Campbell When was the last time you took a deep inventory of your emotions? Getting in touch with emotion is no easy task, but if you open yourself up to listening to what your body is telling you, a great deal can be learned about why you may be holding onto extra weight; both physically and emotionally. As you scan your body and look for clues, you can enhance your emotional intelligence. By being more present with yourself, you can apply embodiment, connection, and sustainable behavior to every aspect of life. JOIN THE FACEBOOK GROUP | REVIEW THIS PODCAST 20% OFF ORGANIFI - USE CODE: WELLNESSFORCE On Wellness Force Radio 149, Coach, Speaker, Facilitator & Author at Presence Academy as well as the Founder of the Evolving Men's Collective, Johnny Blackburn, shares how you can unleash your greatest potential in work, love, and life. By the end of this episode, you will learn how to get in touch with your authentic self through somatic awareness, emotional expression, and the various stages of both male and female development for a life well lived that flows and is balanced. Links From Today's Show: Johnny Blackburn Facebook YouTube Presence: A Practical Guide to Awakening Greater Potential in Work, Love & Life Coaching Speaking and Training Blog Evolving Men's Collective Presence Academy Facebook Courses and Programs Blog Joseph Campbell Finding Joe film Esther Hicks Tim Ferris Dr. Dan Siegel Dr. Sue Johnson Stephen Porges Gay Hendricks Alison Armstrong Carol Gilligan David Deida The Way of the Superior Man by David Deida JP Sears Authentic Man Program ManKind Project The New Warrior Training Adventure To Be a Man by Robert Augustus Kevin Kelly WFR #105 Dr. John Sullivan WFR #098 Tom Bilyeu Listen To Episode 149 As Johnny Blackburn Uncovers: How his injury allowed him to embrace his circumstances and make the most of the experience. What Johnny was doing during 2012, why he gathered so much information, and how he has evolved over the past 5 years to enter this state of relaxation. The importance of saying 'yes' to the Hero's Journey and the process of Separation, Initiation, and Return to develop ourselves and better serve the world. Why Johnny wrote his book, Presence: A Practical Guide to Awakening Greater Potential in Work, Love & Life The Emergent Process and how to apply embodiment, relaxation, and awareness to your life. Why microscopic facial muscles are vital to know whether or not you can trust another person. How does behavioral flexibility plug into sustainable behavior and change? What is somatic awareness? What can our chest, stomach, and throat can teach us about emotional intelligence?  Why we should give ourselves permission to feel our emotions. How holotropic breathing and other practices can be a great healing tool. His daily dream routine with keto, breathing, and meditation. David Deida's three stages to gender development for both men and women. How we can collectively progress with all of the emotions and thoughts surrounding #MeToo. What people can do to have more open discussions and become a better at speaking to their loved one. Power Quotes From The Show "The privilege of a lifetime is being and becoming who you are." - Joe Campbell "I had to put trust that this experience was happening for some reason that I didn't know yet and that I was going to take full responsibility for my situation and make the best of it." - Johnny Blackburn "Joy is the matriarch of all emotion and she only enters the home when all of her children are welcome." - Joe Hudson "There's this paradox with emotion that when it feels like we don't want to get rid of it, it won't actually leave us. Emotion needs to feel this complete quality of acceptance. Then, that degree of grounding allows it to be metabolized and released in seconds." - Johnny Blackburn "You can't Google 'wisdom.' There's going to be a time when memorization won't be so important and you can just Google the information. So, our presence, awareness, emotional intelligence - these are going to become more valued capacities." - Johnny Blackburn About Johnny Blackburn Johnny Blackburn is a professional coach, speaker & facilitator who empowers clients, organizations and audiences to discover and then live from their deeper Presence. Residing in San Diego, CA, he is a highly respected authority on human embodiment and professional performance. Blackburn’s original background in Management Consulting, Master’s degree in Psychology and more than 2000 client-coaching hours as a Professionally Certified Coach with the International Coach Federation all combined with extensive professional development training make him a highly sought after guide to greater levels of presence, openness and thriving. Personally, Johnny enjoys many forms of movement, martial arts, surfing, dancing Tango, being outdoors, reading, learning, laughing, preparing and eating delicious slow food, local community gatherings, traveling the world, going to festivals, having authentic conversations with friends, loved ones & “strangers”, and being still. Get More Wellness In Your Life Join the WFR Community on facebook Send Josh Trent a personal message Tweet me on Twitter: Send us a fun tweet (or a what's up) Comment on the Facebook page Sign up to get an email alert whenever we release a new episode Support This Podcast Leave a 5 star review on iTunes Share this episode with someone you care about Contact Wellness Force Radio for podcast sponsorship and partnership opportunities Rate & Review Wellness Force ---> REVIEW THE PODCAST Ask A Live Question For The Next Episode ---> Click here to leave a voicemail directly to Josh Trent to be read live on the air. You May Also Like These Episodes Food Freedom Forever With Melissa Hartwig Nir Eyal: Breaking Bad Habits, Technology Addiction, & Emotional Triggers Healthy, Happy & Harder To Kill w/ Steph Gaudreau of Stupid Easy Paleo Beyond Meditation: How To Get A Better Brain With Ariel Garten Living A Healthy Lifestyle In A Modern World With Dan Pardi Creating A Life Worth Living With Michael Strasner Join the Wellness Force Newsletter: www.wellnessforce.com/news Don't miss next week's show: Subscribe and stay updated Did you like this show on Ketosis? Rate and review Wellness Force on iTunes You read all the way to the bottom? That's what I call love! Write to me and let me know what you'd like to have to get more wellness in your life.