Wellness + Wisdom Podcast

With the first week of a new year under our belts, for many on the quest in better nutrition, broccoli is getting boring. What are the ways we can avoid meal prep burnout in a fast paced and instant gratification world? Can sitting down to eat with others be the missing piece to healing? The topic of meal planning is perfect timing with what I think everyone is taking a deeper look at right now as we move into the new year, and that is food:   How we make it, what it makes us feel, and what is our relationship with it. Preparing To Win In The Kitchen Today, on the fourth installment of your six-part series in January, "Wellness In The New Year," we're showcasing the power of meal preparation towards our personal wellness with Registered Dietician, Founder Of PrepDish.com, and passionate chef, Allison Schaaf. Special $4 Trial of Prep Dish For The Wellness Force Audience! RATE & REVIEW in iTunes | SUBSCRIBE Discover Now: Why Digital Health Coaching During her 4 years learning about culinary nutrition at Johnson & Wales University, Allison had the opportunity to work at two amazing, world-renowned health spas: Canyon Ranch in the Berkshires and Champneys in Tring England. Hungry for more, Allison expanded her nutrition knowledge at Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition in Boston, earning a masters in Nutrition Communications and becoming a Registered Dietitian. She then spent time traveling the world promoting almonds through her work at the Almond Board of California.  Currently living in Austin, TX and operating a thriving personal chef company, Prep Dish Personal Chef, she has the opportunity to cook for families & celebrity clients in their home, bringing healthy, delicious foods to their tables, every week. Most of all, she feels blessed for the opportunity to thoughtfully plan weekly menus so you, the home cook, can enjoy a healthier lifestyle that’s every bit delicious.  Meal Prep Success Allison believes healthy eating can be easy and enjoyable when we prep our meals and setup our week for success. She created Prep Dish with four clear goals in mind: 1. Save you time & decrease stress. 2. Ensure healthy & gluten-free tastes delicious. 3. Bring back family dinners. 4. Create happier, healthier people!  Eating Healthy On The Go Listen as Allison uncovers: Action steps & tips to creating healthy food on the go How to travel and still eat well Food sensitivity tests Elimination dieting  Gluten free or paleo? Links From Today's Show Special $4 Trial of Prep Dish For The Wellness Force Audience Prep Dish Website LEAP MRT Test Essentialism (The 11th time I've been told about this book!) You May Also Like These Episodes A Personal Trainer For Your Mind With Julianna Raye 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 Are You Interested In Changing Old Habits With New Technology? Download your free Digital Health Transformation Guide at wellnessforce.com/radio Don't miss next week's show! Subscribe to the show and stay updated If this show resonated with you, please leave us an honest rating and review The more reviews and ratings we receive, the more people we can reach with this amazing message!   So nice!  You read all the way to the bottom? That's what I call love! I do the same thing for the people, things, and movements I care about as well. PS: Looks like you and I share the same passion. I'm grateful for you and want to extend you my email address. Write to me and let me know what you'd like to have to get more wellness in your life.  

What are the things that actually make a difference for creating and maintaining a healthy bulletproof brain? Can nootropics and cognitive enhancers yield more drive and allow us to thrive in the busy world, or are they just a stimulant ride for a crash and burn? Today on the show, we're lucky to have on an expert in the field of brain health and cognitive enhancers to unpack this rapidly growing part of the wellness industry, Jesse Lawler. RATE & REVIEW in iTunes | SUBSCRIBE Discover Now: Why Digital Health Coaching  Optimal Cognition Jesse is the host of the top rated iTunes Smart Drug Smarts Podcast, and the Founder of AXON LABS. Through his website, media, and radio personality, he powerfully shares his passion as stated on his site:  "Being fascinated with the idea of the self – of having a “self” at all, in the philosophical sense – is nothing to be ashamed of.  It’s something to revel in." He speaks regularly on podcasts and live radio (KCRW in Los Angeles, the Ben Greenfield Fitness Podcast), and at real world conferences and events (the Dynamite Circle conference in Bangkok; Oxford University, BioHackingCon 2016, etc.) on topics related to optimal cognition, smart drugs, bioethics, futurism, and more. Smart Drugs: Are They Smart For You? Jesse's podcast, Smart Drug Smarts, is for people who want to keep up on the latest breakthroughs in brain health and optimization and related areas of neuroscience. On today's episode, Jesse explains the 7 types of cognitive enhancers, what and who nootropics are for, and shares a handful of fascinating stories about his own life and passion for optimizing the brain. How To Build A Bulletproof Brain Pronunciation aside, below are the 7 nootropics (cognitive enhancers) that we'll discuss on the show: Racetams speeds up chemical exchange between brain cells. Effects include increases in verbal learning, mental clarity, and general IQ. Stimulants psychostimulants, affects of caffeine and nicotine, and the more ill-reputed subclass of amphetamines. Adaptogens plant-derived chemicals whose activity helps the body maintain or regain homeostasis  Cholinergics choline-based class of smart drugs play important cognitive roles in memory, attention, and mood regulation.  Seratonegenics primary neurotransmitter and controls major features of the mental landscape including mood, sleep and appetite.  Dopaminergics promotes attention and alertness by either increasing the efficacy of dopamine within the brain, or inhibiting the enzymes that break dopamine down Metabolic Function Smart Drugs provide mental benefits by generally facilitating the body's metabolic processes related to the production of new tissues and the release of energy from food and fat stores The Three Must-Have Supplements For A Bulletproof Brain In as difficult of an answer as it was with all the powerful and brain-boosting supplements out there, Jesse was kind enough to share the three supplements he never leaves home without (and two bonus) Learn more about Jesse's stack Racetam Fish oil (Omega 3) Creatine NEXUS (15% off using code WELLFX)

Caution! This episode will allow you to breathe deep, be still, and relax so please be careful if driving while listening to this episode on Your Guide To A Mindful Life :) Support Wellness Force Radio:  RATE & REVIEW in iTunes | SUBSCRIBE in iTunes  Discovery: Why Digital Health Coaching  Your Guide To A Mindful Life Stacy Conlon, also known as The Zen Girl, is a Certified Wellness Coach and Mindfulness Facilitator who helps people transform stress into peace. A yoga and meditation practitioner for the past 15 years, she leads guided meditations and mindfulness sessions for startups and enterprise companies. Stacy is also the Business Development Manager for the Lean Startup Training Program and Labs Summit Series. With more than 15 years experience in sales and marketing, her goal is to help startups and enterprise companies get the tools, training and exposure they need make their organizations more successful. Doing the Work Stacy's life wasn't always filled with deep breaths and peaceful sunrises. She's had to learn this practice by doing the work. Day after day, with her mindfulness and meditation practices, Stacy shares vulnerably about her dance with anxiety and feeling overwhelmed, and how having a foundation for her physical and emotional wellness is essentially what gives her more power, presence and energy in her busy life. We talk a lot about wellness technology and behavior change on the show, so of course as the 2016 machine begins to unfold, there has never been a better (and more important) time to learn a new system of habits that can give us more energy when we need it the most. In my own wellness journey, meditation has meant a world of difference; from the way I eat to the way I interact with others. Even with the knowledge of all the potential energy found in the practice of meditation however, there is a natural resistance to sitting still in this busy fast paced world; it can be one of the most difficult things to do. Doing nothing. Just "being" a human being. Whatever way you get there, know that finding a still and quiet space where it's just you and your breath doesn't have to be daunting and time consuming. As Stacy will share, some of the most powerful meditative experiences can happen in less than just 5 minutes. Worry Less, Live More In working with clients, what comes up a lot is not having the time to meditate and it not being important. Paradoxically, what is hidden in the restorative power of mindfulness and meditation is transformation. See this example from Stacy's blog: "Most of us have had the experience of learning something new such as a sport, an instrument or a second language. In the beginning, it’s challenging and requires a lot of concentration. However, over time it becomes easier, requires less effort and you improve. Mindfulness works in a similar way. We know from the latest neuroscience research that we have the ability to create new neural pathways in our brain. That means our brains can literally transform through experience. Mindfulness is mental exercise — a workout for your brain. And like a muscle, these neural pathways get stronger and more effective over time. This leads to dozens of health benefits, including less worry, fear, anxiety and stress — the oftentimes root cause of unhappiness, illness and disease." Listen as Stacy Uncovers How to reduce stress and practice mindfulness and meditation in a busy world. What little things can we do throughout our day to start practicing How to create a culture of mindfulness  The future of wellness in the workplace A morning routine that will change your life Links From Today's Show How to clear your mind in less than 5 minutes Stacy's Blog Stacy's Website The Morning Routine That Will Change your Life Grokker.com You May Also Like These Episodes:  A Personal Trainer For Your Mind With Julianna Raye 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 Are You Interested In Changing Old Habits With New Technology? Download your free Digital Health Transformation Guide at wellnessforce.com/radio Don't miss next week's show! Subscribe to the show and stay updated If this show resonated with you, please leave us an honest rating and review The more reviews and ratings we receive, the more people we can reach with this amazing message! 

Can a lack of integrity derail weight loss? What does the avoidance and aggression cycle mean for those on the path of better health?   Welcome to part one of your six part series for January 2016! In the first two weeks of the new year, Wellness Force Radio is bringing you six powerful episodes to accelerate your health and give you more "Wellness In The new Year."   Support Wellness Force Radio:  RATE & REVIEW in iTunes | SUBSCRIBE in iTunes  Discovery: Why Digital Health Coaching    Today's special guest, David Zappasodi, comes on the show to discuss his powerful book, Immovable Heart Unstoppable Mind. Today’s show is the perfect fit for the first episode of 2016, because we’re talking about the most important cornerstone for any wellness program, and that is mindset. Click here to win 1 of 3 free copies of David's book   Immovable Heart Unstoppable Mind David has a degree in Exercise Physiology from West Chester University of Pennsylvania. In his twenty years in the health and fitness industry, David has been a personal trainer, metabolic typing practitioner, boot-camp instructor, martial arts teacher, and public speaker on healthy living. He also founded a functional fitness and nutrition center in San Diego, and operated it for 9 years, during which time he was extensively featured on Fox News, KUSI TV News, and on network and local television and radio programs throughout California.   Weight Loss & Humanity More important than any of his credentials, however, David has a deep faith in the beauty and greatness of humanity, and is very determined to help others to see and embody the greatness within themselves. Through this faith and determination, he has inspired and guided many people to transform their lives throughout his career.   David is the international best selling author of Immovable Heart Unstoppable Mind - A personal guide to the 6 essential practices for living a healthy and fulfilling life.   6 Essential Practices For Living A Healthy & Fulfilling Life   Listen as David uncovers how over 20 years of coaching experience lead him to create The most powerful practices for a healthy and fulfilling life, including:      Generosity Helps us to let go of the past and release obstructions without focusing on them. Makes our goals more powerful by giving them a greater purpose than our own self interest. Brings greater abundance into our lives. Integrity Helps us to not create new obstructions that impede our progress. Lessons of the intensity and frequency of our vicious cycles, and the negative consequences that we experience because of them. Brings more intimacy and connection into our lives. Patience Helps us to not take our current instructions and blow them out of proportion, making them huge barriers to her progress. In fact, it does the opposite– it turns our mountains into molehills. Brings more growth and transformation into our lives. Inspired Action Helps us to cultivate more of what we really want in our lives, rather than trying to move us away from what we don't want. Brings more joy and fulfillment into our lives. Mindfulness Helps to free us from attachments that keep us feeling stuck in her life. It is the inner essence, the common thread, all of the previous practices, and as necessary in order for them to be powerful and effective. Allows us to experience true freedom. Commitment It is the outer container that gives shape indirection to all the previous practices. Gives us the ability to stick with the other practices long enough for articles to blossom, and have a noticeable effect on our lives. Links From Today's Show Click here to win 1 of 3 free copies of David's book! Discover More About David Zappasodi Siddhartha by Herman Hesse You May Also Like These Episodes  A Personal Trainer For Your Mind With Julianna Raye 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 Are You Interested In Changing Old Habits With New Technology? Download your free Digital Health Transformation Guide at wellnessforce.com/radio Don't miss next week's show! Subscribe to the show and stay updated If this show resonated with you, please leave us an honest rating and review The more reviews and ratings we receive, the more people we can reach with this amazing message!

As the popular and international Author of The Paleo Dieter’s Missing Link,  Adam Farrah is an Integrative Coach who serves clients globally towards better wellness in what he now calls "Quantum Evolution." Support Wellness Force Radio:  RATE & REVIEW in iTunes | SUBSCRIBE in iTunes  Discover: Why Digital Health Coaching Adam's Story: Practical Spirituality "I came to the Paleo Community after a number of years of “Paleo” or “Ancestral” eating.   In 2004 I was extremely sick with Ulcerative Colitis and was nearly dead several times during that period. By 2008, I had proven to myself that the Medical Establishment was wrong and what I ate actually did have an effect on my digestive system’s health (Imagine that…).   After years and years of experimentation with a number of different approaches, I arrived at Paleo mostly by trial and error.   In 2008-2009, the Paleo community was large and visible enough – mostly thanks to CrossFit and Robb Wolf – that I was able to find my way full circle and embrace a Paleo lifestyle with a ton of Community support." - Adam Farrah Using Practical Spirituality In the age of over-information and radically packed family and work schedules, Adam has found personal and professional growth by using the power of what he calls "Quantum Evolution" in the vehicles of yoga, meditation, chakras, and tarots. Beyond just paleo, Adam is shifting his focus in 2016 to begin integrating practical spirituality in coaching, speaking, writing, and in contribution to the wellness industry via his popular website. In episode 33, we discuss how Adam has used medical marijuana, practical spirituality, paleo dieting, and alternative healing to help overcome his own dependency to pharmaceuticals, depression and health issues to transform the way he works with clients. A Winding Path Towards Wholeness  From Adam's Blog: "A Winding Path Toward Wholeness… It’s over 10 years ago now that I started down a path toward recovering my health and healing my life. It’s been a challenging and detour-filled journey. When one embarks on a path toward healing a whole life, there are very few stones left unturned and few ideas not explored – at least in a rudimentary way." More About Adam: B.S. in Chemistry Cum Laude from The University of Connecticut IKFF Certified Kettlebell Teacher – Level 1 Apprentice Grappling Instructor under Harris International CrossFit Level 1 Trainer with an array of other CrossFit Certifications (Powerlifting, Gymnastics, Strongman, Rowing, Running and Endurance) Kettlebell and CrossFit Coach since 2008 Former CrossFit Affiliate Owner Paleo and Ancestral eating since 2005 Author of “The Paleo Dieter’s Missing Link“ Links From Today's Show: Eastern body western mind Fried: why you burnout  Codependency for dummies Adam's Blog RATE & REVIEW in iTunes  SUBSCRIBE in iTunes You May Also Like These Episodes:  A Personal Trainer For Your Mind With Julianna Raye 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 Are You Interested In Changing Old Habits With New Technology? Download your free Digital Health Transformation Guide at wellnessforce.com/radio Don't miss next week's show! Subscribe to the show and stay updated If this show resonated with you, please leave us an honest rating and review The more reviews and ratings we receive, the more people we can reach with this amazing message!         

Gay Hendricks, Ph.D., and Kathlyn Hendricks, Ph.D., are pioneers in the fields of conscious relationships and body intelligence and the authors of more than 30 books, including best sellers such as Conscious Loving, The Big Leap, and Five Wishes. During the past 30 years they have appeared on hundreds of radio and television shows and networks, including Oprah, CNN, CNBC, and CBS's 48 hours. In 1989 they founded the Hendricks Institute, which offers seminars annually in North America, Asia, and Europe. Their nonprofit organization, The Foundation for Conscious Living, funds research, Films, and scholarships in the areas of conscious relationships and natural well-being. Learn more at www.Hendricks.com RATE & REVIEW in iTunes | SUBSCRIBE  Discover: Why Digital Health Coaching?    Listen as Katie & Gay uncover: How doing the work in our relationships can translate into better health and wellness in our lives. Gay & Katie's unique work in transformation & conscious living Their work in consciousness and creating a life of love, presence, and integrity The new book, Conscious Loving Ever After How to create thriving, loving, and conscious relationships Exploring the definition of emotional intelligence Healthy habits to begin cultivating in relationships with our partners and ourselves   "Being out of integrity with your genius causes a wobble that destabilizes your relationship, work, and health.” - Gay Hendricks You May Also Like These Episodes:  A Personal Trainer For Your Mind With Julianna Raye 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 Are You Interested In Changing Old Habits With New Technology? Download your free Digital Health Transformation Guide at wellnessforce.com/radio Don't miss next week's show! Subscribe to the show and stay updated If this show resonated with you, please leave us an honest rating and review The more reviews and ratings we receive, the more people we can reach with this amazing message! 

Avoiding The Holiday Food Triggers Today's show is a double knockout: My girlfriend Amy Dalton joins us on Wellness Force Radio to discuss her journey with emotional eating. Listen to Amy share her story as we uncover the top 7 proven strategies to stay slim & healthy this holiday through a behavior change technique called TAP, or trigger action plan, that you can use anytime, anywhere to stay connected to your health goals.   RATE & REVIEW in iTunes | SUBSCRIBE  Discover: Why Digital Health Coaching?  The Only Way Out Is Through For each of us, how we deal with pain varies. Amy Dalton faced her pain to find freedom from eating disorders, drug and alcohol addictions, cheating, and stealing. Listen to Amy's awe inspiring talk on TEDX after the show to hear Amy's story about her road from pain to happiness and freedom. Amy Dalton is a highly sought after public speaker and inspirational mentor to at-risk youth. Since 2008, she has been sharing her journey with overcoming addiction across the United States; inspiring people of all ages.   She is a workshop leader and personal mentor promoting spiritual growth, physical health, and wellness to young women struggling with addictions and eating disorders.   She signifies her merit as a champion towards healing and personal transformation. Relationships, Wellness, & Transformation On this episode with Amy, we're also going to open up the emotional kimono to peel back some layers on my and Amy's life for a behind the scenes look into what's it's like to be in a relationship where both people are committed to personal and spiritual transformation.   At the end of the show, I've got a special treat and an exciting new program announcement, so stay tuned to the very end of the show to discover what's happening for Wellness Force in 2016!   I've had a lot of messages on social ad in my inbox asking about Amy and her work in transformation, her TEDx talk, and what she's up to, and I'm so excited to share this episode because she's been with me since way before I ever launched the show.   She's been my partner in wellness and pushes me to be the best version of me.   Enjoy today's episode!   Topics:   How to avoid holiday weight gain What is TAP? How holiday weight gain happens  The biology of sleep during the holidays  Emotional eating  Peer pressure  Reactive vs. proactive eating  How to deal with family stress  What it's like to support your partner in transformation during times of stress New wellness force program announcement    You May Also Like These Episodes:  A Personal Trainer For Your Mind With Julianna Raye 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  How To Get Out of Your Head & Into Your Body With Danny-J Johnson Creating A Life Worth Living With Michael Strasner Master Your Breathing With Dr. Neema Moraveji Are You Interested In Changing Old Habits With New Technology? Download your free Digital Health Transformation Guide at wellnessforce.com/radio Don't miss next week's show! Subscribe to the show and stay updated If this show resonated with you, please us an honest rating and review The more reviews and ratings we receive, the more people we can reach with this amazing message! 

Today's special guest is a true pioneer in digital health and wellness technology. As the CEO and co-founder of NudgeCoach.com, Mac Gambill has created a swell of momentum in creating digital tools that are driving the change we must see in the fitness and wellness industries.   Mac's company, Nudge Coach, is focused on helping health coaches turn their passion into a sustainable business through continuing education and a market-leading software platform. His platform combines data from health tracking apps with a streamlined notification and messaging system to enable coaches to better manage deeper connections with their clients.   In today's show, Mac uncovers how literally anyone with the desire to lose weight and change old habits now has a more powerful way to do so with this cutting edge new technology.  Changing Old Habits With New Technology Beyond the weight loss stories of people losing over 100lbs with Nudge, his company is literally changing the landscape of how coaches and trainers are working with clients; finally closing the ever-widening gap in fitness between too much knowledge and too little execution.   I’ve mentioned previously on the podcast about our up and coming Digital Health Coaching groups where I’ve used Nudge to help my clients get results, and I’m excited today to have Mac share his insight and action steps to help uncover: How we can change old habits with new technology What your data says about your life Why fitness industry is fundamentally broken and how digital health can save it How coaches, nutritionists, trainers and health & wellness professionals can leverage this technology to grow In an age of over-information, the modern day lifestyle now demands more that the current fitness industry can handle. What frustrated me most as a pro trainer after working in gyms for 10 years was that I never really knew what my clients were doing in the 165 hours they weren’t in session with me.    In over 10,000 sessions as a fitpro, I eventually became burnt out with my clients not getting the results they deserved to have. A New Paradigm After stretching my coaching practice to include Group Training, Corrective Exercise, Functional Diagnostic Nutrition, Metabolic Typing, and getting certified in handfuls of other fitness and wellness courses, I still intuitively felt that something was missing from my toolset:   Increased client accountability.   The one thing that coaching and training for over a decade has taught me, is that to have knowledge is one thing, but to execute on that knowledge is another.   On a higher level, the uncomfortable truth in the wellness and fitness industry today is that there is a massive gap between knowing what to do and having the system in place to actually do it.   This is where Digital Health Coaching has changed the playing field. Personal Gold After seeing the power of digital health applications and devices in late 2014 during a screening of the film "Personal Gold," I drove home with the seed planted for an ultimate coaching "ah-ha" moment.   On the way home that night, I thought about how the 2012 USA Olympic Women's Cycling team had won a silver medal using quantified self, digital health and mHealth.   Then, a lighting bolt shot through my brain:   I realized that the very same wellness technology that can help win medals for athletes has the ubiquitous power to help change poor health habits for regular people.   This began a 16 month journey in searching for the "dream ecosystem" where I'd be able to coach clients using the data their bodies created. After hunting, failing, and getting knocked down, I finally found a platform called "Nudge Coach" that changed my coaching and my business forever.      If you are a health coach, gym owner, fitness pro, nutritionist and this sounds like it could help grow your business and get your clients superior results, join me and Nudge for a free webinar about using digital health to grow your current practice.   Register For The Free Live Webinar on December 8th 2pm PST 5pm EST

What can the power of breath actually do for reducing stress in our busy society? Can tracking our own breathing be a catalyst for new healthy behavior changes? On today's show, we answers those powerful questions and more, with inventor and world-class expert in the design and study of technologies that promote healthy and high-performing states of mind, Dr. Neema Moraveji. The Power of The Breath Dr. Moraveji is co-founder and chief product officer of Spire, the first wearable to track and influence both activity and state of mind. Early this year, I was fortunate enough to attend the 2015 Quantified Self Conference at Fort Mason center in San Francisco, where I met Dr. Neema and experienced his invention of a groundbreaking breath tracking and mindfulness technology device live and in person. The results were shocking. Support Wellness Force Radio:  RATE & REVIEW in iTunes | SUBSCRIBE in iTunes  In just a few short minutes after working with Dr. Neema while using SPIRE, I felt the most relaxed I'd been all week. Pretty amazing, especially when you consider that over 10 people were watching me in a crowded, loud and busy expo floor throughout the entire exercise! Tracking Our Breath Beyond just a wearable device, his invention SPIRE is literally transforming the way that wellness and fitness use breathing techniques, cues, and strategies for better health. We understand that tracking steps and calories is the quantified self in real life action, but can the breath tell us powerful insights about our health and how we manage stress? As director of Stanford University’s Calming Technology Lab, he studies how interactive products can mitigate the damaging and distracting effects of acute and chronic stress. He teachers the popular “Designing Calm” at the Stanford Design School and his work has been covered in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and NPR among other esteemed publications. Dr. Moraveji is co-founder and chief product officer of Spire, the first wearable to track and influence both activity and state of mind. Master Your Breathing His TEDxBayArea talk "What Your Breath Is Telling You," Dr. Moraveji uncovers the way you breathe shows how much tension, calm, and focus you have in your life. He discusses how the millennia-year old science of respiratory psychophysiology can be leveraged today with wearable sensors to help us improve focus, reduce stress, and live with balance in daily life. Dr. Neema received his B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Maryland at College Park and his M.S. from Carnegie Mellon University. He received his Ph.D., “Augmented Self-Regulation“, from Stanford University.  Listen As Dr, Neema Uncovers: How new technology can help us in designing calm in our lives The power of breath on weight loss, wellness, and health How to discover what makes you calm and focused at work and at home Links From Today's Show Dr. Neema's work at Stanford Spire Website Mark Divine - Box breathing technique GIFT: Save 20% off SPIRE as a holiday gift from Dr. Neema Buy SPIRE Now Awareness  "When we describe why Spire measures breath, almost all people have an ‘a-ha’ moment given their personal experience with the power of breath." - Dr. Neema Moraveji "Your state of mind influences your brain and cardiorespiratory system quite rapidly. Of all the biosignals effected, one of them can be consciously controlled to influence your state of mind – and that is respiration." - Dr. Neema Moraveji You May Also Like These Episodes:  A Personal Trainer For Your Mind With Julianna Raye 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  How To Get Out of Your Head & Into Your Body With Danny-J Johnson Creating A Life Worth Living With Michael Strasner Master Your Breathing With Dr. Neema Moraveji Are You Interested In Changing Old Habits With New Technology? Download your free Digital Health Transformation Guide at wellnessforce.com/radio Don't miss next week's show! Subscribe to the show and stay updated If this show resonated with you, please us an honest rating and review The more reviews and ratings we receive, the more people we can reach with this amazing message!     

On boxing day in 2013, Caitlin broke her back in an accident and burst the first vertebrae of her lower spine.  In the few weeks while she was in a full back brace, she grew nauseous from the medication, frustrated from the pain, and began to realize that she'd have to pull from deep inside herself to face the challenges of what would come next. Support Wellness Force Radio:  RATE & REVIEW in iTunes | SUBSCRIBE in iTunes    Not getting the advice and healing strategies she needed from traditional medicine, she decided to rely on her emotional strength and ultimately had to make a powerful choice: Either be a victim or a victor of her circumstance. Life After Injury  Thanks to the fracture type and her knowledge of the benefits of holistic medicine, she made a full recovery through dedication, hard work, and most importantly, the right mindset. She reflected on all the patients she’d treated who had told her they felt alone, frustrated with their medication and had no idea how to start their road to recovery and wellness. She knew first-hand what it’s like to experience a road-block in your life, whether it be an injury, work stress, or lack of motivation. Caitlin started Pilates one week later, and was at the gym every third day; also participating in a fun meditation and mindfulness class to help her overcome the frustration of having an injury (and wearing a very hot brace in the Australian summer!)   The Power To Change Even though she was frustrated with her injury, she also felt so incredibly lucky: Not only because she was certain she would make a full recovery, but thanks to her professional knowledge, she knew exactly what it would take to get back to her active life. Her story on Wellness Force Radio is that of overcoming the inner and outer challenges of this devastating injury, and the road to creating mobility, energy, and being able to thrive again in her profession and in her life. Thanks to Caitlin's both professional experience working with clients around the world, plus her own personal experience of this serious injury, she now helps clients globally with a realistic, balanced and motivational approach towards health and wellbeing. Listen As Caitlin Uncovers: How to heal from the inside out The mindset of overcoming injury Strategies for injury recovery What​ things really hold people back from getting better Discover More About Caitlin Reid Aprive Wellness Caitlin's Blog Aprive Wellness Instagram Caitlin Reid’s Experience: 10 years practicing Physiotherapy in Canada, Australia and New Zealand Certificate 3 & 4 in Fitness & Personal Training. 15 years in Pilates experience Holistic Wellness Coach for Spa Wellness Australia Massage Therapy and personal training experience in Japan and Thailand Global health experience in Khon Kaen, Thailand Co-founder of The Queenstown Concussion Clinic Retreat Creator - Queenstown Wellness Retreats Founder & Director of Aprivé Wellness You May Also Like These Episodes:  A Personal Trainer For Your Mind With Julianna Raye 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  How To Get Out of Your Head & Into Your Body With Danny-J Johnson Creating A Life Worth Living With Michael Strasner Life After Injury With Physiotherapist Caitlin Reid Are You Interested In Changing Old Habits With New Technology? Download your free Digital Health Transformation Guide at wellnessforce.com/radio Don't miss next week's show! Subscribe to the show and stay updated If this show resonated with you, please us an honest rating and review The more reviews and ratings we receive, the more people we can reach with this amazing message!  Episode 028: Life After Injury With Physiotherapist Caitlin Reid