

Wellness + Wisdom Podcast
Josh Trent
The Wellness + Wisdom Podcast is a global collective for humans to thrive in our modern world.
In this podcast together we gather, apply and embody the wisdom needed for authentic well-being in the 21st century.
Each episode is artfully crafted to go an inch wide and a mile deep into the "Pentagon of Wellness" - Physical, Emotional, Mental, Spiritual + Financial.
Your host, Josh Trent, asks the questions few have the courage to ask so you can garner the truth about how to live a life of confidence, freedom + optimal wellness.
Together, we'll walk the path of courage to cross the gap between knowing, and doing.
Learn from world class leaders about:
Breathwork, Behavior Change, Wellness, Nutrition, Behavioral Psychology, Habits, Mindset, Fitness, Health, Philosophy, Religion, Organics, Biohacking, Transformation, Psychedelics, Mindfulness, Meditation, Neuroscience, Mental Health, Spirituality, Personal Growth, Consciousness + More.
Every episode is built from Josh's proprietary science + spirit lessons from The Wellness Pentagon™ , (EI²)™ Emotional Intelligence + Inventory and more.
Please take a moment to subscribe by heading over to joshtrent.com/podcast or search for "Josh Trent" on any podcast player.
In this podcast together we gather, apply and embody the wisdom needed for authentic well-being in the 21st century.
Each episode is artfully crafted to go an inch wide and a mile deep into the "Pentagon of Wellness" - Physical, Emotional, Mental, Spiritual + Financial.
Your host, Josh Trent, asks the questions few have the courage to ask so you can garner the truth about how to live a life of confidence, freedom + optimal wellness.
Together, we'll walk the path of courage to cross the gap between knowing, and doing.
Learn from world class leaders about:
Breathwork, Behavior Change, Wellness, Nutrition, Behavioral Psychology, Habits, Mindset, Fitness, Health, Philosophy, Religion, Organics, Biohacking, Transformation, Psychedelics, Mindfulness, Meditation, Neuroscience, Mental Health, Spirituality, Personal Growth, Consciousness + More.
Every episode is built from Josh's proprietary science + spirit lessons from The Wellness Pentagon™ , (EI²)™ Emotional Intelligence + Inventory and more.
Please take a moment to subscribe by heading over to joshtrent.com/podcast or search for "Josh Trent" on any podcast player.
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Jan 4, 2016 • 1h 16min
034 David Zappasodi: Immovable Heart Unstoppable Mind
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!

Dec 28, 2015 • 52min
033 Adam Farrah: Practical Spirituality
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!

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Dec 21, 2015 • 48min
032 Katie & Gay Hendricks: Love Vs. Fear & Body Intelligence
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!

Dec 14, 2015 • 41min
031 Amy Dalton: Avoiding The Holiday Food Triggers
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!

Dec 6, 2015 • 35min
030 Mac Gambill: Changing Old Habits With New Technology
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

Nov 30, 2015 • 43min
029 Dr. Neema Moraveji: Master Your Breathing
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!

Nov 23, 2015 • 31min
028 Physiotherapist Caitlin Reid: Life After Injury
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

Nov 16, 2015 • 1h 6min
027 Michael Strasner: Creating A Life Worth Living
Today I'm both excited and honored to have one of the most respected leading experts in personal transformation, Michael Strasner. During the last 30 years, he has worked with over a 100 thousand students and people from all over the United States, South America, and Europe. Through his mastery of coaching and understanding the psychology of leadership and human behavior, he has been able to facilitate and design extraordinary workshops dedicated to the art of life and living on the Skinny Branches. He's been a featured guest in newspaper articles, podcasts, and radio shows, sharing his expertise on such diverse topics as effective communication, connection and intimacy in relationships, building self-esteem, the power of authenticity, personality adapting through style flexing, powerful and impactful public speaking, and jump-starting your passion for life. His personal vision is to create a world of peace, love,unity, and abundance. This is reflected in the work he does in the domain of personal transformational training. He has also authored several workshops: Mastering the Art of Relationship, The Entrepreneurial Mind, Mastering Leadership for Teenagers, The Masters Course, and the highly regarded L.P. Ph.D. Program. Through his commitment to creating leadership in others, he has mentored and developed dozens of world-class trainers and coaches, who are currently facilitating workshops globally. Support Wellness Force Radio: RATE & REVIEW in iTunes | SUBSCRIBE in iTunes From Michael's Book: "Martin Luther King, Jr. once said, "Courage is action in the face of fear." When we feel fear, we're paralyzed. When we take action in the face of that fear, we become courageous. When we become courageous, we become confident. When we become confident, we become powerful. When we become powerful, we become risk-takers. When we become risk-takers, we're moving on up to the Skinny Branches of the tree, and now we're inspiring other people to do the same." -Michael Strasner Listen As Michael Uncovers: How to create a life worth living How to commit to your personal health Finding your purpose Emotions for success Personal Transformation Ego Conversations: Negative energy from past experiences Your fears and insecurities Both real and perceived limitations Tendencies towards survival The need to be right The resistance to abandoning control Links From Today's Show: Living on The Skinny Branches Book Learn More About Michael Strasner VIDEO: The Power of Living As Your Word 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! 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

Nov 9, 2015 • 49min
026 Julianna Raye: A Personal Trainer For Your Mind
Today on the show is one of the most sought after mindfulness trainers in the world, Julianna Raye. After training individuals and groups for over 15 years, Julianna brings her expertise and gifts to share with Wellness Force Radio. Support Wellness Force Radio: RATE & REVIEW in iTunes | SUBSCRIBE in iTunes | I've been so pumped to be able to bring on a guest like Julianna that not only is a master at empowering others to change their thinking, but most importantly, to change their behavior through the power of mindfulness and meditation. Numerous scientific studies have shown clear and wide ranging benefits of mindfulness including stress and anxiety reduction, strengthened immune system, heightened EI and creativity to name just a few. In fact, Julianna herself was drawn to mindfulness 18 years ago, to manage debilitating anxiety. With over 90 weeks of immersive silent retreat training in both mindfulness and zen in addition to her daily practice, Julianna has racked up 12,000 plus hours of formal practice time, rewiring her brain and creating a new normal for herself. This enables her to truly be of service to her clients. Currently, Julianna is developing onsite and online mindfulness training for enterprise clients and consumers as well as delivering keynotes, privately coaching executives in sales and leadership, performance professionals, TV personalities, entrepreneurs engaged in personal growth, and group training company leaders interested in preventative health care and enhancing the work environment, through mindfulness meditation. In a recent study at UCLA comparing long-term meditators' brains with non-meditators, the results of Julianna's MRI led to interviews on ABC, Globo and Reuters news outlets, about the benefits of Mindfulness practice. Using the system of Basic Mindfulness, which has been researched at Carnegie Mellon, the University of Vermont, and Harvard Medical Center (with breakthrough results), Julianna's emphasis is on helping clients find those specific strategies most relevant for their life and professional environment. As an expert in the system, Julianna teaches clients how to strategically implement practice for specific challenges and practice in action, leading to accelerated growth, giving clients a way to develop skills on the go and providing invaluable tools for self empowerment. Just as a physical trainer improves your workout, working with a mindfulness meditation trainer deepens and strengthens your skills, providing the necessary perspective, feedback and support so you maximize the potential of your practice. Mindfulness provides an excellent complement to any other self-healing work you may be doing. In fact, your practice will enhance all the activities of your life. Links From Today's Show: Learn more about Julianna FREE Mediation Lesson Julianna's Website Basic Mindfulness Mediation Read Julianna's Contributions to Mind Body Green Magazine: How Meditation Helps You Give & Receive More Love How Mindfulness Helps You See What's Missing (And Why You'd Want To) Why Mindfulness Can Make Life More Painful 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! You May Also Like These Episodes: 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 A Personal Trainer For Your Mind With Julianna Raye

Nov 2, 2015 • 56min
025 Reed Davis: The Hidden Causes of Weight Gain
What do we do when diet and exercise don't work? Do hormones and our nervous system hold the key? Today, I'm excited and honored to have Reed Davis on Wellness Force Radio to unlock the answers and uncover the hidden causes of weight gain. Support Wellness Force Radio: RATE & REVIEW in iTunes | SUBSCRIBE in iTunes | Reed is the Founder of the Functional Diagnostic Nutrition® (FDN) Certification Course. He is known as one of the most successful and experienced clinicians in the world, having provided functional lab assessments to over 10,000 clients for hormone, adrenal, digestive, immune and detoxification issues as well as infections, infestations, food sensitivities and chronic stress-related problems. Reed served as a Health Director and Case Manager for over 15 years and now teaches a course in functional medicine with over 2,000 trainees in 50 countries. He is also a Clinical Advisor at BioHealth Laboratory where he helps doctors interpret lab test results and develop natural protocols to restore function instead of just treating the symptoms. While serving for many years as the CNT and Case Manager, Reed Davis made his own observations about who got better and who did not. The patients who improved the most were the ones working as close to the underlying cause as possible, and not simply treating the symptoms. Wanting to help as many people as possible, Reed employed functional lab testing as it applies to nutrition and other natural protocols with thousands of patients. Educating others became a passion and provided a mission that Reed carries out to this day. While systematizing the work, Reed came to the realization that he had discovered an emerging field. He named this growing body of work Functional Diagnostic Nutrition® and founded the certification course. Special Notes: Learn More About becoming your own health detective as a Certified FDN Practitioner To Get Your Free D.R.E.S.S For Health Success Manual, Text: "Josh" to 802 467 0057 Listen as Reed Uncovers: How to find the root cause(s) of what is holding back your optimal wellness The mindset and accountability needed to create lasting health Action steps for listeners in self-quantification and lab testing Links From Today's Show: FDN Training Course Reed Davis, Biography What is Metabolic Chaos? Show Notes & Blog Post Today's Show Topics: What is FDN? Who is FDN for? What impact is FDN making in health and wellness? How does FDN support homeostasis and finding the root cause The broken health model of today What FDN coaches do to impact their clients ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Steroidal hormones and adrenal function Symptoms that lead people to look for new answers Adrenal Fatigue, review and supporting healing Oxidative Stress, the hidden causes Pathogens, identifying and healing Mucosal Barrier, function and signs of support Blocking factors and toxic load ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ D.R.E.S.S for success Coaching to win, how to become a health detective The mindset for sustaining positive health change Accountability Keystone habits to sustain health How the right coach uses quantification to create sustainable change 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! You May Also Like These Episodes: 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 The Hidden Causes of Weight Gain with Reed Davis


