The Adversity Advantage with Doug Bopst

How to Become More Positive Right Now!!!   There are many of you right now that are hurting. You are going through some tough times and Things like uncertainty, fear and negativity have taken over. I get it, and I have been there before, have felt that way before. But, what I found is that when I stay down for a period of time and focus on what’s going wrong in my life, it not only makes things worse. The negativity prevents us from accomplishing the very things that we want: happiness, hope and harmony.   With that said, there are a few things you can do right now to shift your mindset and turn your fears into faith, pessimism into optimism, negativity into positivity. There are many of you whose response to a tough situation is the trigger to sustained hardship. What brings you down and keeps you there isn’t the situation in and of itself but your response to the situation and your attitude in the recovery phase. Remember it’s okay to feel down, stressed and negative about whatever happened, what isn’t okay is staying there. Overcoming hard times and accepting things out of your comfort zone begins with believing in yourself. Coupling a strong belief system with a positive mindset is a MUST for turning any setback into a comeback. While it doesn’t always guarantee you success, it gives you a stronger chance. As it’s incredibly difficult when you’re in the thick of it, I called in just the person to give you the tools necessary to become more positive in any situation. His name is Jon Gordon.    Jon Gordon is a husband, father, and author. His best-selling books and talks have inspired readers and audiences around the world. He is the author of The Energy Bus, The Carpenter, Training Camp, The Power of Positive Leadership, The Power of a Positive Team, The Coffee Bean, The Garden, Relationship Grit, Coffee Bean for Kids and many others. When he’s not running through airports or speaking to businesses, hospitals or schools, you can find him spending time with his family and taking long walks which are when he gets most of his ideas. Jon believes in keeping his bio short because his past accomplishments are meaningless. What matters most is that he says something today that will inspire you to take action tomorrow.   This episode is short, sweet and to the point and by the end you will have the exact steps needed to turn any negative situation into a positive one and do what’s needed to shift your mindset.   Connect with Jon:    Instagram: www.instagram.com/jongordon11   Twitter: www.twitter.com/jongordon11    Facebook: www.facebook.com/jongordonpage/   Amazon: www.amazon.com/Jon-Gordon/e/B001ILKHU8   Podcast: www.positiveuniversity.com/   Website: www.jongordon.com    Connect with Doug   Instagram: www.instagram.com/dougbopst   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dougbopst   Website: www.dougbopst.com/   Private Facebook Group:   https://www.facebook.com/groups/690686891674188   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former Navy SEAL Commander Rich Diviney on How to Face Your Fears, Build Resilience and Achieve Optimal Performance!!!   In this episode, a retired Navy SEAL commander is going to help you understand that getting through and managing fear, anxiety and stress in a healthy way is 100% possible and a must when it comes to living your best life. Overcoming challenges and doing hard things in your life will help you grow stronger mentally, physically and emotionally. It is also one of the best ways to develop true self-confidence.   This is a must listen for anyone looking to gain a deeper understanding of how face your fears practically and effectively, build resiliency and recover from setbacks quickly and efficiently. This is also for anyone who is looking to develop the attributes needed for optimal performance.   In a world that is full of uncertainty, this episode will show you why you need to accept the unknown that life brings and control what you can. After doing so, you can effectively get through life’s difficulties by using attributes such as perseverance, resiliency, and courage. The cool thing is the more you exercise these so called attributes, the easier it is to use them. In doing this, it will lead you down a path filled with strength, fortitude, hope and ultimately achieving optimal performance. Much of this is discussed in my guest, Rich Diviney’s new book, The Attributes: 25 Hidden Drivers of Optimal Performance.   Rich was intimately involved in the world-renowned SEAL selection process, which whittles exceptional candidates down to a small group of the most elite optimal performers. But Diviney was often surprised by which recruits washed out and which succeeded. Someone could have all the right skills and still fail, while recruits he might have initially dismissed would prove to be top performers. The answer was in better understanding ATTRIBUTES. In his new book, The Attributes, Diviney shows how to discover and develop our innate attributes for performing optimally and having long-term success.   He is a retired Navy SEAL commander. In a career spanning more than twenty years, he completed more than thirteen overseas deployments—eleven of which were to Iraq and Afghanistan. As the officer in charge of training for a specialized command, Diviney spearheaded the creation of a directorate that fused physical, mental, and emotional disciplines. He led his small team to create the first-ever “Mind Gym” that helped special operators train their brains to perform faster, longer, and better in all environments—especially high-stress ones.   Since his retirement in early 2017, Diviney has worked as a speaker, facilitator, and consultant with the Chapman & Co. Leadership Institute and Simon Sinek Inc. He’s taught leadership and optimal performance to more than five thousand business, athletic, and military leaders from organizations such as American Airlines, Meijer Inc., the San Francisco 49ers, Pegasystems, Zoom, and Deloitte.   We talk about Rich’s tips for managing anxiety and how to become more resilient. We discuss courage and why it’s so important for getting through hard times. Rich also provides advice on how to recharge in a way so that you can recover quickly and efficiently and so much more!   Some of the topics discussed include:   Rich's backstory   What the whole notion of courage means and how it can really help people get through hard times.   Rich’s tips on how to manage anxiety   The 3-foot world   Rich talking about "The Attributes"   The difference between perseverance and resilience   Tenacity and persistence   How to build a resiliency muscle   The importance of setting achieving goals and what it does to a person’s mind   The difference between peak and optimal performance   Why having optimal performance is a must for success   Managing uncertainty, anxiety, and fear   The difference between self-discipline, and discipline   Rich’s advice for people to recharge in a way that they're able to recover quickly and efficiently   The sympathetic and parasympathetic systems   The active visualization   The two of the attributes that Rich is still continuing to work on himself right now Takeaways:   Fear is really the combination of uncertainty and anxiety.   Focus on what you can control.   Skills are not inherent to our nature. We learn them.   Perseverance is more about the act of moving through a stress challenge, and resilience is more about the act of rebounding afterward.   Moving through stress challenges and uncertainty makes you stronger.   As human beings, our brains are question-answering machines.   The quality of our lives is directly proportional to the quality of questions we consistently ask ourselves.   In life, you can't necessarily plan peaks.   The sympathetic system is what fires off when you are in action. Connect with Rich:   The Attributes: https://theattributes.com/buy   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rich_diviney LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richdiviney/   Connect with Doug   Instagram: www.instagram.com/dougbopst   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dougbopst   Website: www.dougbopst.com/   Private Facebook Group:   https://www.facebook.com/groups/690686891674188 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How to Turn Your Biggest Rejections Into Achievement!!!   One of the things that scares us the most is rejection. We hold back from going after what we want in life because we are fearful of this one word: "no."   But, the fascinating thing is that when we don’t ask, the answer will always be no and more importantly you are telling yourself that you aren’t worthy of going after whatever it is.   Remember, not taking action is also failing.    My guest today will show us how being confident and being resilient could help you achieve the success you are aiming for.   She will enlighten and inspire us with her story and tell us how rejection and failure helped her cultivate a mindset of not being afraid to ask for what she wanted.  So today on the podcast I have the queen of turning rejections into achievement. Her name is Jennifer Cohen.  She a best-selling author, brand strategist, international speaker, and educator with a specific focus on building healthy habits to drive positive behavioral change.   She was recently named “100 Most Influential People in Health and Fitness” by Greatist.   She is the host of the podcast "Habits & Hustle" where she interviews entrepreneurs thought leaders and overall extraordinary people.  They share their insight and open up about the normally hidden aspects that have made a difference in their success.   But what I believe is most incredible about her is that she unapologetically goes after what she wants in life.  There is A LOT to learn from that approach.   Her TED talk on this subject has been viewed over a million times. She began developing these skills at a young age where she convinced Keanu Reeves to appear in an audition tape for a VJ job. She got Keanu, but didn’t get the job.   We chat about the story behind that as well as all things rejection. This includes how to use rejection and failure to your advantage and why so many people are afraid of that “r” word. She shares her secret recipe for how to get and ask for anything you want in life and we also discuss how confidence affects your mindset and so much more!     Jen’s Backstory:   Fitness wasn't really Jen’s automatic go to. She always liked fitness because the principles that it taught her early on in life, but she never thought fitness would be the business. She had her first job with the Toronto Raptors, went back to school and got a business degree and then she went to the music business. She was in more marketing, and then when she was getting burnt out with those, she moved to LA from Canada.    In LA, she was on a working visa and was working for mortal Records, which is part of Sony at the time. She had no option and was unsure about how to get money so she could have transitioned it into the fitness business.   Jen always liked negotiating, strategy, and deal-making. These are the principles that she was naturally more gravitated to, and she naturally likes to do.   She just kept on changing which business and industry she was actually doing, so she was doing sports and music and then just pivoted into the fitness business. Topics discussed:   Jen’s rejection story   How to successfully overcome rejection and failure   Reasons why so many people are afraid of being rejected   Knowing what you really want and where you’re good at   The importance of asking   The advantage of having confidence and how it affects your mindset   Steps to be able to ask for what you want and how to do it   The importance of self-awareness   Putting personal efforts on something and its benefits   Being resilient and its importance   Why do you need to schedule the amount of time that you’re on social media   Takeaways:   You never know when people say yes.   It doesn't really matter whatever industry you’re in. What's important is knowing what you're good at, and knowing what you're not good at, and making what works for you be your thing.   If you're somebody who actually asks, your odds are better at getting it because no one else is asking.   You are the CEO of your life.   You are the master of your reality.   Be as specific as possible, so start small and be specific.   “I think that confidence, like anything else, is a muscle that you have to practice and harness.” Jen Cohen Connect with Jen:   Habits and Hustle: https://habitshustle.com/   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/therealjencohen/   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therealjencohen/   Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealjencohen   Ted Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wM82hE6oimw     Connect with Doug   Instagram: www.instagram.com/dougbopst   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dougbopst   Website: www.dougbopst.com/   Private Facebook Group:   https://www.facebook.com/groups/690686891674188 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why Fasting Improves Your Health!!!!   When you hear the word fasting, what comes to mind?    Am I going to starve?   Is it good for my mental health?   I can’t go 20 hours without eating.    I hear you and I have thought all of those very same things.    My guest today is here to calm your fears on all things fasting and help explain how each and every one of you can fast in a way that suits your lifestyle.   My guest today is Dave Asprey, the “Father of Biohacking.” He is the Founder and Chairman of Bulletproof, a three-time New York Times bestselling science author and host of the award-winning podcast Bulletproof Radio.   His newest book, Fast This Way is available now and provides incredible and valuable information on all things fasting and will inspire you to give fasting a second chance or try it out for the first time.   Today, he delivers a masterclass on all things fasting and it's many benefits. We discuss how each of you can fast in a way that suits your lifestyle and how to get started. In addition, he shares how you can also fast from hate and negative thoughts. We also chat about biohacking and more!   Dave’s Backstory:   Dave weighed up to 300 pounds in his early 20s. He was famous for being the first one to sell anything over the internet, which is now called the E-commerce. He made $6 million when he was 26. Dave was a co-founder of a part of the company that held Google's first servers, and grew the company to be worth $36 billion on the NASDAQ.   In spite of all the fame and money that he made, he wasn’t happy with his life and he always asks himself about why he keeps on making decisions that are against his own interests. He already tried everything to lose weight. He worked out an hour and a half a day, six days a week for 18 months straight on a low fat, low calorie diet, but still, he can’t lose weight. That’s when he realized he needed to hack it.    Dave started hanging out with people three times his age who were reversing their age and learning their techniques to fix his own biology. Dave was frustrated because he was running that non-profit anti-aging group, and they're only four minutes from Google's headquarters, but they had only one guy from Google to ever attend -- and that was his uncle.    Someone told him that if he did not eat six times a day, he’s going to be in starvation mode. His main problem with that idea was that he’s afraid of acting like a jerk just because he was hungry. So in 2008, he decided to hire a Shaman and he was dropped off in a cave. He wants no food and no people anywhere around so he’s just the only one who’s gonna have to deal with that. For Dave, that was a very amazing experience, because that’s the first time he’s ever done real quality journalism and storytelling.   Topics discussed:   Dave's newest book "Fast This Way"   What is biohacking?   The benefits of intermittent fasting   The importance of investing in energy   How to get started on fasting in a way that's going to be sustainable   The three fasting hacks (black coffee, bulletproof coffee, and probiotic fiber)   The mental health benefits of fasting   The four F words explained (fear, food, “F”, and friend)   The importance of empathy, compassion, and equanimity   Benefits of fasting from negative thoughts   Benefits of fasting from hate and how to do it successfully   Dave’s tips on how people can incorporate fasting when they're following some sense of morning routine Takeaways:   Coffee doubles ketone production.   Ketones suppress the hunger hormone called ghrelin and they raise the satiety hormone called CCK.   Fasting means your insulin didn't go up, and it means that your liver didn't have to turn on protein-digesting enzymes.   If you want to improve your biology, you have to have enough energy to run your body and break down cells and build healthy new cells.   The thing about fear is you don't think about fear.   Fasting means training the body to feel safe by going without something. It makes you more powerful in your cells, in your nerves, in your brain, in your heart, in your body, and in your spirit.   The only thing that you do have control over is your spiritual state.   Fasting from hate is the hardest thing to do.   What you eat drives hunger and cravings, depending on what it is.   The very best time to work out is at the end of a fast. Connect with Dave:   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bulletproofexecutive/   Twitter: https://twitter.com/bulletproofexec   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dave.asprey   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/asprey/   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DaveAspreyBPR Get Dave's newest book Fast This Way here:   www.fastthisway.com   Connect with Doug Instagram: www.instagram.com/dougbopst Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dougbopst Website: www.dougbopst.com/   Private Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/690686891674188 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Neuroscientist Shares Common Myths About Your Emotions and How Your Brain Actually Works!!!   There's a whole science about how the human brain works and what really controls our feelings and emotional responses to situations and most of what we have been told about how this works in the past is wrong.   My guest on this fantastic episode, Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett, Ph.D., is here to dismantle common myths about emotions and the brain. She stands among the top 1% most cited scientists globally for her revolutionary research in psychology and neuroscience. Dr. Barrett is a University Distinguished Professor at Northeastern University and she is also Chief Science Officer for the Center for Law, Brain & Behavior at Harvard University.   She was awarded a Guggenheim fellowship in neuroscience in 2019, has published over 240 peer reviewed articles and has a TED talk on emotions that has been viewed over 6 million times.   She is the best-selling author of "How Emotions are Made" and her latest book "7 1/2 Lessons about the Brain" is just as powerful.   Some of the topics we cover today include:   The old notion of the dynamics of emotions versus the new The real function of the human brain. How past experiences and behaviors affect the ability of our brains to guess responses to our external forces. Dr. Barrett thoughts on 'Stress' The power of words from a neurological point of view. Dr. Barrett explains Depression Adaptable patterns for a more optimistic approach to the future. Similarities between our "body budget" and "bank account"   Takeaways There's no good evidence that emotions can be read or interpreted through facial expressions or body language. We have the kind of brain that doesn't have a good sense of what is happening in our bodies. Our brain has to guess. All it receives are the sensations coming from our bodies, but it doesn't know what's causing them. So when you have an ache in your chest, your brain tries to figure out what caused that ache.  Our body makes the same guesses. Those guesses are usually knit together to create our experience. That's really how our brain is making emotions. You don't have circuits for anger, sadness, and fear embedded in some ancient part of your brain. That's just a myth. Your brains don't evolve to be any more rational than they are. Its function is to regulate your body's systems, and that's pretty much all it'll be doing all your life.  Practice gratitude, compassion, and train your brain to be flexible so that you can view life from multiple perspectives. We are a social species, which means we influence each others' nervous systems in really profound ways. We regulate each other's nervous systems in many ways that other animals do too. But we have an additional way, and that's with words. Depression is like a bankrupt body budget. It means you have stopped learning, and you stick with what's in your head. You're fatigued and pay no more attention to what's out in the world. Two easy ways to shift your predictions for a more optimistic approach towards life: Change the state of your body. (Get up and move around) and practice gratitude. It works! Connect with Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett, Ph.D.   Twitter: https://twitter.com/lfeldmanbarrett   Website: https://www.lisafeldmanbarrett.com   TedTalk: https://www.ted.com/speakers/lisa_feldman_barrett   Books: How Emotions are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain   https://www.amazon.com/dp/1328915433/?tag=store4895-20   Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain :   https://www.amazon.com/dp/0358157145/?tag=store4895-20   Connect with Doug Instagram: www.instagram.com/dougbopst Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dougbopst Website: www.dougbopst.com/ Private Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/690686891674188   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

HOW TO DEAL WITH THE VICTIM MENTALITY AND OWN YOUR LIFE   Life will present a thousand and one reasons for you to quit and give up when things get tough, but how you choose to respond to these challenges is the most significant power you have at your disposal, and that's taking responsibility!   My guest today is Ryan Michler, host of the highly popular Order of Man Podcast. In this episode, he shares how he bounced out of some deep despair that included separating from his wife for 4 months which in turn saved his marriage that was headed for divorce.   Ryan also found himself unhealthy on every level and decided to also use that time to transform his health from the inside out. Now, please bear in mind that taking responsibility and not playing the victim was the most incredible power he had to change everything. He also shares his intriguing story of growing up without a permanent father figure and how that didn't stop him from raising sons and being an amazing dad.   He also shares some bulletproof advice on how to overcome the victim mindset and deal with criticism and so much more!   Ryan's backstory   A little over 13 years ago, Ryan was incredibly overweight and at the brink of getting divorced from his wife. Eventually, they got separated. It was a challenging time for him, and at some point in the early stage of the separation, he resorted to blaming his wife for the divorce. He felt there was a lot she could have done. He thought she was disloyal. It took him months into the separation to realize he had a considerable part to play as well. This realization transformed the situation around, and the break only lasted four months. Ryan had to quit playing the victim and "own" his life. He had to take responsibility for his life for the first time and stopped casting blame on everyone around him. He realized that there are things he could do right. There are things within his reach. There are things within his control and things he could influence. He realized he had more power over many things, and he began to effect changes on these things. As he said, that is what responsibility is about. It is the power that could change one's life. Not taking responsibility for the things happening around you is giving that power to someone else. What that person decides to do with that can have a negative effect on your life. The results of Ryan taking ownership of his life and shouldering the responsibility has restored his marriage. Ryan and his wife have been married now for 16 years. They are blessed with four beautiful kids and are living in their dream home. This all inspired to start his "Order of Man" podcast and movement to help men become the best version of themselves.      Topics Discussed   -Ryan's Advice on how to quit playing the victim -How fitness has shaped Ryan's general outlook on life -Ryan's take on on how to express emotions the right way - The best advice for new parents -How mentorship can speed up your journey to successes -Ryan's best practices for dealing with criticisms    Some important takeaways   -Want to see improvements in other facets of your life? Start with fitness. Fitness teaches you to have a structure in your life, builds your confidence as the rewards are usually instantaneous, especially for the men. -Apart from routine workouts, plan out every single day of your life. -Emotions are there as a metric check for you, just like a fuel tank. If you give your emotions too much power or don't give them enough credit, then they'll control you, and you don't want that! -Be more of a mentor and guardian to your children and do not make all the decisions for them. Allow them to make mistakes and learn. -Your life's journey can be less of a burden with a coach/mentor by your side. -Be willing to spend your resources to improve your life, unless you want to get it done by yourself with many mistakes and time wasted. -Take nothing personally and maintain your focus on those who are positively impacted by your work.    Connect with Ryan Michler: Instagram: www.instagram.com/ryanmichler/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/orderofman Twitter: www.twitter.com/orderofman Podcast: Order of Man Website: www.orderofman.com     Build a plan for growth and expansion over a 30day timeframe www.orderofman.com/battleready   Connect with Doug Instagram: www.instagram.com/dougbopst Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dougbopst Website: www.dougbopst.com/   Private Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/690686891674188     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Taking responsibility for your choices in life is incredibly empowering. It also means you acknowledge that no one has the power to determine how your life turns out other than yourself! It's up to you!   Today, my guest, Lauryn Evarts Bosstick (also known as The Skinny Confidential), and I will be sharing our challenging life stories to inspire you on how to turn your pain to purpose, ultimately leading you to find that inner fulfillment in your own life's journey. Lauryn shares her pretty tough upbringing involving death, divorce, despair, pain, and frustration.   We also chat about how to set boundaries, the power of community, how she manages anxiety and also some tips on entrepreneurship and so much more. I also share parts of my story including chatting about being incarcerated and how it relates to the isolation that many of us are facing now.   Lauryn has turned her passion for beauty, wellness, and no-censor advice into one of the most distinctive blogs online today, The Skinny Confidential. She also co-hosts the highly popular cheeky entrepreneurial podcast, The Skinny Confidential HIM & HER with her husband and previous podcast guest, Michael Bosstick.     Lauryn's backstory   She was blessed with really amazing parents who were both entrepreneurs and creatives, but eventually, things became a bit chaotic after her parents, like many, got divorced. The pain didn't stop there, Lauryn, at the young age of 18 lost her mother to suicide, this is why she is so passionate with mental health.    While she had her struggles growing up, she believes those experiences shaped her into the person she has become and also fueled her pursuit of achieving greatness. Lauryn's success was sponsored by the decision not to play the victim but dictate her life outcomes by taking responsibility and extreme ownership for her decisions and choices.   Some of the Topics discussed:   -Lauryn's incredibly inspiring backstory  -Managing anxiety to becoming the best version of yourself. -Lauryn's advice on setting boundaries, protecting your mental health, and protecting your space. -My jail experience compared with the lockdown period - Advice for budding entrepreneurs - Chasing after success in business the right way - Lauryn's advice to her younger self   My jail experience compared with the lockdown period.   I was incarcerated and had an oxycontin addiction to the point where half of my left nose was missing. I was constipated for a month. When it came out of my system, I was faced with me and me in jail, and all the masks came off. My emotions were as real and raw as ever, and I was forced to deal with them healthily. I was forced to start working out, to start practicing gratitude, and changing the way I talked to myself. Because of all that, I began to reattach behaviors. The difference now is that when I was in jail, I knew when I was getting out. I knew when my probation was up. Now [in the lockdown], there's so much uncertainty.   Some people may never get to jail, but they will experience mental prison. Until you work through that stuff, you won't be able to experience true fulfillment. Not success, fulfillment!     Lauryn on how she managed anxiety to be the best version of herself/tips for the audience   -Connect with yourself -Get outside and spend time in nature. -Do breathwork. -Have a morning routine. -Be a gatekeeper of your time and a practitioner of your calendar. -Have your toolbox and create microsystems to use those tools.   Tested steps to turning your pain to purpose:   Have a strong 'why,' quit listening to every single opinion about your life, and prioritize yourself.   Some other takeaways: - Suppress your emotions, and you will have them creep up on you later in life  - If you burn out and you're struggling with your mental health, it will be very difficult to help others - Examine the kind of energy you allow around you and ensure that your relationships have depths.  - If you're trying to build something meaningful, there has to be a strong 'why' behind what you're doing. - Quit listening to every single opinion about you and prioritize yourself     Connect with Lauryn Bosstick: Instagram: www.instagram.com/theskinnyconfidential Instagram: www.instagram.com/tscpodcast Podcast: The Skinny Confidential HIM & HER.   Connect with Doug Instagram: www.instagram.com/dougbopst Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dougbopst Website: www.dougbopst.com/   Private Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/690686891674188   More on Earth Echo Foods/Cacao Bliss:   www.earthechofoods.com/dougbopst   Use Promo code "Doug" at checkout to receive 15% off your order Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Advice You Need to Conquer Your Biggest Fears and Struggles!!!   Life has taught us it’s hard to suppress feelings of anxiety, apprehension and fear of the unknown. Undoubtedly, these emotions are what make us human, fallible, vulnerable. How we manage these 'so called' negative feelings and ultimately transform them into fuel for success is a skill worth mastering.    Which is why my guest today, Dr. Michael Gervais, a world-renowned high performance sports psychologist and industry visionary, is bringing to us the technique of developing a psychological framework that allows you thrive and succeed in pressure-packed environments.   In 2010, Gervais helped Austrian skydiver and BASE jumper, Felix Baumgardner complete an unimaginable, record-breaking free dive for Red Bull while Felix was struggling with claustrophobia and massive anxiety.   Dr. Gervais is the host of the popular Finding Mastery podcast that explores the psychology of some of the world’s most extraordinary thinkers and doers.   Gervais alongside Pete Carroll also co-authored an Audible Original, Compete to Create;  a brilliant guide to mastering groundbreaking mindset trainings which will help readers unlock their authentic self, explore the edges of their potentials, and live a life of purpose and meaning.   Today Dr. Gervais provides a masterclass on dealing with fear and anxiety and how to stop it in it’s tracks before it takes you down that dark scary rabbit hole many of us know all too well. We discuss how to bridge the gap between inspiration and action and how to train the mind so that you can respond to situations with logic and not emotion and so much more!    Stay tuned in today’s episode for an incredible course giveaway that Dr. Gervais is doing for our listeners.   Let's dive into the details of this insightful podcast   Dr. Michael Gervais' two types of Anxiety:   Cognitive Anxiety: This happens when you're ruminating about all the bad things that could go wrong and the excessive worry about later or what could happen and how we would respond. It's about trying to solve something that isn't yet happening. It is a massive asset to project forward based on everything you've ever experienced in life with an assessment of your internal capabilities matched up against what you think the future demand is going to be. That's cool and part of the prerequisite to enter into exploring your potential high performance living as well as the nuances of how you line up your thoughts, words and actions.   Clinical Anxiety: The second part of anxiety is that your heart doesn't quite beat at the same rhythm of being relaxed. Your state of breathing changes. There’s muscle tension, digestive disorder and even ulcers because the system is in an edgy kind of irritability soup. It feels like you're shoving 10 pounds of stuff into a five pound bag.   How do we avoid diving into the rabbit hole of fear and anxiety?   Being anxious is a normal human experience. The excessiveness of it is where it becomes problematic. Your train of thought should be able to take you to places that are free and open and deeply engaging. If you accidentally get on the wrong train and that train of thought has taken you somewhere kind of scary and dark, get off that train quickly. That's the practice!   However, if you find yourself on the wrong train and you want to get off, here's are pretty simple steps to take. Name the fear. Don't try to avoid it. Taking simple breaths sends signals to the ancient brain that the gorilla (trouble) has left Use your thoughts, come back to the now and guard your thoughts Look for opportunities to challenge your inner resolve.   This then brings us to the importance of knowing your purpose in the first place...   Dr. Michael Gervais on the importance of purpose:   Not understanding purpose is one of the reasons people stop halfway during training. Without purpose, it's really hard to do the hard work and what you and I are talking about (facing fears and anxiety) is hard work. Get clear on your purpose and if that feels daunting, be clear on your purpose for the end of the year or for the end of the week.   Dr. Michael Gervais on responding to situations based on logic not emotions:   It's so important to be self-aware and to also take action based on logic and not emotions. To achieve that, learn to do some stuff on your mental training so that you can respond eloquently in more stressful environment. Take breathing trainings, practice gratitude, use your imagination more often project your future, be where your body is and work on your physical carriage.   Dr. Gervais on bridging the gap between inspiration and action:   There are 3 basic components to taking action. There is the Social Component, the Psychological Component and the Behavioral Component   - The Social Component requires you getting a companion to achieve success. It could be a gym buddy, or someone committed to winning with you. - The Psychological Component demands that you get in touch with your humanity or suffering. That's the pain to create change. - The Behavioral Component getting connected with what you want to do and building a habit around it.   Never forget to celebrate when you record small wins or successes. Success isn't all about bank accounts or score boards. It's measured by how many times a day you can be alive to have a sense of awe. If you have a bunch of those moments, score boards will take care of themselves.   Failure is the unwillingness or inability to get on the edge and go for it while mastery is getting up to the nuances in the edge and exploring that!   Connect with Dr. Michael Gervais:    Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/michaelgervais/   Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/finding-mastery/id1025326955   Course: https://competetocreate.net/   Book: https://www.amazon.com/Compete-Create-Approach-Leading-Authentically/dp/B08911JMJX/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&qid=1609981789&refinements=p_27%3AMichael+Gervais&s=books&sr=1-2   Connect with Doug Instagram: www.instagram.com/dougbopst Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dougbopst Website: www.dougbopst.com/   Private Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/690686891674188   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Follow This Food Plan and Never Diet Again!!!   Happy New Year and welcome to the first episode of 2021 and super excited that Kelly LeVeque joins us on the show today!   One of the struggles of many people of this generation is choosing what diet they should be following. Most of them get stressed out just because of the strict diet they are into.   If you are one of them, this episode is for you! You will learn so much from here, and you will be enlightened that improving your health shouldn’t be that difficult.   My guest today is Kelly LeVeque --   is a holistic nutritionist, wellness expert, celebrity health coach, and the best-selling author of Body Love and Body Love Every Day and host of the Be Well by Kelly podcast.   Her deep desire to help her clients, her passion for human nutrition, and her curiosity about how and why the body works drive Kelly to diligently study the latest research, evaluate competing theories and use this information to make individualized recommendations for her clients. Some of her clients include Jessica Alba, Jennifer Garner, Chelsea Handler, Molly Sims, Emmy Rossum and many others.   Most importantly, Kelly’s practical and always optimistic approach to nutrition and wellness helps her readers improve their health, achieve their goals, and develop sustainable habits to live healthy and balanced lives.   Kelly’s website serves as a resource for her readers to find the latest research and rationale behind important nutrition principles, as well as delicious recipes and recommended products to fuel them well. In 2020, she launched the Be Well By Kelly Podcast to further provide listeners with her nutrition and wellness wisdom, and to introduce them to other health professionals with a wide array of experience and insights.   With the desire to provide her coaching expertise to the public, Kelly developed the Fab 4 Fundamentals course, in which she simplifies the science of nutrition and empowers participants to confidently take charge of their health. She has expanded her nutrition curriculum to include a second course, Fab 4 Pregnancy, to provide moms-to-be with the wisdom, encouragement, and thoroughly researched recommendations they need to nourish themselves before, during, and after pregnancy. Additionally, Kelly released the Be Well by Kelly Protein Powder to round out the Body Love toolkit. This protein powder harnesses the power and benefits of simple yet wholesome protein and can easily be used in one of Kelly’s favorite tools, the #fab4smoothie. Through all of these resources, Kelly seeks to provide men and women with the tools they need to transform their health and their lives through nourishing whole foods and body loving practices.   Kelly’s Backstory:   Kelly is the eldest among her siblings. Her father is an entrepreneur and was always teaching them to be able to fend for themselves. He is afraid of his daughters relying on him or someone else and he really wanted them to be independent.   Kelly went to USC and was an undergrad in business like her dad, then she took her science courses in her junior year -- nature of human health and disease and biology.   Fast forward, Kelly ended up in an eight year career in cancer, in genetics. She worked for big Fortune 500 companies like Johnson & Johnson, Whole Logic, and Stryker. She was always in cancer, the end of her career was really in the genetics of it.    She spent so much of those eight years reading PubMed research, and always went back to nutrition just was in love with it. Every year, she thinks to herself that she’s too old to go back to school, but her heart was always in nutrition and it was what she spent her time reading studies.   She decided to go back to school and took her job full time. Kelly was so thirsty for the knowledge and was really excited to share tools with people. And because it was her side hustle, she didn't have the pressure of earning money from it. She’s just having fun doing what she wants, but then it just kept growing and growing.   Topics discussed:   -The idea behind the Fab Four (protein, fat, fiber, greens) -Fab Four explained -Where did the whole “Body Love” thing come from? -Kelly’s thoughts about people stress themselves out so much about what they're going to eat -How was it for Kelly getting started in her own business and how did she end up coming across some of the amazing people she works with? -What it really takes on the stunning celebrities’ end to look the way they do. -Kelly’s courses, what they entail, and what people can expect to get out of them -The Fab Four and Fab Four Pregnancy -Kelly’s book, Body Love Everyday -Kelly’s Swedish Grass-Fed Beef Protein Powder -Kelly’s tips about what ingredients people should stay away from -Other supplements Kelly recommends her clients aside from the protein powder -The types of magnesium people should take and how it should be taken -Kelly’s advice to her younger self The Fab Four and Fab Four Pregnancy: The Fab Four fundamentals is like all of the science that Kelly shares in her books. And the Fab Four pregnancy is all about how she’s using the Fab Four throughout her pregnancy to maintain an appropriate amount of weight gain, which can be a really touchy subject for women when they're pregnant.   Takeaways:   -We need to get essential amino acids or proteins from our food, whether you're raw vegan or carnivore, you have to get amino acids from your food.   -When it comes to healthy fats, you have essential fatty acids as well, those are your omega.   -The microbiome is the first barrier of defense.   -It's not about perfection. It's literally about consistency. It's about habits. And it's about feeling good about yourself and confident about your food choices.   -Body love is action. It is taking time for self care.   -Celebration should be celebrating you and the people close to you, and really knowing who you are and what you want to celebrate in your life.   -If you can't get it together and you're feeling unmotivated, you need to find a trigger.   -The most important thing that you can do is start your day right.   -Don't think that you can't create an industry, a brand or a business in something that you don't see other people doing.   Connect with Kelly:   Website: https://kellyleveque.com/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bewellbykelly/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bewellbykelly/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPjFtjo841kVXoG9m-ONMxw Podcast: https://kellyleveque.com/be-well-by-kelly-podcast      Buy Kelly's books: https://www.amazon.com/Kelly-LeVeque/e/B072R3K2TG/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1   New Body Love Journal:    https://www.amazon.com/Body-Love-Journal-Kelly-LeVeque/dp/B002DM4I56   Connect with Doug Instagram: www.instagram.com/dougbopst Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dougbopst Website: www.dougbopst.com/   Private Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/690686891674188   More on Earth Echo Foods/Cacao Bliss:   www.earthechofoods.com/dougbopst   Use Promo code "Doug" at checkout to receive 15% off your order Learn more about your ad choices. 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For this last week of 2020, each day we will be re-release one of the most popular episodes of the past year. We will resume our regular schedule with a new episode on 1/4/2021. Have a Happy Holiday and Happy New Year!   Best of 2020 #1: Dr. Will Bulsiewicz - All About the Gut Microbiome and How to Strengthen Your Immune System Right Now (Originally released 12/14/20)   All About the Gut Microbiome and How to Strengthen Your Immune System Right Now!   Today, we are going to talk all about the gut microbiome and how to strengthen your immune system right now. Clearly, with everything going on with COVID-19, this episode couldn’t come at a better time. I’ve had the opportunity to talk to one of the best there is on this topic.    Today's guest is Dr. Will Bulsiewicz, commonly known as Dr. B. He is an award-winning gastroenterologist and the author of the New York Times bestselling book, Fiber Fueled.   Many might not know this, but our gut is connected to almost every part of our body including our brain. Did you know that 90% of our serotonin and 50 % of our dopamine is produced in our gut?   So sometimes when we feel stressed, anxious, and depressed, this all might be tied directly to having an unhealthy gut.   It’s incredibly fascinating as is the fact that 70% of our immune system is in our gut as well.   This is why we should really be paying attention to our gut health more than ever as COVID-19 impacts so many people with underlying health issues and weaker immune systems.   In this episode, Dr. B will explain everything you need to know about the gut microbiome, how our gut health impacts things such as COVID-19, our immune system, and mental health. He will also explain the secret to how you can discover how healthy your gut is in the comfort of your and his tip for this will cost you absolutely nothing other than some time.   Finally, he will also provide the blueprint of what you can do right now to optimize your gut health and strengthen your immune system plus so much more.   Dr. B’s Backstory:   Dr. B already knew when he was a teenager that he wanted to be a doctor. He’s always been an idealist, and what he really wanted to do was to help kids, particularly the adolescent and teenage kids, because he feels like they're overlooked and they deserve more attention in this transformative period in their life. So he initially set on a path to go to medical school so that he could become a child psychiatrist.   During Dr. B’s journey to become a doctor, he suddenly fell in love with gastroenterology. At the age of 30, everything went well for his career. He was the chief medical resident at Northwestern in Chicago, one of the top internal medicine residency in the country. He won the highest award in his residency class and published eight papers in gastroenterology journals.   Of all those achievements, he still felt miserable. He hated himself. And that’s when he realized that it’s all about the diet that he was raised, which was the very classic “1980s diet” -- hotdogs, Doritos, Kool Aid, bagel bites. He gained 50 pounds, had low energy, super low self-esteem and high blood pressure.   He did some exercise like what most guys do, but everything changed when he started dating his wife who’s on a very clean diet. Out of curiosity, he followed that thread and started making small changes.   He noticed that he instantly felt better. He didn't have the hangover after meals, he was energized, his skin started to change, and his hair got thicker. His weight also started falling of as well.   Those changes inspired him so much that he became obsessed with digging into the medical literature. He became a believer because of the way that it transformed his own life. He felt that his patients deserved it too. So he brought that into his clinic, and saw similar amazing and transformative results with them.   In 2016, he just felt compelled to share the story, but also felt that it wasn’t enough. That’s the reason why he created his Instagram account. He didn’t expect so much in the beginning, so when he reached 1,000 followers, Dr. B and his wife celebrated and popped a bottle of champagne.   Fast forward, his book called “Fiber Fueled” came out in May this year, and it's a New York Times bestseller. Today, they're closing in on 100,000 copies and it’s only a little over six months since the book came out.   Now that you already know Dr. B’s backstory, take a look at these very interesting topics and lessons we discussed:   The meaning of the gut microbiome   Why stress and the gut microbiome go hand in hand with each other   The different ways our gut can communicate with our brain   The antagonistic pleiotropy   The connection between gut microbiome and COVID-19   Things that people can do to strengthen their gut and immune system   The special connection between our gut microbes and fiber   Why do people need to pay attention to where they're getting the fiber from   The importance of the diversity of plants in your diet   Bonus: smoothie recipe of Dr. B’s wife   The Bristol Stool Chart   The different types of bowel movement   The effect on trauma in the gut   How Dr. B and his team help the patients who were victims of trauma and abuse   Inflammation in the gut Fiber Fueled by Dr. B:   “Fiber Fueled is so much more than a health book. It’s a step-by-step methodology to stop the misinformation madness caused by the diet industry, and show you the simple, science-backed process for a lifestyle that is effortless, sustainable, and above all else, it transforms your health by optimizing your gut microbiome.” Takeaways:   Microbes are not just passively in the human body. They are there with a purpose. They have been there since the beginning of human history.    There's never been a sterile human, we've always had a relationship with these microbes.   The healthy microbiomes give us access to our nutrients. are connected to our immune system. are connected to our metabolism. are connected to our hormones. are connected to our brain.   A healthy gut is the path to a healthy brain, including our mood.   Our bowel movement is actually predominantly made up of your gut microbes.   Plant Diversity in your diet Is king when it comes to having a healthy gut. Simple ways are through smoothies and salads.   Connect with Dr. Will Bulsiewicz:   Website: https://theplantfedgut.com/   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theguthealthmd/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theguthealthmd   Get Dr. B's book Fiber Fueled here:   https://amzn.to/37VHhi6   Sign up for Dr. B's Course here:   https://theplantfedgut.com/course/   Connect with Doug   Instagram: @dougbopst   Facebook: Doug Bopst   Private Facebook Group:   https://www.facebook.com/groups/690686891674188   Website: www.dougbopst.com/gift   More on Soul CBD Gummies:   Click the link below and enter the code "Doug" at checkout to receive 15% off Soul CBD Gummies!    www.mysoulcbd.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices