Which Way Is Life

How to effectively train your body and your mind with Pancakes and Push-ups founder Sloane Davis.What You’ll Learn in this Episode: The biggest challenge people face when it comes to diet and exercise. How to establish a healthy relationship with food and incorporate exercise into your routine. How every person’s body is unique and requires an individualized plan for success with diet and exercise. Ways to motivate yourself in meeting your health and wellness goals. The link between the mental and the physical aspects of health. Examples healthy fats, proteins and carbs. How to maintain and not gain when on vacation. High Five Highlights: What is your biggest motivator? Being able to help other people; to know that I’m changing people’s lives. What’s the best piece of advice you were ever given? To follow your dreams and to not think that anything is not possible. Anything is possible. How did you come up with the name “Pancakes and Push-ups”? I wanted to explain that you can eat food and lose weight. Do y

Learn how you can better your personal and professional life through the neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) techniques with Tony Wrighton.What You’ll Learn in this Episode: What neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) is and how to use it to better your everyday life. How NLP can impact your health and well-being, even aiding in fighting off disease and illness. The most common way NLP is used (including the fear of flying). What the “Magic Touch” is and how it can help you. How programming can impact the body, mind, soul connection. The ways in which NLP can increase your professional potential, and help you reach your career dreams. More about Zestology, Tony’s podcast, in which he interviews experts in health and professional development fields. High Five Highlights: How do you start your mornings? I first meditate for 15 minutes, then I use an app, the 5 Minute Journal app, and I write three things I am grateful for and three things I am going to do on that day to make it a great day. How do you address cri

How to heal yourself naturally with Dr. Stephen and Janet Lewis.What You’ll Learn in this Episode: What our doctors should be looking for in people who are sick and tired of being sick. Their unique method for getting to the cause of these problems. How to treat and heal yourself naturally. How they work with people. Tips and strategies you need to amp up your nutrition. How a normal blood test may not show a thyroid condition. High Five Highlights: Stephen, what lit your passion for natural healing? People that lost their hope and helping them get their hope back. How do you both beat stress? We like fishing and supplements that help us beat stress. Praying, too. If you were both stuck on a deserted island and could bring one food what would it be? A multi-vitamin. Start with a special multi-vitamin. Avocados are about as good as you can get. Do you have a favorite quote or book you can share? "Sooner or later you have to live with the consequences of your doubt, or you have to live in the potential of yo

How to develop a mindful relationship to food and craft a well-nourished life with Andrea LiebersteinWhat You’ll Learn in this Episode: What the main problem right now is with our relationship to food. How we develop a mindful relationship and be more present when it comes to food and mealtime. What it means to have a mindful relationship with food. Tips or strategies to help turn this lifestyle into a habit. Creating an individualized plan to suit someone’s unique needs. Other benefits to mindful eating. How mindful eating is an extension of mindfulness. More from her new book, Well Nourished. High Five Highlights: What made you want to write this book? Mindfulness has been a huge part of my life for over 25 years. This approach is so powerful. I just want to share this with as many people as possible because it’s really important. If you could share a mindful meal with anyone in the world, living or deceased, who would it be? The Dali Lama. Looking back, what advice would you give your younger self? To r

How to take care of your brain with Dr. Mike Dow.What You’ll Learn in this Episode: What you can do to prevent a stroke. What is the best diet for a stroke survivor? How long it will take to recover from stroke, and how stroke survivors can maximize their recovery. How to create smart goals. What is brain fog and who is at risk? The right foods to eat for brain health. More from his book, Healing the Broken Brain. High Five Highlights: What lit your passion for brain health? Seeing my brother achieving miraculous results [after his stroke]. How do you start your day? Coffee and walking my dogs. I start not with stress but a mindful walk. Knowing what you know now, what advice would you give to your younger self? Never forget what you’re passionate about. Do you have a favorite quote or book you can share? “You are the true expert of you.” Finish this sentence: “Throughout my life the most important thing I’ve learned is...”  To persevere, which is rooted in a belief of yourself. Connect with Dr. Dow Insta

Relapsing MS with former NHL player Bryan Bickell.What You’ll Learn in this Episode: The story of his diagnosis. What relapsing MS entails. How it affects his daily life. How he manages it. The types of lifestyle changes he’s made. The medication he takes to manage MS, Tysabri.   High Five Highlights: For someone who is listening who may just have been diagnosed with MS, what would you say to them? Stay positive. When trying to achieve greatness in a sport, what’s the most important thing to remember? Remember to have fun. What has having MS taught you? Pay attention to the small things. Tell me about a teammate or coach that inspired you to be better? Marion Hossa Finish this sentence: “Throughout my life the most important thing I’ve learned is...”  Pay attention to family. Connect with Bryan InstagramTysabri Share the Show! If you enjoyed this show, please rate it on iTunes and write a brief review. That would help us tremendously in getting the word out and raising the visibility of the show. Sponsor:

11 tips to stay healthy this summer with DIY star Marnie Oursler.What You’ll Learn in this Episode: 11 tips to stay healthy this summer. Listen as Bill and Marnie discuss each of these 11 tips: Head outside Develop a healthy hobby Break it up Keep it moving Track your steps Go graze-y Go green Make it social Bring four extra legs Have a Mediterranean mindset Indulge and relax High Five Highlights: What’s your favorite thing to do in the summer? Have cookouts, after swimming in the ocean. Tell me about “Big Beach Builds” on the DIY network. What are we going to see? I get to work with my family, and it’s really cool to surprise the home owners with their house. It’s so cool to see their faces light up. What’s your favorite summer beach location? Bethany Beach, Delaware. Do you have a favorite quote or book you can share? “She stood in the storm and when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails.”  ~ Elizabeth Edwards Finish this sentence: “Throughout my life the most important thing I’ve learned

High frequency foods, holistic healing and handling stress with Shana Ekedal.What You’ll Learn in this Episode: Why being self aware is important. How to release your fears, doubts and insecurities. What your “Cosmic Roadmap” means. How food and nutrition can help with your healing. How to deal with stress. How to heal with high frequency foods. High Five Highlights: What made you want to become a holistic life coach? My own personal journey and wanting to make it easier for people to heal and stand in their power and love their life. How do you start your day? I start my day with meditation and a lot of gratitude, even the littlest things. I am truly grateful for that. If you could share a mindful meal with anyone in the world, living or deceased, who would it be? I’m a huge fan of Rumi. I have so many questions. I love all of the quotes and the wisdom. Do you have a favorite quote or book you can share? “Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.” ~ Rumi "Finish this sentence: “Throug

How to pay attention to what your body is telling you in order to reclaim your life with Suzanne Scurlock-Durana.What You’ll Learn in this Episode: How traumatic experience grounds your inner guidance system. How to pay attention when something doesn’t feel right and the action to take because of it. How we reconnect with our body’s inherent guidance system. How to “drop in” on yourself. The four categories of an inner-journey. How to develop full body presence. More from her book, Reclaiming Your Body: Healing From Trauma And Awakening To Your Body’s Wisdom High Five Highlights: What made you want to write this book? From my overwhelming evidence from my students that the world needed to know about these wisdom areas of the body and people needed to have better relationships with their bodies. How do you find balance and relief from stressful days? Doing the things that bring me joy, singing, dancing, walking spending time with friends. What’s most satisfying to you about your profession? Seeing the light

30 days to a badass life with Christmas Abbott.What You’ll Learn in this Episode: Why 30 days is the magic number. How to build positive daily habits that last. How to understand what your legacy is. Why random acts of “connection” are important. Workouts she shares in the book. How to ultimately achieve balance in your life. More from her book The Badass Life: 30 Amazing Days To A Lifetime of Great Habits, Body, Mind, And Spirit. High Five Highlights: What made you want to write this book? My fans kept asking me about why I do what do, so I put my story together where I could share my experiences with them in a form they could use at home. How do you start your morning? This may be cliché, but my mom is one of the most amazing people I’ve ever met, and I’m always inspired by her. She is a breast cancer survivor, and she is an amazing woman across the board so she gives me daily inspiration. If you could go back in time, what advice would you give your younger self? I would tell myself that I was worthy, I

Why you don’t need a “yoga body” to do do yoga, and real stories of yoga and transformation with Lauren Lipton.What You’ll Learn in this Episode: Why you don’t need a “yoga body” to do yoga. What is it about yoga that people just don’t seem to get? What are the main benefits of yoga? How to choose a yoga studio? The value of developing a "yoga party trick." One of her favorite stories in the book. What is transformative about yoga. More from her book Yoga Bodies: Real People, Real Stories & the Power of Transformation. High Five Highlights: What made you want to write this book? I want the entire world to do yoga and show them that they can. What is your favorite yoga pose? Handstand. I love to be upside down What has yoga meant to your life? It has completely changed the kind of person I am. It has transformed me. Do you have a favorite quote or book you can share? “The restraint of the modification of the mind stuff is yoga,” which means yoga is basically the quieting of the chattering of the brain.

How cheese is harming your health, the benefits of ditching cheese, and how to break the cheese habit with Dr. Neal Barnard.What You’ll Learn in this Episode: How he came to study cheese. The science behind cheese addiction. Why the cheese habit is so hard to break. What cheese does to your body. How to break the cheese habit. Easy cheese swaps. The positive health gains from ditching cheese. More from his book The Cheese Trap: How Breaking a Surprising Addiction Will Help You Lose Weight, Gain Energy, and Get Healthy. High Five Highlights: What made you fall in love with medicine? The year before medical school, I was an autopsy assistant at Fairview Hospital in Minneapolis. One day, a man died of a heart attack. The pathologist showed me the man's diseased heart, and I felt the atherosclerosis with my own hands and it was stunning to me. That day they were serving ribs in the hospital cafeteria, and I just couldn’t eat them. As time went on, I realized I had to help people understand how nutrition affect

How to stop overeating and binge eating with Dr. Glenn Livingston.What You’ll Learn in this Episode: Why we binge and overeat. Why overeating feels like a matter of survival. One simple way to defeat any craving. How to stop binge eating. Why rules are better than guidelines and how to set up rules. More from his book Never Binge Again. High Five Highlights: What made you want to write this book? I was an exercise bulimic and couldn’t stop thinking about food that came in a box or container. I did it to save my life. Looking back, what advice would you give your younger self? You don’t have to spend years in groups doing a moral inventory. You just need to define a really clear plan for how you want to eat. Learn how to separate your mind into constructor and destructor parts and start to ignore the destructor part. Do you have a favorite quote? “A life of discipline is a better than a life of regret.” "Finish this sentence: “Throughout my life the most important thing I’ve learned is...” Invest in your he

How to prevent and reverse heart disease with NY Times best-selling author, Dr. Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr.What You’ll Learn in this Episode: How 80% of chronic illness can be prevented by eating a whole food, plant based diet. The REAL cause of heart disease. What to shop for at the grocery store. An example of what to eat at breakfast, lunch and dinner. How heart disease and many other chronic diseases can be reversed. High Five Highlights: The one food you should add to your diet today: Green leafy vegetables. Favorite quote: Cardiovascular disease is nothing more than a toothless paper tiger, that need never ever to exist, and if it does exist, it need never ever to progress. Heart disease is a completely benign foodborne illness. Book he would share: The China Study by Colin Campbell (get on audible.com and use code “WhichWayisLife"). Most important thing he’s learned in life: Having a loving relationship with his wife. Connect with Dr. EsselstynShare the Show! If you enjoyed this show, please rate it

Simple ways to reach your fitness and life goals with Jaret Grossman.What You’ll Learn in this Episode: How many of the lessons Jaret learned can be applied to all areas of life such as business, relationships and total well-being. The biggest fitness myth that needs debunking. How to get started in fitness and stick with it. Tips for success from his book Cracking the Code. High Five Highlights: What are you most passionate about today? Imparting wisdom to help people better understand themselves. If you could go back in time, what advice would you give your younger self? Stop stressing so much, things will play out different than you think and enjoy the process more. What’s the best piece of advice you were ever given? Everyone is your superior. You can learn from everyone. Do you have a favorite quote? “He that receives should never forget and he that gives should never remember.” "Finish this sentence: “Throughout my life the most important thing I’ve learned is...” Every decision you make matters, eve

How to make better career and life choices through higher self-awareness with Dr. Tasha Eurich.What You’ll Learn in this Episode: Why being self-aware is so important. The question you should ask to become more self-aware. What the “daily check-in” is and how it can provide you with self data to find patterns in your life that can be most effective in providing internal self-awareness. How to use a “Loving Critic” to get necessary feedback on yourself. Two criteria to follow when getting feedback on yourself. What is it that self-aware people do differently than everyone else -- and is that so important? How we survive and thrive in a delusional word. More from her new book, INSIGHT: Why We’re Not as Self-Aware as We Think, and How Seeing Ourselves Clearly Helps Us Succeed at Work and in Life. High Five Highlights: What made you want to write this book? The lack of self-awareness I see everywhere around me and my belief in that if we work on it, we can see powerful improvements in our life. Can you tell me

How to kill the cuckoo voice of ego, so you can find the happiness you desire with Maria Felipe.What You’ll Learn in this Episode: What it means to live your happy. Why we are responsible for our own experience. Why our problems aren’t out there in the world but in our own minds. What the Cuckoo Voice of the Ego is and how to get rid of it. What to do when you’re lying awake at night worrying about things. More from her book Live Your Happy. High Five Highlights: When did you know that you would take this path of being a spiritual coach? About five years ago when I started to going to ministerial school and when I spoke for the first time. People were crying and laughing I thought, “I’m good at this.” For anyone that is skeptical of "Live Your Happy" what would you say to them?  I would say it’s okay to be skeptical and scared. I would suggest a willingness to be open to things and change in life. Through your experiences in life what’s the best piece of advice you were ever given? As a young girl, I had a

How to get unstuck to achieve your goals with actor/author/entrepreneur Sam Bennett.What You’ll Learn in this Episode: A cool breathing exercise. How small shifts can yield big results. How to participate more in the present moment. How to get unstuck to achieve your goals. How 15 minutes in the morning can transform your life. How making “5-minute art” can help you get your feelings out, to help you interact with them in a different way to gain a new thought and a new way to move forward. More from her book, Start Right Where You Are. High Five Highlights: How does your work as an actor and an improv artist help your work as a marketing and personal branding expert? Everything you know about life is in the process of improvisation. What came first: acting and improv or your business skills? Acting by far; I was born to be an actor. What made you want to write this book? My first book is called Get it Done but something was missing. I needed to tell my own journey of broke to having a thriving business, so

Living with rheumatoid arthritis and how to manage the disease with Tumbler and Tipsy fashion designer Michael Kuluva.What You’ll Learn in this Episode: The symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis. Why early diagnosis is so important. What the Arthritis Power app is. Information on the Arthritis Power app. High Five Highlights: What fueled your passion for fashion? My family and friends. Why is it important for you spend your time trying to help people with RA? I really want people to be more aware of RA and that it can happen to anyone. How did you come up with the name Tumbler and Tipsy? I was reading an old book and there was a line, “too many tumblers of whiskey makes you tipsy.” Do you have a favorite quote or book you can share? “Live the life you love and love the life you live.” "Finish this sentence: “Throughout my life the most important thing I’ve learned is...” Be patient. Connect with Michael! Share the Show! If you enjoyed this show, please rate it on iTunes and write a brief review. That would hel

How to turn on your metabolism every day to create the ultimate fat burning machine with the author of 4-Minute Fit, Siphiwe Baleka.What You’ll Learn in this Episode: How to turn your metabolism on. What happened to his body when he started driving a truck. How he changed his lifestyle and invented his 13-week basic program. What “nutrient timing” is and how can it help you. How to move with maximum intensity. The results from the people that went through the program. More from his book 4-MINUTE FIT: The Metabolism Accelerator for the Time Crunched, Deskbound, and Stressed Out. High Five Highlights: Are you still an over-the-road trucker today? No, I run Fitness Trucking full time now. Did you think when you took the job as a trucker that it would turn into you becoming a leading figure in the optimal health movement? I had no idea. It just happened naturally. I just followed that path. It just kind of came to me. You’re a well-traveled man. What’s the best piece of advice you were ever given? My father to