Cool, Calm, & Chaotic

Checkout Episode 202 of Cool, Calm, & Chaotic Which Is A Break From The Straight Up Fitness Talk And A Much Needed Hashing Out of All Things Life For The First Ever Podcast From The Patio With The Finks!  After A Morning Road Trip A Podcast Was Necessary, and To Make A Long Story Short This Episode Is An All Encompassing Convo That Speaks To The Importance of Simply Having Life Convos With People… It's Got Eveyrthing From Grilled Cheese Sammies To Not Running The Rat Race of Life! As Usual There's A Whole Lotta Other Ramblings and It's An All Around Good Time! So Stick Around, You’re Gonna Love It! Topics Include… ✔️ Talking Life Outside On The Patio ✔️ Recapping The Weekend and Tornado That Came Through Our Hometown ✔️ The Power of Community Supersedes Almost Everything ✔️ Realizing That There's A Lot of Really Good People Out There ✔️ Taking Daytime Trips and Talking Life ✔️ Having The Foresight To Realize That Certain Things Need To Be Done Even If You Don't Feel Like It ✔️ Carving Out The Time Today F

Checkout Episode 201 of Cool, Calm, & Chaotic Which Features The Return of The Canadian Great Chris Liddle To Catch Up On Life and Talk Everything From Calorie Control To Enjoying Life… With A Whole Load of Awesome In Between.  Chris Is A Long Time Friend of The Show But It's Been A Long Time Since We Chatted, So In This Show We Do A Life Catchup and Then Get Into A Whole Bunch Of Topics Ranging From Why It's Important To Attend Weddings and Friend Events, What Chicago Mix Popcorn Is, Managing Calories Depending On What Your Lifestyle Is Currently Like, How To Get In Protein, Scaling Exercise and Eating To You, The Importance of Clarity, Doing Things That Scare You, and Much More!  As Usual There's A Whole Lotta Other Ramblings and It's An All Around Good Time! So Stick Around, You’re Gonna Love It! Topics Include… ✔️ What's Been Happening In The Life Of Chris Life Recently ✔️ Attending Weddings With Pizza, Doughnuts, and Popcorn ✔️ Balancing Energy Output With Calorie Intake ✔️ Making Meals Fit Your Life

We've Already Made It To Episode 200 of This Cool, Calm, & Chaotic Podcast... How Crazy Is That! This Episode Is Very Simple… After a Very Short Life Catchup, To Celebrate 200 Episodes I Just Rattle Off & Answer 200 Rapid Fire Questions About Anything and Everything! The Tables Are Completely Turned and It's Just All On Me To Come Up With Answers Off The Top of The Head.  Questions Range From Fitness, Food, Bests, Worsts, Memories, Cakes, Underrated Things, Things I've Both, Colors, Soundtracks, Tribe Called Quest, Planes, and Much More!  As Usual There's A Whole Lotta Other Ramblings and It's An All Around Good Time! So Stick Around, You’re Gonna Love It! Topics Include… ✔️ A Quick Life Catchup Recently ✔️ Reminiscing Over 200 Episodes ✔️ As Rapid As Possible Answering 200 Random Questions ✔️ Best Live Song Ever Seen ✔️Favorite Movie Scene From Karate Kid ✔️ Breakfast Foods ✔️ Naming My New Yacht ✔️ Biggest Bang For Buck Exercises In Time Crunch ✔️ Coffee & Pastries… But What Is A Pastry ✔️ Aski

This Episode We're Gonna Party Like It's 199, Because Yup It's Episode 199.  In This Episode I Talk About The 4th of July Quickly and Why We Should Celebrate The Good Things of Life All Year Round.  Then I Talk About Ways That We Can Build A Routine Into Our Life That Helps Us Stick To Exercising… For Life!  Going From 'All In' To 'I Haven't Worked Out In Months' Is A Vicious Trap So We Talk About How To Stay On Track Forever.  Everything From Mapping Out A Sound Plan, When To Push and When To Play, Switching It Up To Build Sustainability and Fun, Enjoying What You Do, Eating Better With Movement, Forgetting The Gap, Finding Your Reality, and Much More!  As Usual There's A Whole Lotta Other Ramblings and It's An All Around Good Time! So Stick Around, You’re Gonna Love It! Topics Include… ✔️ A 4th of July Weekend Recap  ✔️ What Is Involved In The Ultimate Celebration ✔️ Not Letting Your Love of Things Be Confined To One Day A Year ✔️ Building In Tactics That Make You An Exerciser For Life ✔️ Winning Every Day

This Episode Is A Fantastic Conversation Into The Great Unknowns of Fitness, Faith, Philosophy, Van Gogh Paintings, and Cornbread With The One and Only Mr. Pat Flynn.  Pat Is A Fitness Coach, Writer, Philosopher, Minimalist, Podcaster, Musician, Thinker, and All Around Purveyor Goodness.  If It Is A 'Thing' On This Earth Pat Probably Does It, and Does It Well.  This Chat Is A True Cool, Calm, & Chaotic Episode Where We Go Off On Tangents But Then Dig Way Deep Into The Rabbit Hole On Them.  Pat's Life Is A Great Testament To Living A FULL Life and Why It's A Good Thing To Live Out All of The Elements That Make You YOU!  After A Background We Talk Kettlebells, Faith, Christianity, Catholicism, Thomas Aquinas, Philosophy, Overcoming Stalling, Taking Action, Pursuing More, Death Metal, Cornbread, and Love!… Yup Yup, We Do It All This Episode! As Usual There's A Whole Lotta Other Ramblings and It's An All Around Good Time! So Stick Around, You’re Gonna Love It! Topics Include… ✔️ Trying To Describe The Indescr

This Episode Is An Overview of My 36 Quick and Off The Top of The Head Life Lessons From My 36 Years On Earth.  Coming Off of A Birthday Weekend I Thought It'd Be Fun To Highlight Some Tips I've Picked Up From My Time On This Planet.  Aside From That We Do A Quick Weekend Recap and Then Answer A Few Questions At The End.  In This Episode I Talk About Birthdays, Grocery Shopping, Polenta Struggles, Taking Care of Your Body, Taking Care of Your Salvation, Telling People You Love Them, Supporting Local Things, Trying New Things, Not Ruffling Feathers, Sardines With Keys & More! As Usual There's A Whole Lotta Other Ramblings and It's An All Around Good Time! So Stick Around, You’re Gonna Love It! Topics Include… ✔️ A Weekend Recap ✔️ Celebrating Birthdays & Fathers  ✔️ Grocery Shopping Can Be Dangerous But Also Fun ✔️ What To Do With Polenta Is Mysterious ✔️ Why You Should Tell People You Love Them ✔️ Finding Jesus Is More Paramount Than Health & Fitness ✔️ Your Tastebuds Change… Test Them Often ✔️ Fi

This Episode Is A Quick Overview of My Recent Weekend Trip To Kentucky, A Quick Overview of Some Basic Advices To Follow To Keep Trips Healthier & Happier, and Then A Few Quick Answers To Some Questions.  Coming Off of A Short Trip Down South There Was No Better Time To Highlight Some Basic Ways To Add A Little Bit of Health With Not A Bit of Stress To The Travels.  There's A Lot of Rules & Protocols You Can Follow While Traveling To Stay Completely On Track and At One Point I Was Mr. Diligent & Strict When Traveling…But For Most Normal Humans That's Just Preposterous and Silly… So Let's Talk About It! In This Episode I Talk About Road Trippin, Cincy Breweries, The Kentucky Hot Spots We Found, Why Tacos Win Out Always, Lexington For Non-Drinkers Is Still Fun But Something That Comes At You Quick, Things Outta My Comfort Zone, Yoga, Southern Accents, & More! As Usual There's A Whole Lotta Other Ramblings and It's An All Around Good Time! So Stick Around, You’re Gonna Love It! Topics Include… ✔️

This Episode Is One of The Best Conversations We've Had With What Is Probably The Most Interesting Man In The World… Take That Dos Equis Guy! JEB Stuart Johnston Is More Than A Civil War General, More Than A Soul-Blues Singer, and More Than A Health & Nutrition Coach… He's Pretty Much Done Everything Under The Sun and Lived A Life That Seems Unbelievable.  In This Episode We Do Dig Into The Environment That Surrounds Emotional Eating and Developing A Better Approach To Nutrition and Your Life.  Along The Way Though We Reveal The Journey of JEB and The Lessons He's Learned Along His Path.  We Talk About Everything Ranging From From Mindfulness, 90s Detroit, Hairdressing, Opera Singing, Slowing Down, Working Out, Delis, Favorite Athletes, and Much Much More! But As Usual There's A Whole Lotta Other Ramblings and It's An All Around Good Time! So Stick Around, You’re Gonna Love It! Topics Include… ✔️ What's Made JEB Happy Recently ✔️ Who Exactly JEB Stuart Is and How He Got To This Point ✔️ Growing Up All Ove

This Episode Is A Travel Around The World To Beautiful Australia Where We're Joined By Health & Fitness Coach Ruby Cherie As She Drops Bombs of Health, Wellness, and Goodness On Us. Ruby Is A Coach That Has A Grip On The Realities of Weight Loss, Maintenance, Fitness, Etc. and How There's A Lot More That Goes Into It Than Macros & Exercises.  Ruby Covers Everything From Having Empathy, Understanding Personal Histories, Her Own Journey, The Progression of Different Situations, Creating Stepping Stones, Coloring Your Life, Clean Eating & Context, Hiking, Cupcake Batter, and Much Much More! But As Usual There's A Whole Lotta Other Ramblings and It's An All Around Good Time! So Stick Around, You’re Gonna Love It! Topics Include… ✔️ What's Made Ruby Happy Recently ✔️ Overcoming Many Struggles To Gain Empathy ✔️ Understanding The Hardships Makes Progress More Possible ✔️ Scripted Plans Might Not Fit Real Human Beings With Complete Lives ✔️Focusing On More Than Only The Negatives, Highlighting The Positi

This Episode Is A Much Needed Random Chat With Good People.  The Audio Quality Is Beyond Suspect, But That's Because It Was A Completely Spur of The Moment Recording… But A Great One. I'm Joined By 3 Fellow Teachers, Friends, and Returners To The Podcast Thomas Austin & The Finks and We Simply Talk About All Things Life.  Sometimes You Just Need Random Conversation Because It's Therapy, and In This Therapy Session We Talk About Everything From Upcoming Surgeries, Travel Plans. Why You Shouldn't Wait To Make Good Choices, How Priorities Change Over Time, Underrated Movies, Being Kept Organized, The Positives In Negative Times, Semi-Creepy Enjoyment In Cadaver Labs, and Much Much More! But As Usual There's A Whole Lotta Other Ramblings and It's An All Around Good Time! So Stick Around, You’re Gonna Love It! Topics Include… ✔️ What's Been Happening In Life From The Past Week, Month, Year ✔️ Getting Older, Random Injuries, & The Perils of Surgeries ✔️ Lessons Learned As You Go Through Seasons of Life ✔️ B

This Episode Is A Cool, Calm, & Not 'Too' Chaotic Discussion of Thoughts & Realizations About Life That Have Come Up In The Past 5 Years.  Today, May 19th 2021 Is The Day I'm 5 Years Cancer Free and Along The Way There's Been A Lot of Changes… This Is Just Me Talking About A Few of The Things That Have Stood Out To Me In This Whole Process.  Not So Much of A List of Tips, Guidance, or 'Lessons Learned' Type of Thing… But More-so Just A Little Reflection of Some of The Things That Have Become Known To Me, and Some Major Ways That I Have Been Learned To View The World As A Result.  IN this Episode Is Everything From Perspective Changes, Being Grateful, Differences In Dealing, Ice Cream, Flying Kites, and Much Much More! But As Usual There's A Whole Lotta Other Ramblings and It's An All Around Good Time! So Stick Around, You’re Gonna Love It! Topics Include… ✔️ What's Been Happening In Life From The Past Week ✔️ Being Sure To Prepare For Taking A Picnic ✔️ It's Been Half A Decade Since My Life Changed  ✔

This Episode Is Cool, Calm, & Chaotic Rambling Rant About Making Decisions.  After Thinking A Bit About The Trap of Being Indecisiveness and How It's Really Becoming A Pandemic It Turned Into A Spur of the Moment Unloading of Thoughts On The Topic. There Is Virtually Nothing Good About Being Indecisive… It Causes Stress, Fatigue, Low Confidence, Low Self-Esteem, and Learned Helplessness... It's A Vicious Cycle and It's For Sure A Pandemic of Its Own.  Aside From Talking About That We Do A Catchup On All Things Life Recently, Traveling, Dope Breweries, Old School Video Games, Steely Dan, Paving A Middle Path, Super Tennis, and Much More! … As Usual There's A Whole Lotta Other Fun And Just It's Another All Around Good Time! So Stick Around, You’re Gonna Love It! Topics Include… ✔️ What's Been Happening In Life From The Past Week ✔️ Good People Working In Good Establishments ✔️ Old School Video Games & Vinyl Records Make Life Better ✔️ Watching All of The Marvel Movies In Chronological Order ✔️ Being Dec

Checkout Episode 190 of Cool, Calm, & Chaotic! This Episode Starts With A Quick Life Catchup and Then A Q&A About Whole Bunches of Topics. There's A Lot of Different Things In This Episode That Ranges From What Is Perhaps The Dopest French Toast On The Planet, Sweaty Summer Workouts, Civil War History, Getting Over Late Night Snacking, Biggest Pet Peeves, Occupying Your Mind, College Football Opening Day, Systemic Issues, Major Life Lessons, Macros For Fat Loss, Ice Cream Sammies, and Much More! As Usual There's A Whole Lotta Other Fun And Just It's Another All Around Good Time! So Stick Around, You’re Gonna Love It! Topics Include… ✔️ Life Happenings From The Past Week ✔️ Upcoming Summer Trip To Lexington, KY ✔️ The Single Best French Toast Order On This Planet ✔️ Some of The Best Summer Workouts You Can Do Most Anywhere ✔️ The Right Amount of Times To Eat Out At Restaurants Per Week ✔️ Macro Splits For Fat Loss ✔️ My Favorite Topics To Teach In School & History In General ✔️ Major Life Lessons T

Checkout Episode 189 of Cool, Calm, & Chaotic! This Episode Is About The Significance of The Words We Use When Talking To & About Ourselves.  Sometimes It's Overhyped and Sometimes It's Spot On… Where Do Your Words Stand? This Is Just My Thoughts On The Matter and My Advice For How We Can Turn Our Talk From Negative To Positive Which Can Propel Us Into A Completely Different Frame of Mind.  There's A Lot of Different Things In This Episode… Everything From New Fresh Haircuts, Good People, The Perfect Breakfast Sammy, Self Doubt, Not Lying To Yourself, Speaking Words of Life, Action Begetting Momentum, and Much More!… As Usual There's A Whole Lotta Other Fun And Just It's Another All Around Good Time! So Stick Around, You’re Gonna Love It! Topics Include… ✔️ Talking Life From The Past Week ✔️ The First of Three No Holds Barred Haircuts ✔️ Why You Need To Go To The Detroit Barber Co. ✔️ Good People Make Every Situation Better ✔️ Creating The Perfect Breakfast Sammy Begins With The Right Bun ✔️ The Words

Checkout Episode 188 of Cool, Calm, & Chaotic! This Episode Is Little Life Chat About Things From The Past Week and Then Another Q&A That Riffs On Whole Bunches of Stuff.  Topics Ranging From Discovering A Delicious Latte, People That Litter, The Will Do list, Tilapia, Why 10,000 Steps, The Best of Candy & The Worst of Candy, The Big 3 Life For Strength, Building Fitness Preserving Habits, Summertime Suggestions, and The Nastiness of Candy Corn!… As Usual There's A Whole Lotta Other Fun And Just It's Another All Around Good Time! So Stick Around, You’re Gonna Love It! Topics Include… ✔️ Talking Life From The Past Week ✔️ Why Summertime Walks Should Be Added To Your Life ✔️ Discovering A Latte That's My New Go To Drank ✔️ Finding A Treat That You Love That Fits In Your Goal ✔️ A Brief 'Will Do List' Update ✔️ People That Throw Cigarettes Out of Their Window Need Help ✔️ Comparing Types of Protein To Find Out Which Is Better ✔️ Thinking Deeper About Tilapia and Whether or Not You Should Eat It ✔️ Is

Checkout Episode 187 of Cool, Calm, & Chaotic! This Episode Is A Q&A That Digs Into A Whole Range of Topics From Go To Orders When Getting Takeout, Best Purchases Recently, Great Exercises If You Work A Desk Job, My Taste In Music, and Everything In Between.  We Do A Little Catchup On Life Followed By A Whole Lotta Gabbin Where I Talk About Things Like Disc Golfing, Mexican Food, Alexa Commands, Putting Darts In Your Books, IG Reels That Don't Get Old, Podcast Favorites, Playing The Piano, and Bladder Exploding!… As Usual There's A Whole Lotta Other Fun And Just It's Another All Around Good Time! So Stick Around, You’re Gonna Love It! Topics Include… ✔️ What's Been Happening In Life These Past Few Weeks ✔️ The Day Changing Power of Telling Your Alexa To Play 'Billie Holiday' ✔️ What About Bob For The Win… It's Timeless ✔️ Go To Orders When You Are Ordering To Go ✔️A Burrito Bowl Can Be Made Into The Perfect Meal For Anything ✔️Exercise Suggestions For Desk Job Workers ✔️How To Get In More Veggies If Y

Checkout Episode 186 of Cool, Calm, & Chaotic! This Episode We're Joined By The All Around Awesome Human Being Mr. Kevin Mullins! Kevin Is A Trainer, Coach, Writer, Speaker, and Purveyor of Fun! With A Decade of Experience In The Health and Fitness Industry Kevin Has Seen A Lot and Learned From So Many Other Greats and Put A Ton of That Helpful Experience Into His Book 'Day By Day: The Personal Trainers Blueprint To Achieving Ultimate Success', Which Is A Profound Book For People Of All Walks of Life.  In This Episode We Talk About Growing Better Over Time, Being Open To Change, Life Experience, Keystone Habits, His Amazing Book, Making Spaghetti, Bonecrusher As A Pre-Workout, Beavers, Hugging People, & More! … As Usual There's A Whole Lotta Other Fun And Just It's Another All Around Good Time! So Stick Around, You’re Gonna Love It! Topics Include… ✔️What Has Made Kevin Happy Recently ✔️Bringing Fun To The Places You Go ✔️Reminiscing On Music From The Past To Get You Through ✔️Finding The Balance Betw

Checkout Episode 185 of Cool, Calm, & Chaotic! This Episode Is A 30 Minute Q&A Session About Lots of Different Things…All After A Quick Life Catchup About The Travel Bug Biting Me Once Again, Planning Trips To The South & North, and My Full On Diet Ginger Beer Obsession.  Questions We Talk About Range Everywhere From Eating Rice To Lose Weight and Brown vs. White, My Love of Canada, Veganism, The Overhyped Dogmas of Fitness, The Border Price Difference, & More! … As Usual There's A Whole Lotta Other Fun And Just It's Another All Around Good Time! So Stick Around, You’re Gonna Love It! Topics Include… ✔️ What's Been Happening In Life Since Last Week ✔️ The Warmer Weather Being Not Warm Enough ✔️ My Need To Travel To NOLA, Miami, and Nova Scotia ✔️ Brown Rice or White Rice... Which Is Better? ✔️ Eating Rice and Losing Weight Probabilities ✔️ My Love of Canada and Whether or Not It's justified… Spoiler, It Is! ✔️ The Pros & Cons of Eating Organic As Well As Eating Local ✔️ Supporting Small Bu

Checkout Episode 184 of Cool, Calm, & Chaotic! This Episode Is A Tactical Breakdown of How You Can Take The Vague & Arbitrary 'Move More and Eat Less' Advice For How To Lose Weight and Actually Apply Real Things To Your Life.  After A Brief Life Catchup We Discuss How and Why Calories Matter, Where The Truth Lies To Making It Happen, and Then Real Things You Can Do... Everything From Calorie Food Swaps, Scanning The Aisles, Fun Movement Games While Watching T.V., Creating Rocking Movements, Mustard & Hot Sauce, The Continued Issue With Fans, Littering, and More!… As Usual There's A Whole Lotta Other Fun And Just It's Another All Around Good Time! So Stick Around, You’re Gonna Love It! Topics Include… ✔️ What's Been Happening In Life Since Last Week ✔️ The NCAA Tourney Brings Out Enjoyment For Us All ✔️ What's Wrong With Fans In This World ✔️ Sandwiches Are Off The Chain… There's No Debate ✔️ A Breakdown of How To Actually Move More and Eat Less ✔️ Assessing Where You Struggle and Narrowing The Lis

Checkout Episode 183 of Cool, Calm, & Chaotic! This Is A Small Life Catchup About Taking Small Trips, Pine Trees, Local Breweries, and Great Movies.  Then It's A Half Chat About The Keystone Habits That Not Only Give You A Stop Gap Toward The Health & Wellness Fall Off But Also Why They Boost The Mess Outta Your Life With Goodness.  The Second Half Being About About 5 Often Overlooked Hangups That Many of Us Have That Could Be Keeping Us From Doing Way More Than We Are With Our Health & Fitness. In The Mix of It All Is Everything From Lasagna For Breakfast, What Dinneakfast Is, Meal Regularity, Lean Protein & Veggies, Wasting Food Is A Lie, Coping Mechanisms, More Ginger Beer, and More!… As Usual There's A Whole Lotta Other Fun And Just It's Another All Around Good Time! So Stick Around, You’re Gonna Love It! Topics Include… ✔️ What's Been Happening In Life Since Last Week ✔️ Trips Up North Around The Pine Trees Is Glorious ✔️ Quesadillas Are The Ultimate Win…Why Have I Overlooked Them ✔️ The