In this episode I bid farewell for a while for some much needed rest and recovery. I talk about what led me to this decision I then recap the entirety of the podcast to paint the big picture I was aiming for. Then I share some final wisdom. And then I bid farewell. Thanks for listening and thanks for all the support. Resist, Persist, and Persevere.
In this episode we talk about the goals we all tend to set for the new year, goals we often fail to achieve. We talk about what it takes to actually accomplish those goals. Topics include: I talk about New Year's resolutions in general terms and why they always fail. I talk about procrastination and how putting things off until tomorrow only leads to putting them off for an infinite amount of tomorrows. I talk about planning and how it is the foundation of achieving any goal. I also talk about knowing if a goal is truly important to you or not. Then we talk about understanding your WHY and understanding what barriers are standing in the way. I use a diet as an easy example to illustrate some common roadblocks. And for us to really go deep we do a journal entry and explore these 2 things. Then I introduce SMART goals, which most people are familiar with. Then I go over some extraneous details. Finally we talk about how to deal with setbacks and mistakes, which are guaranteed to happen. And in our Call-to-Action we put all this to work this year while we make our resolutions so that this year can be different than all the other years. Thanks for listening. Be sure to subscribe and leave a review and share it with someone who could benefit from this information. And be sure to follow me on Instagram @ThinkersApprentice
In this episode we talk about taking extreme ownership over all aspects of your life. It's a quick one and we discuss: The attitudes people take towards the realities of life. I illustrate the 2 main ways people usually approach this. Where those attitudes ultimately take us. I introduce the book Extreme Ownership, by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin, 2 retired Navy SEALs that talk about how the SEALs train to WIN. I talk about the 2 primary conclusions this book arrived at, which are: there are no bad teams, only bad leaders, and good leaders are people that take 100% ownership over everything in their lives. And I talk about how we can integrate that concept into our own lives to become habitual winners. I talk about the part of this we all struggle with the most, which is that there are many things that happen that truly aren't our faults. But that doesn't matter. Extreme ownership is a mindset and one that breeds success. I then take a quick detour and talk about blaming and victim mentality and why they will never ever get you anywhere in life. And in this week's Call-to-Action I want you think about how you react to the things that happen to you. Do you blame and complain and make excuses? Or do you own it 100%, learn from your mistakes, and constantly get better? Because one way will keep you winning throughout your whole life and the other will get you absolutely nowhere. Thanks for listening. Be sure to subscribe and leave a review and share it with someone who could benefit from this information. And be sure to follow me on Instagram @ThinkersApprentice
In this episode we discuss the tools of intelligence and how you can hone them to increase your own intelligence. Topics include: I open by defining intelligence and discussing how there are no more smarter people today than there ever were. I talk about how things were different before the internet and how these days everybody thinks they're the smartest person in the room. I talk about how information does not equal knowledge and how education does not equal intelligence. And then I introduce the tools of intelligence. These are tools you can develop within yourself to increase your own intelligence. And they are: logic, reason, rhetoric, critical thinking, skepticism, questioning, curiosity, and open-mindedness. Then I dive deep into each of these and explain why it is so important. The secret to all of this is the ability to remove yourself from the equation. It's our emotions and egos that always stand in the way of our objectivity. In this week's Call-to-Action we run one of our long standing beliefs through our filter of intelligence and apply all these tools to see if it still stands afterwards.
In this episode we talk about Game Changers, the latest installment in the vegan propaganda film series. We discuss all sorts of issues with the film, from bad science, conjecture, and cherry-picked facts, to clever narrative tools meant to deceive and a completely one sided look at a subject. Topics include: We talk about all the conflicts of interest in the film. From a producer that's a vegan activist and owner of a vegan protein company, to the doctors, most of whom have built their careers around this ideology. We talk about the film's narrator and how all the footage of him "researching and recovering" are reenactments. He would also have you believe that ALL the research leads to veganism being the optimum diet for health and performance. This is beyond demonstrably false. Then we talk about the problem with modern documentaries. We have this idea that documentaries are this objective look at a subject where all facts, science, and evidence are considered and a conclusion is drawn or left to the viewer to conclude. That's not what documentaries are today. This film was a one-sided, agenda driven propaganda film that presented only what fit into its narrative and omitted the rest. When only one side has a voice it becomes easy to make it seem like all the evidence supports that side. It doesn't. Much of the science I debunked came from Chris Kresser's website and I'll put two links at the bottom of this page if you want to check it out. I move through the claims of the film one at a time and give you a bigger picture. This includes the gladiator diet, ultra-runner Scott Jurek, and Patrick Baboumian. Then I talk about Arnold's role in the film, which is to say that you don't need animal protein to be big and strong... and yet all of his athletic accomplishments happened while he was consuming epic amounts of animal protein every day. But the film is trying to get you to associate being big and strong with veganism. It's a narrative tool. The same goes for the William's sisters, who sometimes kinda maybe vegan when its convenient... which means they're not vegan. Speaking of narrative tools, the film then introduces Damien Mander, an anti-poaching crusader in Africa. What does he have to do with veganism? Nothing. But his story will get you to associate saving elephants and rhinos with veganism. This leads me to talk about how the vegan agenda has unfolded over the years. It started with ending the killing of animals. But we now know that the vegan diet is responsible for millions of animals deaths. So then the vegans went with the environmental argument. They said that meat is killing the planet and we need to stop eating meat to save ourselves. Well we know that livestock only accounts for 2% of the greenhouse gas emission and the real drivers are electricity and transportation. But the vegans aren't pushing to eliminate electricity or cars are they? And so now we are on our third iteration of why we all must go vegan: because it is "the optimum diet for health and performance." At this point I really start dismantling the claims of the film. I talk about what they say, but I also talk about what they fail to say, which is a LOT. I talk about the omission, the cherry-picked data, the correlations, and the outright lies. I talk about the claims of inflammation and cancer, the cloudy blood, the comparison of a peanut butter sandwich and 3oz of beef, the B12 claim, the hysterical claim that meat lobbies are the problem, and the even more hysterical claim that the brain can only run on glucose. Then I talk about the fact that our soil only has an estimated 60 years of harvests left. And then I close with some little tidbits you may find interesting. The main tidbit is that 84% of people ho go vegan quit within a year, many due to serious health complications. I also tell the story of Tim Scheiff, who was supposed to be in the film, but got edited out because he had to leave veganism after developing severe health complications. He tried very hard to stay vegan, but ultimately reintroduced animal products and his health recovered almost immediately. The vegan community viciously attacked him for putting his own health first. This is proof to me that veganism is not a diet, but an ideology. Within this framework of belief it is not acceptable to put your own health before the cause. And finally I talk about the things you're missing in a vegan diet. This includes B12, collagen, zinc, iron, and omega 3's, not to mention bioavailable protein. Ultimately I support anybodies right to eat how they want. I would even recommend the vegan diet over the standard American diet. But the propaganda has to end. Be a vegan if you want to, but stop trying to tell me that I'm a bad person because I'm not vegan. Stop telling people that meat is the cause of all our problems. Stop telling people that veganism is optimum diet for health and performance. Veganism is an ideology first and foremost. It is not concerned with the truth. It will try and convert you by any means necessary. Game Changers is simply one more example of this model. Thanks for listening. Be sure to subscribe and leave a review and share it with someone who could benefit from this information. And be sure to follow me on Instagram @ThinkersApprentice Chris Kresser Link 1 Chris Kresser Link 2
In this episode we talk about how to use the placebo effect to change the parts of ourselves that we don't like or that don't serve us. Topics include: An overview of the placebo effect and how it manifests belief into reality. We discuss how you can, indeed, use the placebo effect to change yourself. We talk about the default mode network (DMN) of you brain and how it creates your personality and your reality. And then we talk about just how it is possible to change this. And I reference 2 books to illustrate this and they are: You Are The Placebo, by Dr. Joe Dispenza and How To Change Your Mind, by Michael Pollan. Both books are excellent and I highly recommend them. *Just a quick note: I incorrectly called this book A Whole New Mind in the episode. My apologies. Then I introduce the concepts of neurorigidity and neuroplasticity, which are critical in understanding how to use the placebo effect to change your life. We talk about our self-talk and how to change our story that we tell ourselves about who we are. And then we talk about mental rehearsal and visualization. That leads us into our final two tactics to effect lasting change and they are gratitude and binaural beats. We attach gratitude with our new story because gratitude is a powerful emotion and it can convince your sub-conscious that what you want has already been achieved. And then we use binaural beats to put us into a theta brainwave state, which can bypass the analytical part of our brain and send the new story right into the sub-conscious. And in this week's Call-to-Action we follow all these steps to change something about ourselves that we don't like or that doesn't serve us. Thanks for listening. Be sure to subscribe and leave a review and share it with someone who could benefit from this information. And be sure to follow me on Instagram @ThinkersApprentice
In this episode I introduce you to Stoicism and explain why it has endured for thousands of years and how it can serve as a valuable tool throughout your life. Topics include: I dispel some misconceptions about stoicism and philosophy. I explain how I found stoicism and how it improved my life. Then I define what it is before moving into the 3 primary disciplines of stoicism: the discipline of perception, the discipline of action, and the discipline of will. I dive deeper into each of these and explain why they're so important and how they interplay with each other in your life. Throughout this we discuss some of the main ideas within stoicism, namely understanding what is and is not under our control and learning to accept what is not and how it is us that choose how to react and respond to anything that happens to us in life. Then we talk a bit about ego as the stoics perceived it. That moves into a final thought on anxiety. Then I explain all the instances in my life where I lean on stoicism to assist me. Then in this week's Call-to-Action we make a list of all the things disturbing our peace of mind. And we go over that list one item at a time and figure out how much of it is actually under our control. And if we don't control it then we can either accept it or allow it to make us suffer. And how does that suffering make the situation any better or improve our lives in any way? It doesn't, so why choose to suffer? You get better at seeing this and accepting things as they are the more you practice the 3 disciplines of stoicism. Thanks for listening. Be sure to subscribe and leave a review and share it with someone who could benefit from this information. And be sure to follow me on Instagram @ThinkersApprentice
In this episode we talk about patience and how it's a superpower in this day and age. Topics include: We define patience and why it has no real value in today's day and age. We talk about the age of instant gratification and how it makes us unable to pursue difficult things. And I give an example to show how this usually unfolds. We talk about how patience can be a superpower when employed properly. I tell a story of how a lack of patience taught me a valuable lesson. As a mater of fact I tell two stories. Then I talk about cultivating patience with other people, perhaps one of the hardest things for any of us to cultivate. And I explain why it's more important than ever in this day and age. I tell you the two ways that have helped me cultivate patience with other people the most. And in this week's Call-to-Action we take advantage of the multiple times per day this life allows you to apply patience. All it takes is practice. Thanks for listening. Be sure to subscribe and leave a review and share it with someone who could benefit from this information. And be sure to follow me on Instagram @ThinkersApprentice
In this episode we discuss our relationships with ourselves and why it's the most important relationship in your life. Topics discussed include: We talk about the burdens that growth and self-development can place upon us if we're not careful. If we don't do things the right way then pursuing our own betterment could actually leave us worse off. The way forward is self-love, self-acceptance, and forgiveness. We talk about how our inner dialogue and self-talk can turn quite cruel and demeaning when we fail to live up to our standards or we make a mistake. We talk about the right way to approach growth and self-development. And that starts with understanding that you're OK right now the way you are. And we talk about why self-love is so important. And that's because the opposite is self-rejection, which is a horrible way to live. With self-rejection you are not only rejecting yourself, but you're rejecting reality, rejecting the truth of your existence. The mind can't reconcile this and so you suffer endlessly. And we talk about how self-love, self-acceptance, and forgiveness are choices that we get to make multiple times every day. We talk about how to override those automatic negative thoughts until they eventually integrate into your sub-concours and then the positive thoughts become automatic. And in this week's Call-to-Action we work on overriding our negative self-talk with positive thoughts, and we forgive ourselves for all of our past transgressions against ourselves. And I talk a bit about why this is the only real choice we have, even if it takes many people a lifetime to realize. Thanks for listening. Be sure to subscribe and leave a review and share it with someone who could benefit from this information. And be sure to follow me on Instagram @ThinkersApprentice
In this podcast we talk all about what it takes to achieve the blissful state of stillness within the mind, body, and soul. The episode draws heavily from the book, Stillness is the Key, by Ryan Holiday. I highly recommend it as I do with all his other books. Topics include: We start with a little experiment to test your ability to achieve stillness. Most of us will fail this experiment in short order. And I use that experiment to introduce the topic of stillness. I define stillness as it relates to your life. Then I talk about why it's so hard to come by in our modern world of receiving data and reacting to data nonstop. There's just too much input and noise to ever find stillness. This is also the reason that most of us don't really even know ourselves. How could we? We spend almost no time truly alone in solitude with our own thoughts. And when we do, we panic and look for any distraction. I also highlight that our modern way of living is completely external and outward facing. There's no real value placed on reflection and independent thought. This is a shame because it steals from us what we have to offer the world that is unique to us. In our external world we value and chase things that aren't of real importance and won't fill the hole inside of us like we think they will. Things like money, fame, prestige, things, and objects. We also like to take no responsibility for our lives and blame everything on some external factor and compete to see who's the biggest victim. All of this creates chaos internally, chaos that we never address because we never take the time to just sit quietly with our own thoughts and address whatever rises to the surface. And to achieve stillness we need to address this. We need to know ourselves. So I give us a way to do that effectively. Then I give us a way to create a little more headspace. Our complete freedom is actually a curse if we don't apply discipline to it. Otherwise every single decision in your day is some massive deliberation that takes away from your mental resources. And lastly we need to disconnect. Disconnect from the external world, but also disconnect from our normal thought patterns. I'm not talking about going on a vacation or to a bar where our same thought patterns persist. I'm talking about pursuing hobbies for the sake of your enjoyment alone. Pursue something that fully engages your mind in a different way, that you enjoy doing, and that you have no attachment to the outcome. This is where the mind finds peace, rest, and solace. This is where you create stillness. You're not resting just because you're lying down, and you're not relaxing just because you're doing mindless activities like watching TV and scrolling social media. You need to put your mind at rest and hobbies are a great way to do that. In this week's Call-to-Action I give you a path to experience stillness. The way to getting it under your command is long and arduous, but that doesn't mean you can't experience it. And my prescription for that is to get out in nature, by yourself, with no electronics, and just walk. Walk for as long as it takes for all those nagging thoughts to quiet or disappear. Walk until you can maintain one continuous thought effortlessly. Walk until you start noticing things you never noticed, hearing sounds you've never heard, but were always there. At this point you've found yourself a piece of stillness, a peace of mind that permeates your whole being. Find this feeling, experience it, and after you see what it has to offer, then go through the process of having stillness at your beck and call. Thanks for listening. Be sure to subscribe and leave a review and share it with someone who could benefit from this information. And be sure to follow me on Instagram @ThinkersApprentice
In this episode we talk all about Imposter Syndrome, what it is, and how to overcome it. Topics include: What it is and how it presents. I list all the various symptoms you may feel if you're experiencing imposter syndrome. I tell a good long story about a decade of imposter syndrome that I dealt with. I use that story to highlight how this unfolds in real scenarios, of which I provided plenty of examples. And I explain how it can show up in more than just the workplace. It shows up with new pursuits and endeavors, because before you can ever get good at anything, you have to be really bad at it first. Then I go into the reality of what imposter syndrome is and where it comes from. It's a pattern of self-destructive thoughts that have no basis in or consideration of reality. I explain how it's us that hold ourselves accountable to these impossible standards we make for ourselves. Standards that could never be met so we'll always fall short. And when everything we do is perceived as a failure then are we not failures ourselves? This gets at the heart of imposter syndrome. Then I explain how imposter syndrome can result in a chronic stress response, because you always have anxiety that the shoe is going to drop. This means you're always in fight-or-flight sympathetic nerve activation. The body can only keep that up for so long before things break down. Then we get into how to beat imposter syndrome and that starts with challenging your thoughts and reframing them. And I go over how exactly we do that. And over time we use deliberate thought to override and reprogram automatic thought. Whether we believe it or not we reframe all our negative thoughts into neutral or positive one. And over time it gets internalized and our feelings change. And in this weeks Call-to-Action we do exactly this. We write down our 5 most persistent thoughts that make us feel like imposters. Then for each of them we reframe them 3 different ways. I give some examples. And this is the way we overcome imposter syndrome. Thanks for listening. Be sure to subscribe and leave a review and share it with someone who could benefit from this information. And be sure to follow me on Instagram @ThinkersApprentice
In this episode I talk about something I deeply care about and that's Nature. I share my thoughts, some stats, and some science. Topics include: How we lost the nature inside of us and how despite how much we pretend otherwise, we're still animals at the end of the day. I throw some shade at this modern world we've created and how much havoc it wreaks on us and our mental and physical health. And Nature is the place we can go to get away from it all. A place of solace that we've all but forgotten about. Then I go into all the physiological and mental benefits of Nature, many of which have been scientifically documented. Then I go into the fact that we're eliminating nature from our world. We see it as something in the way. Something with little value to us as consumers. Something that we don't have to nurture and care for. And this is a major problem. I run some depressing statistics about just how much we're destroying the world and it's alarming. Then I talk about public lands and conservation in America and what a success it's been and just how rare that is globally. I try and paint a picture of just what we've done to this earth in our short time here. Then I talk about some of the times that nature has completely awed me and how nature is the only thing that's ever left me in awe. And then our Call-to-Action is just to get out there and experience nature and all it has to offer. Go hiking, fishing, camping, hunting, climbing, mountaineering, orienteering, kayaking, whatever. Just get out there and enjoy the natural world and all it has to offer. Our lives on the internet are not real. And then I leave you with a great quote from the father of conservation, Teddy Roosevelt. Thanks for listening. Be sure to subscribe and leave a review and share it with someone who could benefit from this information. And be sure to follow me on Instagram @ThinkersApprentice
In this episode we talk all about how and why we get fat as well as how we burn fat most effectively. Topics include: Some general biology of the human body and how it works on a cellular level and how hormone signaling works. We get introduced to a few of the major metabolic hormones: insulin, cortisol, leptin, and glucagon. We go over each and discuss the role they play in either getting fat or getting skinny. Then we talk about the way people get fat in the first place. And to do this we use the Standard American Diet, which applies to the majority of Americans and first worlders. We talk about the glucose rollercoaster and never ending onslaught of insulin in our diets and how that ruins our health over time. We talk about why so many people fail to lose weight when they don't take their hormones in account. It's a recipe for failure. Then we talk about how to get skinny and how to master your hormones for effortless weight management. The way we do this is by become fat-adapted and reducing our daily carbohydrate intake. We do this over a 3 week period in order to let our bodies adjust slowly so that we don't initiate an onslaught of stress hormones that will ultimately work against us. And after 3 weeks we get to where we need to be to be effortlessly losing weight while feeling great. We master our hormones. Then I give you a couple of tips to help you out during the transition and after. And then in this week's Call-to-Action we go through this 3 week adaptation period and become fat-adapted. In doing so we begin to master our own hormones and reclaim our health and fitness. Thanks for listening. Be sure to subscribe and leave a review and share it with someone who could benefit from this information. And be sure to follow me on Instagram @ThinkersApprentice
In this podcast we talk about the 5 most pervasive myths in diet, health, and well-being. Topics include: Myth 1: Your body needs dietary carbohydrates Myth 2: Eating fat makes you fat Myth 3: Cholesterol is bad for your health Myth 4: Salt intake is the cause of high blood pressure Myth 5: Red meat is bad for your health. I also dive into the myth that red meat is bad for the environment as that one has been gaining tractions lately. How people are getting the health and body composition they want, reversing incurable illnesses, and more, all by going against the conventional wisdom. Then in this week's Call-to-Action I task the listeners with spreading the word. The world is in the midst of a health and obesity epidemic, and these myths share a lot of the blame. By spreading the truth about these falsehoods we can take the first step towards reclaiming the health that is the birthright of each and every one of us. Thanks for listening. Be sure to subscribe and leave a review and share it with someone who could benefit from this information. And be sure to follow me on Instagram @ThinkersApprentice
In this episode we discuss the difference between perfection and excellence. Topics include: Perfectionism. We define it and explain what it is and how it plays out in your life. We discuss how ludicrous a concept perfection is and why I believe it's a mental illness. We talk about the many negative effects perfectionism has on your life. Then we talk about excellence. While excellence and perfection seem to be synonymous, they are actually opposites. Excellence is everything perfectionism would like to be. I explain why we should pursue excellence instead of perfection. I give a very common example of how perfectionism and excellence play out in the context of a diet. This highlights why the perfectionist often fails, while those seeking excellence often succeed. In this week's Call-to-Action we take a little questionnaire to see if we may have some tendencies of the perfectionist. And if we do we talk about how to shift into an excellence mindset. Thanks for listening. Be sure to subscribe and leave a review and share it with someone who could benefit from this information. And be sure to follow me on Instagram @ThinkersApprentice
This podcast is all about creating a digital diet with our screen time and media consumption in order to maintain our physical and mental health. Topics include: A rant about Jersey Shore. How we're all addicted to screen time in one way or another. How the media we consume affects who we are and how we think and behave, whether we want it to or not. How anything that you're exposed to excessively or repetitively will wire itself into your brain. Then I introduce the idea that screen time addiction (and we're all addicted) operates in the exact same way that narcotics operate. When you break it down to nuts and bolts it fits the bill of a drug. I talk about the various rationalizations we make to justify our addictions. Then we get into what to do about it. We can't eliminate screen time entirely. We wouldn't even want to. It's fun and enjoyable and we shouldn't deprive ourselves. But there's a fine line between enjoying ourselves and being addicted. And the answer is a digital diet. We treat media like foods we consume, which all exist on a spectrum of good choices neutral choices, and bad choices. And you know instinctively which of your media choices falls where. And we treat it all like a diet. Limit junk food, fast occasionally, binge every now and again. Use the diet framework to manage your screen time. Then I address why this is necessary for your health. All the diet and exercise in the world won't keep you healthy if you have excessive screen time. There's just too many detrimental physical and mental effects. Then we get into this week's Call-to-Action. This week we assess our digital diet and see where we can improve. Can we reduce junk food? Frequency of eating? Amount we consume at once? What positive steps can we take? Then I challenge the listeners to go one entire day with zero screen time. No TV, no internet, no phone, no calls, no texts, no emails, nothing. See if you can do it. You'll learn more about your addiction in one day of abstinence than you would in a lifetime of rationalization. Thanks for listening. Be sure to subscribe and leave a review and share it with someone who could benefit from this information. And be sure to follow me on Instagram @ThinkersApprentice
In this episode we revisit the first 3 episodes of this podcast, which create the foundation for achieving anything you want in this life. Topics include: The 3 pillars of achievement: the growth mindset, belief, and discipline We go over each of these, one at a time, and discuss their importance. We spend extra time on discipline, which I believe to be the most powerful thing any person could ever cultivate within themselves. And that's it. In this week's Call-to-Action we do a self-assessment of those three traits and how well we've cultivated them within ourselves. We also break down a goal we failed to achieve through the lens of these 3 traits. Finally I give you 2 sure ways to start cultivating discipline within yourself. Thanks for listening. Be sure to subscribe and leave a review and share it with someone who could benefit from this information. And be sure to follow me on Instagram @ThinkersApprentice
In this week's episode I go over the first year of this podcast including what I learned, how I grew, where I failed, where I succeeded, and more. I also discuss what's in store for the next year. A few notable topics discussed include: How the concept of the podcast had to evolve during the year to include a more broad array of topics. My interactions with the weight loss community. How life circumstances led me to burnout and how I dealt with that. Why I have been really passionate about exploring the mental health epidemic lately. How I am still just an apprentice, and while I teach you I am also teaching myself. I touch on my goals...and yours. Then I explain why I steer clear of politics as much as I can. Then we talk about what's in store for the next year of the podcast. And in this week's Call-to-Action we reflect back on who we were a year ago and compare that to who we are now. Incremental progress is hard to see, but when you zoom out a larger picture emerges. Then we imagine ourselves a year from now and we use that image to set our goals and plans moving forward. Thanks for listening. Be sure to subscribe and leave a review and share it with someone who could benefit from this information. And be sure to follow me on Instagram @ThinkersApprentice
In this episode we talk about cognitive distortions and the havoc they wreak on our lives. Topics discussed: Why I had to do this episode in the first place, which leads into me introducing the book The Coddling of the American Mind, by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt. That book introduces us to cognitive distortions and the ways they are imposing themselves into our everyday lives. We define what a cognitive distortion is and we compare them to logical fallacies for a moment. And then I introduce the 9 most common cognitive distortions that people deal with. They are: emotional reasoning, catastrophizing, overgeneralizing, dichotomous thinking, mind reading, labeling, negative filtering, discounting positive, and blaming. We go into each one and I give several examples of how these distortions play out in real life. After going through this list it's no wonder we have a mental health crisis. Then we talk about how cognitive distortions like to work in tandem. They stack on top of each other quite well. And when you have multiple cognitive distortions going on at once then you can really find yourself in a bad place, mentally. Then we talk about how to address these distortions. And let me be the first to say that the best way to address them is with professional help from a Cognitive Behavioral Therapist. But if they are minor or not impacting your life too badly then you can probably address them on your own. And that brings us to this weeks Call-to-Action. This week we challenge something we believe to be true because we feel it to be so. And we try to prove it true with evidence. We do this until we find one of our beliefs to not be true and we do this simply to prove that we should not accept our feelings as truths automatically and unconditionally. After we realize this it becomes easier to challenge our other distortions and reduce the mental volume across the board. Thanks for listening. Be sure to subscribe and leave a review and share it with someone who could benefit from this information. And be sure to follow me on Instagram @ThinkersApprentice
In this episode we talk all about supplements. Topics include: My own initial thoughts on supplements and the countless ones that exist for just as many reasons. I also share a few instances where I don't think supplements are the answer. I talk about the big business of supplements, which has become a hundred billion dollar industry in America alone. Add to that the fact that there's very little regulation and you're left with the wild west. For every legit company there's probably ten just trying to make a quick buck. I talk about unlisted ingredients and adulteration due to low standards and poor quality control within the industry. Then I talk about the 4 companies that will put a seal on a supplement. These seals, however, don't indicate anything about safety or efficacy. They are just ensuring that what's on the label is what's in the bottle. That's it. And you can find those seals here. Then we talk about bioavailability. This is one of those things I never hear anybody mention, but many of the ingredients in common supplements are in forms your body can't even use. So you end up paying for expensive urine. Next I talk about how to make the right choices for you and how to source your supplements properly. This takes a bit of legwork, but if you're going to spend your money you should be sure you're getting something for it. Then I talk about my top 4 supplements that everybody can benefit from. And I go into detail about them but they are a multivitamin, fish oil, vitamin D, and probiotics. And if you're going to add a 5th then I'd recommend a greens supplement. And then in this week's Call-to-Action I give you 6 rules/guidelines to supplements that should keep you from wasting your time and money. Thanks for listening. Be sure to subscribe and leave a review and share it with someone who could benefit from this information. And be sure to follow me on Instagram @ThinkersApprentice