Age Less / Live More

Imagine a mosquito bites your arm. You scratch the bump and it grows big and red and doesn't go away for months. You'd be panicked, right? Now, imagine that the red inflamed area is inside your gut, your small intestines, and your colon. What now? Just because you can't see it doesn't mean it's not there. The long-term health impact of gastrointestinal inflammation is devastating. At the extremes,...

More than 80% of people are dissatisfied with their work, and yet work is where we spend the majority of our waking hours. People say things like "Do what you love and the money will follow" and "Follow your passion…" but is it really that simple? Not for most of us. On this week's show, author, speaker, and entrepreneur, Evan Carmichael, shares his research for finding meaning and purpose at work...

One in five women and one in 16 men are sexually assaulted in college in America*, so there are literally tens of millions of victims living every day with guilt, shame, pain, trauma, and baggage. How can we be body-positive and sex-positive in this environment? How do people trust each other or even themselves? The challenges between men and women have existed since the beginning of time, and yet...

Just as an infant requires physical touch to ensure healthy development, every adult requires intimacy and connection to be mentally and physically healthy... and yet many of us are left lacking. A lingering hug can increase oxytocin and decrease cortisol, deep conversations can be neuroprotective, and a true friend or lover can alter not just your emotional life but also your biology. On this wee...

Any relationship crisis is usually coupled with a communication breakdown. Your needs are not being met, so you shut down. You're upset about something, but instead of voicing it, you bottle it up. Your partner does the same, and over time, you grow distant, bitter, and even resentful. We've all experienced this poor communication pattern at some point. But what does good communication even look l...

You don't manage to leave the office until 8 pm. Traffic is terrible, so it takes you an hour to get home. One of your relatives is sick and has been texting you all day, but you haven't had a moment to call to check in. Your taxes are due in a few weeks, and you don't have any idea how much you'll owe. You're best friend is just not there for you the way she used to be. She hasn't called you in w...

The pursuit of health, wealth, and relationships drive 99% of our action, but just how important are each of these to you personally? How much time are you willing to invest and what are you willing to sacrifice to achieve your goals in these three areas? My guest on this week's show has flipped the script in many ways and is doing more with less, simplifying his life, living off the grid at times...

How many of your exes are you connected to on Facebook? How often do you find yourself dredging up past emotional head trash from lost love? For most people, the answer is "too often." We live in an era where forgetting and moving on has never been more challenging, and most of us need to learn strategies to put the past in its place to make room for a fulfilling future. And some of us are even "e...

Your home and workspace affect your mood, your sleep, your productivity, and your feeling of belonging, but how much time have you spent to make them truly serve you? For most of us, we're stuck working in a random office environment, and we might not even be able to control our living space as much as we'd like. The feeling you get is subjective, of course, but there is an emerging science that t...

Whether you're a devout believer or a staunch atheist, the research is clear: prayer works. Here's what also works: introspective time, mindfulness, positive focus, and big ideas. Science has proven that your brain physically changes through the regular practice of prayer, meditation, and mindfulness, and the changes can happen in as little as six to eight weeks. Our guest on this week's show has...

Many women start hormonal birth control in their teens and continue for years or even decades. This can be a responsible decision, but most people don't realize the long-term side effects and risks including infertility, reduced libido, weight gain, and even mood disorders. With all things birth control, there is no one-size-fits-all solution, but throwing a pill at the issue without weighing the...

Did you know that 80 percent of generic drugs are manufactured in India or China, thousands of miles from the US FDA inspectors? When it comes to oversight, manufacturing safety, and transparency, it's a huge problem when Big Brother is on the other side of the planet. Generic drugs offer consumers huge cost savings, but is safety and regulation the price we have to pay in order to afford our medi...

I used to say, "I'm bad with names!" It wasn't until my late 30s that I realized this was just an excuse for not learning how to remember names. Turns out, it's not that hard. I'm not amazing, but I'm now pretty good and getting better all the time. My big secret? I put some effort into it. My guest on this week's show is a four-time USA memory champion. Here is a short list of his accomplishments...

That glass of red wine after dinner soon turns into two or three. On Friday and Saturday, two or three often turns into a bottle or two. After a decade or more of drinking, it's not uncommon to clock in 30+ drinks per week. It creeps up slowly, so it can almost go unnoticed. But your body, mind, and spirit notice, and it has a real impact. On this week's show, you'll meet a very successful executi...

When you think of a spiritual seeker, you probably conjure up images of shaved heads, orange robes, dark meditation halls, and gongs. But sitting in silence is not the only way to mediate. You can also run around in circles 12-14 hours a day, pushing your body and mental resolve to their limit. Every year, a dozen or so seekers show up in Queens, New York, to run around an unremarkable city block...

Real health is more than just food and exercise. The key elements we often overlook are love, support, community, and stress management. These factors are so much more difficult to manage but potentially even more important than nailing the perfect diet or workout routine. My guest on this week's podcast has an incredible track record for reversing and healing heart disease through lifestyle inter...

Your social media feed is filled with the curated lives of a bunch of strangers who you "follow" for no obvious reason. They are better-looking than you, their lunch looks tastier, their prose is so witty. Wow, what a life . But is it real? Probably not. On an average day, most of us feel a combination of overwhelm, exhaustion, silliness, joy, loss, fear, anxiety, and depression. For a few wonderf...

From the melting ice caps to dying marine reefs and depleted fish populations, we're facing some big challenges right now, but very few people flip the lens to look at their own bodies to ask: "How are these petrochemical toxins affecting me and my family?" The truth is, toxins affect all of us from the moment we're born. Newborns enter the world with 200+ chemical toxins inside them, and the quan...

The two big reasons marriages fail are sex and money. While finances are by no means easy, you can always go get another job, cut back, add on, or get creative. These creative solutions rarely play out well when it comes to sex, so you can quickly see why challenges often end in disaster. Sexuality is such a private issue, something most people prefer to discuss behind closed doors; but in reality...

I had nosebleed nearly every single day in 1988. It would usually happen midday, and while I got pretty good at predicting it, I still remember bleeding on some very important textbooks, my Iowa Basics tests (old school standardized tests), and my white t-shirts. Eventually, my family doctor did some kind of cauterization procedure and it stopped—hooray! Every kid has some weird health thing, whet...

"Change the way you think about things, and the things you think about will change." This cliche sums up 80 percent of modern personal development, but it's about as useful as marital advice that suggests a minute-long daily hug will ensure everlasting love or financial advice that suggests if you skip your morning latte and save the money you'll get rich someday. Has any of this ever actually wor...

Your dental health is very often the proverbial canary in the coal mine, meaning that periodontal disease is often a red flag that systemic problems exist which could be very serious. Proper brushing and hygiene are essential, of course, but dental health starts from within, particularly with the foods and nutrients you eat. So what's the problem? Our modern diets lack essential bone-health nutrie...

I signed up for my first 12-day meditation retreat in 2001, and then I dropped out two weeks before the start date. I never drop out of anything. Eighteen months later, I signed up again. This time, I was ready. It was exactly as you might suspect: a room full of people sitting on cushions—not speaking, not moving—for days at a time. There were no chanting nor prayers, no incense nor gurus. It was...

I love everything that's bad for me, and alcohol certainly falls under that umbrella. It's a love-hate relationship really, and I don't drink anymore. At this stage of my life, it's just not worth it. Am I boring and health-obsessed? Probably. But maybe you are too. Here's what we know about booze: Sixty-one million Americans are classified as binge alcohol users and 16 million as heavy alcohol us...

Have you ever driven from your house to the office and were unable to remember anything about the drive? Have you lost track of days and even weeks when stress and frustration turned your brain to mush?   What would your work and your life look like if you knew how to stay focused yet flexible; if you got more of the right things done; if you were helping to create a more peaceful world at the sam...