Ever Forward Radio with Chase Chewning

Welcome to your November 2020 Instagram Q&A! I answered many of your questions from a recent poll on my IG and dove into topics such as what is the best diet, how to eat healthy during the holidays, which workouts are the best, how to start a podcast, ways to improve your time management, training for longevity and so much more!   Follow me on IG @chase_chewning   Episode resources: Save 10% on th...

The year is not quite over but what it has taught me is more than enough to begin to share with you here today! In this episode, I reflect on my top seven books I have read in 2020 and their key takeaways that have added immense value to my life, my business, and my relationships. In no particular order, these books will show you ways to think differently, dial in your fitness and nutrition to bur...

Why does personal development, coaching, self-mastery, etc. seem to be so intense and even extreme sometimes? Can't we have fun along the way to optimizing our life? Jason Goldberg thinks so, and in fact he makes sure you laugh just as much as you reflect on your inner self so as to create your ideal outer world. After spending over a decade in a successful information technology career, he left t...

Episode 400! What a journey it has been thus far and what a journey we still have before us. This episode is a special sharing of a conversation I had with my friend and fellow podcaster Zach Mobius on his show,  Scaling to Success , where we discussed my journey from small town Virginia kid to entrepreneur in Los Angeles. Always on a mission to help others optimize mind, body, and spirit through...

As we go through life we will undoubtedly face challenges; physical, mental, and emotional. How we rise to those occasions and the attitude we have towards them are perhaps the two most determining factors in whether they build us up or tear us down. Juan Guadarrama has been through his share of crucibles; the military, powerlifting, entrepreneurship, fatherhood and so much more but in each endeav...

"Humans need others to survive. Regardless of one's sex, country or culture of origin, age or economic background, social connection is crucial to human development, health,  and  survival." This quote could not be more true than now as the entire world continues to endure a new norm of social distancing, separation from loved ones, and adopting to the aftermath of the COVID-19 global pandemic. Bu...

You are not the same person as anyone else. So why should your diet or even your approach to healthcare be the same as otehrs? Guest John O'Connor, co-founder of Gene Food, is a successful entrepreneur but even more successful human being because he has tapped into the ability to more completely understand how his unique body operates and how to optimize it to his custom needs, wants, and goals. I...

"A modern life requires a modern approach" says Forme Life founder and CEO Trent Ward. After spending years in the finance world growing and managing wealth for others, Trent realized he wanted more out of his career - and more out of his life. Shifting his focus to the growing fitness industry and realizing the growing demand for safe, effective workouts without needing to go to the gym he create...

Relationships are work; friendships, intimate relationships, professional relationships... they all take work in order for them to be successful. Many relationships have been tried even more during 2020 due to the global pandemic and now again as the United States prepares for its presidential elections. In this episode, Chase and May discuss how major events such as these that happen outside of t...

Vanessa Rissetto RD is the dietetic internship director at NYU and Cofounder of Culina Health, a health and nutrition counseling company. In this episode, Vanessa's passion shines through  for elevating nutrition by addressing the lack of attention on social trends and how they apply to health and nutrition. Vanessa explains the importance of emotional intelligence and its role in dietetics, and n...

Do you struggle with imposter syndrome? Do you feel like becoming an expert in something is next to impossible? What if you  already were the expert and you just didn't know it, or rather were too afraid to even think such a thing? E-commerce expert and entrepreneur Dustin Lien is here to tell you exactly why you most likely already are an expert in a field and key productivity hacks to help you g...

Craig Weller is Precision Nutrition's exercise systems and program director and a PN Master Coach. His certifications include US Navy SWCC (Special Warfare Combatant Crewman), Department of State WPPS-2 (Worldwide Personal Protective Service), Certified Personal Trainer (CPT) through the National Strength and Conditioning Association, StrongFirst Girya Level 1, and Precision Nutrition Level 2. He'...

Your health is your choice, so why not learn how to make better, more informed choices when it comes to your medical care, nutrition, medications, supplements... all of the things? Everything you choose to do or not do, eat or not eat, think or not think plays a role in your overall wellness. Today's guest is Dr. Joe Nieusma and he is not only passionate about becoming a more informed consumer and...

Mimi Lindquist knows what it means to feel fully charged and have true wellness because she has been at rock bottom before; divorce, acne, hair loss, hypothyroidism, and so much more. Taking her health into her own hands she spent years studying the human body and experimenting with various modalities that began to solve nearly all of her health problems and provide an immense sense of fulfillment...

Coaching, particularly nutrition coaching, has seen tremendous awareness growth over the last few years thanks to social media. But not every coach with six pack abs or a deadlift of four times their bodyweight qualifies them to provide dietary advice to others. In this episode, guest Adam Feit breaks down exactly what to look for in a good coach, how the industry has shifted and how and the entir...

It takes more than just rank or position to be an effective and respected leader on the battlefield, in the boardroom or at home. Today's guest is former Royal Marines Officer Roderic Yapp, founder of Leadership Forces a revered consulting entity in the United Kingdom that is passionate about developing leadership capability to deliver high performance results. In this episode, Roderic discusses h...

By popular demand, I am so excited to share with you this solo episode about my stance on cannabis. In this episode, I share how my religious and conservative upbringing deterred me from ever even considering trying marijuana, my years in the military and what would have happened to my career if I did use any recreational drugs, my horrible first experience ever getting high, and all the way to no...

Join your host Chase Chewning as he interviews Autumn Smith, Co-Founder of Paleovalley and Wild Pastures, wellness enthusiast and mom. Here she will touch on her journey to overcoming acne as well as debilitating digestive and mental health issues with using food as medicine.    "Bring back traditional forgotten superfoods into my diet so that we can all live a life that we're proud of and that we...

More than 70% of our immune system exists in our gut, so if we want to truly focus on our wellness and increase our body's ability to fight off disease and illness we must put more of a focus on improving our gut health. Dr. Mahmoud Ghannoum is the scientist who is now known as the leading microbiome researcher in the world and leading fungal community scientist. In fact,  he named the mycobiome! ...

Nearly seven months later the world is still enduring its first true global pandemic. Dr. David Minkoff, MD is a board-certified physician and lifetime athlete here to provide current scientific insight into COVID-19 and the protocols we integrate into our lives now that allow us to stay active while also keeping ourselves and our communities safe. Dr. Minkoff is an avid athlete himself and has co...

Matthew Paetz helps purpose driven entrepreneurs and individuals  step into who they want to be the rest of their lives by learning how to use their story to connect with purpose. Purpose being the key word as that is exactly what he talks about in this episode. Matthew describes the scientific way we solidify and hold onto emotions and traumas and how we can learn to access them in a safe manner...

Brendan Brazier is the formulator and co-founder of Vega, bestselling author of the Thrive book series, creator and host of the Thrive Forward web series, and editor in chief of Thrive magazine. He's also a former professional Ironman triathlete and a two-time Canadian 50km Ultra Marathon Champion. Brendan is regarded as one of the world's leading authorities on plant-based performance nutrition,...

Pain. It can be what stops us from moving forward or teaches how to move forward... quite literally! Jen Esquer, PT, DPT is a top-40 physical therapy influencer. With a Doctorate in physical therapy, she is ranked as one of the best fitness trainers on Instagram by Shape Magazine and has been featured in Self Magazine, Men's Fitness, Muscle and Fitness and many more. In today's episode, Doc Jen sh...

Identity. One word that we all can relate to and we all, at least at some time, have struggled with or will. Nowadays we all may be finding ourselves wearing a mask in public but perhaps we already were wearing another one. Is it really  that difficult for us to grasp our own reality, to come to terms with how we see ourselves and how we think others perceive us to be? In this episode, Chase and M...

Tom Fabbri understands firsthand the heights we can attain once we give ourselves permission to dream. Whether training to become a helicopter/jet pilot, climbing the world's Seven Summits, or diving with great white sharks, Tom has learned to harness fear to achieve his dreams. He now uses his unique insight to inspire and motivate others through his books, blogs, and personal coaching/training....