Livin' The Dream

In this episode we welcome a brand new Co-Host to the show.  Meet Jamie Martinez, ex athlete, health coach and group fitness instructor.  We answer questions from you, the listeners: Questions: Question #1: I’m struggling to lose weight, I have been really dialed in on the week days, but not on the weekends. How do I not let my weekends derail my week of hard work?” We discuss: Weekly averages, ho...

T oday, we will cover a few of the things I learned this week while on this path to being a lifelong learner. Instead of a MASTERCLASS episode, where I break a topic down with a deep dive, I will give the cliff notes - highlights version of what I’ve learned this week and then I’ll attach the source from where the content came from in case you wanted to learn more.  In this episode we talk about:...

In today’s episode, we will touch on a handful of topics I found interesting this week. Today, will cover a few of the things I learned this week while on this path to being a lifelong learner. Instead of a MASTERCLASS episode, where I break a topic down with a deep dive, I will give the cliff notes, highlights of what I’ve learned this week.  In this episode we talk about: 1. A book I’m finishing...

In today’s episode, we are going to do something a little bit different. A lot of you know that when we decided to make this podcast, the goal was to let us do all the dirty work when it comes to learning about ALL THINGS health, fitness and wellness. The goal was to let US search through what all the experts are saying, let US do the research and then in turn, we then teach it to the Livin’ the D...

In this episode we are going to be discussing how you can become incredibly disciplined, if you GAMIFY your discipline. If you make being disciplined fun rather than hard, and the more you gamify your goal, the more exciting it gets… the better results you get… the more motivated you become… and ultimately, the longer you gamify (at least if you do it the way we are going to talk about today), the...

It’s the holiday season!! And oh man, is magic in the air! If you’re listening to this episode when it drops, then you’re probably still feeling the after effects of your thanksgiving feast. I hope your experience was everything you wanted and more. But with the holiday season, comes a lot of challenges when it comes to our health. T his episode is going to be geared towards those that struggle wi...

There are very few things that you do that occupies a third of your life. I used to be under the assumption that sleep was kind of a waste of time. I used to think if there was a magic pill I could take to keep me awake, I would have so much time to do other things! “I’ll sleep when I’m dead,” “Sleep is for the weak and unmotivated..” I was so so wrong. Sleep is not lost time! It’s not just a way...

In today’s episode we will moving on to the next pillar of total wellness,   Pillar #3 Stress Management.   Last week we covered pillar #2 Nutrition and the week before that we covered Pillar #1 movement. so if you haven’t listened to those episodes yet, I recommend going back and listening to them first, as this was a presentation that I gave to a company and it had a certain order and flow to it...

In today’s episode we will moving on to the next pillar of total wellness, nutrition. Last week we covered pillar #1 Movement so if you haven’t listened to that episode yet, I recommend going back and listening to that first, as this was a presentation that I gave to a company and it had a certain order and flow to it. We are breaking the topic of TOTAL WELLNESS down into four important pillars. S...

Our team was recently asked to give a talk on TOTAL WELLNESS to a group of creative, artistic, highly motivated and skilled individuals, who work for a fashion company over in NY. Shout out to all the companies of Dana-Co. We broke TOTAL WELLNESS up into 4 important pillars and the next few episodes will be a breakdown of each of those pillars. *Our first pillar is MOVEMENT! * It’s an understateme...

In this MEGAphone episode, we will be continuing from our last episode on the topic of tracking calories. In our last episode we discussed a ton of the little nuanced reasons as to why tracking and counting calories is so inaccurate. We looked at the history of the calorie and agendas that really smart people had along the way from inception to where we are now. We looked at the difference in our...

In this MEGAphone episode we will be shouting out my #1 favorite health expert, Shawn Stevenson, host of the Model Health Show Podcast. He wrote one of the best nutrition books I have ever read, which has helped me help my clients on a daily basis, called “Eat Smarter.” If you are struggling with your nutrition, your weight, your health… you have to invest your time in reading this book. It will c...

In this MEGAphone episode we will be shouting out one of my favorite podcast follows. His podcast is used to be called the Broken Brain Podcast but now is simply his name “The Dhru Purohit Podcast.”  He sent out a newsletter addressing an issue that I, myself, am all too familiar with. Chronic Joint Pain. The bane of my existence.   I’ve blamed my pain on being an athlete and “putting miles on my...

In this MEGAphone episode we will be shouting out one of the most informative people to follow on social media that I know about, he specializes in power lifting and biomechanics and injury prevention and physical therapy. His Instagram handle is @SquatUniversity and his name is Dr. Aaron Horschig.  As a physical therapist & strength coach, Aaron helps athletes move better, decrease their ache...

This episode of the Livin’ the Dream Podcast will be an opportunity to test how well you know your health, fitness and wellness information. I will start by asking a quiz question and giving you a few multiple choice answers. Feel free to pause the episode after I’ve asked the question, if you’d like a little more time to think about the answer. Once the correct answer is given, I’ll dive a little...

In this MEGAphone episode we will be shouting out an amazing health professional. He is a British physician, author, tv presenter and how I discovered him, he is a fantastic podcaster. He is best known for his TV show Doctor in the House as well as a regular commentator on BBC radio. His podcast “Feel Better, Live More,” is entertaining, informative and really well done. He wrote an amazing book c...

In today’s MEGAphone episode… we will again be shouting out my favorite continuous glucose monitor companies Levels. They are constantly sending out information, articles, blogs, studies… tons of content on how to improve your health… based on the huge amounts of data that they are collecting from people like me who are wearing their glucose monitors and reporting on their app what they are eating...

In this MEGAphone episode we will be shouting out the creator of The Doctor’s Kitchen, Dr. Rupy Aujla. He wrote a really well done article outlining the basics of eating for the purposes of mitigating the negative responses of inflammation in our diets. I definitely think it’s worth a shout out and a share.  Eating for Inflammation  It’s amazing how many times I see ‘inflammation’ as a concept com...

This episode of the Livin’ the Dream Podcast will be an opportunity to test how well you know your health, fitness and wellness information. I will start by asking a quiz question and giving you a few multiple choice answers. Feel free to pause the episode after I’ve asked the question, if you’d like a little more time to think about the answer. Once the correct answer is given, I’ll dive a little...

In this MEGAphone episode… we will be shouting out the team at the Ultrawellness Center and Dr. Mark Hyman. They have a great newsletter and project called the Longevity Roadmap which I learn a ton from. In a recent newsletter they gave some really helpful information surrounding the topic of fruit, that I’d like to share with you.  You may have noticed that fruit is a hot topic in the health and...

“You’re either with me, or you’re against me.” This kind of binary mindset fuels plenty of heated debates. Especially when it comes to one topic in particular: “calories in vs. calories out,” or CICO. So what is it… Calories in vs. calories out? Or is it Hormones? The debate is finally over. Here’s who won. CICO is an easy way of saying: ·       When you take in more energy than you burn, you gain...

In this MEGAphone episode we will be shouting out Stanford professor of neuroscience Andrew Huberman.  We all have trillions of microorganisms living inside our gut—not just our stomach but our intesti­nes and throat and mouth, and on our skin, in our eyes and nasal passages. There are living things, living on us… in ALMOST every imaginable place ON.. and IN our bodies. Maybe that sounds bad or gr...

The energizing breath, we are going to take some time to do a few rounds of breath work so we can continue on with our day in an energized way.   With this technique that we are about to do, we are going to wake up your mind and energize your body. Great for when you’re feeling tired or sluggish in the morning or during an afternoon slump.   This is a step up from a basic breath work practice, and...

In this MEGAphone episode we will be shouting out a very passionate and knowledgable doctor, Dr. Mark Hyman. More than a third of Americans have prediabetes, and 68% of Americans struggle with sleep. Nine out of every ten of us… pretty much everyone has some metabolic dysfunction going on. While our numbers might be “normal,” we may not be as healthy as we think. Because the word normal is relativ...

This episode of the Livin’ the Dream Podcast will be an opportunity to test how well you know your health, fitness and wellness information. I will start by asking a quiz question and giving you a few multiple choice answers. Feel free to pause the episode after I’ve asked the question, if you’d like a little more time to think about the answer. Once the correct answer is given, I’ll dive a little...