The Adversity Advantage with Doug Bopst

Happy Easter! I am wishing everyone a healthy and happy holiday and hope you are spending it with those that you love either in person or virtually.  For those that aren’t celebrating, I am wishing you a day full of peace, love, and happiness as well. We have a “special episode” today. Traditionally, I don’t release three episodes per week. But, given the context of this particular conversation an...

Today’s guest on the show is Arielle Lorre. You might recognize her from her hit podcast, The Blonde Files Podcast, or from her popular Instagram page, where she shares mouth-watering recipes, as well as incredible health and wellness tips.   What really inspires me about Arielle is her recovery journey. After nearly losing her battle with addiction, Arielle decided to turn her life around by rele...

Simple Tips to Improve Your Health, Feel Great and Lose Weight!!!   Today is going to be an in depth conversation covering topics like mental health, weight loss, healthcare and COVID 19. We will be talking about managing these and more importantly you will learn simple steps to achieve optimal health.    So with that said I am excited that Dr. Rangan Chatterjee joins me today.   Dr. Chatterjee is...

Today’s guest on the show is relationship expert AJ Harbinger and co-host of the highly popular podcast, The Art of Charm which has over 200 million downloads and has featured guests such as myself, Tim Ferriss, Jay Shetty, and Kobe Bryant, and many others.    AJ has helped thousands of men and women from all around the world to overcome social anxiety, master conversation, develop social capital...

Today on the show we are talking about self-sabotage. This is something that clearly can destroy our own life as well as others if not handled properly. Self-sabotage can be as simple as not making the choices that we know will help us or that are not aligned with who we want to become. Other examples of self-sabotage include: giving up on a fitness journey too soon, not asking someone you like ou...

Today’s guest is a celebrity chef and Reiki master Serena Poon. Her clients have included Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, Hue Hefner, and many others.    A leading chef to the Hollywood elite, Serena sets herself apart in a saturated industry with her genuine passion for curating intentional healing and wellness programs designed for optimal and sustainable health. She does this through Integrating energet...

The real reasons you are always tired and what to do about it!!!   It’s no secret that so many people are constantly feeling tired, overwhelmed, stressed, and burned out. I would also say that along those lines people are constantly looking for answers as to why they are feeling a certain way and cannot seem to get a grip on what to do.   The typical culprits that come to mind for lack of energy c...

Today’s episode on the show reflects deep insights on subjects such as perseverance, perspective, and Pinterest!!!   Rachel Ngom initially caught my attention with her entrepreneurship journey of going from living on food stamps and having negative $400 in her checking account to building a business that was making multiple six figures as well as how she has mastered using the highly popular socia...

How to Embrace Your Fears, Live in the Present and Avoid the Happiness Trap!!!   There are a few questions that often replay in our heads:   1. What is my purpose?   2. If I achieve massive success will I finally become happy?   3. How can I learn to finally face my fears?   While these answers aren’t immediately clear, I think logically, we have a sense of what the truth is.   Today we take a dee...

5 Secret Steps to Clean Up Your Mental Mess!!!   Dr. Caroline Leaf is a communication pathologist, a cognitive neuroscientist specializing in cognitive and metacognitive neuropsychology. She is also a best-selling author of many books and a podcast host.   During her years in clinical practice and her work with thousands of underprivileged teachers and students in her home country of South Africa...

How to Recreate Yourself in the Face of Adversity!!!   Today on the show we are talking about how to recreate yourself in the face of adversity and I can’t think of many people that have more experience in this than Abel James. Abel is a New York Times Best Selling author,a musician and the host of The Fat Burning Man Show, a podcast with over 50 million downloads.   Abel was a touring musician ea...

How to Optimize Your Brain Health to Improve Your Well-being!!!   Today’s guest on the show is Dr. Daniel Amen. He is a physician, double board-certified psychiatrist, twelve-time New York Times bestselling author, and founder and CEO of Amen Clinics, with 9 locations across the United States.   Amen Clinics has the world’s largest database of brain scans related to behavior, totaling more than 17...

The Secret to Creating Healthy Habits That Last!!!   Your habits can either make or break you. We often wonder, how we end up in destructive patterns or at a stalemate in life. We all make a conscious effort to create new habits that are healthier and better for us. We often see this at the beginning of the year with New Year's resolutions. Starting a habit is easy. Sticking with it is where the c...

Creator of P90x Shares Why He Left Beachbody and His Journey of Reinvention!!!!   Today on the podcast I have the pioneer in the online program creation space and the man that helped put the company Beachbody on the map with his revolutionary workout program, P90X. Listen, I have been a trainer now for almost a decade and I have seen many online workout programs come and go and this one has manage...

Holocaust Survivor Dr. Edith Eger on Finding Faith, Forgiveness, Hope and Freedom!!!   Viktor Frankl states “When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.”    Unfortunate events, trials and hardships will always come. But what defines us isn’t the situation itself, it’s our response. Control what you can, focus your energy on the positive and have faith t...

The Blueprint for How to Develop Unbreakable Social Skills!!!   My guest today is Jay Ferruggia, a fitness and coaching OG. He’s been helping people become a stronger version of themselves since 1994. His clients include CEO’s and professional athletes in the MLB, NFL AND WWE. Jay is also the host of the popular podcast, Renegade Radio with Jay Ferruggia.   You may have seen his work in Men’s Heal...

The One Molecule That Could Jeopardize The Human Race!!!!   Have you wondered why people become addicted to drugs, sex, success, porn, and social media? It all boils down to one molecule: Dopamine or as my guest, today calls it “the molecule of more.” Dopamine is a double-edged sword because it certainly has many positive benefits like creativity, taking action, falling in love, excitement and amb...

"Addicts are not criminals, they are humans in pain. People who are depressed are not sick, they are humans in pain. People who are suicidal aren't crazy, they aren't humans in pain" - Adam Sud   In 2012, Adam Sud’s life was completely out of control. Once weighing nearly 350lbs and struggling with multiple addictions, serious chronic diseases, and mental health disorders. His life nearly came to...

I bet many of you reading this are feeling stuck in some way. Whether it’s in your business, in your personal life or your relationships I am sure you’ve been wanting to finally break free from your past and heal. I am going to share a little secret with you. Even though your life isn’t “chaotic” it doesn’t mean that unhealthy behaviors aren’t holding you back from living your best life.   Struggl...

How to Become More Positive Right Now!!!   There are many of you right now that are hurting. You are going through some tough times and Things like uncertainty, fear and negativity have taken over. I get it, and I have been there before, have felt that way before. But, what I found is that when I stay down for a period of time and focus on what’s going wrong in my life, it not only makes things wo...

Former Navy SEAL Commander Rich Diviney on How to Face Your Fears, Build Resilience and Achieve Optimal Performance!!!   In this episode, a retired Navy SEAL commander is going to help you understand that getting through and managing fear, anxiety and stress in a healthy way is 100% possible and a must when it comes to living your best life. Overcoming challenges and doing hard things in your life...

How to Turn Your Biggest Rejections Into Achievement!!!   One of the things that scares us the most is rejection. We hold back from going after what we want in life because we are fearful of this one word: "no."   But, the fascinating thing is that when we don’t ask, the answer will always be no and more importantly you are telling yourself that you aren’t worthy of going after whatever it is.   R...

Why Fasting Improves Your Health!!!!   When you hear the word fasting, what comes to mind?    Am I going to starve?   Is it good for my mental health?   I can’t go 20 hours without eating.    I hear you and I have thought all of those very same things.    My guest today is here to calm your fears on all things fasting and help explain how each and every one of you can fast in a way that suits your...

Neuroscientist Shares Common Myths About Your Emotions and How Your Brain Actually Works!!!   There's a whole science about how the human brain works and what really controls our feelings and emotional responses to situations and most of what we have been told about how this works in the past is wrong.   My guest on this fantastic episode, Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett, Ph. D., is here to dismantle com...

HOW TO DEAL WITH THE VICTIM MENTALITY AND OWN YOUR LIFE   Life will present a thousand and one reasons for you to quit and give up when things get tough, but how you choose to respond to these challenges is the most significant power you have at your disposal, and that's taking responsibility!   My guest today is Ryan Michler, host of the highly popular Order of Man Podcast. In this episode, he sh...