What's Worthwhile - Healthy Living Motivation and Discussion

How does NLP improve mindset to push through being stuck in old patterns when doing “all the right things” seeking physical and mental health? Jacqui Edgerly uses Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP) strategies with her clients to drive health goal success when it seems like things are not yet clicking. Jacqui was a professional skier but she knew she didn’t quite fit in, and her health was suffering...

What societal expectations keep men isolated, unhealthy, but grinning and bearing it? And what can be done differently so that men feel better, perform better, serve better, and can raise the next generation to be happy and healthy?  Duncan Rich of MELD (Men’s Emotional Leadership Development) explains that men were brought up to feel required to be strong and independent, without the encouragemen...

What do I intend to do and accomplish in 2026? We never really know what will happen or come to pass, but if we have clear intentions, clear to ourselves and stated clearly to others, I believe we have a much better chance of achieving what we set out to do. I intend to do a lot of things, and I don't intend to do them alone or in isolation. Curious? Take a listen! And ... let me know what you thi...

How was my year? I’d love to tell you, and I’d love to hear how your year went as well.  Listen to this audio version of the year-end letter that we used to stick into those Christmas Cards. I feel like I had a great year, a year of achieving a few things, which was a nice change from the past few years, which felt filled with questions, trials, and beginnings. I’m reaching out these days, but I w...

What’s the best way to stay mobile, active, and healthy as we age beyond our 50’s and 60’s into our 70’s? Dr. Michael has been a chiropractor for more than 30 years and has aged along with his patients, seeing and learning the best ways to maintain mobility, strength and stamina. He wrote the book “Fitness over 50, 60, 70 and Beyond” as a conversational guide, based on science but not bogged down...

What’s worthwhile to consume, consider, believe, say and do towards Peace of Mind, Vitality of Body and Joy of Spirit? And what’s the big deal, why do we need to do anything different from what we all do now? Modern life with our screens and desks and food delivery options does not line up with what we were designed or evolved for: waking with the sun, walking around, spending time with others, ea...

Based on travel to all 5 traditional Blue Zones, what can we learn about how to live longer, healthier, more fulfilling lives? Veronique Ory explains what she experienced during her 2025 world tour of the parts of the world where the local populations are known to live the longest.  Veronique is a yoga instructor, global retreat and travel organizer, and author of “Shine On & Off The Mat.”  Ra...

How would people who live the longest celebrate the holidays? My guest this week visited in 2025 all five traditional Blue Zones in the world.  It got me thinking about all the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, and how things could be different if we were focusing squarely on our health, joy, vitality, relationships and loved ones.  Elvis sang about a Blue Christmas that was lonely without...

Is it wealth, success, stamina, fitness, relationships or health that men chase after in the middle of their lives, but which still elude them?  Perhaps a combination? Stretch Rayner looked amazingly fit and successful early in his life, as part-owner in a busy gym.  But his energy levels kept declining and he felt awful.  It took a move back to his home country of Australia and work with a functi...

There’s so many boxes, things to accomplish, presents to purchase, people to spend time with, right here and now. But are we checking off the right boxes? My guest this week made the point that lots of us find refuge at work, because we have clear objectives and can check off the boxes in order to feel accomplishment.  The problem may be that we end up prioritizing the wrong things or losing touch...

What am I grateful for this year? So many things! It’s good to take some time each day and think about and express what you are grateful for.  Feeling gratitude signals to the body that everything is okay, and it is safe to rest and digest.  Which is important for Thanksgiving meals, am I right?! So I tried something different this week, I spoke off the cuff, with just a few notes instead of a pre...

Why are those love handles the hardest and last to drop? We go to the gym, we do the sit-ups, we eat well (mostly), but no matter how hard we try, we can’t seem to drop those last few pounds, and that spare tire around our midsections! Andres Ayesta, founder of Planos Nutrition, Registered Dietician and Sports Nutritionist knows why. Ramsey and Andres talk about his experiences, perspectives and a...

Ever feel brain dead and incapable of stringing two thoughts together? Recovering from that is such a relief. Last week I was toast (I hate being sick, even with a head cold), but this week I feel like myself again, and I’m fired up about not only sharing what I’ve learned from my journey, but inviting folks onto their own journeys to get better before burnout sets in. I lay out the foundations of...

The driveway ... and my work. Ever have one of those days? When you just don’t have the motivation to do your big project, your most important work. I do. But my friend recently taught me about “leveraging procrastination.” So while blowing off my work, I blew the leaves off of the driveway and still managed to get some (other) work done. And I remembered one of life’s great lessons:  you can alwa...

What makes a C-Suite Executive healthy and successful, day to day and in the long term? Barbara Palmer, CEO/Owner of BP Life Coaching Services, LLC, located in the Houston, Texas area is a registered and licensed Occupational Therapist, Certified MAP (Make Anything Possible) Practitioner, and Executive Coach.  She has education and practical experience regarding the neuroscience, psychology, and s...

Can you handle the truth?  The truth is that when we take care of everything and everyone else besides ourselves, eventually it will take its toll on us!  I’m looking for a few men to be the first to take the 12-Week Better Before Burnout Journey, my new and upcoming program for hard-working men that are fighting the good fight, striving for success in their professional and family lives, but star...

How can you calm yourself down and move towards the version of yourself that you want and imagine for the future? Sarah Avilla is an energy coach and teaches the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) to her clients.  EFT Tapping is a way to acknowledge your stressed-out feelings and physically calm yourself by using your fingers to tap on the same energy meridian endpoints used in acupressure and acup...

What if you could consciously signal safety and intention through your body to your mind? You can, through Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) “tapping.” This process is based on the energetic meridians of Traditional Chinese Medicine, acupuncture and acupressure, but is noninvasive and applied on oneself.  My guest this week is an EFT Tapping practitioner, and she leads a demonstration during our e...

How can we get to the root causes of so many digestive, nervous system, and hormonal dysfunctions?  Megan Abbott and her company Trifecta Collective use nutritional analysis, blood chemistry testing, and energy healing techniques to find and address what’s going on with their clients.  Megan dealt with a whole suite of challenges in her own life, including chronic back and hip pain/sciatica, heart...

What happens when all the little stuff piles up? We do our best, we have big things that need doing, there’s never time to do everything or to do every little thing right.  We have little bad habits and coping mechanisms and shortcuts that get us through.  But what happens when the years of accumulated little things catch up with you all at once? For my guest this week, it was a car accident that...

How do we take in what we need and avoid what we don’t? Becky J. Webb is a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, certified life coach, and faith-based wellness coach focused on helping clients to balance their hormones, energy and vitality through boosting their foundations of health. Becky and Ramsey discuss whole food as the primary source of nutrition, high-quality supplements as a secondary source...

Do we truly know if vaccines are safe and effective, and what kind of study would tell us definitively? I’ve successfully dodged talking about vaccines until this week, when my guest brought up the topic, and I saw in my newsfeed a post for the new film “An Inconvenient Study” by Del Bigtree and The HighWire, of VAXXED infamy. The film is now available to watch for free online, and it centers arou...

How can we find what will work best for us? Alatian Health founder Jeanette De Caro went from a stressed-out semiconductor professional to a healthy and well-balanced Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner by walking a path of discovery, attempts, testing and ultimately finding solutions.  Now Jeanette works with clients through lab testing, fine-tuning nutrition, and recommending lifestyle s...

What is the DUTCH Test and what does it uniquely tell us about hormones?  I didn’t know either, so I looked it up.  The Dried Urine Test for Comprehensive Hormones (DUTCH) Test tracks hormones throughout a full day, giving a more complete picture than other tests.  This is one of many functional tests that inspire us to collect samples of just about every fluid and product that the body offers, pa...

We can’t bottle the body’s own power to clean the brain, assemble memories, process traumas, heal and grow tissues, sharpen skills, rejuvenate skin and so many other things, which take place during high-quality sleep.  Dr. Leah Kaylor is a licensed clinical and prescribing psychologist who became the FBI’s in-house sleep expert.  She has just released the book “If Sleep Were a Drug,” available on...