Welcome to Embers and Wind!

Guest Michael Christian states: “I want to turn around and help those who haven’t reached that happiness, that fulfillment. It doesn’t matter if you’re a CEO or if you’re a guy over at McDonalds. Anyone can reach that attainment of sheer joy and happiness. It’s really just how we reprogram ourselves and our view, our perspective, how we clean our glasses and put them back on. Sometimes we need somebody who’s been through those challenges to help us get there a lot sooner. That’s what I love to do, to help and support people to the life they dream.”

I'm your host, Keith Weedman. In each podcast episode, you will hear stories. These stories will feel like a tender wind blowing on the embers of service that glow within you. In this weekly show, you will learn ideas, kindling for your embers. It will be your choice to utilize the gentle wind to ignite the kindling.

In this episode, Michael Christian shares the challenges he’s overcome to find joy and happiness in his personal and professional life. He talks about dropping out of high school, joining the U.S. Army as an escape and how it became a blessing because it helped him grow up. He shares how he became dependent upon alcohol in the Army and then other drugs. He talks about his father, a physician, who taught him to take prescription medications to treat symptoms. He shares that his father had a problem with alcohol too. Even though he has always wanted to be an engineer, he acknowledges that he became one because he believed that he needed a desk job because of his back injury. He notes, like many engineers, how he became complacent and gained excess weight sitting in front of a computer. He states he did not learn about fasting and autophagy until years later when he was overweight with high blood pressure and high cholesterol. He recounts being at his doctor’s office and remembering his father who took prescription medications every day.  He talks about changing his mind, referring to the mind as the world’s strongest supercomputer that people had not learned how to program. Michael shares that he learned how to program his mind by changing how he perceives and reacts to things. He learned from well-known thought leaders how to strengthen his mindset. Then he ended his reliance on medications. He dives into fasting and autophagy which helped him get his blood pressure and cholesterol levels in a normal range without needing prescription medications. He talks about the Japanese biologist who won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Science in 2016 for discovering autophagy, how the body eats fat, dead cells and other junk in the body when people fast for more than 3 days. He shares some of the supplements he takes when fasting for extended periods of time. He recommends beginners start by giving up sugar and high fructose corn syrup. He discourages the use of substitute sweetners and diet drinks. He shares the essential oils he uses for his skin to clear up skin conditions that he once believed were with him for the rest of his life.

To connect with Michael, his LinkedIn profile is listed as the website for this episode. You can also find Michael on Facebook by clicking on this link:

https://www.facebook.com/michael.christian.750331. and on Instagram by clicking on this link: https: //www.instagram.com/michael_christian_sr/. If you want to have a 30-minute video call with Michael, then click on the website link in his Instagram profile

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