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Today’s Topic: The paradox of our age

At the end of my yoga class the other day, my teacher read some powerful words written by the 14th Dalai Lama that really stuck with me:

We have bigger houses, but smaller families

More conveniences, but less time.

We have more degrees, but less sense

More knowledge, but less judgement

More experts, but more problems

More medicines, but less healthiness.

We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbour.

We built more computers to hold more information to hold more copies than ever, but less communication.

We have become long on quantity, but short on quality.

These are times of fast foods, but slow digestion

Tall men, but short character.

Steep profits, but shallow relationships.

It is a time where there is much in the window, but nothing in the room.

- His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Resources:

I’d love your feedback on the show, and to show my thanks I’m raffling away a ticket to Lewis Howes’ next event, every week. (http://getpodcast.reviews/id/1310820683)

Want to wind down after a long day? Try the Organifi Gold Superfood Powder for 20% off using discount code "WORKHARDPLAYHARD" at (http://organifishop.com/)

Today’s Topic: The paradox of our age

At the end of my yoga class the other day, my teacher read some powerful words written by the 14th Dalai Lama that really stuck with me:

We have bigger houses, but smaller families

More conveniences, but less time.

We have more degrees, but less sense

More knowledge, but less judgement

More experts, but more problems

More medicines, but less healthiness.

We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbour.

We built more computers to hold more information to hold more copies than ever, but less communication.

We have become long on quantity, but short on quality.

These are times of fast foods, but slow digestion

Tall men, but short character.

Steep profits, but shallow relationships.

It is a time where there is much in the window, but nothing in the room.

- His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Resources:

I’d love your feedback on the show, and to show my thanks I’m raffling away a ticket to Lewis Howes’ next event, every week. http://getpodcast.reviews/id/1310820683 (Click here to review the podcast and leave a 5-star Review.)

Want to wind down after a long day? Try the Organifi Gold Superfood Powder for 20% off using discount code "WORKHARDPLAYHARD" at http://organifishop.com/ (organifishop.com)

Today’s Topic: The paradox of our age

At the end of my yoga class the other day, my teacher read some powerful words written by the 14th Dalai Lama that really stuck with me:

We have bigger houses, but smaller families

More conveniences, but less time.

We have more degrees, but less sense

More knowledge, but less judgement

More experts, but more problems

More medicines, but less healthiness.

We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbour.

We built more computers to hold more information to hold more copies than ever, but less communication.

We have become long on quantity, but short on quality.

These are times of fast foods, but slow digestion

Tall men, but short character.

Steep profits, but shallow relationships.

It is a time where there is much in the window, but nothing in the room.

- His Holiness the Dalai Lama

 

Resources:

• I’d love your feedback on the show, and to show my thanks I’m raffling away a ticket to Lewis Howes’ next event, every week. Click here to review the podcast and leave a 5-star Review.
• Want to wind down after a long day? Try the Organifi Gold Superfood Powder for 20% off using discount code "WORKHARDPLAYHARD" at organifishop.com

 

Today’s Topic: The paradox of our age

At the end of my yoga class the other day, my teacher read some powerful words written by the 14th Dalai Lama that really stuck with me:

We have bigger houses, but smaller families

More conveniences, but less time.

We have more degrees, but less sense

More knowledge, but less judgement

More experts, but more problems

More medicines, but less healthiness.

We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbour.

We built more computers to hold more information to hold more copies than ever, but less communication.

We have become long on quantity, but short on quality.

These are times of fast foods, but slow digestion

Tall men, but short character.

Steep profits, but shallow relationships.

It is a time where there is much in the window, but nothing in the room.

- His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Resources:

I’d love your feedback on the show, and to show my thanks I’m raffling away a ticket to Lewis Howes’ next event, every week. http://getpodcast.reviews/id/1310820683 (Click here to review the podcast and leave a 5-star Review.)

Want to wind down after a long day? Try the Organifi Gold Superfood Powder for 20% off using discount code "WORKHARDPLAYHARD" at http://organifishop.com/ (organifishop.com)

Dr. Emily A. Farkas is a Cardiothoracic Surgeon who divides most of her time between performing heart surgeries in the U.S. and performing heart surgeries for free in underserved regions of the world (with a little time for climbing mountains, boxing, and off-roading on the side).

Dr. Farkas also holds the distinction of being the first woman to train as a heart surgeon at Yale University, has a day named in her honor in St. Louis (“Dr. Emily Farkas Day,” August 3rd), and was awarded the honorary status of a tribal “Chief” in Nigeria – which all adds up to one of the most interesting people in the world.

Words cannot express how long I’ve wanted to sit down and ask Dr. Farkas these questions, or how excited I am to share it with all of you.

In This Conversation We Cover:

[2:00] Emily’s dual interests of dance and medicine

[3:00] Attending Yale University

[5:10] Getting started with Crossroads Africa and humanitarian work

[6:50] Delivering a baby in Kenya before graduating medical school

[8:00] Removing a spleen after someone was hit by a coconut

[10:20] Contributing to the collective good with CardioStart

[17:00] Receiving the tribal title of “Chief” in Nigeria

[19:20] What it felt like the first time Emily had a human heart in her hands

[21:45] How we keep a heart beating during a transplant

[24:30] Emily’s pre-surgery routine and superstitions

[25:30] The scariest and most memorable surgery that Emily has performed

[27:45] Being zen in surgery and in life

[28:55] The typical personality of a heart surgeon

[30:40] How Emily was raised and what she recommends to other parents

[32:40] The most Emily has ever travelled in one week

[34:45] Emily’s favorite failure

[36:50] What’s giving Emily’s life fulfillment outside of medicine (spoiler: it’s exceptionally cool)

[39:10] The bucket list trips that Emily has taken.

[40:00] How Emily clears the chatter and drowns out the noise of the world

[40:25] The challenge of relationships

[42:30] The ONE thing that Emily implemented to help her feel better

Humanitarian Adventures

Between Emily’s first and second years of medical school, she saw a poster for Crossroads Africa, an organization that assembled medical teams and brought them to places in need.

On her first of many humanitarian trips, she visited Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.

“I delivered my first baby in Kenya. I think it really opened my eyes. We all think medicine sort of transcends the socio-economic status of a country, and I was just floored to see what was around me and what could be done.”

It was like nothing Emily had ever experienced before, and she realized that medicine isn’t all about the CT scans, MRIs, and excess we have in the U.S. – It is about the real fundamentals and helping those who need it most.

Emily then finished her medical training and, five years later, had an enviable and cushy job in St. Louis – what most surgeons hope and dream for while they’re in school.

But she looked at where she was headed – becoming the chief of a department – and that didn’t drive her or align with her goals. “I know what meant the most to me was when I was in these places and doing these missions with people who would walk for five days because there’s no access to healthcare… That moves me.”

There probably aren’t many other part-time heart surgeon, part-time humanitarian adventurers out there, so we’re lucky to have Emily.

Resources:

Watch: “Making a difference: A Cardiac Surgery Mission to Enugu Nigeria”

Read: “The people taking medicine to extremes”

Support CardioStart

Dr. Emily A. Farkas is a Cardiothoracic Surgeon who divides most of her time between performing heart surgeries in the U.S. and performing heart surgeries for free in underserved regions of the world (with a little time for climbing mountains, boxing, and off-roading on the side).

Dr. Farkas also holds the distinction of being the first woman to train as a heart surgeon at Yale University, has a day named in her honor in St. Louis (“Dr. Emily Farkas Day,” August 3rd), and was awarded the honorary status of a tribal “Chief” in Nigeria – which all adds up to one of the most interesting people in the world.

Words cannot express how long I’ve wanted to sit down and ask Dr. Farkas these questions, or how excited I am to share it with all of you.

In This Conversation We Cover:

[2:00] Emily’s dual interests of dance and medicine

[3:00] Attending Yale University

[5:10] Getting started with Crossroads Africa and humanitarian work

[6:50] Delivering a baby in Kenya before graduating medical school

[8:00] Removing a spleen after someone was hit by a coconut

[10:20] Contributing to the collective good with CardioStart

[17:00] Receiving the tribal title of “Chief” in Nigeria

[19:20] What it felt like the first time Emily had a human heart in her hands

[21:45] How we keep a heart beating during a transplant

[24:30] Emily’s pre-surgery routine and superstitions

[25:30] The scariest and most memorable surgery that Emily has performed

[27:45] Being zen in surgery and in life

[28:55] The typical personality of a heart surgeon

[30:40] How Emily was raised and what she recommends to other parents

[32:40] The most Emily has ever travelled in one week

[34:45] Emily’s favorite failure

[36:50] What’s giving Emily’s life fulfillment outside of medicine (spoiler: it’s exceptionally cool)

[39:10] The bucket list trips that Emily has taken.

[40:00] How Emily clears the chatter and drowns out the noise of the world

[40:25] The challenge of relationships

[42:30] The ONE thing that Emily implemented to help her feel better

Humanitarian Adventures

Between Emily’s first and second years of medical school, she saw a poster for Crossroads Africa, an organization that assembled medical teams and brought them to places in need.

On her first of many humanitarian trips, she visited Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.

“I delivered my first baby in Kenya. I think it really opened my eyes. We all think medicine sort of transcends the socio-economic status of a country, and I was just floored to see what was around me and what could be done.”

It was like nothing Emily had ever experienced before, and she realized that medicine isn’t all about the CT scans, MRIs, and excess we have in the U.S. – It is about the real fundamentals and helping those who need it most.

Emily then finished her medical training and, five years later, had an enviable and cushy job in St. Louis – what most surgeons hope and dream for while they’re in school.

But she looked at where she was headed – becoming the chief of a department – and that didn’t drive her or align with her goals. “I know what meant the most to me was when I was in these places and doing these missions with people who would walk for five days because there’s no access to healthcare… That moves me.”

There probably aren’t many other part-time heart surgeon, part-time humanitarian adventurers out there, so we’re lucky to have Emily.

Resources:

Watch: “Making a difference: A Cardiac Surgery Mission to Enugu Nigeria”

Read: “The people taking medicine to extremes”

Support CardioStart

Dr. Emily A. Farkas is a Cardiothoracic Surgeon who divides most of her time between performing heart surgeries in the U.S. and performing heart surgeries for free in underserved regions of the world (with a little time for climbing mountains, boxing, and off-roading on the side).

Dr. Farkas also holds the distinction of being the first woman to train as a heart surgeon at Yale University, has a day named in her honor in St. Louis (“Dr. Emily Farkas Day,” August 3rd), and was awarded the honorary status of a tribal “Chief” in Nigeria – which all adds up to one of the most interesting people in the world.

Words cannot express how long I’ve wanted to sit down and ask Dr. Farkas these questions, or how excited I am to share it with all of you.

 

In This Conversation We Cover:

• [2:00] Emily’s dual interests of dance and medicine
• [3:00] Attending Yale University
• [5:10] Getting started with Crossroads Africa and humanitarian work
• [6:50] Delivering a baby in Kenya before graduating medical school
• [8:00] Removing a spleen after someone was hit by a coconut
• [10:20] Contributing to the collective good with CardioStart
• [17:00] Receiving the tribal title of “Chief” in Nigeria
• [19:20] What it felt like the first time Emily had a human heart in her hands
• [21:45] How we keep a heart beating during a transplant
• [24:30] Emily’s pre-surgery routine and superstitions
• [25:30] The scariest and most memorable surgery that Emily has performed
• [27:45] Being zen in surgery and in life
• [28:55] The typical personality of a heart surgeon
• [30:40] How Emily was raised and what she recommends to other parents
• [32:40] The most Emily has ever travelled in one week
• [34:45] Emily’s favorite failure
• [36:50] What’s giving Emily’s life fulfillment outside of medicine (spoiler: it’s exceptionally cool)
• [39:10] The bucket list trips that Emily has taken.
• [40:00] How Emily clears the chatter and drowns out the noise of the world
• [40:25] The challenge of relationships
• [42:30] The ONE thing that Emily implemented to help her feel better

 

Humanitarian Adventures

Between Emily’s first and second years of medical school, she saw a poster for Crossroads Africa, an organization that assembled medical teams and brought them to places in need.

On her first of many humanitarian trips, she visited Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.

“I delivered my first baby in Kenya. I think it really opened my eyes. We all think medicine sort of transcends the socio-economic status of a country, and I was just floored to see what was around me and what could be done.”

It was like nothing Emily had ever experienced before, and she realized that medicine isn’t all about the CT scans, MRIs, and excess we have in the U.S. – It is about the real fundamentals and helping those who need it most.

Emily then finished her medical training and, five years later, had an enviable and cushy job in St. Louis – what most surgeons hope and dream for while they’re in school.

But she looked at where she was headed – becoming the chief of a department – and that didn’t drive her or align with her goals. “I know what meant the most to me was when I was in these places and doing these missions with people who would walk for five days because there’s no access to healthcare… That moves me.”

There probably aren’t many other part-time heart surgeon, part-time humanitarian adventurers out there, so we’re lucky to have Emily.

 

Resources:

• Watch: “Making a difference: A Cardiac Surgery Mission to Enugu Nigeria”
• Read: “The people taking medicine to extremes”
• Support CardioStart

 

Dr. Emily A. Farkas is a Cardiothoracic Surgeon who divides most of her time between performing heart surgeries in the U.S. and performing heart surgeries for free in underserved regions of the world (with a little time for climbing mountains, boxing, and off-roading on the side).

Dr. Farkas also holds the distinction of being the first woman to train as a heart surgeon at Yale University, has a day named in her honor in St. Louis (“Dr. Emily Farkas Day,” August 3rd), and was awarded the honorary status of a tribal “Chief” in Nigeria – which all adds up to one of the most interesting people in the world.

Words cannot express how long I’ve wanted to sit down and ask Dr. Farkas these questions, or how excited I am to share it with all of you.

In This Conversation We Cover:

[2:00] Emily’s dual interests of dance and medicine

[3:00] Attending Yale University

[5:10] Getting started with Crossroads Africa and humanitarian work

[6:50] Delivering a baby in Kenya before graduating medical school

[8:00] Removing a spleen after someone was hit by a coconut

[10:20] Contributing to the collective good with CardioStart

[17:00] Receiving the tribal title of “Chief” in Nigeria

[19:20] What it felt like the first time Emily had a human heart in her hands

[21:45] How we keep a heart beating during a transplant

[24:30] Emily’s pre-surgery routine and superstitions

[25:30] The scariest and most memorable surgery that Emily has performed

[27:45] Being zen in surgery and in life

[28:55] The typical personality of a heart surgeon

[30:40] How Emily was raised and what she recommends to other parents

[32:40] The most Emily has ever travelled in one week

[34:45] Emily’s favorite failure

[36:50] What’s giving Emily’s life fulfillment outside of medicine (spoiler: it’s exceptionally cool)

[39:10] The bucket list trips that Emily has taken.

[40:00] How Emily clears the chatter and drowns out the noise of the world

[40:25] The challenge of relationships

[42:30] The ONE thing that Emily implemented to help her feel better

Humanitarian Adventures

Between Emily’s first and second years of medical school, she saw a poster for Crossroads Africa, an organization that assembled medical teams and brought them to places in need.

On her first of many humanitarian trips, she visited Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.

“I delivered my first baby in Kenya. I think it really opened my eyes. We all think medicine sort of transcends the socio-economic status of a country, and I was just floored to see what was around me and what could be done.”

It was like nothing Emily had ever experienced before, and she realized that medicine isn’t all about the CT scans, MRIs, and excess we have in the U.S. – It is about the real fundamentals and helping those who need it most.

Emily then finished her medical training and, five years later, had an enviable and cushy job in St. Louis – what most surgeons hope and dream for while they’re in school.

But she looked at where she was headed – becoming the chief of a department – and that didn’t drive her or align with her goals. “I know what meant the most to me was when I was in these places and doing these missions with people who would walk for five days because there’s no access to healthcare… That moves me.”

There probably aren’t many other part-time heart surgeon, part-time humanitarian adventurers out there, so we’re lucky to have Emily.

Resources:

Watch: “Making a difference: A Cardiac Surgery Mission to Enugu Nigeria”

Read: “The people taking medicine to extremes”

Support CardioStart

Today’s Topic: Finding balance in my nutrition & training

I’m almost 52-years-old, and my body has gone through a number of stages in my adult life (we’re not talking about puberty… today). I’ve been overweight and a fitness competitor at different points in my life, and today I’ve found a healthy balance.

In our 30s, we were living it large – we basically started cheat day on Thursday – and I found myself larger as a result. Then, when I saw the men (some older than me at the time) in a fitness competition, I deconstructed what they were doing and completely transformed my fitness routine and diet.

I was walking around with a gallon of water, eating cold chicken and broccoli, and hating life – but I had great freakin’ abs.

Ultimately, though, I was exhausted every day… and then we had a baby. Kim, who used to be prepping my meals every weekend, had a lot less time and a lot more to do. Without that preperation, I started gaining weight again.

This is when I decided I needed to strike a better balance – I just wanted to feel good.

Kim taught me a new nutritional concept: 2 shakes, 2 snacks, and 1-2 meals daily. I keep track of all that in the same PUSH Journal that I mentioned last week, and that system makes getting good nutrition much easier for me.

So what does that 80/20 balance look like?

We’re making full meal-replacement shakes, not protein or sugar bombs.

To fill in the gaps, I’ve introduced vitamins into my diet.

We added a 24-48 hour fast, nutritionally supported, once or twice a month (we’ll dig deeper into this on a future episode).

Instead of spending hours in the gym, I do HIIT workouts and classes – because there’s a big difference between training with intention and intensity.

I still drink a lot of water (but I don’t carry around the plastic jug anymore).

I’m 52, but I still feel better than I did when I was 30 – and that’s what happens when you properly fuel your body.

Resources:

Want to work with Kim? Send us a message: workhardplayhardpodcast.com/contact

Pick up your own SmartLife™ PUSH Journal

I’d love your feedback on the show, and to show my thanks I’m raffling away a ticket to Lewis Howes’ next event, every week. (http://getpodcast.reviews/id/1310820683)

Today’s Topic: Finding balance in my nutrition & training

I’m almost 52-years-old, and my body has gone through a number of stages in my adult life (we’re not talking about puberty… today). I’ve been overweight and a fitness competitor at different points in my life, and today I’ve found a healthy balance.

In our 30s, we were living it large – we basically started cheat day on Thursday – and I found myself larger as a result. Then, when I saw the men (some older than me at the time) in a fitness competition, I deconstructed what they were doing and completely transformed my fitness routine and diet.

I was walking around with a gallon of water, eating cold chicken and broccoli, and hating life – but I had great freakin’ abs.

Ultimately, though, I was exhausted every day… and then we had a baby. Kim, who used to be prepping my meals every weekend, had a lot less time and a lot more to do. Without that preperation, I started gaining weight again.

This is when I decided I needed to strike a better balance – I just wanted to feel good.

Kim taught me a new nutritional concept: 2 shakes, 2 snacks, and 1-2 meals daily. I keep track of all that in the same PUSH Journal that I mentioned last week, and that system makes getting good nutrition much easier for me.

 

So what does that 80/20 balance look like?

We’re making full meal-replacement shakes, not protein or sugar bombs.

To fill in the gaps, I’ve introduced vitamins into my diet.

We added a 24-48 hour fast, nutritionally supported, once or twice a month (we’ll dig deeper into this on a future episode).

Instead of spending hours in the gym, I do HIIT workouts and classes – because there’s a big difference between training with intention and intensity.

I still drink a lot of water (but I don’t carry around the plastic jug anymore).

 

I’m 52, but I still feel better than I did when I was 30 – and that’s what happens when you properly fuel your body.

 

Resources:

Want to work with Kim? Send us a message: workhardplayhardpodcast.com/contact

Pick up your own SmartLife™ PUSH Journal

I’d love your feedback on the show, and to show my thanks I’m raffling away a ticket to Lewis Howes’ next event, every week. http://getpodcast.reviews/id/1310820683 (Click here to review the podcast and leave a 5-star Review.)