The renowned Udo Erasmus, co-founder of the Udo's Choice line, who can be found in Whole Foods and other health food stores worldwide, joins us in this episode. Udo developed flax oil, a multibillion-dollar industry, and designed the machinery for producing oils with health in mind. Udo made the decision to take control of his health, so he started doing research. As a result of his discoveries, he developed a love for discovering the answers to the big problems in life, which he hoped would one day bring him and the rest of the world peace. He will discuss his experiences growing up during a time of war with us as well as the challenging journey that led him to the man he is today. Learn a lot from this episode and enjoy!

“Your awareness goes from being present inside and absent outside. And the disconnection from ourselves that begins at birth is the beginning of heartache.”

• What is the core of your being?

• Being fully present in your life

• The difference between health and energy

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I'm going to read from my own book in this episode, and while I do, I want you to know that I'm doing it out of appreciation for all the people who helped me write the book but who probably didn't get much credit for it. There are so many people that contributed and there are so many souls. The books' title is "Stop Bullying Yourself: Identify Your Inner Bully, Get Out of Your Own Journey & Enjoy Greater Health, Wealth, Happiness and Success." We all make mistakes along the way and can fall or stumble, but the important thing is to decide to get back up. And ultimately, the goal of the book is to silence the inner bully—the voice in each of our heads that tells us we're not good enough and that we need to keep working harder—that tells us to keep trying.

“Remember, develop yourself, build skills, and challenge yourself. Don't get caught up in the wishing game looking outward for perfection or your inner bully will control your life.”

• Life is like an awkward dance
• Taking control of your life and dancing like nobody's watching
• Be careful what you wish for and who you dance with

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I want to discuss the world you have made today. This episode was intended to serve as a brief reminder that the way we choose to think will have an effect on the world in which we live. We have the option to choose a more vivid perspective. All we have to do is choose it once more. Create Your World was the title of a blog article I created and wanted to share with you all. Tune in to this episode to learn more about this fascinating story. 

“You already know that your thoughts can make you uncomfortable, and even physically ill so you can think healthfully and use your mind to program your cells to become healthier.”

• How we choose to think impacts our perceptions
• The power of thinking positive thoughts
• Looking beyond the glass half full

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Today, I will share to you some learnings I got from the book of Shawn Achor namely “Big Potential” and here, he talks about competitive praise. When you praise someone while ultimately criticizing others, you are engaging in competitive praise. And it's crazy how common this is. I'll give you some instances and explain why I wanted to discuss this on the podcast since it really opened my eyes about how I praise my children. Learn a lot from this episode and enjoy!

“There are some things that you could probably reflect on and maybe shift your praise giving into someone who's giving praise at all levels, trying to eliminate the competitive praising and just start showing up in a way that you're really inclusive with.”

• Praise for the people in your life
• Competitive praise is lifting all these individuals up
• The importance of getting the word out to people

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Today, I want to talk values with you. I'll tell you about my personal experiences with negative downloads. As an adult, whatever negative downloads we may have may not make sense, let me remind you of that. However, it involves looking back and immersing oneself in the circumstance of your childhood. And as you go through that, just kind of sit there, feel it out, and see what comes up for you. That's what I did as well. And in this experience, that's what I encountered. Independence, having my own means of transportation, and being able to do and go whatever I need to whenever I need to were the values in the game. Learn a lot from this episode and enjoy!

“I just think that doing this flowchart of finding your values can be helpful. I think it can be valuable, uncover some things and then allow you to really appreciate the value gained from a negative event and I think it'd be really powerful.”

• What is a negative download? What is the value gained?
• The negative download of people who does not really like you
• We don’t have to win to get praise

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I wanted to kind of give you a glimpse of my thoughts with this episode. I was making a list of events that occurred in 2022. Things I don't know, things worth writing down, I'll say that I know so much has happened. And these are just a few of the items that caught my attention. I'll also talk about the 11 simple guidelines for changing your thinking from my second book. We are all able to use this healing technique for free and it simply involves changing our thoughts and the way we think, and when we do that, our biochemistry also changes. Learn a lot from this episode and enjoy!

“We are better when we collaborate with each other. So let go of the need that you need to be better than somebody else or you need to beat them. Let that go.”

• The 11 quick rules to rewiring your mindset
• The truth can never truly hurt you when you are in truth
• Every experience you have can create a bridge

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In today's episode, I have celebrity weight loss TV show trader Bruce Pitcher on. He has a really interesting backstory and will discuss it, as well as how he went from having an ultimately abusive childhood to reaching 420 pounds and then reducing that weight. He participated in the fourth season of ABC's Extreme Weight Loss Edition, wrote the best-selling book "Larger Than Life," has a YouTube channel, and has maintained his weight loss of more than 200 pounds for the past nine years. In light of that, today's topic will be weight loss, along with everything else in between. Learn a lot in this episode and enjoy!

“People are so focused on what can I get right now and do right now that they under predict what they can accomplish in a decade.”

• Bruce’s journey from an abusive childhood to becoming a celebrity weight loss coach
• The one thing that you have complete control over is your attitude
• What it was like to hit a low of low after the finale of Extreme Weight Loss

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For today's episode, I'd like to plant the seed with everyone and discuss how we perceive competition and achievement. We often think of it as individual achievement versus collaborative achievement, so today I'm going to share with you a couple of things Shawn Achor mentioned in his book Big Potential: How Transforming Our Pursuit of Success Raises Our Achievement, Happiness, and Well-Being. Learn a lot in this episode and enjoy!

“We need diversity. We need people that think differently than us. And we need to be collaborative.”

• How competition and achievement is different from collaborative achievement
• The more we can work with each other, the more successful we all become
• A reminder that we don't have to do everything ourselves

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Today, I'm going to give you a few tips to help you through the season. So, these are just going to be some quick tips, one on how to skip that holiday weight gain that many of us do and then just a couple things that you can do to kind of spice things up a little bit with your family or your friends. I will also give you some tips for eating healthy during this holiday season which will be a great help to you! This is also cold and flu season, so make sure you're taking your vitamins and eating a healthy diet. Check out this episode and have a happy holiday!

“Give yourself some grace. You can say no to things.  The biggest thing to do is keeping your stress at a minimum this holiday season.”

• How to spice things up during the holidays!
• Tips to be prepared for holiday weight gain!
• Tips for eating healthy during the holiday season!

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Today, I'll be discussing vitamin and mineral absorption with you. Additionally, you might not be aware that caffeine, a wonderful stimulant found in coffee, can affect how well vitamins are absorbed. I'm going to discuss a study that looked at how coffee might affect vitamin absorption, which was published in the Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. As caffeine has an impact on your body, I wanted to use this episode as a reminder to you to check in with yourself and see how much you're drinking and ingesting. Pay attention to this episode to learn more about this!

“The other aspect of the caffeine not only as a diuretic but it also encourages muscle contraction along the GI tract. This can cause you to release waste faster, not always a bad thing but this can mean that you get rid of the vitamins and minerals in your body quicker.”

• The effects of caffeine on vitamin absorption
• Find out how caffeine has diuretic and diabolic properties!
• How prescription drugs can have an impact on vitamin and mineral absorption

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