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Ari Whitten is a best-selling author and the creator of the Energy Blueprint system. He is an energy and fatigue specialist who focuses on taking an evidence-based approach to energy enhancement. For the last 5 years, he's been working with the world's top fatigue and energy experts to develop the most comprehensive program in the world on the science of overcoming fatigue and increasing energy -- The Energy Blueprint. 

In this interview we dove deep into understanding the true cause of fatigue, why it’s so much more than having adrenals out of whack, examples of a health approach to circadian rhythms and how you can avoid the trap of ‘becoming a night owl’ just because that’s how society has programmed you. 

Is it time for you to stop relying on quick-fixes like caffeine, sugar, stimulants and “energy drinks”?? Ari is giving a way a powerful 4-Video Masterclass on how to overcome fatigue and increase your energy levels in a smart, sustainable way. And trust me- his tips and guidance are GOLD and will change the way you look at building real energy in your life! Just follow this link here to start watching today. Enjoy the show!

Show Notes:

• 2:03 - how Ari got passionate about exploring the topic of fatigue and energy
• 4:37 - how the medical system views and deals with adrenal fatigue
• 9:23 - dispelling the myth around adrenal fatigue
• 20:59 - what a healthy flow of cortisol looks like with circadian rhythms 
• 26:49 - main causes of lower cortisol in the morning 
• 31:55 - info and insight on ‘night owls
• 36:15 - causes of general fatigue and the science behind it
   

Links:

• 4 hour masterclass on adrenal fatigue
• the energy blueprint system
• the energy blueprint podcast
• more info on adrenal fatigue
• addison's disease/adrenal insufficiency 
• ACTH stimulation test
• 4 different chronotypes 
• The Power of When
• Michael Bruce
• morning eveningness questionnaire
• studies about highly physical active elders and the impact it has on mitochondria 
• debunking adrenal fatigue - this article and this one too
• red and near infrared light therapy

Quotes:

32:26 - “In the modern world, that we live in, the typical modern lifestyle shifts basically everybody more toward a night owl rhythm.”

33:46 - “Most people who think they are night owls are night owls because of a dysfunctional lifestyle that is non-optimal and not connected to nature as you should be.”

47:20 - “To elevate your state means to be conscious of the fact that if you don’t really take charge of your health and make consistent efforts to improve your health and your energy and your brain function, to hack your health…the result is not pretty.”

Emily Fletcher is the founder of Ziva Meditation, a powerful trifecta of mindfulness, meditation and manifesting designed to unlock your full potential. It’s benefits include decreased stress, deeper sleep, improved immune function and extraordinary performance.

I didn’t realize this until our interview, but she’s been named one of the top 100 women in wellness to watch, has taught more than 20,000 students around the world and has spoken on meditation for performance at Apple, Google, Harvard Business School and Barclays Bank. Pretty amazing accolades!

We had a great time discussing Emily’s personal story, the details behind why the Ziva Technique is so powerful, and the difference between meditation vs. mindfulness. 

And today, she is giving away a free online “Stress Less Guided Meditation” for you to relax and recharge your system in our modern day world. Just follow this link here.

Show Notes:

4:06 - what Emily’s morning routine looks like

11:43 - how Ziva was born and Emily’s personal health awakening

19:18 - the Zive technique and why she formed it the way she did

22:29 - her response to “I don’t have time to meditate.”

24:33 - mindfulness vs. meditation

21:25 - time folding and synchronicity and manifestation

40:02 - thoughts on manifestation

Links:

Stress Less Accomplish More

Ziva Meditation

her smoothie recipe

copper tongue scraper

brain octane oil (MCT oil from BulletProof)

habit stacking

Human Design

Erin Claire Jones

Quotes:

22:00 - “I started noticing that meditation alone is not enough. How many ex-meditators do you know? How many people do you know who’ve tried meditation and quit? How many people do you know who’ve downloaded an app and don’t use it? How many people do you know who’ve said they’ve tried to meditate and ‘can’t clear their mind’? How many people do you know who say they want to meditate but they don’t have time?”

22:24 - “We cannot afford for our species to be stupid, sick and slow.”

36:24 - “Even though it’s simpler, it’s so foreign for us westerners to understand the idea of surrender.”

36:40 - “It’s just like you don’t try to fall asleep at night. You just do, you just lay down and your body falls asleep and it runs a whole host of healing mechanisms. The same thing is happening in meditation.”

43:25 - “Let’s assume the the prison that most of us created, is a prison in your mind.”

43:59 - “Worry is a waste of perfectly good imagination.”

All show notes can also be found at: www.elevateyourstate.co/podcast/emilyfletcher

Is the human body electric? What is the bio-field and how does our body communicate with energy and frequency? Tune in to this show to find out. My next guest, Dr. Christine Schaffner, is a board certified Naturopathic physician who graduated from Bastyr University in Seattle, Washington.  Prior to Bastyr, she completed her undergraduate studies in Pre-medicine and Psychology at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia.

She is the Clinic Director of Sophia Health Institute; the clinic she co-created with her mentor Dr. Dietrich Klinghardt in Woodinville, Washington.  With her diverse skill set, Dr. Schaffner seeks to improve access, outcomes, and speed of recovery for patients struggling with chronic illness wherever they may be. She is also co-hosting the Body Electric Summit with Dr. Klinghart, a cutting-edge online event series all about seeing the body as energy.  To learn more about and register for this amazing free series, check out this link here!

Notes:

1:59 - when her personal health journey started 

7:48 - the process of introducing the body as energy as a healing approach

13:11 - Christine's personal practices/behaviors for producing ideal results

27:20 - trauma and emotional work - explaining epigenetic and family constellations 

34:02 - explaining acupuncture

39:44 - EMFs and EMR (electro magnetic radiation)

49:35 - what it means for Christine to elevate her state of health and performance in her life

Links:

• Body Electric Summit (Online Event Series- Register for FREE Here!)
• Healing as voltage - book
• Dr. Klinghardt
• The 5 levels of healing
• Biofield Science and Healing (Pub Med Article)
• Dr. Beverly Rubik
• Ionic foot bath — Ion Cleanse by “A Major Difference” and Clayton Energy Systems
• Sauna Space Infrared Sauna and the Photon Single Light Panel
• Dr. Mercola
• Dr. Bruce Lipton
• Weber Medical Laser - photo dynamic therapy
• Family Constellations 
• venogram
• Zach Vetter and Marie Rodriguez for practitioners of fam constellation
• Alex Swanson podcast episode with TJ on optimizing genetics
• James Oschman - Energy Medicine (book)
• Y EMF Shielding paint

Quotes:

9:41 - “These can sound like esoteric or woo ideas but they are really grounded in science. We know that our heart has a strong electromagnetic field and in conventional medicine we measure that with an EKG. We know that our brain waves can be measured by a technology called EEG.”

11:22 - “ In order to truly heal the physical body we also have to acknowledge and have a language to how we create more coherence or flow or basicly  healthy electromagnetic energy that informs our physical body to do all the chemical things.”

49:55 -  “Elevating your health is actually how we create more coherence and flow in our energy field so that our bodies can communicate more effectively.”

50:16 - “As we elevate our vibration and our energy, more health and healing can happen for all of us.”

Notes:

1:34 - Franks personal backstory related to health and ulcerative colitis

6:37 - what is ulcerative colitis and effects of drugs and steroids used to treat it

19:14 - the turning point for Frank and when he decided to take his health and healing into his own hands

21:08 - what is chronic lyme disease (vs. acute lyme disease) and why it’s not heard of

23:24 - Herxheimer reaction

36:00 - sensory deprivation tank

40:00 - building your own self-care team

43:21 - hacks Frank began to implement for his health

50:52 - Frank’s morning routine which includes his top health hacks

1:05:56 - hot/cold routine and benefits

1:13:20 - what Vipassana meditation retreat is all about and why Frank does it

Links:

Lorene Cordaine - Paleo Diet Book (2006)
The Maker’s Diet - Jordan Ruban 
Ankylosis spondylitis 
chronic Lyme Disease
Dr. Horwitz book - Why Can’t I Get Better
GAPS diet
Weston A Price diet
Herxheimer reaction
Float/Sensory Deprivation Tank
Anthony D Clementi - biohacking book
Dr. Klinghardt - Lyme Disease doctor
Dr. Jack Kruse 
Bryan Hoyer - EMF Specialist- Founder of Shielded Healing
the presence process - book
vipassana meditation
Wim Hof style breathing- video tutorial

Quotes:

18:26 - “What I noticed now is that I removed a symptom and didn’t address the root cause - so now I’m starting to symptom hop. I smash down symptoms by removing my colon and all of a sudden it pops back up in a different way.”

23:18 - “Doctors are doing their best to heal their patients with what available to them.”

45:26 - “You’re never going to get well in the environment you got sick in.”

1:01:45 - “What you want is to experience the way you believe you’re going to feel when you get [what you visualize] and you don’t have to wait until some future event to feel those ways, you can feel that way now.”

1:04:48 - “If you don’t treat health like it’s your most important priority, then it won’t be.”

1:13:42 - “Craving, aversion and ignorance are ultimately the sole reasons why we suffer emotionally.”

1:18:44 - “When I think about elevating my state and when I feel most satisfied and fulfilled with my life is when I’m remembering that my life is about the process and being obsessed with the process.”

She is the author of The Wahls Protocol: How I Beat Progressive MS Using Paleo Principles and Functional Medicine, The Wahls Protocol: A Radical New Way to Treat All Chronic Autoimmune Conditions Using Paleo Principles (paperback), and the cookbook The Wahls Protocol Cooking for Life: The Revolutionary Modern Paleo Plan to Treat All Chronic Autoimmune Conditions.

Plus, she is a fellow Iowan! She comes on the show to dive deep into the role of nutrition for healing, managing and preventing MS symptoms. It was a very inspiring interview about what's possible when it comes to healing the body through nutrition. And she even shares a few recipes you can get access to if you visit her site right here!

Show Notes:

7:16 - Terry’s background and experience with conventional medicine vs. functional medicine

16:07 - nutrition specific for MS

18:20 - Terry’s books and protocol for MS

24:12 - preventing progress MS

27:04 - why it’s important to work with a primary care doc especially if you are on medications

31:28 - tips for the microbiome

33:24 - discussing the benefit of greens for the brain

Important Links:

• Secondary progressive MS
• The Wahls Protocol - How I Beat MS (book)
• The Animal Models of MS
• The Institute for Functional Medicine
• Summer Bock episode
• Terry Wahls Website
• One Page summary of the Wahls diet (cheat sheet FREE Giveaway!)
• Mindshare Summit Conference

Quotes:

9:09 - “It was very clear that despite taking the very best drugs, from the very best people, from one of the best MS centers in the world…. I was headed toward bedridden, demented and possibly uncontrolled pain.”

14:03 - “The conventional understanding of progressive MS is incomplete. Who knows how much recovery might be possible.”

“There’s no place you can go to get a sex education. You can get a procreation education. You can get a contraception or abstinence education. But you can’t get a passionate super hot sex life education.” - Susan Bratton

Susan Bratton is a champion and advocate for all who desire passionate relationships. Considered the “Dear Abby of Sex,” Susan’s fresh approach and original ideas have helped millions of people of all ages and across the gender spectrum transform sex into passion.

Married to her husband Tim since 1993, Susan is an author, award-winning speaker, and serial entrepreneur who teaches passionate lovemaking techniques to her fans around the world. Susan’s straight-talking, fearless approach is rooted in her personal experience of watching her sex life wither while she and her husband pursued dynamic careers. When their relationship hit a crisis point, the couple made a fierce commitment to do whatever it took to keep their family together and revive the passion in their marriage. Today, she and her husband have the kind of dream relationship most people long-since stopped believing is even possible—until they discover Susan’s teachings.

She comes on the show to dive into all things sexual vitality! Boy was this interview a doozy. We had a LOT of fun. I'll be honest, having conversations about sex sometimes can be very vulnerable. But the main question is why? Most likely because of historical shame and other emotions playing a role and because we don't often talk about sex! It's often seen as taboo! And specifically in the health world I believe there is not enough quality information and guidance on how to have a healthier and more fulfilled sex life. Hope you enjoy the show!

And make sure to check out the show notes, as well as Susan's Free Giveaway, The Sexual Soulmate Pact AND her upcoming FREE online event series, The SEXUAL VITALITY SUMMIT!

---> YouTube Link to Video on How to Ask For What You Want in Bed. (CLIP FROM OUR INTERVIEW)

 ---> YouTube Link to Video on How to Talk Dirty to a Guy. (CLIP FROM OUR INTERVIEW)

 Show Notes:

3:44 - how Susan got into working in the sexual vitality space

12:49 - the shift in Susan’s personal relationship

17:03 - communication in the bedroom and the 4 keys to sexual seduction

26:38 - challenges that women experience in communication and role play example

41:08 - how to lean into dirty talk

45:30 - genital shame

50:00 - what Susan is doing to elevate her state and hack her gut health

**FREE GIVEAWAY**

 ---> The Sexual Soulmate Pack Giveaway

Other Important Links:

Quotes:

5:11 - “There’s no place you can go to get a sex education. You can get a procreation education. You can get a contraception or abstinence education. But you can’t get a passionate super hot sex life education.”

13:00 “Lying is just so endemic to our culture and to our way of relating as human beings.”

David Korsunsky is the CEO & Founder of Heads Up Health, a state-of-the-art health data tracking platform built for the individual consumer to have more awareness and take smarter action in their health. David has fifteen years of experience working for industry leading technology firms and most recently served as Director of Technical Alliances at VMware, Inc. where he led strategic partnerships with global EHR companies including EPIC, Cerner, McKesson, GE, Allscripts and many more. As an avid health enthusiast, he recognized an opportunity to build a software solution that makes it easier for anyone to take control over their health through better use of their data.

Notes:

2:43 - about Heads Up Health

10:49 - the value of Heads up Health and having all their data in one spot

21:52- why it’s important to take control of your health metrics

27:26 - integrative functional medicine and it’s roll in David’s life

29:46 - the rise of the smart patient and practitioner and their relationship

32:44 - TJ shares his screen on the video and gives a peek at the Heads Up Health platform

35:35 - the functional glucose tolerance test and why you should do it

38:25 - monitoring HRV data

43:52 - the over objectified self and when data can become counter productive

48:07 - David’s go-to strategies for health creation

Links:

Quotes:

6:14-6:18 - “Data can drive behavior change. Just seeing numbers can drive behavior change.”

17:54 - 18:07 “People are starting to recognize that conventional medicine is largely an acute solution. And for a lot of the things we are working on you need other types of healthcare expertise.” 

36:37 - 36:55 “I would say that understanding which foods jack your blood sugar and which foods don’t is probably one of the most important things you can learn.”

Dr. Katherine Zagone is a Naturopathic Doctor and Medical Director for Gentera Center for Regenerative Medicine in Los Angeles. She is an expert and advocate for sexual wellness and takes a comprehensive and individualized approach to help each patient uncover root causes and restore optimal health.

In this episode we dive into all aspects related to sexual health. From libido, arousal, hormones and sensation, Dr. Zagone will help you reflect on your sex life and ask yourself where you want it to be. We also dive into a LOT of the science of our hormones and her favorite health hacks our approach so we can optimize our levels. Katherine also happens to be a great friend, business partner, and my personal Health Hacker Approved Doctor!! To learn more about here work you can visit Gentera’s website here.

In my men’s high performance health coaching practice I bring Dr. Zagone to each of my clients. Together, Katherine and I help men customize their nutrition, supplement and lifestyle gameplan based on their advanced blood and genetic testing markers.

Men: If you’re interested in learning more about this work, you can reach out to me at: tj anderson 10 @ gmail. She is accepting some telemedicine clients and patients through my health coaching practice.

Women: I can also refer you to work with Katherine 1-on-1, but without me as I only coach men.

Notes:

2:10 - Katherine’s sexual wellness program at Gentera center for regenerative health

4:26 - why Katherine started integrating sexual practices in her naturopathic medicine practice

8:20 - what are the things people can look for in their relationship

15:14- prescription pre-work gummy (aka- a microdose of cialis)

16:40 - how much sex do you need to have to get health benefits

18:45 - examples of what hormones and objective data to look at

23:06 - the most common types of hormone profiles she sees

27:05 - the importance of sexual health

32:12 - simple yet powerful health hacks for better sexual health (heavy leg days for boosting T, exercise in general to improve circulation, and the top two foods for sexual health

34:30- men: how to create connection with your woman so she feels safe, loved, cherished and adored.

36:35- why both men and women should slow down (read Slow Sex book)

Links:

Quotes:

Alex Swanson is the founder of Nutrition Genome and creator of the software Genetrition™. He is a second generation nutritionist and co-owner of Swanson Health Center, a private family clinical nutrition practice that has been in business for over 40 years. He is also the creator of the popular blog The Health Beat. Alex has worked as a personal trainer, private chef, and ran a global clinical nutrition practice for 12 years, with a focus on mental health, athletic performance, cancer, cardiovascular health, hormone optimization, and digestive health. Alex has a post-bacc in Nutrition Sciences from Basytr University in Washington state, an M.S. in Applied Nutrition and Business Entrepreneurship from Northeastern University, a Certificate in Methylation and Clinical Nutrigenomics, and a Certificate in Genetics and Genomics from Stanford University.

3:50 - Alex’s personal health hacking journey
10:35 - Nutrition Genome - when it was started and how it’s different from other genetic tests out there
14:30 - genetics related to exercise
22:46 - magnesium and other minerals and  how it affects genes
28:04 - the methylation cycle
33:22 - building an all star health team
36:06 - Alex Swanson’s online training (that is free)
41:00 - ApoE gene
56:14 - fat metabolism genes and genetics
1:01:20 - nutrition genome and pricing
1:05:09 - other important genes to highlight
1:12:13 - nootropics and tips when approaching using them
1:17:45 - genes and caffeine

Links:

Jessica, Jill & Jennifer are cofounders of SHINE Restaurant and Potion Bar as well as co-authors of the cookbook, EAT DRINK SHINE. Having made food their lives’ passion, The Shine Triple ‘Blissful Sisters’ as they call themselves, share their food philosophy, healthy living tips, family-­friendly recipes, and stories about sisterhood in their cookbook, EAT DRINK SHINE: Inspiration from Our Kitchen, Gluten-­Free and Paleo ­Friendly Recipes. The relationship you have to food is similar to the relationship you have with yourself and how you connect to the world. So what is your relationship to each of these aspects of life?

Sisters Jessica and Jill join us on the show today to cover some important topics- how important it is for restaurants to take action on bringing healthier options to the community, how to feed our children well, and how to tap into the magic within each and every one of us. And guess what, our show was filmed in front of a LIVE audience inside of SHINE the Restaurant! (The video version will come out soon.)

 When you’re done with this show, make sure to ask yourself how you are called to look deeper into the power we have to make healthy, magical food choices for ourselves and our family. And if you haven’t been to Boulder or their SHINE Restaurant and Potion Bar, put it on your list to attend very soon! They're leading the way on how restaurants can provide healthy, well-sourced, nourishing food.  You can check out their cookbook here. Enjoy!

Notes:

2:50 - how Shine restaurant started

8:44 - the values and infusion of those in culinary lifestyle

12:06 - how to choose a health conscious restaurant

14:30 - the shine potions

35:05 - how to make smart eating decisions as parents and for kids

41:40 - how the food kids eats impacts their mood and immune system

45:50 - tips on relating to your food and getting good intake

51:24 - what it means for the Shine sisters to elevate their state

Links:

Quotes:

45:52 - 45:58 “Really listening - like deep deep listening to your body. Your body really knows what it needs.”

46:43 -46:50 “Truly you know what’s best for your body. It’s important that people really listen.”

48:19- 48:25 “I think we underestimate what we can do in our homes, and how quick and simple it can be.”