Humans have used herbs medicinally for millennia. Indispensable in the toolkit of shamans, healers, and traditional medicine folk. Today, despite quick dismissal by Western medicine, well-trained herbalists get astounding results.

With a little research and some basic ingredients, you can make your own remedies. To prove this, I brought on an herbalist that nomads around the country in a van. Note: this is not intended as a substitute for medical advice. Always consult your doctor before making any lifestyle changes.

Shannon is a clinical herbalist diagnosed with endometriosis at age 19. She lived in misery, following her doctor's guidelines with no relief. At age 22, they told her that the disease had progressed to where she would never have kids. She was also diagnosed with ADHD.

Shannon began researching and used herbs, supplements, diet, and lifestyle to completely turn her life around. She got pregnant at age 27 and successfully treats her ADHD. She's living her best life and helping other women do the same.

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Why do you exercise? To feel good? To be able to do what you want? To look good? Losing weight, adding muscle, and getting lean check all boxes. Building your "Million Dollar Body".

Our guest this week wrote a book titled exactly that, and we cover a wide range of topics. From fat loss myths to principles for all-day lasting energy, to key quick routines which set you up for success. Your ideal training routine will amplify your impact.

Nate Palmer is a NASM certified personal trainer and corrective exercise specialist. He is also a Precision Nutrition Level 1 Coach.

Nate is the bestselling author of Passport Fitness: The No-nonsense Guide to Staying in Shape no Matter What City You Wake Up In. Nate is also the creator and founder of Bod in a Box – the HIIT Home Gym.

He specializes in working with entrepreneurs and business owners to create energy, focus, and a lean, healthy body – that shows up for your work, family, and focus time.

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The human body is built to move in all kinds of different ways, through many planes. Modern training, however, ignores all but front-to-back and sometimes side-to-side movement.

For maximum resilience, and to thrive anywhere, add natural movements that train all planes. These are the fundamentals that help you transfer your fitness work into everyday life.

Ben Reuter is a natural movement specialist with certifications from the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA), and the National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA).

Ben has interests in injury prevention/performance enhancement for endurance athletes and uses movement to enhance quality of life. After extensive travels throughout the country, Ben realized movement is a lifestyle, not just an activity because movement is part of what makes like complete. Follow him on his two podcasts—Moving2Live and Fitness Lab Pittsburgh aka FitLabPGH.

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Bodybuilders were some of the original biohackers. Experimenting with supplements, molecules, and tweaking the delicate endocrine system. Leading to well-developed and balanced physiques, but at what cost? Often mood, happiness, and paradoxically, their health and longevity. This episode draws from the best of two camps: health optimization and radical body transformation.

Connie Nightingale had frequent brain fog, body fatigue, weight gain, and a general lack of motivation — and plenty of other indicators that something needed to change. In 2015, Connie dove down a nutrition rabbit hole that led to her certifications as a nutritionist and personal trainer so she could help others do the same. Knowing that the body is part of one beautifully functioning whole, Connie uniquely targets the mental, physical, and nutritional elements of healthy living from a functional standpoint.

Some say many times over that "abs start in the kitchen." While this is true, Connie knows that mental wellness, gut health, and physical energy start in the kitchen too.

This is why Connie tailors individualized eating plans for her client's specific goals and desired outcomes. Her journey towards holistic health has changed her from the inside out and she is ready to help you do the same. Connie's expertise ranges from nutritional guidance, one-on-one personal training, contest and lifestyle coaching, mindset reframing, and bodybuilding competition posing. Her goal is to teach each person how to empower themselves towards future self-sufficiency by cracking their very own health code.

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Imagine running a marathon without much training. Then do it again every day for 9 days. The physical challenge of exercise is obvious. What happens when you push the body to its limits... and then some?

Once you go beyond the one-hour grueling workout. Two hours, three hours, and beyond. You get time alone with your mind. These endurance activities test resilience. Your mind plays tricks on you. Doubting you. Begging you to stop. Long after you've "hit the wall" and "bonked", you need a light at the end of the tunnel.

This episode is about the relentless mindset and motivation key to high-performance. How to dig deep when times get tough.

Matt Scarfo entered the fitness industry in 1999 at age 20. He was interested in learning how the human machine was engineered - how it responded, how it adapted, and how it accommodated when exposed to stress and stimulation.

Almost twenty-two years later, his curiosities led him to explore the most fundamental aspects of adaptation; adaptation to movement, exercise, diet, stress, injury, and disease. He's coached, train, and mentored over 10,000 clients and colleagues.

Matt has also partnered with two of the major fitness education institutions in the United States for more than two decades. His passion lies in understanding and maximizing human performance.

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Since I discovered Spirulina and Chlorella in 2016, I've become obsessed. It's one of few products I take on a daily basis — even when traveling with just a carry-on. Each tablet contains: 40+ vitamins & minerals, 3x more protein than steak, 48x more iron than spinach, 1000x more chlorophyll than kale, brain supporting omega-3, blood boosting Nitric Oxide, antioxidants, high alkalinity, all with just 1 calorie and 0 sugar. All of this is backed by over 50 years of science and almost 100,000 studies.

Catherine Arnston is the Founder And CEO Of Energybits®. She started ENERGYbits after her sister was diagnosed with breast cancer and advised by her oncologist that an alkaline diet would help her heal. Catharine immediately sprung into action to help her sister research alkaline foods and in the process, she discovered algae.

When Catharine learned algae was the most alkaline, plant-based, nutrient-dense food in the world and had been used for fifty years in Asia to improve health and longevity, she knew she had discovered something big (and yes, her sister fully recovered - thanks for asking).

As Catharine dug into the science of algae, she learned it had 64% protein, 40 vitamins/minerals and was endorsed by the United Nations and NASA as the most nutrient dense food in the world. She also discovered 100,000 studies documenting its long list of benefits and it was the most sustainable, eco-friendly food crop in the world. And yet algae remained virtually unknown outside of Asia.

Yet algae remained virtually unknown outside of Asia. How could this be possible? Catharine knew algae could be a game-changer for our health, our children and our world if she could only convince people it wasn't weird. And so ENERGYbits was born.

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EFT Tapping is a form of acupressure that stimulates the body's energetic meridian points, relaxes the body and mind within seconds, and brings it back into homeostasis.

When this happens, you can more easily break bad habits, reprogram your subconscious, and move towards your ideal life.

Christine Del Negro discovered EFT, or tapping, in 2013 and became a certified EFT practitioner 2018. As a mindfulness life coach, Christine uses tapping as well as other mindfulness tools to help others release stress in their minds and bodies. When the body and mind are relaxed, it is much easier to identify underlying emotions or limiting beliefs acting as roadblocks from achieving your goals. Using tapping to neutralize emotions, makes breaking stubborn patterns easier. Then you can reprogram your belief system to best support your ideal life.

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Have you taken a personality test (like the Myers-Briggs, Enneagram, Clifton Strengths Finder, and felt like the answers "A", "B", "C", and "D" all apply to you?

Wonder how accurately it matches your personality? Or maybe are stuck, not knowing what to do with that results.

Quantum Human Design is a personality test that solves this via a unique synthesis of Chinese Ye Ching, Hindu Chakras, Astrology, Judaic Kabbalah, and Quantum Mechanics.

I gave my guest just a few simple data points, and my reading wasn't the generic one-size-fits-all that I expected.

Kristen Toscano is a physical therapist-turned-Human Design coach who believes you can have as much energy, fun and adventure right now as you did when you were 22. All it takes is knowing exactly who you are and devoting yourself to saying "hell yes!" to exploring the things that light you up and bring you closer to alignment with your Authentic Self. By combining Human Design with a variety of tools to realign the meanings we hold about ourselves and our experiences, she guides her clients to get unstuck, stop taking flack from everyone else and become their own authorities so they can create the lives and businesses they want without burning out in the process.

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Are you living in alignment with your purpose?

When you do, life becomes easier and more enjoyable.

Our guest today is a student of inner work and has tips to build your own "vital life force".

Valentina Auliso is the founder and director at Val and Fred Factory. She teaches and shares her toolbox of healing practices to help people connect with their real truth. Valentina speaks 6 languages and has traveled around 30 countries to learn and strengthen her knowledge, wisdom, and expertise on societies, culture, and how we relate to ourselves.

Since a young age, she has been involved in community projects advocating human rights, learning and practicing healing self-development, and teaching mindfulness.

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Scientists around the world thoroughly examine, explore, test, and review the world of athletics and physical performance.

Brain research has focused on pathologies, disorders, and diseases. You aren't stuck with the brain you were born with.

The study of cognitive enhancement involves therapies, habits, tools, and supplements to unlock your full mental performance.

Greg Gostincar is a certified brain health professional and the creator of Your Inception. Greg, MSc, has finished multiple trainings and education in nutrition, brain science, sleep improvement, supplement development, biology, speed reading, memory improvement, and biochemistry.

He is also a certified expert on Brain Biohacking from Emory University & Amen Clinic. He shares science-based brainhacks that will help you optimize your brain and mental performance. He is an active contributor in the personal development industry and consults with multiple companies, market leaders, and start-ups.

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