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Chuck aka Charles Max Wood returns. He is the host of several podcasts including JavaScript Jabber and Ruby Rogues all available at Devchat.tv. He’s the author of “The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job.” He started podcasting in 2008. The podcasts he produces reach more than 80,000 developers every week. Chuck lives in Utah with his wife and 5 children.

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• Book: The MaxCoders Guide To Finding Your Dream Developer Job – https://amzn.to/2Jrh5A8
• https://www.facebook.com/DevChattv
• https://twitter.com/cmaxw
• https://instagram.com/charlesmaxwood

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• https://jsnation.com/
• https://reactsummit.com/

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Timestamped Show Notes:

00:30 - Introduction

14:55 - Once you've got all the pieces in place, getting all of the pieces in place along with the stories. I've been podcasting since 2008 and I have one of the largest JavaScript podcasts out there.

20:15 - JSNation.com So it's actually two conferences they're putting on two conferences back to back. One of them is JS Nation and the other one is React Summit conference.

23:50 - I'm going to put on a summit. It's gonna be free to attend, you can pay for the videos. You don't even have to have everything figured out. You just have to have a date and a website that you can send people to. I'm gonna be nailing that down before I go, or I might do some of it on the airplane. When I bring people on to do the interviews and stuff, some of them are going to be people that I'm going to have speak at the summit.

33:35 - Final Words Shown Below…

Our Final Words of the Show:

I finished 75 hard again. Next up, there's a triathlon, it's up north of Salt Lake. It's a sprint distance. You run on Antelope Island, which is an island in the Great Salt Lake. Then the bike and swim of course, it's a sprint distance. So yeah, that's what I'm aiming for and it's in September.

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With us today is Melissa Hughes, founder of Live Rich, Spread Wealth—a business (and movement) that is all about helping people live richer lives as a result of becoming their best selves. Melissa is a best-selling author, speaker, and master business coach that became a self-made millionaire by the age of 31! Known as The Guru of Implementation®, Melissa’s success, and that of her clients, is a result of her practical, proven systems for business and life success.

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00:30 - Introduction

10:00 - I actually would take my clients on these international retreats. The reason that even started was because when I went to Bali for the first time, I don't share the same religion as the Balinese folks do, but I've never seen such grateful people. That gratitude is off the charts in Bali!

21:30 - I'm not all about the hustle, per se, because I like that steady flow, the steady as you go, open, solid, and then keep your pace up. I do like to do things with grace and ease. So that creates a mindset that I have to take on. Because if things are getting too much anxiety, I think there's always limitless possibilities. So I say what does it need to look like for me to do this with grace? 

33:00 - I had a very successful life in corporate America. But one day I was at this really nice hotel, looking outside the window, and I was like, this can't be what life is all about. This can't be my forever after. I thought that the more bonuses, the more salary I get, was the more freedom I get.

41:50 - It is such a process. It's a mindset. It's a behavior that follows it, it's a commitment and dedication to creating those better habits. So it's all a process, it's all about that muscle, and giving yourself the grace to know that like, when I go to the gym, my first day, I'm not lifting 50 pounds. I'm not doing that, I can lift it, and I'm not going to go to the gym again.

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I think the legacy that I'd like to leave behind is that first of all, everyone that's listening, you are so freakin important and you are a valuable person. Whether you have kids or not, you are influential, people are always watching all of us. Part of living rich is embracing all of who you are, the good, the bad, the quirky, your education, your experiences, and really being able to accept yourself and be unapologetic about the gift that you are to this world. From there, you can create so many things.

But I feel like sometimes you need to stop and say you know what, I am awesome. Create an awesomeness list for yourself. Create a list for yourself, that speaks on like, if you're a mom or your dad or your you graduated or, or you were a good friend of somebody, make a list of the things that you're proud of, that you've been able to do, no matter how big or small. When you're faced with something challenging, go back to that list. Because it will remind you that, look, you are really great in these things. These are the things that you're able to accomplish. If you can do that, you might not know how this ends up, but give yourself the courage and the space to be awesome again. So that's what I would say, to be able to embrace all of who you are because you matter that much. That's what it is to live a rich life and then build and create from there.

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Getting Smart With Our Nutrition & Health:

Ari Tulla is a San Francisco-based entrepreneur and the co-founder & CEO of the smart nutrition service, Elo, whose mission is to transform food from the leading cause of disease to medicine. Ari is also an active angel investor and advisor with a portfolio of 40 startups, including Virta Health, Good Eggs, and Ōura.

Previously, Ari was the CEO of Quest Analytics, the market leader in doctor data and network management. Ari led the company through a pivotal growth stage from $15M to $40M in revenue. Before joining Quest Analytics, Ari was co-founder and CEO of BetterDoctor, a doctor search engine.

When not working or co-parenting his two young children with his wife, Ari spends his time on the steep cliffs, powdery slopes, and big cold waves that only Northern California can offer.

Today’s Guest & Resource Links:

• https://www.elo.health/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/aritulla/

Timestamped Show Notes:

00:30 - Introduction

11:15 - It's also powerful in a way that, I became a believer of the idea of food as medicine. I always remind myself that I wake up, the kids are here, because food was medicine. We would not have done that. We would not have, they would not be here. So, I mean, it's pretty powerful for them. They don't know the story yet.

20:00 - Some of them actually are facts that you need to listen, it just took time to find the right people to start implementing the implementers, whether it be engineers, or just people who just decided to execute on the on the game plan and figure it out. All of a sudden we apply these discoveries that weren't fully applied, they were implemented before.

32:45 - That's the point about this idea that we are looking at, you know, 12-13 biomarkers today on blood. Normally we think about blood biomarkers, we can think about, maybe sweat, but you can also think about digital biomarkers, like sleep and weight data, and your HRV and your activity, your heart rate, and many other things. So, one thing that we are trying to do a lot every day, is to really focus on understanding. How do we master nutrition? How do we build these things that are going to help you make that behavior change stick? 

41:30 - So it's so interesting, it's why we alone, we talk about the nutrition problem, and we work today in a world of supplements and powders and stuff like that. It doesn't mean we are going to stop there, we're going to go into into food fairly quickly. But while we did start with the supplements, for example, I think it's mind boggling and many people don't know the fact that 20 million people in this country are taking supplements every day.

57:30 - In the bag, what we are sending to people and is handed back to that person, is blended specifically for that person. We have worked with really, really good people on the backend to make it scalable. This is something that has never really been done before. So every product we do, we try to be able to customize the protein, literally every protein bag we put out is gonna be different for that customer.

01:03:45 - Final Words Shown Below…

Our Final Words of the Show:

I think for me, the really the big thing is that the smart nutrition is something that you know, I believe it can become a real thing. Like a smartphone. What if we, now in the next decade, we invent this concept and take it further not us, but you know, hundreds of people, 1000 people, you know, hundreds of companies are gonna I hope adopt this idea. What if we, what if this becomes like a smartphone? What if half the people adopt smart interest and products that come from this world? What if we can actually with this sense, the way healthcare is perceived, and my big thing that I want to work on? I don't know if it's possible, but I think today that we might be able to figure it out, the code of health for humans by connecting us into more sensors and more biomarkers, and I think we can all find the universal theory of health, and it will look very different than what we have today.

When we have 100 different types of doctors. Looking at one part of your body. It's like you're blindfolded and you're taxing the elephant from the nose and from the tail. That's what the doctors do. and they don't communicate to care, they don't convene together to talk about your condition, the one doctor makes the call and then the other ones are not in the loop, they barely even see the data or the audit or the record.

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Mark England is the cofounder and head coach of Enlifted. He has been researching, presenting and coaching on the power of words and stories for the past 16 years. Mark holds a masters degree in education and was an elementary school P.E. teacher before getting into personal development.

Quote: "When we learn to think about our thinking we become alive in a new way." -Alan Watts

Abracadabra: properly defined - It’s from the Aramaic phrase avra kehdabra, meaning “I will create as I speak”.

1. The power of your words.
2. What is the Victim Mentality.
3. Mindset and the Beginner Syndrome.

• www.enlifted.me
• Instagram: @EnliftedCoaches
• Mark’s TEDx from 2017, Identity vs Process: Reinterpreting Failure, Identity vs. Process - https://youtu.be/K-6as-5dxSs

• Barbell Shrugged - https://barbellshrugged.com/podcasts/
• Dominque Briar -https://www.reverbnation.com/dominiquebriar
• Daniel Goleman, Book - Emotional Intelligence author - https://www.danielgoleman.info/
• Abracadabra - https://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-abr1.htm
• Jeffrey Gitomer aka The King of Sales, Book - The Sales Bible - https://www.gitomer.com/
• Sell or Die Podcast with Jeffrey Gitomer and Jennifer Gitomer, https://www.sellordiepodcast.com/
• Apogee Mens Group, Apogee Strong - https://apogeestrong.com/leadership/
• Mike Salemi Kettlebell Camp, https://www.mikesalemi.io/

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00:30 - Introduction

06:30 - Shoutout to singer Dominque Briar.

09:30 - In October 2016 on an island in the Gulf of Thailand, I'm there with my business partner. I wake up to the text in capital letters, and he's Mr. understatement, "We have $1,000 in the bank, we just just made payroll, we have $1,000 in the bank?!"

15:25 - 99% of people use self-inflicted limiting thought processes which comes down to a lack of education, basic education, about how our words influence us, for better and for worse. When I say your language, I mean internal dialogue and external dialogue. 

21:00 - Badass as hell, man. I've got a similar story, dude. I got a one way ticket when I flew over to Thailand in 2007. My goal was to go pro as a coach at this fasting and cleansing resort on that same island. I left behind a teaching career and that's when I just went for it!

29:00 - It's the beginner syndrome, all the beginner syndrome is, is the awkwardness of learning a new skill. It's the awkwardness of being new to a scene.

36:30 - The Victim Mentality, actually defined, acquired personality that… a person tends to repeat to himself or herself, as the victim.

40:00 - Mark provides a 2nd, quicker definition, of the Victim Mentality and it's impacts.

45:00 - Most of it comes from lack of preparation or lack of belief in your product. Then of course, there's the identity part that we bring into everything that we do. When someone is breathing poorly in a sales conversation, and their breath is trapped in the chest, the person that is your prospect is going to pick up on that.

51:40 - Mindset defined by Enlifted

01:11:00 - Beginner syndrome, it's the awkwardness, it's the skill acquisition, it's like, oh, what am I doing, and then you figure it out. Then you get better at it and then your confidence increases with your competence.

01:21:10 - Finding your purpose? No pressure everybody. Let's unpack that "purpose". Even though I need to find my purpose, for me, even though I fell in love on site, and thought this was cool shit and I still think it is, the whole language and word game. I did not commit to the thing until 10 years in. So here's a good progression. explore your interests. What are you interested in? For example, what is jujitsu, I'm interested, okay, so go do it for six months, see what happens. 

01:34:39 - Final Words Shown Below…

Your LANGUAGE is powerfully influencing you, for better and for worse. With just a minimal amount of education, you can change the way you've seen yourself. You can change the way you see your place in the world, you can change the way that you interact with other people.

Most importantly, we didn't talk about this as much as I normally talk about it on podcasts, because we're known as the language people, and that's nice, it's great. It's great to be known for something, we might as well be known as the language and the breathing people. Push comes to shove, gun to head, it's about the BREATH. You can learn to use your words in more constructive, dare I say and I do dare say, elegant ways. Unlock your breathing because guess what? It's hard to enjoy being you when your breath is trapped in your chest. That's where most people's breath is trapped, it's trapped in their chest.

A little fun fact. The second and third most commonly purchased over the counter medications are indigestion medication, and constipation medication. In my personal professional opinion, it's because people's breath is trapped in their chest.

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Chuck aka Charles Max Wood returns. He is the host of several podcasts including JavaScript Jabber and Ruby Rogues all available at Devchat.tv. He’s the author of “The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job.” He started podcasting in 2008. The podcasts he produces reach more than 80,000 developers every week. Chuck lives in Utah with his wife and 5 children.

1. Keep learning and keep practicing.
2. Build your network beyond your local community.
3. Executive aka Virtual Assistants, Growing your team.

• https://topenddevs.com/
• Book: The MaxCoders Guide To Finding Your Dream Developer Job – https://amzn.to/2Jrh5A8
• https://devchat.tv
• https://www.facebook.com/DevChattv
• https://twitter.com/cmaxw
• https://instagram.com/charlesmaxwood

00:30 - Introduction

04:30 - So at Devchat.tv, we had podcasts, and it was just a podcast network as the focus. So what we were doing is we were releasing shows in a number of different areas. JavaScript is something that I think a lot of people have heard about if you've been on the web. We had shows on Ruby, React is JavaScript for the web. So we have shows about all kinds of stuff like that. I'm looking, at this point, pulling together a couple of shows and putting out products now and that's where the rebrand came in. So some of the new shows are going to be on game development and then the products are going to center around Front-End Web Development, game development, machine learning, security, stuff like that. Those, those are the the areas where, like it or not, I mean, that's where things are growing. So effectively, the rebrand came into play when I went through a period in 2019, where the not so nice people on Twitter decided they wanted my business to crash and burn.

10:00 - Ultimately that was the other thing, a lot of the questions I get are, how do I advance? How do I move out? How do I move ahead? My answer is mostly you got to do stuff that people aren't doing. So that's consistent learning, consistent practice, consistent growth, meeting other people. It is building your network beyond your local community, making contributions to the community, putting content out there, if you're doing those kinds of things, that's where the growth is. So that's where my focus has been now is, I'm gonna give you content to level up your technical skills. That's kind of obvious to most people in the development space, and to people who think about the development space for about half a minute. 

20:00 - Initially, I hired my executive assistant or virtual assistant, she's in Philippines, by the way, which is a great source for that. I would just hand her tasks that needed to be done. She at this point succeeded, so we've hired somebody else to help her. If there's something she can't figure out how to do, or she knows that I already know how to do, then I'll record a video and I'll send it over. But probably half of the stuff she does, at this point is stuff that she has determined will get us toward our goals. So she just takes the lead on a lot of that. At this point, what we're doing now is we're getting clear on our strategic plan. We are documenting, so now she's building checklists, this is how we do this.

25:50 - The other piece of this is, is that I'm intending to do that, I already named the areas I was focused in, but I'm intending to do courses on a premium basis for those. So they're not just courses so much as they're, hey, here's your weekly training! It's 10 minute videos, you get two of them a week. So if you want to stay up on the technology area, that's what we're doing. Then the same thing with a lot of the career and soft skills education too.

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What I found is that mostly, it's just that consistent effort, right? There's something to be said, for planning ahead. So where do I want to end up? What are some of the intermediate steps? Maybe look a year out or three months out, what are kind of the time horizons that I like to plan for? So what do I deliver every day? For 90 days, to be well on track for that.

Then the other thing we talked a little bit about, just getting cancelled on Twitter and stuff like that. The other thing is, is that you really do have to figure out who you are and where you want to end up. Because at the end of the day, I was coasting at that point. I mean, I had a $300,000 business, but I was coasting. I was going to the conferences and sure, I'd find new sponsors. I'd show up, I was having fun, but I wasn't reaching the potential that I wanted, that I knew I could reach, but I was comfortable. So it's a blessing when you have a hardship that forces you to rethink things. Just be really clear about where you want to end up. Where are you going? What is this about? Then that consistent effort will start getting you to where you're most focused.

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A 1997 graduate of New York Chiropractic College, representing the face of the Gerson Therapy Worldwide, Dr. Patrick Vickers is featured in the epic documentary series, The Truth About Cancer: A Global Quest. Dr. Vickers' patient is also chronicled in the classic documentary, The Beautiful Truth.

Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Dr. Albert Schweitzer, called Dr. Max Gerson, "The most eminent genius in medical history" as The Gerson Therapy has the most storied reputation, to date, for its ability to reverse advanced cancer and degenerative diseases. With seven movies chronicling Dr. Gerson's work, no other therapy has received such recognition on an international scale. Unfortunately, the Gerson Therapy remains the most censored therapy by governments, medical authorities and media outlets around the world as it poses an imminent threat to the conventional medical system.

Personally trained by Dr. Gerson's family and one of the few people to have studied Dr. Gerson's handwritten files, Dr. Patrick Vickers continues to carry on Dr. Gerson's legacy through his premier, Advanced Gerson Clinic in Rosarito, Mexico as well as lecturing and interviewing on various platforms around the world on the indisputable, cellular science behind health, disease and the Gerson Therapy.

1. Fix Metabolism First
2. Health The Gut
3. Cure Cancer

• www.gersonclinic.com
• https://www.facebook.com/patrick.vickers.37
• https://www.instagram.com/gersoncenter/
• https://www.youtube.com/c/wwwgersontreatmentcom

Albert Schweitzer

00:30 - Introduction

09:30 - I can tell you during the last 25 years, we have dug our graves with our forks. We have single handedly destroyed our own bodies through diet, through what we're putting on our bodies and in our bodies. What we eat, whatever we're drinking, etc. I've been doing this 25 years and the average age coming into our clinic is 50 to 55. That is when disease typically sets in. Because the human body can only handle the onslaught of everything we do to it for decade after decade after decade, or right until we hit the fifth decade. 

17:30 - We must begin to restore the human digestive tract. That's the first aspect of metabolism. So that's how you do it, you have to start by healing the gut. That's where the Gerson Therapy has reigned supreme. That's why eight movies chronicled our work. That picture you showed of Albert Schweitzer Nobel Peace Prize winner called Gerson the greatest genius in medical history, you know, so this is where it starts is by starting to restore metabolism. 

23:20 - I'd like to address your question on what do we do about healthy fats. I mentioned how we heal the first aspect of human metabolism, how we restore metabolism, it starts in the gut 70% of your immune system. There's three aspects of metabolism, we have to restore to be able to cure patients. The next step is restoring the proper fats at the level of a cell membrane. So now you've healed the gut, you're properly able to break down and absorb nutrients into the bloodstream again. Now you have to get those nutrients and sugars into the cell and you need to get oxygen into the cell to be able to convert sugar into energy. 

31:15 - We've essentially reestablished the charge at the level of the cell membrane with polyunsaturated fat in the form of only flax oil. Once they're cured, they can go back, Gerson would say follow an 80/20 rule, 80%. You must maintain those principles of his dietary regimen, just the principles, you don't have to do 80% of the juicing, 80% of the coffee enemas, which we haven't even talked about yet. But an 80/20 rule, 80% Stick to the principles. 20% Enjoy yourself, right? Have a steak, have some butter, have some coconut oil, you know, that wasn't a problem.

41:20 - Look at the dumbing down of America, which has taken place over the last several decades. Ralph Nader, the guy who would always run as an independent for the presidency... He was once quoted as saying, living in the United States is like being in a football stadium filled with 330 million screaming obnoxious fans, you're standing on the 50 yard line, and you manage to shut them up for about 20 seconds, and you scream out, is there anybody in the stadium who can tell me the difference between ignorance and apathy, and 99.999% all yell back, we don't know an we don't care! If you can keep people entertained 24/7, with Hollywood, with sports, with music, you can do whatever you want to them. They have dumbed down the American people and world public, they've made them apathetic and ignorant. That's ultimately what it comes down to. People stop questioning, and they've trusted what they've seen on the boob tube. They just haven't really questioned the things that have been presented to them over the last 3-4-5-6 decades, people have no clue that the cure for cancer has been around for over 100 years. That's mind boggling.

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The Gerson Therapy historically has been a therapy to treat advanced disease. You've heard the adage, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, right? Well, the day and age that we live in today, now, this therapy has to become a means of just prevention. Rather than just treating disease, we are under the greatest onslaught in history of everything from toxicity, to poor food. More importantly, what we really didn't delve into, and that's the elephant in the room, the pandemic and the agenda behind all that. The things that they're doing to us right now, people have got to wake up or they are going to be experiencing disease.

These diseases are arriving so quick, so aggressive now. These cancers are so much more aggressive, and just happening almost overnight. I mean, it truly is just insane to watch what's going on, because my clinic is a microcosm of what's going on in the world. Just in the last two to three years since the pandemic, but things are coming in the aggressive nature of the cancer. It is getting crazy and they're not done. So this therapy becomes more of a means of prevention, let alone trying to heal an advanced disease like a terminal Cancer.

The unfortunate thing is, is that people, most people, they won't do what they need to do until they're on their deathbed. That is the unfortunate reality. Foods become so social, so emotional, and people no longer have the discipline to combat that and do what they need to do eat to live, rather than live to eat.

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Bryce Henson is CEO of Fit Body Boot Camp, the world’s fastest-growing fitness boot camp franchise.

Having over 10+ years of experience in the fitness industry and owning 2 FBBC locations, his passion is spreading fitness to the world, in addition to mentoring fitness professionals on how to grow their businesses and change more lives in their local communities.

Bryce also co-leads FBBC Mastermind Group, an exclusive coaching group for high-performing fitness professionals.

Bryce Henson was born in Atlanta, Georgia, grew up in Michigan and has spent most of his adult life in California. He is a graduate of Michigan State University and speaks Brazilian Portuguese fluently, having lived in Florianopolis, Brazil. He holds citizenship in the United States and Portugal. He enjoys world travel and is a fitness expert, coach, author, and inspirational leader.

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• http://www.realbrycehenson.com/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/realbrycehenson/
• https://www.facebook.com/realbrycehenson/

00:30 - Introduction

09:50 - That's what happened and you know, I just got super inspired and moved out to Southern California and LA when I was 21 years young. I was excited to be in LA, the palm trees, that healthy living lifestyle, all that California has to offer. But when you're 21 years old and you're 3000 miles from home, you're not a fit guy. You have very little professional skills to offer the world. Honestly, that plastic capital, the world is really a better place vibe.

19:35 - That's human nature to its core. I would say back in the day of 2012, when our brand came to existence, I guess my official franchise, it was the wild wild west. So there was structure there, but not nearly the amount of support and paint by numbers playbook and SOP's and whatnot that we have today. So I wouldn't say it was a different timeframe, to your point I found the playbook. Although I did make some edits and tweaks along the way.

30:20 - With that support system, technically, then you're even more successful. Right? And if you're coming in as if you didn't have the system, your mindsets there, you are ready to put in the long hours, the intensity, build your team, build the business, build the brand, build your clientele, and you have a system. Oh, my God, the world could be your oyster, so to speak. It's rocket fuel!

43:00 - We're extremely challenging here in 2023. I mean, we've had our best year in years for 2022, we've just awarded it will be 50 franchise locations this year, our franchise, the brand, the energy is off the charts, our franchise partner locations are the most successful they've ever been. So to your point, sometimes you got to go through the mess, and sometimes you got to go through hell to get to heaven. 

50:00 - Final Words Shown Below…

Our Final Words of the Show:

I think for me the legacy that I want to leave and when people look at me and you know, talk about me and the impact with my connection with them, is I want them to leave with the thought of this guy may be better. I think, generally speaking, as time will continue on, I'll continue to get more granular on that vision and be able to clarify it even more. But where I'm at right now, from a fitness perspective, from a leadership perspective, a business coach, consultant perspective, really what I've tried to do over the last 10 to 15 years in my career, is just leave it better than I found it to add value to people, and help them along the way. Help them have that mindset, because I connected with this guy, because I connected with this organization, because I rubbed shoulders, I'm better off for it. Now I have a duty, obligation, and responsibility to do the same thing for others.

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His past work includes Gut-Brain Secrets, which is all about food quality -- both the inputs that create it, and the outcomes to people and planet. His latest work, The Mitochondriac Manifesto, aims to overturn our old beliefs about where health or sickness comes from, in light of what we now know about mitochondria, seasonal cycles, and energies in and around the body.