The Aaron Jacobs Podcast

In this week's episode, I had the opportunity to sit down with the savvy Arpan Patel.

He has been a successful Real Estate investor in the Chicago area for 15 years!

And for all my teacher friends out there who are considering Real Estate as a career change, he has some practical, actionable advice for how and where to get started!

Even natural lifters that just focus on getting bigger and stronger are missing out on major health metrics that are vital for healthspan and lifespan.

What the internet tends to tell us is "healthy" versus what is actually healthy continue to be in conflict. Continuing to help you sift through all the BS this week!

Someone who may look huge, strong, vascular or "ripped" may not actually be the picture of health on the inside.

There are way more important measures of health than being "jacked" and having a "six pack." Good luck to everyone out there on the quest for "new year, new you!"

*People who think carbs will destroy your health

*People that think seed oils are killing people

*People who talk about "plant defense chemicals"

Cutting through the BS and helping you simplify your health journey this week!

In this episode we dive into the consequences of that lack of respect. If the trends continue, America's schools are in the most trouble that they will have been in during my lifetime as more and more teachers continue to be a part of a mass exodus from the profession...even in the midst of one of the worst job markets we've had in a LONG time.

Teaching may not be the most difficult job in certain respects, BUT it has some unique stressors that many people fail to recognize and respect.

Hopefully for those of you that have never stepped foot in the classroom, this will help you empathize a little more.

And students...you have a HUGE role to play in fixing America's schools. Time to take ownership of your future!

December sees the highest alcohol consumption of any month of the year...to the surprise of nobody.

I am going to encourage you to move in the opposite direction!

There is NO safe amount of alcohol consumption.

Change your behavior, and you can change your life...and the life of everyone around you.

Sources:

https://www.sleepfoundation.org/nutrition/alcohol-and-sleep 

https://www.npr.org/2018/08/24/641618937/no-amount-of-alcohol-is-good-for-your-health-global-study-claims 

https://health.clevelandclinic.org/does-drinking-alcohol-prevent-you-from-losing-weight 

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/01/03/10-facts-about-americans-and-alcohol-as-dry-january-begins/#:~:text=Overall%2C%2062%25%20of%20U.S.%20adults,a%20July%202023%20Gallup%20survey. 

https://sageclinic.org/blog/12-scary-facts-about-alcohol-abuse/ 

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/04/26/what-the-data-says-about-gun-deaths-in-the-u-s/ 

https://www.moneydigest.com/1571020/how-much-money-american-spends-beer-alcohol/ 

The first guest on the podcast!

Sam and I connected through some mutual connections, and he was interested in starting his own podcast. I thought...why not be on mine to help you get going?!

Sam is based out of Staffordshire, England. It was great to connect with someone who shares many of my philosophies as a health coach, but takes a bit of a different approach to helping people.

Stay tuned to the end of the podcast...Sam quizzed me on British colloquialisms to see if I knew what they meant. I was definitely stumped!

Really enjoyed having Sam on as my first guest!

Food noise was a HUGE problem for me for most of my teaching career. I was thinking about food CONSTANTLY!

If you are always thinking about food, chances are good that you'll eat more calories than you need in a given day, and probably consume a bunch of nutrient-stripped processed junk!

Before you explore invasive and potentially expensive solutions for curbing food cravings like GLP 1 drugs or even surgery, consider some habit and lifestyle changes that you can do for FREE!

If you are waiting until January 1st to commit to a New Year's Resolution...you've already failed.

Let's get our mindset right around this topic.

Unpacking why people fail to follow through on New Year's Resolutions, and what you can do to be different.

Hopefully this is the kick in the ass that you needed.

Ho boy...

We are a nation divided. And no matter who you voted for, that was probably only going to be more the case after this week's election results.

Right now I have no plans to talk about who I voted for, political issues, etc.

Because if a political opinion of mine gets in the way of helping someone that I could have otherwise helped...I've failed as a coach.