Catherine Price is an award-winning health and science journalist, speaker, and #1 New York Times bestselling author best known for her work on screen/life balance and phone addiction. She's the founder of Screen/Life Balance® and has written several major books including How to Break Up With Your Phone®, The Power of Fun, Vitamania, and The Amazing Generation (co-authored with Jonathan Haidt). She also writes the Substack newsletter "How to Feel Alive" and her TED talk on fun has surpassed 5 million views.

Her work has been featured in outlets like NPR, The New York Times, Good Morning America, CNN, The Today Show, TIME Magazine, and The Wall Street Journal, among many others.

Today on the show we discuss: how social media apps are engineered to keep us hooked, why your phone can feel so hard to put down even when it’s hurting your life, how dopamine triggers like novelty, likes, comments, streaks, and endless scrolling hijack attention, why Snapchat may be especially dangerous for kids, how excessive phone use impacts anxiety, focus, sleep, relationships, and real-life connection, and the simple steps Catherine Price recommends to break the cycle and build a healthier relationship with your phone.

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Dr. Shannon Ritchey is a former physical therapist, fitness trainer with over 15 years of experience, and founder of Evlo Fitness. She educates on the science of exercise, specifically teaching women how to build muscle will less wear-and-tear on their bodies.

Today on the show we discuss: why women don’t need “women-specific” workouts to build muscle, why training near failure is the key to real results, how to structure your workouts for strength and body recomposition, why lifting heavy won’t automatically make you bulky, how protein and a small calorie deficit support fat loss, and why consistency, self-talk, and body image matter just as much as the workout itself and much more.

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Brad Stulberg is a bestselling author and performance expert whose work explores excellence, resilience, mental health, and sustainable success.

Today on the show we discuss: why excellence is an inside game, how to stop chasing external wins and start finding meaning in the climb, why the “1% better every day” mindset eventually breaks down, how obsession and perfectionism can quietly destroy your health and happiness, why consistency beats intensity when you’re trying to build something meaningful, and how to measure success by your values instead of just money, accolades, body fat, or status and much more.

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Dr. Jason Fung is a Canadian nephrologist, New York Times bestselling author, and leading voice in the fields of intermittent fasting, insulin resistance, weight loss, and type 2 diabetes. He is best known for his books The Obesity Code, The Diabetes Code, The Complete Guide to Fasting, and The Hunger Code, where he challenges the traditional “calories in, calories out” model and argues that hormones, especially insulin, play a major role in fat storage, hunger, and metabolic health. Dr. Fung co-founded The Fasting Method and has helped popularize fasting as a practical tool for improving metabolic health and supporting sustainable weight loss.

Today on the show we discuss: why losing body fat is more complicated than calories in versus calories out, how hormones like insulin and cortisol affect fat storage, why ultra-processed foods can drive hunger and cravings, how emotional eating and habit-based eating keep people stuck, why fasting works best when paired with better food choices, and the simple daily habits that can improve insulin control, including whole foods, fewer refined carbs, walking after meals, better sleep, and stress management and much more.

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Jonathan Avery, M.D., is the Vice Chair for Addiction Psychiatry, the Stephen P. Tobin and Dr. Arnold M. Cooper Professor in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, and the Program Director for the Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship at Weill Cornell Medicine and New York-Presbyterian Hospital.  He is also the medical director for the NBA/NBPA's Anti-Drug Program.

Today on the show we discuss: why today’s weed is far more potent and risky than the marijuana many people grew up hearing about, how high-THC products can impact anxiety, depression, sleep, psychosis, withdrawal, and cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome, why cannabis addiction is often dismissed and misunderstood, how social media is rewiring kids’ brains through dopamine-driven attention loops, why porn, OnlyFans, AI girlfriends, and loneliness are becoming a major crisis for young men, and how sports betting has become one of the fastest-growing behavioral addictions because of constant access through phones and much more.

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Please be advised; the topics related to health and mental health in my content are for informational, discussion, and entertainment purposes only. The content is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your health or mental health professional or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding your current condition. Never disregard professional advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard from your favorite creator, on social media, or shared within content you’ve consumed.

If you are in crisis or you think you may have an emergency, call your doctor or 911 immediately.

If you do not have a health professional who is able to assist you, use these resources to find help:

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If the situation is potentially life-threatening, get immediate emergency assistance by calling 911, available 24 hours a day.

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org. 

SAMHSA addiction and mental health treatment Referral Helpline, 1-877-SAMHSA7 (1-877-726-4727) and https://www.samhsa.gov

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Jessica Baum, LMHC is a licensed psychotherapist whose journey began with a lifelong curiosity about the “Whys” of life: why we feel, connect, and experience the world the way we do. This passion led her to specialize in trauma, attachment theory, and interpersonal neurobiology. Jessica believes that connection to ourselves and others is at the heart of healing, and she uses a range of modalities to help individuals and couples return to wholeness. She is the founder of the Relationship Institute of Palm Beach, a private group practice, and she leads the Conscious Relationship Group, a global coaching company offering support to clients worldwide. Jessica is a certified addiction specialist and Imago couples therapist with advanced training in EMDR, experiential therapy, CBT, and DBT.

Today on the show we discuss why people keep choosing familiar partners instead of healthy ones, how childhood attachment wounds can shape adult dating patterns, why anxious and avoidant attachment get misunderstood and overused, how intensity can be mistaken for intimacy, why true safety in a relationship can feel boring or uncomfortable at first, and how healing happens through safe “anchor” relationships that help people build earned security and stop repeating the same painful cycles and much more.

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Darshan Shah, MD is a board-certified surgeon, published author, and Founder and CEO of Next Health – the first, largest and fastest-growing health optimization and longevity clinic. He earned his medical degree at the age of 21 from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, becoming one of the youngest doctors in the United States at the time. He continued his training at the Mayo Clinic and earned his MBA from Harvard Business School. As a longevity medicine specialist, he has advised thousands of patients on how to optimize their well-being and extend their healthspan and lifespan.

Today on the show we discuss why living longer means nothing if your health span is broken, the biggest mistakes people make when chasing longevity, why most people should focus on metabolic health before biohacking, the blood markers Dr. Shah believes everyone should track, how strength training, walking, sleep, and nutrition protect your future, why ultra-processed foods are quietly wrecking your health, the truth about alcohol, weed, caffeine, fasting, sauna, cold plunge, red light therapy, wearables, supplements, NAD, and how toxins, stress, relationships, and circadian rhythm all impact how well you age. And much more. 

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John Richardson is a negotiation expert who has worked with the Harvard Negotiation Project and taught negotiation at institutions including Harvard and MIT. His work focuses on helping people understand the psychology of influence, persuasion, manipulation, and conflict resolution. In this conversation, John breaks down why asking better questions is often more powerful than making better arguments, how to negotiate with people who have more power than you, how to say no without damaging relationships, and why everyday life is full of negotiations—from work and money to marriage, parenting, and self-discipline.

Today on the show we discuss why asking better questions is the key to getting what you want, the difference between influence, persuasion, and manipulation, how to negotiate with people who have more power than you, why learning to say no builds confidence and self-respect, how to calm someone down when they’re angry or emotional, and why self-discipline is really negotiation with your future self and much more.

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Stacey Lindsay is a multimedia journalist, editor, and writer specializing in women’s issues and culture. Recognized for her empathetic approach, Lindsay has interviewed hundreds of public figures and civilians for national outlets, from Maria Shriver’s Sunday Paper to goop. Previously, she was a CBS affiliate news anchor and reporter.

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Jason Redman is a retired Navy SEAL, New York Times bestselling author and nationally recognized speaker who teaches leadership, resilience and the mindset required to overcome adversity. During his 21-year SEAL career, Jason led high-risk combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan before surviving a life-threatening enemy ambush that left him severely wounded.

Today on the show we discuss: why emotional control is a superpower for men, how victim mentality keeps people stuck after trauma and failure, the brutal leadership mistake that nearly destroyed Jason Redman’s life, why discipline and small wins rebuild confidence when life falls apart, how to develop an “overcome mindset” when chaos hits, and why true strength is built through discomfort, accountability and purpose and much more.

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