Today’s podcast is a recording of my latest Substack post, which you can find at www.mbest.substack.com/p/start-right . I dig into an approach to the new year that diverges from what we normally hear out in the world, but is nevertheless one I believe in because of the power it holds if we truly engage with it. I hope you think so too after listening and/or reading! Thanks for tuning in. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

I just had the immense pleasure of sharing my home and my city with Jordan, one of my dearest friends, over the last couple of weeks. To round out his trip, we sat and talked about his experience here, his reactions to Rio, his takeaways from the trip, our friendship, and more. I hope you enjoy the conversation and find some insights of your own in it. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is a personal reflection on what I’ve learned about balancing the deeper and lighter parts of relationships. I used to be someone who highly and intensely prioritized the profound, but I’ve grown to see value in the lighter, less serious parts of relationships. I share how I’ve evolved and see this now in this episode, which I hope you find to be valuable. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is a summary of my last few days. They’ve been full of new, fresh experiences that got me thinking and feeling a great deal. Hikes through favelas, iconic fireworks, and quality time with friends has made for an intriguing phase. I hope you like and resonate with what I’m learning. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is a reading of my latest post on Substack, which you can see at www.mbest.substack.com. I reflect on how others experience me, and how that often leads them to not see all of me as I would wish. I hope you find value in it and that it may lead you to rethink some of your own relationships. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast digs into a recent bout of beating myself up over life taking me down a road that I feel I could have prevented if I truly thought before going down it. This is seemingly a universal experience, but how to manage them is something many of us seem to struggle with despite the experience’s universality. I have some ideas for how to manage these struggles, which I share today and hope you find useful. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

This year has been full of high highs and low lows for me in terms of my fitness. I went from being in the best shape of my life to an appendectomy with complications that sidelined me from exercise for months. At the end of the year now, I’ve gotten back to where I was, and perhaps even beyond my previous best. I’m so grateful for what taking care of myself physically has done for me, although my reasons for doing so differ a bit from what we commonly hear. I share a bit about that in today’s episode, which I hope you find to be insightful and useful. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast explores some recent feelings of nerves and anxiety. I introspect a bit about why I’m feeling this, what the meaning of it is, and how I am trying to use it as a positive force. The persistent nature of uncertainty in our lives is quite interesting to me, as it truly is ever-present. We are the only antidote to this uncertainty and what it causes inside of us. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

In today’s podcast I look back on the last five years or so of living my life off of social media. It has afforded me so many benefits, and yet there are still some “what if” questions I ask myself about missed opportunities from that decision. It’s a lot to think about, which is why I wanted to talk through it out loud here. I’m sure you’ve been in a situation or had thoughts about something in a similar manner before, so I hope you find it a valuable episode. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast details a recent learning I was able to encapsulate into an idea that I think is easy to understand. Interacting and communicating in a responsive versus dismissive manner can make a big difference, so I share what I mean by each term here, along with what it sounds like to be responsive versus dismissive. I hope you find this to be as valuable as it was for me. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.