We’re back with another edition of Nutrition Q and A.

In this episode, we’re talking about sleep, digestion, and probiotics.

You guys could not have given me a better group of questions for this episode! The relationship between all these areas of performance and health is so intertwined that I couldn’t answer one without covering the others.

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Have a nutrition or performance question you want answered? Send it to me via email or Instagram DM.

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ARE YOU OPERATING OUT FEAR OR LOVE?

I’m fascinated by what motivates and drives us.

Not in the sense of #MondayMotivation but MOTIVE, as in, why do we do what we do?

In most instances, I’ve found that our actions can be distilled down into one of 2 categories: fear or love.

Show me an action and I’ll bet we can trace it’s motive back to either fear or love.

So the developmental, or integrative question becomes: am I operating out of fear or love?

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Whether it’s in F*ck Your Feelings, a Better Human Workshop, a podcast or a keynote presentation, much of my guidance centers around helping us understand our minds so we can make better decisions and ultimately align our actions with our values, not our fleeting emotional states.

But one of the most common questions I get is something like this: “When you’re in the moment, how do you #FuckYourFeelings and act according to your values?”

While I prefer to focus on long-term solutions, like how awareness creates choice, cultivating this awareness, defining our values first so we have a filtering process, and several others…these require reflection, introspection, practice, and time.

They don’t always help RIGHT NOW – especially if we’re new to this type of work.

Perhaps the most immediately accessible tool is the question I’ll share with you on today’s BHP Short:

Can I live with this decision?

When my head is on the pillow at night, will this decision haunt me or will I sleep like a baby knowing I did the right thing?

How will this sit with me in the future?

When I look back on this moment, will I be proud of the choices I made or the way I handled myself?

This line of questioning removes us from the moment and allows us an opportunity to have an objective/witness perspective of ourselves and our options. We always have options.

This change in perspective reminds us that the moment is NOT YOU. The moment doesn’t have/OWN you. It’s just that – a moment you’re experiencing/going through. “Going through” – the very words remind us that it will pass…

We will be on the other side of this. We will have memories and knowledge of how we handled this.

Will we like who we we were and how we responded/behaved in this moment?

TUNE IN to today’s BHP Short for not one, but two stories of how I’ve used this mind game to remove myself from the emotions of the moment and make decisions that I’m proud of years later.

One of those stories is from SEALFIT in 2012, and the other in from my fitness modeling days in New York City back in 2008.

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I’m honored to call Rick Alexander a friend and I’m always excited for the chance to share our conversations with you on the podcast.

I’ve learned a lot from Rick and in this unique episode of the BHP, Rick and I dig into several of those powerful lessons, including:

We also talk about Rick’s new book, Ambitious Heroes and Heartaches: A Book About What It Means To Be Human (it’s excellent, pick up a copy when it comes out!)

Oh, and we debut some new-for-2020 Rapid Fire Questions. #easydoesn’t

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Let’s talk about your moat.

Simply put, a moat is your competitive advantage.

Like the water around a castle, it’s the thing that keeps your competition at bay.

So what is your moat?

What’s the thing that makes you unique? Wait, scratch that…unique for the sake of being different isn’t enough. Anyone can be different. That doesn’t make us irreplaceable.

What’s the thing that makes you irreplaceable? Unrepeatable?

TUNE IN to today’s BHP Short and learn:

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I’m in the midst of consulting & advising season, and that means business, leadership and team optimization topics are on my mind constantly. So we’re rolling on with our series of BHP Shorts that focus on lessons that facilitate both personal and organizational development.

In today’s episode, we’re diving into the heartbeat of both the individual AND the organization – the mission.

Not, “the mission statement” that makes everyone’s eyes glaze over.

I’m talking about the BIG. AUDACIOUS. GOAL.

I’m talking about the thing that keeps us up at night and gets us out of bed in the morning. That thing we can stop thinking and talking about.

If you’re over the January & goal-setting conversations, I’m with you. This IS NOT one of those.

So TUNE IN and let’s talk about the thing that sets your soul on fire!

In this episode I’ll break down:

Press Play to TUNE IN.

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What if I told you one simple question could help you reveal much of what you’re searching for – AND make you a better human, teammate, and leader?

Sounds too good to be true, doesn’t it?

I’ll make you a deal: I’ll give you the question and IF you answer it with honesty and careful consideration, it can provide immense clarity around the immediate action steps you need to take – as well as a powerful shift in mindset and unshakable resolve if you commit to stepping into your answer.

It’s development in leadership, business, relationships, mindset, personal values and integrity… all in one introspective question.

You IN?

Press play to LISTEN.

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Our first interview on BHP for 2020 features integrative movement doctor and founder of Alpha Femme, Danielle McGinnis.

In this episode, we dive into self-love and how our relationship with ourself impacts all of our other relationships, including our approach to fitness, food, business, social media, and of course, other humans.

Tune in for some great thoughts about compassion, courage, connection and to learn about Danielle’s new Born To Heal platform.

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It’s the goal-setting time of year, so this first BHP of 2020 is all about helping you increase your odds of realizing your goals.

We can thank neuroscientists for the research that quantifies the significant positive impacts of these actions; we’re 33% more likely to achieve our goals if merely follow Step 1 of this 3-Step approach.

If we also follow Steps 2 and 3, we’re up to 76% more likely to achieve our goals.

These “secrets” of high performance are simpler than you might expect. TUNE IN, get your notepad or whiteboard ready and let’s get to work crushing our goals for 2020!

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In the last BHP of 2019, we’re talking:

TUNE IN for the leadership lesson and all the details. Here’s a hint: leadership is more about WHO WE ARE than what we say or how we say it. Lead yourself first, and lead always.

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