This week:

I sit down with strength and power enthusiast Dr. Justin Clifford, PT, DPT, OCS, SCS, CSCS, down in San Antonio, Texas, where he provides expertise in rehabilitation and physical training for tactical personnel.

We will be trying to answer the question:

“Why does Strength Matter?”

Justin shares his workout routine and gives advice and expertise on all things Strength.

This week I sit down with Jennifer Hinton.

We tackle the question "Why does Mental Health Matter?"

We use Jen's story of resilience and a positive mindset to set the tone. Jen struggled as a child with experiences of physical, mental, sexual and emotional abuse. As she grew up and married, she discovered she had Multiple sclerosis and more recently POTS.

Jen chose a life of love, kindness and gratitude and while raising her 4 children received her Masters in mental health counseling.

Jen is a contagious spirit who will fill you up with a growing/positive mindset by the end of the episode.

We discuss anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction, life and general health and give advice on how to start improving mental health.

In this episode I sit down with Jude Hunt.

We discuss Jude's story. Diet, Fasting, Anti-inflammatory diets, stress eating and create a general understanding that we are what we eat.

Jude is a mother of four. She started having perplexing, chronic, painful symptoms following the birth of her fourth child. She didn't have an infection and there was nothing anatomically wrong. After researching for months, she found the culprit, and within days of making changes to her diet, was no longer in excruciating pain. In three short weeks, she felt normal again, but the dietary adjustments she made are just the start of her story.

Jude's story is about life, family, diet and nutrition Her story is not just about what she learned to eat, but the diet of what she learned to watch, read, listen to and the people she chose in her life. How she learned to be mindful of what she put into her body physically, emotionally and spiritually.

Jude was born and raised in Southern Utah, but spent 25 years in Dallas. She started college with the desire to become a dietician, but after completing all the prerequisites, spending two years working in the dietary department of a hospital, and applying to the program, she withdrew her application and studied business instead. Jude didn't agree with everything the ADA or FDA encouraged when it came to what was considered a healthy diet. Although she went another route in college, she has been a student of nutrition her entire adult life. She taught herself to cook to benefit her health and the health of her family. Jude wanted to avoid the standard American diet (SAD). It was finding its way in more and more homes and she could see the consequences it was having.

Listen and heal with George's story. George was in a violent gang in Southern California and turned his life around with love, resilience and a drive for something better. If you want to be inspired and uplifted then this is your day! Our conversation was amazing and you will fall in love with George (as I have) by the end of the episode.

Culture, religion, community, and family or the lack thereof are the foundational layers of someone's story and can play an important role in the understanding of someone's pain and suffering, rather it be physical or emotional in nature.

We discuss Georges life story from his time as a gang banger, finding the love of his life and his transition to becoming self-less and loving to his family, community and using his business to help troubled young adults learn life skills to get them out of crime and into a life of stability.

The next guest on The EverythingMatters podcast.

Dr. Steven Larsen

Dr. Larsen spent two years abroad in South Korea doing missionary service. Soon after he enlisted in the U.S. Army, where he honorably and meritoriously completed several overseas assignments and combat tours. After a decade of military service, he enrolled at Brigham Young University prior to medical school.

He is a passionate Doctor helping people improve their well-being in a multidisciplinary approach of pain management, optimizing nutrition, physical function, and mental health while incorporating medications and targeted procedures.

He loves Empowering his patients and going the extra mile to get results for their health and quality of life. You can find him as Desert Pain specialists.

Listen in as we answer the question. "Why does Function Matter?"

Special guest Dr. Tyler Burton joins me to ask the question, Why does trauma matter?

Trauma is an internal change and neurological adaptation to an event or series of events like a physical accident, physical assault, natural disaster or un foreseen circumstance in one’s life.

Trauma is normal, Trauma is an effective tool for safety and survival and it is not the event we carry with us, but rather the imprint on the mind, body and brain. The issue is when someone has difficulty moving forward and adapting in healthy ways, finding acceptance, gratitude and reconnecting in what happened and where they want to be.

Listen and Heal with Lana Wimmer's incredible story of overcoming a complete spinal fusion using the tools discussed on The Everything Matters Podcast.

Lana has lived an incredible journey. She had corrective scoliosis surgery in her youth. Began a 25-year-long globe-trotting adventure. As the wife of a CIA officer, Lana has navigated 17 domestic and international moves while raising 4 children. In 2017 she published a book titled "Unpack: A guide to life for the expat living spouse" to help others with the challenges of expat living. Lana has since earned a Master's degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from the University of Utah and is a practicing Licensed therapist helping individuals and couples.

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In this episode we discuss natural law of human nature and the consequences of breaking these natural laws.

Being present and connected to your environment, thoughts, feeling, emotions and sensations makes you a creator, instead of a survivor of life. This episode I guide you through the practice of slowing down and becoming more mindful and relaxed.

Stress is a normal part of being human. Come investigate why stress matters to our body's physiology with a story about a patient and her trial of overcoming chronic stress and migraines.