The Get Over Yourself Podcast

By Brad Kearns

Alternative Health

What's The Get Over Yourself Podcast about?

Brad Kearns covers health, fitness, peak performance, personal growth, relationships, happiness, and longevity. Slow down, take a deep breath, take a cold plunge, and get over the high-stress, tightly wound approach that often leads to disappointment and burnout. Kearns, a New York Times bestselling author, Speedgolf world record holder, and former #3 world-ranked professional triathlete, offers a diverse and sometimes spicy mix of shows: expert guest interviews, peak performance primers, and brief “Breather” shows for some quick laughs, smiles and inspiration.

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Dr. Casey Means: Attacking ...

09.22.2020

*Dr. Casey is a Stanford-trained head and neck surgeon who ditched a promising medical career to plunge into the world of functional medicine and healing disease by attacking the root cause of inflammation.* You will love the story of her ...

The Get Over Yourself Podcast episodes:

09.22.2020 Dr. Casey Means: Attacking The Root Cause of Disease With Self-Quantification And Behavior Change Dr. Casey is a Stanford-trained head and neck surgeon who ditched a promising medical career to plunge into the world of functional medicine and healing disease by attacking the root cause of inflammation. You will love the story of her ...
09.18.2020 MOFO Mission #6: Hit It Hard! ( Breather Episode with Brad) Challenging your body through a combination of brief, intense, strength training sessions and all-out sprints is this week’s next MOFO Mission assignment, as it will prompt a spike of testosterone and human growth hormone in your bloodstream, which leads to ...
09.15.2020 John Assaraf: “Innercise” - Unlocking The Power Of Your ‘Trillion Dollar Brain’ With Easy Habit Formation And “Doing A Little Anyway, Even If You Don’t Feel Like It” *Get ready for a powerhouse show with New York Times bestselling author and renowned behavioral and mindset expert John Assaraf! This guy brings his A-game for an hour of power that has the potential to change your life--if you are ...
09.11.2020 MOFO Mission #5: Move Frequently (Breather Episode with Brad) Isn’t it a relief to know that recent research suggests that increasing all forms of general everyday movement is more beneficial for your health than adhering to a devoted workout regimen? This means that instead of sweating it out at ...
09.08.2020 Anna Pinkerton: Overcoming “Inner Brutality” Through Self-Awareness and Curiosity Without Judgement *Anna Pinkerton is a psychotherapist based in the UK who specializes in helping individuals and corporate groups overcome trauma, burnout and breakdown. This show starts out talking about the stresses of the traditional corporate workplace and how bad energy and ...
09.04.2020 MOFO Mission #4: Pound the MOFO! (Breather Episode with Brad) *Even the most health conscious people can benefit from a boost in health in the form of a supplement, and find they feel noticeably better once they’ve found a product that really works for their needs. In this episode, I’m ...
09.01.2020 Scott Carney, Author Of The Wedge. Discovering The Space Between Stimulus And Response To Become A More Resilient Human “Life is all about stress and choices,” says investigative journalist and anthropologist Scott Carney. He discovers how humans can wedge control over automatic physiological responses into the breaking point between stress and biology, so we can reclaim our evolutionary destiny. ...
08.28.2020 MOFO Mission Assignment #3: Eat Ancestral Foods (Breather Episode with Brad) *Assignment #2 of the MOFO Mission was Clean Up Your Act, and now we’re delving deeper into this concept with Assignment #3: Eat Ancestral Foods. Once you’ve ditched toxic food like grains, sugars, and industrial seed oils, it’s time to ...
08.25.2020 Ashleigh Van Houten: Healthy Goal Setting, Shedding Excess Body Fat, And Eating Nose-To-Tail Carnivore Ashleigh is an all around ancestral living superstar, a longtime writer, editor, podcast hostess and muscle maven based in Canada. Enjoy this wide ranging conversation about many topics of interest! Regarding fitness goals, Ashleigh describes how she likes to get ...
08.21.2020 MOFO Mission #2: Clean Up Your Act! (Breather Episode with Brad) (Breather) Cleaning up your act requires you identify and then eliminate the things that no longer serve you, and these things could be anything from toxic foods to toxic substances to toxic relationships. It makes sense from a practical standpoint ...
08.18.2020 Meet Brad Kearns: Finally, After 200 Shows! *I was greatly inspired by Episode 1 of Luke Storey’s fantastic Life Stylist podcast as he took his listeners through his craaaazy life story with great honesty and vulnerability, and it made for such a riveting show right out of ...
08.04.2020 Andre Obradovic: Avoiding Excuses and Middle Age Male Muppet Belly Fat Andre “Dr. Dre” Obradovic is a one-of-kind Australian national treasure and you will love his spicy, sporty positive disposition and no-nonsense approach to goal-setting, lifestyle optimization, and holding yourself accountable for both your attitude and behavior. In this lively show, ...
07.31.2020 Listener Q&A - Pacing Yourself To Avoid Burnout and Taming The Competitive Ego (Breather Episode with Brad) (Breather) One great question from Mike about how to return to running after a long layoff opens up a great discussion on the topic of pacing yourself appropriately to avoid the all too common breakdown, burnout, illness, and injury that ...
07.28.2020 John Gray: Healing Strained Relationships With Increased Self-Awareness, Hopeful New Strategies, And “Fake It Till You Make It!” Dr. John Gray will once again blow you away with a steady stream of life-changing relationship insights and distinct strategies to get things back on track when your relationship is feeling strained or downright broken. John lays the foundation for ...
07.24.2020 Insights On Vulnerability, Empathy, and Shame, From #1 Bestselling Author Brené Brown (Breather) Brené Brown has spent the past two decades studying courage, vulnerability, shame, and empathy and is the author of five #1 New York Times bestsellers: The Gifts of Imperfection, Daring Greatly, Rising Strong, Braving the Wilderness, and her latest ...
07.21.2020 Barb Garrison: Discovering Your Calling And Making An Awesome Career Change, The Right Way Barb Garrison is a Career & Money Breakthrough Coach and “Job-You-Love” expert at Internal Groove, the company she founded 14 years ago. This is an interesting show about doing some deep reflection to discover your truth and taking action to ...
07.17.2020 How to Lose 8 Pounds Of Body Fat In 6 Weeks, Part 2 (Breather) After learning how to strike a delicate balance between setting and pursuing meaningful tangible goals while adopting a healthy, process-oriented mindset, we cut to the chase with 5 tips that will help you quickly and efficiently reduce excess body ...
07.14.2020 Dr. Phil Maffetone: Escaping The Overfat Pandemic I catch up with a longtime mentor and godfather of fat-adapted endurance training, Dr. Phil Maffetone. We discuss the hot topic of “overfat,” which Phil says is “having excess body fat that impairs health and fitness.” Dr. Phil cites data ...
07.10.2020 How to Lose 8 Pounds Of Body Fat In 6 Weeks, Part 1 (Breather Episode with Brad) (Breather) Yes this title sounds familiar to the 2019 show titled, The Fatty Popcorn Boy Saga. I’m alternatively embarrassed but also pleased to report that I have succeeded with a focused effort of fat reduction, and have some insights about ...
07.07.2020 The MOFO Life Changing Mission With the launch of my Male Optimization Formula with Organs (MOFO), I present to all MOFO’s out there a comprehensive lifestyle plan to fight the battle against epidemic testosterone deficiency in hectic modern life. Did you know that the average ...
07.03.2020 Listener Q&A - Toning Down Type-A Approach Over Time, The Dilemma Between “Fun” Workouts That Are Stressful and “Boring” Workouts That Are Restorative, And Balancing Aerobic, Strength, and Sprint Work (Breather) This Q&A; breather episode exhibits great insights about evolving one’s approach over time from super competitive to enjoying the experience of nature and aging gracefully. Curly writes in about the dilemma of doing super fun endurance feats out in ...
06.30.2020 Tim DiFrancesco: Functional Fitness, Injury Prevention and the Customized Future Of Athletic Training “Rinse, repeat, and live to fight another day.” These are the prophetic workouts that represent the cutting edge of athletic training and functional fitness. I catch up with former Los Angeles Lakers Strength and Conditioning Coach Tim DiFrancesco to discuss ...
06.26.2020 Insights From Mark Manson’s Books Breather: “Mindless positivity isn’t practical or helpful for most people,” Mark Manson writes in his first book, The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck. He is, as usual, right on with this observation. Realizing that, “our modern, and maddening, ...
06.23.2020 Mark Manson: The Subtle Art Of Connecting With Your Emotional Brain, Seeing Yourself With Honesty and Vulnerability, And Connecting The Emotional Brain With The Rational Brain What an incredible honor and memorable experience to connect with the worldwide #1 bestselling author Mark Manson, author of the runaway sensation The Subtle Art Of Not Giving A F*&k;, which has now sold over 12 million copies worldwide and ...
06.19.2020 Listener Q&A - MAF Heart Rate Training, Parenting, Minimizing Blue Light, and Controversial Guests (Breather Episode with Brad) An interesting mix of questions gives an opportunity to sound off on important insights covered in previous shows. First, a cross country skier says hills and altitude causing elevated heart rates can require possibly more dietary carbs? I say find ...
06.16.2020 Dr. Anna Cabeca: Optimizing Your Sexual Hormones, Aging Gracefully, And Losing Weight Through De-Stressing Get ready for a wild ride with the multi-faceted Dr. Anna Cabeca, author of an exciting new book, Keto Green 16 and also The Hormone Fix. Dr. Anna is an OBGYN with a deep interest in holistic health, alternative healing ...
06.12.2020 Insights from the book Deep Work by Cal Newport: Part 2 (Breather) Enjoy more insights from Cal Newport’s book, Deep Work. In this episode, I discuss why attention is key to living a happy life, why you are the sum of what you focus on, and why you can find something ...
06.09.2020 Luke Shanahan: The Ripple Effect Of Our Actions And The Law Of Attraction Host Brad Kearns welcomes Luke Shanahan for the momentous occasion of unveiling the true identity of the bestselling book, The God Academy: A Master Class In The Power of Attraction, by Angelica Crystal Powers. ACP is in fact a pseudonym, ...
06.05.2020 Insights from the book Deep Work by Cal Newport: Part 1 (Breather Episode with Brad) (Breather) Deep Work is about building the mindset and habits to eliminate distraction and focus on producing high quality, meaningful work. This book was written by Cal Newport, a computer science professor at Georgetown University who has authored six self-improvement ...
06.02.2020 Dr. Ron Sinha: How To Beat the “Covesity” Pandemic Dr. Ron returns to the show to focus on the topic on everyone’s minds these days, and provides an extremely compelling and fresh perspective about the true mechanisms for how the virus attacks the body and how you can greatly ...
05.29.2020 Highlights From The Get Over Yourself Podcast, Part 1 (Breather Episode with Brad) I am so grateful that I’ve been able to connect with such a wide variety of interesting people through this show - to hear their stories, learn from their wisdom, and gain insight into experiences I never would have had ...
05.26.2020 Abel James: Keepin’ It Real And Keepin’ It Wild I catch up with the Fat Burning Man himself, Abel James. Abel has been a prominent voice in the ancestral health community for nearly a decade with his sensational Fat Burning Man podcast (check out my episode on Abel’s show!). ...
05.22.2020 Listener Q&A - What Our Genes Expect, The Benefits of Slowing Down, and Are All Carbs Created Equal?(Breather Episode with Brad) Lately, I’ve gotten quite a few questions from listeners about the importance of factoring in your maximum aerobic heart rate minus your age when exercising. I’ve talked a lot about the benefits you receive from doing this practice, but what ...
05.19.2020 Dr. Cate Shanahan - The Fatburn Fix I welcome one of the most knowledgeable straight-shooting leaders in the health world, Dr. Cate Shanahan. Please enjoy her previous shows, Setting Things Straight, The Four Pillars of Health, and How To Become Cancer Proof! The occasion of her return ...
05.15.2020 Listener Q&A: Training For a 5K on Keto and the Life-Changing Advice That Got One Listener Off Meds - For Good! (Breather Episode with Brad) How much should you eat? Should you increase your carb intake? And if you’re eating six eggs for breakfast, but getting hunger pains by noon, then what is that a sign of? I cover all these questions and more in ...
05.12.2020 Drew Manning: Owning Your Story Drew Manning burst onto the global fitness scene back in 2011 with his incredible “Fit to Fat to Fit” experiment, where he deliberately gained 75 pounds of fat in six months. A lifelong competitive athlete and chiseled personal trainer, Drew ...
05.08.2020 Listener Q&A - Banishing Extra Body Fat + Plantar Fasciitis (For Good!), Sprinting, And Should You Stick To The MAF Method? (Breather Episode with Brad) We are back with another Q&A; show! Today I’ll be answering some more questions sent in from listeners concerning sprint workouts, the MAF method of training, and finally, I’ll share how you can banish extra body fat - once and ...
05.05.2020 Mark Sisson #2: Learning to Pivot Gracefully Through Life This show was syndicated on the Primal Blueprint podcast. The main man of primal living, the mayo king of Miami joins the podcast again for more reflections about his wild entrepreneurial journey and how to leverage the concept of Mental ...
05.01.2020 Dave Rossi: Using The Seven Habits Under Pressure (Breather Episode with Brad) (Breather) After our awesome interview where Dave detailed the content of his new book, The Imperative Habit, I kept the mic running and captured some precious off the cuff commentary about how to stay focused on the seven habits when ...
04.28.2020 Ben Greenfield: Your Boundless Potential For Happiness And Longevity I catch up with the biohacking king of the universe Ben Greenfield on the wondrous occasion of the release of his incredible new book called Boundless. This is a 670-page monstrosity that covers all aspects of healthy living, peak performance, ...
04.24.2020 Listener Q&A: Debunking Myths About Fat, Becoming Fat Adapted, And Are Whole Grains Really That Bad? (Breather Episode with Brad) There are a lot of myths about fat reduction and becoming fat adapted that we’ll be clearing up in this episode as I answer some more great questions from listeners. We start off with a listener who shares a crazy ...
04.21.2020 “Bee-ing” The Wellness With Vanessa and Adam Lambert Bee The Wellness founders Vanessa and Adam Lambert are here to talk about all things related to health and wellness today, with a focus on relationships. This power couple truly knows their stuff, as Bee The Wellness is a health ...
04.17.2020 Listener Q&A - How To Make Good Bone Broth, Curing Plantar Fasciitis, Aerobic vs Anaerobic Exercise, and Craving Sugar (Breather Episode with Brad) (Breather) Covering some great questions from listeners in today’s breather show. Thanks to everyone who wrote in for asking about a variety of topics - from fasting to aerobic vs anaerobic workouts, sugar cravings, how to make good bone broth, ...
04.14.2020 Dave Rossi #2: The Imperative Habit I welcome Dave “The Hurricane” Rossi back to the show! Yes, that was his nickname back in the day of being a high school football star and then running a large construction enterprise. You will see why soon into the ...
04.10.2020 Gordo Byrn Essays (Breather Episode with Brad) (Breather) My good friend and old-time triathlon colleague Gordo Byrn writes a brilliant blog/email newsletter with concise and thoughtful essays confined to three subjects of his expertise and passion: Fitness, Family, and Finances. I string together two of them to ...
04.07.2020 John Gray: The Essential Male and Female Relationship Assignments Did you know that the #1 longevity factor is not your diet or the quality of your sleep, but the health (or dysfunction) of your long-term romantic relationship? Yes, according to Dr. John Gray, it doesn’t matter how much you’re ...
04.03.2020 Coronavirus - Positive Aspects Of Our Global Life Disruption, And Transitioning Consciousness From Self-Absorbed To Connected (Breather) I’ve been seeing a lot of content and sitting back; since I’m not a health expert, I felt I had nothing urgent to contribute. But lately, I’ve been thinking about the way life has changed, and so suddenly. Earlier ...
03.31.2020 Luke Storey: A Journey of Healing And Awareness I discovered Luke’s Life Stylist podcast a few months ago and was immediately drawn in. This guy is open, authentic, and vulnerable in his exploration of cutting edge health and spirituality practices. If you listen to his inaugural show, you ...
03.27.2020 Lifestyle Tips to Increase Testosterone Naturally, Part 4 (Breather Episode with Brad) (Breather) We’re wrapping up with the final, fourth part of this series by focusing on stress, sex, and biohacks for increasing testosterone. STRESS. Reducing stress is crucial, as too much of it (negative stress, as opposed to challenge-related stress) or ...
03.24.2020 Dr. Shawn Baker: Carnivore For Healing and Athletic Performance I have the privilege of sitting down with a true game changer in the world of health and nutrition, Dr. Shawn Baker. Yes, this guy is breaking world records powered by meat. He shattered the masters 500-meter world record on ...

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