We found a pastor who was cool to talk with us!!

This episode is a continuation of our first episode on faith and religion (Episode 984). To avoid another 2+ hour episode and to be mindful of everyone's time with all the things we all had going on that day, we broke this one up into 2 parts. This will also help us (and you) process things better and help us ask better questions next episode.

Stay tuned for the conclusion if this discussion!

They say that you'll never know how strong you are until being strong is your only choice. In this episode, Kalu and Kris break down what a feat of strength is and how it doesn't just apply to physical strength as well as how the concept of fight or flight plays a huge role in what defines a feat of strength. Somehow, though not surprising, flow state makes its way into the conversation as well!

Everything in life has its minimum requirements to properly operate.  Whether it's conversations, relationships, social structures or just ourselves as individuals, each requires a basic element to begin and survive.  In this episode, the team breaks down the minimum requirements for the things that are important in life and tries to understand why they're never the same and always changing.

What a crazy time to be alive...  In this episode, Kris and Kalu unpack the recent events dealing with sexual assault, consent, and the lack of perspective, awareness, and empathy that is driving us in what we feel is a scary direction.

 

Shameless Shoutouts:

Auxology Labs

Silk and Suds

Roam Sandwich Company

Folksense

Death is coming for all of us. And it is death itself that should motivate us to pursue our dreams and accomplish our goals. Please listen to this 2-minute motivation session if you are struggling with following your dreams.

 

Music credit: Fractured Light Music - We Dream of Stars

To find yourself, you must be willing to lose yourself. As we get older, the feeling of being lost, trapped, or stuck in a rut hits us and we find ourselves looking for an escape. In this episode, Kris and Kalu break down the escape or the "Exodus moments" and how some of us might be addicted and in some cases slaves to the sensation of escape from life and reality.

In this un-edited, obviously unfiltered episode, Kris, Kalu, and EL (for like 5 minutes) sit down and have a great conversation about "The Bar" and how we should all be wise to respect it and how taking stock of yourself is one of the pillars to personal progress whether it be in the gym or in life. Special thanks to Roam Sandwich Company for the delicious sandwich and great atmosphere.  Even more special thanks to the cute little kid in the background :)

Simply put, there are more people dead than living people and we're all going to join them at some point.  With that knowledge, why is it so hard to talk about death and dying?  In this episode, the team brings on special guest, Dr. Eric Vessels to have a candid and comedic discussion on death and how each of us view it and are affected by it.

In the age of hyper-sensitivity, the guys sit down and try to figure out what happened to our ability to understand context and have a little humor or realize the larger fish that need to be fried.

They say that the two things you don't talk about at dinner are religion and politics. In this episode, the team takes faith and religion and puts it through the grinder with our special guest Caleb Hodges and we break down his Christian faith and try to uncover why it and other belief systems make us all feel the way we do.

This part one of our Faith and Religion series and is out longest episode to date.