Welcome to Embers and Wind!

Keith Weedman states: “I believe we’ve all been called to serve others, and I believe we’ve all been given an abundance of gifts much of which we’ve never used. Autophagy is an example of a gift that we all have. Yet most people don’t even know that they have this gift let alone use it. Something else that I’ve learned is a gift too. We all have this gift but it’s never been taught in traditional schools. And if I share it with you, because you’re probably smarter than me, you could easily acquire this knowledge to build your skill to elevate employee engagement and performance…. I intend to utilize autophagy to extend how long I get the privilege of doing this.”    

I'm your host, Keith Weedman. In each podcast episode, you will hear stories. These stories will feel like a tender wind blowing on the embers of service that glow within you. In this weekly show, you will learn ideas, kindling for your embers. It will be your choice to utilize the gentle wind to ignite the kindling. 

In this episode, Keith how after recording Michael’s episode, Keith learned more about the benefits of fasting to experience autophagy. He talks about Japanese Biologist Yoshinori Ohsumi who won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his autophagy discoveries that Michael introduced Keith to. He describes autophagy as your body’s self-cleansing mechanism: after 3 days of fasting, your body will eat fat cells, damaged cells, unhealthy protein and other debris in your body. He talks about the YouTube video by Dr. Annette Bosworth describing autophagy as a means to prevent the onset of Alzheimer’s Disease which led him to conduct his own research. Keith shares his personal experience from last week’s 4-day fast and the lessons he’s learned from it. He shares a story to bring a smile to your face and others to inspire you. He shares the fear he feels and why he is focusing this episode on the benefits of fasting to experience autophagy. He explains that last week’s fast marks the beginning of his personal research to explore whether autophagy can help him prevent Alzheimer’s Disease. He notes this type of research where the researcher immerses themselves in their own research is called a heuristic inquiry. He notes adherents of heuristic inquiry assert objectivity is not possible because you cannot remove the observer from the observed. He shares multiple ways he utilizes heuristic inquiry in continuous improvement processes in his work. He references his passion to help benevolent leaders elevate engagement and performance within people they lead.

To connect with Keith Weedman, his company’s website is the website for this episode. You can reach Keith by email at [email protected]. You can also find Keith on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keith-weedman-34335051/.

To learn more about autophagy, you can click on this link to Japanese biologist Yoshinori Ohsumi to find his YouTube video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bAkvnvX0W8 . You can also listen to last week’s episode of Embers and Wind to learn about autophagy from guest Michael Christian utilizing your favorite podcast platform. To learn more about Keith's work helping leaders elevate engagement and performance in people they lead through his company Level 3 by Design, please email Keith.

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