Zen Commuter

Dr. Fred Luskin is currently serving as a Senior Consultant in Health Promotion at Stanford University and is a Professor at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology. He presents lectures, workshops, seminars and trainings on the importance, health benefits and training of forgiveness, stress management and emotional competence throughout the United States.

Today, he and I talk about the importance of compassion and the need to disconnect.Links from the Episode

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You are smarter than the average bear, so you know that trying to buy your happiness with a quick hit of dopamine buying anything is fleeting.  There is a chemical hit when you buy anything.  Your brain does get happy.  But that happiness is ever so fleeting.

Our goal should never be to look outside ourselves for happiness.  But, that's what's so good about today's episode.  It talks about how experiences will always have you happier than buying things.  To my point, that happiness comes from within.  Come listen.

* reasons why experiences will always leave you happier than buying things

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There is no PC way of saying this.  If you don't continually grow each day, learn something new, then your life will never grow past where it is today.  Each of us grew up with schooling being mandated.  We absolutely had to go.  Not only did we have to go but we had to learn stuff we didn't even care about.  Then for some of us, came college.  Then at least you got to choose what you wanted to learn but you were so overwhelmed with the impending real world and collegiate drama that even that experience may have left you a little gun shy.

I get it.  I understand.  People want to put that learning thing away.  But you know you get to not only choose what to study now but you also have the absence of stress.  Learning can be fun now.  It should be.  If you don't choose to avail yourself to it then you can expect your life to be exactly as it is now, for the rest of your life.

Whether you are a new family starting out or perhaps you have lost your job, sometimes you need to move in with family or friends until you get back on your feet.  However, sometimes your way of living clashes with that of your host. 

Your life can be turned upside down if you are, like most zen commuters, calm, organized and intentional, and your hosts are, shall we say, organizationally carefree.

As you will learn on today's episode, your environment plays a veryt important role in your serenity.  in the article that I read today you will find that your environment impacts you on a subconscious level even more profoundly.  

Listen as I detail five steps for regaining your sense of calm when your world is somewhat chaotic from living with someone else.

• Five Online resources for free or minimal cost learning
• 4 Reasons why learning each day will make you a better person

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Whether you are a new family starting out or perhaps you have lost your job, sometimes you need to move in with family or friends until you get back on your feet.  However, sometimes your way of living clashes with that of your host. 

Your life can be turned upside down if you are, like most zen commuters, calm, organized and intentional, and your hosts are, shall we say, organizationally carefree.

As you will learn on today's episode, your environment plays a veryt important role in your serenity.  in the article that I read today you will find that your environment impacts you on a subconscious level even more profoundly.  

Listen as I detail five steps for regaining your sense of calm when your world is somewhat chaotic from living with someone else.

• 5 ways to create peace when you are not living in your own place

How your environment influences you by Mark Tyrrell

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Bill Ramstack is the author or Tales of a Closet Mystic: An Ordinary Man's unexpected Encounters with the Divine.  In his book and in his speaking, he talks about his very personal journey to understanding divinity.  It's a divinity not fully of doctrine and dogma, but rather a spiritual connection that came about through a series of events.  Today and in his book, he talks about some of those occurrences and how listeners can use the wisdom he encountered, in creating a connection with the Universe that leads to a life of joy.

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I have talked about muscle most of the week; why we need it, how it is formed.  Today is the be all to end all when it comes to the main ingredient in muscle; protein.  All protein is not the same and today you will understand how much you need to build muscle and what types.

• What your individual needs for protein are
• The difference between complete and incomplete proteins
• What amino acids are
• What function amino acids serve
• What foods provide what types of protein

The Benefits of Drinking Protein Shakes

The Difference Between Complete and Incomplete Proteins

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It doesn't matter if you are a seasoned athlete, gymrat, or every day Joe or Jane.  As I mentioned yesterday, it is necessary to build muscle.  It doesn't matter if you are a man or a woman, young or old.  Muscle will help you live a fuller life.

There are tons of websites and blogs dedicated to building muscle.  I will definitely reference them below.  However, my goal today is to take my knowledge and use the resources I have and help you understand how to build muscle.

• What muscle is made of
• How to build muscle
• How muscle is formed

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This week we are staying with making that glorious machine run optimally.  No, not your car or your boat.  I'm talking about the most glorious machine, the human body.  Your body.  I want to finish this week with a mini series on muscle.  When people resolve to get fit they often go the route of cardio, looking to get leaner. 

Many women tend to shy away from building muscle for fear that it will make them look masculine.  And even though most guys are always looking to be more muscular when it comes to getting in shape they often pick the low hanging fruit and go for lean as well.

Today I am going to help you understand that building muscle is good thing for a body.  In fact, there are 9 great reasons to add some muscle to your frame, regardless of whether you are a girl or a guy.

• How muscle burns calories at rest
• Why Cardio alone will not make you healthier

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I always get a little suspect when I hear something come up time and time again from a variety of people.  Especially when I haven't heard of it in some time, if ever before.  Such is the case with Turmeric.  It seems that it is the latest miracle cure that cures everything from cancer to ringworm.

As you might expect, anything with that much hype warrants investigation.  That is why i did the leg work for you my friends. Don't get me wrong, it does have some amazing medicinal advantages.  However, I wouldn't advise anyone to stop traditional medicine yet until further tests have been performed.

The internet is like any religious text, it can refute or support any position.  Such is the case with the articles I found regarding Turmeric.  Tune in to Today's episode to get the lowdown.

• What Turmeric is
• The medicinal component to Turmeric
• What claims purport it does
• What it actually does
• How it is best used today

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Hey my friends, enjoy this rebroadcast of episode 337, 4 Habits for connecting to your higher self.  It is one of my most requested episodes and a perfect way to start off a new week.