182. Balancing Life and Wellness: Behind the Scenes.

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What is going on?

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Everybody.

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Welcome to the elemental Evan podcast.

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Thank you all so much for tuning in today.

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As always on this show, I

do my best to break down.

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Hello topics from a simplified

and holistic perspective.

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That way you can walk away from these

episodes with some tools in your tool belt

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that you can actually apply to your life.

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Today's episode is going to be.

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Pretty much, a little bit of a look

into what's to come as well as a little

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bit of an apology and breakdown of

what's been going on with me recently.

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So.

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If you are a listener of this show,

you've probably noticed that the

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last few weeks there haven't been

any episodes, which first off, let

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me just full on apologize for that.

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I am so sorry for not being more on top

of it and getting these episodes out.

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Uh, there were a couple episodes that

I got about halfway through and just

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wasn't able to get them completed.

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And the big reason for that

is, is because I got married.

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So there was a lot going on.

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There was a lot of planning and,

uh, honestly, aside from work.

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Uh, I was, you know, doing a lot of.

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Getting quotes and contacting

people and setting things up.

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So it ate up a lot of my time.

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And unfortunately I just wasn't able

to devote enough time to the podcast or

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rather I wasn't disciplined enough with

my time to make sure that I was also

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including a time to work on the podcast.

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So.

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Anyways, that is my long-winded

answer of saying my bad.

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And you can expect to find all of

the episodes, uh, every single week

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reoccurring, but there is going to be

a little bit of a change coming up.

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So first off, instead of Wednesdays,

I will now be releasing my

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podcast episodes on Mondays.

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So you can feel free to subscribe.

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And that way you are no longer missing

any of that episodes, regardless

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of what day that they come out on.

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Uh, that's honestly just a fail safe

way of doing so, but if you are a person

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who likes to just single handedly go and

pick the ones that you want to listen to,

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uh, then just please remember that these

episodes will be released on Mondays.

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And, uh, in terms of the episodes that

are going to be coming out, uh, I actually

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wanted to direct your attention to,

I believe what was the last episode.

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And that was with, uh, Lee Carroll,

who is with real mushrooms.

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If you haven't heard that episode already,

I really recommend that you do so.

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Uh, he talks about a specific

compound, uh, within mushrooms that

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is very important for our health.

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And it's one that I personally

had not heard of until I

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spoke with, uh, Lee Carroll.

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So feel free to go check that out.

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I promise you there's some really

great information in that episode.

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So, uh, and like I said, I think

it was the last one that came out.

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So feel free to check that out in

terms of things that are going to be

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coming out in the near future, you

can look forward to a lot of stuff,

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diving into fiber and liver health.

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This has been a really big topic for me.

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Uh, and it's one that I'm going to be.

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Dialing in on massively moving forward.

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Uh, specifically because the role that

fiber plays in digestion, as well as

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the connection between your liver.

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And digestion.

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Um, there's a whole world there that

I'm really digging into at the moment.

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And I think there's a lot of benefit

in the research that I'm doing.

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So.

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I'm really excited to kind

of present that all to you.

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Uh, in the future episodes.

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So you're definitely going to

hear a lot about liver health, how

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to keep it healthy, the role it

plays in digestion, uh, as well

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as fiber and the connection with.

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Uh, your digestion, your liver health,

and we're going to get into some

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common issues that occur with livers.

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And yeah, we're really going to go down

the rabbit hole on that, which I'm pretty

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stoked for and as well, it's something

that I've been toying with on myself.

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Uh, I like to experiment with a lot of the

research that I do on myself, especially

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when it comes to digestive health.

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So, uh, yeah, we're gonna have some really

great conversations on that as well.

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We're also going to dive into some women's

health and, uh, Beyond that, of course,

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every other topic you can think of that

is in regards to health and wellness.

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Uh, but yeah, there's a really

good women's health episode

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that is going to be coming up.

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And I think there's going to as

well, be a lot of benefit and I

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think you all enjoy it very much.

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And in general, I'm going to be

keeping my solo episodes slightly

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shorter than my guest episodes.

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So you can expect to find some

really like, Quick nuggets and

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you know, just good episodes.

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Uh, With me personally, just speaking.

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And then, uh, the longer episodes

are going to be with guests because

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I just feel that there's so much

to share when I have a guest on.

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And so I like to try to leave

some time there for them to.

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Delve into the topics that

they're really excited about.

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Uh, as well, getting some really

awesome guests scheduled onto the show.

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So you can, uh, be looking

forward to those as well.

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So that's going to do it for, uh, what's

coming up on the elemental Ivan podcast.

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And before we just end this episode.

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I want to give you some takeaways and

some things that, uh, you know, some,

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some insight that I've been having

as well as things for you to reflect

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on as well, but in the last, I would

say month or so, uh, the biggest.

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Things that have really been

sticking out to me here recently.

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Is number one.

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And I've said this a million

times, I'll say it a million times

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more, but truly the best and most

impactful things on your health.

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Are almost usually a hundred percent

free or costs you very little money.

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You know, they're, they're the

things that are, what I like

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to say are not sexy, right?

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Like there's nothing sexy

about them, but they make the

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biggest impact on our health.

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And these are things like.

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Once again, sleep.

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Diet.

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Uh, exercise community

and stress levels, right?

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These are some of the big pillars here.

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I mean, I know there's a few other ones,

but these are all things that are very

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controllable, at least to a degree.

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And for the most part, they

don't require that much money.

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Um, obviously with the food that

you're eating, that does cost money,

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but you're going to eat anyway.

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So you might as well focus

on high quality food.

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And a lot of the times high

quality food really isn't

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that much more expensive than.

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Your run of the mill food.

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So, uh, or rather, should I say

ultra processed foods, right.

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So these are the things that

we really should focus on.

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And this really came about just because

throwing a wedding is a bit pricey.

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And so for me, I, I personally

love trying out new supplements.

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I love to try out new biohacking

tech gear, all this stuff.

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Um, you know, I have an aura

ring that broke on me and I

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want to get that replaced.

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Like, there's all these

different things that.

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I'm wanting to purchase.

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And, uh, the, you know, finances just

weren't really allowing for that.

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And it was a really good opportunity for

me to recognize and remember that while

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those things are beneficial and helpful.

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They're really just the like

small needle movers, right?

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Like they only get you that extra 1%.

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Right.

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Whereas your diet, sleep, exercise,

community, stress levels, all of

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those things are going to be the

ma that's the majority, right?

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Like that's the massive portion.

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That's the 95% of your health.

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And then the remaining 5% is

going to come from this tech

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gear and different supplements.

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Right.

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So I think that's a great reminder.

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And in fact, one of the best practices,

uh, in my opinion, that we can do is some

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fasting, which absolutely costs nothing.

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You're literally going without just some

water and some salt, maybe a little bit

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of plain tea or coffee a once a day.

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But fasting is really

beneficial for the body.

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It's also very beneficial for the

liver, uh, which obviously I'll be

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diving into that in future episodes.

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But.

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It's really important for us to remember

that look just because you don't

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have the money to go buy all these

cool gadgets or, you know, the best

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supplements or whatever it might be.

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Even the best food for that matter.

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There's still so many things that

you can do that are going to really

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improve your health so massively.

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And, um, if you are feeling like,

oh, I just don't have the money

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to invest in this, this or that.

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Or you're like waiting on a new

tech gear to, you know, um, Get

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healthy or improve your sleep.

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Like for example, what the aura ring,

you know, I really want to track my

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sleep levels and stress levels and

all this, but at the end of the day,

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guess what if you just get to bed?

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Had a good time, give yourself like eight

hours to sleep and then wake up at the

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same time that you usually do and set this

really nice circadian rhythm for yourself.

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Guess what?

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You're probably going to have

some really excellent sleep.

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And of course there's all these

little like hacks that you

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can do to improve that sleep.

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But at the end of the day,

it's just doing the action.

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Um, and I really like this quote

that says, talking about something

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and doing something fight for the

exact same resources and energy.

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So you can choose.

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Are you going to talk about

it or are you going to do it?

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And for me, I think talking about

getting the aura ring and, and, you

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know, always just waiting on it and

thinking about, oh, well, you know what?

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I can track it.

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Then I can do this.

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And that.

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It's really at the core of it.

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It's just trying to help you be a

better sleeper, but you can already

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start practicing good sleep habits.

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Right.

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And on top of that, I don't really

need a wellness score in the

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morning to tell me how well I slept.

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A lot of the times I

can wake up and feel it.

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If you wake up in the morning and

you feel wrecked and you have a

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headache and all this stuff, You

probably didn't sleep very well.

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If you wake up and you feel super

energized and you are just ready to go,

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you woke up before your alarm clock.

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You probably slept really, really well.

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So.

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I just wanted to bring it back.

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Like there are so many practices that

are very beneficial, actually the most

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beneficial and they're completely free.

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Uh, and you know, or

very, very cost-effective.

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So.

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I really wanted to hammer that one home.

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Uh, and then the other.

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Thing that has really

been on my mind lately.

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Has been, uh, this idea that I want

to stop wishing for an easier life

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and just start looking for ways to

become better equipped at handling.

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All of the tasks on my plate.

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Right.

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And I think for me, um, whenever

I've gone through times that are like

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super busy, I'll just kind of always

mentally think, oh, you know what, once

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I get done with this, uh, event, then.

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Things we'll call them down, you

know, and then I'll be able to

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relax and take it easy and all

this and that blah, blah, blah.

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But the reality of the matter is life

is going to get more and more busy,

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especially as you try to accomplish more

things and do more things with your life.

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You're naturally going to

become a busier person.

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So it's better to just kind of understand

that life is never really going to get,

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you know, calmer and more simple, unless

you really make a massive drastic change.

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Or until you get older, right?

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So.

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My goal for myself.

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And hopefully this is something that

can resonate with all of you as well.

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Is that.

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I no longer am thinking in terms of, okay.

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When this next event ends, I'll be

able to relax, take it easy, catch

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up on sleep, blah, blah, blah.

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Instead, I just want to get better at

managing more things on my plate, because

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I know it is never going to get less busy.

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It's going to continue to get

more and more busy and therefore

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I need to get better equipped

at handling a busy lifestyle.

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So that's really where I'm at.

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It's been a kind of a.

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Internal struggle for me, I would say,

uh, to really move the needle on this

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and, uh, Yeah, really just try to.

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Get more disciplined

with myself, I would say.

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Uh, and at the end of the day,

that's the other thing as well.

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If you feel like you're running out of

time in the day, if you just don't have

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enough time to do everything you want,

uh, everyone has the same 24 hours.

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It's just depends on how we use it.

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And personally, I feel like if you

are experiencing that kind of emotion

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where you feel that there's just not

enough time in the day, That I would

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highly recommend for you to sit down

and really analyze your schedule,

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like a, you know, daily schedule.

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Like what does that look like for you?

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And then really look at how much

time you're wasting, how much time

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you're spending on certain things.

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What are, what are the

things that are actually.

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That you're doing that are

actually accomplishing your goals.

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And what are the things that you're doing

that are just kind of a waste of time?

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And, uh, really evaluate that.

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Uh, and just getting better at managing

your time is going to help open up.

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So.

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Much more time in the rest of your

day, and also just possibilities

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for you to accomplish the things

that you want to be doing.

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So.

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Uh, there was a quote as well

that says discipline or like self

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discipline is only the opportunities.

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Nope.

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Sorry.

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Scratch that freedom.

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It's only the opportunity for

self-discipline when you have the freedom

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to, uh, like for example of time, you

have to become disciplined with it.

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Uh, or else it's just

going to escape you, right?

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And the more disciplined you

are with your time, you actually

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get more time back in your day.

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So it's very important for us to work

on self-discipline, especially myself.

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I'm really just kinda.

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Giving you guys.

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My thoughts.

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Uh, out loud here.

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But that's the main thing I'm really

trying to work on is my time management.

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Getting better equipped with

handling more on my plate.

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Um, you know, and this looks like.

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Waking up a little bit earlier.

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Uh, to make sure that I'm doing personal

practices like meditation, reading, uh,

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working out stretching, uh, and then,

you know, also prepping for my day.

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Right.

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As opposed to waking up with

very little time to even get

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ready and then get my day going.

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Uh, I'm working on getting up earlier

so that I can actually start my day and

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be totally prepared, you know, overly

prepared really for the day to come.

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So that's what that's been looking like.

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And then working on time management,

uh, you know, doing time blocks where I.

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Work for 30 minutes spurts and

then take a 10 minute break

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and you know, kind of work.

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And then in those 30 minute spurts,

like phone is off it's on airplane mode.

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I'm not receiving any messages

or anything like that.

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It's put away and it's just a hundred

percent focus on the task at hand.

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So.

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These are the things that I'm working on.

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At the moment.

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Um, so just re.

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You know, kind of.

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Highlight those again, the best health

practices are truly free or very low cost.

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And then I'm personally trying to

shift my mindset from not wishing for.

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An easier life or for things to slow

down, but rather to just get better

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at handling a busier lifestyle.

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And to do so, one of the biggest things

I need to overcome is time management.

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So these are the things I'm working on.

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And I work through my promise.

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I will let you know how they're

going and any tips or tricks that

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I come across, I will as well.

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Let you know about those.

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Uh, but yeah, that's a,

that's where we're at.

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So anyways, y'all.

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This episode and all the other

ones will be coming out on Mondays.

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And I have some great

ones coming your way.

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So please stay tuned and thank

you all so much for just.

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Tuning in and always

keeping up to date on this.

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I really appreciate it.

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And, uh, we're going to be bringing

you some great stuff and, uh,

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really give you the opportunity to.

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Receive so much health and

wellness information that you can

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really just pick and choose what

you want to apply to your life.

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And hopefully.

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Uh, come out the other side better.

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So anyways, Thank you all very much.

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Appreciate you.

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Uh, as you know, the model of the show,

it is do everything with good intentions.

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And connect your elements.

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So anyways, have a great one.

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I appreciate all of you sending

love to every single one of you, and

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I'll see you on the next episode.

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Peace.