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115: 5 Research-Backed Methods To Instantly Increase Happiness Jun 22, 2017

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This episode is by request. You guys asked for ways to "hack" your mood, happiness, and mindset...here are 5 research-backed methods to instantly improve your mood, increase happiness and skyrocket your productivity.

Find out:

How social media is linked to depression and how the average person spend 2 hours a day on social media.
Why we produce less serotonin on cloudy days and when we're sedentary.
Why 10,000 steps a day doesn't mean you're "healthy".
Why city dwellers have a 20 percent higher risk of anxiety disorders and a 40 percent higher risk of mood disorders as compared to people in rural areas.
How walking in nature - even looking a pictures of nature can decrease activity in a region of the brain associated with a key factor in depression, reduce mental fatigue, and boost productivity.

Plus, we'll cover the 1 simple trick that makes you 12X more likely to be happy, how real social interaction impacts our physiology more than cigarette smoking, and what you can learn from prison shows like Orange Is The New Black and Oz (hint: it has to do with solitary confinement)

Tune in and let us know your favorite sound bite. Post a screen grab or photo of you listening, tag @naturalstacks + @ryanmunsey_ + 1 FRIEND who needs to hear this & you'll both be entered to win FREE CILTEP! And use the code CILTEPOPP to save 50% on your first month of CILTEP subscription.

114: Hacking Time and Cell Phone Palmistry with Mindful Cyborg Chris Dancy Jun 19, 2017

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Chris Dancy is the World's Most Connected Man, lecturing all over the world on how we can better utilize technology to monitor our health, hack time, and be more mindful cyborgs. I met Chris at the Biohacker Summit Sweden last month where he presented a keynote on time-traveling using our phones, calendars, and wearable devices. In this episode of the OPP, Chris explains how we "lack the ability to track what we value, so we end up valuing what we track." We explore time travel, time-hacking, and optimizing our tracking devices to enhance our lives. Chris has a new TV show coming soon where he "reads" phones like a psychic reads palms - called "phone palmistry". We have Chris analyze the phones of some of our listeners (with startling accuracy) and we have their reactions to prove it! Discover what your phone says about you and learn how to customize your phone to slow down time, optimize your health and relationships, and enhance your overall wellbeing.

113: Play Away Your Anxiety with Charlie Hoehn Jun 15, 2017

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"The opposite of play is not work. The opposite of play is depression." - Charlie Hoehn

Charlie Hoehn is the Head of Author Marketing for Book In A Box and has written several best-selling books of his own: Play It Away and Recession-Proof Graduate, that offer simple solutions that help people get on with their lives.

Previously, Charlie interned with Seth Godin, Ramit Sethi and was Tim Ferriss' Director of Special Projects, whom he helped edit and launch The 4-Hour Body. The book debuted as a bestseller — #1 New York Times, #1 Amazon, #1 Barnes & Noble.

When he graduated college in the midst of the recession, Charlie Hoehn found a way to provide value, allowing him to thrive when many others suffered. His unique approach - explained in this interview - has enabled him to rub shoulders with and learn from some of the most powerful minds of our time.

Charlie's own "workaholic" nature drove him to depression and serious bouts of anxiety which led him to discover the power of play and how it can help us increase happiness and reduce anxiety.

This podcast is loaded with lessons from Charlie's mentors (Seth Godin, Ramit Sethi, and Tim Ferris) as well as actionable strategies for you to end the guilt you feel when you're not working, reduce stress and anxiety, and how to build more play (read: joy & happiness) into your life.

112: Making $h!t Happen with Paleo Chef & Phat Fudge Creator Mary Shenouda Jun 12, 2017

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Paleo Chef & Phat Fudge creator Mary Shenouda is a true unicorn.

Mary, aka the Paleo Chef, is a private chef to professional athletes and Hollywood celebrities, and the flavor formulator of many of your favorite #Paleo products.

She's also on a mission to help millions eat better, play more, and live a fulfilling life. #EatPlayCrush We sat down with Mary a few weeks ago in Venice, California to decode her secrets of high performance.

The result is one-of-a-kind episode of the OPP, where we talk with the creator of Unicorn Fuel to learn how to embrace your uniqueness, eat like you give a damn about yourself, crush life, being a female entrepreneur, individualizing the Paleo diet to fit your own needs, and using mortality to fuel your mission.

111: Sitting is The New Smoking: Physiology of Posture, Breathe, CNS & Vagal Tone with Aaron Alexander Jun 08, 2017

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The average person SITS 7.7 hours a day, with some people sitting up to 15 hours! By comparison, the average person only gets 6.5 hours of sleep each night. No wonder we're seeing a shift away from health in the average person. After all, 71% of the US is overweight. These statistics tell us a LOT. We sit too much. We sleep and move too little. And you already know we eat more than we ever have in the history of our species - most of that coming from low quality, processed foods. But not you - right?! ;) Back to this sitting thing... The CDC has called sitting the new smoking. Since most of us work from a seated position, commute to work sitting in cars, buses, trains, and planes, and then spend much of our down time sitting in front of TV's, hunched over phones... This podcast is something you need to hear. I'm joined by Aaron Alexander of Align Therapy to discuss how our posture impacts - no, it DICTATES - our physiology. Tune in to find out how you can optimize your sitting time and overcome the muscular, skeletal, and emotional crippling that comes from sitting in submissive, depressive, "douchey" positions for 1/3 of your life (8/24 hours a day). Hack your posture while sitting to optimize your physiology, feelings, mood, decisions and hormonal health. #LiveOptimal

110: Is the Ketogenic Diet Wrong for Power Athletes? Jun 05, 2017

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Few things are one size fits all. Especially diets. New research has linked the ketogenic diet to decreases in peak performance for some athletes.

In the first ever OPP solo-cast, I'll discuss this research, what it means for us, and for power athletes, the best applications of the ketogenic diet, and how my 8-month experiment with being keto caused a 20-25% drop in strength. We'll look at the benefits of ketosis and how we can hack the ketogenic diet to reap the benefits while avoiding some of the common drawbacks.

Study Results on Performance

- VO2 Max DECREASED 2.4%

- Peak Power DECREASED 4.1%

- Grip Strength INCREASED 2.5%

Study Results on Biomarkers

- 3% reduction in blood glucose

- 20% reduction in insulin

- 22% reduction in IGF-1

109 Lacie Mackey: Caveman Coffee Co-Founder on Coffee, Recovery, Training Hollywood's Elite Jun 01, 2017

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Lacie Mackey is the boss behind the business of Caveman Coffee and she's personal trainer to Hollywood's elite. No name-dropping here, but Lacie shares the do's and don't of recovery, hormonal balance, fitness, natural products, coffee and MCT oil. We expose 3 secrets about coffee - the world's #2 commodity - that most people don't know, including why you should never store it in your refrigerator. (It absorbs freon) Win FREE Caveman Coffee + CILTEP.

Along with Caveman Coffee, we're helping 3 lucky people optimize their mornings with this bundle.

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108: Impact Theory's Tom Bilyeu on How To Ignite Human Potential May 29, 2017

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Tom Bilyeu is on a mission to end both metabolic disease and generational poverty.

His relentless quest includes the stated intent to deliver people the tools required to live outside the matrix and create meaningful impact on the world.

We're honored to have Tom on the OPP to share his insights on success and top tips to help ignite our potential.

Tom Bilyeu's 7 Ways to Ignite Your Potential

Use books to enhance your social circle
Do more research than anyone else
Find gaps in the existing landscape and fill those voids
Outwork everyone
Love conquers all. Celebrate transformation to foster a community of support
Find your lead domino
Master the growth mindset

Listen to the full podcast for the details and blueprint to implement each of these in your life.

Who is Tom Bilyeu?

Tom Bilyeu is the co-founder of 2014 Inc. 500 company Quest Nutrition — a unicorn startup valued at over $1 billion — and the co-founder and host of Impact Theory.

Tom's mission is the creation of empowering media-based IP and the acceleration of mission-based businesses [like Natural Stacks]. Personally driven to help people develop the skills they will need to improve themselves and the world, Tom is intent to use commerce to address the dual pandemics of physical and mental malnourishment. Tom regularly inspires audiences of entrepreneurs, change makers, and thought leaders at some of the most prestigious conferences and seminars around the world, including Abundance 360, A-fest, and Freedom Fast Lane. Tom has also been a guest on the Tony Robbins podcast and The School of Greatness podcast and has been featured in Forbes, Inc., Success, and The Huffington Post. Tom is currently on the Innovation Board of the XPRIZE Foundation.

What you'll learn from Tom Bilyeu on the OPP:

How to stand out from the crowd - even in saturated markets
Ending metabolic disease
Execute against your dreams
Why adaptability beats strength or intelligence
How to build the right team and support system for success
Find your lead domino and the right catalysts for change
The key to reaching the top: do research, fill in the gaps, outwork everyone
The most crucial part(s) of Tom's morning routine
Why Tom says "don't trust your emotions"
Tom's strategies to live-forever - or at least optimize quality of life
Where you can find Tom and get more of his unique inspiration
Tom Bilyeu's Top 3 Tips to #LiveOptimal

OPP #107: Biohacker Summit Hot Seats: Leading Experts Share Best Advice, Biohacking Tips, and Tools for Optimization May 25, 2017

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Your backstage pass to the Biohacker Summit. 5 Speakers and VIPs from the event take their turn on the OPP Hot Seat and give you their best advice, #1 Biohacking Tip, favorite books, proudest moments, and most exciting thing they saw at this summit.

OPP #106: Brain's Frontal Lobe Activity, Our Shrinking Skulls and Functional Cranial Release with Dr. John Lieurance May 22, 2017

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Our skulls are shrinking and it's impacting our breathing & brain function. Anti-aging Dr John Lieurance is back to discuss these epigenetic changes, Functional Cranial Release (FCR), how it improves breathing, frontal lobe activity & vestibular f

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