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8 Hours of Bad Sleep Is Still Bad Sleep | Shawn Stevenson Jul 23, 2021

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“It’s more difficult to think the thoughts we want to think when we don’t feel well.”

Today's guest is Shawn Stevenson, who is a graduate of the University of Missouri-St. Louis, where he studied business, biology, and nutritional science. He’s the founder of Advanced Integrative Health Alliance, a company that provides wellness services for individuals and organizations worldwide. He’s the author of the international bestselling book Sleep Smarter and creator of The Model Health Show and today we’re talking about his book Eat Smarter: Use the Power of Food to Reboot Your Metabolism, Upgrade Your Brain and Transform Your Life.

Our conversation was so powerful that I had to split it into 2 parts, so make sure to check out part 2 coming next week!

In this episode Lewis and Shawn discuss why more than 60% of people have chronic inflammation, how sleep affects your brain when you have enough or have too little, how our mental health is affected when we aren’t taking care of our body, the link between inflammation in the body and neuroinflammation, and so much more!

For more go to: www.lewishowes.com/1140

Read his new book: www.eatsmarterbook.com

Check out his website: www.themodelhealthshow.com

The Wim Hof Experience: Mindset Training, Power Breathing, and Brotherhood: https://link.chtbl.com/910-pod

A Scientific Guide to Living Longer, Feeling Happier & Eating Healthier with Dr. Rhonda Patrick: https://link.chtbl.com/967-pod

The Science of Sleep for Ultimate Success with Shawn Stevenson: https://link.chtbl.com/896-pod

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Every Complex System Develops a Mind | Dr. Emeran Mayer Jul 21, 2021

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“Every complex system develops a mind.”

Today's guest is Dr. Emeran Mayer. He is the executive director of the G. Oppenheimer Center for Neurobiology of Stress and Resilience and the co-director of the Digestive Diseases Research Center at the University of California at Los Angeles. His research has been supported by the National Institutes of Health for the past twenty-five years, and he is considered a pioneer and world leader in the area of brain-gut microbiome interactions.

This is actually part 2 of my interview with Dr. Mayer, so make sure to visit www.lewishowes.com/1138 to listen to part 1 all about the brain and gut connection!

In this episode Lewis and Dr. Emeran Mayer discuss what the mind actually is, the effects of religion and finding a higher purpose have on your mind, the biggest breakthroughs during Dr. Mayer’s 40 years of research, why Dr. Mayer wants the world to stop using the word “placebo,” he effects that stress has on your immune system, the key changes to make today to improve your health, and so much more!

For more go to: www.lewishowes.com/1139

Check out his new book : THE GUT-IMMUNE CONNECTION

The Wim Hof Experience: Mindset Training, Power Breathing, and Brotherhood: https://link.chtbl.com/910-pod

A Scientific Guide to Living Longer, Feeling Happier & Eating Healthier with Dr. Rhonda Patrick: https://link.chtbl.com/967-pod

The Science of Sleep for Ultimate Success with Shawn Stevenson: https://link.chtbl.com/896-pod

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Your Emotions Leave a Mirror Image in Your Body | Dr. Emeran Mayer Jul 19, 2021

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“Any emotions that you experience chronically or frequently have a mirror image in your body.”

Today's guest is Dr. Emeran Mayer. He's one of the world’s foremost experts on the gut brain connection and for over the past 40 years, his research and published work has offered groundbreaking evidence of the critical connection between the brain and the gut. He is the executive director of the G. Oppenheimer Center for Neurobiology of Stress and Resilience and the co-director of the Digestive Diseases Research Center at the University of California at Los Angeles. Our conversation was so powerful that I wanted to split into 2 parts! So look out for part 2 coming later this week!

In this episode Lewis and Dr. Emeran Mayer discuss the biggest triggers for inflammation, the foods we should eat & avoid to improve our gut health, why we’ve become so addicted to sugar & the effects it has on our body, whether our brain or gut health affects our body more, how our digestive system functions, and so much more!

For more go to: www.lewishowes.com/1138

Check out his new book : THE GUT-IMMUNE CONNECTION

The Wim Hof Experience: Mindset Training, Power Breathing, and Brotherhood: https://link.chtbl.com/910-pod

A Scientific Guide to Living Longer, Feeling Happier & Eating Healthier with Dr. Rhonda Patrick: https://link.chtbl.com/967-pod

The Science of Sleep for Ultimate Success with Shawn Stevenson: https://link.chtbl.com/896-pod

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Novak Djokovic: A Traumatic Childhood Built His Champion Mindset Jul 16, 2021

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Today, we’re bringing back one of Lewis' favorite interviews from the past with Novak Djokovic.

He is currently ranked as world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals. Djokovic has been No. 1 for a record of over 320 weeks. Lewis felt very inspired this last week as he watched him win his 20th Grand Slam title in Wimbledon and wanted to reflect back on the conversation from 2017. After the interview, we’ve also added a special bonus conversation between Novak, Jay Shetty, and Lewis from last year where they were able to spend some time together playing all different types of sports.

In this episode Lewis and Novak discuss how Novak started playing tennis & persevered through a traumatic childhood, how Novak recovered from his lowest point, how to understand the power of the mind to build a champion mindset, what love means to Novak and why it’s so important for him, and so much more!

For more go to: www.lewishowes.com/1137

Check out Novak's website: www.novakdjokovicfoundation.org

The Wim Hof Experience: Mindset Training, Power Breathing, and Brotherhood: https://link.chtbl.com/910-pod

A Scientific Guide to Living Longer, Feeling Happier & Eating Healthier with Dr. Rhonda Patrick: https://link.chtbl.com/967-pod

The Science of Sleep for Ultimate Success with Shawn Stevenson: https://link.chtbl.com/896-pod

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Overcome Negative Thinking and Get Emotionally Unstuck Jul 14, 2021

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Learning how to better understand your mind and work through mental health challenges is one of the toughest, yet important things you can do for yourself. Over the years, my negative thinking patterns didn’t allow me to live my life to the fullest. It wasn’t until I opened up and started to work through these problems that I started to make progress. We’ve had a lot of inspiring guests share strategies to help you overcome and manage your mind, so today I wanted to bring them together to give you the tools I wish I had earlier on.

In this episode we discuss how to overcome negative thinking and self-destructive habits with Dr. Nicole LePera, understanding the power of the mind and reaching your fullest potential with Wim Hof, the science behind stress and how to manage it properly with Kelly McGonigal, how to cope with feeling overwhelmed and get emotionally unstuck with Kati Morton, and so much more!

For more got to: www.lewishowes.com/1136

MILLIONAIRE MORNING GUIDE - https://www.themillionairemorning.com/

The Wim Hof Experience: Mindset Training, Power Breathing, and Brotherhood: https://link.chtbl.com/910-pod

A Scientific Guide to Living Longer, Feeling Happier & Eating Healthier with Dr. Rhonda Patrick: https://link.chtbl.com/967-pod

The Science of Sleep for Ultimate Success with Shawn Stevenson: https://link.chtbl.com/896-pod

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The Millionaire Habits That Changed My Life | Lewis Howes Jul 12, 2021

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When I was younger, I had no idea about making money. I knew I wanted more of it… pretty badly! But what held me back was my mindset around money and the strategies I could use to actually create a life that was aligned with who I wanted to be.

So today’s episode is a solo round with me and in this episode we discuss how to overcome the fear of money, the best investments I’ve made to help me in my life, the 3 most important things you can do to start building wealth, the strategies I recommend for multiplying your income, whether you’re an entrepreneur or an employee looking to get a raise, and so much more!

For more got to: www.lewishowes.com/1135

MILLIONAIRE MORNING GUIDE - https://www.themillionairemorning.com/

The Wim Hof Experience: Mindset Training, Power Breathing, and Brotherhood: https://link.chtbl.com/910-pod

A Scientific Guide to Living Longer, Feeling Happier & Eating Healthier with Dr. Rhonda Patrick: https://link.chtbl.com/967-pod

The Science of Sleep for Ultimate Success with Shawn Stevenson: https://link.chtbl.com/896-pod

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How Food Affects Your Brain and Your Cancer Risk Jul 09, 2021

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The most important thing you can do for your future self is to take control of your health.

In this episode, Lewis and the guests discuss what you need to do to live longer, how we can prevent and treat chronic diseases by changing our diets, how food affects our brain, the main causes of cancer and what we do about it and so much more!

For more go to: www.lewishowes.com/1134

Previous episodes of each guest:

Dr. Steven Gundry: www.lewishowes.com/521

Dr. Mark Hyman: www.lewishowes.com/916

Dr. Lisa Mosconi: www.lewishowes.com/1091

Dr. Jason Fung: www.lewishowes.com/1030 & www.lewishowes.com/1031

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How to Multiply Your Time Instead of Managing It | Rory Vaden Jul 07, 2021

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“There is no such thing as time management, there is only self management.”

Today's guest is Rory Vaden. He’s a bestselling author and Co-Founder of Brand Builders Group, which is one of the leading Personal Brand Strategy firms that focuses on helping people become the type of person that everyone wants to business with. Lewis has worked with Rory for many years now and we thought it would be valuable to come together and record multiple episodes on building a reputation and personal brand to help you take your life to the next level. This is the second part of the series which we're excited to share with you.

In this episode Lewis and Rory discuss the strategies that will help you multiply your time, how to overcome the common struggles with time management. the unseen consequences of not prioritizing your life, how to set up automation systems, how to develop a growth mindset, and so much more!

If you've been thinking about taking your life and business to the next level, you need accountability and to surround yourself with other high-performing, conscious achievers… Which is why we're excited to share that the Greatness Coaching program has opened back up. Spots are going to be filling up fast, so make sure to go to www.lewishowes.com/coaching for more information.

For more go to: www.lewishowes.com/1119

Check out Rory's website: www.roryvaden.com/blog

See how you can get connected with Brand Builders: www.lewishowes.com/brandcall

The Wim Hof Experience: Mindset Training, Power Breathing, and Brotherhood: https://link.chtbl.com/910-pod

A Scientific Guide to Living Longer, Feeling Happier & Eating Healthier with Dr. Rhonda Patrick: https://link.chtbl.com/967-pod

The Science of Sleep for Ultimate Success with Shawn Stevenson: https://link.chtbl.com/896-pod

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Lindsey Vonn's Secret Weapon for Confidence Was a Journal Jul 05, 2021

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Today Lewis sits down with Lindsey Vonn, the most decorated American ski racer in history and is widely regarded as one of the greatest of all time, to talk about Lindsey's life after her career and how her injuries never stopped her from getting back up and trying again!

She entered the international skiing scene in 1999 at the age of 14 and has captivated the world with her perseverance and superhuman abilities on the slopes ever since. She’s won four World Cup overall championships, the gold medal in downhill at the 2010 Winter Olympics, the first one for an American woman, and many more incredible awards.

In this episode Lewis and Lindsey discuss the most influential person in her life, how she’s dealt with self-doubt over the years, life after her incredible ski racing career, the key habits for success and happiness, and so much more!

For more go to: www.lewishowes.com/1132

Check out Lindsey's website: www.lindseyvonn.com

Read her book: Strong Is the New Beautiful: Embrace Your Natural Beauty, Eat Clean, and Harness Your Power

Follow her on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lindseyvonn/

Kobe Bryant on Mamba Mentality, NBA Titles, and Oscars: https://link.chtbl.com/691-pod

Kevin Hart Breaks Down His Secrets to Success: https://link.chtbl.com/956-pod

Katherine Schwarzenegger Pratt on the Power of Forgiveness: https://link.chtbl.com/925-pod

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The 5 Second Rule to Beat Fear and Take Action Today Jul 02, 2021

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“The one piece of life I was missing was having the courage to face myself.” - David Goggins

Today’s episode is a special one. Over the years we’ve had guests share incredible stories about creating a new life for themselves and developing the motivation and discipline to follow through. So today we wanted to bring together some of our favorite moments from episodes to inspire you and show you how to take your life to the next level whether you’re in a tough spot right now or starting to feel complacent. We believe in you and we're excited to share these messages with you.

In this episode Lewis and the guests discuss how to unlock your potential with David Goggins, the 5 second rule to change your life with Mel Robbins, how to go from rock bottom to living a life of purpose with Lisa Nichols, the mindset model to become limitless with Jim Kwik, how Rich Diviney trained himself to be motivated as a Navy Seal, and so much more!

For more go to: www.lewishowes.com/1131

Previous episodes of each guest:

David Goggins: www.lewishowes.com/715

Mel Robbins: www.lewishowes.com/970

Jim Kwik: www.lewishowes.com/947

Lisa Nichols: www.lewishowes.com/979

Rich Diviney: www.lewishowes.com/1058

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