We have finally reached episode 100! And with this milestone, here’s what I really want to unpack today, going into the new year: the notion of being enough and acknowledging that we are enough. I really want to focus on this concept and some of the things I’ve had to do, personally, to truly step into this place.

When I really started leaning into this place of “I am enough” and legitimately start to get it (and not just pretend for Instagram), things began to shift for me in a monumental way — and I want you to be able to achieve this, too.

I want you to look at 2019 as your year of groundedness and reflect on the honesty you need to have with yourself so you have the opportunity to truly step into this place of I am enough.

Let’s make 2019 the best year, the biggest year, and the most impactful year of your life!

Key Takeaways:

[:25] About today’s episode.

[3:38] The concept of “I am enough” and growth (my word for 2018).

[5:02] What happened until I embraced the concept of “I am enough.”

[6:51] My challenge to all of you: seek clarity and honesty around where your desire for growth comes from.

[7:55] I want you to strive towards a place where you’re truly grateful for the things you have created and take the action that you need to take in your life so that you feel settled in that.

[8:43] Exploring where I want to go in 2019 and the commitment I’ve made to myself.

[10:35] I want you to look at 2019 as your year of groundedness!

[11:29] The exciting format changes for the podcast going forward!

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CALL TO ACTION

I want you to start the new year with the right attitude! Take the time you need to think up (or write down in your journal) where your desire for growth and betterment come from. Does it come from a place of needing to prove to yourself you are enough? Or does it come from a place of growth for the sake of growth? Really be honest with yourself! And remember to follow-up on The Entrepology Podcast Facebook page — because when you are accountable, you are helpable.

It was an absolute pleasure to sit down with my guest today, Amanda Foti! Amanda is a registered dietitian from New York with a Master’s degree in Clinical Nutrition. She’s also the Director at Healthie — a comprehensive platform for nutritional and wellness care. But, most excitingly (for me), she’s also an entrepreneur who got the start-up itch.

Today’s conversation is all about how we can eat better as mission-minded entrepreneurs. And it’s a really interesting one too! Amanda uniquely contextualized nutrition and nutritional optimization for the world of entrepreneurs. We also got into the types of foods that she recommends for her clients in terms of maximizing energy and shifting our habits, and, had a really fascinating conversation around the psychology of eating (why is it that we pick the foods that we do? And what are the influences on the types of foods that we naturally select for our bodies?)

As an entrepreneur, it is key to eat healthily and maintain optimal nutrition! You’ll want to tune in for this one.

Key Takeaways:

[2:06] About my guest today, Amanda Foti.

[3:32] Welcoming Amanda to the podcast!

[3:55] Amanda takes us through her personal journey and how she got to where she is today.

[8:52] Amanda’s ‘musts’ for staying healthy in the start-up world.

[12:13] Amanda dives into the topic of the psychology of eating.

[17:00] How the Healthie platform helps both practitioners and consumers.

[23:57] Was Amanda always an entrepreneur? How did she develop her entrepreneurial sense?

[25:35] Amanda’s key nutritional habits you should have in place in the new year!

[29:35] How to manage indulgences with priorities and a positive vs. negative mindset.

[33:56] The importance of connecting your desired outcome to something bigger to achieve success.

[34:58] How Amanda eats and maintains her health.

[38:01] How Amanda defines health.

[41:59] Amanda’s key performance indicators!

[47:11] Where to follow-up with Amanda online.

Mentioned in This Episode:

Eat-Fit-Live

Healthie

Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win,

by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin

Jocko Podcast

More About Amanda Foti

Amanda Foti is a Registered Dietitian and a New York State Certified Dietitian-Nutritionist with a Masters in Clinical Nutrition from New York University. She has broad experience managing disease with nutrition and lifestyle in the clinical setting. She specializes in cognitive behavioral therapy in relation to emotional eating and weight management counseling.

Her counseling approach is all about being realistic and providing personalized guidance for what your body needs. She works closely with people to help them live a healthier lifestyle by finding their perfect balance to live a life that is both healthy and enjoyable.

Connect with my Guest:

Websites: EatFitLive.com and GetHealthie.com

Instagram: @EatFitLive_RD

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Opt in for your free, personalized functional medicine quiz on Entrepology Performance Labs! Completing this questionnaire will take approximately 40 minutes of your time and when you’re done, you will be prompted for an opportunity to sit down with someone on our medical team to review your individualized results. We are all on big missions; we are all trying to change the world. It’s no longer sufficient for our health to simply be fine. For us to achieve what we want to do as badass women with a vision for how we can help the world, we need to move our health to an optimal place!

CALL TO ACTION

Set realistic goals that are personalized to you and your lifestyle! Use some of Amanda’s key health principle; try adding to your diet rather than focusing on what you can take out. Manage those indulgences by creating an overabundance of healthy priorities. And remember to follow-up on The Entrepology Podcast Facebook page — because when you are accountable, you are helpable.

“Badass,” is a really great way to describe my guest today. Dr. Keira Barr is a global speaker, international best-selling author, educator, and dual board-certified dermatologist who’s been in practice for the last 20 years. But what makes her really exceptional at being able to talk about skin health in an integrative capacity is her own story as a cancer survivor. Ironically, as someone who’s trained in dermatology, she found herself face-to-face with a diagnosis of skin cancer. It was this that was really part of what galvanized her to want to look at skin health from an upstream perspective.

Our conversation today really looked at the ins and outs of sunscreen, some of the key factors that we see in terms of people who have exceptional skin health, and some of the things we should be looking at if skin health is something you have struggled with or want to look at from a preventative capacity.

Our skin is one of the things that we project outwardly; it’s part of our brand. It gives us confidence. It’s critical to us when we’re talking about health but also when we have the confidence to step forward as entrepreneurs on a mission that we are all focused on.

Key Takeaways:

[2:02] About my guest today, Dr. Keira Barr.

[3:29] Welcoming Dr. Barr to the podcast!

[3:53] Keira shares her story and journey that has gotten her to this point.

[7:44] How Keira’s own experience shifted her practice.

[9:49] What has been Keira’s experience working with patients on their skin health.

[12:35] Keira talks about how the brain plays a role in your skin.

[13:45] Keira explains the general side effects of Accutane as well as its impact systemically and from a long-term perspective.

[18:16] Important foods that we should eliminate or include to support skin health.

[22:30] How do we navigate topical skin-care and what are the key ingredients we should be looking for?

[26:15] Keira’s take on sunscreen!

[29:48] Keira’s favorite sunscreens.

[33:19] Keira’s key takeaways for proper skin health.

[34:24] Correlations between sleep and skin health.

[35:28] Habits and correlations Keira has noticed amongst people with impeccable skin.

[39:02] Keira’s key performance indicators!

[44:50] Where to find Keira and her work online.

Mentioned in This Episode:

Cetaphil

Coola sunscreen

Garden goddess sunscreen

Skinceuticals

C E Ferulic by Skinceuticals

iS Clinical

Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness, by John Kabat-Zinn

ChooseResilience.com

More About Dr. Keira Barr

As a global speaker, internationally best-selling author, and educator, Dr. Barr is a dual board-certified dermatologist with over 20 years experience practicing medicine. With all of the discoveries she’s made and her own experience with skin cancer, Dr. Barr has developed a process and path that fortifies your body, your life, and your skin. By working with other professional and entrepreneurial women to revitalize their lives and re-energize their bodies, she has helped them achieve and exceed their physical and personal goals of happiness, confidence, and success. Through her programs, services, and support as the Chief Wellness Officer of Resilient Health Institute (RHI), she is redefining the delivery of skincare.

When she’s not shuttling her two head-strong teenagers around town, snuggling her three pups or sweating it out at pilates, you’ll find Dr. Barr furthering her mission to end the cycle of prescriptions, products, and fad trends the natural way.

Connect with my Guest:

Website: ChooseResilience.com

Social Media: @resiliencyblueprint, @drkeirabarr, & Facebook.com/drkeirabarr

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CALL TO ACTION

Let’s get skin-healthy! If you’ve yet to consider the health of your skin — that’s alright — let’s start now! By putting a few of Keira’s key practices into play, you’ll already be several steps ahead of where you were. Making strides towards eating an anti-inflammatory, low glycemic diet; wearing physical blocking sunscreen; and finding just a few simple products that work with your skin can make a world of a difference. Remember to follow-up on The Entrepology Podcast Facebook page — because when you are accountable, you are helpable.

Today’s episode was a ton of fun to put together! We decided, as a team, that we wanted to lay down our version (or interpretation) of health and wellness trends that we’re forecasting for 2019. On top of that, we’re also giving you our take on them, what we think is working, and whether or not we think they’ll stand the test of time.

My team is pretty incredible and I’m super excited to give you all the chance to hear from all of them — for the first time ever — all in one episode! With me is Dr. Yashar Khosroshahi, Dr. Anita Davis, and Heather Allen.

We seriously had a ton of fun recording this — maybe a little bit too much fun. We get into biohacking; talked food (from cheeseburgers to adaptogens); and discussed concepts like mindfulness, meditating, and challenging growth. We hope you’ll join us all for the first episode back in 2019!

Key Takeaways:

[1:24] About today’s episode with the Entrepology Performance Labs team!

[2:38] Everybody from the team introduces themselves.

[3:20] Yashar defines biohacking.

[4:00] The team outlines some of the coolest ways to use biohacking.

[6:00] Some more cool biohacking tools.

[8:32] Cautions about engaging in biohacking.

[11:29] The trend of deeply engaging in gratitude.

[11:55] Yashar explains what happens when we move into a state of genuine gratitude and why is it such a powerful idea to engage in.

[14:24] The next trend: transparency and vulnerability.

[15:34] What the team is observing in terms of transparency.

[17:24] Where to go for a really good cheeseburger!

[18:09] Trend #4: meditation studios or brain gyms.

[20:22] Yashar’s recommendations for those who struggle with meditating.

[22:05] My recommendations for getting started with meditation.

[24:16] Trend #5: adaptogens and elixirs.

[26:28] What the EPL team thinks about adaptogens.

[30:41] Another new trend: mushrooms, and what’s so cool about them.

[31:38] How the EPL team is leveraging mushrooms in their practice.

[33:27] Our last trend, going into 2019: embracing the idea that you are enough but still challenging growth.

[36:44] Where to follow up with the EPL team!

[37:20] Wishing you all a happy new year!

Mentioned in This Episode:

It’s that time of the year! It’s just after Christmas, so I figured this episode would be perfect to focus on — and explore — some new ideas moving into the new year.

Every year, I pick a word that is going to summarize my intention for the following year. In 2018, my word was growth, and as I reflect back on this year I realize we created so many new initiatives that are about growth — not just growing now, but into the future. We truly were able to live up to the intention that I set. Going into 2019, I decided to set my intentions on a new word: momentum. Momentum is something that I find incredibly powerful and important in both health and in business and is crucial in continuing to drive that growth we created in 2018.

So, in this episode, I’m taking you through my list of things that I will be taking with me into the new year to maximize my momentum, as well as the three powerful questions I ask in my practice to help others maximize their potential, as well.

Key Takeaways:

[:15] The focus of today’s solo episode: exploring new ideas moving into 2019!

[1:06] Reflecting on my intentions for 2018 and setting my intentions for 2019.

[4:10] The two important questions we need to ask ourselves to ensure momentum.

[5:11] How do we maintain, initiate, or drive momentum in our lives?

[6:51] The first question I ask: what activities do you do that fuel your life?

[8:38] The second question to ask yourself: address the things that suck the life force from you!

[10:09] The secret sauce to driving momentum!

[11:45] My list of the nine things I’m going to change in 2019 to maximize momentum.

[22:14] What are you putting in place to drive momentum in your life? Let’s continue this conversation on Instagram and Facebook!

Mentioned in This Episode:

My Instagram post: the 9 things you need to change list (@drmeghanwalker)

If you enjoyed our conversation and would like to hear more:

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ENTREPOLOGY PERFORMANCE LABS

Opt in for your free, personalized functional medicine quiz on Entrepology Performance Labs! Completing this questionnaire will take approximately 40 minutes of your time, and when you’re done, you will be prompted for an opportunity to sit down with someone on our medical team to review your individualized results. We are all on big missions, we are all trying to change the world. It’s no longer sufficient for our health to simply be fine. For us to achieve what we want to do as badass women with a vision for how we can help the world, we need to move our health to an optimal place!

CALL TO ACTION

What is your word going to be in 2019? What word is going to summarize your intention, moving into the new year? Draft up a list (feel free to use mine as a guideline!) that are most in alignment with this word and make a commitment to follow through with it in 2019. Be sure to share your list with me on social media because I would love to read it! You can message me on The Entrepology Podcast Facebook page or @drmeghanwalker on Instagram.

I always find it fascinating to take a look at what people who are highly evolved in their careers have done — where the commonalities exist for them. I ask about this and observe this in my practice with my patients and I thoroughly enjoy exploring these themes on the podcast. One of the things that I’ve started to observe is the common practice among those who are executing at the highest level: exercise and meditation.

It comes as no surprise that I encounter more and more evolved, badass women building incredibly impactful businesses that I’m starting to see that meditation not only rises to the surface — but it becomes the calling for these women, in and of itself.

My guest today, Suze Yalof Schwartz, is the leader of Unplug Meditation. She has a studio, a book, an app, and a really exciting 30-day challenge (that we’re going to explore on today’s podcast)! Most excitingly, she has a story of how she went from being a makeover guru amongst the top fashion magazines to running a studio that completely transforms the way that we think.

Suze has incredible insight, not only as an entrepreneur but as someone who has committed to the daily practice of meditation. By the end of this podcast, not only will you leave with tools, you’ll leave with a newfound respect and curiosity of what meditation can do for you in your own life.

Key Takeaways:

[1:57] About today’s guest, Suze Yalof Schwartz.

[3:40] Welcoming Suze to the podcast!

[4:27] Suze takes us through her journey and how she has gotten to where she is today.

[6:03] How Suze was launched into her journey of giving meditation a “makeover.”

[10:41] How Suze helps people feel the power of meditation.

[11:47] How Suze gets through to the skeptics of meditation.

[12:43] Suze provides an exercise on how to interrupt stressful thoughts (i.e. the first step to practicing meditation).

[16:18] How much time should people be dedicating to meditation in a day?

[17:46] What is taught at Suze’s Unplug meditation classes.

[20:17] How Suze leverages the power of aromatherapy in her studio.

[22:50] Suze speaks about the journey of creating her app and her recommendations for those wanting to start their own app.

[25:45] Why Suze built the app and about the 30-day meditation challenge.

[28:05] Technology that Suze uses to support her meditation and mindfulness practices.

[28:35] The impact meditation has had on Suze as an entrepreneur.

[29:35] What does Suze want her legacy to be?

[32:30] Suze’s key performance indicators!

[38:19] Where to learn more about what Suze is up to!

Mentioned in This Episode:

Unplug Meditation (Join the meditation challenge by signing up for the newsletter!)

Unplug Meditation App

Unplug: A Simple Guide To Meditation for Busy Skeptics and Modern Soul Seekers,
by Suze Yalof Schwartz

Vimeo

Getting Over John Doe: A Story Of Love, Heartache, And Surviving With Style, by Suze Yalof Schwartz

More About Suze Yalof Schwartz

Suze Yalof Schwartz is the founder and CEO of Unplug Meditation, the world's first drop-in secular meditation studio. She is also the author of Unplug: A Simple Guide To Meditation for Busy Skeptics and Modern Soul Seekers, and the creator of the Unplug Meditation App.

In 2012, Suze learned a three-minute meditation that changed her life forever. Prior to this, she was a fashion editor and "makeover guru" working at Vogue, Elle, Marie Claire, and Glamour Magazine with regular appearances on GMA, The Today Show, CBS Early Show, and more. Once she discovered meditation, she was determined to keep doing it but she could not find a place to easily learn and practice. After taking hundreds of hours of classes, reading every book possible, and listening to podcasts and lectures from the world’s most famous meditation teachers, Suze realized that meditation needed a makeover and she was the one to do it.

Suze’s mission is to make meditation simple, accessible, powerful and interesting enough so that everyone will want to practice it and experience the benefits for themselves.

Connect with my Guest:

Website: Unplug Meditation

If you enjoyed our conversation and would like to hear more:

Please subscribe to The Entrepology Podcast on Stitcher or iTunes.

We would also appreciate a review!

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If you want to be something amazing, you need to surround yourself with amazing people! The Legacy community is made up of badass women living — not leaving — their legacy every single day. If you are on a mission and get it that your health is the key to your unlimited potential — Join us on Facebook!

ENTREPOLOGY PERFORMANCE LABS

Opt in for your free, personalized functional medicine quiz on Entrepology Performance Labs! Completing this questionnaire will take approximately 40 minutes of your time, and when you’re done, you will be prompted for an opportunity to sit down with someone on our medical team to review your individualized results. We are all on big missions, we are all trying to change the world. It’s no longer sufficient for our health to simply be fine. For us to achieve what we want to do as badass women with a vision for how we can help the world, we need to move our health to an optimal place!

CALL TO ACTION

Meditation is a key part of being a successful, impactful entrepreneur living your best life. It is one of the commonalities I see all the time amongst those who are highly evolved in their careers. And best of all? Starting it simple. 5-15 minutes a day is all you need. If you have never tried integrating meditation into your everyday routine before, try by beginning Suze’s simple 16-second breath (at timestamp 13:10). Remember to follow-up on The Entrepology Podcast Facebook page — because when you are accountable, you are helpable.

For today’s interview, and future interviews, I’ve decided to feature more of the experts that exist in my own world; my council of amazing people who contribute and provide insight in my own business (and others).

So, to kick things off, I’m interviewing Brandy Kinnear. Brandy is the founder and chief cheerleader over at Your Ideal Patients. She is an absolute trailblazer in the health and wellness industry and knows how to work with doctors in the natural medicine space to help them grow their brand, their practice, and their income.

Brandy has a ton to say about marketing in this episode and I cannot wait to share with you all of her tips, tricks, and tools of the trade when it comes to effective marketing!

Key Takeaways:

[1:58] About today’s interview.

[3:13] Welcoming Brandy to the podcast!

[3:53] How Brandy got involved in the industry of marketing and health and wellness.

[7:21] Was Brandy always an entrepreneur?

[8:52] How Brandy helps those who are in a state of “marketing overwhelm.”

[11:12] The process Brandy gives to those who are unsure about finding a niche.

[15:30] Brandy’s cornerstones of a solid marketing strategy.

[19:19] The difficulties of building an expert brand when taking internet marketing off the table.

[23:04] The importance of an online presence.

[28:41] Brandy suggests where to start (with all marketing options available)!
[32:21] Brandy recommends when to start investing in paid ads.

[37:00] Marketing apps Brandy uses every single day in her business.

[42:46] What Brandy would like her legacy to be.

[45:25] Brandy’s key performance indicators!

[50:56] Where to follow up with Brandy.

Mentioned in This Episode:

Your Ideal Patients
Guerrilla Marketing

Story Split app
Wave app

Clips app on Mac

Planoly

Later

Hootsuite

Voxer

Canva

Crello

Filmora

The Awakened Family: How to Raise Empowered, Resilient, and Conscious Children, by Dr. Shefali Tsabary Ph.D.

More About Brandy Kinnear

Who do you want to spend your days working with? Where do you want to spend your time? What lights you up? What drains you? Getting clear on these aspects will help you narrow in on your ideal client and help you build a life & business you love. Remember to follow-up on The Entrepology Podcast Facebook page — because when you are accountable, you are helpable.

I connected with today’s guest almost immediately after meeting her. We bonded over the notion of badass women and our capacity to invoke positive change in the world. Diana Lane is a fascinating healer; she’s a stress-reduction specialist, holistic health expert, esoteric healer, and acupuncturist. And what’s so cool about her history and her tools as a healer is that she did not start out this way. Her journey had her starting out on a traditional path, studying pre-med, with ambitions to become a cardiovascular surgeon.

Diana’s journey and the influences in her life that caused her to change course, in turn, have caused thousands of people to be impacted from her positive message and her true belief that women have a sacred capacity to contribute. Diana has a lot to say on the subject of who we are as women and our power to influence society because of our innate female skills — so tune in and learn about how you can harness the power of your menstrual cycle and fully tap into your body!

Key Takeaways:

[1:23] About my guest today!

[2:50] Welcoming Diana to the podcast.

[3:13] How Diana switched courses from a traditional pre-med path.

[7:14] Diana talks all about her Sacred Cycles Sisterhood tribe and what it’s all about!

[10:47] Diana informs us of how and why should better connect to our menstrual cycle.

[14:47] I share my own menstrual story and experience with endometriosis.

[18:15] What can we expect when we fully tap into our menstrual cycle?

[23:36] Diana explains what PMS for men is (aka preMANstrual syndrome).

[25:36] How Diana helps those who come to her practice manage stress.

[28:53] Finding balance in your cycle and how Diana has re-trained her body.

[31:53] Diana explains the emotional freedom technique, ‘tapping.’

[33:33] What Diana would like her legacy to be.

[36:20] Diana’s KPIs!

[42:25] Where to follow-up with Diana and learn more about what she’s up to!

Mentioned in This Episode:

Mindshare Summit

Sacred Cycles Sisterhood

Adaptogens

Ashtanga Yoga

Qi Gong Shaking

A Path with Heart: A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life, by Jack Kornfield

Khalil Gibran

Healing PCOS: A 21-Day Plan for Reclaiming Your Health and Life with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, by Amy Medling

Giovanni Maciocia

Ecstatic Dance

Moon Medicine Healing Arts

More About Diana Lane

I’ve been trying to get today’s guest on for a loooong time! Dr. Tyna Moore is a naturopathic doctor, and chiropractor, and success coach for fellow N.D.s looking to amplify their impact in the world. Needless to say, she and I are on a similar mission and are really aligned in how we enjoy helping people. Her expertise, however, when it comes to clinical care, is different than mine. She is an expert in pain management and has an intuitive sense in terms of understanding where pain originates in the body. Very often, what she observes is that pain is an issue with the central nervous system — and in particular, inflammation in the brain. And what was so fascinating about our conversation today was looking at the applicability of that idea as it pertains to those of us who may be suffering from chronic pain issues.

In this episode, we really explore the connection between the mind and the physical manifestations that we have in our body, and some of the really cool, regenerative injection therapies that are available to us as consumers of better health care.

Key Takeaways:

[1:24] About today’s episode and guest!

[2:48] Welcoming Dr. Tyna Moore to the podcast!

[3:15] Tyna tells us all about her story and journey.

[7:30] Commonalities Tyna notices in terms of the source of their physical pain.

[9:30] Tyna explains how inflammation occurs in the brain.

[14:30] Some of the basics about regenerative injection therapy.

[16:03] How Tyna manages to keep her stress low.

[19:15] How to know when to ask your primary health care provider about regenerative injection therapy, and the main differences between prolotherapy and PRP.

[23:53] Who may not be a good candidate for regenerative injection therapy?

[27:19] Are there certain diets that help expedite the relief from pain faster than others?

[28:56] Tyna’s experience with the opposite spectrums of diet: keto vs. vegan.

[32:12] Tyna talks about the critical importance of building muscle mass.

[39:00] What Tyna would like her legacy to be.

[42:25] Tyna’s key performance indicators!

[48:19] Where to follow-up with Tyna and find out what she’s up to!

Mentioned in This Episode:

If I were to ask you your greatest fear in the world, statistics tell me that aside from death, most of you would likely answer public speaking. While the connection between public speaking and health isn’t necessarily in focus for all of us right away, what I hear behind the scenes at my practice is that powerful women (on big missions to change the world!) eventually butt up against the need to publicly speak. It scares them and induces anxiety, and they end up avoiding the next right step in their business.

So, it is my pleasure to introduce this week’s guest, Johanna Walker. She is a speaking coach and is known as the fear-blasting, storytelling maven for coaches, consultants, leaders, and change-makers. She’s the founder of Women Who Speak, a transformational speaker coaching program for female leaders, and she’s the co-founder and co-host of Boulder, Colorado’s popular bi-monthly story slam series, Truth Be Told.

In this incredibly insightful episode with Johanna, we speak all about gaining the confidence to connect to your story and share it with others in a public setting, getting comfortable with being “judged,” how to be authentically vulnerable, and how to leverage the power of storytelling as an entrepreneur.

Key Takeaways:

[1:43] About my guest for today, Johanna Walker.

[3:19] Welcoming Johanna to the podcast!

[4:15] Johanna’s powerful story.

[9:13] Where Johanna thinks the shared experience of women not wanting to speak up or struggling to share their voice comes from.

[10:30] The first step Johanna takes with women wanting to connect with their story and having the confidence to share it.

[11:48] The process Johanna uses to help others tap into their story.

[15:33] Confronting the fear of being judged while public speaking.

[18:41] When did Johanna really connect to your confidence?

[23:05] Has Johanna ever received judgmental feedback?

[24:39] Johanna takes us through the structure of effective storytelling.

[27:55] How to be, and seem, authentically vulnerable in your story.

[30:53] How to harness the power of storytelling and effectively leverage that as an entrepreneur.

[33:33] What makes a great speaker.

[36:28] What Johanna would like her legacy to be.

[37:06] How Johanna defines health.

[39:46] Johanna’s key performance indicators!

[43:23] Where to find Johanna online and her special gift for Entrepology listeners!

Mentioned in This Episode:

Truth Be Told

Women Who Speak

There’s nothing like challenging our inner badass than having a dysfunction in our pelvic floor. And today we’re going to talk all about it (and more!) with my guest, Chana Ross. Chana is a Pelvic Floor Physiotherapist and the owner of Vital Physiotherapy and Wellness here in Toronto, Canada. She is an absolute expert in her field and she is going to give us the low-down on what we need to know about our pelvic floor and what we can do about improving it!

While it’s easy to joke about the leakage that may occur while performing certain tasks or while playing with your kids, it is sad to me that most of us are not given the opportunity to rehabilitate our bodies and connect with them the way we could if we were working with a Pelvic Floor Physiotherapist. I wish for every woman not to have to wear big, plastic underwear in order to feel confident in leaving her house — and instead be able to handle that situation themselves.

So today we’re getting the lowdown on pelvic floor physio — what you need to know, what you can do about it, and the signs and symptoms that you need to be aware of!

Key Takeaways:

[1:39] About today’s episode and guest!

[3:38] Welcoming Chana Ross to the podcast!

[4:34] Chana Ross’s story and how she became a Pelvic Floor Physiotherapist.

[6:09] How long Chana has been running her business for and how it is different than Chana’s previous experience as a practitioner.

[8:37] How people’s lives can be changed when they work with a pelvic floor physio.

[11:11] Some of the obvious symptoms of a dysfunctional pelvic floor.

[14:28] Should people be seeing a pelvic floor physio before they have a baby?

[16:17] What’s the experience like when you go for pelvic floor physiotherapy?

[20:40] The role your core plays in terms of your pregnancy and your pelvic floor.

[24:46] What happens if you don’t focus early on healing your pelvic floor.

[26:52] The stigma around seeking help for pelvic floor dysfunction.

[28:14] What kind of training should people be looking for when they are assessing the credentials of a practitioner that can assess and help them in relation to their pelvic floor?

[30:38] What does Chana want her legacy to be?

[31:14] How does Chana define health?

[32:33] About Entrepology Performance Labs

[34:33] Chana Ross’s KPIs!

[39:57] Where to find Chana Ross online.

Mentioned in This Episode:

Vital Physiotherapy and Wellness

Entrepology Performance Labs

Impact LIVEs (event in Toronto) Oct. 26-27th (Coupon code: Entrepology20 for 20% off)

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

My guest today is up to something very cool! We met each other at an event that I was speaking at a few months ago and when Angela Kelly and I introduced ourselves to each other and I asked her what she did, she said that she was a cricket entrepreneur. And to say the least, I was intrigued. I had only eaten cricket once before in the form of a protein bar when I was 4 months pregnant.

I was totally curious how this woman was not only interested in and came upon crickets, but how she was building an entire business out of it! Well, Angela shares all of that with us today. We not only talk about the health benefits of crickets — but we also talk about the steps you need to take to actually launch a food product. And what’s so cool about this is that we talk specifically about how Toronto is an excellent center and has incredible resources for those who have really cool food products they want to bring to the market.

This podcast hits all of the marks on everything that’s important to us here at Entrepology: health, entrepreneurship, and badassery — because frankly, eating bugs is the most badass things I’ve ever heard of.

Key Takeaways:

[1:42] About my guest today, Angela Kelly.

[3:17] Welcoming Angela to the podcast!

[3:42] Angela gives us some background on what it means to be a cricket entrepreneur.

[5:17] Where did the consumption of insects originate?

[6:30] How do you cook with crickets?

[8:00] Why do we have such a block towards cooking with insects? And how Angela helps people get past the “ick” factor.

[9:35] Do “whole-roasted crickets” look like full crickets?

[10:29] What crickets taste like.

[10:50] Angela talks about the environmental benefits of consuming crickets.

[14:05] My first cricket tasting experience.

[14:45] About the cricket products Angela offers.

[16:04] What component of the cricket helps reduce inflammation in the gut?

[16:45] How a cricket entrepreneur is similar to being a naturopathic doctor.

[17:22] How Angela positioned her innovative product to get it in front of consumers.

[19:35] Angela takes us through her journey as a food entrepreneur.

[23:25] Where to purchase Angela’s products.

[24:19] What has been the hardest part of launching her business?

[25:40] Does Angela think there are other insects that will also rise in popularity similarly to crickets?

[27:47] Does Angela actively cook with some of these other edible insects in her life?

[28:56] About our Impact LIVEs event in Toronto!

[30:44] Angela’s key performance indicators!

[35:00] Where to learn more about Angela and her products.

Mentioned in This Episode:

“Eating Crickets Can Be Good for Your Gut, According to New Clinical Trial” (Article on Lab Manager)

Food Starter in North York

Fit Cricket Nutrition

Cookie Martinez

Impact LIVEs (event in Toronto) Oct. 26-27th (Coupon code: Entrepology20 for 20% off)

Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World, by Timothy Ferriss

Today I want to speak about what gets in the way of accessing your inner badass, and that is this particular feeling. I don’t have a word for it, but I can describe it: it’s that feeling when you walk into a room, have an interaction with someone, and then depart that interaction feeling absolutely drained. In my practice, I’ve observed that women, more than men, are attuned to these feelings. And the unfortunate part is, these feelings can penetrate into our relationships, get in the way of our productivity, and can get in the way of our ability to amplify within our businesses.

My guest today, Art Giser, is an expert in removing and clearing this energy. He’s been an Energetic NLP or Neuro-Linguistic Programming Practitioner for the last 30 years and has a particular focus in working with mission-driven individuals to help them understand and tap into their own energetics, their own energetic karma, and how to get rid of other people’s energy so you can accelerate in the mission you were meant to do. This is one of those factors that is a below-the-surface secret to success!

Key Takeaways:

[2:10] About my fantastic interview with my guest today, Art Giser!

[3:57] Welcoming Art to the podcast!

[4:20] Art takes us through his background and his personal journey on how he got to this place in his career.

[11:16] How long has Art been working with NLP in his own career?

[11:29] What is NLP? And how has this whole system of thinking formalized or systematized into what it is today?

[13:12] About the unique blend of Art’s energetic practice in conjunction with NLP.

[14:26] The way an energetic NLP session works at Art’s practice.

[17:02] How to tap into and connect with the notion of the miraculous self.

[22:01] What’s the deal with picking up on other people’s energy?

[26:12] About the three, free offers Art Giser has for listeners on his website!

[27:02] How to clear your energetic space

[38:05] About the energy that gold has and how you can use it in your daily life.

[40:04] How NLP can be used to invigorate your business.

[46:12] A book I’ve been reading recently, The Obstacle Is the Way, and how a different psychology related to obstacles can enable you to be successful.

[47:28] The purpose of obstacles.

[48:04] About our upcoming Impact LIVEs event in Toronto!

[49:51] Art Giser’s KPIs!

[55:33] Where to learn more about what Art Giser is up to.

Mentioned in This Episode:

UCSF School of Medicine

EnergeticNLP.com/Entrepology (Visit for three free offers from Art Giser!)

The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph,

by Ryan Holiday
Daoism

Hinduism

Impact LIVEs (event in Toronto) Oct. 26-27th (Coupon code: Entrepology20 for 20% off)

More About Art Giser

Art Giser was awed by how many people could transform their lives using NLP and he was awed how people could transform their lives using transformative energy work, intuition development, and spiritual development.

He began to explore combining these different areas in order to create something that was more powerful than any one system alone. The result is Energetic NLP.

Over the last 32 years, Art has continued to develop Energetic NLP into the wonderful field that it is today.

Infamous for his innate sense of fun, his mischievous way of training and his light-hearted approach, your days with Art will be full of light, joy and a lot of laughter! Art is known for his ability to make complex matters simple and easy to understand. This probably comes from his 11 years managing a research lab for the University of California San Francisco Medical School, 33 years as a life and executive coach, and his 32 years helping corporations develop leaders and high performing teams.

Art has over 33 years experience in and study of NLP, science, psychic development, and energetic and spiritual healing. He studied with all of the major developers of NLP including Richard Bandler, John Grinder, Leslie Cameron-Bandler, Michael Lebeau, David Gordon, Robert Dilts, and Steve and Connie Ray Andreas. He was also part of the NLP research team headed by Leslie Cameron-Bandler, David Gordon, and Michael Lebeau that developed Imperative Self Analysis. He was one of the first two trainers certified by them to teach Imperative Self Analysis. He has also studied intensively with a diverse group of spiritual teachers, intuitives, and healers including John Friedlander — author and teacher, John Fulton — founder of Aesclepion, Joseph Martinez — former president of the Philippine Psychic Healers Association of America, and John Norman.

(EnergeticNLP.com/Art-Giser)

Connect with my Guest:

Website: EnergeticNLP.com

Art Giser’s YouTube Channel and Facebook Page

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BRAIN HEALTH HANDOUT

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CALL TO ACTION

Connect to your energetic self and clear your energetic space! Re-tune into the podcast at 27:02 and use Art’s energetic NLP practice to help access your abilities. Remember, it’s more simple than you think! Give yourself permission to let go. And make sure to follow-up on The Entrepology Podcast Facebook page — because when you are accountable, you are helpable.

My guest today, Erin Wathen, is a food expert. She came to understand how we diet and why we don’t do well on them after her own personal journey of yo-yo dieting — starting from when she was only 15 years old. This is a story that so many of us can relate to but don’t know how to break free from.

In this episode, Erin talks extensively about food addiction and we go into great detail about how it’s not food that we are after, but actually, feelings that we are chasing. More explicitly, it’s actually a neurochemical reaction that we are trying to elicit. All of us on some level have a challenge with food addiction. And today, Erin breaks it all down for us. She explains how emotional components come into play with unhealthy eating habits, why we gain weight in the first place, how to stop yo-yo dieting and become a mindful eater, the connection between the food we choose to eat and its influence on our sleep and she gives us her five essential tips to literally be healthier by the end of this week!

Key Takeaways:

[1:33] About my guest today, Erin Wathen.

[3:08] Welcoming Erin to the podcast.

[3:15] Erin takes us through her personal and professional story.

[10:02] The emotional component of eating.

[15:27] How do we spot food addiction in our own lives?

[19:57] How to address food addiction head on.

[25:40] The connection between food choice and its influence on sleep.

[29:13] Erin’s five tips to literally be healthier by the end of the week.

[39:11] Erin’s key performance indicators!

[43:04] Where to find out more about Erin’s work.

Mentioned in This Episode:

My guest today is someone I have known and respected for a very long time. She is the epitome of a go-getter; she is an entrepreneur, a colleague, and a naturopathic doctor. She’s immensely passionate around one of the most foundational things we look at as NDs — that’s also probably the least favorite thing you talk about as health seekers or as patients — and that is: poo.

If we’re going to talk about bowel movements, we’re going to bring someone in who can do it in not only an eloquent and passionate way but someone who literally describes poo and bowel movements as their life mission. Dr. Marisol is known as the Queen of Thrones, and today she is going to take us through what it means to actually have a perfect poo. If that isn’t enticing enough, we’re also going to talk about her product line, how she has integrated health and entrepreneurship, and how she taps into the feelings that she wants to be able to impart to the people in her life on a daily basis.

Key Takeaways:

[1:52] About my guest today: Dr. Marisol Teijeiro.

[3:24] Welcoming Dr. Marisol to the podcast!

[3:53] How did Marisol earn the titles of doctor and “Queen of Thrones”?

[8:46] What was it that made Marisol want to build her career around poo?

[14:00] What is the perfect poo? The 11 golden nuggets about a good stool.

[19:03] Dr. Marisol explains the importance of your stool length.

[19:59] What is the ideal amount of pooping you should be doing a day?

[21:30] What is a squatty potty?

[22:45] How does Dr. Marisol help people who are struggling with their bowel movements to restore their gut?

[27:55] Dr. Marisol explains the benefits of castor oil and how it has been used as a healing intervention.

[31:25] About Dr. Marisol’s easy castor oil pack and how to use it.

[35:46] Dr. Marisol describes the powerful, legendary tool that is castor oil and more of its benefits.

[37:58] How Marisol defines health.

[38:43] About our Impact LIVEs Event in Toronto!

[40:31] Dr. Marisol’s key-performance indicators.

[46:40] Where to find out more about what Dr. Marisol is up to.

Mentioned in This Episode:

Today’s guest is a perfect encapsulation of what Entropology is all about. Cydney Mar is a multi-passionate entrepreneur with a flair for reinvention, believing that the lessons and skills you learn as you go through life are things that can serve you later on in compelling and amplifying ways.

Early in her career, she suffered a tragic accident as a national level competitive figure skater and then found herself in the fashion world. She leveraged the discipline she learned as a skater and used this to be able to build a fashion empire where her clothing was featured on QVC in eight countries for over 15 years! A second health scare (that was a near-death experience) caused her to transition her career once again, not only to focus on fashion but to emerge in the wellness space — and launch her own supplement line!

In this interview, Cydney gives us really incredible insight in terms of launching a project, the way of thinking like an entrepreneur, and how to serve people in a really big way. We talk about health — but really, in particular, talk about the business of building products for people. Cydney has a business now that assists practitioners (or other entrepreneurs) to take a product idea and actually start to bring it to market. Cydney’s story is the perfect blend of balancing health and entrepreneurship, which I know a lot of you will find tremendously interesting!

Key Takeaways:

[1:32] About today’s guest, Cydney Mar.

[3:14] Welcoming Cydney to the podcast!

[3:24] About Cydney’s journey as an entrepreneur.

[10:26] What helped lead Cydney in such a positive direction right after her tragic accident?

[11:51] The first few, early steps Cydney took with her business to get to where she is now.

[16:23] What caught Cydney by surprise when she was just starting out? And some of the common mistakes entrepreneurs make early on.

[20:28] The three concepts to create a successful product.

[23:00] How the transition of Cydney incorporating health and wellness into her purview of entrepreneurial outlets came about.

[27:48] How Cydney has found the development of a nutraceutical product line in the supplement world different than (or similar to) developing products in the fashion world.

[35:00] How being in the wellness space and working with natural health products helps and supports Cydney’s lifestyle as an entrepreneur.

[38:00] Some of the core tenets Cydney is following for her physical health.

[42:15] What would Cydney tell somebody who’s facing change or really trying to get their feet back on the ground? How does she help someone not only survive but thrive?

[43:35] What would Cydney like her legacy to be?

[44:53] About our Impact LIVEs event in Toronto!

[46:40] Cydney’s KPIs!

[49:25] Where to find out more about what Cydney is up to.

Mentioned in This Episode:

Impact LIVEs (event in Toronto) Oct. 26-27th (Coupon code: Entrepology20 for 20% off)

The Thriving Artist, by David Maurice Sharp

More About Cydney Mar

Cydney Mar is a Multi-Passionate Entrepreneur with a flair for reinvention, believing that lessons and skills learned to go with you, to help you be your multi-faceted best.

After a tragic accident ended her career as a National Level competitive figure skater, she went on to attend Fashion school — winning design and merchandising awards — and launched her own couture line, Cydney Mar fashion. She sold in high-end stores across North America and went on to launch her wildly successful Cydney Mar Collection on QVC, running in eight countries for 15 years.

Five years ago, she suffered a second near-death experience after mono crashed her immune system and caused her to lose most of her hair.  She turned her attention to her health and put her skills to work and, with the help of her naturopath, created Cydney Mar Wellness.

Today she balances her work, serving her Wellness Clients with healthy, happy choices and her Product Development Clients — people who have great ideas but don’t know where to start. Her legacy work is knowing that if she can help people be their healthiest best, they can bring their dreams to life.

Connect with my Guest:

Websites: Cydneymarwellness.com and Cydneymar.com

Social Media for Wellness: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Youtube

Social Media for Fashion: Facebook, Instagram, and Youtube

Email: cydney@cydneymar.ca

Skype ID: Cydney Mar, Westmount, iamgeisha

Cydney has some fantastic offers for you as well:

On Cydney Mar Wellness she would like to offer listeners a Free Health Chat PLUS her “7 Day Challenge to Reboot Your Radiance” to help get your glow back. There is a wonderful guide with her 7 Keys for those 7 days, plus an Everyday Fabulous Planner to help get you organized and on your game. There will be 7 days of support emails chock full of terrific information on how to boost your health and beauty.

Free Health Chat: Cydneymarwellness.com/pages/book-now

Reboot Your Radiance, 7 Day Challenge: CydneyMarRadiance

On the design and product development side, she would also like to offer a Complimentary Discovery Call for those who would like to explore the idea of product development and look at the feasibility of their ideas. CydneyMarDiscoveryCall, as well as The Product Development ROADMAP which is the same process she uses when approaching any of her new ideas. Cydneymar.lpages.co/the-product-development-roadmap/

If you enjoyed our conversation and would like to hear more:

Please subscribe to The Entrepology Podcast on Stitcher or iTunes.

We would also appreciate a review!

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If you want to be something amazing, you need to surround yourself with amazing people! The Legacy community is made up of badass women living — not leaving — their legacy every single day. If you are on a mission and get it that your health is the key to your unlimited potential — Join us on Facebook!

BRAIN HEALTH HANDOUT

Grab our simple checklist for balancing your neurotransmitters right here!

Your brain biochemistry can help amplify your mindset or your capacity to be effective — they can help accelerate your mission in the world. If you want to learn more about how you can optimize your brain health for success visit MeghanWalker.com/BrainHealth!

CALL TO ACTION

As Cydney says, the first thing you need to do when trying to get back on your feet is to not rush. When you’re facing change in your life you should not be reactive, but get grounded and nurture yourself. Put time and effort into your self-care because you’re going to need everything you’ve got to heal yourself and rise up to the challenge. If you’ve been neglecting your self-care and trying to rush into a big project, remember to take it slow if you need to! And also remember to follow-up on the Entrepology Podcast Facebook page — because when you are accountable, you are helpable.

There is one concept that if it interrupts the flow in our brain it can take us off the pathway of momentum faster than most other things I know — and that is this concept of imposter syndrome. With imposter syndrome, you’ll believe that the success you’ve achieved has really been created on a false foundation of self — that all of your success was on accident or based purely on luck and you don’t truly have the skills to back yourself up.

So, I wanted to explore this concept and learn how we, as entrepreneurs, can pull ourselves out of this mindset and learn how to take ownership of our capacity to achieve big things in this world. And I could think of no one better than to help me unpack this concept and move through it, than the one and only Susan Hobson. Susan is an NLP Coach, who works with executives, athletes, and people who want to take their game to the next level. She has been a guest on the podcast before and she’s going to be one of our headline keynote speakers at our upcoming Impact LIVEs Event!

This episode, I wanted to reintroduce you to her ideas, thoughts, and capacity to take you to the next level. She takes us through the concept of imposter syndrome (how we get there and how we can pull ourselves out of it), how to interrupt the “Yeah, buts” in our self-talk, how to find clarity and purpose in regards to your mission, and more.

Key Takeaways:

[1:48] About our guest for today, Susan Hobson.

[3:36] Welcoming Susan back to the podcast!

[5:42] What is imposter syndrome and how do we get there?

[9:37] How do we pull ourselves out of imposter syndrome?

[11:53] How do we interrupt the “Yeah, but” in our self-talk?

[13:13] Is there a different dialogue we can engage to get us past limiting beliefs?

[14:53] About Susan’s own experience with imposter syndrome.

[18:44] Does Susan feel that women have a harder time accessing their confidence than men?

[23:18] How does Susan work with people around mindset so they’re in a state of expansive thinking and ready to step forward.

[25:30] How to learn how to take responsibility for your mindset and patterns.

[28:05] Is having clarity and purpose of where you want to go the first step to pulling yourself out the mud?

[29:13] What Susan recommends to those who are maybe a little bit lost about their mission.

[32:30] Calling out perfectionism: why being a perfectionist keeps you on the sidelines.

[36:00] About our event in Toronto: Impact LIVEs.

[37:47] Susan’s key performance indicators!

[42:38] Where to find out more about what Susan is up to.

Mentioned in This Episode:

It’s my pleasure today to introduce you all to an accomplished Naturopathic Doctor and someone who’s at the forefront of her field talking about something we’re all curious about, but never really want to reveal amongst our group of friends — and that is optimal digestive health. Dr. Anita Davis, in particular, has been focusing in her practice on the diagnosis and treatment of a condition called SIBO — Small Intestinal Bowel Overgrowth. It is pervasive and insidious in the lives of so many of her patients.

Today, we get into digestive functionalities — we break down what is common or normal, and some of the practices you can engage in on a daily basis in order to accomplish ideal digestion health, and the influence optimal digestion health has on things like autoimmune functionality to the overall health of your skin. This is a relevant podcast episode for anyone that has ever had a bowel movement!

Key Takeaways:

[1:33] About my guest today, Dr. Anita Davis!

[2:45] Welcoming Dr. Anita Davis to the podcast.

[3:03] Who Anita is, how she got here, and why she’s a Naturopathic Doctor.

[7:52] Why we, as NDs, are so interested in this topic!

[9:00] What is normal when it comes to digestion? And is “normal” common and optimal?

[14:22] Rapid-fire digestive questions: common vs. normal.

[21:55] Do most of Anita’s patients have normal digestion or do most people have some element of digestive functionality that can be tweaked that will have an impactful outcome for them with respect to their health?

[23:19] Anita’s approach to prescribing patients to probiotics.

[25:43] Anita explains the condition SIBO (Small Intestinal Bowel Overgrowth).

[28:19] How Anita tests for SIBO and treats it.

[33:00] Quick lifestyle changes people can do (or stop doing) to support optimal digestion.

[35:18] How Anita defines health.

[37:33] Anita’s KPIs!

[41:41] Announcing that Anita’s joining us at Entrepology Performance Labs!

Mentioned in This Episode:

There’s something we need to talk about, and that is time and energy. Often, I’ll have entrepreneurs coming into my practice with really strong intentions around their health but what I’m hearing from them is that there’s consistently a lack of time getting in the way of them executing the ideas we’re putting down for them to take up.

And here’s the thing with time and energy: they’re two of the same thing. Most of the time when people think they don’t have it, what they’re really referring to is a lack of energy. When people don’t have enough time, what they really mean is they don’t have enough energy. Think about that in the context of your own life. When you didn’t have enough time to get everything done during the day, was it because you truly couldn’t execute on all of it, or was it that you weren't focused or efficient in the time that you were leveraging?

Energy is actually the ultimate currency — it is the secret weapon of time. If we are going to hack your energy and time, then it’s really important that we get a handle on both. So, this episode I’m going to be bringing you my own energy hacks for entrepreneurs and how you can leverage time more efficiently. Because, ultimately, that’s what is going to distinguish what you can get done in a 24-hour period vs. somebody else.

Key Takeaways:

[1:25] About our topic for today: leveraging your time and energy as an entrepreneur.

[3:37] Some ideas from Brendon Burchard on how to be highly productive: not checking email or social media first thing in the morning.

[5:52] Create a consistent routine before going to bed to improve overall sleep and energy.

[10:28] How to improve sleep: find a meditative or mindfulness practice, include exercise, decrease use of blue light (technology), and more.

[15:24] Hydration is incredibly important — reach for water instead of caffeine!

[17:10] If you feel fatigued, check for anemia, and consult with your practitioner on taking vitamin B12, vitamin D, and magnesium. Also, be sure to look at your thyroid and adrenal health.

[22:06] Management of blood sugar through steadily eating throughout the day is incredibly important in maintaining your health, energy, and focus. Replace your meals with lots of color, protein, and healthy fats to maintain your blood sugar.

[27:40] Other key things to consider: if coffee is your go-to it is fine in small amounts but becomes a red flag if it is your primary source of fuel to keep yourself focused. Consider switching to a green tea, matcha, or a coffee with mushroom in it.

[28:52] Take a little bit of a free time for yourself. Set aside some time to rest, relax, and recharge.

[31:07] I’m sure you all have some really cool ideas in terms of maintaining your energy levels (both in your business and in your personal life) and I would love to hear about them. Please be sure to share them on the Entrepology Podcast Facebook page!

Mentioned in This Episode:

I have this ongoing “chicken or the egg” question about what really comes first when we move towards optimal health. Is it your mindset that drives the performance that enables you to live your best life or is it your health that drives your mindset? Luckily today, I have the perfect guest to help me answer this exact question: Dr. Yashar Khosroshahi, also known as Dr. K.

Yashar is an accomplished Naturopathic Doctor and Brain-Based Executive Coach. He is incredible when it comes to understanding how we need to change, not only what we are thinking, but the way we are thinking to be able to actualize on our true potential.

This episode, Dr. K. and I get into all sorts of things today including the very cool, “biohacking” gadgets that he uses in his practice to help people understand and feel what it’s like to truly be calm and integrated with themselves (so that they have a platform upon which they can start to move forward, in terms of their own understanding of health and personal potential.) We also talk about Dr. K.’s approach and practice in general and dive deep into how people can better themselves — both in mindset and in their health.

Key Takeaways:

[1:44] About my guest today, Dr. Yashar Khosroshahi.

[3:03] Welcoming Dr. K. to the podcast.

[3:29] About Dr. K,’s background and how he got to where he is today!

[5:40] What makes people want to be better?

[6:45] Why is it that some people don’t want to be better?

[9:13] What is it about Dr. K.’s experiences that enabled to him approach life in this way?

[11:16] What is a Brain-Based Executive Coach?

[13:23] Dr. K.’s approach as a Brain-Based Executive Coach.

[15:25] How Brain-Based Executive Coaching intersects with naturopathic medicine.

[19:05] Dr. K. gives a starting point for re-orienting how you think, view, and appropriately question things.

[21:56] How long does it generally take Dr. K. to get people to the place they need to be?

[23:18] For people to be successful, is it a prerequisite that they’ve dealt with everything in their past?

[25:06] Dr. K. talks about his quote: “It’s much easier for us to create new neural pathways related to new behaviors than to destroy the ones that we had previously established.” He also illustrates the idea with a quick story.

[29:30] Dr. K. talks about some of the cool, “biohacking” gadgets that he uses in his practice.

[32:25] How Dr. K. incorporates these devices into his practice.

[33:12] What does Dr. K. do in his practice to help support people’s parasympathetic side?

[36:47] Key practices that Dr. K. engages in on a daily basis.

[38:40] How Dr. K. defines health.

[41:03] Dr. K.’s key performance indicators.

[44:43] About Dr. K. joining us at Entrepology Performance Labs.

[45:48] Where to find Dr. K. online.

Mentioned in This Episode:

Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, by Carol S. Dweck