For most of the 20th century, neuroscientists believed that old emotional memories could only be managed, not removed. Until the discovery of Memory Reconsolidation…
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Josh LaJaunie returns to talk about his strategies for staying sane, strong, and fit during the pandemic.
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Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams returns to the podcast to talk about his new book, Healthy at Last. Part family memoir, part political mission statement, part science review, part self-help book, and part cookbook, this is a celebration of the possibilities of health for the American people in general, and the Black community in particular.
We talk about the title – from Etta James, and not Martin Luther King, Jr’s “I have a dream” speech, as I first assumed – and the fact that, in Adams’ words, “slavery never ended,” and remains entrenched in the slave foods that are still harming Black people to this day.
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In this episode, I share a personal coaching session that I conducted with Ian Lawton, host of the Workshed Podcast.
Ian has lost around 150 pounds and turned himself into marathoner (3 marathons in December, 2019). And he’s training for his first ultra marathon in April 2020.
The problem is, he’s been sneaking in the vegan junk food, and his weight has plateaued and started creeping back up.
As a former fat guy, he’s terrified of slipping back to where he was.
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Don Larson died this month, at the age of 90.
He played baseball professionally from 1953 to 1967, and had a less than stellar career. As a pitcher, his lifetime record was 81 wins and 91 losses. He played five of those years with the powerhouse New York Yankees during their dynastic heyday in the 1950s; his record for lesser teams was a dismal 36 wins and 67 losses.
And yet he’s one of my favorite players of all time.
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When we look to public figures as role models for the changes we aspire to make, we’re in danger of assigning them “Superhero” status.
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Josh and I uncoddle our Sick to Fit readers, listeners, and FB group members in today’s New Years video.
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Joy. Misery. Bad choices. Change. Surrender. Korean War defectors.
Something for everyone in this end-of-year convo with Mergoddess Sarah Bofinger.
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Carly Asse is a fitness trainer and documentarian. His first film, Unsupersize Me, has been seen over 3 million times, and has inspired and guided countless people to embark on their own journeys of healthy weight loss.
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