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Marta Zaraska

Broccoli alone won’t get you to 100:
Marta Zaraska on PYP 418

July 21, 2020
For the last 7 years, I’ve worked to improve human health and wellbeing by focusing on better nutrition, vigorous physical activity, sleep hygiene, and stress management. Turns out I may have been missing the most important determinants of health – the social ones. Marta Zaraska has written a book that is fun, fascinating, scientifically sound,… Read More

Stephen Porges, PhD, on Safety as the Most Important Thing: PYP 340

September 17, 2019

For my money, Stephen Porges’ Polyvagal Theory has done more to improve our ability to heal and grow and thrive as a civilization than any other scientific breakthrough of the past 50 years.

Its advances over prior understandings of the human nervous system, psychology, and experiences of states like well-being, happiness, and love – are profound. Paradigm-shifting. And, unlike a lot of theory, incredible practical and applicable to our everyday lives.

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The Health Benefits of the “Poor Mans’ Meat” with Jeff Chilton: PYP 313

March 12, 2019
Today’s a huge departure for this podcast. For the first time, we explore the virtues of eating something other than plants.No, don’t worry. I haven’t gone paleo or keto or carnivore (although one of my prior guests has (SMH)). I’m not into fish oil or organic beef liver or hummingbird tongue.Today we explore an entire… Read More

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