Bulletproof Story: How Luke Storey Found Spiritual Health by Leaving His Successful Career

February 6, 2018 by Team Asprey

Meet Luke Storey – a lifestyle design expert, transformational coach, and podcast host who now guzzles Bulletproof Coffee with the best of ‘em. By his own admission, the course of Luke’s life drastically changed on February 15, 1997. At that time, a fashion stylist who dressed stars for the red carpet, Luke reached a point of utter despair. Sure, he had a successful, creative job (and an abundance of creative ideas to draw upon), but he always felt burnt out. He’d sleep six hours at a turnaround and be back on another job the next day. The one thing he was fanatical about that helped to keep him on track? Bulletproof Coffee. He says he was able to work all day sans carb- and sugar cravings, even though he was exhausted by work.

However, life changed monumentally for Luke when he finally heeded the advice of friends, who reminded him that he knew a ton about health and spirituality. The aha moment arrived, and in that instant – when Luke realized he could teach people basic health principles to turn their life around in deep and meaningful ways – he decided to start his own podcast. Luke says, “You really have to have mind, heart, spirit in alignment. If one of those is missing, you are in trouble – but all three put together are really powerful.” Watch Luke’s video to learn more about his Bulletproof story. (LINK)

Luke Storey Transcript: I remember the exact moment actually – it was February 15, 1997. I reached a point of burnout and utter despair, and made a decision to turn my life around. So I was a fashion stylist – that means you dress people for music videos and red carpet, magazines, etc. – I had an abundance of creative ideas, worked in a creative industry, and was able to service a lot of people – but at the end of the 16-hour day on a music video, I was toast. I’d sleep six hours on a turnaround and be back on another job the next day. Just dying.

It’s funny, when I first started drinking Bulletproof Coffee (this is before I knew about Bulletproof Diet, supplements, etc.), I was so fanatical about it because I was able to work all day, and I stopped craving carbs and sugar.

About two years ago, I finally got the message from my friends. I know a lot of stuff about health and spirituality. In that moment, I decided to start my own podcast. When I discovered that I could teach someone some basic health principles to turn their life around in deeper, more meaningful ways. That was the aha moment for me. You really have to have mind, heart, and spirit in alignment with your body. If one of those is missing, you are in trouble, but all three put together are really powerful.

5 Hacks for Extraordinary Productivity

February 5, 2018 by Team Asprey

Productivity is about working on the right things (effectiveness), doing them in the best possible way (efficiency) and enjoying the process and outcomes (fulfilment).
There is a formula for being productive. Miss one element, and productivity goes down; hit all five and you will experience extraordinary productivity.
The formula is productivity = clarity + energy + focus + system – distractions. Print out your guide for better productivity here.

Article provided by Dr. Mark Atkinson, Bulletproof Training Institute

You have 101 things to do, you feel the heat and you don’t know where to start. You’ve arrived at the end of the day and it’s not clear to you (or anyone else) what, of value, you accomplished. You have a tendency to be disorganized, procrastinate, or be a perfectionist, and, if you are honest, you know it gets in the way of being productive. You want to change.

Are any of these familiar? Regardless of your past relationship to productivity, your future is about to become very different. This productivity system will teach you how to be productive and to be so without relying on adrenaline and stress. Are you ready to become an extraordinary productivity ninja?

Why Do You Want to Be More Productive?

Before we dive in, check in to make sure your quest for improved productivity is in service of a larger life strategy — one focused on creating a life of meaning and fulfillment. What is your heightened productivity in service of? Being more productive at the expense of your energy, health, happiness, and relationships is not smart, or sustainable. Being productive and living in a way that enhances energy, health, happiness, and relationships is smart and sustainable. That’s the focus here.

The Bulletproof productivity system consists of five components, each of which is important and synergistic. You need each of them in order to be your most productive and successful self.

Step 1: Find Clarity

Clarity is about receiving answers to important questions, like:

What is the outcome I want?
Why is this important?
What needs to be done to bring this outcome about?
What is the priority?

Of course, if you are stressed or super-busy, then clarity will almost certainly elude you. Stress negates clarity and perspective. Hence, clarity starts with taking control of your mental state and shifting into a clear mind, using a practice called centering. Try it now:

With no effort, trying or rushing, simply count down from 5 to 1 (you can do this out loud or silently), while simultaneously breathing into and relaxing your lower belly. When you arrive at 1, keep your relaxed focus in your lower belly and resist the temptation to go back into your head. Notice how calm and centered you are now feeling. Notice what has happened to your mind chatter. From this clear mental state, reflect on the questions above and notice how much easier it is to create clear answers. It’s a game-changer.

Step 2: Manage Your Energy

You are clear on what needs to be done, but if you haven’t got fuel in the tank, it’s unlikely you’ll get your best work done efficiently. Tiredness and low energy are precursors to distraction, disengagement, low productivity, and poor-quality work. The goal of step two is to generate more energy efficiently and become better skilled at managing your energy. To experience extraordinary productivity you need both.

If you aspire to enjoy a high level of energy and productivity, do what many high-performance people do to manage their energy. They intentionally shift between periods of intense focus and productivity (say, 30 to 90 minutes) and periods of rest and renewal (5-15 minutes). Figure out the work/renewal ratio that works best for you. Of course, if you are in creative flow, you can work for hours at a time, and that’s great – go with it.
To generate energy, engage in activities and work that are meaningful to you, surround yourself with supportive relationships, and practice the Bulletproof lifestyle. Be sure to make these a priority.

Step 3: Take Charge of Your Focus

How well do you stay focused? Let’s find out. Stretch out your right arm in front of you, and point one of your fingers upwards at the level of your eyes. While focusing on its tip, start counting up from one and notice how far you get before an unrelated thought hooks and distracts you. How did you do? The average score (because most people want to know) is 8. With training (in less than two weeks for most people) you can easily get to 30.

One of your most precious psychological resources is your attention. By default, if you aren’t in charge of your attention, your environment and your thoughts are. Learning to control of your attention and focus is a foundational skill for high productivity and performance. If you want to improve your focus (must of us need to), try these strategies:

Avoid multitasking. Focus on one thing at a time, which means no typing on your computer while speaking to someone on the phone.
Don’t distract. Stop compulsive checking emails or social media at times when your intention is to get work done.
Carve out space. Intentionally create an environment that is conducive to focus (See Step 5).
Calm your nervous system:
- Use the centering practice learned in step 1.
- Take l-theanine. The amino acid l-theanine, found in tea, curbs the stress response and promotes alertness, putting you in a calm, focused state. Dose: 200 mg.
- Try box breathing: Inhale for a count of four. Hold for a count of four. Exhale for a count of four. Wait for a count of four. Repeat until you feel calm and centered again. Watch our box breathing video here.
Meditate. It’s the gold standard for training one’s attention. Learn how to meditate now.

Step 4: Create a System That Works

You’ve worked on building clarity, energy and focus. Now you need an organized system that transforms your creativity, effort, and knowledge into the outcomes you desire. Ideally, your system should do this with some degree of efficiency. Here are the basic principles for creating a productivity system that works for you:

1. Create an organized workspace

Create paper and e-mail filing systems that make your life easier organized and productive.
Systematically clean up your workspace and computer. For most people (there are exceptions) having an organized, decluttered workspace enhances productivity.
Keep water on hand so you stay well-hydrated. To super-charge your water, add trace mineral electrolytes.

2. Schedule your workday

Do your most important tasks (MITs) work during your “prime time,” that is, when are you feel most alert, alive and focused. For most people, it’s in the morning, but for others it can be afternoon or late evening. What are the one or two tasks you can do, during your prime time, that will make the most positive impact for the day, week or month?
Plan your week the week before, and your day the day before, and do so from the clear mind state we talked about in Step 1. For example, at the end of your workday, access a clear mind, and from that state, plan and prioritize the MITs for the following day’s work.

3. Stay on task

Unless you absolutely need to, avoid the temptation to check emails or social media until you have completed your MITs.
Check your emails 3 or 4 times a day (and definitely not first thing in the a.m. – unless you have to). If your job requires you to be more responsive, set aside five minutes every hour to answer emails.
Break down large tasks into smaller ‘next actions’, then prioritize and set deadlines.
Monitor and track your progress.
At the end of your workday make a to-do list today for the next day.

Whatever system you create, keep it simple and review it regularly. To see how others structure their workdays, invest in these books by productivity experts:

“Getting Things Done,” by David Allen
“The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People,” by Stephen Covey

Step 5: Manage Your Distractions

Distraction is kryptonite to productivity, if it is habitual and recurring. Being occasionally distracted is no big deal. Indeed, mind-wandering can be an essential part of the creativity process (read more about the power of unfocusing here), but if it gets in the way of you doing what you want to do, you need to take control.

Getting clear on what needs to be done and why, consciously generating and managing energy, training your focus and having a system that works all help to minimize distraction and build your resilience to distraction. In addition to these — and many people have found this super-helpful — write a list of your top-known distractions, keep that list on your desk and glance at it at the beginning of your workday. It will prompt you to not engage with them. Then get to work on your MITs.

Read Next: If you want to dive deeper into the world of productivity, try a free productivity master class at the Bulletproof Training Institute.

Neuroscientists Discover “Anxiety Brain Cells” That Can Be Turned On and Off

February 2, 2018 by Team Asprey

Neuroscientists at the University of California, San Francisco and Columbia University’s Irving Medical Center have discovered anxiety brain cells in mice that can be turned on or off. This could lead to new avenues for treating anxiety disorders in people. The findings are published in the latest issue of the journal Neuron.[ref url=”http://www.cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S0896-6273(18)30019-9″]

“Anxiety cells” in mice are triggered by stressful and frightening situations

The researchers inserted miniature microscopes into the brains of lab mice to record cell activity in the hippocampus – an area of the brain that regulates learning, memories, and emotions. They then placed the mice in stressful and frightening situations – open areas where they’d typically be exposed to predators as well as elevated platforms – to observe which cells fired.

Next, the researchers used a technique called optogenetics (beams of light used to control neuron activity) to regulate those cells by turning them up and down. When the researchers turned down the cells, the mice spent more time on the elevated platforms and away from protective walls, demonstrating less anxious behavior. But when they stimulated the cells, the mice exhibited more anxiety-ridden behaviors, even when in a safe space. There is still much to do to before using the same techniques to combat anxiety in humans, however, it does point to possible treatments down the road. “If we can learn enough, we can develop the tools to turn on and off the key players that regulate anxiety in people,” said Joshua Gordon, director of the NIMH, which helped fund this study.

Anxiety disorders are hardware problems in the human brain

It’s important to point out that anxiety disorders are often misclassified as personal shortcomings, when they are actually hardware problems in the brain. This mouse study demonstrates that overactive brain cells lead to anxiety. Your anxious behavior, in other words, is not a sign that you’re not strong, resilient, or smart enough to beat it.

Ease your anxiety by reprogramming your brain

There are steps you can take right now to ease your anxiety, specifically by working to reprogram your brain.

Get a handle on your heart rate variability in two straightforward steps. Step one – recognize your bodily sensations when your flight-or-fight response is triggered. Step two – learn how to control your flight-or-fight response, so you can consciously curb it and remain calm. HeartMath is an exceptional HRV unit. Learn more about HRV training here.
Seek out a cognitive behavioral therapist to help you reframe your thoughts and, by extension, your actions. Or find a therapist who specializes in EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing), which can be an effective way to retrain your nervous system responses.
You can also try neurofeedback with a skilled professional, which allows you to work with your nervous system responses through your own brainwaves.
For more in-depth information on how to restore your brain’s hardware and combat anxiety, check out Dave’s newest book, Head Strong.

Is There a Connection Between Brain Health and Depression?

February 2, 2018 by Dave Asprey

For decades, physicians and researchers have generally misunderstood the connection between depression and brain health. They viewed depression as a result of bad brain chemistry. That, if we could only find the perfect balance of neurochemicals (usually via pharmaceuticals), we could solve the problem.
A growing body of research suggests that chronic depression may be a neurodegenerative disorder – meaning, parts of your brain lose structure and function.
Learn more about the connection between depression and brain health, and what you can do to support your brain and get on track to feeling amazing every day.

If you found this article because you are thinking about or have tried to harm yourself, please stop what you’re doing and call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 right now. There’s a 24/7 live chat option on their website if you’re more comfortable speaking to someone that way.

Depression is rampant in the 21st Century, with a growing list of pharmaceutical drugs to help “treat it.” But what is depression, really?

A growing number of researchers are blowing the whistle on the traditional pharmaceutical approach to diagnosing and treating depression. Instead, they argue brain health and inflammation might be the key to banishing chronic depression for good.

Read on to learn about the connection between depression and brain health, and what you can do to support your brain and get on track to feeling amazing every day.

Types of depression

Let’s be clear: there is a normal range of emotions that you will feel on a day to day basis. Feeling down or having a bad day – or even a bad few days – doesn’t mean you have a problem with your brain chemistry or wiring.

With no real biomarker to help define it, depression can be hard to diagnose. Plus, there’s no one definition for depression. Here’s just a few examples of different kinds of depression and how to spot them:

Situational depression

Situational depression arises from those life situations that make you overwhelmingly sad. It’s a reasonable reaction to a painful event. Situational depression can be triggered by things like:

Death of a family member
House fire
Divorce
Job loss
Period of major stress

If you suspect you’re dealing with situational depression, talk therapy can put you on the path to feeling like yourself again. With situational depression, you might experience feelings similar to major depression, such as:

Sadness
Listlessness
Withdrawal activities
Worry, anxiety
Extended crying
Sleep disturbances
Appetite changes
Attention changes

If your sadness happened because of a traumatic event and the sadness eventually ends, it’s probably situational depression.

Seasonal affective disorder

Seasonal affective disorder, aka the “winter blues,” looks a lot like major depression, but usually starts in the fall as the days get shorter and you start to feel better as the days get longer.

The drop in exposure to sunlight causes your body to make less vitamin D. Either the change in light exposure itself or the resulting drop in vitamin D leads to dips in serotonin, one of the brain chemicals that regulates mood.

You may experience:

Noticeable drop in energy
Cravings for carbohydrates
Sleeping more than usual
Weight gain
Social withdrawal
Agitation[ref url=”https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/seasonal-affective-disorder/index.shtml”]

Summer seasonal affective disorder exists, but it’s less common. Experts aren’t sure why this happens, but since it’s more common as you get closer to the equator, psychologists suspect that heat and humidity have a hand in it.

Major depression

Symptoms of major depression or clinical depression overlap with other types of depression, but it doesn’t get better like a situational or seasonal sadness does. If you’re experiencing any of the following and have been for more than a few weeks, find a trusted practitioner who can help you through:

Overall sadness, listlessness
Agitation
Feelings of worthlessness
Disinterested in activities
Low energy or fatigue
Changes in appetite or weight
Disruptive changes in sleep patterns
Trouble focusing
Physical pains, including headaches, joint pains, and even digestive problems
Thoughts or attempts to harm yourself[ref url=”https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/depression/index.shtml”]

Situational depression sometimes evolves into major depression and had lasting effects.

Other forms of depression include postpartum depression, bipolar disorder, manic depression, and others.

Is depression an indicator of brain health?

For decades, physicians and researchers believed that depression was the result of bad brain chemistry. That, if we could only find the perfect balance of neurochemicals (usually via pharmaceuticals), we could solve the problem.

But a growing body of research suggests that chronic depression may be a neurodegenerative disorder – meaning, parts of your brain lose structure and function.[ref url=”http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0278584610001776″]

Researchers and physicians now wonder… is chronic depression an early sign of degenerative diseases like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s? If so, can boosting brain health at the first signs of depression help to prevent age-related brain diseases?

However, right now we have a chicken-and-egg dilemma on our hands. Is depression the result of structural abnormalities in your brain, or the cause?

Symptoms overlap between depression and neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. In all three conditions, you’ll see:

Sleep disturbances
Loss of interest in activities
Drop in motivation
Brain fog, memory complaints[ref url=”https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FPL00022910?LI=true”]

Other connections between depression and brain degeneration:

People with depression have a higher risk for Alzheimer’s.[ref url=”http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaneurology/fullarticle/786350 “] This holds true for depression at any point in your lifetime, even well before signs of dementia set in.[ref url=”http://www.jstor.org/stable/3702081?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents”]
Depression is part of the “premotor” stage of Parkinson’s disease – the time before you lose control of movements.
A large portion of people with Parkinson’s disease have a history of depression.[ref url=”http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mds.10387/full”]
Depression and other Parkinson’s symptoms can show up decades before Parkinson’s.[ref url=”http://www.neurology.org/content/72/7_Supplement_2/S12.short”]

Depression alone doesn’t predict that you’ll end up with Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s, but researchers are starting to zero in on how depression fits in with other early signs, like inflammation.

Can inflammation be to blame for depression?

Inflammation as a possible link to depression is actually great news. Before the inflammatory model of depression hit the scene, it was impossible to measure or “see” depression in laboratory markers in any way. Instead, clinicians base diagnoses of patients’ self-reported symptoms – symptoms that are pretty hard to measure.

Researchers and doctors now see some major links between inflammatory markers and depression:

Depressed people have higher levels of inflammation markers in the bloodstream[ref url=”http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1471490605002887 “][ref url=”https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/7854_2012_211”] and research shows that inflammation slows down the growth of new brain cells.[ref url=”http://www.pnas.org/content/100/23/13632.short”]
People who have a physical illness like cancer or autoimmune disease have higher rates of depression. This could be partially because illness sucks, and more likely because of the connection between depression and inflammation[ref url=”https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2919277/ “][ref url=”http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006322308015321”]
You can measure lower overall antioxidant levels in depressed people.[ref url=”http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0278584610001776″] When you have less antioxidant activity, you end up with more oxidative stress, and your brain is especially vulnerable to it. Ongoing oxidative stress leads to chronic inflammation, which is bad for your brain.

What you can do now for a happy brain

Depression is one of the most difficult conditions to tackle, because there are so many factors that tie into your moods. But, you can hack your brain. In fact, the book Head Strong has ways for you to build a stronger brain in just two weeks.

For now, here are some hacks to make your brain more resilient and resistant to stress.

Hack your sleep

Your cells are busy all day and night, doing what they do to keep you going. Sleep is a time for your cells to clean house and make necessary repairs before you wake up and face the stresses of the world again.

When you sleep, your brain isn’t snoozing. Sleep is the time when your brain builds new neurons and makes pathways with the ones you already have. This strengthens memory and learning, and also strengthens your individual brain cells, making them more resistant to damage.

It’s also a time when brain cells clear waste products that are there from normal day-to-day activity, and that reduces stress on the brain even further.

Depression and trouble sleeping go hand in hand, so here’s an article to help you get to dreamland and wake up feeling refreshed.

Reduce stress

Does stress cause damage in the brain? So far, signs point to yes.[ref url=”https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26651008 “] Researchers found that long-term stress slows down the growth of new brain cells.[ref url=”https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16411244″] On top of that, stress deteriorates the brain cells you already have.[ref url=”http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hipo.20156/full “][ref url=”https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3181832/”]

Stress can both trigger the inflammatory response and lead to depression.[ref url=”http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1471490605002887 “] Researchers measured these separately, but are they really unrelated?

If you get nothing else from this post, at least take steps to reduce your stress. Start a meditation practice, start a daily gratitude habit, find an interesting hobby that makes you feel good, and connect with friends every now and again even if you don’t feel like it.

Get moving

Exercise helps your brain make new neurons by increasing the blood flow to your brain. Researchers measured increased nerve growth factors in rats after exercise.[ref url=”https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26844666 “] Exercise also increases the number of mitochondria you have, and more mitochondria means more energy for your brain cells.

Get your vitamin Sunshine

Light is a nutrient. Expose your eyes and skin to unfiltered sunlight for a few minutes every day. Sunlight helps your body synthesize vitamin D, a nutrient that’s vital to brain health.

Light melts stress away by releasing endorphins.[ref url=”https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6250104 “] It also stimulates the release of dopamine, the neurotransmitter that helps regulate mood and motivation.[ref url=”https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3819153/”]

Eat brain-happy foods

Eating food naturally causes a little inflammation and oxidative stress, especially if you’re choosing the wrong foods. The Bulletproof Diet is designed to stabilize blood sugar, fill your plate with nourishing foods and keep metabolic stressors to a minimum.

Here are some ways food affects depression:

Some of the amino acids in whey protein work quickly to boost your mood and improve cognitive function.[ref url=”https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16174675″]
Certain mineral and antioxidant deficiencies were more prevalent in depressed people.[ref url=”http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0009912009002574″] Eating a truckload of vegetables and polyphenol-rich like chocolate, coffee, and fresh herbs helps.
A wide range of studies show the mood-boosting benefits of consuming omega-3 fatty acids.[ref url=”https://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/abs/10.1176/ajp.2006.163.6.969″]
Oxidized and trans fats do a number on your mitochondria and stress your body and brain. All of this stress ultimately affects your brain function and mood.

Is depression the cause or the effect?

It’s hard to say for sure whether depression causes brain degeneration, but the links between brain degeneration, inflammation, and depression are beginning to teach us that brain health is paramount to keeping sharp and happy as you age.

With some simple lifestyle changes, you can spark neurogenesis to build brand new brain cells, lower inflammation, and boost your brain function for the long-term.

Health, Happiness, Success – How to be a Superwoman with Dr. Taz. #463

February 1, 2018 by Dave Asprey

Are you a Gypsy Girl or a Boss Lady? Dr. Taz, a self diagnosed “Savvy Chic” and nationally recognized physician specializing in integrative and functional medicine can help you figure out your Power Type!

Dr. Taz takes knowledge from her background in Western Medicine, blends it with Chinese Medicine and throws in some Ayurvedic knowledge and comes up with a unique system for figuring out your personal strengths.

Dave and Dr. Taz discuss her new book, Super Woman Rx, and get into how the health of Women really is a reflection of the heath of the world.

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Show Notes

Dr. Taz on her life’s work. “It’s been this crazy unexpected journey that I didn’t ever think or think through or plan for my life. It just sort of organically happened.”
Why Dr. Taz moved away from emergency room medicine.
Why doctors make the worst patients!
How Dr. Taz healed herself. “If you want to make this anything more than a hobby you need to do it, and it can’t be curbside consult all the time. You need to actually practice it and live it and breathe it.”
“I can’t do this thing on my own. I need a team and I need people, and I need guidance, and I need a community, and I need to be connected because none of us are meant to fight this fight alone definitely.”
Why Dr. Taz chose to write a book for women.“Two genders are indeed equal, but incredibly different, and they’re different in terms of anatomy and structure, and function, but they’re also very different in terms of emotion and intuition, and sense and sensibility, and all these other things.”
On extreme exercise. “They don’t want their women going out and doing marathons, they think that’s the most ridiculous thing. They think that’s so stressful to a female body, and that’s going to cause hormone imbalances, and this and that and all that other stuff.”
For Women, it is never just a health issue. “that for us a health issue just like everything else in our life, a health issue is never confined to a health issue. Here is what happens to us, when we have a health issue, whatever it is, whether we have a hormone issue or we lose hair or we have cancer or we have an autoimmune disease it reverberates out into multiple people’s lives.”
Changing the world by empowering women. “No matter what you think about the role of men today in parenthood and everything else, the woman is still the primary caretaker, whether we like it or not, and when she goes down a whole lot of other people go down too.”
Why it is critical for women to understand themselves and their health. “Well, we can’t unless we empower our women, and we can’t empower women and talk women’s empowerment until women understand how to take care of themselves, because typically what happens to them is they’re too busy spinning all over the place, but not turning in word and taking care of themselves, and understanding themselves and instead they go down the path of wrong choices, wrong medicines for them, wrong supplements for them, wrong food for them, that in turn impacts their hormones, that in turn impacts their brain and will impact who they choose to marry, what type of work they do.”
On the different “types” for women in Dr. Taz’s book and how to know which one you can fit into.
Dave on reading a “teen boy’s instruction manual” for hitting on girls.
Are your weaknesses your strengths? Dr. Taz thinks so.
On understanding different types of people. “It can help you understand the people around you, and also help you to understand their motivations, and who may thrive in different situations.”
On what Dr. Taz thinks is the future of medicine. “, and you put them all together, and you marry the nutritional knowledge and the energetic knowledge, and the hormone knowledge from all of them you have a really powerful, inexpensive tool in your hand to effect change and to revamp the entire medical model.”
What type in Dr. Taz’s book has the hardest time taking care of themselves first.
Dr. Taz on how she feels better now than she did 20 years ago, and her mission to help other women. “I want everyone to have that, like why can’t everybody have the same feeling? Why can’t they jump out of the bed and have this natural energy, and then go forth into the world and create whatever they’re supposed to do?”
A big piece of advice from Dr. Taz. “Find that time to be quiet, to be still daily, find it weekly, find it quarterly, find it yearly.”
“We are meant to be connected. Find a way to be connected, not only do you need to be connected to yourself, but you need to be connected to others, and you also need to be connected to your own spirituality and your own soul.”
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Take the 28-Day Kindness Challenge and Restore Your Faith in Humans

February 1, 2018 by Team Asprey

Make February your month to flex your kindness muscle. Studies show that just one random act of kindness a day reduces stress, anxiety, and depression[ref url=”http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/39/11/1963″]. According to David R. Hamilton, Ph.D., one small act of compassion invigorates your body with feel-good hormones like serotonin — making you calmer, healthier, and happier. Kindness accompanied by emotional connection also releases oxytocin, which in turn is cardioprotective as it lowers blood pressure. Kindness makes others feel good, too. Ready to feel more energized, confident, and even perhaps live longer? Pay it forward each day this month with these simple acts of kindness. Go for it — start small and maybe, just maybe, you’ll spark a chain-reaction through your community. After all, kindness is contagious.

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Bulletproof Story: How Luke Storey Found Spiritual Health by Leaving His Successful Career

Why Do You Want to Be More Productive?

Step 1: Find Clarity

Step 2: Manage Your Energy

Step 3: Take Charge of Your Focus

Step 4: Create a System That Works

1. Create an organized workspace

2. Schedule your workday

3. Stay on task

Step 5: Manage Your Distractions

“Anxiety cells” in mice are triggered by stressful and frightening situations

Anxiety disorders are hardware problems in the human brain

Ease your anxiety by reprogramming your brain

Types of depression

Situational depression

Seasonal affective disorder

Major depression

Is depression an indicator of brain health?

Can inflammation be to blame for depression?

What you can do now for a happy brain

Hack your sleep

Reduce stress

Get moving

Get your vitamin Sunshine

Eat brain-happy foods

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