On today's episode you'll hear Kyle Kingsbury and I talk about:
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https://www.onnit.com/
https://www.onnit.com/podcast/
- Kyle's Background and how Mixed martial arts gave him human element to sports
- The root of all addiction is trauma “ Gabor Mate (shopping, tv, a form of escape)
- “The difference between psychedelics and religion is having a direct experience with the divine” - Dennis McKenna
- Zero depression leaving fighting because of new mindset of trust, faith, and belief. Trust that just need to follow passions and dreams and everything would sort itself out.
- How Kyle got to work for Onnit and become the Director of Human Optimization
- Optimization is not about making life easier, it’s about knowing how to tackle the challenges ahead of you and welcoming those challenges.
- Working out is energy expending, working in is energy building. (Breath work, charging self up with O2) shifting from sympathetic to PS (calm, rest)
- We all have shit to sort through. We’re constantly in Ebb & Flow. Hopefully we can make stress more acute.
- Flow state: Timeless act of being 100% in the now.
- How you hack that is doing something you love. And showing up as best self. More you’re playing and enjoying, it’s easier to hack flow
- Being present is how to hack flow. Be here NOW.
- Tips and habits
- A good question to ask self daily: W.I.N - What's Important Now?
- Kyle's Gift to share: Play
Links and Resources:
- Sleep”by Nick littlehale
- Why we sleep by Matthew Walker
- Stealing fire by Steven Kotler
- How to eat, move, and be healthy Paul Chek.
- Wired to eat
- Becoming a supple leopard
- A new earth by Eckhart Tolle
- Atomic habits by James Clear
- Own the day Own your life by Aubrey Marcus
- “Art of Breath” devoted to every type of breath
- Science of mindfulness Jason Segel