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Life By Design Podcast#413 What We EatWhen I tell people what we eat, their first response is... "That sounds pretty restricted!" After which I ask them what they had for breakfast today? "Cereal." And the day prior? "Cereal." How about for the foreseeable future? "Cereal." You get the idea. Most people are already eating a fairly restricted diet, only with poor food choices! So, what the heck do we, at Life By Design, eat ourselves? On today's episode of Life By Design we...2021-05-1715 minLife By Design Podcast#412 The Colossal Health MythHow is it possible for a simple, seemingly logical statement, to have the capacity to lead to such potentially detrimental outcomes? That is the crux of the problem. This statement, while appearing innocuous, is far from it. What is this cliche we've all said at one time or another? "Everything in moderation." I know. It just doesn't seem like an issue... right? On this episode of Life By Design we delve deeper into this slogan and it's possible negative effects. What we covered2021-03-0308 minLife By Design Podcast#411 The Perfect Bedtime RoutineOne way to stack the deck in favour of the highest quality sleep experience is to craft the perfect restoration routine. A routine is a series of actions done repeatedly. Not all routines are helpful, or move you towards a predetermined goal, they’re simply routines due to repetition. You’ll see routines, even rituals, a more intentional form of routine, among many high achievers across a variety of professions. What makes routines so impactful is the ability to automate them and require little to no willpower. This makes cons...2021-02-2309 minLife By Design Podcast#410 The Salt MythSalt is bad for you! Right? Or is it? Now I'm confused. That's OK... Most of us have been convinced that salt consumption is something that must be restricted at all costs. Too much salt increases the risk for heart disease and stroke, damages the kidneys and will lead to early death. That's scary! But what is the truth? Have we been told a lie? It depends...as always. On today's episode of Life By Design we...2021-02-0808 minLife By Design Podcast#409 3 Obvious Causes Of Spinal ProblemsMost people assume they'll know when they have a problem with their spine. The criteria is simple... it hurts! Until that point, the spine is just a bag of bones doing it's job to keep us upright. Imagine if that's how we thought about our teeth? All good until your tooth hurts. How about the heart? No problem here, until the first heart attack that is. The list could go on... When it comes to the body, there's so much more going on...2021-01-2512 minLife By Design Podcast#408 How To Heal Your GutOne of the most under appreciated facets of health is the gut. In the past, the digestive system was seen as a simple system. Food entered and left one long tube, only to be digested and nutrients absorbed along the way. Now, an incredible amount of research is accumulating to establish the gut as a primary focus for disease reversal and health optimization. The "gut" is referring to the micro organisms living inside the intestines. This biome includes 100's of different species of bacteria working together to produce a...2021-01-2114 minLife By Design Podcast#407 We Want The Good GermsGerms are a part of the world we live in and are necessary to a healthy productive human life. Bacteria plays a vital role in our normal physiology and not all types should be feared or avoided. It's one of those things that belong in the 'optimize' category. This means you want to avoid deadly or harmful bacteria while maximizing the 'good' or beneficial bacteria that you want. It's one of the reasons that probiotics are a Life By Design recommended supplement; many of us have been on countless antibiotic prescriptions and have not given our body the time to reco...2020-11-2307 minLife By Design Podcast#406 Influenza A and Vitamin DDoes vitamin D have any positive direct effect on the immune system? That's the question we seek to answer this week on Life By Design. We are using direct to mean, if you take Vitamin D, is there any data pointing out that you may have a decreased chance of contracting the flu? There is already data and professional hypotheses on how people with "pre-existing" autoimmune diseases have an increased risk of developing the full-blown autoimmune disease if they are Vitamin D deficient. This week we present a study, and randomized controlled trial, from Japan. The researchers followed school-aged children thro...2020-11-1612 minLife By Design Podcast#405 Chiropractic Improves Balance and StrengthDespite a growing body of evidence, the peanut gallery still repeats the mantra... "There's no evidence to 'prove' Chiropractic works." Of course, when asked what is meant by 'evidence' and 'works', there is no clear response, yet the same tired rhetoric continues. In this episode, we will review these claims, discuss what does and doesn't exist in Chiropractic, and review a newly published study. A Randomized Control Trial (remember, they tell us these ones are the best) study, performed at the Naval Hospital in Pensacola, Florida found that soldiers who had Chiropractic care for 4 months had: Improved strength Improved balance Impro...2020-11-0907 minLife By Design Podcast#404 Choose Your HardThere was, and maybe it's still being circulated on your social media feeds, a meme that goes something like this: "Losing weight is hard; being overweight is hard; choose your hard." "Being broke is hard; Becoming rich is hard; choose your hard." "Change is hard; staying the same is hard; choose your hard." You get the idea. There was just something unsettling enough about this meme that warranted us to have a conversation and discussion about it and this podcast is the result of that conversation. So what, who cares, right? We believe you'll care because your ideas and beliefs literal...2020-11-0212 minLife By Design Podcast#403 How Much Protein is Enough?Real food first. That's the number one rule for Eating By Design and for good reason. Nothing will improve your results faster than simply eating more real food. Rule number two is eat protein with every meal. That's what today's episode of Life By Design is all about and I'm sharing the details from a recording I made for our private Facebook Group. What We Cover How much protein is enough protein? What's more important, the total amount of protein or percentage of protein? The fastest way to...2020-10-2719 minLife By Design Podcast#402 When It's Not a ConcussionThis week we review research published in the Journal of Athletic Training, looking at the importance of checking and correcting and movement deficiencies in the necks of people who have suffered a concussion. The challenge is that since the anatomy is very similar - meaning that the nerves and structures that supply and innervate the brain also have links to the neck. Due to the crossover, concussion and cervical syndrome, as the authors put it, can mimic each other in the way they behave. What We Cover The number of diagnosed concussions due to sport and recreation activities has been ste...2020-10-1210 minLife By Design Podcast#401 Oily Fish Good For Your Kids BrainsDon't make the mistake of thinking fish oil is good for you or your children. Fish oil is a vehicle to help deliver omega-3 fatty acids into your body, and because our current lifestyle and environment make that a challenge to get, fish oil might help. That's a real mouth full, but let us explain more concisely on today's episode. An interesting study, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, aimed to see if there was a difference in health kids between the ages of 8 and 9 who received about 375 g/week of oily fish compared to poultry for 12 weeks. In...2020-10-0511 minLife By Design Podcast#400 Dealing With OverwhelmSo here we are in September... Are the kids going back to school? Should they go back to school? When is life going to return to normal? Is life going to return to normal? Am I putting my kids at risk? Will they be safe? Am I a bad parent for sending them back? What will others think of me? How are we going to pay for all this? What if Jim loses his job because his work shuts down? Have you had enough yet? Sometimes life can get overwhelming. We all know that it's a natural part of life tha...2020-09-2115 minLife By Design Podcast#399 Drugs, Supplements & Fallacies "Some people have a lot of pride in not taking drugs or supplements, but the primary goal should be to feel your best. Not using a medicine that improves your health because you take pride in being 'substance-free' is counter-intuitive to your main goal of feeling well." This was an online quote from an excellent physician that we respect. We find this quote interesting and would like to discuss further because there are some great and not so great ideas being expressed. The purpose of this podcast is to discuss and show you why ideas are important and how accepting oth...2020-09-1412 minLife By Design Podcast#398 Chronic Spinal Pain and FoodYou are what you eat. Maybe not literally, but to pretend that what you put into your body doesn't affect your health and performance is nonsense. Today we review a study from the University of Michigan seeking to establish an association between chronic spinal pain and diet. In some ways, we already know (there was a Nobel prize given in 1982 for the PGE2 and Omega-6 link) that a poor diet can lead to increased pain byways of inflammation. But this study wants to link chronic spinal pain to more certain types...2020-09-0206 minLife By Design Podcast#397 Do Your Emotions Matter?They do, but probably not in the way that you think. If anything, emotions are the part of your consciousness that makes life worth living. What we mean by them not mattering, is simply not in the process of making decisions. Imagine if you couldn't feel love, pride, happiness, joy and even negative emotions like anxiety, depression, and grief...emotions are helpful if you know how to position them correctly. But, emotions are not a good way to make decisions. If anything, emotions are the end result of the decisions you...2020-08-2417 minLife By Design Podcast#396 Is Sugar Eating Your Spine? A study from the International Journal Of Spine Surgery concluded that individuals with Type-II diabetes have an accelerated rate of spinal degeneration, and the amount of degeneration is more severe than non-diabetics. We also don't think it's too far of a stretch, although you can't claim this study as a source, to suspect that prolonged elevation of blood sugar levels (AKA diabetes) has detrimental effects on your other joints as well. We already know that diabetes is a risk factor for nearly every chronic health condition (cancer, heart disease), we might as well add spinal degeneration to that list. So wha...2020-08-1713 minLife By Design Podcast#395 Increase Serotonin With No DrugsTo say that poor mental health is an issue would be an understatement. Mental health, at least to us, is the most important asset you have in your arsenal of human powers. Since humans live and depend on ideas (all of which rely on mental health), the health and well being of your mind is priority number one. That's why when we see any information (in this case, an editorial) looking at how to improve vital brain chemicals such as serotonin and tryptophan naturally, we get excited to review, share, and discuss. It seems like mental health deteriorates every day, and...2020-08-0313 minLife By Design Podcast#394 Getting Your Diet Right Part 2We pick up from where we left off in Part 1 of Getting Your Diet Right... Nothing has changed, we still think the whole world has lost it’s mind when it comes to nutrition! The purpose of this podcast is to review and continue teaching the principles of Eat By Design. What we cover What type of veggies are best? Cooked or raw? How about organic? Is it worth the extra cost? Are grains a food group? What type of nutrients will you get from grains and can you find those elsewhere with less potential negative effects? Why eating "gluten-free" isn't...2020-07-2025 minLife By Design Podcast#393 Getting Your Diet Right Part 1"The thing about common sense is that it's not so common." Voltaire Nutritionally, the whole world has lost it’s mind. How can you have one group telling you to eat meat and another telling you avoid it. They both can’t be right, but they both can be wrong. Every once in a while it's important to go back and remember the principles from which you operate, check your premise to see if you're getting the results you want, and make any adjustments. The fact that you're human means that ideas and principles rule your thinking and your actions. It's lik...2020-07-0629 minLife By Design Podcast#392 Posture Impacts Children's Self-EsteemDo people with high self-esteem adopt an open (power) posture, or does an open posture produce high self-esteem? In general, it's commonly believed that your feelings produce your outward appearance, but that concept is being challenged. In the late 70's Richard Bandler and John Grinder founded a controversial psychological technique called NLP (Neuro-linguistic programming), which challenged many of the beliefs in modern psychology. One of which was the idea that you could (through various methods, one of which being posture) change your own moods, emotions, and behaviours. Of course, NLP was dismissed, and Bandler and Grinder labeled quacks, even though many...2020-06-2907 minLife By Design Podcast#391 Surviving vs Thriving With SupplementsHow do you prolong healthy aging? For us healthy aging is normal aging. We know that we are not getting any younger and that eventually, we will die. In the meantime, since loving your life is essential to Life By Design's core beliefs, we want to do everything we can to ensure the quality and length of our lives. Today we examine a study looking at the difference between surviving and thriving. What does that look like in terms of the body's nutritional requirements. What we cover The Triage Theory...2020-06-2414 minLife By Design Podcast#390 Do You Have A Degenerate Spine?"Chronic low back pain (LBP) is the most common cause of disability worldwide. New ideas surrounding LBP are emerging that are based on interactions between mechanical, biological and chemical influences on the human inter-vertebral disc (IVD). The degenerate IVD is proposed to be innervated by sensory nerve fibres and vascularised by blood vessels, and it is speculated to contribute to pain sensation. However, the incidence of nerve and blood vessel ingrowth, as well as whether these features are always associated, is unknown." In English, it means that the discs of your spine have both nerve and blood vessels going to the...2020-06-1511 minLife By Design Podcast#389 Best Diet Advice I Ever Got Dr. K here... My relationship with food used to suck. It's hard to admit that to you. Growing up, food was the go-to for everything. 'Have a bad day? No problem, let me make you a pie'. 'You made the team? Awesome, let's celebrate, let me make you a pie.' Let me be clear: I used to think fat made you fat, I used to think carbs made you fat, I used to think anything that wasn't organic was poison, I used to think sugar was the devil, I used to think fructose was the devil, I used to th...2020-06-0811 minLife By Design Podcast#388 Comparing Yourself to Others is GoodAnytime you deny your nature as a human being, you are hurting the most essential part of yourself, namely your mind and consciousness. Such is the case with the common saying - don't compare yourself to other people. Are we saying you should compare yourself to others? Not really, more like you can't stop comparing and contrasting since it's literally how your mind learns. It's one of the traits that makes you a rational human being! Our mind forms concepts and ideas by comparing. A child learns concepts like blue, red...2020-06-0113 minLife By Design Podcast#387 Creating New HabitsTo say that the recent events (more so the reactions to said events) haven't shaken up our lives, would be a tremendous understatement. We all react differently to stress and stress impacts us differently depending on where we are in our lives. If you're in a better spot - great relationships, support and solid finances... you will handle your stress better then someone who has poor relationships and no support. One of the things we all have experienced from this current crisis, is the development of habits and routines that we know are not helping us reach the best in our...2020-05-2615 minLife By Design Podcast#386 Car Accidents and RecoveryOnce upon a time, in fairy tale land, it was believed (and unfortunately, it is still believed by many in health care, especially those who make the decisions) that pre-existing damage done to your cervical spine was not a barrier to the recovery of whiplash. Think about how absurd that sounds. If you had had two homes, one brand new, the foundation was just poured with the latest and greatest material and technology, the second, worn by seeing its fair share of storms and nature, and hit with an earthquake...which one would do better? A 5-year-old would say the new...2020-05-1810 minLife By Design Podcast#385 Why You'll Never Have Mental HealthIn order for anything to grow and develop, you need the proper environment. Tomatoes don't grow in Antarctica and maple trees don't grow in the ocean. Unfortunately, we don't live in an environment that is conducive to the development of genuine mental health for the majority of the human race. Of course, some humans will be able to do it, but for the majority of us, the soil is just not fertile - unless you know how to make it fertile. The process of making the environment fertile for you to develop your mental health involves developing your awareness and rec...2020-05-1117 minLife By Design Podcast#384 Knee Arthritis and Low Carb DietDoes your diet affect your pain levels? In a study published in PubMed, researchers examined three groups of adults all between the ages of 65-75 diagnosed with knee pain. The participants were asked to follow one of three diets for a period of 12 weeks while functional pain, self-reported pain, quality of life, and depression were assessed every three weeks using questionnaires. Oxidative stress was analyzed in serum before and after the diet intervention using a TBARS assay. TBARS is thiobarbituric acid reactive substances, which is a measure of oxidative stress as a product...2020-05-0412 minLife By Design Podcast#383 Stay On Track With Your Fitness What happens when your perfect fitness & lifestyle routine gets completely abolished and you're instantly stuck trying to figure out how to keep your results while never leaving the house and having an endless supply of food within arms reach? In terms of fitness, what is bound to happen is very little positive momentum unless you are able to overcome the inertia, the lack of clarity and disappearance of motivation that is the cornerstone of losing your exercise support system. On today's episode of Life By Design we speak with Kyle Torrance, Head Coach and Co-Owner of CrossFit 613 in Ottawa. 613 is a L...2020-04-2725 minLife By Design Podcast#382 The Darkest PitOne of the most powerful scenes in the Shawshank Redemption is when Andy (the main character) locks out the prison guards from their office and plays an operetta from Figaro for all the prisoners in the yard to hear. The prisoners all stop what they're doing and listen to the beautiful music as it reminds them that yes, even though they've committed horrible crimes, they are still human. When asked later why he did it, Andy answered "To remind myself there are parts of me they (the system or society) can never get to." You cease to be a human and...2020-04-2013 minLife By Design Podcast#381 Back Pain & Brain ChemistryThis week we found a fascinating study from the Irish Journal of Medical Science examining spinal manipulation (we would like to see one looking at specific chiropractic care), brain chemistry, and comparing pre and post groups. The randomized control trial involved 25 patients diagnosed with generalized, nonspecific low back pain. The group was divided into an active group (which received the manipulations) and the sham group (which received a fake manipulation). The evaluations occurred before the study began and after the study concluded. Measurement included: Numerical Rating Scale, Oswestry Disability Index and Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. It's important to remember that the...2020-04-1314 minLife By Design Podcast#380 You'll Probably Dislike Us NowWithout a doubt, the most polarizing episodes we record are the random topic generator episodes. Some of you love that you get to know us better, others are horrified that we'd think that way about a certain topic. So why do it and should you listen? Because, either way, it's good entertainment value. Have you ever heard of the Incredible Hulk? It has one of the most loyal readerships in comic book history. When Jack Kirby, the writer, decided to kill off the Green Hulk and replace him with the Grey Hulk (a smarter and more civilized Hulk), the audience was a...2020-04-0725 minLife By Design Podcast#379 How to Stay Sane During IsolationOur days go to heck in a hand basket when we don't execute a daily routine. Things have the vibe of that time between Christmas and New Years with one major difference...there is no end in sight. If we were to gauge the current tone of society, we would say the dominant emotions are fear, apathy, and dread. This is not a judgement on those emotions or on you if you're feeling this way... this is a statement of fact that one day this will be all over and those emotions do not serve you in fulfilling your values, d...2020-03-3111 minLife By Design Podcast#378 The Best Ways to Burn FatThe #1 New Year's Resolution is, no surprise, fat loss. Why does fat loss also continue to be the #1 resolution? If it were easy, everyone would be fit and the top new year's resolution would be a new relationship or new job. On today's episode of Life By Design I simplify the process and review the best ways to burn fat. What I covered Get this body part on straight first or risk wasting time, energy and money. The minimum time frame you need to commit to making fat burning your f...2020-03-2317 minLife By Design Podcast#377 Give Your Child Enough ProteinProtein is a macronutrient that plays an essential role in thousands of functions within the human body. The building blocks that protein delivers, known as amino acids, are a requirement for normal and healthy development. This means because amino acids are located in muscle, bone, ligaments, skin, hair, blood...effectively every tissue, kids need protein to thrive. Of the 20 amino acids the body needs, it can produce 11 but the other nine must come from food. These are known as “essential” amino acids. If your child is not getting enough protein, it can lead to m...2020-03-1610 minLife By Design Podcast#376 Wearing Your Pink For Anti-BullyingWednesday, February 26th, was Pink shirt day in Canada. If you're not familiar with what this represents, as the story goes... In 2007 two high school students in Nova Scotia witnessed other classmates bullying a grade 9 for wearing a pink shirt. In response to this, the two who witnessed the bullying, went to a nearby discount store and purchased fifty pink shirts to distribute to their friends in order to take a stand with the child being bullied. As it turns out, the next day, so many other children got behind this idea that literally, most of the school came dressed in he...2020-03-0913 minLife By Design Podcast#375 4 Brain Boosting To-Do's For KidsKids get a bad rap when it comes to their brains. Everything and anything seems to be bad for brain development... cell phones, screen time, sitting, inactivity and sugar. All are true and their effects are varying but instead of focusing on what NOT to do, we thought in true Life By Design fashion we would talk about what TO DO in order to positively influence brain health. For this episode, I bring on the most special of guests (to me), my wife Dana. What We Covered What important fat...2020-03-0215 minLife By Design Podcast#374 Why Love Is Selfish Seeing that last week was Valentine's, or as our children say it, Valentime's Day, we thought it would be fitting to visit a core concept that is integral to living an extraordinary life - love. Although much importance, rightfully so, is placed on love, the definitions surrounding it and, how to achieve it are, in our humble opinions, incorrect and harmful to those who try to practice them. Love is not a sacrifice, all you need, a duty, above reality, superior to logic (or different from it for that matter), unconditional, or any other poor philosophical construct. Love is defined as...2020-02-1920 minLife By Design Podcast#373 Fish Oil For Major Depressive Disorder?The subcommittee of the International Society for Nutritional Psychiatry Research organized an expert panel, conducted a literature review and a Delphi process to develop a consensus-based practice guideline for clinical use of polyunsaturated fatty acids in Major Depressive Disorder. This systematic review of the published literature emphasized randomized controlled trials, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses. As it currently stands, treatment for major depressive disorder is only mildly successful with many adverse and unpredictable effects. The goal of the panel was to create guidelines that would help create patient outcomes that are more tolerable and efficacious. What We Covered Several lines of evide...2020-02-1012 minLife By Design Podcast#372 Is There A Link Between Posture & High Blood Pressure?The Asian Spine Journal published something so seemingly unrelated that It needed discussion. The study used 655 participants (262 men and 393 women; mean age, 72.9 years; range, 50–92 years) and it's purpose was to investigate a possible relationship between sagittal posture and blood pressure. Full spine and pelvic x-rays were taken, and thoracic kyphosis, lumbar lordosis, pelvic tilt, sacral slope, pelvic incidence, and the sagittal vertical axis (SVA) were measured. The analysis was done using image-analysis software. The results showed that the Sagittal Vertical Axis significantly shifted forward (almost double the amount) in those people with high blood pressure. In English, this means that people...2020-02-0311 minLife By Design Podcast#371 Dealing With The Guilt TripLogical fallacies stink! In a 2020 world full or irrationality, logical fallacies, untruths, and just downright lies are being used left, right, centre and being passed off as the truth and logic. The problem is that logical fallacies, because of how common they are, can be a challenge to recognize and interpret. This is especially true in the heat of battle, or during an uncomfortable conversation with someone when the stakes are high. Some logical fallacies are even techniques that can be favourably employed by crafty and manipulative people looking to generate a certain response or emotion from his victims. The purp...2020-01-2712 minLife By Design Podcast#370 3 Reasons Resolutions BreakHappy New Year from all of us at Life By Design! May 2020 be the best year you and your loved ones have ever had. At Life By Design, we love New Year's resolutions. Truth be told, we love anything that makes you better, more successful and, happier...New Year's Resolutions hold that potential. There is one problem... We have a really tough time sticking to them. When we look at the data, we see that the vast majority of people not only can't keep their New Year's Resolutions, they can't keep them for more than a week after committing to them...2020-01-2014 minLife By Design Podcast#369 How To Make Your Kids SuccessfulIf you have children, you likely have goals and desires as a parent. You want your children to grow up to be honest, hard-working, independent, happy adults who know how to think and provide for themselves. At least, that's what we want for our kids. Before beginning on any journey, you have to know where you want to finish. Parenting, in our opinion, has to be one of the most challenging and rewarding adventures of life - but in order to help guide your decisions as a parent, you need to know where you want to take your children. There is...2020-01-1318 minLife By Design Podcast#368 Making 2020 Your Best Year"The path to success is to take massive, determined actions." -Tony Robbins The two keywords in that sentence are determined and actions. Determined can have two meanings and, I like both of them in this context. The first meaning of determined is 'achieving the desired outcome' and the second, 'that you've given some consideration as to what outcome you are working towards'. Simply put, in order to succeed, you need a plan and you need to act with determination. I know it sounds easy and, intellectually it is, it gets...2019-12-0918 minLife By Design Podcast#367 Mind Your Waistline This Holiday SeasonWell, it's almost here. To quote the lyric, "the most wonderful time of the year." I've always loved Christmas, and now, ever since having kids, I love Christmas and the whole holiday season even more. More fun than getting gifts yourself, is watching how excited your kids get when they open up their presents. Not to mention the parties, get-togethers, traditions and crazy holiday stuff that happens to add to all of the lasting memories and good times. On the flip side, and this is totally by personal choice, I dislike the holidays because it's the one time of the yea...2019-12-0214 minLife By Design Podcast#366 Allergies, C-Sections and Prenatal DietNew research presented at the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology linked an increased risk of your child developing allergies if they were born via cesarean section. Studies also presented showing how mom eats while pregnant and what she feeds her child during infancy have an impact on the risk of the child developing allergies. The first study looked at the medical charts of 158,422 children and identified children with 0,1,2,3, or 4 allergic conditions identified as food allergies, eczema, asthma, and hay fever. Then the method of delivery was compared with the number of allergies recorded...2019-11-1811 minLife By Design Podcast#365 How Do You Know It's True?Meat is bad for you; the world is going to collapse in 11 years, LDL cholesterol is harmful; chiropractic can cure XYZ, etc. How do you know if any of the above statements are true, or if they are outright lies? The answer should be reason and the scientific method, unfortunately, in today's modern culture, the answer is the public consensus. You've heard the statement "a million Frenchmen can't be wrong" well, yes, they can be. Just because a million people are saying something or think a certain thing doesn't make it right or true. More importantly, how did our culture degr...2019-11-1114 minLife By Design Podcast#364 Do Protein Shakes Help Recovery0000037A 00000378 00006376 00006343 000B4DFA 000B4DFA 00007A4C 00007C89 00000449 000004142019-11-0412 minLife By Design Podcast#363 Ms. Monopoly And The Impact On Self-EsteemRecently the Toy company Hasbro has launched "Ms. Monopoly," and as the box says, it's 'the first game where women make more than men.' If you're not familiar with the game of monopoly, it's a board game in which players move around the board, are able to buy property, make investments, get sent to jail, and are subject to both the randomness of good and bad luck. So what's wrong with Ms. Monopoly? Nothing. We are going to do our best to stay out of the realm of politics on this podcast. It's hard not to touch on politics a...2019-10-2813 minLife By Design Podcast#362 Why You Should Register For The CrossFit OpenOk, you really don't have to register for the open, but we think it would be a great idea for you to do "sign up" for something and do the work. And before you say 'but I'm not fit enough to do that' it's important that you understand a few things. One, all of the open workouts are scalable; that's one of the cool things about CrossFit, it can be tailored to everyone at all skill levels. Two, the way that you're going to get fit is to do things that make you fit. So, doing workouts and fitness that is c...2019-10-2118 minLife By Design Podcast#361 Self-Care Is SelfishIt's wonderful that the idea and practice self-care is gaining popularity and widely practiced. Self-care, as the title implies, concerns itself with doing something personal, for your own ego. Of course, this has rubbed many the wrong way, which is why justifications like "Self-care is not selfish" have become popular trope. But there is no need to apologize, and to pander to people who don't agree or don't accept. The purpose of this episode is to discuss why it's a good thing that self-care is selfish and what good self-care habits should look like. What we covered Definitions, definitions, and mor...2019-10-0717 minLife By Design Podcast#360 More Blood To Your BrainProper and adequate blood flow is vital to your body's health and well being. Adequate blood flow is even more important to your brain since your brain is the organ which controls your entire body. Decreased blood flow to the brain has been hypothesized to be a cause/contributing factor of many chronic and acute diseases (Alzheimer's, dementia, stroke, cancer, etc.) The etiology of these diseases is hard to assess, making general health principles like adequate blood flow to your brain, even more important. In a recent study, published in the journal Brain Circulation, a positive correlation was found between cer...2019-09-3013 minLife By Design Podcast#359 The 10 Traits of Emotional ResilienceThis past Tuesday was Suicide Prevention Day. It's sad to reflect on your life and think of all the people you who know that have committed suicide. It's even sadder to think that everyone else also knows people who have committed suicide. Keeping in the spirit of being positive and productive, we wanted to use this podcast to talk about an article that was written on the 10 Traits of Emotionally Resilient People. Emotional resilience is being able to handle whatever life throws at you - and we know life can throw a lot - and keep moving forward towards your va...2019-09-1621 minLife By Design Podcast#358 What About MindFul Eating?Not sure if you've heard about Mindful Eating before, but it's something that's talked about enough (mostly in the background) and we thought we should bring it to your attention. An initial challenge we discovered with Mindful Eating was the lack of a clear definition. It's challenging to have a proper discussion about something when it's mostly unclear what we're talking about. To the best of our knowledge and understanding, Mindful Eating is a nutritional strategy that uses the psychological concept of 'Mindfulness' as a guide for helping you make choices about your nutrition. From the Health Line Article... Mindful eat...2019-09-0913 minLife By Design Podcast#357 Weight Watchers For Kids?The new weight watchers app for kids is getting a lot of attention, some of it good, but according to the Healthline article that we've linked below, most of it is bad. Weight Watchers has now rebranded itself as WW and launched Kurbo, a weight loss app targeting kids between 8-17. The issue that both parents and experts have with the app is they say it's sending the wrong message. Some of the issues raised by these groups with the ads are: - Before and after pics of children who have lost weight - Concern that the point system, used by...2019-09-0214 minLife By Design Podcast#356 Becoming No OneBecoming an emotionally stronger, more self-reliant person with strong self-esteem is vital to you success in life. If you want to pursue any kind of rational values in a virtuous way, you'll find out very quickly that the world will stand in your way. After all, what you're after is not easy, it's hard, and it should be hard. For you to achieve your desires, whether it be a relationship, career, status, finances, etc., you will have to become the person with those character traits and abilities. This will require a lot of effort and hard work. Becoming a different pe...2019-08-2613 minLife By Design Podcast#355 Chiropractic & Less Pain Medication"Opioid use - even short term - can lead to addiction and, too often, overdose." -Mayo Clinic Staff To put it, bluntly - pain sucks. If you've ever injured yourself, you know exactly how debilitating it can be. Now imagine that you've served time in combat in Iraq, lost some of your best friends in battle, been injured from the strain of battle and suffered the psychological stress from witnessing the horrors of war, not to mention being away from your home and most of the people you love. That sounds like the potential for the pain to be taken to t...2019-08-1910 minLife By Design Podcast#334 Strength Training Helps You Live LongerTwo new studies remind us of what we already know but sometimes forget. The above is a quote that opens the article titled "To Delay Death, Lift Weights." What an appropriate way to describe strength training, something that, the research is quite clear, has outstanding health benefits to the body, yet is often brushed under the rug. It makes sense, going to the gym, or moving your body in upwards of 80% of your one-rep maximum is uncomfortable and scary. But it's so worth it for your health. The attached article review...2019-08-1216 minLife By Design Podcast#333 You Might Not Be Lazy Or Lack Willpower In his incredible definition of self-esteem, Dr. Nathanial Branden (author of one of Life By Design's favourite books - The Six Pillars Of Self-Esteem) mentions that the hardest judgment we pass is on ourselves. Interestingly, he chose to keep that thought in the definition, most likely because of the astonishing amount of times we, humans, think that our behaviour, thoughts, and actions are inherently broken or wrong. Our culture has done an excellent job of pushing it into our minds that no matter our 2019-08-0515 minLife By Design Podcast#332 Does Chiropractic Increase Risk of Herniations?"Don't go to a chiropractor because they can cause you to have a herniated disc." Hopefully, this is the first time you've heard this but, as is often the case, bad news travels much faster than good news. Is this true? A new study suggests that this is not the case at all. The study concludes that patients have the same risk of an acute disc herniation going to their medical doctor as they would going to the chiropractor with low back pain. It's important to know precisely what these conclusions mean and how they affect you. Low back pain can be...2019-07-2914 minLife By Design Podcast#331 Get Built Up, Not Burnt Out? An Interview with Marcus FillyThis truly was one of my favorite episodes to record. Was it because of the fantastic content? Yes. Of course the content was wonderful and for many, the concepts we covered will challenge your current training approach and lead to significant and results boosting action. But it was more than the content... it was the guest. On today's episode of the Life By Design Podcast I had the opportunity to speak with 6x CrossFit Games athlete (including finishing as the 12th fittest man in the world in 2016) Marcus Filly. Marcus is...2019-07-1936 minLife By Design Podcast#330 How to Create Your Own Workout ProgramThere are three reasons for experiencing a lack of results at the gym, and they have almost nothing to do with willpower, procrastination, or hard work. Yes, those are all important but, by far, they are not the most significant reason you fail to get the results you want. The most significant reason is that your strategy is not compatible with your goals. What does that mean in plain English? It means that, for the most part, you're not doing the things that will get you the result you want. No matter how much scientific data, anecdotal evidence, and even pers...2019-07-1518 minLife By Design Podcast#329 "Plant Based" Might Not Mean HealthyBeware the health halo. The health halo is a term or in this case, group of words, that are often associated with a particular outcome. For example, when you hear the term organic what comes to mind? Most likely, your brain jumps to fresh, healthy, crispy, colourful, etc. Now, what if we mentioned that both cocaine and heroin can be by definition organic? Health halo terms also include "natural, drugless, vegan, vegetarian, paleo, keto" and the topic of today's episode "plant-based." Recently, and it's unknown if this is correlated...2019-07-0815 minLife By Design Podcast#328 Best Of - The Power of Role ModelsOct 18, 2017, will always be remembered by Canadians. That was the day that Gord Downie, leader of The Tragically Hip and Canadian Icon passed away. The Tragically Hip have been called a Canadian treasure, the national band of Canada and many other flattering things have been said about them. Gord Downie was (and will continue to be) a role model and an influence. He inspired many in Canada, his vision reached much wider than music, and he had a lot to say. Role models are a real and powerful force in your life. If you have good ones you can overcome the w...2019-07-0115 minLife By Design Podcast#327 Best Of - 7 Signs You Need More FatOld habits die hard right? I still find it shocking that despite the current and steady stream of consistent scientific evidence you are still scared to make fat a major part of your diet. But on the other hand, I get it. I mean, after all, fat has been vilified for so many years, by so many people that you respect (your teachers and your doctors) that it's hard to go against the low fat mantra. I remember being in public school and our Phys Ed teacher brought in this disgusting yellow lumpy jelly and said: "This is hardened body fat...2019-06-2424 minLife By Design Podcast#326 The Secret To Sticking To Your DietThis is it! The secret 'reveal' that you've been waiting for is finally here. Someone is going to spill the beans on the one very specific thing you need to do in order to stick to your diet forever. In fact, we can go even deeper than that. This 'secret' will help you not only stick to your diet but also your workout regime, and anything else that requires will power. Heck, it will also make you wealthy without working. Hopefully, by now, you can tell that this idea I speak...2019-06-1718 minLife By Design Podcast#325 Knowing Your Doctor Boosts Your HealthNobody cares how much you know until they know how much you care. -Theodore Roosevelt In this episode of Life By Design, we are going back a bit in the history of the podcast with something we used to call a Baby Bullet episode. If you remember the magic bullet kitchen utensil, you would recall that it was advertised as something where you could put many ingredients in it, and it would chop them all up with no problem. The idea for today's show is to take a random topic generator, hit 'generate topic' and talk about whatever comes up. Why a...2019-06-1028 minLife By Design Podcast#324 What are you leaving your kids?Being a parent is a fantastic experience in many ways; sometimes, because it's challenging and other times because you can experience love and joy beyond any measure possible. Children seem to be the great divider of time in our lives - almost like the B.C and A.D of us. There was your life before you had kids where you had time, other interests and could remember doing things and there's your life after kids where you're busy, on a schedule, and always have another part of you that's out there in the world...and whether...2019-06-0323 minLife By Design Podcast#323 Is Diet Soda Bad For Your Kids?The amount of low and no calories sweeteners that children get in their diets has increased two hundred percent in recent years. Obesity rates have also been climbing with one-third of children between the ages of two and nineteen overweight or obese. The obvious (maybe not so obvious) conclusion that children's weight should be decreasing or staying the same has made researchers question what's going on. It would be safe to assume that fewer calories and less sugar should amount to a decrease in weight. There's an important disclaimer that needs mentioning - weight loss does not necessarily amount to goo...2019-05-3017 minLife By Design Podcast#322 Does Free Time Make Us Unhappy?I recently finished Cal Newport's book, Digital Minimalism and really enjoyed it. There were two concepts which I found to be both urgent and vital to include in my life as soon as possible. The first was a distracted mind's intrusion on our solidarity - a topic for another day. And, two, the issue of free time and how it affects our mind. I'm paraphrasing what I've read and what my takeaways are so, please feel free to dismiss both if you'd like. But at least give me the change to share what I think...2019-05-2112 minLife By Design Podcast#321 Exercise, Sleep, Screens and Kids Under 5"Drvo se savija dok je mlado" - Croatian Proverb The above statement translated into English means that the "tree is bent when it is young." This saying can also be a metaphorical statement implying that the habits and environment experienced as a child tends to continue into adulthood. The is precisely the mindset the United Nations Public Health Agency had in mind when they made their newest recommendations for sleep, exercise and screen time in 1-5 years olds. Previously, there were no recommendations for children below five years old. However, due to the idea (and evidence) that children who are obes...2019-05-1311 minLife By Design Podcast#320 Where Do Success & Happiness Come From?"Everything is amazing, and nobody is happy" are words famously (it might be notoriously now depending on who you're asking) spoken by comedian Louis C.K in a late night talk interview with Conan O'Brien. The context was how incredible it is to be able to fly in an airplane and how even 60 years ago if you wanted to travel across the country, it could take days or weeks, not a few hours. C.K also alluded to the fact that you could get the internet now on an airplane (the interview is 2 years old...2019-04-2221 minLife By Design Podcast#319 Are Supplements Effective?An interesting study was published in the Annals of Internal Medicine looking at supplementation levels vs. nutrient levels and all-cause mortality. This means they were searching to see if people who took supplements (in general) lived longer. The Cohort study was conducted on 30 899 adults in the US above the age of 20 years old. The participants were required to answer questions and complete a survey. The findings were as such: Adequate intake of vitamin K and magnesium resulted in decreased mortality - this was limited to obtaining these nutrients from food, not supplements. Adequate intake of vitamin A, K and zinc resu...2019-04-1516 minLife By Design Podcast#318 Success: Result or Habit?"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit." -Aristotle If you've ever read a self-help book or spent any time scrolling through your phone, it's very likely that you've seen this quote by the philosopher Aristotle on the power of your habits. However, as easy as it is to understand that your habits are important and that your beliefs, actions, and luck have gotten you the results you currently have, it doesn't tell you which habits you should adopt and how to implement those habits into your life. Often times principles and ideas are...2019-04-1119 minLife By Design Podcast#317 Eggs Increase Risk Of Cardiovascular Disease? A large recently published study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association concluded that adults who consumed higher amounts of cholesterol had an increased chance of dying from cardiovascular disease. Cholesterol is thought to raise LDL (often referred to as 'bad' cholesterol) and is considered a risk for heart attack and stroke. These results came at an interesting time since the U.S Government recently removed it's recommended restriction (300 mg/day) on cholesterol stating that 'cholesterol is no longer a food of concern for over-consumption.' The general consensus among scientists was that cholesterol from food had l...2019-04-0114 minLife By Design Podcast#316 Your Ego IS Not The EnemyEvery once in a while, I read or hear quotes like the following: "A bad day for your ego is a good day for your soul." "When ego is lost, limit is lost. You become infinite, kind and beautiful." I'm not sure if I'm reading or hearing this more often than before, or whether I'm more sensitive to it now than I was in the past, but either way I disagree wholly and entirely with such sentiments. Your ego is you - the part of you that is unique and distinct from everyone else. The part that reasons, decides, chooses, love...2019-03-2515 minLife By Design Podcast#315 13 Habits To Raise Healthy ChildrenOur kids are the most important members of our family. It's our job as parents to raise them and prepare them for meeting the challenges of the world. The challenge of raising healthy, well-adapted kids is harder now than it was for our parents. There are more social pressures, larger problems, and a much different society than when we were growing up. Yet, human nature and children's physiological needs have not changed. How can we as parents still meet the needs of our child in a society more difficult to traverse than ever? On this week's podcast, we look at an artic...2019-03-1826 minLife By Design Podcast#314 Best of - The Subtle Art of Not Giving a #$*kSorry about the swear word but it’s not us… it’s our guest. Since the time this original episode aired, Mark Manson's book, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F#*K has gone on to become a New York Times Bestseller. Congrats to Mark! We thought it would be fun to go back and listen to what Mark had to say about the principles in his book in this interview with Dr. Kreso. The book is really about how to live a better life and that something we preach on Lif...2019-03-1131 minLife By Design Podcast#313 How to Stop Caring What Others ThinkWe've all been there before. You take out your phone, open your Facebook or Instagram app, start scrolling, start seeing pictures of people on vacation, new homes, new cars, date nights, cute, funny kids, lean trim physiques and you begin to think - wow, what's wrong with me, I don't have any of those things? If you're lucky, those feelings end there, and you get back to your normal life, but sometimes the envy, jealousy, and resentment are much too intense and you end up becoming miserable and ruining your day. The purpose of this podcast is to help give yo...2019-03-0411 minLife By Design Podcast#312 Not Reaching Your Weight Goals?Oh, the scale. How we all have a love/hate relationship with you. Looking and feeling good in your body is a goal we should all strive to achieve, especially since it boosts your self-esteem, and helps give you confidence for taking on the day. The purpose of this podcast is to discuss 5 reasons, that we typically see, as to why you're not reaching the ideal weight/body type that YOU want. What we covered: Why it's challenging to do things consistently that you hate doing. Muhammad Ali famously said, "I hated...2019-02-2515 minLife By Design Podcast#311 Why Register for The CrossFit Open?Thursday, February 21st marks the start of the 2019 CrossFit Open. Every year CrossFit crowns the fittest man and woman on the earth. The way you earn this prestigious title is by winning the CrossFit games, and the way you get to the CrossFit games is by entering the CrossFit Open, placing well enough to go to regionals and then winning regionals. We think you should register for the CrossFit open this year. Why would we recommend this to you? For many reasons one of which is not because we...2019-02-1821 minLife By Design Podcast#310 Will Eating Breakfast Help You lose Weight?Growing up we were always taught that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Breakfast was supposed to serve as a way to get proper nutrients into our bodies and give us the energy to meet the many challenges and needs of the day. It was also thought that eating a healthy (the jury is still out on what 'healthy' means) breakfast helped give us nutrients that would keep us full throughout the day, and would help us lose weight. However, a new study published in BMJ may disagree. According to the study...2019-02-1116 minLife By Design Podcast#309 No One Is Coming To Save YouSkills are cheap passion is priceless -Gary Vaynerchuk As we search the internet looking for topics that we believe would be helpful for you, we can't help but feel overwhelmed. Overwhelmed at the biases, overwhelmed at the atrocious and dishonest headlines, overwhelmed at context drops, overwhelmed at the rude poorly thought out comments towards others, overwhelmed at the lack of empathy and overwhelmed at the ignorance of one of the major factors that will actually make people's lives better... self-responsibility. The overwhelm hit its peak while examining the Canadian Government's phase...2019-02-0413 minLife By Design Podcast#308 Let's Talk About Mental HealthJanuary 30th is Bell's Let's Talk day and we know what's coming... Many people in our lives will share both excruciatingly painful and incredibly inspiring stories about their previous struggles and triumphs over their mental health challenges. It's always surprising who posts because you would have 'never expected that person to have a mental health problem,' and that's exactly the point - there is not one person that's not affected by mental health challenges whether directly or indirectly. The Canadian Mental Health Association reports that 1/5 people every year will have a mental...2019-01-2823 minLife By Design Podcast#307 How to Read Nutrition LabelsThe FDA has announced that in 2021 there are changes coming to the way food is labeled in America. Some of the changes include changing the serving size (they say nobody eats just 1/2 cup of ice cream), larger, bolded font for calories and a category of 'added sugars' helping people know the difference between sugars that naturally occur within the food vs. the ones that are added in. The original idea of forcing food manufacturers to use food labels was transparency. It was assumed the more people that knew about what was in their food, the...2019-01-2111 minLife By Design Podcast#306 Canada's New Food GuideAs it stands, there is no date set just yet but it has been confirmed that Canada is set to update their food guide. From everything we've read, it sounds like the updated food guide will be released sometime this year. What's different? As it sounds, from all the data and articles we could read, the new guide will be recommending fewer animal products, particularly dairy, and more plant-based products and whole grains. Hasan Hutchinson, director general of nutritional policy and promotion at Health Canada, said that the goal was to base the recommendations on the best available evidence recognized by...2019-01-1413 minLife By Design Podcast#305 Is Screentime Altering Our Kids Brains?Of course it is! Everything that any human interacts with in their environment alters their brain. Please don't just believe this headline because the obvious situation that's assumed here is that by 'altering' they mean in a negative way. On today's podcast, we examine a study on how screen affects the brains of children and attempt to discern if this is something parents should be concerned about. The study looked at 11,000, 9-10-year-olds throughout the United States and found that: MRI scans found significant differences in the brains of some children who reported using smartphones, tablets, a...2018-12-3113 minLife By Design Podcast#304 How To Tone Your ArmsThere are many misleading health articles, plenty of half-truths and an abundance of incorrect information. On today's podcast we focus on the concept of becoming 'toned.' Our definition of the word toned means - not just losing weight but maintaining or increasing your lean body mass in way that leads to visible muscle on your body. So how do you do it? Well, if you paid attention to most articles on the internet you would just have to perform these 8-10 different exercises every day, and in just a few short weeks you'd be toned. Can this advice work? Of co...2018-12-2413 minLife By Design Podcast#303 Was 2018 A Great Year?This is the last car (life) you're ever going to get... It's what you do now, today, that determines how your mind and body will operate ten, twenty, and thirty years from now. -Warren Buffett Buffett is an excellent example of learning and then applying what you've learned to catapult success. If you had asked him 20 years ago, he would have said that he didn't understand tech stocks and would not invest. Two years ago, much to the investing world's surprise, Berkshire Hathaway (Buffett's holding company) made a sizeable purchase of Apple (a tech company) after which time Apple became the...2018-12-1721 minLife By Design Podcast#302 Probiotics Don't Cure Stomach Flu (So what?)In a recent study that was published by The New England Journal Of Medicine, probiotics given to children with gastroenteritis (commonly called the stomach flu) had no effect in helping treat the stomach flu. Nine hundred seventy-one children were selected between the ages of 3 months to 4 years to participate in a randomized controlled double-blind study to measure whether probiotics had a positive effect on the treatment of the stomach flu. The conclusion reached by the medical team was the group treated with the probiotic showed no improvement over the placebo group, therefore, probiotics are not effective in treating the stomach f...2018-12-1019 minLife By Design Podcast#301 Can Science Put An End To Peanut Allergies?In a study published in the New England Journal Of Medicine, scientists and researchers were attempting to help kids with peanut allergies survive in a (for lack of better terms) peanut infested world. The clinical goal of the research was to systematically expose the treatment group to small amounts of controlled peanut protein every day for 6 months and then a maintenance dose of peanut protein everyday for another 6 months in an effort to get the children to be able to consume a small amount of peanut protein with no ill effect. In essence, the study is aimed at increasing the ad...2018-12-0316 minLife By Design Podcast#300 Why Good Posture MattersStand up straight and don't slouch. Part of being a kid is having our parents tell us to stand up tall about a million and a half times. I'm sure our parents just wanted us to look good and not look like a lazy slouch... but who would have known just how accurate their advice was with regards to maximizing the health of our bodies. Yes, it's true, many people the fear the 'ugliness' and sloppiness' that poor posture brings - nobody wants to have a massive hump at the base of their neck when they are older - but po...2018-11-2817 minLife By Design Podcast#299 Does Organic Food Reduce Cancer An article reviewing a study posted on October 23rd by the New York Times claimed that people who ate more organic meat, dairy and produce saw their cancer risk drop by 25%. As you can imagine, and hence why we're doing a podcast on this article, the headline caught our attention. Twenty-five perfect is quite a number. Imagine your salary increased by twenty-five percent? We would imagine you being very thrilled by this fact and rightfully so. The purpose of this podcast is to break down the article and talk about the possible meanings...2018-11-1911 minLife By Design Podcast#298 15 Qualities of Mentally Tough People It's called a mindset because you get to choose how you want to 'set' your 'mind.' For us at Life By Design this idea was an instant game changer. It means that you get to dictate the pace of your life, it means that you get to be in control. To be totally clear, and to play devil's advocate for that last statement, it is true, nobody completely controls their lives. We interact with people whom we can't control, the outside world is mostly unpredictable, and crap hit's the fan for all of us. So how can you...2018-11-1420 minLife By Design Podcast#297 (BEST OF) How To Burn Fat Not Store ItIn today's episode of Life By Design we bring back one of our favourite and most listened to episodes for a BEST OF week... No surprise it had to do with burning fat! What if there was something simple you could do that would help switch your body from fat storing to fat burning? What if it only took 10 seconds a day? What if there were other amazing things (like better hair, younger looking skin, better concentration and improved mental function) associated with this ‘miracle’ cure. To end the suspense go listen to today's episode of Life By Design. What we covered...2018-11-0522 minLife By Design Podcast#296 Exercise During Pregnancy Reduce Major ComplicationsIt is always nice, and not surprising when you read research that supports the idea that improving health makes everything, in this case pregnancy and birth, more comfortable and better for the person who's health increased. In a study published from the University of Alberta - 150 minutes a week of moderate exercise can result in a 40 percent reduction in the risk of developing gestational diabetes, gestational hypertension and pre-eclampsia researchers discovered. There was an interesting note that Margie Davenport, a cardiovascular researcher at the University of Alberta made, that pregnant women have been understudied in the past. The purpose of thi...2018-10-2914 minLife By Design Podcast#295 The Autoimmune Diet ProtocolAutoimmune disease can be devastating. Autoimmune diseases are challenging to diagnose (at best), can take various shapes and forms (hence the wide variety of diagnosed autoimmune disorders), can affect different organs and systems in the same person, and to top it all off, can act very differently in each person they affect. The management of autoimmune diseases has been equally frustrating. Some patients respond well to traditional medical approaches; others do not. Treatment can also be time sensitive meaning what 'worked' before does not 'work' now; with no rhyme or reason as to why. Sometimes symptoms can lie dormant for ye...2018-10-2216 minLife By Design Podcast#294 The Purpose Of EducationAt Life By Design we are big fans of knowledge. As human beings, we depend on our minds and the mind's development not only to survive but to help us (humans) solve the problems that plague us every day. Education should be paramount to both the learning and application of knowledge. Unfortunately, in some circumstances, it's not. We believe that the youth of society, those that are going to carry the torch of humanity's future are not being equipped with the tools necessary to develop their brains fully and completely. The purpose of this podcast is to share the requirements for...2018-10-1516 min