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SFL Episode 128: Systemanomics, with Rik Chakraborti

April 16, 2021 Guest User
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This week, a ponderous diversion into the world of behavioural economics, with Economics Professor and Systema practitioner Rik Chakraborti.  At first glance, you might not think that economics and martial arts have much in common. But in truth, both involve the resolution of internal conflicts, warring instincts and incentives, and a keen understanding of human behaviour.   

Here, we get into:

  • Rik's attraction to Systema as an operating system

  • Varying motivations for training martial arts

  • How are choices reveal our underlying preferences

  • Setting yourself up for success in training and life

 Enjoy!

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SFL Episode 127: On Not Being An A**hole

March 19, 2021 Guest User
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This episode sees the return of author, health and wellness coach, and host of the Plant Yourself podcast Howard Jacobson. Prompted by nothing and nobody in particular, we tackle the tricky subject of how not to be an a**hole - especially when you are trying to coach or change somebody for the better. Along the way, we touch upon:

  • When and why good intentions go bad

  • Clarifying your motivations

  • Recognizing where the power lies (hint: it's not with you)

  • The three golden rules of a**hole avoidance

Howie's new book - co-authored with Peter Bregman - will out later this year. 

Mentioned in this episode: 

How Emotions Are Made by Lisa Feldman-Barrett

The Bregman Leadership Podcast

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SFL Episode 126: Dr Casey Means

March 5, 2021 Guest User
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This week, an interesting departure into the field of nutrition and metabolism, with Stanford-educated physician, metabolic health expert, and Co-founder / Chief Medical Officer of Levels Health, Dr Casey Means.

We know that diet, nutrition, and metabolism are critically important to overall health, regardless of other behaviours and considerations in life. As it has been said - you can't out-exercise a bad diet. You can't out-relax or out-meditate it, either. But given that there is such a glut of information out there on diet, nutrition, and metabolism, it can be hard to know who to believe, which metrics to trust, where to focus for the optimal result. 

Enter Casey Means and Levels - a unique biodfeedback system that measures real-time blood glucose levels in order to help you make connections between your lifestyle choices, your unique metabolism, and your overall health.  Here, we get into:

  • Why metabolism is so important to overall health

  • Why individuals process the same foods in different ways

  • Why "a calorie is a calorie" is an incomplete and misleading model for human nutrition

  • How sleep, stress, and movement affect metabolism


Find out more about Levels - and read high-quality scientific articles on metabolic health - here

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