Age Less / Live More
Episodes
475: How to Recover from Exercise with Dr. Andy Galpin
04 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How to Recover from Exercise with Dr. Andy Galpin --------------------------- Has this ever happened to you? You're on a roll with a new exercise rout...
474: The Future of the Quantified Self Movement
28 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Future of the Quantified Self Movement with Dr. Michael Snyder ---------------- What if a $50 smart watch could give you early warning signs for i...
473: How to Control Your Fear with Dr. Amy Silver
21 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How to Control Your Fearwith Dr. Amy Silver ---------------------------Humans are hard-wired to fear anything that puts us in harm's way. But what do ...
472: An Introduction to Mindfulness with Dr. Shauna Shapiro
13 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
An Introduction to Mindfulness Dr. Shauna Shapiro ----------- Where were you when you learned that U.S. president #45 was elected? Do you remember the...
471: Brain Health Matters with Dr. Dale Bredesen
07 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Brain Health Matters Dr. Dale Bredesen ------------- The FDA approved a new Alzheimer's drug, Aduhelm, and it's estimated to cost medicare $57 billi...
470: Meditation & Neurofeedback with Ariel Garten
30 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation & Neurofeedback with Ariel Garten --------------------You're probably tried meditation apps, but have you tried measuring your brain wave ...
469: Exploring the Hathapradipika with Dr. Jim Mallinson
23 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Exploring the Hathapradipika Dr. Jim Mallinson -------------- Most yoga teachers cite the Yoga Sutras as the original source of modern practices, but ...
468: Dangers of Modern Medicine with Dr. Robert Pearl
16 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dangers Modern Medicine with Dr. Robert Pearl -------------------- How much would you spend to feel healthy and energized? If you were truly sick, you...
467: Sleep it Off with Stella Loichot
09 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sleep it Off with Stella Loichot ---- If you sleep badly, it can create a metabolic storm that leads to elevated stress hormones, food cravings, and i...
466: Improve Your Posture with Matt Hsu
03 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Improve Your Posture with Matt Hsu -------------------- Do you have a hunchback? Have high heeled shoes led to shortened hip flexors? Postural imbalan...
465: Does Yoga Work for Weight Loss with Lucas Rockwood
26 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Does Yoga Work for Weight Loss? with Lucas Rockwood Does yoga actually help with weight loss? Does it burn more calories than running or gym workouts...
464: Self-Care for Pain & Injuries with Dr. Dan Ginader
19 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Self-Care for Pain & Injuries with Dr. Dan Ginader -------- Have you ever gotten obsessed with a new diet or exercise routine? Enthusiasm is rare,...
463: Magnesium, a Love Story with Dr. Carolyn Dean
12 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Magnesium, a Love Storywith Dr. Carolyn Dean-----------------Magnesium is a favorite among yoga students due to its crucial role in nervous system hea...
462: The Power of Dreams with Charlie Morley
05 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Power of Dreamswith Charlie Morley ------------------- Did you know that you have four-to-six dream cycles per night totaling about two hours? If ...
461: What Comes Next? Q&As Galore with Lucas Rockwood
28 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What Comes Next? Q&As Galore with Lucas Rockwood--------------Will you ever go back to the office? Will kids ever take in-person school seriously agai...
460: Rethinking Physical Pain with Aaron Kubal
21 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Rethinking Physical Pain with Aaron Kubal ------------- Have you ever experienced chronic back or knee pain? An estimated 80% of people have a major...
459: Making sense of Food with Robb Wolf
14 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Making Sense of Food with Robb Wolf -------- You step into your local health food store, and the confusion begins. Keto, Paleo, low fat, high fat. It'...
458: Tendencies, Habits & Change with Gretchen Rubin
07 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Tendencies, Habits & Change with Gretchen Rubin ---------------------------- Every few months a new productivity book hits the shelves, and of course,...
457: Hope is a Verb with Amy Downs
30 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hope is a Verb with Amy Downs ------------- Amy was buried under the rubble of the Oklahoma City Federal Building during the 1995 attack. Fully consci...
456: Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization with with Michael Rintala, D.C
24 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization Michael Rintala, D.CHave back pain? If you ask a yoga teacher, they will give you three stretches. If you go to a ...
455: Healing Trauma, Sexuality & Boundaries with Kimberly Johnson
17 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Healing Trauma, Sexuality & Boundaries with Kimberly Johnson -------- Past traumas often haunt us emotionally and sometimes even manifest as physical ...
454: Proactive Personal Health Care with Dr. Doug Pucci
10 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Proactive Personal Health Care with Dr. Doug Pucci----------- I went to the doctor to get routine blood work and was sent home with a prescription fo...
453: Surviving the Mental Health Pandemic with Guy Winch
03 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Surviving the Mental Health Pandemic with Guy Winch ---------------------- Suicide ideation is rampant among youth, divorce rates are skyrocketing, an...
452: How to Find Your Purpose with Ashley Stahl
24 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How to Find Your Purpose with Ashley Stahl ----------------- Kyle invested his life savings into a health resort overlooking the sea. I told him it wa...
451: Breakup Bootcamp with Amy Chan
17 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Breakup Bootcamp with Amy Chan --------------------------- What is love? If you ask 100 people, you'll get 100 different answers; and yet here we ar...
450: 7 Steps to Self Confidence with David Nurse
09 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
7 Steps to Self Confidence with David Nurse ---------------- You're on fire. Every decision, every conversation, and even the way your body moves feel...
449: Healthy Skin as You Age with Dr. Shadi Kourosh
03 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Healthy Skin as You Age with Dr. Shadi Kourosh --------------------------- "You look old, Dad," my nine year old told me. He was teasing me, of cours...
448: Turn Adversity into Advantage with Doug Bopst
27 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Turn Adversity into Advantage with Doug Bopst --------------- "I took the deal… and the last thing I did was snort a few hundred milligrams of oxy,"...
447: Psychological Flexibility with Steven Hayes PhD
20 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Psychological Flexibility with Steven Hayes, PhD ------------------------- The rate of change has accelerated 2-5x in the past year. The job change yo...
446: Thoughts on the End of Life with Charles Garfield
13 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Thoughts on the End of Lifewith Charles Garfield---------Death and loss are inevitable, nobody was prepared for this. COVID-19 has taken the lives of ...
445: Get to Know Your Testosterone with Dr. Tracy Gapin
05 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Get to Know Your Testosterone by Dr. Tracy Gapin ----------- Testosterone levels in modern men are lower than any time in recorded history. This cause...
444: In Search of Mastery with Michael Gervais
30 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In Search of Mastery with Michael Gervais ----------- What does it mean to self actualize? To become your personal best at whatever it is you do? F...
443: Get To Know Your Genes with Dr Yael Joffe
22 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Get To Know Your Genes with Dr. Yael Joffe ------- Have you done a DNA test to discover your true ancestry? Tens of millions of people give up their g...
442: Fantastic Fungi with Eugenia Bone
15 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Fantastic Fungi with Eugenia Bone ---------------------- It's mushroom season in Cataluña, so the markets are filled with orange, white, and even j...
441: Happy Pessimist with Mattias Lundberg
09 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Pessimist with Mattias Lundberg --------- Has your life been turned upside down in 2020? How are you feeling? Positive thinking and optimism are...
440: Overcome Fear with Kristen Ulmer
02 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Overcome Fear with Kristen Ulmer Extreme skiing is defined by an ever-present risk of death. It's a sport that demands a deep relationship and ac...
439: Mindfulness Addiction with Dr. Jud Brewer
25 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mindfulness a Solution for Addiction? Dr. Jud Brewer ------ If we define addiction as continued behavior despite adverse consequences, we all have c...
438: Respiratory Therapy with Joe Lewis
17 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Respiratory Therapy with Joe Lewis If you're interested in pranayama and breathwork, there is so much more to discover than simply "oxygenation." As a...
437: CBD for Pain & Sleep with Mary Clifton
12 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
CBD for Pain & Sleep with Mary Clifton Marijuana is quickly becoming legal or at least decriminalized in most states. Billions of dollars of previo...
436: Reflexology & Energy Balance with Helen Chin Lui
04 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Reflexology & Energy Balance with Helen Chin Lui Set and setting are often overlooked when it comes to healing. Set refers to your mindset going i...
435: The Power of Pessimism - COVID-19 Survival
28 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Power of Pessimism - COVID-19 Survival with Lucas Rockwood ----- What if this COVID-19 crisis lasts another six months? Or another two years? Our ...
434: Understanding Your Bloodwork with Todd Strong
21 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Understanding Your Bloodwork with Todd Strong When was the last time you went to your doctor for a checkup? Did you make any requests or did you just ...
433: Reverse Aging with Lifelong "Play" with Stephen Jepson
14 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Reverse Aging with Lifelong "Play" with Stephen Jepson ----------------------------------------------- Aging starts with the loss of lean muscle and m...
432: Sex Robots & Vegan Meat with Jenny Kleeman
07 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sex Robots & Vegan Meat Jenny Kleeman -------------- Disruptive technology has defined our generation and captured our collection imagination. I haven...
431: How to Succeed with Yoga & Fitness At Home with Lucas Rockwood
30 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How to Succeed with Yoga & Fitness At Home with Lucas Rockwood COVID-19 has forced and inspired hundreds of millions of people to start at-home yoga...
430: Is Personality Permanent with Benjamin Hardy
23 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Is Personality Permanent? with Benjamin Hardy Have you ever taken an online personality test? Myers-Briggs, Kolbe or the "Big 5"? If you have, you no...
429: Fast, Feast, Repeat with Gin Stephens
16 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Fast, Feast, Repeat with Gin Stephens -------------- When we think of dieting and weight loss, the first thing that comes to mind is calorie counting...
428: But What if Your Workplace is Toxic? with Robert Glazer
08 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
But What if Your Workplace is Toxic? with Robert Glazer --------------- I had an office job that was so boring, I used to photocopy my face while g...
427: 8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back with Esther Gokhale
02 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back with Esther Gokhale ---------------- Office chairs were always bad news for spinal health, but now most people are wor...
426: The Importance of Friendship with Lydia Denworth
26 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Importance of Friendship with Lydia Denworth----------------I spent six weeks in March and April of this year in a fairly strict lockdown in Barce...
425: The Science of Sin with Dr. Jack Lewis
19 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Science of Sin with Dr. Jack Lewis The seven deadly sins are: pride, greed, wrath, envy, lust, gluttony, and sloth. Religious or not, most of us ...
424: The Joy of Movement with Kelly McGonigal
12 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Joy of Movement with Kelly McGonigal ------------------- Many of us chase happiness in life but happy states are fleeting anomalies largely out ...
423: The Meritocracy Trap: How the Myth Feeds Inequality with Daniel Markovits
05 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Meritocracy Trap: How the Myth Feeds Inequality with Daniel Markovits ------------------- Every year I live outside the U.S. I'm able to better un...
422: The Strength Therapist with Sam Spinelli
29 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Strength Therapist Sam Spinelli -------- Of all the muscles in your body, your heart muscle gets the most attention - and for good reason. Cardiov...
421: How to Change Your Mind with Jon Venus
22 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How to Change Your Mind with Jon Venus -------------------------------------- "If it bleeds it leads" has always informed mass media, but for the past...
420: Neurodharma with Rick Hanson
15 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation can reduce cortisol, increase telomere length, improve concentration, and foster feelings of unity. But it's also very, very hard to practi...
419: The Story of a Mouth Breather with James Nestor
08 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What do snoring, crooked teeth, and mouth breathing have in common? All these conditions can indicate or even predict a whole series of chronic health...
418: The Power of Ritual with Casper Ter Kuile
30 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Power of Ritual with Casper Ter Kuile ------------------------------ After just five swipes of your newsfeed, and you'll immediately see ideology ...
417: Time Off with John Fitch
23 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Time Off with John Fitch ----------------- "You can have anything you want in life, but you can't have everything." Most of our biggest dreams are t...
416: The Children of the Future Jay Belsky, PhD
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Children of the Future Jay Belsky, PhD ----------- "I don't know the meaning of life, but I know the purpose of life. It is to create more life." ...
415: Detox Your Thoughts with Andrea Bonior
10 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Detox Your Thoughts with Andrea Bonior --------- The COVID-19 pandemic has dominated the news for months as a quiet crisis, one of mental health, has ...
414: How to Control Your Attention with Nir Eyal
03 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How to Control Your Attention with Nir Eyal ---------------- How is it possible that with social distancing, telecommuting, and almost zero social e...
413: Understanding Madness with Susannah Cahalan
27 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Understanding Madnesswith Susannah Cahalan --------------------------Susannah was an ambitious young adult starting an exciting life in New York Ci...
412: Men with Meaning & Purpose with Connor Beaton
20 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Men with Meaning & Purposewith Connor Beaton--------What do you call a man who cannot perform, provide, and protect? Many people would call him a lose...
411: Heart Rate Variability Simplified Marco Altini
13 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Heart Rate Variability Simplified Marco Altini------------- "I know my body!" is something I hear from yoga students constantly. Sometimes they want t...
410: Water, Whiskey, Coffee - Yoga Breathing Made Simple With Lucas Rockwood
07 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Water, Whiskey, Coffee - Yoga Breathing Made Simple With Lucas Rockwood "It's not stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it." - Hans Selye Men...
409: Losing it All in COVID-19
29 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Losing it All in COVID-19with Lucas Rockwood--------------Greetings from Barcelona. We're nearly 2 months into COVID-19 lockdown, and instead of our u...
408: The Pleasure Gap - Women's Inequality in the Bedroom
23 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Pleasure Gap - Women's Inequality in the Bedroom Katherine Rowland----------------------"Sex without love is as hollow and ridiculous as love with...
407: Adversity into Advantage with Laura Huang
15 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Adversity into AdvantageLaura Huang ----------------------------As I get older, I appreciate the struggles of my past almost as much as the successes,...
406: How Successful People See the World with Emily Balcetis
08 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How Successful People See the World with Emily Balcetis ----------------- I ran out of laundry detergent last week and couldn't motivate myself to ...
405: Premature with Sarah Digregorio
02 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Premature Sarah Digregorio----------------- Once a month I have to tell a pregnant yoga student that she cannot practice in our studio, cannot hang up...
404: The New Science of Self Actualization with Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman
26 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The New Science of Self Actualization with Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman ---------------------------When I feel frustrated with my place in the world, it'...
403: How to Overcome COVID-19 Anxiety with Dr. David Carbonell
18 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
You're stuck at home, your economic future is uncertain, and it's difficult to plan more than one day at a time. To make things even more challenging,...
402: Yoga for All Bodies with Jivana Heyman
11 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I once had a yoga student with a prosthetic leg. I didn't realize until I attempted to push her heel to the floor in Downward Dog. I assumed that she ...
401: Perfectly Hidden Depression with Dr. Margaret Rutherford
04 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A close friend lost her husband tragically and suddenly, but she was back in the office just two weeks later. She shed a few tears that first month, b...
400: Become a Conflict Master with Dr. Jennifer Goldman-Wetzler
26 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Do you have a talky coworker who never gives you space to share your ideas? Do you have a neighbor who does home repairs at 2 am? Or a spouse that nev...
399: The Power of 'Thank You' with Nancy Davis Kho
20 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My piano lessons were a dark, 45-minute drive from home. Mom and I left home at 6:30 am on Tuesday mornings to get there before school. "Luke is reall...
398: Better Your Relationship with Maya Diamond
12 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"I'm not sure if you feel things the way I do," she said. "I feel everything." I was twenty-one, she was twenty-three. The window looked out at a bric...
397: 13 Years Training Yoga Teachers with Lucas Rockwood
06 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I always wanted to be a writer. Kerouac, Hemmingway, and Carver were my heros. Later it was playwrights Kushner, Ibsen, and Chekov. I'd drag home back...
396: Our Mental Health Crisis Kenneth Paul Rosenberg, MD
30 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The three largest mental health facilities in the USA are Rickers, Cooks Country and LA Twin Towers Jails. The mentally ill have literally been relega...
You Are What Your Grandparents Ate with Judith Finlayson
23 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Two mice are genetically identical, but one ends up obese and yellow and the other ends up mousy brown and healthy as expected. What's the difference?...
How to Climb Mt Everest Without Leaving the United States with Jesse Itzler
16 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I have a challenge for you. Take a pencil to paper and map out your past five years on a line graph with peaks being the great experiences and valleys...
393: The Intelligence Trap with David Robson
09 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Jobs had genius-level intelligence and built one of the largest and most influential companies in the world. This is impressive, but at the same...
392: Turn Your Health Passion into a Business with John Berardi
02 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I started moonlighting as a yoga teacher and nutritional coach in my 20s while I still kept my day job. I didn't know if I could turn my passion into ...
391: The Rabbit Effect with Dr. Kelli Harding
25 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Loneliness, living alone and poor social connections are as bad for your health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. It's worse for you than obesity. And y...
390: How to Break Bad Habits with Wendy Wood
19 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
You could still smoke indoors when I moved to Spain in 2009. Thankfully, it was banned in 2010 as part of an on-going anti-tobacco campaign that has s...
389: How to Live Forever with David Sinclair, PH.D.
12 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I've set a personal goal to live to be 122, and I specifically chose this number because it seems like a stretch but also totally within the realm of ...
388: Being Ketotarian with Dr. Will Cole
05 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When you're fasting, your body undergoes rapid healing that is very well-documented and exciting, but it's also extremely impractical. When you spend ...
387: Neuroscience and Leadership with Dr. Tara Swart
28 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
My worst fear with aging is losing my cognitive abilities, forgetting my kids' names, and just becoming an old fool. It's easy to assume that the brai...
386: Your Brain on Birth Control with Sarah E. Hill, PhD
21 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hormonal birth control has been directly correlated with weight gain, mental health problems, and decreased libido—not exactly an ideal mix when it ...
385: Binaural Beats & Meditation with Cory Allen
13 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I had a rough year in 2006. It was the year I opened my first yoga studio. I should have been on cloud nine, but I wasn't ready for all that responsib...
384: Tiny Habits that Lead to Big Change with Dr. BJ Fogg
07 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I wanted to run a marathon this year. The truth is, I hardly ever run, but like any good mid-life crisis man, I wanted to tackle that goal to prove to...
383: The Nocturnal Brain With Dr. Guy Leschziner
30 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
You close your blackout curtains, flip your phone to airplane mode, and crawl into bed with all the best intentions to get 7.5 hours of sleep—and th...
382: The State of the Heart With Haider Warraich
24 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I said goodbye to my grandfather when I was 8 years old. He had his first heart attack, and my mom was convinced he didn't have long to live. Turns ou...
381: A Year Spent Growing & Foraging Your Own Food with Rob Greenfield
16 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Would you survive if you had to grow or forage your own food for an entire year? Would you eat roadkill, wild yam, coconuts, and acorn grubs? Rob Gree...
380: CO2 is Your Friend with Dr. Artour Rahkimov
10 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
"Inhale fresh, life-giving oxygen… exhale toxic, dead carbon dioxide," said my yoga teacher. I've heard some variation of this hundreds of times in ...
379: Know Your Nerves: Polyvagal Theory with Deb Dana
02 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
People often compare the human body to a car, but this is a bad analogy (unless it's a Tesla) because your body doesn't contain a combustion engine. Y...
378: Kids Sleep, Parents Sleep - We All Need to Sleep! with Craig Canapari, MD
26 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
My second child has black circles under his eyes in all his photos from birth to age four. He slept as little as possible and willed himself through m...
377: Medical-Industrial Complex with Mike Magee, MD
19 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The American life expectancy is currently 79, which sounds great until you realize that is the 26th in line worldwide. Despite being one of the most d...
376: A Life Less Stressed with Dr. Ron Ehrlich
12 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I live in Spain where the average life expectancy just hit 83 years—number three in the world, less than one percentage of a point behind Switzerlan...