Overcome and Become

Overcome and Become

Tune in to learn skills, systems, and tools to improve brain, physical, mental, spiritual and emotional health. Tapping into decades of personal experience, formal training, and the school of life, James Keddington takes you on a journey to help you sustain a functional life, develop resiliency to overcome all the challenges life throws at you, and keep the ambition alive while working on becoming the person you know you are destined to be. If human performance, health and wellness, and becoming your best self is important to you in your personal life, at work, and in other ambitious endeavors, this podcast is for you. Better Me Nation helps individuals overcome the hard stuff in life, so they can focus on becoming their best selves. This is done through group and private health and wellness coaching. Better Me Nation also works with growing the human performance capacity of their team members through education, executive consulting / retreats, and health coaching for employees. James Keddington spent 20 years in marketing before taking a turn into the health and wellness world. The catalyst for this change was his own declining health and health challenges of his daughter. During these journeys, James discovered the world of Integrative Health and Nutrition, and subsequently went back to school and got an education from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition, and is now a certified Integrative Nutrition Coach. Free Download: 10 Lifestyle protocols for improving every category of health. Click here. Free Facebook Group: Better Me Nation - Join Here. Follow on LinkedIn: James Keddington or Better Me Nation Subscribe to our newsletter here.

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May 31, 2024 38 mins
Coping with death is hard. There is no easy way to do it. Prior to 2015, I had a hard time even talking about death with people. I did not know how to talk to someone who had lost a loved one. Then, between 2015 and 2017 I lost over 10 people. 

Today is not about my loss though. My guest today is Linda Henderson. At the age of 27, her pregnant daughter Andrea was the passenger in a car. This car was stopped at a light when a truck d...
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You have heard that food is fuel. You've also heard that food can help heal our bodies. You may have even heard that with proper nutrition you can reverse chronic disease. 

Today's guest is Darin Bernston. Darin changed his diet and reversed his Type 2 Diabetes.

Over 10% of the adult population has Type 2 Diabetes. It is one of the fastest growing, if not the fastest, of all preventable diseases among young people and adults alike. 

T...
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Have you ever considered the importance of hygiene for your mind, just as you do for your body? 🧠🚿

We've all established routines to care for our physical health, be it brushing our teeth, taking showers, or washing hands before meals. These habits are crucial to prevent the spread of diseases and maintain our well-being. But, how many of us have established routines for our mental health? 🤔

Maintaining a hygiene routine for menta...
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Food is complicated. Is it fuel? Is it nutrition? Why do I eat foods I know don’t make me feel good. On a biological level, food is simple. But food impacts more than just how our body operates. It also has a huge impact on how we fee. That is what makes it so complicated.

Our emotions can get messy, for thousands of reasons. Most of us are emotional eaters. Thus the term, comfort food. But for some of us, it is out of control.

In th...
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From time to time, guests on this podcast get me to open up and be vulnerable.
This is one of those times. I don’t want to put any spoilers out there, other than it has to do with a short live breathwork session. 

Breath work is a powerful tool to assist in all areas of our health. It is also a great catalyst to getting more out of meditative practices.

But what is breathwork? Should you even care? Well, the answer is yes, otherwise i...
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April 19, 2024 66 mins
When I was 21 years old, I had surgery on my jaw to improve a very pronounced underbite. It was the 2nd time in 5 years I was having this surgery. Two months later I wound up in the hospital with a swollen face. A sinus infection had penetrated unhealed gaps where they cut my jaw, and leaked into the area between my skin and flesh throughout my face. It was extremely painful. Physically and emotionally. I remember looking in the mi...
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In the very first moments of this podcast I was shocked and speechless. I could not believe the things coming out of his mouth.

Dr. Robb Kelly has lived a very colorful life. He began drinking and using drugs at the age of 9. he was a set musician at Abbey Road and played with some of the world's leading performers. He received a PhD from Cambridge University, has been homeless, battled alcoholism, and now is helping people know how...
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Millions of people each year lose weight, and then gain it back. Millions of people start new habits, only to fail to keep them as lifestyle routines.

We want to do better, be better. We know what we need to do. So why is lasting change so hard.
Well, it is not as simple as grit and will power. Our minds are powerful. Meaningful change starts with mindset and beliefs.

In todays episode I sit down with Dr. Saara Haapanen. Saara has a b...
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Most of us decide to make a change in life when things are not going well. Turns out, that is not the best time. When times get really hard, our mental resiliency is not at its peak, and so the time to making lasting changes is not ideal.

We know that in life there are always going to be ups and downs. Those who weather the hard times best will be focused on making positive lifestyle changes when things are well, so they are better ...
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March 22, 2024 65 mins
What is the real cause in the rise of mental health issues? Over the past 10 years, we have been in an unprecedented mental health crisis. Anxiety, depression, and suicide are all  increasing. This is not even a fraction of the mental health issues facing everyday people. It does not take a genius to know that  the rise has been on an even  steeper incline since the pandemic of 2020.

While there are many contributing factors, resear...
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While I normally have guests to discuss a variety of topics, today I will be sharing with you 4 tips on how to overcome the hard stuff in life so you can ambitiously focus on becoming your best self.


I talk about the importance of being courageous, how to fight the negative narratives, how to increase your capacity for personal growth, and why doing hard things on purpose is important to overcoming the hard things that come uninvite...
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Today’s episode is with John Dye, the Executive Director of Skylight.org. In this episode, John and I have a great conversation about Spiritual Health. Spiritual health is not a topic often on the podcast, but one I wish was more frequent. The reason for the infrequency is that discussions on spiritual health can easily go down non-scientific and very new age path that I don’t want to travel down. For that reason, I am very selecti...
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James Keddington talks about his own journey with food and nutrition. The roles are flipped and James is interviewed on his own podcast by non other than Kat Keddington - his biggest supporter and champion.

In this very candid and transparent conversation , I divulge some personal experiences never shared before with anyone else. I go into why I made changes in my life and why I made those changes.

Topics covered are:
  • What are th...
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February 14, 2024 56 mins
Todays episode is with Adrienne Wise.

Adrienne Wise is a Trauma-Informed Care Consultant who partners with individuals, corporations, and organizations globally to create mentally and emotionally healthy workplaces and environments. She holds an MA in Community Counseling from Marymount University and a BS in Psychology from George Mason University.

In our conversation, Adrienne and I talk about real world situations that trauma sho...
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In today’s episode I have a frank discussion on nutrition, weight loss, and healthy habit mindsets with Alexis Whitney. Alexis is a Muay Thai competitor and the owner of a local Muay Thai gym in Salt Lake City.

Alexis helps her students and others navigate the cutting process in a healthy way. Cutting is a term in the fighting world for losing weight to make the cut, for a certain weight class.

Alexis is familiar with extreme metho...
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January 31, 2024 26 mins
Sleep is one of the most important things that we can do for our health. Not just our mental health, but also our brain health, our relationships, for our work, and for our emotional health. When we're not sleeping well, our brain suffers dramatically. Our body needs rest. Our brain needs rest if we're to function well and when these things get depleted, everything gets depleted. But not everybody finds it easy to sleep.

When I was...
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Melanie Keller is a 2x cancer survivor and nutrition expert. She sits down with me to discuss what a whole food plant based diet really looks like.

People like Jay Shetty, Dr. Hyman, Dan Buettner, Rob Zombie, Will.I.AM, Jay-Z, Benedict Cumberbatch and many others adopt this lifestyle of eating or something closely similar.

In probably my favorite discussion to date about nutrition, I learned so much from Melanie. She is a wealth of k...
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January 18, 2024 60 mins
Does your home impact your health? It sure does. How your home is organized and flows makes a huge impact on your mental and emotional health, as well as your relationships within that home. In today's episode I sit down and talk with Ashley Stuart, owner and CEO of ReThink Clutter, a home organization company.

Ashley is not just an expert on the best places to put things to make your space look and function well, but knows why thos...
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In this episode I sit down with Lora Erickson, AKA, The Blonde Runner. Lora is not just a running and triathlon coach, but she helps her athletes hone in on their nutrition.

This episode is the first of many in our nutrition series for 2024. With a big emphasis on macros lately, I thought I would invite Lora to talk about what they are, and why they matter.
I hope you enjoy.

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In today’s episode I talk with Eli Adams, co-author with his wife mandy, the book, Luci Tames Her Tiger: Managing The Anxiety Within.

In our conversation we talk about how to discuss mental health with children, role played a common scenario, and share tips for parents who are struggling to help their children with mental health challenges. I hope you enjoy the conversation as much as I did.

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