March 7, 2024 • 58 mins
Discover the secret sauce to invigorating your life with high-vibrational habits as we share anecdotes from our latest jet-set escapades and our unbridled enthusiasm for the Natural Products Expo in Anaheim. Get ready to join a tribe that celebrates the alchemy of organic eating, laughter-infused man baths, and the art of thriving relationships. We invite you into our world of wellness, where nourishment goes beyond the plate, and self-care rituals break the mold - because who says a man can't conquer stress with a machete in one hand and a bath bomb in the other?
Dive headfirst into a treasure trove of clean living wisdom, where we unravel the hidden perils lurking in your everyday personal care products with an eye-opening look at the beauty industry's alarming under-regulation. We're casting a spotlight on the life-enhancing wonders of adaptogens and how they can shield you from the relentless pressures of modern life. Join us as we peel back the layers, offering you pragmatic tips and favorite products to purify your home and fortify your spirit, ensuring you're equipped to ward off those energy-sapping villains.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
That was a stunning idea.
I'm dead serious.
This time next year there willbe a product called the man bath
that you have to open up with amachete.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
A machete, a machete Shoo.
Welcome to the EmpowermentCouple podcast, where your path
to self-mastery expands.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
My co-host is empowerment coach Zuri Starr.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
And he's expansion coach Mikey Starr.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
Together, we are the Empowerment Couple.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Our mission is simple to serve you love, so you can
make informed decisions toregain and maintain your
personal power.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
We'll take you on a journey to a life filled with
purpose, passion and limitlesspossibilities, while sharing
stories of transformation,wellness hacks and healthy
habits backed by science andancient wisdom.
Speaker 2 (00:46):
Plus, we'll keep you entertained with engaging games,
banter and funny innuendosalong the way.
Each episode is an excitingblend of education,
entertainment and empowermentdesigned to help you create a
mindset to be a magnet for morelove, happiness and abundance.
Speaker 1 (01:03):
Together with our special guests.
We are dedicated to sharinginformation that empowers you to
co-create your most beautifullife.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
So if you're ready to embrace the power within, hit
that subscribe button and let'sembark on this empowering
journey together.
We just be jet-setting, michael.
We just be jet-setting.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
You know what the ups and downs of jet-setting is.
Returning from being jet-settedand then just being jet-sat, I
feel like something just sat onme.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
You do.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
I'm tired.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
Yeah, yeah, I am finding that running all of
those programs on the Healy thatI set you, like the, you know,
geopathy, and some of those havereally helped me.
But yeah, there's nothing Likeif you are six to nine hour time
difference and you come homeyou're going to be a little
funky, no matter what you do.
(02:00):
Just a touch, just a touch.
So we're heading off again toNatural Products Expo next week
and someone asked us why we wereattending and I was like it led
to like this long conversation,this explanation of like oh,
this is why we're going and thisand this and this.
But the discussion was reallyabout, like how we fuel our
(02:20):
bodies with healthy food habits,self-care supplements,
adaptogens and natural remediesand that's how we are able to
show up as the empowermentcouple.
But you've likely heard us talkabout the importance of organic
food before and the work I'vedone inside of the organic
movement with social media andjust social activism.
(02:42):
But, yeah, we're going to talka little bit more today.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
Yeah, indeed, you probably listened to why Eat
Organic.
Bro, which is a stunningpodcast.
In what?
Season two, season one, wow,okay.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
Just a long time ago.
Speaker 1 (02:59):
And you've probably heard some of our stories, but
today we wanted to highlight allthe various reasons we have
unlimited energy and share thesethings as if you're new to our
show.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
Yes, yes, yes, yes.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
So we're going to start from scratch.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
Even from jet setting , we still started working on
Monday and have been hauling ass.
So, while you're like, I'm alittle tired, like part of it is
because we are out of balance,like we are out of our habit,
right yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
And we were.
We were working in layovers,like everywhere we go, we work.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
Yeah, so there's love to there's.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
there's love that needs to be served.
Yes, that's exactly.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
So if you're part of our empowered posse or you've
been in private coachingcontainers, some of this you
might already know, but some ofthis might be totally new to you
.
But you might also be wonderinglike, what the heck is X-Bow S?
So it's the natural products,um X-Bow, and two of them take
place, one on the West and oneon the East every year.
Uh, I've, I've been going sinceI was very, very young, um with
(04:02):
my dad and with differentclients and um and it just keeps
growing and it just keepsgrowing.
Like it, organic is one of thelargest growing sectors and when
you go to X-Bow West, it's like70,000 people I think they're
estimating like a hundredthousand people showing up and
it's just like a large tradeshow.
But then there's alsoconference element and you're
(04:24):
likely to see like differentpeople who, um, you know, own
the brands, of course, but thenyou see celebrities who, and
influencers who are thereendorsing different brands and
collecting, you know,information about like products
that they like.
Speaker 1 (04:39):
So and it's massive too.
I mean, imagine a footballfield worth of vendors, yeah,
and then that's one floor.
That's one floor, yeah, andthen there's the next floor and
the next floor and the nextfloor, so you can spend a full
day in one floor and not seeeverything.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
Yeah, so we are going to be there for a few different
reasons, but let's just likedive right in.
We will leave you links tocheck this out.
If you are in the SouthernCalifornia area, it's in Anaheim
this year.
It's in Anaheim every year atthe convention center.
If you want to check it out, ifthis is something that you're
interested in, if this is new toyou, or if you're going to be
(05:14):
there, hey, let us know, becauseI would love to see you and
give you a hug.
Ok, so tell me, mike, what areyou like, what organic or
natural product that you aremost excited about seeing, or
brand or person Like?
What are you most jazzed upabout?
Speaker 1 (05:30):
OK, so my order of operation is snacks, because
that's seriously that's one ofthe hardest things to find Like
a healthy snack alternative whenyou're trying to live or you're
trying to eat high vibrationalfoods on the regular.
Speaker 2 (05:44):
Yeah, right so.
Speaker 1 (05:45):
I'm interested in finding some new snacks, because
I'm an eater.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
Like high protein snacks.
Speaker 1 (05:52):
Yeah, high protein snacks.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
Mike's on his workout tip right now.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
Stuff that is a benefit to the body.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (05:59):
It tastes good, it's handy, it comes from a box, but
it's also, you know it has Likea whole food.
Exactly, it has some nutritionaldensity I'm really excited
about.
You know, of course, anythingthat's related to yoga and
meditation.
I'm looking forward to maybeseeing some of the brands that
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are coming in with some of themeditative devices, some of the
devices that help with, like abrollers and shoulder rollers and
foot massagers.
You know things like thatBecause all those things lead to
an overall state of happiness,right, because you use those
products to get through thosehard times, absolutely Traveling
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and all that stuff.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
Yep.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
And then I'm really interested in meeting some of
the people who have createdthese brands Right, it's really
cool to have that, thathandshake, you know, with
someone who has producedsomething that has brought you
value.
Speaker 2 (06:59):
Yeah, absolutely We'll bet you.
So I feel like every year I getreally excited about like
product innovations and I'm soexcited just to like see what
they've come up with.
Like every expo has like acertain ingredient that you'll
just see like over and over andover again.
Like one year it was like, ah,say like maybe 10 years ago, and
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then you know like it alwayschanges.
And then I was like oh, there'scoconut, you know yogurt or you
know what I mean?
Speaker 1 (07:27):
Kale yeah.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
Well, like there's just like specific ingredients
that just get so much play.
Like you know, a couple ofyears ago it was like
Ashwagandha and it was in likeeverything.
It was like Ashwagandha shotsand like anyway.
So which is great, like it'sjust awesome.
But I want to see theinnovation.
You know, sometimes people comeup with these things that
you're like whoa, that's so cool.
(07:48):
So I'm excited about that andjust seeing everyone and being
at, you know, the award showsand seeing friends and extended
family of our, you know, organicmovement.
So, yeah, I'm just excited tobe there.
So we will definitely be liveposting on Instagram some of our
favorite moments people,products and, of course, we are
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attending all the events likethe organic Oscars, fresh ideas
tent and so much more.
But today we're going to coverfour segments so that we can
really give you as much fuel andpower for you know, whatever
you do, if you are a coach, ifyou are a mom, if you know
whatever you do, you were goingto need some fuel to get through
(08:30):
your day.
So the segments we're going tocover are nourishing your body
with healthy food.
Speaker 1 (08:35):
We're going to talk about clean living inside of
your home.
Speaker 2 (08:38):
Free medicine that we all have access to right now.
Speaker 1 (08:42):
And we're also going to talk about supplements and
survival tools that we recommend.
Speaker 2 (08:46):
Yes, so, and we're not talking about like duck and
cover, survival, but more likewe're not doing bunkers.
Oh my gosh, okay.
So I hear this a lot, so let'sstart here, okay, because why
are we just talking about this,like, why are we showing up on
the empowerment couple podcasttalking about food and you know
all of this stuff?
But I hear this so much in myprivate and group coaching
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containers where a client willsay, like, how do you have so
much energy?
And I really want to emphasizethat it's a lot of how I treat
my body.
When I don't treat my body well, mike can attest You're.
You know you're getting likethe highlight reel of our life,
right?
There are times that I'm superout of habit and I have zero
energy.
Speaker 1 (09:31):
Honey, you are a Ferrari right and Ferraris you
need to, you need to work onthem things all the time.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
So you can't you can't.
Speaker 1 (09:40):
You can't eat some low grade food and have a high
grade performance right.
Speaker 2 (09:45):
Exactly.
So you know they asked me thisand I'm just like okay, like, if
you don't have energy, let'stalk about this.
Like, why do you have lowenergy?
Like, what did you eat today?
Or like, give me you know yourmenu for like the last week.
And then they tell me, right,and often it's like things that
I'm like whoa, people still eatthat.
(10:05):
Like, and not in judgment, butin like, oh, okay, that makes
sense.
It's like, really, you canconnect the dots, um, you know,
and I listen with love andintent to give them the best
coaching that I can give themback and serve love.
But, like, if they areconsuming you know, a bunch of
processed foods, I'm like, okay,that literally there's no
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nutritional value.
You are not going to getanything from that.
Then, like you know, sometimestheir diet is super clean and
I'm just like okay, well, youknow, onto the next, like, have
you moved your body?
Like, and how many times?
And what did you actually doand did you like it?
You know what I mean.
Speaker 1 (10:45):
Things that are obvious, that are always
overlooked.
Speaker 2 (10:48):
Right.
And then that's what's so crazy, even for me.
I'm like why do I feel likethis?
And then you know I could belike well, have you moved your
body?
You know like, and he coachesme because we need people to
keep us, you know, to remind usjust of.
This is how the human brainworks, like we need reminders.
Speaker 1 (11:03):
That's why people find coaches.
Speaker 2 (11:06):
Exactly.
And, like you know, thequestions can go on Like so if
they've said like yes, then I'llbe like oh, have you had clean
water?
Or, like you know, and how much?
How much water did you drink?
Um, you know, and how have youput your feet on the ground?
You know that's a big one.
Like have you gone outside?
Have you smelled like fresh air?
What?
When's the last time you werein nature?
Speaker 1 (11:23):
When's the last time the sun hit your skin?
Speaker 2 (11:24):
Yeah, yes exactly, exactly.
But oftentimes I'm told like, oh, I've had as a diet coke today,
you know, and I haven't movedmuch in a few days and I'm just
like, okay.
So while these might soundsevere, but all of us all of us
including me have been out ofhabit forget just how to fuel
our wellness.
So that is what today is allabout is that you can get a lot
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of free medicine, which is howwe describe health benefit
practices that are available toanyone.
So for a particular client thatwasn't feeling grounded, I
would say, okay, let's go getsome barefoot on the earth, like
put your feet in the grass.
You know, obviously, if there'ssnow outside, then you want to
try to find like something thatyou can stand on, maybe a porch
that's covered.
But you need to have thosenegative ions from the surface
(12:11):
that is natural, from an outsidesurface, and they make their
way into our bodies and releasethe free radicals we've been
accumulating.
These free radicals have beenlinked to premature aging,
inflammation and disease, Forexample, like hugging is another
one.
Hugging is free and it willground you too.
So, like if going outside is anoption.
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Hugging releases oxytocin inthe brain and dopamine in the
brain, which is known as thepleasure hormone.
A study of 404 healthy adultsconducted in 2014 by researchers
at Carnegie Mellon Universityfound that frequent hugs reduce
people's susceptibility tostress.
(12:54):
Oh my goodness.
So and like stress is theultimate, like damper on your
energy, Like the second that youget really stressed and we're
going to talk about it.
Yeah, it's quicksand.
You go and slow down, honey.
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (13:06):
Once you're stressed, your body starts working
against itself.
Yeah, and what I would suggest?
You know as far as trees on asunny day, go outside, hug a
tree hug a tree for 30 seconds.
You can get both.
That's grounding, that's a hug,that's you know you're going to
get some.
Speaker 2 (13:24):
It's all of it, yeah.
Speaker 1 (13:26):
So, simply put, reducing stress hormones and
reducing the intake of chemicalspresent in foods, self care
products and environmentalfactors are really paramount for
cultivating a healthy body andincreasing energy levels.
Yeah, and by opting for naturaland organic alternative
alternatives, you can reallyminimize their exposure to
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harmful substances that maydisrupt bodily functions and
contribute to fatigue, fatigue,right, yeah.
So, embracing a lifestylefocused on clean, toxic, free
choices not only supportsoverall well-being, but also
enhances vitality, allowingindividuals to thrive with
sustained energy and vitality.
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Yeah, so you don't have to hitthose dips yeah.
Speaker 2 (14:12):
So just this week, a like the world's largest
scientific review of its kindwas published in BMJ, involving
almost 10 million people.
So it found that diets high inultra process food are directly
linked to 32 harmful effects tohealth 32.
Speaker 1 (14:28):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (14:30):
This includes a higher risk of heart disease,
cancer, type two diabetes,adverse mental health and early
death.
The researchers said ultraprocess food has little, if any,
whole food added, madepalatable and attractive by
using combinations of flavors,colors, emulsifiers, thickeners
and other additives.
No reason exists to believethat humans can fully adapt to
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these products.
That's what they said.
That's crazy.
Speaker 1 (14:55):
That's a quote In quote.
It's literally opening a box ofchemicals and just eating those
chemicals, thinking that it'sfood yeah, thinking that it's
going to provide, like it'sgoing to provide your body with
what it needs to to to do whatyou wanted to do.
And here's the funny thing.
Speaker 2 (15:14):
I get this a lot in my like private sessions.
So it's like, well, we're allgoing to die anyway.
And it's like, yes, we all are.
There is no getting out of thisalive.
However, there is a choice youcan suffer while you're here or
you can thrive while you're here.
I know eighties and 90 yearolds right now that I'm close to
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that are thriving because theyare prioritizing these things
that we're talking about.
So that's what I want to conveyis like, yes, there is no such
thing as perfection.
Yes, there is no such thing aslike getting out of here alive.
However, the quality of lifethat you will experience is
diminished by what you ingestand put on your body and what
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you are surrounded by a periodin old stories.
Speaker 1 (16:00):
You know, if there is a juice that you should drink,
a little pomegranate juice, andon the top of it it had a little
little sticker that stated beyoung, as late as possible,
Right?
So that's what I'm going for.
I want to be in my 70s, 80s,90s, riding bikes, hiking, you
know, playing with greatgrandkids, you know, just having
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a good time and being beingable to do that.
My body being able to do thatwill only happen if I take care
of my body now.
Speaker 2 (16:32):
Word and in some ways , when we do those shows, it
reaffirms, a reminder to ourself.
You know we are always servinglove to our empowered posse, but
we're serving it right back toourselves.
So just know us doing this andhaving this conversation is
elevating our experience so wecan continue to show up and
serve love.
The best way to learn is toteach Exactly.
Speaker 1 (16:51):
Let's dive into these segments.
All right.
So segment number one organicfood.
Organic food, which is thefoundation of nourishment, Right
.
So eating organic, of course,reduces the amount of chemicals
in your diet, namely persistentpesticides.
Right, Because that's the,that's the big one, right?
In fact, you can skip over 700chemicals used in conventional
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food production just by choosingorganic food products.
700 chemicals, that's a lot.
Speaker 2 (17:18):
Yeah, yep.
Speaker 1 (17:19):
That alone has a ripple effect, not only in our
health but in the environment,because those chemicals used in
ag end up harming our soil, ouroceans, our waterways, our birds
, our pollinators, our fish.
I mean, you name it.
Every living thing suffers whenchemicals meant to kill pests
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and weeds are used.
Yep Boom In fact, studies haveshown that organic farms and
crops are safe havens forpollinators, which are
alarmingly disappearing rightyeah.
Speaker 2 (17:52):
So if you like any type of fruit or if you drink
coffee every day, even if you'relike I, hate fruit and
vegetables, you drink coffeeevery day.
Without bees, we are not goingto be drinking coffee Period.
Speaker 1 (18:02):
Exactly, you'll be drinking a chemical version of
coffee that will have nonutritional value.
Yes, so I mean, organic cropsare pollinator friendly and they
protect bees, they protectpollinators, they welcome
wildlife and they shield themfrom the toxic chemicals that
are raining down all over theplanet.
Speaker 2 (18:24):
Yes, yes, yes, yes, especially with conventional ag,
and just like how it justdoesn't go away.
So like you have to realize,when you are making these
choices, you are choosing whatkind of world you want to live
in.
Right, correct, correct.
So the second thing to consideris how organic is better for
your health, and this is oftennot talked about a lot.
Usually people are just like ohwell, you know, you won't have
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pesticides.
Speaker 1 (18:46):
And they can't get past the price of it.
Speaker 2 (18:48):
Right, right, and now food prices are so fucking
crazy, right, like we can alljust say, yes, I feel you, food
prices are nuts.
But now if you notice, likeorganic is actually not much
higher than food prices yeah,it's actually even sometimes
cheaper Like this is what'scrazy that's happening is that
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the price gouging that'shappening with our supply chain
is, like you know, not affectingorganic as much because it's
not coming from overseas.
Yeah, you know, some of it is,but most of it's coming from
here.
So here's, let's just talkabout how it's better for your
health.
So organic food contains morevitamins, minerals, enzymes and
micronutrients thanconventionally raised food.
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There is a growing body ofscience and evidence documenting
how farming methods caninfluence the nutritional
content of foods.
Some studies are showing moreantioxidants, more omegas and
higher nutrient density.
Plus, you're skipping artificialcolors, flavors, preservatives,
gmos, which are geneticallymodified organisms because they
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are not allowed in organic foodChemicals chemicals chemicals,
chemicals and chemicals, then ifyou're eating like meat or
dairy products, your organicselections cannot contain
antibiotics, growth hormones andthe animals are raised
consciously and not tortured.
Cleaner food means cleanerdiets, which leads to a cleaner
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bill of health.
Speaker 1 (20:19):
You know, having lost a number of my family members
to cancer, eating organic cansignificantly reduce your risk
of cancer.
There's a new study in JA in ainternal medicine that found
that those who ate organic foodsfrequently lowered their
overall risk of developingcancer.
Speaker 2 (20:41):
Yeah, and the good news is, if you're new to
organic, it's not too late toreduce your chemical load.
Researchers found the levels oftoxins decreased by an average
of 60% after six days of eatingorganic food.
Some of them are finding 90%,but the average was 60%, and so
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what we always recommend is tostart just replacing your main
food groups with organic, andthen each week you can like swap
out another one, right?
Speaker 1 (21:10):
Yeah, it's very easy, very easy.
Speaker 2 (21:12):
So let's move on to segment number two.
Speaker 1 (21:15):
Segment two clean living, natural self-care and
keeping a clean, harmonious home.
Speaker 2 (21:20):
OK.
Speaker 1 (21:21):
All right.
So living clean is multifacetedand as we discuss these things,
keep in mind the toxic load wediscussed and how it depletes
our energy.
Right, so let's talk aboutstrategies for living clean when
it comes to self-care andkeeping a clean, harmonious home
.
Speaker 2 (21:38):
Yeah, so there's a lot of strategies for
transitioning to natural andorganic self-care products.
Let's just talk about theelephant in the room.
So your skin is your largestorgan, and it's estimated that
women use 12 personal careproducts per day and men use six
personal care products per day.
Speaker 1 (21:58):
The creams.
I've got a lot of creams.
Mine always makes fun of me.
Speaker 2 (22:02):
He's like oh, did you just put the creams on Like
when I go to sleep.
It's like I'm just like a wet,like a wet seal.
You got me creamed, I'm creamynow and now Mikey's oh, that
sounded kinky.
But when it comes to personalcare products, it's a 70 billion
dollar industry and most of thelaws governing this industry
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haven't been changed since theGreat Depression.
So this is why, when I talk tomy clients or when I post on
social, I'm always talking aboutthe cosmetic aisle as the
cosmetics you know, becausethere are tons of chemicals used
and almost like I want to saythere's like 180 that have been
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linked to cancer, that are stillin our personal care products
and they're just not regulated.
Speaker 1 (22:54):
So basically, what you're saying is you're
literally buying vials of cancerand spreading it on your body
and calling it beauty.
Speaker 2 (23:00):
Yes, and the thing is is that, like I said, the laws
are way out of date.
But now, like, there are tonsof healthy personal care
products in the marketplace andthey're not necessarily more
expensive Some of them are butlike we, you know, get to see
like all this new innovation atthis conference that we're going
to, and a lot of times they arelooking to find the cheapest
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way to serve you the same typeof product.
So there's so many dupes.
I'm a glamour girl.
I love like putting on makeupand doing all the things and
smelling good and, like you know, like I love personal care,
self care, beauty, glamour, andwhat I can tell you is that, if
you're new to this, some of myfavorite clean products.
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I'm going to be posting a lot onmy I am Zuri account.
You can follow me there.
You can also look at all of thedifferent things that I've
already shared products that areaccessible, cheap.
You can even get them atSephora or Target and you know
it's important for you to lookat your ingredients on your
products and know what theyactually are Like.
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If you're putting things intoyour armpit, for example, like
that's where all of your lymphnodes are Like think, think how
this is going to weigh you downand not fuel your body.
So another one is like cleaningproducts.
You want to talk about those,of course.
Speaker 1 (24:25):
I mean, what are you cleaning with?
Right so?
That's the question you want toask Do you need to detox your
cleaning products?
Right?
So?
According to the EnvironmentalProtection Agency, the EPA,
there are more than 85,000synthetic chemicals in the
products we consume and use on adaily basis.
(24:45):
So if you're cleaning your homewith a product that claims that
it is a disinfectant or cutsgrease, kills mold or is an
antibacterial, it likelycontains a pesticide and
chemical of concern, right?
So what is that?
Usually multiple chemicals.
Speaker 2 (25:02):
Mostly, like most of them, contain several chemicals
of concern.
And the problem is is that,like, these ingredients are
tested separately, they don'tget tested as a chemical
cocktail.
It would be like if I said, ok,this margarita is going to not
make you drunk because it onlyhas, you know, tequila in it
when it really has, like triplesec, or it has you know it has
(25:24):
other things like and it willadd to the amount of alcohol
that you're putting into yourbody.
Well, the same is true when youlook at like a cleaning product
or even like skincare products,they have multiple ingredients
that are chemicals of concernthat have been identified as
being cancer causing cosmetics.
(25:44):
The same is true for cleaners isthat they are not regulated as
as a whole product.
So the product, the ingredients, are regulated to an extent,
but when they get put alltogether, there's no data that
says like, ok, this tied pod,for example, is going to cause X
.
They don't know that becauseit's not tested, it's not
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regulated.
Nobody knows.
And but we know from looking atthe environment and testing the
environment, like, hey,actually all of these things are
showing up, killing our fish,killing our waters, killing our
soil, like they are doing damageto things that were once living
, because we are using themwithout a consciousness of what
(26:25):
they actually are and howthey're actually harming us.
Speaker 1 (26:29):
When we when we come up with terms or we come across
terms like chemicals of concern,I always want to pause right
there and really get an idea oflike what does that actually
mean?
Yeah so chemicals of concern.
Speaker 2 (26:40):
You're talking about something that is that can cause
cancer, something that can,that can kill our fish, like and
it's a nice way actually ofjust saying like you should be
concerned if this chemical is inyour product, correct, and so,
like EWG Environmental WorkingGroup and some of these other
nonprofit organizations, dothese studies to figure out,
(27:02):
like, what are these chemicalsof concerns actually doing?
Food and water watch is great.
Anyway, we could talk all aboutthe nonprofits that are doing
some of this like watchdogservices on these things, and
but I mean really studies areshowing that cleaning with toxic
chemicals can have adversehealth consequences, like
lowered immunity and antibioticresistance.
Speaker 1 (27:22):
And toxic cleaners also add to poor indoor air
quality.
Right, we have a huge showabout that.
Speaker 2 (27:28):
Yeah, called In-Hill Happiness.
Speaker 1 (27:30):
Exactly, and according to EWG, inhalation of
airborne particles is linked tocoughs and respiratory
irritation, as well as moreserious long term consequences,
including lung disease andcancer.
Right, so, while we're on thetip of recommending products,
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the best product to clean upyour air in your home is the
Intellipure Air Filter.
Speaker 2 (27:57):
Right.
Speaker 1 (27:57):
We have talked about this device a lot because it has
made such a significantdifference in the cleanness of
our home Right.
Speaker 2 (28:05):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (28:06):
You know six pets and all the dust and all the dander
of living out in the woods.
Right, this device is 40 timesmore efficient than conventional
HEPA filth filtration systems.
Right, people say that you arewhat you eat, and we agree, but
we also believe that you arewhat you breathe.
(28:29):
Right, you ingest food and youbreathe in air.
That's the transaction.
Speaker 2 (28:33):
And you are what you put on your skin.
Exactly so it's like all thesethings, it's just.
Speaker 1 (28:37):
Yeah, so let's face it.
I mean, if you only eat threetimes a day, but you breathe 20
times per minute, you better befiltering that air Exactly,
otherwise you're going to becomethe filter.
Exactly, you are the filter.
Speaker 2 (28:52):
Yeah, you are, so get a pre-filter before it comes to
your filter Exactly.
Speaker 1 (28:57):
And you can get a 10% off any Intellipere filter
using this link and code ZURRY.
Speaker 2 (29:04):
Yes, and there's a link in our show notes.
But even outside of ourdiscount, I just want to tell
you something, and this doesn'tserve us at all.
They are giving 50% off oftheir compact device and we
don't have, like our own codefor it.
This is something that they'reoffering.
So if you need an air purifier,this is an amazing time.
It'll take care of like 2,400square feet, so like if you live
(29:27):
in an apartment or something.
Again, we don't get anydiscount or like affiliate for
this specific code.
But I saw this recently and Iwas like that's an amazing deal.
So 50% off, if you need an airpurifier and you are on a budget
is a good time to buy.
Indeed, let's talk aboutsegment three.
Speaker 1 (29:45):
All right.
Segment three free medicineharnessing the power of nature.
So if you're new to our show,we have a series of shows called
Free Medicine.
Speaker 2 (29:56):
We have laughter medicine, fun medicine, sex
medicine, touch medicine food orsexy foods, medicine sexy super
foods.
Yeah, sexy foods, a breathingmedicine which is our inhale
happiness.
We have sound medicine dancemedicine crying medicine own
medicine, which is ourmeditation podcast.
Speaker 1 (30:15):
And good old fashioned sleep medicine,
medicine medicine.
Get your medicine.
Speaker 2 (30:20):
All of these shows talk about ways to use movement,
food, breathing, laughter, fun,sound frequency, dancing and,
yes, even sex as medicine.
And while there are free waysto boost your health, we also
highlight some of our favoritegadgets, like just recently we
talked about the Healy frequencydevice and that heals you
through electrodes usingmicrocurrent frequency, scalar
(30:43):
light with the coil, quantum andmagnetic frequencies.
You can go back and listen tothat.
That was just like earlier thisyear.
We will share these deviceswhen they are life changing, and
the Healy is definitely one ofthose devices.
And right now, you can get upto like 60% off of Healy devices
using the link in our shownotes.
If you have questions, hit usup.
(31:04):
We will help you out, directyou on how best to heal yourself
and also to charge yourbatteries, because literally,
mike and I right now arecharging our batteries.
He's running, he's runningcoherence, I'm running coherence
on the Healy device.
And yeah, let's get intosegment four.
Speaker 1 (31:22):
Segment four organic supplements supporting your
health naturally.
Speaker 2 (31:26):
Yes, and we cannot talk about attending Expo West
without sharing that part of ourfuel does come from using
adaptogens, almost certainly.
In order to understandadaptogens, you have to
understand the stages of stress.
There are three stages.
The first stage is the alarmreaction stage, and this refers
to the initial fight or flightresponse.
Speaker 1 (31:49):
The second stage is the resistance stage.
After the fight or flightresponse, the body begins to
repair itself.
It still releases cortisol, butis at a much lower amount,
right.
So this allows your heart rateand your blood pressure to begin
to normalize, but remain onhigh alert for a while just in
case something else pops offright.
(32:10):
Your body begins to repairitself, while your hormone
levels, your heart rate, yourblood pressure regain its
optimal pre-stress state, rightGetting back to where it's
supposed to be.
Speaker 2 (32:21):
Yes, unfortunately, because we find ourselves in
prolonged stressful situationsanybody hear me?
Our bodies are not permitted torest and repair and therefore
they remain on high alert.
Eventually, our body will adaptand learn how to live within
higher stress levels.
That's super sad, right?
This is not a good thing.
(32:42):
It is at this stage that thebody goes through some negative
chemical changes to cope withthe chronic stress.
That, for the most part, goesundetected.
Your body thinks that it isunder attack and continues to
secrete high doses of cortisoland adrenaline, which keeps your
blood pressure elevated, andyou may think you're managing
(33:04):
stress well, but your body isworking double and triple time
just to keep up.
The body is strong and can holdout for a while.
However, at some point yourbody is producing more cortisol
and adrenaline than it canprocess and at that point it
goes into the third stage, aptlynamed the exhaustion stage.
Speaker 1 (33:25):
The third and final stage comes from prolonged or
chronic stress.
Your once strong and healthybody struggles to keep up with
the most basic of tasks, whereyour body's physical, emotional
and mental resources are drainedand you no longer have the
strength to fight stress.
And at this point your strengthand vigor are replaced with
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exhaustion and hopelessness.
And if you look at the topseven causes of death, each and
every one can trace its rootsback to stress.
Speaker 2 (33:58):
Yes, so that's why we take adaptogens.
Adaptogens help us stay in thesecond stage longer, because,
while it's pretty muchimpossible to ward off stressful
situations altogether right, wecan tap into the power of
mother nature, which adaptogensare just from mother nature, no
synthetics here and they offsetthe dangerous effects of
(34:21):
prolonged stress on our bodies.
So, with all the stress that wehave, you know, jointly, so
coming from like owningbusinesses, coaching clients,
managing social media meltdowns,pr crises, from clients bills
parent things and parents livingthrough the 2020s, going into
(34:45):
elections like the stress isabound.
Fill in the blank, becausestress is unavoidable, which is
why we take adaptogens daily.
If you're new to adaptogens, werecommend listening to our
entire show about it, calledAlleviate Stress with Adaptogens
.
Speaker 1 (35:02):
We also take organic supplements daily Coming up.
We're going to do a whole showabout selecting supplements
because when seasons shift, sodo our immune systems, right, it
adjusts.
So in order to serve you fully,we have a full show on
selecting supplements.
Speaker 2 (35:20):
Yes, yes, we haven't done that.
So I was like oh, that's such agood idea, let's do that.
That's one way to serve love.
That's another way to servelove.
It's and some of these thingsare so complex and confusing,
you know like finding self-careproducts that don't have
chemicals, like it's madeconfusing for a reason and
you're made to think like, oh,everything works because the
marketing is effective.
(35:41):
And everything is safe.
They're like oh, it's natural,and there's lots and lots of
pink washing out there.
Same is true for supplements,and it gets confusing.
So one of the places that weget a lot of our supplements
from adaptogens from is ThriveMarket.
That's another affiliateproduct.
There's a link in our shownotes.
You can check them out.
They're kind of like CostcoMeets Whole Foods.
(36:02):
You can get discounts on thisstuff.
We always are looking how tosave you money, make it
convenient.
They deliver to your door, kindof like Amazon too.
Speaker 1 (36:11):
So they're like a combo of the three and they were
one of our first affiliates,and the reason why we love them
so is because they solve theproblem of the food deserts that
are around the United States.
So some of your inner cities,some of your more rural areas,
where the only supplements thatyou're going to find are going
to be in the small market downthe street, in which case most
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of those are going to bechemical laden.
Speaker 2 (36:36):
And they're also going to be super expensive and
so like, and you're gettingsupplements that don't actually
do you good, they actually doyou harm, and you're thinking
like, why don't I feel better?
Speaker 1 (36:47):
And the same thing goes with when you're wanting to
buy, say, some pasta, or youwant to buy some crackers.
Speaker 2 (36:53):
Yeah, it's good.
Speaker 1 (36:54):
Finding that in a small store or a CVS or a corner
market will be almostimpossible.
So, going online, hitting aThrive Market, you have full
access to the creme de la cremeof stuff that will be delivered
to your house.
Speaker 2 (37:08):
Yeah, so good, pantry staples is what I like to use
Thrive for that and supplements.
But fun fact, I met.
The reason why I got introducedto Thrive before it became
Thrive was because I met Gennarat Expo West.
Speaker 1 (37:23):
That's how you develop relations.
Yeah, and I met him.
Speaker 2 (37:26):
He's like, hey, I'm starting this thing and I was
like, OK, cool, tell me about it.
And you just start talking topeople about the things that
they are working on, thatthey're passionate about, and
then I became a partner in thatand launching that and
introducing that.
And then now, even years later,after their success, I'm still
talking about it on the podcastBecause, yeah, we use it and it
works for us.
(37:46):
And if this solves a problemfor you, hey, we are helping you
out here.
Speaker 1 (37:52):
Yeah, and it's funny because we open up our
refrigerator, we have productsfrom Giovanni.
We got products from Cavitas.
We have products from all ofour friends that we have
vacationed with or dinnered with.
It's nice to know that therestill exists an opportunity to
have a relationship with thepeople who feed you.
Speaker 2 (38:13):
Right, yeah.
Speaker 1 (38:14):
I love that.
Speaker 2 (38:15):
I love that.
And sometimes that isn't justyour farmer down the street,
that's your friend who developeda probiotic drink.
Exactly, it's great so one thingthat happens a lot and we don't
do this enough.
But we committed in season fiveto do a lot of questions in the
hat, because you guys askquestions in Power Posse and
then we don't make time toanswer them and I apologize for
(38:37):
that.
So we're going to take time onour show to do that, and then we
, of course, will answer you onsocial and stuff like that.
But we had a lot of questionsthat came in about energy and
fueling our busy lives, and so Iset those aside for this show.
There's a handful of them, buta lot it's because people see us
traveling or running businessesor coming to something, and
(39:00):
these questions, I think, arestemming from that.
So we added them to a hat toplay questions in a hat.
So I'm going to pick the firstone and then let's just do two
each, ok, ok.
So let's see.
Ok, that sounds funny.
(39:22):
How do you take vacations withthe high amount of workload you
have?
This is hilarious, because Imean, isn't that funny?
Ok?
So, yeah, well, what I can tellyou is that some vacations are
very relaxing and they work.
You get relaxation out of them,and how we do it really is we
(39:47):
have an amazing team.
We are not people who are goingto gatekeep and say, oh yeah,
we just do it all by ourselves.
No, we have a great team.
We have all of the things thatwe just talked about.
So supplements, we drink water.
Our show last week was all abouthow to vacation.
As an organic freak, it was arepurpose from a previous season
(40:07):
, but we are talking about howwe vacation now is we have to
set boundaries with our clients.
Sometimes I'm not good at this,so that's why I left, because
sometimes clients will be like Ihave this meltdown, existential
crisis, whatever they dub itand they bother you on vacation.
(40:31):
And the thing is is that if youdon't set a healthy boundary,
then that continues to happen,and most of our clients are
amazing and they allow that.
But sometimes you have to resetboundaries, prioritize your
happiness and you definitelywant to make sure you're
conscious of who you're going onvacation with and who you're
(40:52):
spending your time with, becausethere are energy vampires
everywhere.
Speaker 1 (40:56):
Everywhere?
Yeah, exactly.
And what I would add to thatlist really is habits.
You have to bring your habitswith you.
That's where a habit comes inhandy.
So if you have a habit of say,I created a habit for myself
after I get out of the showerI'll do 25 push-ups Not a big
(41:17):
deal, but I found myself onvacation getting out of the
shower and doing my habits, sowhich would significantly help
me with my posture seeping incrazy beds and sitting on a
plane carrying bags.
You have to do things that keepyour body strong.
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That's where the habit comes inWherever you go.
Speaker 2 (41:40):
there you are.
Speaker 1 (41:40):
Exactly.
Speaker 2 (41:41):
Pick a question.
Speaker 1 (41:42):
OK, here we go.
The question is what's thenumber one thing you would
recommend doing daily forcreating energy?
Speaker 2 (41:52):
Ooh, that's a good one, lovings.
Thank you for that.
Speaker 1 (41:55):
I'll let you go first .
Speaker 2 (41:56):
Oh wait, I'm answering.
Speaker 1 (41:58):
This is your.
Speaker 2 (41:58):
You picked the question.
No, no you go first For me andagain, this is what I do.
So for me I would say the thingthat works best is to move my
body.
The thing that I like to do Ihate to just repeat myself a lot
, but it is the simple for me isI like to dance, and usually it
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only takes one song to totallychange my state.
So if I'm home I will jump onthe trampoline to really get my
lymphatic system detoxed.
But if I'm not home, just puton a song on my iPhone and dance
, that's exactly.
Speaker 1 (42:38):
I'm glad you said you mentioned the lymphatic system
and that's how I was going toanswer it.
I see you and I have aconversation while we were
traveling and I see the body asa sponge and you put a sponge in
a pile of stress.
It's going to soak up thatstress.
So in order to maintain energy,you got to squeeze the stress
(42:58):
out of the sponge.
So if the squeezing is goingfor a walk, if it's taking a
bath, if it's doing yoga, ifit's drinking a lot of water and
staying hydrated whatever youneed to do to allow that stress
to cycle out of your body youwill then claim back all of the
original energy that your bodyis supposed to have.
Speaker 2 (43:20):
Yep for sure.
So let's do another one.
What do you got so okay?
Why do you both have so mucheffortless support for one
another?
This is hilarious, like whoeverwrote this.
Like if only you knew, like thetimes, that we, you know, are
(43:46):
in opposition of each other.
You know, like you are, you arelistening to you're not
listening to our fights, like wearen't recording our fights on
our podcast.
Speaker 1 (43:55):
That would be a whole different show.
That'd be like some JerrySpringer right there.
Right, I'm not saying we'reblowing, we're throwing blows,
but we're, we're, we're tossingsome some verbal daggers.
Speaker 2 (44:07):
Some times when we get out of habit, we are still
human.
Sorry, shocker, this is justpart of the human experience and
being in proximity to eachother 24 seven.
We work together, we co-parenttogether, we do a lot, a lot of
poop together, and I absolutelylove him and adore him and
(44:28):
respect him.
However, there are times when,yeah, I feel like, oh, he wants
to die.
He wants to die today.
Speaker 1 (44:36):
You're getting on my last nerve.
You know what?
Speaker 2 (44:39):
Even you know you can be spiritual, you can be
balanced, you can, you can haveall of these things and if you
don't have a disagreement withyour partner, that really to me
is an indication that, like, weare still working on each other,
we are still growing together,we are still agitators for each
other to bring our best self tothe equation and to expand.
(45:02):
You know, you, you will notexperience this life on this
planet being only highvibrational.
That that isn't, that isn't howwe are experiencing life.
Maybe, maybe you know, maybesome people will argue and be
like, oh yeah, well, I justmeditate all day long and I'm a
monk and it is all highvibrational.
(45:24):
But you need contrast.
You need contrast, and socontrast provides definition.
Speaker 1 (45:29):
You don't know what happiness is until you know what
unhappiness feels like.
Speaker 2 (45:35):
And I would just say that it's not effortless support
is just.
What I want to say is that itmight sound that way because
Mike and I have a lot of banterlove and respect and we do
support each other.
But that comes from just afoundation of love, like that's
why we shared our origin story,like we just instantly connected
and had a chemical andspiritual connection immediately
(45:59):
.
Speaker 1 (45:59):
That was unsevered.
Speaker 2 (46:00):
That we haven't severed, even when we separated
temporarily, like we still hadlove for each other.
We weren't trying to likerevenge plot, you know.
Speaker 1 (46:11):
I would go so far as to say that the separation never
existed.
Like you and I knew each other,probably from a past life and
the past life before that pastlife and we just kind of showing
up.
Speaker 2 (46:21):
But I would like yeah , we support each other because
we like each other, so thathelps.
So, like, if you're in arelationship, it helps if you
like your partner.
Speaker 1 (46:30):
I would also go so far as to say you know, if you
can get to the mental statewhere you see you or your
reflection in your partner, thenyou have an opportunity to
think differently, right.
And then you can treat yourpartner as you would treat
yourself.
And if you find yourselftreating yourself like garbage
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and you're having some problemswith your partner, it's probably
because you are also treatingyour partner like garbage, right
?
So if you want your partner tobe to smile, smile at your
partner, right.
You know, if you're looking ata mirror, you're not going to
tell the mirror to smile byfrowning.
Speaker 2 (47:08):
You're going to smile .
Yeah, be the change you want tosee.
Speaker 1 (47:11):
If you want to feel love, give love.
Speaker 2 (47:13):
Right, right, if you want to stop arguing.
Speaker 1 (47:17):
Stop arguing.
Be the person to stop arguingfirst, Right?
Or if you want to battle it,then keep battling it, but you
are still a reflection of yourpartner.
Speaker 2 (47:27):
Yeah, so let's do one more, okay.
Speaker 1 (47:29):
What do you?
Speaker 2 (47:30):
got, it's your turn, so go ahead and pick, pick.
Speaker 1 (47:33):
Do you think having a partner that enjoys similar
things adds energy to your lifeand business?
I would say yes, but it is.
I would also go so far as tosay is that what I like about
our relationship is that youalso have your own set of things
(47:55):
that you like to do.
Right, so that we can cometogether, we can do stuff that
we like to do together, but youalso have a full set of things
that you enjoy doing and I havemy full set of things so that
we're not dependent on oneanother.
Speaker 2 (48:10):
Yeah, Mike's on that black diamond, you know, going
down super fast on his snowboardand I'm just like I'm going to
be in the lodge and probablygetting a massage from this dude
over here.
Thanks, Mike.
Speaker 1 (48:21):
And it works out.
It works out at the end of theday.
How was your massage?
It was awesome.
How was your ride?
It was awesome.
Let's kiss, let's cuddle, let'sdo some good stuff.
Speaker 2 (48:31):
I feel like when I met Mike, one of the things I
said I was like I have, you know, like really good girlfriends
and I'm really tight family,like I'm going to live my life,
you're going to live your life,and then we're going to meet in
the middle.
And that is what I would sayalso for business is that we
have our separate businesses,but we have businesses together
and we meet in the middle.
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And sometimes we don't meet inthe middle and sometimes we get
off track, and that is just partof being in union and
partnership and deciding whetherit's worth working it out, and
sometimes it's not, andsometimes it is, and in our case
it still has been good, so weare still working it out it has
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worked out.
Speaker 1 (49:12):
It has worked out and typically you know you, during,
during those conversationswhere we're, you know, battling
it out, it's clear when we arein our hearts versus in our
heads.
Speaker 2 (49:22):
Let me see that question again though, because,
like they said, similar thingadds energy.
So the fact that Mike does likesome similar things, it does
add energy.
Like, for example, if he didn'tlike nature, that would be hard
for me because I love nature,so if he didn't like to go for a
hike, for example, that's oneway that I build energy.
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Or if he didn't like to do yoga, that would be harder, but I
would still be able to do itwithout him.
I feel like we, you have tofind the balance of partnership
versus codependency, and it'snot somebody's fault if they
don't like the same things thatyou like.
Correct, I would find someoneif I were giving that advice.
I'd find someone who has somesimilar interests and who is
(50:08):
willing to be independently,happy and thriving without you
as well.
Speaker 1 (50:14):
Like, for instance, before I met you, I called you
out Right Before I met you.
I was like I want to findsomeone who likes to dance.
I love dancing.
Dancing is is.
I've been dancing ever since Iwas a kid, like a professional
dancer.
But you know what I'm saying?
Michael Jackson thriller comeson and I can do Michael Jackson
thriller dance because I've donethat so many times.
Right, but when music isplaying, I move my feet.
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That's just the way it works.
Speaker 2 (50:39):
When music is playing , I move my feet, that's just
the way it works.
Speaker 1 (50:42):
So when I met Zuri, that first, the very first thing
that we did after we talked waswe went dancing.
We danced well together.
Guess what?
Speaker 2 (50:51):
Guess what.
Speaker 1 (50:53):
It has sustained a lot of hard times and to this
day, before we jump on themicrophone, what do we do?
Speaker 2 (51:01):
We dance.
Speaker 1 (51:02):
We dance?
Yes, because it connects us.
Speaker 2 (51:04):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (51:05):
It changes our physiology, and it brings the
both of us on the same level.
Speaker 2 (51:11):
Word.
So it's review time from ourempowered posse.
I'm going to read this one,which is great because this is
actually from one of our guestson the show.
This is from Aisha Tahir, whohas a podcast that we did with
her about posture medicine, andshe has a book called Unhunched.
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We both just kind of stood uphere.
She said thank you, by the way,aisha, for leaving us a review.
She says love this podcast.
I really enjoy listening toMike and Zuri.
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Like I said before, it is spiritual currency.
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Yes, right, it's like a spiritual gold coin.
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There you go, wow Okay.
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Spiritual gold coin.
I love it, Okay.
So question of the week is howare you fueling your body to be
at an optimal state?
Speaker 1 (52:30):
Do you want to answer that question for yourself?
What are you going to do todayto fuel your body?
Speaker 2 (52:34):
Well, right now I'm drinking some lemon water and
I'm definitely going toemphasize and Of course, I'll
take all of my adaptogens.
I'll probably sit in the saunabecause I need to detox some of
this travel ahead of travelingagain and just making sure that
my immune system like when yousit in the sauna, you boost your
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immune system.
Those that take saunas oftendon't get things like flus, you
know said flu, or you know likebasically have any respiratory
issues, because you areconstantly reducing the
inflammation in your respiratorysystem.
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You are squeezing the sponge.
It's another sponge squeezer.
Goodbye.
Speaker 1 (53:23):
Goodbye, what I'm going to do.
I am going to do somethingquite manly today.
Speaker 2 (53:29):
Oh, what manly, huh, I'm going to take a bath.
Speaker 1 (53:32):
Oh yeah, I'm going to flex my muscles and I'll slide
up in that warm bath water withthe magnesium in there and just
melt away.
It's so manly.
It's so manly.
Why is it manly?
Because when I do that, I ammore of a man than I was before.
Speaker 2 (53:52):
Uh, huh, because I feel better.
Yeah, you feel better Ireplenish I'm calm.
I'm collected.
There is a stigma around takingbaths as a man.
I don't know why, but like Ijust want that for every man,
just get in that bath.
If it makes you feel better,who the hell cares?
Speaker 1 (54:07):
Now, mind you, I don't do the candles and the
incense and the wine.
Literally, it's me in a bathtub.
Speaker 2 (54:13):
Do you do bubbles?
Speaker 1 (54:14):
No, I don't make my own bubbles.
No, honestly, it's literally.
I'll have my phone, I'll beplaying a game of chess, you
know something where I'm justlike chilling, and then, oh,
it's 20 minutes, cool, I'm out.
Speaker 2 (54:30):
I do the incense, I do.
I don't do bubbles, but I dolike a full on, a full on bath,
like candles I set that for you.
Yeah, sometime will you cleanthe bath for me, which is nice,
it's very nice.
Some epsom salt, little coconutoil and usually some essential
oils, and then you know like,yeah, candles, let's go.
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I make a whole experience.
Speaker 1 (54:56):
Yes, and as do I, but it just, it's just a muted
experience.
Speaker 2 (55:01):
It's a manly experience, nice and easy.
It's funny.
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Speaker 1 (55:58):
So, based off of you know, my, my love for bathing,
my love for bathing.
I want to come up with aproduct called the man bath.
The man bath, the man bath, themost manly bathing experience
you can possibly get, right?
Speaker 2 (56:18):
So I'm talking about maybe you know, like you're
gonna, it's going to be anactual bath like you slide in
and you throw in like a.
Speaker 1 (56:26):
You know those little pods right.
When you throw in a pod there'smore of like an explosion.
You know some fire, some smoke,some you know a little bit of
danger right, and put it in alittle.
You know a soundtrack.
You know you know some Rambo orsomething in the back, not
knowing that while you're in thebath, experiencing you know
death and dismay, you'reactually getting deep healing.
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You're getting that magnesiumin your body which activates all
the other manly parts of you.
Speaker 2 (56:54):
You know what I'm saying?
Wait, you said you're sayingdeath and dismay, you're going
to feel that, but that'sopposite of like reducing stress
.
Speaker 1 (57:01):
Yeah, but it's a manly thing.
You know what I mean.
So some man, oh, I need alittle opposition.
You know I need to fuckingpunch something.
You know that that would benice.
You know a pod that jumps upand all of a sudden you know,
punches you in the face, youknow a little punching bag pops
up and you got to hit it acouple of times.
Or you know something whereit's interactive.
Speaker 2 (57:19):
Well, you're going to be at Expo West.
You can like talk with theinnovators there.
You can go to the floor wherethere's supply chain and we can
talk with people.
Speaker 1 (57:26):
I spoke too soon.
I bet you anything.
I bet you anything, someone outthere with writing this down
the man bath.
Speaker 2 (57:33):
That one's right up there with your your sockhole
repair.
Speaker 1 (57:39):
They can make business.
Only, how many socks do we have?
Once good and once bad, you'relike damn it.
Speaker 2 (57:47):
Oh it's, I don't know .
To me, to me, I would say if Iwas like on what's that show
called Shark Tank, I haven'treally watched it.
But whatever they say howeverthey say no is how I would give
you the answer to that one.
Nope, not investing in eitherof those the sockhole repair or
the man bath.
I have an idea for a man bath,but I'm not going to share it.
Speaker 1 (58:08):
I'm going to tell you afterwards no, I need to hear
it.
I need to hear it.
Speaker 2 (58:12):
No, it's actually like a good idea.
Oh excuse me.
Speaker 1 (58:19):
Excuse me.
Um well, let's see here.
That was a stunning idea.
I'm dead serious.
This time next year there willbe a product called the man bath
that you have to open up with amachete.
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We just be jet-setting, michael.
We just be jet-setting.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
You know what the ups and downs of jet-setting is.
Returning from being jet-settedand then just being jet-sat, I
feel like something just sat onme.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
You do.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
I'm tired.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
Yeah, yeah, I am finding that running all of
those programs on the Healy thatI set you, like the, you know,
geopathy, and some of those havereally helped me.
But yeah, there's nothing Likeif you are six to nine hour time
difference and you come homeyou're going to be a little
funky, no matter what you do.
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Just a touch, just a touch.
So we're heading off again toNatural Products Expo next week
and someone asked us why we wereattending and I was like it led
to like this long conversation,this explanation of like oh,
this is why we're going and thisand this and this.
But the discussion was reallyabout, like how we fuel our
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bodies with healthy food habits,self-care supplements,
adaptogens and natural remediesand that's how we are able to
show up as the empowermentcouple.
But you've likely heard us talkabout the importance of organic
food before and the work I'vedone inside of the organic
movement with social media andjust social activism.
(02:42):
But, yeah, we're going to talka little bit more today.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
Yeah, indeed, you probably listened to why Eat
Organic.
Bro, which is a stunningpodcast.
In what?
Season two, season one, wow,okay.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
Just a long time ago.
Speaker 1 (02:59):
And you've probably heard some of our stories, but
today we wanted to highlight allthe various reasons we have
unlimited energy and share thesethings as if you're new to our
show.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
Yes, yes, yes, yes.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
So we're going to start from scratch.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
Even from jet setting , we still started working on
Monday and have been hauling ass.
So, while you're like, I'm alittle tired, like part of it is
because we are out of balance,like we are out of our habit,
right yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
And we were.
We were working in layovers,like everywhere we go, we work.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
Yeah, so there's love to there's.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
there's love that needs to be served.
Yes, that's exactly.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
So if you're part of our empowered posse or you've
been in private coachingcontainers, some of this you
might already know, but some ofthis might be totally new to you
.
But you might also be wonderinglike, what the heck is X-Bow S?
So it's the natural products,um X-Bow, and two of them take
place, one on the West and oneon the East every year.
Uh, I've, I've been going sinceI was very, very young, um with
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my dad and with differentclients and um and it just keeps
growing and it just keepsgrowing.
Like it, organic is one of thelargest growing sectors and when
you go to X-Bow West, it's like70,000 people I think they're
estimating like a hundredthousand people showing up and
it's just like a large tradeshow.
But then there's alsoconference element and you're
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likely to see like differentpeople who, um, you know, own
the brands, of course, but thenyou see celebrities who, and
influencers who are thereendorsing different brands and
collecting, you know,information about like products
that they like.
Speaker 1 (04:39):
So and it's massive too.
I mean, imagine a footballfield worth of vendors, yeah,
and then that's one floor.
That's one floor, yeah, andthen there's the next floor and
the next floor and the nextfloor, so you can spend a full
day in one floor and not seeeverything.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
Yeah, so we are going to be there for a few different
reasons, but let's just likedive right in.
We will leave you links tocheck this out.
If you are in the SouthernCalifornia area, it's in Anaheim
this year.
It's in Anaheim every year atthe convention center.
If you want to check it out, ifthis is something that you're
interested in, if this is new toyou, or if you're going to be
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there, hey, let us know, becauseI would love to see you and
give you a hug.
Ok, so tell me, mike, what areyou like, what organic or
natural product that you aremost excited about seeing, or
brand or person Like?
What are you most jazzed upabout?
Speaker 1 (05:30):
OK, so my order of operation is snacks, because
that's seriously that's one ofthe hardest things to find Like
a healthy snack alternative whenyou're trying to live or you're
trying to eat high vibrationalfoods on the regular.
Speaker 2 (05:44):
Yeah, right so.
Speaker 1 (05:45):
I'm interested in finding some new snacks, because
I'm an eater.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
Like high protein snacks.
Speaker 1 (05:52):
Yeah, high protein snacks.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
Mike's on his workout tip right now.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
Stuff that is a benefit to the body.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (05:59):
It tastes good, it's handy, it comes from a box, but
it's also, you know it has Likea whole food.
Exactly, it has some nutritionaldensity I'm really excited
about.
You know, of course, anythingthat's related to yoga and
meditation.
I'm looking forward to maybeseeing some of the brands that
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are coming in with some of themeditative devices, some of the
devices that help with, like abrollers and shoulder rollers and
foot massagers.
You know things like thatBecause all those things lead to
an overall state of happiness,right, because you use those
products to get through thosehard times, absolutely Traveling
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and all that stuff.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
Yep.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
And then I'm really interested in meeting some of
the people who have createdthese brands Right, it's really
cool to have that, thathandshake, you know, with
someone who has producedsomething that has brought you
value.
Speaker 2 (06:59):
Yeah, absolutely We'll bet you.
So I feel like every year I getreally excited about like
product innovations and I'm soexcited just to like see what
they've come up with.
Like every expo has like acertain ingredient that you'll
just see like over and over andover again.
Like one year it was like, ah,say like maybe 10 years ago, and
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then you know like it alwayschanges.
And then I was like oh, there'scoconut, you know yogurt or you
know what I mean?
Speaker 1 (07:27):
Kale yeah.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
Well, like there's just like specific ingredients
that just get so much play.
Like you know, a couple ofyears ago it was like
Ashwagandha and it was in likeeverything.
It was like Ashwagandha shotsand like anyway.
So which is great, like it'sjust awesome.
But I want to see theinnovation.
You know, sometimes people comeup with these things that
you're like whoa, that's so cool.
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So I'm excited about that andjust seeing everyone and being
at, you know, the award showsand seeing friends and extended
family of our, you know, organicmovement.
So, yeah, I'm just excited tobe there.
So we will definitely be liveposting on Instagram some of our
favorite moments people,products and, of course, we are
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attending all the events likethe organic Oscars, fresh ideas
tent and so much more.
But today we're going to coverfour segments so that we can
really give you as much fuel andpower for you know, whatever
you do, if you are a coach, ifyou are a mom, if you know
whatever you do, you were goingto need some fuel to get through
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your day.
So the segments we're going tocover are nourishing your body
with healthy food.
Speaker 1 (08:35):
We're going to talk about clean living inside of
your home.
Speaker 2 (08:38):
Free medicine that we all have access to right now.
Speaker 1 (08:42):
And we're also going to talk about supplements and
survival tools that we recommend.
Speaker 2 (08:46):
Yes, so, and we're not talking about like duck and
cover, survival, but more likewe're not doing bunkers.
Oh my gosh, okay.
So I hear this a lot, so let'sstart here, okay, because why
are we just talking about this,like, why are we showing up on
the empowerment couple podcasttalking about food and you know
all of this stuff?
But I hear this so much in myprivate and group coaching
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containers where a client willsay, like, how do you have so
much energy?
And I really want to emphasizethat it's a lot of how I treat
my body.
When I don't treat my body well, mike can attest You're.
You know you're getting likethe highlight reel of our life,
right?
There are times that I'm superout of habit and I have zero
energy.
Speaker 1 (09:31):
Honey, you are a Ferrari right and Ferraris you
need to, you need to work onthem things all the time.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
So you can't you can't.
Speaker 1 (09:40):
You can't eat some low grade food and have a high
grade performance right.
Speaker 2 (09:45):
Exactly.
So you know they asked me thisand I'm just like okay, like, if
you don't have energy, let'stalk about this.
Like, why do you have lowenergy?
Like, what did you eat today?
Or like, give me you know yourmenu for like the last week.
And then they tell me, right,and often it's like things that
I'm like whoa, people still eatthat.
(10:05):
Like, and not in judgment, butin like, oh, okay, that makes
sense.
It's like, really, you canconnect the dots, um, you know,
and I listen with love andintent to give them the best
coaching that I can give themback and serve love.
But, like, if they areconsuming you know, a bunch of
processed foods, I'm like, okay,that literally there's no
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nutritional value.
You are not going to getanything from that.
Then, like you know, sometimestheir diet is super clean and
I'm just like okay, well, youknow, onto the next, like, have
you moved your body?
Like, and how many times?
And what did you actually doand did you like it?
You know what I mean.
Speaker 1 (10:45):
Things that are obvious, that are always
overlooked.
Speaker 2 (10:48):
Right.
And then that's what's so crazy, even for me.
I'm like why do I feel likethis?
And then you know I could belike well, have you moved your
body?
You know like, and he coachesme because we need people to
keep us, you know, to remind usjust of.
This is how the human brainworks, like we need reminders.
Speaker 1 (11:03):
That's why people find coaches.
Speaker 2 (11:06):
Exactly.
And, like you know, thequestions can go on Like so if
they've said like yes, then I'llbe like oh, have you had clean
water?
Or, like you know, and how much?
How much water did you drink?
Um, you know, and how have youput your feet on the ground?
You know that's a big one.
Like have you gone outside?
Have you smelled like fresh air?
What?
When's the last time you werein nature?
Speaker 1 (11:23):
When's the last time the sun hit your skin?
Speaker 2 (11:24):
Yeah, yes exactly, exactly.
But oftentimes I'm told like, oh, I've had as a diet coke today,
you know, and I haven't movedmuch in a few days and I'm just
like, okay.
So while these might soundsevere, but all of us all of us
including me have been out ofhabit forget just how to fuel
our wellness.
So that is what today is allabout is that you can get a lot
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of free medicine, which is howwe describe health benefit
practices that are available toanyone.
So for a particular client thatwasn't feeling grounded, I
would say, okay, let's go getsome barefoot on the earth, like
put your feet in the grass.
You know, obviously, if there'ssnow outside, then you want to
try to find like something thatyou can stand on, maybe a porch
that's covered.
But you need to have thosenegative ions from the surface
(12:11):
that is natural, from an outsidesurface, and they make their
way into our bodies and releasethe free radicals we've been
accumulating.
These free radicals have beenlinked to premature aging,
inflammation and disease, Forexample, like hugging is another
one.
Hugging is free and it willground you too.
So, like if going outside is anoption.
(12:34):
Hugging releases oxytocin inthe brain and dopamine in the
brain, which is known as thepleasure hormone.
A study of 404 healthy adultsconducted in 2014 by researchers
at Carnegie Mellon Universityfound that frequent hugs reduce
people's susceptibility tostress.
(12:54):
Oh my goodness.
So and like stress is theultimate, like damper on your
energy, Like the second that youget really stressed and we're
going to talk about it.
Yeah, it's quicksand.
You go and slow down, honey.
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (13:06):
Once you're stressed, your body starts working
against itself.
Yeah, and what I would suggest?
You know as far as trees on asunny day, go outside, hug a
tree hug a tree for 30 seconds.
You can get both.
That's grounding, that's a hug,that's you know you're going to
get some.
Speaker 2 (13:24):
It's all of it, yeah.
Speaker 1 (13:26):
So, simply put, reducing stress hormones and
reducing the intake of chemicalspresent in foods, self care
products and environmentalfactors are really paramount for
cultivating a healthy body andincreasing energy levels.
Yeah, and by opting for naturaland organic alternative
alternatives, you can reallyminimize their exposure to
(13:48):
harmful substances that maydisrupt bodily functions and
contribute to fatigue, fatigue,right, yeah.
So, embracing a lifestylefocused on clean, toxic, free
choices not only supportsoverall well-being, but also
enhances vitality, allowingindividuals to thrive with
sustained energy and vitality.
(14:08):
Yeah, so you don't have to hitthose dips yeah.
Speaker 2 (14:12):
So just this week, a like the world's largest
scientific review of its kindwas published in BMJ, involving
almost 10 million people.
So it found that diets high inultra process food are directly
linked to 32 harmful effects tohealth 32.
Speaker 1 (14:28):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (14:30):
This includes a higher risk of heart disease,
cancer, type two diabetes,adverse mental health and early
death.
The researchers said ultraprocess food has little, if any,
whole food added, madepalatable and attractive by
using combinations of flavors,colors, emulsifiers, thickeners
and other additives.
No reason exists to believethat humans can fully adapt to
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these products.
That's what they said.
That's crazy.
Speaker 1 (14:55):
That's a quote In quote.
It's literally opening a box ofchemicals and just eating those
chemicals, thinking that it'sfood yeah, thinking that it's
going to provide, like it'sgoing to provide your body with
what it needs to to to do whatyou wanted to do.
And here's the funny thing.
Speaker 2 (15:14):
I get this a lot in my like private sessions.
So it's like, well, we're allgoing to die anyway.
And it's like, yes, we all are.
There is no getting out of thisalive.
However, there is a choice youcan suffer while you're here or
you can thrive while you're here.
I know eighties and 90 yearolds right now that I'm close to
(15:35):
that are thriving because theyare prioritizing these things
that we're talking about.
So that's what I want to conveyis like, yes, there is no such
thing as perfection.
Yes, there is no such thing aslike getting out of here alive.
However, the quality of lifethat you will experience is
diminished by what you ingestand put on your body and what
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you are surrounded by a periodin old stories.
Speaker 1 (16:00):
You know, if there is a juice that you should drink,
a little pomegranate juice, andon the top of it it had a little
little sticker that stated beyoung, as late as possible,
Right?
So that's what I'm going for.
I want to be in my 70s, 80s,90s, riding bikes, hiking, you
know, playing with greatgrandkids, you know, just having
(16:21):
a good time and being beingable to do that.
My body being able to do thatwill only happen if I take care
of my body now.
Speaker 2 (16:32):
Word and in some ways , when we do those shows, it
reaffirms, a reminder to ourself.
You know we are always servinglove to our empowered posse, but
we're serving it right back toourselves.
So just know us doing this andhaving this conversation is
elevating our experience so wecan continue to show up and
serve love.
The best way to learn is toteach Exactly.
Speaker 1 (16:51):
Let's dive into these segments.
All right.
So segment number one organicfood.
Organic food, which is thefoundation of nourishment, Right
.
So eating organic, of course,reduces the amount of chemicals
in your diet, namely persistentpesticides.
Right, Because that's the,that's the big one, right?
In fact, you can skip over 700chemicals used in conventional
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food production just by choosingorganic food products.
700 chemicals, that's a lot.
Speaker 2 (17:18):
Yeah, yep.
Speaker 1 (17:19):
That alone has a ripple effect, not only in our
health but in the environment,because those chemicals used in
ag end up harming our soil, ouroceans, our waterways, our birds
, our pollinators, our fish.
I mean, you name it.
Every living thing suffers whenchemicals meant to kill pests
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and weeds are used.
Yep Boom In fact, studies haveshown that organic farms and
crops are safe havens forpollinators, which are
alarmingly disappearing rightyeah.
Speaker 2 (17:52):
So if you like any type of fruit or if you drink
coffee every day, even if you'relike I, hate fruit and
vegetables, you drink coffeeevery day.
Without bees, we are not goingto be drinking coffee Period.
Speaker 1 (18:02):
Exactly, you'll be drinking a chemical version of
coffee that will have nonutritional value.
Yes, so I mean, organic cropsare pollinator friendly and they
protect bees, they protectpollinators, they welcome
wildlife and they shield themfrom the toxic chemicals that
are raining down all over theplanet.
Speaker 2 (18:24):
Yes, yes, yes, yes, especially with conventional ag,
and just like how it justdoesn't go away.
So like you have to realize,when you are making these
choices, you are choosing whatkind of world you want to live
in.
Right, correct, correct.
So the second thing to consideris how organic is better for
your health, and this is oftennot talked about a lot.
Usually people are just like ohwell, you know, you won't have
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pesticides.
Speaker 1 (18:46):
And they can't get past the price of it.
Speaker 2 (18:48):
Right, right, and now food prices are so fucking
crazy, right, like we can alljust say, yes, I feel you, food
prices are nuts.
But now if you notice, likeorganic is actually not much
higher than food prices yeah,it's actually even sometimes
cheaper Like this is what'scrazy that's happening is that
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the price gouging that'shappening with our supply chain
is, like you know, not affectingorganic as much because it's
not coming from overseas.
Yeah, you know, some of it is,but most of it's coming from
here.
So here's, let's just talkabout how it's better for your
health.
So organic food contains morevitamins, minerals, enzymes and
micronutrients thanconventionally raised food.
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There is a growing body ofscience and evidence documenting
how farming methods caninfluence the nutritional
content of foods.
Some studies are showing moreantioxidants, more omegas and
higher nutrient density.
Plus, you're skipping artificialcolors, flavors, preservatives,
gmos, which are geneticallymodified organisms because they
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are not allowed in organic foodChemicals chemicals chemicals,
chemicals and chemicals, then ifyou're eating like meat or
dairy products, your organicselections cannot contain
antibiotics, growth hormones andthe animals are raised
consciously and not tortured.
Cleaner food means cleanerdiets, which leads to a cleaner
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bill of health.
Speaker 1 (20:19):
You know, having lost a number of my family members
to cancer, eating organic cansignificantly reduce your risk
of cancer.
There's a new study in JA in ainternal medicine that found
that those who ate organic foodsfrequently lowered their
overall risk of developingcancer.
Speaker 2 (20:41):
Yeah, and the good news is, if you're new to
organic, it's not too late toreduce your chemical load.
Researchers found the levels oftoxins decreased by an average
of 60% after six days of eatingorganic food.
Some of them are finding 90%,but the average was 60%, and so
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what we always recommend is tostart just replacing your main
food groups with organic, andthen each week you can like swap
out another one, right?
Speaker 1 (21:10):
Yeah, it's very easy, very easy.
Speaker 2 (21:12):
So let's move on to segment number two.
Speaker 1 (21:15):
Segment two clean living, natural self-care and
keeping a clean, harmonious home.
Speaker 2 (21:20):
OK.
Speaker 1 (21:21):
All right.
So living clean is multifacetedand as we discuss these things,
keep in mind the toxic load wediscussed and how it depletes
our energy.
Right, so let's talk aboutstrategies for living clean when
it comes to self-care andkeeping a clean, harmonious home
.
Speaker 2 (21:38):
Yeah, so there's a lot of strategies for
transitioning to natural andorganic self-care products.
Let's just talk about theelephant in the room.
So your skin is your largestorgan, and it's estimated that
women use 12 personal careproducts per day and men use six
personal care products per day.
Speaker 1 (21:58):
The creams.
I've got a lot of creams.
Mine always makes fun of me.
Speaker 2 (22:02):
He's like oh, did you just put the creams on Like
when I go to sleep.
It's like I'm just like a wet,like a wet seal.
You got me creamed, I'm creamynow and now Mikey's oh, that
sounded kinky.
But when it comes to personalcare products, it's a 70 billion
dollar industry and most of thelaws governing this industry
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haven't been changed since theGreat Depression.
So this is why, when I talk tomy clients or when I post on
social, I'm always talking aboutthe cosmetic aisle as the
cosmetics you know, becausethere are tons of chemicals used
and almost like I want to saythere's like 180 that have been
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linked to cancer, that are stillin our personal care products
and they're just not regulated.
Speaker 1 (22:54):
So basically, what you're saying is you're
literally buying vials of cancerand spreading it on your body
and calling it beauty.
Speaker 2 (23:00):
Yes, and the thing is is that, like I said, the laws
are way out of date.
But now, like, there are tonsof healthy personal care
products in the marketplace andthey're not necessarily more
expensive Some of them are butlike we, you know, get to see
like all this new innovation atthis conference that we're going
to, and a lot of times they arelooking to find the cheapest
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way to serve you the same typeof product.
So there's so many dupes.
I'm a glamour girl.
I love like putting on makeupand doing all the things and
smelling good and, like you know, like I love personal care,
self care, beauty, glamour, andwhat I can tell you is that, if
you're new to this, some of myfavorite clean products.
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I'm going to be posting a lot onmy I am Zuri account.
You can follow me there.
You can also look at all of thedifferent things that I've
already shared products that areaccessible, cheap.
You can even get them atSephora or Target and you know
it's important for you to lookat your ingredients on your
products and know what theyactually are Like.
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If you're putting things intoyour armpit, for example, like
that's where all of your lymphnodes are Like think, think how
this is going to weigh you downand not fuel your body.
So another one is like cleaningproducts.
You want to talk about those,of course.
Speaker 1 (24:25):
I mean, what are you cleaning with?
Right so?
That's the question you want toask Do you need to detox your
cleaning products?
Right?
So?
According to the EnvironmentalProtection Agency, the EPA,
there are more than 85,000synthetic chemicals in the
products we consume and use on adaily basis.
(24:45):
So if you're cleaning your homewith a product that claims that
it is a disinfectant or cutsgrease, kills mold or is an
antibacterial, it likelycontains a pesticide and
chemical of concern, right?
So what is that?
Usually multiple chemicals.
Speaker 2 (25:02):
Mostly, like most of them, contain several chemicals
of concern.
And the problem is is that,like, these ingredients are
tested separately, they don'tget tested as a chemical
cocktail.
It would be like if I said, ok,this margarita is going to not
make you drunk because it onlyhas, you know, tequila in it
when it really has, like triplesec, or it has you know it has
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other things like and it willadd to the amount of alcohol
that you're putting into yourbody.
Well, the same is true when youlook at like a cleaning product
or even like skincare products,they have multiple ingredients
that are chemicals of concernthat have been identified as
being cancer causing cosmetics.
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The same is true for cleaners isthat they are not regulated as
as a whole product.
So the product, the ingredients, are regulated to an extent,
but when they get put alltogether, there's no data that
says like, ok, this tied pod,for example, is going to cause X
.
They don't know that becauseit's not tested, it's not
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regulated.
Nobody knows.
And but we know from looking atthe environment and testing the
environment, like, hey,actually all of these things are
showing up, killing our fish,killing our waters, killing our
soil, like they are doing damageto things that were once living
, because we are using themwithout a consciousness of what
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they actually are and howthey're actually harming us.
Speaker 1 (26:29):
When we when we come up with terms or we come across
terms like chemicals of concern,I always want to pause right
there and really get an idea oflike what does that actually
mean?
Yeah so chemicals of concern.
Speaker 2 (26:40):
You're talking about something that is that can cause
cancer, something that can,that can kill our fish, like and
it's a nice way actually ofjust saying like you should be
concerned if this chemical is inyour product, correct, and so,
like EWG Environmental WorkingGroup and some of these other
nonprofit organizations, dothese studies to figure out,
(27:02):
like, what are these chemicalsof concerns actually doing?
Food and water watch is great.
Anyway, we could talk all aboutthe nonprofits that are doing
some of this like watchdogservices on these things, and
but I mean really studies areshowing that cleaning with toxic
chemicals can have adversehealth consequences, like
lowered immunity and antibioticresistance.
Speaker 1 (27:22):
And toxic cleaners also add to poor indoor air
quality.
Right, we have a huge showabout that.
Speaker 2 (27:28):
Yeah, called In-Hill Happiness.
Speaker 1 (27:30):
Exactly, and according to EWG, inhalation of
airborne particles is linked tocoughs and respiratory
irritation, as well as moreserious long term consequences,
including lung disease andcancer.
Right, so, while we're on thetip of recommending products,
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the best product to clean upyour air in your home is the
Intellipure Air Filter.
Speaker 2 (27:57):
Right.
Speaker 1 (27:57):
We have talked about this device a lot because it has
made such a significantdifference in the cleanness of
our home Right.
Speaker 2 (28:05):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (28:06):
You know six pets and all the dust and all the dander
of living out in the woods.
Right, this device is 40 timesmore efficient than conventional
HEPA filth filtration systems.
Right, people say that you arewhat you eat, and we agree, but
we also believe that you arewhat you breathe.
(28:29):
Right, you ingest food and youbreathe in air.
That's the transaction.
Speaker 2 (28:33):
And you are what you put on your skin.
Exactly so it's like all thesethings, it's just.
Speaker 1 (28:37):
Yeah, so let's face it.
I mean, if you only eat threetimes a day, but you breathe 20
times per minute, you better befiltering that air Exactly,
otherwise you're going to becomethe filter.
Exactly, you are the filter.
Speaker 2 (28:52):
Yeah, you are, so get a pre-filter before it comes to
your filter Exactly.
Speaker 1 (28:57):
And you can get a 10% off any Intellipere filter
using this link and code ZURRY.
Speaker 2 (29:04):
Yes, and there's a link in our show notes.
But even outside of ourdiscount, I just want to tell
you something, and this doesn'tserve us at all.
They are giving 50% off oftheir compact device and we
don't have, like our own codefor it.
This is something that they'reoffering.
So if you need an air purifier,this is an amazing time.
It'll take care of like 2,400square feet, so like if you live
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in an apartment or something.
Again, we don't get anydiscount or like affiliate for
this specific code.
But I saw this recently and Iwas like that's an amazing deal.
So 50% off, if you need an airpurifier and you are on a budget
is a good time to buy.
Indeed, let's talk aboutsegment three.
Speaker 1 (29:45):
All right.
Segment three free medicineharnessing the power of nature.
So if you're new to our show,we have a series of shows called
Free Medicine.
Speaker 2 (29:56):
We have laughter medicine, fun medicine, sex
medicine, touch medicine food orsexy foods, medicine sexy super
foods.
Yeah, sexy foods, a breathingmedicine which is our inhale
happiness.
We have sound medicine dancemedicine crying medicine own
medicine, which is ourmeditation podcast.
Speaker 1 (30:15):
And good old fashioned sleep medicine,
medicine medicine.
Get your medicine.
Speaker 2 (30:20):
All of these shows talk about ways to use movement,
food, breathing, laughter, fun,sound frequency, dancing and,
yes, even sex as medicine.
And while there are free waysto boost your health, we also
highlight some of our favoritegadgets, like just recently we
talked about the Healy frequencydevice and that heals you
through electrodes usingmicrocurrent frequency, scalar
(30:43):
light with the coil, quantum andmagnetic frequencies.
You can go back and listen tothat.
That was just like earlier thisyear.
We will share these deviceswhen they are life changing, and
the Healy is definitely one ofthose devices.
And right now, you can get upto like 60% off of Healy devices
using the link in our shownotes.
If you have questions, hit usup.
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We will help you out, directyou on how best to heal yourself
and also to charge yourbatteries, because literally,
mike and I right now arecharging our batteries.
He's running, he's runningcoherence, I'm running coherence
on the Healy device.
And yeah, let's get intosegment four.
Speaker 1 (31:22):
Segment four organic supplements supporting your
health naturally.
Speaker 2 (31:26):
Yes, and we cannot talk about attending Expo West
without sharing that part of ourfuel does come from using
adaptogens, almost certainly.
In order to understandadaptogens, you have to
understand the stages of stress.
There are three stages.
The first stage is the alarmreaction stage, and this refers
to the initial fight or flightresponse.
Speaker 1 (31:49):
The second stage is the resistance stage.
After the fight or flightresponse, the body begins to
repair itself.
It still releases cortisol, butis at a much lower amount,
right.
So this allows your heart rateand your blood pressure to begin
to normalize, but remain onhigh alert for a while just in
case something else pops offright.
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Your body begins to repairitself, while your hormone
levels, your heart rate, yourblood pressure regain its
optimal pre-stress state, rightGetting back to where it's
supposed to be.
Speaker 2 (32:21):
Yes, unfortunately, because we find ourselves in
prolonged stressful situationsanybody hear me?
Our bodies are not permitted torest and repair and therefore
they remain on high alert.
Eventually, our body will adaptand learn how to live within
higher stress levels.
That's super sad, right?
This is not a good thing.
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It is at this stage that thebody goes through some negative
chemical changes to cope withthe chronic stress.
That, for the most part, goesundetected.
Your body thinks that it isunder attack and continues to
secrete high doses of cortisoland adrenaline, which keeps your
blood pressure elevated, andyou may think you're managing
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stress well, but your body isworking double and triple time
just to keep up.
The body is strong and can holdout for a while.
However, at some point yourbody is producing more cortisol
and adrenaline than it canprocess and at that point it
goes into the third stage, aptlynamed the exhaustion stage.
Speaker 1 (33:25):
The third and final stage comes from prolonged or
chronic stress.
Your once strong and healthybody struggles to keep up with
the most basic of tasks, whereyour body's physical, emotional
and mental resources are drainedand you no longer have the
strength to fight stress.
And at this point your strengthand vigor are replaced with
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exhaustion and hopelessness.
And if you look at the topseven causes of death, each and
every one can trace its rootsback to stress.
Speaker 2 (33:58):
Yes, so that's why we take adaptogens.
Adaptogens help us stay in thesecond stage longer, because,
while it's pretty muchimpossible to ward off stressful
situations altogether right, wecan tap into the power of
mother nature, which adaptogensare just from mother nature, no
synthetics here and they offsetthe dangerous effects of
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prolonged stress on our bodies.
So, with all the stress that wehave, you know, jointly, so
coming from like owningbusinesses, coaching clients,
managing social media meltdowns,pr crises, from clients bills
parent things and parents livingthrough the 2020s, going into
(34:45):
elections like the stress isabound.
Fill in the blank, becausestress is unavoidable, which is
why we take adaptogens daily.
If you're new to adaptogens, werecommend listening to our
entire show about it, calledAlleviate Stress with Adaptogens
.
Speaker 1 (35:02):
We also take organic supplements daily Coming up.
We're going to do a whole showabout selecting supplements
because when seasons shift, sodo our immune systems, right, it
adjusts.
So in order to serve you fully,we have a full show on
selecting supplements.
Speaker 2 (35:20):
Yes, yes, we haven't done that.
So I was like oh, that's such agood idea, let's do that.
That's one way to serve love.
That's another way to servelove.
It's and some of these thingsare so complex and confusing,
you know like finding self-careproducts that don't have
chemicals, like it's madeconfusing for a reason and
you're made to think like, oh,everything works because the
marketing is effective.
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And everything is safe.
They're like oh, it's natural,and there's lots and lots of
pink washing out there.
Same is true for supplements,and it gets confusing.
So one of the places that weget a lot of our supplements
from adaptogens from is ThriveMarket.
That's another affiliateproduct.
There's a link in our shownotes.
You can check them out.
They're kind of like CostcoMeets Whole Foods.
(36:02):
You can get discounts on thisstuff.
We always are looking how tosave you money, make it
convenient.
They deliver to your door, kindof like Amazon too.
Speaker 1 (36:11):
So they're like a combo of the three and they were
one of our first affiliates,and the reason why we love them
so is because they solve theproblem of the food deserts that
are around the United States.
So some of your inner cities,some of your more rural areas,
where the only supplements thatyou're going to find are going
to be in the small market downthe street, in which case most
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of those are going to bechemical laden.
Speaker 2 (36:36):
And they're also going to be super expensive and
so like, and you're gettingsupplements that don't actually
do you good, they actually doyou harm, and you're thinking
like, why don't I feel better?
Speaker 1 (36:47):
And the same thing goes with when you're wanting to
buy, say, some pasta, or youwant to buy some crackers.
Speaker 2 (36:53):
Yeah, it's good.
Speaker 1 (36:54):
Finding that in a small store or a CVS or a corner
market will be almostimpossible.
So, going online, hitting aThrive Market, you have full
access to the creme de la cremeof stuff that will be delivered
to your house.
Speaker 2 (37:08):
Yeah, so good, pantry staples is what I like to use
Thrive for that and supplements.
But fun fact, I met.
The reason why I got introducedto Thrive before it became
Thrive was because I met Gennarat Expo West.
Speaker 1 (37:23):
That's how you develop relations.
Yeah, and I met him.
Speaker 2 (37:26):
He's like, hey, I'm starting this thing and I was
like, OK, cool, tell me about it.
And you just start talking topeople about the things that
they are working on, thatthey're passionate about, and
then I became a partner in thatand launching that and
introducing that.
And then now, even years later,after their success, I'm still
talking about it on the podcastBecause, yeah, we use it and it
works for us.
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And if this solves a problemfor you, hey, we are helping you
out here.
Speaker 1 (37:52):
Yeah, and it's funny because we open up our
refrigerator, we have productsfrom Giovanni.
We got products from Cavitas.
We have products from all ofour friends that we have
vacationed with or dinnered with.
It's nice to know that therestill exists an opportunity to
have a relationship with thepeople who feed you.
Speaker 2 (38:13):
Right, yeah.
Speaker 1 (38:14):
I love that.
Speaker 2 (38:15):
I love that.
And sometimes that isn't justyour farmer down the street,
that's your friend who developeda probiotic drink.
Exactly, it's great so one thingthat happens a lot and we don't
do this enough.
But we committed in season fiveto do a lot of questions in the
hat, because you guys askquestions in Power Posse and
then we don't make time toanswer them and I apologize for
(38:37):
that.
So we're going to take time onour show to do that, and then we
, of course, will answer you onsocial and stuff like that.
But we had a lot of questionsthat came in about energy and
fueling our busy lives, and so Iset those aside for this show.
There's a handful of them, buta lot it's because people see us
traveling or running businessesor coming to something, and
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these questions, I think, arestemming from that.
So we added them to a hat toplay questions in a hat.
So I'm going to pick the firstone and then let's just do two
each, ok, ok.
So let's see.
Ok, that sounds funny.
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How do you take vacations withthe high amount of workload you
have?
This is hilarious, because Imean, isn't that funny?
Ok?
So, yeah, well, what I can tellyou is that some vacations are
very relaxing and they work.
You get relaxation out of them,and how we do it really is we
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have an amazing team.
We are not people who are goingto gatekeep and say, oh yeah,
we just do it all by ourselves.
No, we have a great team.
We have all of the things thatwe just talked about.
So supplements, we drink water.
Our show last week was all abouthow to vacation.
As an organic freak, it was arepurpose from a previous season
(40:07):
, but we are talking about howwe vacation now is we have to
set boundaries with our clients.
Sometimes I'm not good at this,so that's why I left, because
sometimes clients will be like Ihave this meltdown, existential
crisis, whatever they dub itand they bother you on vacation.
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And the thing is is that if youdon't set a healthy boundary,
then that continues to happen,and most of our clients are
amazing and they allow that.
But sometimes you have to resetboundaries, prioritize your
happiness and you definitelywant to make sure you're
conscious of who you're going onvacation with and who you're
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spending your time with, becausethere are energy vampires
everywhere.
Speaker 1 (40:56):
Everywhere?
Yeah, exactly.
And what I would add to thatlist really is habits.
You have to bring your habitswith you.
That's where a habit comes inhandy.
So if you have a habit of say,I created a habit for myself
after I get out of the showerI'll do 25 push-ups Not a big
(41:17):
deal, but I found myself onvacation getting out of the
shower and doing my habits, sowhich would significantly help
me with my posture seeping incrazy beds and sitting on a
plane carrying bags.
You have to do things that keepyour body strong.
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That's where the habit comes inWherever you go.
Speaker 2 (41:40):
there you are.
Speaker 1 (41:40):
Exactly.
Speaker 2 (41:41):
Pick a question.
Speaker 1 (41:42):
OK, here we go.
The question is what's thenumber one thing you would
recommend doing daily forcreating energy?
Speaker 2 (41:52):
Ooh, that's a good one, lovings.
Thank you for that.
Speaker 1 (41:55):
I'll let you go first .
Speaker 2 (41:56):
Oh wait, I'm answering.
Speaker 1 (41:58):
This is your.
Speaker 2 (41:58):
You picked the question.
No, no you go first For me andagain, this is what I do.
So for me I would say the thingthat works best is to move my
body.
The thing that I like to do Ihate to just repeat myself a lot
, but it is the simple for me isI like to dance, and usually it
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only takes one song to totallychange my state.
So if I'm home I will jump onthe trampoline to really get my
lymphatic system detoxed.
But if I'm not home, just puton a song on my iPhone and dance
, that's exactly.
Speaker 1 (42:38):
I'm glad you said you mentioned the lymphatic system
and that's how I was going toanswer it.
I see you and I have aconversation while we were
traveling and I see the body asa sponge and you put a sponge in
a pile of stress.
It's going to soak up thatstress.
So in order to maintain energy,you got to squeeze the stress
(42:58):
out of the sponge.
So if the squeezing is goingfor a walk, if it's taking a
bath, if it's doing yoga, ifit's drinking a lot of water and
staying hydrated whatever youneed to do to allow that stress
to cycle out of your body youwill then claim back all of the
original energy that your bodyis supposed to have.
Speaker 2 (43:20):
Yep for sure.
So let's do another one.
What do you got so okay?
Why do you both have so mucheffortless support for one
another?
This is hilarious, like whoeverwrote this.
Like if only you knew, like thetimes, that we, you know, are
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in opposition of each other.
You know, like you are, you arelistening to you're not
listening to our fights, like wearen't recording our fights on
our podcast.
Speaker 1 (43:55):
That would be a whole different show.
That'd be like some JerrySpringer right there.
Right, I'm not saying we'reblowing, we're throwing blows,
but we're, we're, we're tossingsome some verbal daggers.
Speaker 2 (44:07):
Some times when we get out of habit, we are still
human.
Sorry, shocker, this is justpart of the human experience and
being in proximity to eachother 24 seven.
We work together, we co-parenttogether, we do a lot, a lot of
poop together, and I absolutelylove him and adore him and
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respect him.
However, there are times when,yeah, I feel like, oh, he wants
to die.
He wants to die today.
Speaker 1 (44:36):
You're getting on my last nerve.
You know what?
Speaker 2 (44:39):
Even you know you can be spiritual, you can be
balanced, you can, you can haveall of these things and if you
don't have a disagreement withyour partner, that really to me
is an indication that, like, weare still working on each other,
we are still growing together,we are still agitators for each
other to bring our best self tothe equation and to expand.
(45:02):
You know, you, you will notexperience this life on this
planet being only highvibrational.
That that isn't, that isn't howwe are experiencing life.
Maybe, maybe you know, maybesome people will argue and be
like, oh yeah, well, I justmeditate all day long and I'm a
monk and it is all highvibrational.
(45:24):
But you need contrast.
You need contrast, and socontrast provides definition.
Speaker 1 (45:29):
You don't know what happiness is until you know what
unhappiness feels like.
Speaker 2 (45:35):
And I would just say that it's not effortless support
is just.
What I want to say is that itmight sound that way because
Mike and I have a lot of banterlove and respect and we do
support each other.
But that comes from just afoundation of love, like that's
why we shared our origin story,like we just instantly connected
and had a chemical andspiritual connection immediately
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.
Speaker 1 (45:59):
That was unsevered.
Speaker 2 (46:00):
That we haven't severed, even when we separated
temporarily, like we still hadlove for each other.
We weren't trying to likerevenge plot, you know.
Speaker 1 (46:11):
I would go so far as to say that the separation never
existed.
Like you and I knew each other,probably from a past life and
the past life before that pastlife and we just kind of showing
up.
Speaker 2 (46:21):
But I would like yeah , we support each other because
we like each other, so thathelps.
So, like, if you're in arelationship, it helps if you
like your partner.
Speaker 1 (46:30):
I would also go so far as to say you know, if you
can get to the mental statewhere you see you or your
reflection in your partner, thenyou have an opportunity to
think differently, right.
And then you can treat yourpartner as you would treat
yourself.
And if you find yourselftreating yourself like garbage
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and you're having some problemswith your partner, it's probably
because you are also treatingyour partner like garbage, right
?
So if you want your partner tobe to smile, smile at your
partner, right.
You know, if you're looking ata mirror, you're not going to
tell the mirror to smile byfrowning.
Speaker 2 (47:08):
You're going to smile .
Yeah, be the change you want tosee.
Speaker 1 (47:11):
If you want to feel love, give love.
Speaker 2 (47:13):
Right, right, if you want to stop arguing.
Speaker 1 (47:17):
Stop arguing.
Be the person to stop arguingfirst, Right?
Or if you want to battle it,then keep battling it, but you
are still a reflection of yourpartner.
Speaker 2 (47:27):
Yeah, so let's do one more, okay.
Speaker 1 (47:29):
What do you?
Speaker 2 (47:30):
got, it's your turn, so go ahead and pick, pick.
Speaker 1 (47:33):
Do you think having a partner that enjoys similar
things adds energy to your lifeand business?
I would say yes, but it is.
I would also go so far as tosay is that what I like about
our relationship is that youalso have your own set of things
(47:55):
that you like to do.
Right, so that we can cometogether, we can do stuff that
we like to do together, but youalso have a full set of things
that you enjoy doing and I havemy full set of things so that
we're not dependent on oneanother.
Speaker 2 (48:10):
Yeah, Mike's on that black diamond, you know, going
down super fast on his snowboardand I'm just like I'm going to
be in the lodge and probablygetting a massage from this dude
over here.
Thanks, Mike.
Speaker 1 (48:21):
And it works out.
It works out at the end of theday.
How was your massage?
It was awesome.
How was your ride?
It was awesome.
Let's kiss, let's cuddle, let'sdo some good stuff.
Speaker 2 (48:31):
I feel like when I met Mike, one of the things I
said I was like I have, you know, like really good girlfriends
and I'm really tight family,like I'm going to live my life,
you're going to live your life,and then we're going to meet in
the middle.
And that is what I would sayalso for business is that we
have our separate businesses,but we have businesses together
and we meet in the middle.
(48:51):
And sometimes we don't meet inthe middle and sometimes we get
off track, and that is just partof being in union and
partnership and deciding whetherit's worth working it out, and
sometimes it's not, andsometimes it is, and in our case
it still has been good, so weare still working it out it has
(49:12):
worked out.
Speaker 1 (49:12):
It has worked out and typically you know you, during,
during those conversationswhere we're, you know, battling
it out, it's clear when we arein our hearts versus in our
heads.
Speaker 2 (49:22):
Let me see that question again though, because,
like they said, similar thingadds energy.
So the fact that Mike does likesome similar things, it does
add energy.
Like, for example, if he didn'tlike nature, that would be hard
for me because I love nature,so if he didn't like to go for a
hike, for example, that's oneway that I build energy.
(49:44):
Or if he didn't like to do yoga, that would be harder, but I
would still be able to do itwithout him.
I feel like we, you have tofind the balance of partnership
versus codependency, and it'snot somebody's fault if they
don't like the same things thatyou like.
Correct, I would find someoneif I were giving that advice.
I'd find someone who has somesimilar interests and who is
(50:08):
willing to be independently,happy and thriving without you
as well.
Speaker 1 (50:14):
Like, for instance, before I met you, I called you
out Right Before I met you.
I was like I want to findsomeone who likes to dance.
I love dancing.
Dancing is is.
I've been dancing ever since Iwas a kid, like a professional
dancer.
But you know what I'm saying?
Michael Jackson thriller comeson and I can do Michael Jackson
thriller dance because I've donethat so many times.
Right, but when music isplaying, I move my feet.
(50:38):
That's just the way it works.
Speaker 2 (50:39):
When music is playing , I move my feet, that's just
the way it works.
Speaker 1 (50:42):
So when I met Zuri, that first, the very first thing
that we did after we talked waswe went dancing.
We danced well together.
Guess what?
Speaker 2 (50:51):
Guess what.
Speaker 1 (50:53):
It has sustained a lot of hard times and to this
day, before we jump on themicrophone, what do we do?
Speaker 2 (51:01):
We dance.
Speaker 1 (51:02):
We dance?
Yes, because it connects us.
Speaker 2 (51:04):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (51:05):
It changes our physiology, and it brings the
both of us on the same level.
Speaker 2 (51:11):
Word.
So it's review time from ourempowered posse.
I'm going to read this one,which is great because this is
actually from one of our guestson the show.
This is from Aisha Tahir, whohas a podcast that we did with
her about posture medicine, andshe has a book called Unhunched.
(51:31):
We both just kind of stood uphere.
She said thank you, by the way,aisha, for leaving us a review.
She says love this podcast.
I really enjoy listening toMike and Zuri.
My favorite part is when theyshare wisdom through their own
experiences.
They do a great job of cuttingthrough the clutter and getting
(51:51):
to what matters in life.
That's so sweet.
Speaker 1 (51:53):
Aisha, we love you.
Speaker 2 (51:54):
Yes, thank you.
I love that and I love all ofour empowered posse reviews.
Thank you so much.
There's over 90 just in the USon Apple podcasts and thank you.
They mean a lot to us and weappreciate you.
Speaker 1 (52:11):
Like I said before, it is spiritual currency.
Speaker 2 (52:15):
Yes, right, it's like a spiritual gold coin.
Speaker 1 (52:17):
There you go, wow Okay.
Speaker 2 (52:20):
Spiritual gold coin.
I love it, Okay.
So question of the week is howare you fueling your body to be
at an optimal state?
Speaker 1 (52:30):
Do you want to answer that question for yourself?
What are you going to do todayto fuel your body?
Speaker 2 (52:34):
Well, right now I'm drinking some lemon water and
I'm definitely going toemphasize and Of course, I'll
take all of my adaptogens.
I'll probably sit in the saunabecause I need to detox some of
this travel ahead of travelingagain and just making sure that
my immune system like when yousit in the sauna, you boost your
(52:57):
immune system.
Those that take saunas oftendon't get things like flus, you
know said flu, or you know likebasically have any respiratory
issues, because you areconstantly reducing the
inflammation in your respiratorysystem.
(53:19):
You are squeezing the sponge.
It's another sponge squeezer.
Goodbye.
Speaker 1 (53:23):
Goodbye, what I'm going to do.
I am going to do somethingquite manly today.
Speaker 2 (53:29):
Oh, what manly, huh, I'm going to take a bath.
Speaker 1 (53:32):
Oh yeah, I'm going to flex my muscles and I'll slide
up in that warm bath water withthe magnesium in there and just
melt away.
It's so manly.
It's so manly.
Why is it manly?
Because when I do that, I ammore of a man than I was before.
Speaker 2 (53:52):
Uh, huh, because I feel better.
Yeah, you feel better Ireplenish I'm calm.
I'm collected.
There is a stigma around takingbaths as a man.
I don't know why, but like Ijust want that for every man,
just get in that bath.
If it makes you feel better,who the hell cares?
Speaker 1 (54:07):
Now, mind you, I don't do the candles and the
incense and the wine.
Literally, it's me in a bathtub.
Speaker 2 (54:13):
Do you do bubbles?
Speaker 1 (54:14):
No, I don't make my own bubbles.
No, honestly, it's literally.
I'll have my phone, I'll beplaying a game of chess, you
know something where I'm justlike chilling, and then, oh,
it's 20 minutes, cool, I'm out.
Speaker 2 (54:30):
I do the incense, I do.
I don't do bubbles, but I dolike a full on, a full on bath,
like candles I set that for you.
Yeah, sometime will you cleanthe bath for me, which is nice,
it's very nice.
Some epsom salt, little coconutoil and usually some essential
oils, and then you know like,yeah, candles, let's go.
(54:53):
I make a whole experience.
Speaker 1 (54:56):
Yes, and as do I, but it just, it's just a muted
experience.
Speaker 2 (55:01):
It's a manly experience, nice and easy.
It's funny.
Okay, well, we love you.
We're sending you the highestvibrations.
Speaker 1 (55:11):
You are held.
Speaker 2 (55:12):
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Speaker 2 (55:55):
We love you.
Speaker 1 (55:58):
So, based off of you know, my, my love for bathing,
my love for bathing.
I want to come up with aproduct called the man bath.
The man bath, the man bath, themost manly bathing experience
you can possibly get, right?
Speaker 2 (56:18):
So I'm talking about maybe you know, like you're
gonna, it's going to be anactual bath like you slide in
and you throw in like a.
Speaker 1 (56:26):
You know those little pods right.
When you throw in a pod there'smore of like an explosion.
You know some fire, some smoke,some you know a little bit of
danger right, and put it in alittle.
You know a soundtrack.
You know you know some Rambo orsomething in the back, not
knowing that while you're in thebath, experiencing you know
death and dismay, you'reactually getting deep healing.
(56:49):
You're getting that magnesiumin your body which activates all
the other manly parts of you.
Speaker 2 (56:54):
You know what I'm saying?
Wait, you said you're sayingdeath and dismay, you're going
to feel that, but that'sopposite of like reducing stress
.
Speaker 1 (57:01):
Yeah, but it's a manly thing.
You know what I mean.
So some man, oh, I need alittle opposition.
You know I need to fuckingpunch something.
You know that that would benice.
You know a pod that jumps upand all of a sudden you know,
punches you in the face, youknow a little punching bag pops
up and you got to hit it acouple of times.
Or you know something whereit's interactive.
Speaker 2 (57:19):
Well, you're going to be at Expo West.
You can like talk with theinnovators there.
You can go to the floor wherethere's supply chain and we can
talk with people.
Speaker 1 (57:26):
I spoke too soon.
I bet you anything.
I bet you anything, someone outthere with writing this down
the man bath.
Speaker 2 (57:33):
That one's right up there with your your sockhole
repair.
Speaker 1 (57:39):
They can make business.
Only, how many socks do we have?
Once good and once bad, you'relike damn it.
Speaker 2 (57:47):
Oh it's, I don't know .
To me, to me, I would say if Iwas like on what's that show
called Shark Tank, I haven'treally watched it.
But whatever they say howeverthey say no is how I would give
you the answer to that one.
Nope, not investing in eitherof those the sockhole repair or
the man bath.
I have an idea for a man bath,but I'm not going to share it.
Speaker 1 (58:08):
I'm going to tell you afterwards no, I need to hear
it.
I need to hear it.
Speaker 2 (58:12):
No, it's actually like a good idea.
Oh excuse me.
Speaker 1 (58:19):
Excuse me.
Um well, let's see here.
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