This week, I’m talking about strength training - not from a research-heavy, “optimize everything” angle, but from a personal one.

You can look up the physiological benefits anywhere. Smarter people than me have that covered. Instead, I share three simple reasons I keep coming back to lifting weights:

1. It’s empowering.
   Strength training is a direct way to do things with your body—move better, feel stronger, or work toward how you want to look or feel. You want to move that thing? This helps.
2. Mental clarity, space, and mood.
   No matter what I’m dealing with mentally or emotionally, lifting helps. I always feel better afterward - physically and mentally. Every time.
3. Sleep.
   I’ve had lifelong challenges with sleep, and strength training consistently helps me sleep better. Better sleep makes everything else easier.

To close the episode, I also give a quick review of Is This Thing On?, a film partly about stand-up comedy that also touches on marriage, mid-life crisis, and identity.

Thanks for stopping by this week! Let me know how your strength training is going! We'll definitely talk more about it moving forward.

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In this episode I talk about one way to approach setting the tone for the new year, and why using Marty Supreme as an example may or may not be the best way to move forward.

Instead of goals and specifics, I talk about the benefits of choosing a single word or phrase to use a guiding light for the year ahead, and recognizing the inherent costs of choosing any word.

Happy New Year!

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In this episode I'm talking about setting process-based goals instead of outcome goals. That is, instead of things like, "I'm gonna lose 50 pounds!", we can help ourselves more by incorporating process goals into our day to day. So like, "I'm gonna go for a walk after lunch 4-6 days a week" or "I'm gonna lift weights two or three times a week" is much more likely to help you stay on track. So check it out, and thanks for being you. You rock. Happy New Year.

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