Finding Purpose & Staying Charged with Ben Greenfield
Ben Greenfield is an expert biohacker, strength and conditioning coach, speaker, and best-selling author—and that’s the short list. He’s worked with CEOs, endurance competitors, and professional athletes spanning a range from poker champions to NFL players. But he’s also a father and a thought leader, and he’s widely read and highly educated. In this episode, Ben joined me to share his wisdom (and his book suggestions) on a variety of topics, from minerals and their role in human health to parenting advice and the value of tradition.
“If there’s a lightning storm in Florida, and you’re here in California, that’s the time to go outside in your bare feet.”
Nicotine, caffeine, amphetamine? Ben’s chewing some interesting gum (6:30)
The Heart is Not a Pump and ephedra (it’s a hefty pick-me-up) (8:00)
Unusual sexual performance-enhancing methods, including stem cell injection (11:30)
Minerals: the fundamental piece of health science doesn’t understand (17:30)
The science of water, electrical charge, and the effect on humans (22:30)
EMF and 5G (digital wall timers and the power of unplugging) (37:30)
Ben’s new book, Boundless (41:30)
The correlation between purpose, energy, and time (47:30)
“What good have I done today?” (52:30)
An epigenetic perspective on stress (53:00)
More parental advice nuggets: consequences, the value of teaching, the power of examples, creativity and adaptation, tradition (59:30)
Christmas in Iceland (1:11:30)
Self-reliance, stress reduction, cellular resilience (1:12:45)
The role of spirituality in transformative wellness, and how to cultivate a belief in a higher power (1:14:30)
Gratitude for better sleep (1:21:30)
How does Ben do it? Purpose in relation to skill set (1:28:30)
Handling intense stress (1:32:30)
“Clear, succinct purpose combined with energy is what allows you to have that affluence of time and be in a flow state rather than a reactive checklist state.”
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