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UNTIL SEPTEMBER on Anchor PoibteANCHOR POINTE, The Faith and Fitness PodcastFaith, Diet, Exercise, Attitude, Positive Imagery, Music and ResearchTRANSCRIPTCharlotte (00:06):This is the XBHS Radio Network.Skip Orem (00:10):From the Nashville Studios of the XBHS Radio Network, I am Skip Orem, and this is The Anchor Pointe podcast. Hi, everybody. Welcome to the May 12, 2023 episode of The Anchor Pointe Podcast. I'm Skip Orem recording this final episode of season one of The Anchor Pointe Podcast at the XBHS Radio studios here on Printers Alley in Nashville, Tennessee.(01:06):And first off today, thanks to all of you who took the time to email me about last week's guided meditation episode. And everybody, if you have not had an opportunity to listen to that episode, it's available in The Anchor Pointe Podcast feed and then also at theanchorpointe.com website on the Audioburst page. And yes, this is the final episode of Anchor Pointe before we take our summer break. And then after our summer break, a new season of The Anchor Pointe Podcast will begin on Friday, September 22nd, with new season two episodes released every other Friday.(02:00):You can make sure that you don't miss any Anchor Pointe podcast episodes by subscribing to The Anchor Pointe Podcast wherever you get your podcasts. We're on all of the major podcast platforms, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio. Wherever you get your podcasts, we're there. Search for The Anchor Pointe podcast. Remember, we spell Anchor Pointe with an E, that's T-H-E A-N-C-H-O-R P-O-I-N-T-E, or you can search on my name, Skip Orem.(02:44):Next season's Anchor Pointe podcasts are going to have a couple of exciting new changes. First and probably most important, Anchor Pointe's going to remain a faith and fitness podcast, helping all of us baby boomers increase our faith, stay fit, stay healthy, stay happy, and live a long life. That'll continue to be the overriding mission of The Anchor Pointe Podcast, and we're going to continue to feature important content in all of the seven elements of the Anchor Pointe disease-fighting and fitness model, faith, diet, exercise, attitude, guided meditation, music and research. And new beginning with the new episodes in September, thinking about exploring and talking about our faith will play an even larger part in each episode. Perhaps as much as half of each week's podcast next season will be devoted to faith.(03:51):And this other cool change, I'll be adding a new segment, especially for us older folks, baby boomers. Interesting stories from back in the '50s and '60s, focusing on our history, music and the arts. The new segment will be called Recollections, and I'm going to preview one of those new recollections segments a little later in today's episode. And for next season, because I want to make sure that each episode has valuable content about our faith, our fitness, our overall health, because of that, we're going to change the podcast release schedule to have a new episode released every two weeks. That new schedule of an episode dropping every two weeks will help me ensure that every episode of Anchor Pointe has new and meaningful content. Three significant changes for next season. Faith gets an upgrade. The Recollections segment. And new episodes will drop every two weeks, beginning on September 22, 2023.(05:29):All right. Let's talk about today's episode. Our Medical News for Seniors segment today will feature information on dealing with those medications that most of us take every day. And as I mentioned, later in the podcast today, I'm going to do a preview of the new Reflections segment, and we'll also talk today about preventing falls, one of the leading causes of injuries among us baby boomers. And then for a couple of minutes later in the podcast, Messages in the Bible.
THE SOLSTICE A Guided MeditationANCHOR POINTE, The Faith and Fitness PodcastFaith, Diet, Exercise, Attitude, Positive Imagery, Music and ResearchTRANSCRIPT (This transcript is computer generation. The computer sometimes makes mistakes and doesn't get that we spell Anchor Pointe with an E)Charlottte (00:06):This is the X B H S Radio NetworSkip Orem (00:10):From the Nashville Studios of the XBHS Radio Network, I'm Skip Orem, and this is The Anchor Pointe Podcast. Hi everybody. From Nashville, I'm Skip Orem, and welcome to The Solistice, the May 5th, 2023 episode of The Anchor Pointe Podcast. This entire episode today is a guided meditation session, especially designed to help you de-stress, relax, and prepare to enjoy the beautiful summer days ahead. Just a couple of quick announcements before we start the meditation session, which will start at the three-minute mark in the episode.(01:06):If you've already listened to these announcements, perhaps you are coming back to this guided meditation session to listen to it again. Go ahead right now then and skip to the three-minute mark. Everybody, we have just one more episode of The Anchor Pointe Podcast to go before we take a summer break until September. That last episode for this season will drop into your podcast feed next Friday, May 12th. We'll all take a summer break and then The Anchor Pointe Podcast will be back on Friday, September 22nd.(01:49):To guarantee that you don't miss any Anchor Pointe Podcast episodes, make sure you subscribe to The Anchor Pointe Podcast wherever you get your podcast. We're on on all of the major podcast platforms: Apple Podcast, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, wherever you get your podcast. Or you can subscribe right there from our website, theanchorpointe.com. Just search for The Anchor Pointe Podcast. And remember, we spell Anchor Pointe with an E. T-H-E A-N-C-H-O-R P-O-I-N-T-E.Skip Orem:(03:00):Guided Meditation Sesson -The SolsticSkip Orem:(28:180)If these Anchor Pointe guided meditation sessions are helpful for you, remember, all of the Anchor Pointe guided meditation sessions are available theanchorpointe.com website. Just click on the audio burst page. Next Friday, May 12th, a new episode of The Anchor Pointe Podcast. For the XBHS Radio Network and for The Anchor Pointe Podcast, from Nashville, I'm Skip Orem. Bye everybody.
MUSIC AND EXERCISE and A Father's LoveANCHOR POINTE, The Faith and Fitness PodcastFaith, Diet, Exercise, Attitude, Positive Imagery, Music and ResearchTRANSCRIPT (This transcript is computer generation. The computer sometimes makes mistakes and doesn't get that we spell Anchor Pointe with an E)Charlottte (00:06):This is the X B H S Radio NetworkSkip Orem (00:10):From the Nashville Studios of the XB H S Radio Network. I'm Skip Oram and this is the Anchor Point podcast. Hey everybody from the studios of the X B H S Radio Network here on Printers Alley in Nashville, Tennessee. Welcome to the Anchor Point, your faith and fitness podcast for us older folks in our fifties, sixties, seventies, and beyond. Now this is your April 28th, 2023 episode. And by the way, this is the first of three remaining episodes before we take a summer break. But don't worry, we will be back with an all new season of the Anchor Point Podcast this September(01:05):On today's episode. Music and Exercise, how music can Be a Motivator for Exercise. Music is one of the seven elements of the anchor point, disease, fighting and fitness model, faith, diet, exercise, positive attitude, guided meditation research, and the element we're gonna feature on today's episode. Music. I was at the Pacific Ocean last week and I want to share with all of you some of my thoughts about the ocean and that'll be coming up later in the podcast today and also later A Father's love. First up though, I wanna spend just a couple of minutes talking with you, with our listeners about where we are right now at this point with the Anchor Point Podcast and my plans for next season and what's more boring, I guess, than a podcaster talking about his podcast instead of delivering important content, right? Well I think most of our regular anchor point listeners might be interested in this next short segment, but if you don't want to hear about my thoughts for the podcast, what you can do right now is go ahead and skip to the seven minute 55 second mark and that's where we'll start medical news for seniors and the rest of today's podcast as we bring season one of the Anchor Point Podcast to a close with the May 12th episode two take some time to let you all know what I'm planning for Anchor Point season two, which will begin with the Autumn Equinox on Friday, September 22nd.(03:09):The Equinox actually happens on Thursday the 21st, but Anchor Point releases new episodes on Fridays. So that first episode of the Anchor Point Podcast season two will happen on September 22nd, 2023. That's a Friday season, one's not over yet. We have two more all new episodes next week and and then the following week, next week's episode will be a special guided meditation episode. And yes, I uh, officially changed the name of the Positive imagery element of the Anchor Point Disease Fighting and Fitness model. I changed the name of that element to guided meditation cause that's what it really is. You spending some time with yourself, relaxing, refreshing and thinking as you're guided through a 20 to 30 minute meditation session. So next week, guided meditation and that episode will be called The Soltice and I think you're really gonna enjoy it. I've spent quite a bit of time thinking about and praying about the direction of next season's Anchor point.(04:33):I had kind of a brainstorming session with myself, reached out to some listers who have emailed me with suggestions over the past couple of months with their help. I've decided on the direction of next season's Anchor Point episodes. First and probably most important anchor point will remain a faith and fitness podcast. I'm gonna try to keep each episode around 30 to 45 minutes, but three big differences for next season. Helping all of us baby boomers increase our faith, stay fit, healthy, happy,
STAYING ALIVE on Anchor PoibteANCHOR POINTE, The Faith and Fitness PodcastFaith, Diet, Exercise, Attitude, Positive Imagery, Music and ResearchTRANSCRIPT (This transcript is computer generation. The computer sometimes makes mistakes and doesn't get that we spell Anchor Pointe with an E)CHARLOTTE; (00:06):This is the X B H S Radio NetworkSKIP OREM; (00:10):From the Nashville Studios of the XB H S Radio Network. I'm Skip Oram, and this is the Anchor Point Podcast. Hey, everybody from the X B H S radio studios on Printers Alley here in Nashville, Tennessee. Welcome to the Anchor Point Podcast, your faith and fitness podcast for us older folks in our fifties, sixties, seventies, and beyond. It's been over three weeks since we last talked, meaning this will be a very full episode of the Anchor Point Podcast today,(01:05):And I'm so happy that even during our break, new listeners are continuing to join the podcast listening to episodes we've already produced. And by the way, every Anchor point episode since the very beginning is available in the Anchor Point Podcast feed and on the anchor point.com website. Anchor Point has listeners from everywhere, not just in the United States, but all over the world, listeners looking to increase their faith, fight disease, get and stay healthy, and live a long, active, healthy, and happy life. Originally, this was going to be a SL and rans episode, but as I started to put the episode together, I realized two of the topics I wanted to discuss with you were pretty important in our battle to stay healthy and fight off disease instead of slants and rants. On today's episode, journaling for Good Health and a Battle plan that you might be interested in that I used for fighting and winning a cancer battle. You've been diagnosed with the disease. What's the plan going forward? And we have four Anchor point episodes to go before we end season one of the Anchor Point Podcast on May 12th. I've already started to make plans for next season's episodes, which will begin in September and wanted to share some of my thoughts about Anchor Point season two with you on the podcast today and perhaps get some feedback as I began to set the direction for season two. Before we get to all that though, let's start today with anchor points medical news for seniors.(03:12):New research from the University of Edinburg in the UK has discovered specific areas of the brain that may be damaged by high blood pressure and linked to the development of dementia. The studies have shown that high blood pressure hypertension can severely impact the blood vessels in your brain leading to those vessels being reshaped. Those studies have shown that high blood pressure hypertension can severely impact the blood vessels in your brain leading to those blood vessels being reshaped. High blood pressure also causes hardening and then the development of clogged arteries within the brain. When blood pressure is elevated, the increased pressure is transmitted from those larger blood vessels to smaller ones in the brain causing them to not function properly and creating a condition known as small vessel disease and dementia. High blood pressure damages the white matter in our brains. This all continues to highlight the importance for us older folks to monitor and manage our blood pressure levels to prevent damage to the white matter in our brains associated with dementia. Some of the factors increasing your risk for developing high blood pressure and unhealthy diet, obesity, inactivity, smoking, alcohol, the anchor point, medical news for seniors. Headline for today, no, and monitor your blood pressure and take action to eliminate your risks.(05:05):Those actions to keep your blood pressure under control are all within the seven elements of the anchor point, disease,
RESEARCH EQUALS KNOWLEDGE EQUALS GOOD HEALTHANCHOR POINTE, The Faith and Fitness PodcastFaith, Diet, Exercise, Attitude, Positive Imagery, Music and ResearchANCHOR POINTE APPROVED LINKS TO HEALTH INFORMATION ON THE INTERNETALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION ANCHOR POINTE AUDIO BURSTS CLEVELAND CLINIC HEALTH LIBRARY LIVESTRONG MAYO CLINIC MEDICINE PLUS NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH PROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION SILVER SNEAKERSSKIP'S BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BETTER HEALTHGETTING WELL AGAIN HOW NOT TO DIE LOVE, MEDICINE, MIRACLES THE ULTIMATE MANUAL TRANSCRIPT Research Equals Knowledge Equals Good HealtCharlotte:This is the XBHS Radio Network.Skip Orem:From the Nashville Studios of the XBHS Radio Network, I'm Skip Orem and this is The Anchor Pointe Podcast. Hi everybody, and welcome to this end of March 2023 episode of The Anchor Pointe Podcast. Anchor Pointe, the Faith and Fitness podcast for us older folks in our 50s, 60s, 70s, and beyond. We are all working together here, combining our faith and our fitness to help us live long, happy, and healthy lives. And we do that by working hard at the seven elements of The Anchor Pointe, disease, fighting and fitness model. Those seven elements; faith, diet, exercise, attitude, positive imagery, music and research. And it is that element of research, we'll be focusing on today's episode. I'm recording the podcast today from the XBHS Radio Printers Alley Studios here in Nashville, Tennessee, and thank you so much everybody for pushing the play button on this March 31, 2023 episode of The Anchor Pointe Podcast. Let's start today's episode like we do almost every episode of Anchor Pointe, with medical news for seniors. You all know this, us older adults, we are disproportionately affected by chronic conditions and diseases, heart disease, cancer, stroke, chronic lower respiratory diseases, bone and joint issues, diabetes, the list just goes on and on. Nearly 80% of older adults have at least one of these conditions, lots of folks have two or more. On top of all that, falls are the leading cause of fatal and non-fatal injuries among us baby boomers. And that fear of falling some of us have, sometimes that fear of falling will cause people to limit their activities, which can actually result in more falls. Research has shown it's a mistake to stay away from physical activity because of the fear of falling. Not being active, because of a fear of falling, well, that can lead to further physical decline, depression, social isolation, and more falls. It's just so important that us seniors, so important that we prepare to do battle with these chronic conditions, with falls and these diseases out there just gunning for us older folks. We need to stay active. According to the physical activity guidelines for Americans, older adults should do two types of physical activity to improve their health, aerobic or heart rate training and muscle strengthening. These guidelines recommend older adults do at least 150 minutes of moderate intensity or 75 minutes of vigorous aerobic activity each week and then muscle strengthening activities on two or more days per week. So today's medical news headline, physical activity, exercise, combined with watching your diet, a strong faith, a positive attitude, practicing relaxation and positive imagery techniques, music and research. Those things, which just happened to be the seven elements of The Anchor Pointe disease fighting and fitness model are your prescription for a long, happy and healthy life.Those statistics about the health problems us older folks face, a little depressing,
IN THE ZONE ADVANCED HEART RATE TRAINING WORKOUTANCHOR POINTE, The Faith and Fitness PodcastFaith, Diet, Exercise, Attitude, Positive Imagery, Music and ResearchANCHOR POINTE IN THE ZONE ADVANCED WORKOUT STRUCTUREIntervals/ Heart Rate Zones/ Time/ Music
YOUR FIRST LINE OF DEFENSEANCHOR POINTE, The Faith and Fitness PodcastFaith, Diet, Exercise, Attitude, Positive Imagery, Music and ResearchTRANSCRIPT (This transcript is computer generation. The computer sometimes makes mistakes and doesn't get that we spell Anchor Pointe with an E)CHARLOTTE (00:06):This is the XBHS Radio NetworkSKIP OREM (00:10):From the Nashville Studios of the Xb h s Radio Network. I'm Skip Oram and this is the Anchor Point Podcast.(00:24):Welcome everybody to a St. Patrick's Day episode of the Anchor Point Podcast, anchor Point, your faith and fitness podcast for us older folks in our fifties, sixties, seventies and beyond. We're working real hard together to stay fit, stay healthy, to fight off those diseases out there, gunning for us older folks, and ultimately to live long, happy and healthy lives. We do all that by practicing the seven elements of the anchor point, disease, fighting and fitness model, faith, diet, exercise, attitude, positive imagery, music and research. And hi again, everybody. I'm Skip Oram recording this episode of The Anchor Point at the X B H S Radio Studios on Printers Alley here in Nashville, Tennessee. And on today's episode, we're gonna continue to focus on that special network of fighter cells. Those fighter cells inside of each of our bodies. They fight to help us get rid of infections and, and they attack and destroy those more serious diseases that tend to come after us older folks and those fighter cells they reside in.(01:52):That very special complex system in our body's is called our immune system, our body's first line of defense in our battle to, to keep us healthy. And if you remember those of you who listened to last week's episode, we talked about how, well, how, how stress can have a negative impact on the immune system because stress, it slows down the immune system and it, it can't work as hard for us. Today we're going to continue to focus on how a positive attitude fuels those fighter cells in our immune system, aspiring them to work hard to fight off those disease carrying cells that try to enter our body. First up though, on this episode of the Anchor Point Podcast, we do this on every anchor point episode. Here is your anchor point, medical news for seniors. We're gonna start with some bad news today. As we grow older, our immune systems, our body's first line of defense, those immune systems become slower to respond and this slower response increases our risk of getting sick.(03:16):In fact, flu shots and other vaccines, they may not work as well or as long to protect us because of our older age. That's why more and more there are special doses of vaccines for us folks over 65, and make sure everybody that you take those special doses if they're available. Because of this slow response time in our immune system, our bodies, they heal more slowly. The reason for that is because we're older now, there are fewer of those warrior cells to help bring about healing and more bad news. For us older folks, our immune system's ability to detect and correct cell defects also declines, and this results in us being at an increased risk for cancer. There is good news though. There are ways to decrease some of these risks to our immune system as we get older. Get vaccines to prevent flu, shingles and pneumonia, as well as other vaccines that our doctors might recommend.(04:31):Get plenty of exercise. Exercise helps boost your immune system. Eat healthy foods, good nutrition, keeps your immune system strong. Don't smoke smoking, weakens your immune system, limits your intake of alcohol and do everything you can to prevent falls and injuries because a weakened immune system can slow the healing process from injuries. To summarize all this, everybody, the seven elements of the anchor point, disease, fighting and fitness system, faith,
IN THE ZONE WORKOUTANCHOR POINTE, The Faith and Fitness PodcastFaith, Diet, Exercise, Attitude, Positive Imagery, Music and ResearchANCHOR POINTE IN THE ZONE WORKOUT STRUCTUREIntervals/ Heart Rate Zones/ Time/ Music
HEALTH AND FITNESS TRACKINGANCHOR POINTE, The Faith and Fitness PodcastFaith, Diet, Exercise, Attitude, Positive Imagery, Music and Research LINKS TO MAXIMUM HEART RATE CALCULATIONCalculating Maximum Heart Rate The Athletic BlogMeasuring Exercise Intensity The Mayo ClinicTRANSCRIPTCharlotte (00:06):This is the XBHS Radio Network.Skip Orem (00:10):From the Nashville Studios of the XBHS Radio Network, I'm Skip Orem, and this is the Anchor Pointe Podcast. Hey, everybody. From the XBHS Radio Printers Alley Studios just off Broadway here in Nashville, Tennessee, welcome to a late February episode of the Anchor Pointe Podcast. Anchor Pointe, your faith and fitness podcast for us older folks, baby boomers in our 60s, and 70s and beyond. And we even have youngsters in their 50s listening to this podcast.(01:05):And thank you so much everybody for pushing the play button on this episode of the Anchor Pointe. We're all working together to use the seven elements of the Anchor Pointe disease fighting and fitness model to get in shape, stay healthy, fight off diseases, and live long, happy, and healthy lives. Those seven elements, by the way of the Anchor Pointe disease fighting and fitness model, faith, exercise, diet, positive imagery, music, attitude, and research.(01:38):And on today's episode, we are still investigating heart rate training. Specifically today, we're going to look at how to measure and track your heart rate during exercise. And that will lead us into a discussion of fitness and health tracking apps and devices. And as usual, we will have some important medical news for seniors. And then later in this episode, how especially at our older age, things, they can change for us in the blink of an eye. All of that today on Anchor Pointe.(02:21):Before we get started with today's medical news for seniors, I wanted to remind everyone about the Audio Burst page that's located the anchorpointe.com website. Audio Bursts are short segments from the Anchor Pointe Podcast episodes sorted by subject and date of release. Most of the Audio Bursts, they're no longer than about five minutes or so. These Audio Bursts are, well, they're a good way to catch up on highlights from past episodes without needing to listen to the entire podcast episode.(03:00):Just click on the Audio Burst page link that's on the anchorpointe.com dropdown menu, and then that link will take you to the Audio Burst page which has all of the Audio Bursts indexed or sorted by the seven elements of the Anchor Pointe disease fighting and fitness model. Then all you have to do is just click to listen and you can listen to any Audio Bursts right there from the anchorpointe.com website. And like the Anchor Pointe Podcast, the anchorpointe.com website has absolutely no advertising. And remember everybody, we spell Anchor Pointe with an E. The website address is T-H-E-A-N-C-H-O-R-P-O-I-N-T-E dot com.(03:53):All right. Let's head right now to the Anchor Pointe's medical news for seniors. Wearable technology is the top fitness trend in 2023 for tracking important health metrics for seniors. Seniors who are serious about good health are now wearing devices such as fitness trackers, rings, and smart watches. These devices can track your heart rate, counts your steps, counts your calories, measure your sitting and sleep time, your blood pressure, your EKG, and even your respiratory rate.(04:38):These new health and fitness tracking devices can be invaluable tools for hitting your health and your fitness goals. And really, whatever your fitness and health goals, these new devices that are out now, they can provide you with personal health and fitness information as you are striving to get and stay healthy. Some of the newer fitness trackers,
FINDING RELIABLE HEALTH AND MEDICAL INFORMATIONANCHOR POINTE, The Faith and Fitness PodcastFaith, Diet, Exercise, Attitude, Positive Imagery, Music and ResearchTRANSCRIPT (This transcript is computer generation. The computer sometimes makes mistakes and doesn't get that we spell Anchor Pointe with an E)CHARLOTTE (00:06):This is the XBHS Radio Network.This is the X B H S Radio networkSkip Orem (00:10):From the Nashville Studios of the Xb H S Radio Network. I'm Skip Oram, and this is the Anchor Point Podcast. Hi, everybody from the X B H S radio studios here on Printers Alley in Nashville, Tennessee. Welcome to The Anchor Point, the Anchor point, your faith and fitness podcast for, for us older folks in our fifties, sixties, seventies and beyond. January's gone and we're halfway through February of this exciting new year of 2023.(01:06):I'm so happy right now because many of you have decided to join me in making 2023 your year of faith and fitness and health improvement. New listeners, by the way, are joining the podcast with every new episode, and I'm really happy about that. We have folks pushing the play button on this podcast from everywhere, and I'm just not talking about the United States, but all over the world. Those folks looking to increase their faith, fight, disease, get healthy, and live a long, happy, and healthy life. On today's episode, we're focusing on the research element of the anchor point disease, fighting and fitness model, the disease fighting and fitness model. It has seven elements, faith, diet, exercise, attitude, positive imagery, music, and the element we're going to focus on today research. Before we get started today, I wanted to thank those of you who took the time to email me about the short interval training heart rate training workout, which was part of last week's episode.(02:25):Some of you were able to go all out and, and complete the workout. Many of you enjoyed the opportunity to learn about and practice heart rate training, and a lot of our listeners are going to add heart rate training to their fitness routine. If you want, you can download that workout from the AudioBurst page of the anchor point.com website, and that way you can practice the workout, do the workout anytime you want. Several of the emails I received were asking me about additional information on how to measure your heart rate and, and then how to track it while doing the workouts. As I, I mentioned on the episode last week, I prefer and, and I actually think it's easier to just listen to my body and then let my body tell me which heart rate zone I'm exercising in. There are though more exact ways you can determine your individualized heart rate for each of the training zones and then measure it during your workout.(03:39):So in answer to all of those of you who emailed me, I've decided to make next week's episode all about measuring and tracking your heart rate while exercising that episode, focusing on measuring and then tracking your heart rate while exercising. It'll drop next Friday. Also, on that episode, we'll talk about, and I'll review some of the fitness devices out there that are designed to measure and track not only your heart rate, but also your overall health and fitness. That's next week, Friday, February 24th on the Anchor Point Podcast, and then everybody the following week, March 3rd, that Anchor point episode will be a standalone 25 minutes heart rate training workout, a special all workout episode of The Anchor Point Podcast March 3rd. I'll talk more about that on next week's episode and one more response to an email. One listener notice that I changed the anchor point opening theme song first to that one listener. Thanks for noticing. I changed it away from the sort of surf music int...
THE HEALTH AND FITNESS PUZZLE ANCHOR POINTE, The Faith and Fitness Podcast Faith, Diet, Exercise, Attitude, Positive Imagery, Music and Research
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Charlotte (00:00): This is the XBHS Radio Network. Skip Orem (00:03):
POSISTIVE AFFIRMATIONS ANCHOR POINTE, The Faith and Fitness Podcast Faith, Diet, Exercise, Attitude, Positive Imagery, Music and Research
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Speaker 1 (00:00): This is the XBHS Radio Network. Skip Orem (00:03): Hi, everybody. From Nashville, I'm Skip Orem, and this is the Anchor Pointe Podcast. Hi, everybody. From the Nashville Studios of the XBHS Radio Network, I'm Skip Orem. Welcome to this late October episode of the Anchor Pointe Podcast. It feels like time's flying. Halloween this weekend and then November begins as we almost get ready to head into the 2022 holiday season. Well, perhaps we better not get too far ahead of ourselves. I was thinking about this season of Autumn, about the month of October. Later in October, some folks think, "Well, the leaves are gone. Everything's dying. Winter is coming." It's a negative way to look at things, but I read this quote and it puts a much more positive spin on Autumn. (01:12): It's from a book titled The Cafe of Lost Youth. That's a pretty inviting book title, don't you think? The Cafe of Lost Youth, written by Patrick Modiano. He's a French writer. The book's written in French. This English translation, it might not be totally true to the original writing, but I like it. Perhaps you will too. Let me put some music under it and read this very short positive take on Autumn. I hope it brightens your day just a bit. "For me, Autumn has never been a sad season. The dead leaves and the shorter days have never suggested the end of anything, but rather an expectation of the future. There is electricity in the air on October evenings at night fall. I don't feel low with that hour of the day, nor do I have the sense of time flying by. I have the impression that everything is possible. The year begins in the month of October." (02:41): And I want to thank you all so much for the positive comments and emails. I do read and answer and really appreciate each and every email that you all send to me. My email address is skip@theanchorpointe.com. And just a quick reminder, theanchorpointe.com, our website, is the textbook for the Anchor Pointe Podcast and I hope that you will take the time and visit the website at least once a week. All of the Anchor Pointe episodes, transcripts, audio blurbs, as well as links to other important health and fitness information, it's all located right there at theanchorpointe.com. And don't you forget our signature E on Anchor Pointe. The website address, T-H-E-A-N-C-H-O-R-P-O-I-N-T-E.com, and like this podcast, there are no advertisements of any kind associated with the anchorpointe.com website. (03:53): A special welcome today to all of our regular listeners, but also a very special welcome to any new listeners who might have discovered this podcast and pushed that play button today. Today's episode will feature another of Anchor Pointe's guided imagery sessions. Regular listeners know that on the Anchor Pointe, we start every episode with medical news for seniors. Our medical news for seniors headline For today, scientific studies have shown we can improve our attitude and our health by telling ourselves or affirming what we believe in positive ways. On Anchor Pointe, we call this activity positive affirmations. It's a form of guided imagery, a self-guided imagery. Evidence from a lot of MRIs suggests that certain neural pathways are increased when people practice positive affirmations. (05:07):Positive affirmations have been shown to decrease health deteriorating stress. Your thoughts can influence your health. That's why guided imagery and positive affirmations are important in getting
healthy and maintaining good health. Positive affirmations can be guided, but most people,
GOOD VIBRATIONS ANCHOR POINTE, The Faith and Fitness Podcast Faith, Diet, Exercise, Attitude, Positive Imagery, Music and Research
TRANSCRIPT This transcript is computer generated so there may be some very slight errors...and the computer doesn't yet know, that we spell Anchor Pointe with an E
Charlotte (00:00): This is the XBHS Radio Network.
Skip Orem (00:03): Hi everybody from Nashville. I'm Skip OREM and this is the Anchor Point podcast. Hey everybody, I'm Skip OreMand welcome to the October 14th, 2022 episode of the Anchor Point Podcast. Baby Boomers working real hard on our faith and on our fitness. I'm not in the X BHS radio printers Alley studios in Nashville. Today, I'm on my back porch and the quaint little Nashville suburban town of Nolensville Tennessee sits right on the southeast border of the music city and the weather today, just magnificent out here, a beautiful Tennessee USA autumn day. Today's episode is all about good vibrations, and you may have noticed starting with this episode today, I've changed our opening theme song to more of a surf beat because we are indeed about deep faith, good health, and good vibrations. (01:27): A very special welcome to anyone listening to the Anchor Point today for the first time. Thank you so much for deciding to join us, at least for this episode, and I'm pretty sure that if you stay with us through the end of this episode, you will be back next week. And of course, also I wanna send out some special love to our regular listeners who've decided to, to come along on this journey of faith and fitness. That is the Anchor Point podcast. The Anchor point disease, fighting and fitness model is made up of seven elements, faith, exercise, diet, attitude, music knowledge, and the element we're going to focus on today, Guided positive imagery. Let's get started right now with what we feature at the beginning of every Anchor Point podcast, and that is to check out the latest in medical news for seniors. (02:35): The anchor point Medical news for seniors. Headline for today comes from the John Hopkins Hospital. That headline, the Mind is a powerful healing tool. Imagery visualization has harnessed the the power of the mind through well through various therapies for centuries and according to John Hopkins Hospital. By creating images in your mind, you can reduce pain and create good health. The more specific the visualization, the more helpful it's likely to be Through guided imagery, you can imagine sight sounds, smells, tastes, and other sensations to create a kind of daydream that gives you better control over your present circumstances. Studies have shown that imagery and help the mind and body relax to help manage anxiety, stress, and depression to help reduce pain, to lower blood pressure, to lessen nausea. The bottom line guided positive imagery can give you a better sense of control and wellbeing and help you fight disease and stay healthy and that everybody is your anchor point. (03:59): Medical news for seniors, headline for today. Those of you that know my health history know that I've been an avid health nut, at least exercise and diet wise my entire life. I have done several health and fitness podcast beginning way back in 2007 with a Get Fit Pot, over 200 episodes back when most people had had never heard of a podcast or or even knew what one was, but we had listeners all over the world. My interval training RX podcast was well was one of the most popular fitness podcasts ever with over a hundred thousand regular listeners each week. So yes, everybody. I was definitely a health and fitness nut, but it was not until I was diagnosed with cancer that I was brought back to my faith in God. I'm so thankful for that and as I began to fight and,
PREDICTING THE FUTURE The Anchor Pointe Journey Continues ANCHOR POINTE, The Faith and Fitness Podcast Faith, Diet, Exercise, Attitude, Positive Imagery, Music and Research
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This transcript is computer generated so there may be some very slight errors...and the computer doesn't yet know that we spell Anchor Pointe with an E
Charlotte (00:00): This is the XBHS Radio Network. Skip Orem (00:03) Hi, everybody from Nashville. I'm Skip Orel, and this is the Anchor Point podcast. (00:12): Hey everybody, I'm Skip Orel and welcome to the October 7th, 2022 episode of the Anchor Point Podcast. Baby Boomers working real hard on our faith and on our fitness. It's amazing to think that it's October already since I relocated to the Nashville, Tennessee area about 10 years ago. Since that time, May and June, and then September and October are now my favorite months of the year, at least weather wise with comfortable temperatures and, and just beautiful blue skies. At the end of last month on September 30th, I finished the prostate Cancer 108 Mile Challenge finishing with 180 miles. And I wanna thank everybody, all my friends who, who donated to that fundraiser. Every dollar that you donated, it's being matched at a hundred percent. And thank you so much. It was just so much fun and such an honor to complete running those 180 miles during the month of September. (01:25): Such a worthwhile cause raising money for the Prostate Cancer Foundation. Looking out at the beautiful blue skies here in Nashville today, it makes me realize that God, he did a pretty good job when he was imagining and then creating the autumn season. This entire university created such a masterpiece the way the seasons they come and go right on time every year, just about the time summer's ending, we seem to be ready and, and can't wait for fall. It's that way for, for every season changed for me. And while we all have our favorite seasons, we're still pretty much ready for the next one to come along when it's time. I don't know about you, but if I start to think about this miracle of creation too much, it gets my head spinning among many other things. He is, God certainly is the supreme architect. (02:30): Just a quick reminder, everybody, that that, while these main Anchor point podcasts like today's are released on Friday during the next several weeks, I'm going to be releasing Guided Imagery episodes on Wednesdays. I have several of these old web radio today guided imagery sessions and I've been cleaning them up and, and turning them into anchor point guided imagery sessions, and I want to get them out to you all as soon as possible so they will appear in the Anchor Point podcast feed on Wednesdays. While I was doing the Web Radio Today podcast, those standalone guided image sessions along with the standalone workout episodes, they were the most popular of all of the episodes. And then next week, when we start going through each of the seven elements of the Anchor point disease, fighting and and fitness model, I'm gonna start with that guided imagery element. Now, to make sure that you get every anchor point episode when it's released, please subscribe to the Anchor Point podcast. You can subscribe to this podcast from the anchor point.com website. You can also subscribe from wherever you get your podcast. Anchor Point is on all of the major podcast platform, iHeartRadio, Apple Podcasts, Outcast, and Google Podcasts, just to name a few regular episodes released every Friday. And for this next couple of weeks, guided Imagery episodes released on Wednesdays. All right, now enough of this housekeeping stuff. Let's get right to medical news for seniors, (04:29): The Anchor point, Medical news for seniors, headline for today, setting fitness goals is essential to longterm su...
THIS IS ANCHOR POINTE POSISTIVE IMAGERY FOR HEALING ANCHOR POINTE, The Faith and Fitness Podcast Faith, Diet, Exercise, Attitude, Positive Imagery, Music and Research
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Charlotte (00:00): This is the XBHS Radio Network. Skip Orem Introuction (first of re-re-releases of guided imagery sessions) Explanation of Guided Imagery Skip's Personal Disease Battle Session Begins Skp Orem (04:22)
Close your eyes and begin to let yourself relax. And as you let yourself relax, began to take some deep breaths and then let them out. Deep breaths in, then exhale. Deep breaths in, and then exhale. As you do this deep breaths in and then out, began to clear your mind. Let all of the tension in your body, the bad thoughts in your mind, let them go out, let them go away as you breathe out with the exhale. The worry and the concern that you're feeling about your illness, try to clear that out of your mind as you breathe in and then out. Of course, this illnesses, it's on your mind all the time. It's a fact of life right now. Today, you're going to take control of this sickness. And you're choosing right now to breathe out all of your worries, blow them away with your exhale. Deep breaths in, tension, bad thoughts, and worry out. Think for a second about something that the Apostle Paul wrote long ago. He wrote it to the Christian Church in the Greek city of Philippi. He wrote these words, "Whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is an excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things." Think about these things now, as you began to clear your mind of everything else. Breathe in and then out. Let's begin with this prayer from Psalms. "Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, oh Lord. You are my rock and my Redeemer." Feel now God helping your body begin to relax, your mind clear of worrying and bad thoughts. Enjoy taking this time away for yourself and enjoy actively participating in getting well by choosing to focus on thoughts and images that will refresh, energize, and revitalize your immune system. Imagine now that you're comfortable those bad thoughts and tensions have, well, they've been put aside for now, and you're discovering that just by imagining this, just by imagining your tension and worry leaving your body, that you are actually becoming relaxed. Think about how nice it it that for just a few minutes you are free of worry. And think about how wonderful it is to know that right now you are giving yourself this time to let your body and your mind relax and refresh, and to gain new energy, which will give your immune system the increased strength it needs to destroy your illness. Congratulate yourself for choosing to become actively involved in your healing and in your recovery process and for making the decision to get well. Because by actively choosing to take this time right now to relax and clear your mind, to let go of your stress, you are in fact enhancing your health. And by taking this time right now, you are sending this message to your illness. "Thank you for helping me get my priorities straight. Thank you for helping me to appreciate my friends and my family more. And thank you for bringing me closer to God. But it's time for you to go now and you will be removed from my body." I want you now, as you are starting to feel more and more relaxed, think about a place. It can either be real or imaginary, a place you used to go to or somewhere where you've always wanted to be, a place that makes you feel good and safe and at peace. Imagine this place becoming more real to you in every way. Look around, enjoy what you see. Take in the entire scene of this place,
THIS IS ANCHOR POINTE A COMPREHENSIVE DISEASE FIGHTING AND FITNESS PLAN ANCHOR POINTE, The Faith and Fitness Podcast Faith, Diet, Exercise, Attitude, Positive Imagery, Music and Research
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Charlotte (00:00): This is the XBHS Radio Network.
Skip Orem (00:03): Hi, everybody from Nashville. I'm Skip Orem, and this is the Anchor Pointe Podcast. (00:17): Hello again, everybody from the Printer's Alley Studios of the XBHS Radio Network here in Nashville. I'm Skip Orem. And I'm so glad that you pushed the play button for this week's episode of Anchor Pointe. (00:32): On today's episode, we're going to be talking more about the seven elements of the Anchor Pointe disease fighting and fitness model, and specifically how each of those elements work together to help us older folks in our 50s, 60s, 70s, and beyond to help us stay fit and to stay healthy and fight off those diseases that start to affect us as we get older. And then a little bit later in the podcast I want to talk about what I've been doing this September that has me running a significant number of miles this month, significant anyway for this old man. However, right now on Anchor Pointe, let's get to medical news for seniors. (01:24): Today's headline on medical news for seniors, the life-changing benefits of exercise after age 60. According to the CDC, all older adults can benefit from regular physical activity. Exercise can positively impact your physical health as well as your emotional wellbeing. Of course, as we get older we don't have the stamina, the agility that we may have had back when we were younger. But that doesn't mean that we should just relax, sit on the couch, watch TV, read a book. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, every older adult, men and women, benefit from regular, moderate physical activity. And that's even true for those of us with medical conditions like arthritis, heart disease, obesity, cancer, and high blood pressure. (02:24): So what are some of those key benefits? Preventing bone loss, we start to lose bone density as we get older. Well, exercise helps us to strengthen our bones. And you know what? Exercise, moving more, can actually help lessen the pain and stiffness of arthritis. Exercising as we age it helps us to well prevent those chronic diseases that seem to be just common after us as we get older. And check out this headline. One study found that participants over the age of 60 showed fewer Alzheimer's disease biomarkers when they performed at least 30 minutes of exercise each day. And of course, studies are showing that exercise and a good diet increased the effectiveness of our immune system. And everybody, we will be talking about that very important immune system of ours frequently on the Anchor Pointe Podcast. So the take home from this study, a comprehensive fitness plan is extremely important in maintaining not only a healthy body as we age, but also improving our mood and creating a sense of wellbeing. That is important medical news for seniors on the Anchor Pointe Podcast. (03:56): The comprehensive fitness and disease fighting plan is what the Anchor Pointe Podcast is all about. The Anchor Pointe disease fighting and fitness plan has seven elements. Faith, exercise, diet, attitude, positive imagery, music and research. Each of those elements working together can create a level of health and fitness that, well, it's just so important as we age. You want to be mobile, you want to be happy and positive, you want to live that long, happy, and healthy life. And if any of those diseases com
your way, heart disease, diabetes, cancer, well, you want to have a strong immune system to fight them off. And at the very least, keep them under control. (04:50):
WELCOME TO ANCHOR POINTE The Beginning of the Anchor Pointe Journey ANCHOR POINTE, The Faith and Fitness Podcast Faith, Diet, Exercise, Attitude, Positive Imagery, Music and Research
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Charlotte (00:00): This is the XBHS Radio Network.
Skip Orem: (00:05) From Nashville, this is Anchor Pointe. Hey everybody, I'm Skip Orem, and welcome to this first episode of the Anchor Pointe Podcast. That's right, two years and 47 episodes ago, I started the Web Radio Today Podcast. And today, September 23rd, 2022, Web Radio Today becomes the Anchor Pointe. Skip Orem: (00:41) So this episode today is both the introductory episode of the Anchor Pointe and the continuation of the Web Radio Today Podcast. And what a day it is for the introductory episode of the Anchor Pointe Podcast. It's late September, the Autumn Equinox was yesterday, and we're now fully into the autumn season, 2022. So one more time, everybody, I'm Skip Orem, and welcome to the Anchor Pointe. Skip Orem: (01:20) The Anchor Pointe Podcast is being recorded on this beautiful September day at the Printer's Alley Studios of the XBHS Radio Network, just off Broadway here in Nashville, Tennessee. Long time and new listeners joining us today on the Anchor Pointe, and for those of you wondering why you may have pushed that play button today, let me introduce you to Anchor Pointe. Skip Orem: (01:51) The Anchor Pointe is a Christian, faith-based health and fitness podcast. And the Anchor Pointe is focused on us Baby Boomers. We're trying to overcome or prevent those diseases that are just gunning for us older folks. And if you fit our listener profile or care for someone who does, I encourage you to take a few minutes each week and join me on the Anchor Pointe Podcast. We are Baby Boomers staying faithful, staying healthy, staying mobile, doing our best to live long, healthy, happy, and disease-free lives. Skip Orem: (02:36) The Anchor Pointe new podcast episodes will drop every Friday, and you can get those episodes at Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, literally wherever you get your podcasts from. We're on all of the major podcast platforms. And you can also play the Anchor Pointe directly from our website, theanchorpoint.com. Remember, that's theanchorpoint.com. And we spell Anchor Pointe with an E, P-O-I-N-T-E. Skip Orem: (03:12)The Anchor point of Anchor Pointe, wait a minute, the anchor point of Anchor Pointe, that sounds like I'm just repeating the same thing twice, but not really, because with this podcast, I want to help you anchor your faith and fitness journey to the seven elements of the Anchor Pointe Disease-Fighting and Fitness Model. Those seven elements are faith, diet, exercise, attitude, positive imagery, music, and research. And those seven elements are the focus of this podcast, helping you to strengthen your faith and fitness by using each of those seven elements. And each week, I'll try to give you some information and motivation to keep you going on your personal faith and fitness journey, because everybody, practicing those seven elements, each of them working together is so important in living that long, healthy, and happy life that we all want. Skip Orem: (04:25) Okay. Let's get started right now, everybody, with medical news for seniors. Research continues to show that religion is extremely important to good health. It can reduce your blood pressure, strengthen your immune system, and put you in an overall positive state of mind, which helps to reduce stress. Your faith, it can help you lessen the effects of depression. Researchers at the Mayo Clinic have concluded that most studies have shown that religious involvement and spirituality are associated with better health outcomes including greater longevity. And hey, that's what the Anchor Pointe is all about.
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Skip Orem detals how music can improve you mood, reduce stress, lesson anxiety and improve your overall health and well being.
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