Stronger Every Day: Recent Episodes
Yance Childs
Stronger Every Day is hosted by Yance Childs, a certified health and nutrition coach, focusing on improving health by taking a holistic approach.
In this episode I talk about why is it so important to address your health concerns now and not wait till later. (Hint: You're not stupid, it's probably why you think it is!)
In this episode of the podcast I talk about how treating yourself like you would someone you care about can help you make the right choices for your own health. Ask yourself, would/do you treat/encourage your wife or kids they same way you treat yourself?
In this episode I talk about taking a different approach to questions we have can lead to actually finding the answers we seek.
“Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked in the wrong way.” ~ Alan Watts
In this episode I discuss why it is important we have some form of work in our lives.
"Work nourishes noble minds." ~Seneca
In this episode a I talk about a couple tips I share with people who struggle to get started on tasks and find themselves constantly procrastinating.
“The hardest part of any important task is getting started on it in the first place. Once you actually begin work on a valuable task, you seem to be naturally motivated to continue.” ~ Brian Tracy, Eat That Frog!
This episode is a little different as I read and comment on a passage from Arthur Koestler's Darkness at Noon.
Learn from history to prepare yourself for the future.
In this episode of the podcast I discuss how just 10 minutes of daily walking can make a difference.
"Everybody's got 10 minutes to go out there and take a walk, and that's all that it really takes. And it's going to have a compounding factor. If you're outside, getting a little bit of sun, breathing fresh air... it just has a compounding effect on your mood, psychologically, it keeps you further moving things along." - Jessie Burdick
In this episode I talk about why the quality of the foods we eat is so important.
“The food you eat can either be the safest and most powerful form of medicine, or the slowest form of poison” ~ Ann Wigmore
In this episode I discuss how if you want to be at your best you have to prioritize sleep.
“Sleep is the single most effective thing we can do to reset our brain and body health each day.” ― Matthew Walker
In this episode I talk about the area we need to put our focus into if we are wanting to live a happy and successful life.
"There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will." - Epictetus
In this episode of the podcast I talk about letting go of a past image we had about our future in order to allow ourselves to reach our full potential.
"Waking up to who you are requires letting go of who you imagine yourself to be." - Alan Watts
In this episode I walk about why it is so important for us to find purpose in our lives. Life generally is suffering, finding purpose is the reprieve.
"The purpose of life, as far as I can tell...is to find a mode of being that's so meaningful that the fact that life is suffering is no longer relevant." - Jordan Peterson
In this episode I talk about the importance of being present and not focusing too much on the past or future.
"Pay attention to what's in front of you, the principle, the task, or what's being portrayed." - Marcus Aurelius
In this episode I talk about the importance of doing an audit on the people in your life.
"You can die from someone else’s misery—emotional states are as infectious as diseases. You may feelyou are helping the drowning man but you are only precipitating your own disaster. The unfortunate sometimes draw misfortune on themselves; they will also draw it on you. Associate with the happy and Fortunate instead." - Robert Greene
In this episode I talk about the importance of being aware of what we put in our bodies.
"Let food be thy medicine, and medicine be thy food." -Hippocrates
In this episode I talk about utilizing the time we have in our life to actually live life, instead of simply wasting time.
"The part of life we really live is small, for all the rest of existence is not life, but merely time."
- Seneca
In this episode I talk about why we need to keep our physical fitness in check and make sure we know what our body is capable of.
“No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.”
- Socrates
In this episode I talk about the importance of setting a goal for ourselves.
"Let all your efforts be directed to something, let it keep that end in view. It's not activity that disturbs people, but false conceptions of things that drive them mad." - Seneca
In this episode I talk about how by focusing on what we actually control in our life we are able to put ourselves in the position to live happier lives and be the best version of ourselves.
In this episode of the podcast I begin talking about Jordan Peterson’s book “12 Rules For Life”, Specifically giving my thoughts on some of the writings from the first chapter as well as expanding a little bit on my own opinions and views based off of my experiences working in the field.
In this episode I talk about do use of journaling and tracking our progress is a way of identifying and resolving issues as they may come up. I believe that this is a skill that is imperative in order for us to be able to be self sufficient and be able to resolve many of our own struggles. This is a tool that I often encourage people to use in order to find patterns within their behaviors that may be leading to the problems they are having.
Thanks for listening and if you have any questions feel free to contact me through at Instagram at @strongereverydayhq.
I'm going through a weight loss phase and in this episode I will talk through my plan for my nutrition.
In this episode I talk about the need to pay attention to what our body is telling us it needs and actually acting on this information. Maybe this means taking time a break from training, changing your diet up, doing more cardio, sleeping more, or simply spending more time doing things you love. If we are not paying attention to what our body is telling us what to do, we are setting ourselves up for burnout.
In this episode I discuss an approach I often suggest for those who may be having a bad morning, day, or week. It's all about the mindset we have after the slump has started. By creating a "mental reset" we are able to have a fresh start and work towards getting away from the rough time we are going through.
In this episode I discuss using a multiplier to simply estimate what your daily caloric intake should be at maintainance. From this number you can then add or substract calories based off of what your goals is. For example, if you want to lose weight you can subtract 300-500 calories from the number you get.
In this episode I discuss the four areas I feel are most important when laying a foundation for becoming our best selves. These four areas include our mental and emotional health, nutrition, movement and exercise, and rest and recovery. This particular episode is an introductory to this concept with more detailed episodes on each area coming in the future.
In this episode I talk about finding a nutrition plan that will work for you specifically. I discuss the metabolic typing diet and how I use this as a quick and easy guide to finding a way of eating that works for you.