Dr. Kevin Gendreau talks about eating clean, the mental health benefits of ditching processed junk food, the importance of satiety as a factor for success on your diet, the process of recovering from sugar and carb addiction, and why stress is a major component of weight gain.

Dr. Ben Bocchicchio is a living legend in the fitness and nutrition world. Ben tells how he discovered and got started in sports, fitness, and nutrition. He also shares some important life lessons he learned from his father and others over the course of his life.

Sometimes loving your neighbor is truly life’s best medicine. In this episode, Dr. Brian Lenzkes shares stories of some of the moments in his life when he found this to be true.

Charles Solorio discusses how people can understand their lives and the lives of others as stories. He explains how bias can distort the stories we tell ourselves about others, the components that make up a great story, and the importance of trying to see the objective story of life rather than living in one’s own narrow perspective.

Brian and Ivor talk about the rationale behind the COVID lockdowns, whether the lockdowns were effective, the inaccuracy of the predicted mortality rates for states and countries that did not lock down, and the importance of valuing intellectual integrity and truth higher than public approval

Dr. Joan Ifland, PhD, MBA, is a food addiction specialist—she literally wrote the textbook on Processed Food Addiction—and is widely considered to be the leading expert on the subject worldwide.

Brian shares the story of Frank—a great friend and father figure to Brian, who passed away from pancreatic cancer. Brian relates the lessons he learned from Frank and reflects on some life lessons we can all learn from the dignified passing of a wise and kind man.

Neil Hoffman is the Family Pastor at Foothills Church in San Diego, California. Neil shares details about the experience of nearly losing his wife and child to pregnancy complications and the power of faith to sustain him during this difficult circumstance, discusses the miraculous recovery of his son, and much more…

Brian and Kevin discuss the difference between faith and belief, and truth versus reality. They also talk about the power of forgiveness and how the Christian gospel facilitates real, restorative forgiveness, and the importance of hope.

Claudia Salazar is the mother of three children—Gabriel, Andres, and Lucy, and she shares the emotional and spiritual turmoil of learning her child has cancer, walking through the cancer treatment, and how this ordeal brought her closer to God.