My mother wasn't one of those people who was trying to get a handout. She sold her blood on a regular basis.

She would go to the blood bank and sell her blood to feed her children. And she was working overnight managing a convenience store

to take care and feed her children and even go to school.

She was trying to go back to school.

And one of those nights because of the environment that we're in, somebody tried to

rob the store and my mom, she's a thick lady, you know, but he had a knife and he stabbed her eight times.

And she still subdued him until the police came.

And when you're saying people just need to work harder so they can get out of the situation you don't understand that because of the situation that you're in you can die and it's a whole new level of stress that you're not accustomed to. And when the physician told her these words, if it wasn't

for your weight, if it wasn't for your extra weight, you would have been dead. Do you think she's ever, ever going to let that way go?

Is her safety and security in the world? Hey there friends and welcome back to at the end of the tunnel.

So my guest this week I've been a huge fan of his work for years now because he's one of the smartest, most informed and insightful voices on all things health and wellness.

His name is Sean Stevenson.

And he's a highly sought after speaker, the author of the best selling book Sleep Smarter, and

his most recent book Eat Smarter just came out.

And Sean is the host of the mega popular podcast,

which you've probably heard of before,

called The Model Health Show.

Sean is like a Walking Health Encyclopedia. I mean the guy can pronounce those really difficult

eight syllable names of various hormones and biochemicals and he can cite obscure studies

that either prove or disprove whatever kind of point you're trying to make about what's healthier or what's not healthy.

When I first came on his show as a guest, right after my meditation book, Bliss Moore came out, Sean surprised me because he even

knew all of the little known meditation studies that I'd been familiar with after only years

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