What a family, happy new year, and welcome to episode 270 of The Genius Life.

What's poppin' everybody welcome back to another episode of The Show.

I'm your host Max Lugovira, filmmaker, health and science journalist, and New York Times best-selling author.

I've dedicated my life to unraveling the science behind how our choices,

including what we eat, and how we live, affect our cognitive and physical performance,

how we feel, and our health span and risk for disease. This podcast is all about how to live in

that optimal state, which I call living like a genius. On today's show, we focus on all things

mindset. Specifically, I welcome my good friend Jennifer Cohen to the show. Gen is an entrepreneur.

She's a best-selling author, brand strategist, international speaker,

podcaster, and educator, with a specific focus on building healthy habits to drive positive behavioral

change. Her new book, Bigger Better Bolder, Live the Life You Want, Not the Life You Get,

is out now. Gen's mission is to inspire people to achieve their biggest dreams through boldness,

which is exactly what she's going to help you do over the course of the next hour and some

odd minutes. On the show, we discuss simple daily practices to help you be more bold in your everyday

life. We're going to talk about the spillover effect that a fitness-centered lifestyle can play

in nearly every other aspect of your life. We're going to talk about how being average can sometimes

be a major blessing in disguise, and much more. We're also going to discuss the fictional movie and

literary character that's provided inspiration to yours truly lately. I get real nerdy real fast,

so stop on your seatbelt and get ready for this episode of the show, which was a fun one.

Before we dive in, I've been trying really hard to up my electrolyte game, whether it is after

a vigorous sweat session in the gym, because you know that's not water coming out of your body,

time in the sauna, or just generally when I'm feeling depleted and I want to feel charged up,

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