Welcome to Commune. This is Jeff Krasno. Our mission is to spread the ideas and practices of the world's greatest teachers.

We do that through online courses, a weekly newsletter, and this podcast. On the show, I excavate perennial spiritual questions,

like what is consciousness, what is the nature of reality? How do we live with purpose?

Reality is infinite. We experience a narrow bandwidth of it unless we transcend our senses through meditation.

We delve into practices and modalities that can heal trauma and help us thrive.

Mastering the art and the science of forgiveness is necessary to move through life.

A miracle is a shift in perception from fear to love.

We explore the spiritual traditions that help us acknowledge that we are all connected

by a power greater than us.

We are all indeed individuals, yet we need to find collective and communal solutions.

We build a sturdy bridge between personal wellness and societal well-being.

It's only when you get people who are pursuing their dreams, living their truth, and feeling

good, that we can actually move the needle of society forward.

To learn about our courses, our community, and everything we do, visit us at onecommune.com.

Welcome to the Commune podcast. My name is Jeff Krasno.

Okay, this week I speak with Michelle Darien.

Michelle received her master's degree in both nutrition and public health from Tufts University.

She writes extensively about nutrition and its relationship to longevity and currently works in the science department at Inside Tracker, a company dedicated to improving health through personalized medicine.

A quick disclaimer here up front, Inside Tracker does sponsor this podcast on occasion,

and I am a client. Recently, InsideTracker sent a

phlebotomist to my house to draw blood, and then they analyze 43 different biomarkers that

indicate my overall well-being across metabolism, bone and muscle health, cognition, inflammation, liver

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