319: Eric Zimmer - Overcoming Addiction, Maintaining Community, Broadening Your Perspective
The Ultimate Health Podcast
Jesse Chappus
4.5 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 30 October 2019
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Eric Zimmer (IG: @one_you_feed) is a dad, serial entrepreneur, podcast host, behavior coach, and author. He is endlessly inspired by the quest for a greater understanding of how our minds work and how to intentionally create the lives we want to live.
At the age of 24, Eric was homeless, addicted to heroin and facing long jail sentences. In the years since, he has found a way to recover from addiction and build a life worth living for himself.
Eric’s story and his work have been featured in the media including TedX, mindbodygreen, Elephant Journal, the BBC, and Brain Pickings.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Eric’s struggle with alcohol & drugs
- Becoming aware and realizing the bigger issue
- Physical addiction vs. psychological addiction
- The moment that led to Eric's sobriety
- Hope & support are important in recovery
- Strategies to fight depression
- A snapshot of Eric’s diet
- Relapsing back to old habits
- Check in with yourself
- Broadening your perspective
- Focus on gratitude & kindness
- Share how you are feeling
- Eric’s journey from solar energy to podcasting
- The challenges of being a sober musician
- Maintaining community and connections
- Transitioning to full-time podcasting
- Finding balance with work
- Being true to the art of podcasting
- The importance of hobbies outside of work
- Start where you are at
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| 0:00.0 | psychological addiction is a bigger problem than physical addiction. |
| 0:04.0 | Physical addiction goes away after not too long of a period of time, particularly with heroin, you |
| 0:08.1 | detox. |
| 0:09.1 | You feel really bad for a while, but once that's over, it's the psychological aspect. |
| 0:14.0 | It's what is it about life that I can't cope with sober? |
| 0:17.8 | You know, what is it that makes life so challenging for me that I am willing to go to |
| 0:22.0 | these lengths to feel differently. |
| 0:24.0 | Hello and welcome to The Ultimate |
| 0:27.0 | The Ultimate Health Podcast, episode 319. |
| 0:32.0 | Jesse Chapp is here with Marnie Wasserman. Ultimate Health Podcast, episode 319. |
| 0:33.1 | Jesse Chapp is here with Marnie Wasserman, |
| 0:35.2 | and we are here to take your health to the next level. |
| 0:38.2 | Each week, we will bring you inspiring and informative conversations |
| 0:41.3 | about health and wellness, |
| 0:42.6 | covering topics of nutrition, lifestyle, fitness, mindset, |
| 0:46.1 | and so much more. |
| 0:47.2 | And this week our featured guest is Eric Zimmer. |
| 0:49.7 | He's a dad, serial entrepreneur, podcast host, behavior coach, and author. |
| 0:55.4 | He's endlessly inspired by the quest for a greater understanding of how our minds work and |
| 0:59.9 | how to intentionally create the lives so we want to live. |
| 1:03.0 | At the age of 24, Eric was homeless, addicted to heroin |
| 1:07.0 | and facing long jail sentences. |
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