You've probably heard about the freshman 15, this phenomenon that's kind of tongue

in cheek, but there's some truth to it. When kids go off to university, they very often

make poor food choices and they end

end up gaining 15-ish pounds their first year away from home.

The joke now is that there's the COVID-19, the 19 pounds that people have

gained from homework, from social isolation from being at home

all day in the gym's clothes and not being able to go out like they normally would and

well it's kind of a silly joke that the reality is that the mental health of the world

has suffered right along with the physical health of the world and we're not paying enough

attention that manifests in different ways for different people for some people that's binge

binge eating for other people that's binge eating for other people that's binge watching

Netflix for other people that's getting lost in the black hole of

video games until three in the morning. For other people it's pornography,

obsessive work, even obsessive exercise can fall under the category of addiction.

And if we define addiction as any behavior that you continue to do despite negative consequences, I think really quickly

many of us can find things in our lives that fall into that category and if we're truly

trying to find our way to balance into health, we probably need to parse out those activities and take a closer look.

If you're new here, it's the Lucas Rockwood Show. I'm a yoga teacher, a trainer, I'm a serial entrepreneur. I'm a

father of three kids, but first and foremost I'm a student. I like to learn things.

So I go into the world of nutrition and sports and wellness and medical doctors and researchers and meditators this week we'll be

talking to a psychiatrist and I try to find people writing about interesting things

studying interesting things and bring their work to you here on the show so hopefully we can get

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