What is going on everybody? Welcome back to the Mind Over Macros Podcast as always. I am

your host Mike Miller and do you hear that? Do you hear that subtle difference in my voice?

Because now I'm officially 38 years old.

Before the last episode, I was 37,

and now I'm 38. You can tell there's a massive difference because I just had my

birthday July 23rd the start of the Leo season which I don't really get much into that whole thing I think it's fun and

interesting apparently from what people tell me I very much resemble a Leo and I don't know if that's true or not but we're here and I very much

appreciate everybody who sent birthday wishes. It was a wonderful weekend with family kids.

We did a little tubing on the river.

Mel and I got some quality time together.

I got some time with my parents.

And then we also have another family birthday celebration next week because my family has a ridiculous amount of July birthdays.

My mom is two days before me on the 21st, then I am the 23rd and then my twin nephews are turning 10 on the 28th, so we've got craziness in July.

But hopefully you can hear the more sophisticated voice of a 38-year-old.

Anyway, on my birthday, or for my birthday I prefer to do a little gift giving then gift receiving and

so that's actually going to be the theme of this entire episode is given some gifts.

And I'm going to talk about some gifts that I wish I had received earlier in life, or that I was receptive to I should say earlier in life and

some gifts that I think that we should all give to ourselves and or other people if that's at all

possible I'm gonna break it down into five and or to other people if that's at all possible.

I'm going to break it down into five gifts that I think we should all give to ourselves and or to others.

This is more of a life episode than it is a nutrition and fitness, although I would encourage you to listen from the perspective of how do we apply this to fitness and nutrition if that's what you're interested in before you just tune me out and turn off the episode. and

turn off the episode I would say go in with an open mind and see if you can apply any of the life lessons

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