Ep. 271 The Joy of Well-Being: Building a Health-Conscious Life

Everyday Wellness with Cynthia Thurlow ™

Cynthia Thurlow

Alternative Health, Nutrition, Science, Life Sciences, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Today, I am honored to connect with Jason Wachob, the co-author of The Joy of Wellbeing! Jason is the Co-CEO of mindbodygreen, the leading independent media brand dedicated to wellbeing, and the host of the mindbodygreen Podcast, on which I recently had the honor of being a guest. In this episode, Jason shares his and his wife, Colleen’s backstory, and their pain-to-purpose mission, and we dive into the role of longevity, epigenetics, joy span, and the impact of the lack of connection and loneliness during the pandemic. We discuss social media algorithms, nutrition concerns over tribalism, bio-individuality, the processed food industry, exercise, and hormesis. We also talk about forever chemicals and toxins and how they impact our health. I loved reading Jason and Colleen’s new book, The Joy of Wellbeing, and I sincerely hope you enjoy listening to my conversation with Jason! IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN: How Jason and Colleen’s health issues motivated them to create mindbodygreen. How Colleen re-assessed what was important in her life, and where she wanted to be, after being diagnosed with pulmonary embolism. The importance of nutrition and sleep. The power of epigenetics. How the science of longevity has advanced tremendously. How crisis tends to amplify what is already wrong in the world. The importance of connection. The importance of incorporating exercise and movement into your day. The role of sarcopenia. The benefits of intermittent fasting and hormetic stressors. The impact of forever chemicals in the world. Why is it essential to be thoughtful about where you spend your money? Connect with Cynthia Thurlow Follow on Twitter, Instagram & LinkedIn Check out Cynthia’s website Connect with Jason Wachob Websites: mindbodygreen and The Joy of Wellbeing The mindbodygreen Podcast Jason and mindbodygreen on Instagram Jason and mindbodygreen on Twitter Additional social handles: @mindbodygreen Book The Joy of Well-Being: A Practical Guide to a Happy, Healthy, and Long Life

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0:00.0	Welcome to Everyday Wellness Podcast. I'm your host, Nurse Practitioner Cynthia Thurlow.
0:07.0	This podcast is designed to educate, empower, and inspire you to achieve your health and wellness goals.
0:14.0	My goal and intent is to provide you with the best content and conversations from leaders in the
0:19.2	health and wellness industry each week and impact over a million lives.
0:23.4	Today I had the honor of connecting with Jason Wachub. He is the co-author of the Joy of Well Being and today we spoke a great length about his background as the co-CEO of Mind Body Green, the leading independent media brand dedicated to well-being.
0:45.0	He is also the host of Mind Body Green Podcast, for which I have had the honor of being a guest on.
0:51.0	Today we spoke at length about both Colleen and Jason's backstory, their
0:56.1	pain to purpose mission, the role of longevity, epigenetics and joy span, the impact of the pandemic and the lack of connection and
1:05.2	loneliness, social media algorithms, the impact of nutrition, concerns over tribalism, the role of bio-individuality, and the processed food industry,
1:16.3	exercise, or mises, as well as forever chemicals and toxins in the impact on our health, Their new book, The Joy of Well Being was a delight and a synthesis of all of their work over the last 10 years. Definitely a book that I really enjoyed reading. I hope you will enjoy this conversation with
1:34.1	Jason as much as I did recording it.
1:40.0	Jason, it's so nice to have you on the podcast this morning. I've been looking forward to this conversation.
1:44.4	Well, thank you so much for having me. I'm a fan of your show, so it's an honor to be here.
1:48.2	Yeah, and so obviously you and Colleen wrote this incredible book, but let's back up a little bit. I would love to hear about how
1:56.5	Mind Body Green kind of came into existence. I know both you and she had some health care
2:02.1	hiccups and I always say you know kind of
2:03.5	pain to purpose can be really relevant and certainly the listeners love learning a
2:07.6	little bit more about authors and their platforms. Sure so calling and I yes have had some health issues and we have turned those lemons into lemonade or at least inspired us in my buddy green. And for me, you know, the founding story after rewind back to 2008, 2009. I was running a
2:26.1	startup that wasn't doing well. I was extraordinarily stressed. I was flying
2:30.8	quite a bit and all of that combined with an old basketball injury led to two
2:35.9	extruded discs in my lower back, L4, L5, S1. I had excruciating sciatica in my right leg.
2:41.6	My right leg felt like a lightning rod. I couldn't walk and
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