EP760 - Monthly Q&A: Hard Truths on Life, Coaching, and Letting People Go
The Brad Jensen Show
Brad Jensen
4.9 • 792 Ratings
🗓️ 5 May 2026
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
On this month's Q&A episode, Brad and Craig go off-script and dive into a wide range of real-life topics that are actually affecting people right now.
They kick things off with a bigger-picture conversation around life—how perspective shapes everything, why most people overcomplicate things, and where they see people getting in their own way the most.
From there, they get into a real and necessary discussion about coaching as an unregulated industry. The pros, the dangers, and what people should actually be looking for before trusting someone with their health, mindset, or life direction. Not all "coaches" are created equal—and they don't hold back here.
They also tackle a tough but relatable question: what to do when someone doesn't want you in their life anymore. Whether it's relationships, friendships, or family—this turns into a conversation about self-respect, boundaries, and emotional maturity.
Peptides come back into the conversation with more listener questions—clearing up confusion, calling out misuse, and giving practical insight into how they should be approached versus how most people are currently using them.
As always, the episode is a mix of mindset, truth, and real talk—no fluff, no sugarcoating.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You are now listening to the Brad Jensen show with Health and Mindset Optimization podcast. |
| 0:04.6 | Let's go. Welcome back to another edition of the Brad Jensen show. |
| 0:27.6 | We're thrilled you're here today. |
| 0:30.5 | Oh, yes, yes. |
| 0:31.9 | Yes, I'm thrilled. |
| 0:33.1 | Is that my pause? |
| 0:34.6 | Welcome. |
| 0:35.8 | Welcome to the show. |
| 0:40.7 | Before we hit record, I was talking to Craig about, I'm, I'm done with my chat, GPT. He's having a strained relationship. I was dead serious. I think |
| 0:49.0 | he's a bitch. He's a bitch. So, you know, before that thing would like wipe my ass and i'd be like |
| 0:57.7 | i could like put the almost outlandish idea and he was like in your favor bad idea i really |
| 1:03.8 | think you're on to something here however maybe we can look at not running them over with your |
| 1:09.4 | car i totally agree with you they probably it. I don't know what setting. I think I did like change one to challenge me a little. I put in a little prompt. And now I hate him. I'm done with him. He is putting you in your place. Listen. You shouldn't even be driving a car. Who gave you a license? Yeah. yeah. No, he's a bitch. I, um, I've been, uh, you know, I'll ask questions about my own |
| 1:35.2 | optimization. And then I forget to mention like, hey, looking at this for a client. So, you know, |
| 1:40.9 | I've got a couple clients to do bodybuilding shows, men and women, but this is particularly a man and involved in that. |
| 1:47.7 | I know you're going to like, you're just going to be a shocker to you guys out there is some extracurricular things, some performance enhancing substances. |
| 1:55.8 | And so I didn't clarify that it wasn't for me. |
| 1:59.1 | That thing lit me. |
| 2:00.1 | And it wasn't even like, like the questions I was asking on this cycle were, |
| 2:03.8 | it's a pretty moderate cycle. |
| 2:07.1 | I was looking at here's my plan to keep them as healthy as possible while doing this. |
| 2:11.3 | He understand like, but I didn't say it was for somebody else. |
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