Jessa Greenfield's Morning Routine, Unschooling, Podcasting, Tongue Tacos & More: A Family Dinner Conversation With The Greenfields.

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Ben Greenfield

Education, Fitness, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

4.6 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

https://bengreenfieldfitness.com/freerangeinterview

-Why are our children more sick, unfocused and depressed than any generation before them?

-Is a shift in childhood education happening, what will it look like?

-Why are more people homeschooling and unschooling than ever, and could it work for a busy family?

-What is authoritarian parenting and schooling, and how will it hurt my child in their adult life?

-If discipline doesn't feel right, what is the alternative?

-How can we reverse autism and chronic disease and what role do vaccines really play?

These questions and more were addressed in the recent Raising Free Range Kids conference, at which Yours Truly was invited to give a presentation on parenting.

To be quite honest, I don't feel at all qualified to speak with authority on the topic of parenting as I've yet to finish the job of raising my two boys. I'd just as soon someone who has raised children into adulthood be a speaker at such an event, at which you'd find me on the front row taking copious notes.

But in spite of my objections, conference organizer Robin Shirley insisted she interview me, my wife Jessa and my two boys River and Terran via Zoom about the lifestyle, rituals and experiences of life in the Greenfield home, and that interview is what you'll hear on today's episode. And you'll forgive the cow tongue meat occasionally stuck in my teeth... We did the call while we were having dinner!

Meet Robin Shirley

Robin Shirley is the Founding President of Take Back Your Health Int’l, a company that hosts health conferences and retreats across the U.S. She speaks, consults and writes about The Take Back Your Health Lifestyle and how to reduce the symptoms of chronic illness, especially in children.

Robin is a mother of two beautiful babies, a passionate cook, a Medical Intuitive, Reiki Master Practitioner, Energy Healer, Certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach and a member of the American Board of Drugless Practitioners. She has helped thousands of people overcome the symptoms of Chronic Lyme Disease, Autoimmune Disease and Depression through her energy healing sessions, intuitive readings, and nutrition, detoxification and healing protocols.

Robin grew up with chronic pain, headaches, rashes, depression, digestive discomfort and out-of-control systemic inflammation, and was diagnosed with Systemic Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis at 11 years old. She tried everything to heal naturally. Food overhauls helped a little, supplements helped a little, but nothing truly took the pain away. At 23 years old, Robin was on track to file for disability and give up on her dream to run her own hospitality company.

Robin has personally experienced the power of a natural approach to reducing pain and inflammation. Fast forward and Robin is now 32 years old, a mother of two beautiful babies, fiancé to the love of her life and running the business of her dreams. She is in the process of writing her first book and launching online healing programs for chronically ill patients to get healthy from home.

Robin writes and posts about the Take Back Your Health Lifestyle on www.ClubTBYH.com

During this episode, you'll discover:

-The Greenfield family eating traditions...

-The core message of Ben's upcoming parenting book...

-Ben's morning routines...

-Jessa's and the boys' morning routines...

-How two new children affected Ben and Jessa's lifestyle...

-Solidifying values and purpose specific to a family...

-How River and Terran spend their days...

-Silver linings discovered among the capricious clouds of Covid-19...

-And much more!

Upcoming Events:

RUNGA: The Gathering (May 12-14, 2022). Register for the event now by clicking here (only 50 spots available)
Health Optimisation Summit, May 22-29, 2022
Keep up on Ben's LIVE appearances by following bengreenfieldfitness.com/calendar

Episode sponsors:

-Endure

-Qualia Mind by Neurohacker

-Vuori

-Ben Greenfield Coaching

-Organifi Apple Green Juice

-Kion Sleep

-Ice Barrel

Got a question for Robin Shirley or myself about today's episode? Leave a comment at https://bengreenfieldfitness.com/freerangeinterview, and one of us will reply!

Transcript

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0:00.0	My name is Ben Greenfield and on this episode of the Ben Greenfield Life Podcast.
0:04.0	To me that just sets my whole tone for my entire day. If I don't care for my soul,
0:09.2	I can't really care for anybody else's.
0:11.6	Certain traditions and comings and goings and rituals and routines and I think that's very
0:16.0	important not only for providing children with a sense of predictability.
0:21.8	It feels nice to help you since you didn't do a bunch of stuff for us.
0:25.6	You know, I think it's just like doing everything just because we're families we just do it all for each other.
0:35.9	Faith, family, fitness, health, performance, nutrition, longevity, ancestral living,
0:44.4	biohacking and a whole lot more. Welcome to the show.
0:56.3	Hey, the podcast episode you're about to hear is kind of interesting.
0:59.9	You can access the show notes at bengreenfieldfitness.com slash free range interview.
1:06.1	Ben Greenfield Fitness.com slash free range interview.
1:09.4	About me and my family were interviewed for this summit and they had dinner with me and my family
1:16.4	and came over via zoom and it was a pretty interesting chat with me and my wife and my sons and
1:23.2	I thought it was so cool and it might be really interesting for you families out there.
1:27.2	You just want to know how we live and what we do and get a few quick tips from us and hear me talking
1:32.5	with food in my mouth. You enjoy this show. Well folks, my new book indoor is flying out the
1:38.0	shells. I've talked to a bunch of people already who have expressed to me that it really is
1:42.8	something that's been helping them, like helping them deal with temptations and struggles and
1:49.4	taking care of their spirit and everything from like their prayer time to their their devotions
1:54.4	to their relationships. I mean the book covers everything from, you know, from men, you know porn and
2:00.2	for couples sex and polyamory for people who are trying to build their spiritual fitness,
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