Our brains are like wired to be negative and fearful and we're pumped full of that information. So just to become aware of it is a huge step forward.

It's very easy to get wrapped up in our own stuff and the facts matter is that any situation we're in can be viewed in many, many different ways.

You can go top down meaning change how you're thinking and that will influence your body.

Or you can change what's going on in your body and that's going to influence your mind and how it is that you're thinking there too.

If that's the perception that we have, man it does, it's a game changer.

That's what flow is, right?

When your ego kind of steps aside

and you have this experience of life flowing through you,

unobstructed.

For me, three things happen, and they need to happen in this order for us to move ourselves in a little bit better direction.

Number one is...

Brian is super stoked to meet you.

Thanks for joining me on the Mark Devine show.

Oh, thanks so much for having me. I really appreciate it.

Yeah, we're going to have a good conversation. We have some things in common, but a lot of things that are unique,

which is in par for the course with a lot of my guests, so I'm curious first off you're a father to a young

lady a young daughter I imagine the way you wrote that in your bio, you're a solo father?

Yeah, I am a single father.

Now I've about, I guess it's been nine months at this point, moved in with my fiance and she has two boys that are on either side of my daughter my daughter is 10 about to be 11 and her boys are 9 and 12 so it's it's been a fantastic addition that you know they fight they argue they laugh they have a great time it's like their siblings it's wonderful

Step-brother sandwich yeah is between okay well that's to be a big change for her.

Yeah, it is. She has a sister with her mom that's older, but she's never been really around other kids that were her age.

I was a foster parent too for about four years.

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