QA 463: The Ben & Jessa Greenfield AMA: Top Relationship & Marriage Tips, How Jessa Deals With Ben’s Crazy Biohacks, Dealing With An Imperfect Day & Much More!
Ben Greenfield Life
Ben Greenfield
4.6 • 5.2K Ratings
🗓️ 18 November 2023
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
Jessa and I went for a walk and answered your questions.
Q: EAA Insights asks: “Jessa, what’s the most narcissistic thing Ben has done?” 07:42
Q: Chris Brands asks: "How do you overcome major differences and still leave the connection within?" 16:22
Q: Mr. Anonymous asks: "How do you handle arguments? Does your wife ever drive you to the point of driving you nuts? If so how do you handle it?" 25:33
Q: Brisk asks: "How have you guys built your spiritual life together? What emotional regulation techniques do you employ in the moment to avoid escalation or conflict?" 35:00
Q: Trek Zoji asks: “Have Ben’s biohacking extremes ever been a point of contention for the relationship? Has Jessa ever tried to talk Ben out of an experiment? Any successful persuasion?” 43:08
Q: Erin asks: "With all of the biohacks you have tried over the years, how do you two decide which ones will stick for yourselves? Especially for Jessa, I imagine all the different supplements, machines, etc., coming to the house for Ben to try can get overwhelming!" 48:25
Q: Yanay asks: "Do you sleep in the same bed? How does that affect your sleep quality? I’ve struggled with that before." 53:58
Q: Andre Robles asks: "I’ve looked at your schedules and can't seem to manage half what you do. How do you do it all?" 56:37
Q: Other BS asks: "How do you both contribute to your marriage considered as an economic partnership based on self-employment? How do you divide up economic roles in the family business(es)?" 1:01:10
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| 0:00.0 | My name is Ben Greenfield Life Podcast. |
| 0:04.0 | One of our Greenfield Family Values is Unconditional Love and Radical Transparency. |
| 0:11.0 | And for me, like those are two keys for conflict resolution, meaning you must feel as though you're in a safe place and there is this written or unwritten rule that you can be radically transparent and not judge harshly for that and B |
| 0:24.8 | everything gets covered in unconditional love meaning there is no |
| 0:28.8 | sin or shortcoming or argument too great that you cannot simply at the end of it say you know what |
| 0:34.9 | let's put this behind us I love you this isn't even worth fighting over I'm |
| 0:40.4 | sorry for anything I did and then usually the other person winds up saying I'm sorry for anything I did and then usually the other person winds up saying I'm sorry for anything I did and it seems like almost every conflict we have winds up with some semblance of us not really |
| 0:54.0 | like who is right, who is wrong or not really caring |
| 0:58.0 | so much about counting that as much as saying, |
| 0:59.8 | hey, our relationship, our children, us, what God has called us to, it's all way more important |
| 1:07.8 | than this silly thing that we happen to be fighting over. |
| 1:10.6 | I love you. |
| 1:11.6 | Let's forget about this and move on. |
| 1:13.0 | Fitness, nutrition, biohacking, longevity, life optimization, spirituality, and a whole lot more. |
| 1:22.0 | Welcome to the Ben Greenfield Life Show. Are you ready to |
| 1:25.1 | hack your life? Let's do this. All right, you know I'm all about cutting edge health advice, which is why I can't wait to tell you about pendulum. |
| 1:42.0 | It's a probiotic, but it's different. It's made with |
| 1:45.3 | acrimantia, which is a next generation strain of probiotic that's called the |
| 1:49.1 | keystone strain for gut health. And the thing is they've actually shown that the multi-strain |
| 1:55.0 | probiotic that pendulum makes that they got this acrimanchia in it increases |
| 1:59.6 | your metabolism it reduces sugar cravings it breaks down carbs more efficiently. It sustains energy levels. I wear my continuous blood glucose monitor and even though I'm not a doctor and I don't want you to take this as medical advice, when I use a probiotic strain like this, this pendulum stuff, |
| 2:16.1 | prior to a meal, my blood glucose doesn't spike as high. These probatic strains that are |
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