The Lost Art of Storytelling, Why We Should Love Mondays as Much as Fridays, Why You Need a Health Coach and More with Made to Thrive Founder Steve Stavs.
Ben Greenfield Life
Ben Greenfield
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🗓️ 9 June 2022
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Welcome to the show. Today's episode is with biohacker and podcaster Steve Stavs from South Africa, whom I met at the Health Optimisation Summit held in the latter part of May 2022.
Steve Stavs’ philosophy is one of researching to reveal. He has spent his life immersing himself in knowledge and then turning these insights into actionable strategies designed to enhance the human state.
He is a successful entrepreneur, leadership coach, international lecturer, and holistic practitioner. Steve continues to run his wellness practice Made To Thrive, which he launched 20 years ago. He has aided many to reach their highest potential in all aspects of their lives and this has inspired him to take both his message and his mission to a wider audience. (You can save 15% on coaching and consulting with code BEN15 along with 5% off products in the shop with code BEN5.)
Steve draws on his background in Western Medical Practices and integrates the best of this knowledge with the profound teachings of Ancestral Living and Chinese Medicine. Thousands of patients can testify to the effectiveness of this comprehensive approach, which combines an understanding of ancient traditional cultures while including the most researched science in biochemistry, physiology, psychology, and nutrition.
An avid athlete, Steve is dedicated to exploring the boundaries of physical ability and pushing his body to its optimal performance. He is a Green Number Comrades runner and one of his ultimate goals is to run the Comrades Marathon at the age of 100. Steve supports the Community of the Hope Risen Foundation–a nonprofit organization founded by Tabitha and Rob Lage, who are passionate about ensuring humans have absolute freedom to live out their true purpose, know their why, and live according to this ethos.
Hope Risen has a vision to spread Hope, Love, and Justice in the quest to end modern-day slavery and exploitation. They are passionate about helping survivors of human trafficking shine again. The foundation runs a number of prevention and awareness initiatives alongside direct interventions to rescue, restore and reintegrate women, men, and children who have been exploited.
Steve asked me if he could interview me for his podcast. I told him he could, but only if he can keep up with me on one of my aerobically and intellectually challenging "walk & talk" podcasts.
"Not a problem," replied Steve, and I believed him—as he is also the founder of the Comrades Marathon, an annual 56-mile race that builds community (and some serious physical resilience) among members of his community in S. Africa. So Steve can take some steps!
And thus we took to the backstreets and parks of London during some free time from the summit and discussed many topics, such as:
- Fear vs. purpose-based motivation
- The African word for "community" and how it differs from our conception in the West
- The lost art of storytelling
- Why the "free" biohacks are just as important as the expensive gadgets found at your favorite conference
- And more...
I enjoyed our conversation so much that I wanted to share it on my podcast feed as well. So I hope you enjoy it (and you'll hear that Steve was able to keep up with me just fine!).
In this episode, you'll discover:
-Steve describes the Comrades Marathon...
-Fear vs. purpose based motivation for human action...
-Ubuntu and the spirit of community...
-An environment that facilitates success...
-Storytelling as a means of building community...
-Arts and music as a means of healing...
-Gathering and preparing food that sustains community...
-Putting biohacking in its place regarding our quality of life...
-The most important biohacking metrics when it comes to stress and anxiety...
-The importance of having a health coach...
-Embracing suffering to bring joy...
-Ben Greenfield's message of hope for the future...
-And much more...
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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 | But because we all of a sudden love God so much back to what I was saying earlier, |
| 0:07.6 | that we have no choice but to be able to love Him through being His commandments |
| 0:11.9 | and living a remarkable life. |
| 0:13.4 | Community on this side of eternity for you to serve with your purpose |
| 0:16.3 | because we want people to sustain their transformation if they don't have those things in place, |
| 0:19.6 | but actually it's motivated by love and appalling and a purpose |
| 0:22.9 | that every single person has been given. |
| 0:24.8 | Consuming Netflix, consuming food and never actually creating. |
| 0:28.1 | You're missing out on a big big part of what it means to be a true authentic human being. |
| 0:35.8 | Faith, family, fitness, health, performance, nutrition, longevity, |
| 0:43.2 | ancestral living, biohacking, and a whole lot more. |
| 0:47.2 | Welcome to the show. |
| 0:48.2 | Hey, what's up everybody? |
| 0:57.2 | The interview that you're about to hear is with a new friend that I made |
| 1:02.7 | when visiting the Health Optimization Summit in London. |
| 1:05.2 | As a matter of fact, I'm recording this introduction for you while in the back of a taxi cab |
| 1:10.1 | on the way to Heathrow to fly back home. |
| 1:13.0 | But Steven Severeaux runs a podcast called The Made to Thrive Podcast. |
| 1:18.3 | The show notes for everything you're about to hear are going to be at Ben Greenfield Life.com |
| 1:21.8 | slash Made to Thrive. He's from Johannesburg, South Africa. |
| 1:25.3 | He's a health and wellness coach. |
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