The one you feed with Eric Zimmer

Anxiety Slayer™ with Shann and Ananga

Shann Vander Leek & Ananga Sivyer

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness:mental Health, Education

4.4 • 858 Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2019

⏱️ 36 minutes

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#432: Today Shann has the pleasure of speaking with Eric Zimmer, host of The One Your Feed.A dad, serial entrepreneur, podcast host, behavior coach and author, Eric Zimmer is endlessly inspired by the quest for a greater understanding of how our minds work and how to intentionally create the lives we want to live. At the age of 24, Eric was homeless, addicted to heroin and facing long jail sentences. In the years since he has found a way to recover from addiction and build a life worth living for himself. He currently hosts the award-winning podcast, The One You Feed, based on an old parable about two wolves at battle within us. With over 200 episodes and over 10 million downloads, the show features conversations with experts across many fields of study about how to create a life worth living. His story and his work have been featured in the media including TedX, Mind Body Green, Elephant Journal, the BBC and Brain Pickings. Learn more about Eric at www.ericzimmer.coach & www.theoneyoufeed.net With over 5 million downloads and hundreds of podcasts, Anxiety Slayer is a podcast for anyone who is suffering from PTSD, panic attacks, stress, and anxiety.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Anxiety Slayer, I'm Shan Vanderke.
0:05.0	This episode is brought to you by the Anxiety Slayer First Responder series,
0:11.0	a Supportive Health Anxiety Course to help you feel better because worrying
0:15.6	about your health can rob you of precious time and peace of mind. In this
0:20.3	course we respond to health anxiety challenges with step-by-step
0:24.0	teachings, tools, and techniques to help you overcome health anxiety and calm your
0:29.6	precious mind. Today I have the pleasure of speaking with Eric Zimmer, a dad serial
0:36.2	entrepreneur, podcast host, behavior coach, and author. Eric is endlessly
0:42.3	inspired by the quest for a greater understanding of how our minds work and how to intentionally create the lives we want to live.
0:51.0	At the age of 24, Eric was homeless, addicted to heroin, and facing long
0:57.5	jail sentences. In the years since, he's found a way to recover from addiction and build a life worth living for himself.
1:06.0	He currently hosts the award-winning podcast, The One You Feed,
1:11.0	based on an old parable about two wolves at battle within us.
1:15.0	And with over 200 episodes and 10 million downloads,
1:19.0	the show features conversations with experts across many fields of study about how to create a life worth living.
1:26.0	His story and his work have been featured in the media including Ted X, Mind Body Green, Elephant Journal, the BBC, and Brain Pickings.
1:37.0	Hi Eric, welcome to Anxiety Slayer.
1:40.0	Hi Shan, thanks so much for having me on.
1:42.0	Oh, I'm so glad you're here today.
1:44.0	Let's begin our conversation.
1:46.0	At the point in your story where you climbed out of the darkness from addiction and despair
1:51.0	to become the healthy and successful man you are today. and My recovery from addiction is interesting because I got sober from heroin at the age of 24 and I stayed sober for about nine years and then I drank again for a couple years and then I've been sober from that
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