TMHS 481: How To Deal With Negative Thinking & The Truth About Discipline - With Guest Light Watkins

The Model Health Show

Shawn Stevenson

Nutrition, Fitness, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 7.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2021

⏱️ 95 minutes

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“You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” – Zig Ziglar What is inspiration, and where does it come from? If you’ve ever had a meaningful idea spark or felt deeply compelled to follow your heart toward a certain goal, then you know that being inspired is often a profound, intuitive feeling. But sometimes, we can get disconnected from our inspiration. If you’re seeking a way to reconnect with your intuition, overcome fear, and take action, today’s guest is here to show you the way. Author and world-renowned meditation teacher Light Watkins is back on The Model Health Show to share insights and inspiration from his new book, Knowing Where to Look. You’re going to hear powerful ideas about coping with stress, prioritizing your time, and how to find your intuitive inspiration. Light’s ideas and stories are profoundly motivating, and I hope this interview will encourage you to understand the depth of what is possible for you. You’re going to learn about positive thinking, channeling discipline, and so much more. Click play, listen in, and enjoy this interview with Light Watkins! In this episode you’ll discover: The two main ways that we deal with stress. How expanding your awareness can help you cope with negative thoughts. The importance of serving others. Why bad outcomes are often a product of unaligned priorities. What our most valuable asset is. Creative ways to hold yourself accountable. The truth about discipline. How a meditation practice can bring value to all areas of your life. Why stress can block you from doing the things you want to do. What inspiration actually is and where it truly comes from. How being present can help you find your inspiration. The difference between ego and legitimate inspiration. What the displacement theory is. The two different directions that life can take us. How your internal guidance is like a GPS. One huge misconception about successful people. The power of taking the first step toward your goals. Items mentioned in this episode include: PaleoValley.com/model -- Use code MODEL for 15% off! PiqueTea.com/model -- Use code MODEL at checkout for 10% off! The Secret History of the Calorie – Episode 442 The 5 Biggest Myths About Meditation with Light Watkins – Episode 267 Update Your Mental Apps with Light Watkins – Episode 435 The War of Art by Steven Pressfield The Complete Conversations with God by Neale Donald Walsch Knowing Where to Look by Light Watkins Connect with Light Watkins Website / Podcast / Twitter / Instagram Be sure you are subscribed to this podcast to automatically receive your episodes: Apple Podcasts Stitcher Spotify Soundcloud * Download Transcript Join TMHS Facebook community - Model Nation

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0:00.0	You are now listening to The Model Health Show with Sean Stevenson.
0:04.0	For more, visit TheModelHealthShow.com.
0:12.0	Welcome to The Model Health Show.
0:13.0	This is Fitness and Nutrition Expert, Sean Stevenson.
0:15.0	And I'm so grateful for tuning in with me today with all this going on in the world.
0:19.0	It's easy to be entrapped by negative thinking.
0:23.0	And today we have on one of the four most experts in the world in mastering mindset.
0:28.0	And I think this is really, really going to blow you away.
0:31.0	And what I wanted to do was to kick things off with a little bit of a mini master class on one of the most important nutrients for helping us to really defend our bodies, defend ourselves, fortify our immune systems in the context of what we're dealing with right now.
0:47.0	And that nutrient is vitamin C.
0:50.0	We hear about this since we're kids, the importance of vitamin C.
0:53.0	But why?
0:55.0	How does it work?
0:57.0	Why is vitamin C put on to this pedestal?
1:00.0	Well, let's dig in a little bit and talk about why that is.
1:03.0	Well, some basic pieces of why vitamin C is so important as far as immune function is its ability to regulate inflammation.
1:11.0	And oftentimes we think that there's a thing that's doing something to us, right?
1:16.0	There's a bacterial infection that's causing inflammation or a viral infection that's causing inflammation.
1:22.0	What really is causing the inflammation is our body's response to interacting with that foreign body.
1:28.0	It's our body's response.
1:30.0	The inflammation is a response with the body trying to protect itself.
1:34.0	But that inflammation can go into a place where it's hyperactive or it can underperform.
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