Why Training for Resilience Could Save Your Life

Abel James Show

Abel James Bascom

Mental Health, Business, Entrepreneurship, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health, Nutrition

4.6 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2025

⏱️ 106 minutes

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Summary

As soon as you think you have it all figured out, absolutely everything can change in an instant.

What do you do when out of nowhere, life hands you a serious injury or diagnosis?

In this episode, I'll be sharing hard‑won insights from recovery after being sidelined in a serious high speed hit‑and‑run wreck.

We'll explore:

Why it's best to train for resilience before you take the hit
How to turn hardships into gifts by refusing to settle for "poor me" thinking
Specific practices to bounce back to 110%
A surprising warning in the age of deepfakes and rampant AI slop
And much more...

Just before the car wreck, I played a couple live music shows in Las Vegas, at Nos Vegas as well as the BSN Golf Championships during the Bitcoin Conference.

As a special bonus, stay till the end of today's episode to hear a full set from one of the shows in Las Vegas featuring all original music, lots of improvisation and special guests.

During the performance, people all around the world tuned in, tipped the musicians in Bitcoin and commented in real time on the livestream. It's an innovative way to support musicians and connect with each other, and I hope to see you on the next livestream. You can connect with me on NOSTR Here.

Big thanks to Mike from Tunestr and Jim and Julie Costello of Phantom Power Music for recording, producing, livestreaming and putting together these shows.

Enjoy.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey folks, this is Abel James, and thanks so much for joining us on the show.
0:05.0	In the age of deep fakes and rampant AI slop, how do you know if what you're seeing is real?
0:10.0	In the past couple of weeks, I've been getting messages from some old friends who've been saying that they've been seeing my face pop up all over the place in video ads on social media feeds.
0:20.0	And I said, that's interesting because I don't do any video ads.
0:23.8	And I never have. I don't do any social media advertising. So whatever is out there isn't actually me or it's not from me.
0:31.4	And I'm certainly not getting paid for it. They don't have my permission. So this is actually a little bit of a crazy situation.
0:37.5	I'm not too worried. And it's actually not that new, but it definitely has been ramping
0:42.3	up lately.
0:43.3	So apparently there are some scammers pulling from some of my podcasts and podcasts appearances
0:49.3	to sell who knows what, carbon binoxide detectors, supplements, food products, technologies,
0:56.5	worse, I'm sure, too. But if you ever see that, just double check, verify first,
1:02.0	that it's me because it's probably not, especially if it's selling something.
1:06.1	So just to be clear, very selectively, I work with a few partners on the podcast where you'll hear me do ad
1:14.2	reads for companies that I believe in and I use myself. Generally, food products and that sort of thing.
1:20.6	A lot of you know that I also make small investments in startup companies like Primal Kitchen, Thrive Market, Element, ORA ring, and a few others.
1:30.5	That's something different.
1:32.3	Sponsorships are just ad reads on the podcast.
1:35.8	So anyway, I want to be clear and transparent about whatever my biases are or conflict of interest and that sort of thing.
1:42.4	But just know that if I'm out there selling
1:45.4	something on anything other than the audio version of my podcast or mentions of brands on my
1:51.7	newsletter, then it is not me and they don't have my permission. So if you could try to message
1:56.7	the real me and let me know about those posts and we'll flag them and try to get them down.
	...

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