Every one of us has our special brand of self-sabotage holding us back from having everything we REALLY want out of life. We’ve all heard the saying that everything you could ever wish for is on the other side of fear, and my guest today breaks down the fundamental truths of that statement, and most importantly, what we normal folks can do about it.

Liam Naden is a great example of someone who has been through a joyful rebellion of his own. He spent the first half of his life working hard to achieve the success he’d always wanted, only to realize the life that accompanied all of that success made him miserable and stressed him out to the point where he lost everything but the clothes on his back.

While rebuilding his life, he began asking questions about why things happened for him the way they did. This led him to some fascinating insights about how our brains are wired and how we can overcome what’s holding us back from living our best life.

We’ve been misled about food for our entire lives, and it’s killing us. My guest today helps explain why that is, and how a couple of unproven theories from just a few medical professionals in the late 1960s have created an explosion in obesity and related diseases over the past fifty years.

If you’ve listened to this podcast before, then you know A Joyful Rebellion is all about getting more life out of life. It’s hard to do that if your health is compromised, so I’m excited for you to hear this conversation with Dr. John Poothulil. He goes by Dr. John and has written six books on subjects ranging from preventing and reversing type 2 diabetes to preventing and healing from cancer through the foods we eat, and more importantly, the foods we avoid.

The next hour is packed with info, so let’s get our science on!

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Shayne Whitaker

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Whether you live in or have visited a city recently, you've probably encountered people without a place to call home. Many of us, myself included, experience that awkward tension when we think about how that person might have arrived in that circumstance, and what we would do if we ever found ourselves in their shoes.

Shayne Whitaker became homeless for the first time at age four and wrote a book about his experiences growing up. His book is called, The Homeless Man’s Journal, and it takes us through his journey from being abandoned by his mother, at an early age, then living in a dysfunctional family situation for several years before opting to live in an orphanage and ultimately getting in control of his future.

It’s a story of resilience that echoes the sentiments of what A Joyful Rebellion is all about, and if you stick around till the end, I feel confident you’ll gain a healthy dose of perspective from our conversation.