In epsiode 14 of the Living Very Well Podcast, Michael discusses why you shouldn't ignore your gut health if you are exercising. Your body resonds to exercise as it would stress - the hormone cortisol. While cortisol has many roles in your body, too much can increase gut permability, allowing microrganisms, food particles, and toxins into your bloodstream. It can also cause an imbalance of the good and bad bacteria. He also discusses the idea of fitness seasons, as talked about by a fellow health coach.

In epsiode 13 of the Living Very Well podcast, Michael is back with a fresh new master's degree and celebrating being named Austin's Best Podcast for 2022 by Austin Fit Magazine. Makalah Krick, a therapist based in Austin, Texas, joins Michael to talk about setting realistic goals in the new year. Makalah shares her incredible weight-loss journey and finding peace with herself, how she set goals that were acheviable and realistic, and what she has her sights on in 2023.

Almost everyone sets goals in the beginning of the new year, yet statistics say 80% of you will abandon them by Februrary. More often than not it's because they were unobtainable in the first place.

In episode 12 of the Living Very Well podcast, Michael talks about dating and why it's time to cancel dating altogether! Dating apps have broken our ability to truly connect with each other. Dating behaviors of both sexes are leaving us jaded and has turned dating into game swiping to find the next best thing. We have no desire or the attention span to build connections the way we did before dating apps, social media and texting.

MIchael shares his bad dating stories, how both sides are to blame for bad dating behavior, and why it's time to get back to writing love letters! This is a must listen episode.