Speaker 1: (00:00)
What's going on everybody. Doctor Chad Woolner here, Dr Buddy Alan, and this is episode five of the health fundamental podcast. On today's episode. We've got a good one for ya. We're going to be sharing with you guys the number one secret to taking control of your health and your life. So let's get started.

Speaker 2: (00:17)
You're listening to the health fundamentals podcast. I'm Dr Chad Woolner and I'm Dr Buddy Alan. And this show is about giving you the simple but powerful cutting edge tools you need to change your health and your life. So sit back and enjoy the show as we show you the path to your best life down to a science.

Speaker 1: (00:37)
So, hey everybody, hope you're having an awesome day. What we want to share with you. This is a subject that is very near and dear to I think both of our hearts. Absolutely. Uh, I think this is going to be a really, really good episode for you guys. Um, highly valuable. Um, we're going to be sharing what we call the number one secret to taking control of your health and your life. And it is a very, um, hidden in plain sight strategy, super simplistic, but incredibly powerful, very, very powerful. Uh, to set the stage. A, anybody who knows me might already know this story. Um, but, uh, years ago, this has been almost 20 years ago now at this. Yeah. Yeah. It's been 20 years ago. It's crazy old man. Hi. No Man. Seriously. Um, uh, nearly 20 years ago, I left, uh, to serve a mission for my church down in Louisiana.

Speaker 1: (01:30)
Um, my brother, uh, my older brother who was 10 years older than me, he had served a mission in Spain, um, years prior. And, uh, as I was getting ready to leave on my mission, I was literally getting at the airport with him and he handed me this letter and he said in this letter holds the secret to being an effective missionary to being a great missionary. And of course, obviously I wanted to do a good job. And so I was like, well, I want to know the secret. He says, don't open it till you get on the plane. So he built up a sufficient level of suspense and excitement about it. What's the secret? I need to learn the secret, right? And so I opened the letter and I proceed to read and he basically says, look, you're going to get a lot of advice from a lot of different people.

Speaker 1: (02:10)
And he says, I'm sure that all those pieces of advice are going to be great. He says, you can think of those as various keys to being a great missionary. He says, uh, but he said, what I want to share with you here is what I believe to be UV master key that everything else kind of falls under and a with that, he kind of again, sufficiently caught my attention thinking, what is it? You know? And then he, uh, he proceeded to give me the punchline. You know, this, the suspense is revealed her. He says, here's the secret. He says, the secret is commit to getting up on time every day of your mission, getting up early, getting up on time and engaging in basically your morning routine. And it was, to be honest with you, looking back at it somewhat underwhelming. Um, but now having, having looked at my life ever since then, I can see a very clear pattern of, of a really profound truth and secret that I have learned.

Speaker 1: (03:07)
And that is that if you look at the very most successful people in the world and we, we understand there's an important principle of modeling, right? Um, you know, they always say that the saying, and I think it's probably come become a bit cliche, success leaves clues, but it really does. You can see patterns, you can see distinct patterns, uh, with successful people and unsuccessful people for that matter. And one of the most common patterns, common traits, common habits that you will find with the most successful people, the most healthy, uh, you know, uh, successful in business, successful in relationships. They all have a very, uh, distinct, clear and consistent morning ritual and morning routine and a, and that is the number one secret. So let's kind of unpack that and talk a little bit about it. Dr. Allen, obviously you had experience in this realm as well.

Speaker 1: (03:59)
Absolutely. And it's kind of interesting. It's, it's one of those things that you kind of, it's like, yeah, that makes sense. You know, getting up, starting your day and, and starting off correctly. But it's like, um, I don't know about you, but I'm a little, sometimes I'm a slow learner and it's as I was starting to read and do my own, you know, personal growth type of, of research and you learn about different folks and your, it really is true, the most successful people. And when I say successful, it's like a successful and very [inaudible] and like all meaningful ways and very meaningful ways. Like they, um, you know, they give back, they, um, they just, they just enjoy their lives. Right? And every single one of them will have, they have like this routine. I remember reading the four hour work week by Tim Ferriss, which, hey, you know, if I could get get by with four hour work week, I be great.

Speaker 1: (04:48)
Right? So I'm reading this book and, and man, that guy, you could set your clock to his routines in the morning and in the evenings. And I was just like, that's kind of, you know, so it's like, like you said, there's a clue there. The clue of we had this guy is doing pretty well for himself and he's got these routines that, and one of the things he said, I remember that really hit home to me and made so much sense. He's like in the morning and in the evening there, these are two times that are largely completely within your control. What happens in between there during the day is there's all kinds come react. You can become react, you can get derailed and you can be, you can go all different directions from where you actually plan to go. Whereas when you get up there and you set aside a specific amount of time in the morning and the evening for the things that are important, then they always get done.

Speaker 1: (05:38)
Absolutely. So he calls him the book and the book ends of your depending. Yeah. Book Ending Your Day. So that's an important principle. Um, there's something very profound and powerful about the, just the act of getting up early, getting up early. Um, you know, one of the things I talk about, we do a lunch workshop here in our community. We've been doing it for years, teaching a morning routine, we call it the 30 minute reboot. And, uh, and just the idea of getting up early in and of itself is a really powerful, uh, principal. Um, you know, a lot of people we run into wouldn't consider themselves morning people, quote unquote, perhaps you listening right now, uh, might not consider yourself a morning person. But the truth is I share with people is that we are biologically wired to be morning people. If you look at our circadian rhythm, uh, the various hormones that are involved in that circadian rhythm are at their peak at 6:00 AM every morning we are wired to be up and moving a at 6:00 AM.

Speaker 1: (06:36)
And so, uh, so for people who are like, man, I'm just not a morning person. Understand number one, we're designed to be morning people. Number two, for people that aren't feeling it, they feel sluggish. That's typically a sign that there's something going on that they lost to be addressed. You know, and it may be something, it may not be something that, you know, critical, but it might also be something important that needs to be addressed. Right? So just understand that a number one, number two, there's something very powerful about the psychological benefits of getting up and proactively starting your day on your terms. Like you kind of talked about, you know, that's within your control, taking control and ownership of that. Um, there was, uh, a famous, uh, video that was going on in a kind of a viral video. I think he was a navy seal commander or something like that.

Speaker 1: (07:19)
He said the first routine that, that he teaches his, uh, trainees is to get up and make your bed or bed, make your bed every morning. And, and that, that habit alone has a very profound, uh, psychological, mental, emotional impact, um, at the beginning of every day. And, uh, and so getting up each morning. Um, and so what sorts of things, uh, somebody who's, who's listening to this podcast right now, what sorts of things would you suggest to them in terms of, uh, things that could or should be included in a normal good healthy morning routine? Well, the, uh, the morning reboot that we know that we go and share with the community really is kind of it. Cause if you're going to do something over and over, it has to be something that's one simplistic enough to be able to do on a regular basis. And it just can't be super complicated.

Speaker 1: (08:07)
So the first thing we say is one, get up early to we want people to do some sort of exercise and generally we, we encourage high intensity type exercise because research suggests that we can get an incredible workout, a very, um, physiological and effective workout for our body in a matter of minutes with literally within 10 minutes. Yeah, very efficient, very efficient. Um, we talk about meditation, we talk about fueling our bodies correctly. We talk about, um, you know, making, and with that all being said, you know, even proper rest and proper sleep. And, but all of these things are important for us to be able to, and again, they're just simple components, simple little things, not terribly complicated at all. Not at all. Right? So, uh, yeah, exercise. Meditation is profound. A huge, if you really want to do something interesting, go online and just look at studies on meditation that had been done.

Speaker 1: (09:06)
There are some, there are some really, uh, unbelievable benefits to meditation and it doesn't need to be terribly complicated either. Right? Um, and then making sure that you're fueling yourself correctly in the mornings, uh, is a big part of it as well. We typically recommend, uh, either some sort of a protein or a smoothie type shake with Greens in it. Uh, we typically will recommend a handful of other just really good nutrients. Uh, Ceylon cinnamon is great for blood sugar control. You can put a small little, uh, you know, a half a tablespoon of that into that. Um, you say on cinnamon, uh, organic vanilla powder, a natural antiinflammatory, uh, MCT oil or MCT oil powder is a great way to go. Stands for medium chain triglyceride oil. Uh, it's an extract of coconut oil and it, it's a, it's something that you can use to boost your metabolism.

Speaker 1: (09:57)
And so, uh, the, the biggest thing that I share whenever I go out and do these workshops is the idea behind consistency. Um, the, the secret to consistency is shaping this and creating it and crafting it in a way that it's something you actually enjoy doing. If it's something you don't enjoy, you're not going to stick with it. And so you've got to figure out a way to kind of rig it mentally and emotionally in such a way that you actually look forward to it. You know, there are some things that I've learned from you over the years and I, and this one was, um, I thought it was a huge one because exercise for lots of people, even those who are generally generally pretty good at doing it, it's like get rid of as many obstacles as possible. They will be in, you know, getting your way from going.

Speaker 1: (10:42)
And you had mentioned that you leave your clothes out for the gym the next day on the bathroom counters. So you don't have to even fumble through your closet to find your workout clothes. They're sitting there waiting for you. Yup. So any and everything you can do to take out the barriers that would prevent you or get in the way of you from following through, then you know, that makes all the difference. Yup. Yeah. It's called lowering your activation energy. Right. Anything you can do to just make it a smooth transition as smooth as possible. And so I'll do stuff like that. I'll typically get out my clothes, like you said, I'll typically have a water bottle ready to go. Um, I'll typically, you know, in, in terms of making it fun and enjoyable. Typically find like kind of new morning cocktails, you know, so there's like a green strength that I've done for awhile.

Speaker 1: (11:26)
I'll mix it up. Sometimes there's another, uh, you know, variety of different vitamin or mineral powders or amino acid powders that I'll put into drinks to just kind of experiment and have fun with and change the taste, find something that actually tastes good and is enjoyable, is healthy. I know I'm getting hydrated and things like that. So things like that. Um, so I'll get my water bottle out, I'll make sure my, I'll make sure that my, uh, socks and shoes are, I'll make sure that my socks and shoes are out, like, like we had said and all those things. So, um, anyways, uh, making sure we lower that activation or ci. So morning routines are absolutely critical, absolutely huge in, in helping, uh, to literally make significant shifts longterm and your health and in your life. Um, anything else you want to add to that?

Speaker 1: (12:15)
Um, well I think that's, if there's anything you can do it starting outright, starting the day right is, is so incredibly powerful and that's kind of why we, we really hit on this morning routine more than anything. As you know, it starts and actually something we haven't mentioned that I, that we also frequent tell people is, um, every day we get that 24 hour clock, which is our daily do over. Yup. So just because yesterday or the day before was not your ideal day or maybe really crummy day. Um, today is a new day. And so if we can start out today correctly, then today's going to be great. Tomorrow can be great. And so it's just, remember every day we have this chance to start a new, to try to better ourselves. And that's kind of the ultimate goal is we want to, you know, we all want to be better.

Speaker 1: (12:59)
We want to feel like we're progressing and moving forward in life. And, uh, the best way to do that is to just start off your day correctly. Start off on the right path. Absolutely. Um, so, uh, if you're local here, if you're somebody local, uh, we do a free lunch workshop or reteach this entire morning routine from start to finish. We go through and we go through everything. And this is just a free service that we've been doing for years. It's a great way for us to get to know people in our community. It's great marketing for our clinic. Um, but if you're somebody who's listening to this podcast and you're not local and you'd be interested in hiring us and having us come out and train your group, your team, um, contact us, reach out to us, uh, info@thehealthfundamentals.com and just say, hey, we'd, we'd be interested in hiring you guys and having you guys come out.

Speaker 1: (13:43)
We can do that. We do that and we do a group trainings all over. So, uh, this is something that we absolutely love. We're extremely passionate about it. As you can probably tell. And, uh, we hope that this has perhaps maybe sparked something within you, inspired you to begin that process of, of creating your own morning routine. So, uh, anything else you want to add? Nope. Just get, make the plan. Get it started. Yeah, figure it out. Make the commitment. Yeah. So you owe it to yourself. Change your health, change your life. So, all right guys, thanks for listening and we'll talk to you guys on the next episode. Have a good day.

Speaker 2: (14:18)
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