Doing Epic Stuff

“Maybe 17 years ago, as I was doing orthopaedics, I just started to feel like ‘oh my god, these people, much like myself with my injuries, never really get better’ right? You kind of get them sort of better – you have a broken leg, you can fix a broken leg and come back (to normal) but most injuries just end up being ongoing, nagging problems.”

Dr Elizabeth Yurth is the Co-Founder and Medical Director of Boulder Longevity Institute, Colorado.

She’s been providing Tomorrow’s Medicine Today since 2006.

What does that actually mean?!

Literally regenerating people.

Think 1985 science-fiction comedy-drama film ‘Cocoon’ but in real life!

She’s the most extensive professionally accredited individual I’ve ever had on the Doing Epic Stuff podcast. Seriously, she has multiple paragraphs of medical industry certifications. It’s actually a little bit intimidating!

An avid skier since childhood, plagued by repeated debilitating injuries, @dryurth, now THE authority on regenerative/longevity medicine and co-founder of @boulderlongevityinstitute , initially sought to break the repeat injury cycle by seriously leaning into a career in orthopaedics: surgery concerned with the musculoskeletal system.

Eventually, stonewalled by those very same frustrations (patients returning with repeat injusries) and a system which appeared to be counterintuitive to long-term patient rehabilitation, she went maverick! Doubling down on epigenetics and other innovative regenerative treatments in combination with a holistic approach to wellness that is at the sharpest part of the cutting edge of this medicine.

This is a seriously valuable conversation for anyone interested in living longer and better, improving lifestyle or just optimising your you. I even manage to sneak in a Keto diet question from past DES podcast guest: @sylviemuay aka Sylvie von Duuglas-Ittu, the Muay Thai legend with 268 professional fights and no signs of slowing down. EPIC!

Subject matter
Blue Zones
Longevity hacks
Community and its effect on your longevity
Epigenetics (modifying our genes)
Genetics misnomers
Why you should NEVER stop pumping iron
The best cardio format for longevity (hint; it isn’t running)
Where does Pilates fit in the longevity puzzle?
Powernaps: Good? Bad? Ugly?
The importance of restoring and maintaining your circadian rhythm and how to do it.
Fasting: why it’s good for us and recommended methods for optimal results
Sex: is ‘getting busy’ killing us?!
EPIC Stuff

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Show notes

• Lumosity the brain training mobile app I personally use to prep for a podcast/stave off laziness/punish myself for a hangover and combat cognitive degeneration. https://www.lumosity.com/en/
• Action Bronson (aka my favourite rapper living) who has successfully transformed from blunt smoking, extravagant eating, behemoth to fitness obsessed, extravagant eating in smaller portions, fit-behemoth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qumFCN1yLOA
• Learn about Blue Zones: places around the globe where people are living longer, happier lives: https://www.bluezones.com/
• Not sure where to begin on your own Longevity Quest? Check out Dr Yurth’s ‘What to fix first’ course:&am

"All the self-help books will tell you to be present. Be in the moment. But they won’t tell you how to do it.”
- Dr Don Wood
Dr Don is the CEO at Inspired Performance Institute, based in Orlando, Florida.

A former elite level ice hockey player, Dr Don developed The Inspired Performance Program (TIPP); a neuroscience-based method which in essence provides the individual with the knowledge and tools to resolve or ‘clear’ their unresolved trauma and in doing so; empowers people to perform at their absolute peak.

Think being coached to set World Records or become a titan of industry.

Frustrated by modern medicine’s inability to provide respite to both his wife and daughter who were experiencing autoimmune disorders, Dr Don initially embarked on a quest to find a solution which modern medicine didn’t believe existed. The common element which both his wife and daughter shared being past emotional trauma; this became the focal point of his subsequent studies and practices, leading both his loved ones (effectively) being cured.

A simple method, that can be taught to just about anyone, and when learned can be self-applied to trauma of any nature in the future?

Woah.

The idea of being ‘present’ or ‘in flow’, explored throughout this episode, feels like the Venn Diagram intersect between what Dr Don’s method can provide and what people who are Doing Epic Stuff already seem to know (whether consciously or not): it’s only when we’re 100% in the moment that we have access to our full potential.

Perhaps Dr Don sums it up best: "You can't think and hit a baseball. It's impossible."

Show notes:

• Inspired Performance Institute (home of Dr Don’s program) https://www.inspiredperformanceinstitute.com/
• Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40102.Blink

Yo.

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Maureen is The Pound for Pound Peoples Champion of doing things smarter, not harder.
A master of finding ways for herself and others to spend more time on doing the things they do best or want to do more of; she’s a little bit of an ‘Original Gangstar Lifehacker’; able to perceive and leverage opportunities to increase productivity in all walks of life, even cleaning the house!

From finding the balance between raising two children (as a single parent!) and being a successful entrepreneur coach, to launching a global Virtual Assistant agency with her business partner Carmen Williams (which has grown to a team of over 50 virtual staff) - Maureen's life is a testament to the power of thinking smarter, not harder.

Aside from all the epic stuff she's up to, it's Maureen’s positive outlook and ‘jump first’ approach to life that I've always been most impressed by - you've got to respect anyone who, when asked the question: "what would you have done differently?"
responds with “Taken even more risks.”
#LicenseToThrill

Show notes:
https://businessblueprint.com.au/
https://globalteams.com.au/
https://asrc.org.au/
https://www.facebook.com/maureenpoundbusinesscoach/

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“To give you an indication, it was like 8 o’clock in the morning or 8:30 in the morning, the doors were pretty close to opening, and I’m sitting there with the AV (audio visual) guys, trying to work out how to get video in and, audio out...”

That’s Marco Rosano, co-founder of the NO/BS ‘Digital Reality Check’ digital/tech/design conference that almost wasn’t...

The disconcerting situation which Marco found himself (on opening morning!) was a ripple effect from a global pandemic that was only just being felt in Australia.
A number of high-profile speakers booked for the conference had pulled out at the 11th hour, leaving Marco and team in a mad scramble to try and deliver a hybrid live/remote solution, to a paying audience, on a completely unrehearsed digital platform.

Having heard rumblings of a major health issue back in December 2019, Marco, like the vast majority of Australian’s had no way of knowing the magnitude of what was soon to follow.

“I remember saying to Jay (Marco’s business partner and co-founder of the conference) 'don’t worry, it’ll probably blow over by the time the conference rolls around!'"

As it would turn out, the NO/BS digital conference would literally be the last public event before the party was officially over until further notice.

“We were on a bar across the road there on Russell st, with some of the speakers, maybe ten or twenty of the attendees as well having a good drink we finished up about one in the morning. 7 in the morning the Grand Prix was cancelled."

Find out what it took to get this boot-strapped, purpose led digital/design/tech conference off the ground, against the odds and the grain in this episode of The Doing Epic Stuff Podcast.

Show notes

• All about past and future NO/BS events: https://nobs.events/
• The Digital Advertising Agency of which Marco is a co-founder/partner: https://soulandwolf.com.au/

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Ever wondered about the mindset of a professional fighter?
Surely you'd have to be nuts to get in that ring, risking life and limb, for questionable (at best) financial remuneration?
What does it take to do it 10 times?
How about 50?
- Sylvie von Duuglus-Ittu: "Hold my beer"...
SHE'S THE WESTERNER (dudes included) WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF MUAY THAI FIGHTS, IN THAILAND, OF ALL TIME!!

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At the time of posting this podcast she's sitting at an incomprehensible 264 BOUTS! (with the scars to prove it)... It's not every day you get to meet a legitimate living legend, especially one who is still actively striving for their ultimate EPIC summit (with no signs of slowing down).
Join your host, Mike Drohan, as Sylvie (and her pet dog) and I get DEEP into the mindset of a legend whilst Sylvie is literally on the road to her next fight...
For anyone looking to get PEEE-UMPED about finding, starting (or re-starting) their own side-hustle, passion project, spirit quest, secret thrill or just needing a good old distraction from the doom-and-gloom of mass media (Can I Get a Hallelujah?!) - come get it.
Topics include:

• What sort of mental training does it take for a professional fighter to willingly enter a life or death situation over 264 times and counting?!
• How to sustain yourself financially when your passion pursuit doesn’t make enough money for you to pay the bills or even your post fight medical expenses..
• How to deal with a young Thai pad holder who has decided that YOU are going to be the butt of his joke, and he’s the only one laughing.

Delve deeper into Sylvie-world, here:
https://8limbsus.com/
https://www.patreon.com/sylviemuay
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