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Welcome to Fasting Space.

So nice to have you here.

Hope you're doing very well today.

Hope you had a great weekend.

I had a great weekend.

I was up in Door County, Wisconsin.

We got out of town
and I rode a century ride,

100 mile ride,
and we had three generations.

It was my father in law and me and my son,

and we made it around the entire county.

And so today
I tell you the story of the century.

Sounds pretty epic.

There's never been one like it.

Now. It's
it's the story of the century ride,

which is just the nice family ride
that we had.

Not really a race.

A race against the clock to get finished

before they shut down the course
and stop serving the meal afterward.

But we made it.

They had they had tacos at the end

and they had chicken left, but no beef.

We weren't the last ones. Okay.

But toward the back do also

to some unforeseen circumstances,
so I will tell you about it.

Try to draw many metaphors
from these experiences for our life,

because to me, you know, we're on a path
trying to head toward better health.

Maybe that looks like weight loss.

Maybe that looks like burning up
blood sugars, optimizing the metabolism,

weight loss and wellness.

That's what I want for everybody.

Getting our metabolism in the best place.

I was thinking as I was writing along,
I was like,

oh, this whole thing,
I mean, it is a journey we're journeying.

It's like, so any type of journey,
whether it's somewhere

we actually go, it'd be a lot of metaphors

for like our life and a long term
health process.

So we'll see what we come up with.

How are you doing?
Let me know in the chat.

Say hello, and if you're here on
the replay is wonderful to have you here,

say hi in the comments.

They will come to me.

Happy to hear from you and happy
to answer any questions that you have.

Want this to be your show your space.

Take it in the direction that you want.

So Saturday man, the whole thing.

Since I finished,
I finished our discussion on Friday

and then we hit the road
and got out of town.

And it's just been a big whirlwind
ever since.

Getting all packed up
and the bikes loaded up

and driving across the state and.

Getting there.

And so up early Saturday morning and
we get to the event is a pretty big event.

There's probably a thousand people
doing this ride.

And between the different levels,
I don't think a thousand people

doing this century,
but they have a have like a 30 and a 60.

And so starting out on something.

So think about this.

You're starting something new in life
and think about it as our analogy.

We're starting out on a race in this case.

I've done a lot of century rides before.

So I'm thinking about it and I've been
training for it and I'm feeling good.

And so, you know, I'm just thinking
like it's going to be so much fun because,

I mean, it is, and it's probably
one of my favorite ways to spend a day.

I remember thinking they're like,
oh, it's beautiful day.

Not much wind.

Sometimes Door County, we can get a
ton of wind, not much wind, no rain.

I'm like, this is, you know,
we just got this.

You know, we just got this.

It'd be a pleasant little ride.

And so I remember thinking that thought
starting out, and it is gorgeous.

Morning sun is coming up.

Loosen up, get out on the bike.

Things are going.

And so many times in life, right?

It's like, okay, we start out going,
I gotta tell you by mile ten.

I was feeling kind of stiff,
a little sore, and I'm like,

oh man, 90 miles to go.

Like,
am I not as good a shape as I thought?

Should I not be doing this?

Should I have prepared more?

Like, is this going to be okay?

So like,
I was feeling like like looking back

like, oh, this is
we get ourselves into something.

What did I get myself into?

And yeah, I hit that first rest stop.

Really a lot of questions,
a lot of doubts.

Welcome. So nice to have you here.

An active weekend,
some fasting and lots of running.

Loved it. Yes.

Oh, man that's awesome.

Thanks for being here and sharing that.

I'll tell you what I you know,

I had a GPS
watch on tracking the miles and the speed,

and it was also tracking calories
and the ones I've used in the past.

I never tracked calories
on a century ride.

Whoa!

So getting out of the first
rest app out of there,

and I'm thinking,
oh, boy, like, we're in for it, you know?

But somewhere in between that first
and the second rest stop,

it's like, you know,
it's like the body's kind of waking up.

I had a coffee at the rest stop.

And, you know, the system's
really kind of getting like,

the idea, oh, this is what we're doing
is start to find a groove.

I got to tell you,
somewhere in there, mile 20

to 30, everything settles in.

And then I have a space
that sometimes I have.

I don't always have it,
but like, a totally

creative sort of space, like, I just
all these thoughts started coming to me.

I was like, all of a sudden
I was not really thinking about the ride.

I was just I was thinking about sessions
that we've done here

and like, ideas are coming to me like

it's like, oh, why don't we do a show
that is about this song that I like?

And aren't these lyrics great?

And and then I was thinking of quotes
and I was like, why don't we do a show

about, like, this beautiful quote
that I heard the other month?

I had a nice thought came to me
somewhere as we're heading toward

like mile 40 of like,

why don't we take this live show
and try turning it into a call in show,

like there's got to be software
where I can run it like a radio show,

and you have to let me know
what you think of this idea

when I'm, like, out on the bike
and I'm like, on this thing, I'm like,

oh, this is sounding really fun.

And then it would be less.

I've invited people in the past say,
oh, do you want to come on and do a video?

But it's kind of an ordeal and,
you know, to do it

and maybe call would be less of a barrier
for people.

That's what I was thinking.

You don't have to, like,
do your hair or anything.

You can just like, you know, say hi.

So all these ideas are coming to me

in this middle section,

and then we get toward 50
and it's like halfway.

And I was like,
all of a sudden I like halfway done.

And I was like, well, this is beautiful.

I've had some great ideas.

Like, we made it through a barrier
and they have a lunch for you.

I mean, doing our supported ride,
you know, it's so nice.

They got water and juice and snacks
and a lunch and stuff

like, you know, restrooms along the way.

It's just so nice.

And then as we head toward mile 60,
then I started getting like this

really grandiose thinking.

I've got to tell you,
I was feeling so good.

I was thinking
thoughts like, a hundred miles.

Are you kidding me?

We should do 200 miles. Like at least 150.

Like I like
never going to run out of space

to do this, you know, like,
really over the top thinking.

And and I think I was
I did have the thought to I was thinking

these thoughts.

I was like, oh,
this is like the peak thing right before.

And then it is, you know,
and then it's like, whoa.

And it kind of comes down.

And then.

It's like, oh, are you kidding me?

We got like 40 miles to go.

And then it's like reality sets in.

I was like, oh, I think we're starting
to get a little tired here.

And then I found this beautiful space,
beautiful.

And at least from a mental space where
it was like all the thoughts stopped.

No more ideas coming.

All the grandiose thinking is gone,
where it's like

we're not setting a record pace,
we're not going to miles.

We set out to do 100 miles.

That's more than enough.

And it was like just settle into a space.

And I flew through like 20 miles
where it was just like, no thoughts.

That's like a meditation space to me,
where

it was just like turning the pedals over,
actually.

Is this appreciate the scenery going by,
nothing else.

And probably flow through a space
like that out until mile 90.

And then at 90
it's like then it's starting

to get a little painful and it's like,
but we're still not done.

We got ten miles to go and it's like,
but we're close, you know?

And it's like, well. Tough it out.

Keep going.

We're going to make it.

And then my watch goes mile a hundred.

It's it's all happy.

But then the course still isn't over
because these wily people made it 102.5.

So we got to keep going
two and a half more miles.

You'd think it's done,
but you're not done.

And it takes the extra effort
and then finally get there.

And people are cheering for us.

Okay, there's this whole squad of people
cheering for us

and they were so enthusiastic.

It felt so good to get these people
cheering for us.

And so.

So we ride through the finish
and they got a big arch thing

and finished flags and all this stuff,
and we're toward the end.

And and so there's

not, there's, there's people behind us
but it's going to take a little bit.

So I asked the,
the woman who seemed to be in charge of,

you know, all the cheering,
and she was so happy.

I was like, oh, you know, could you,

could you take our picture
with the finish flag?

And she was so upset.

I guess
there's going to be another rider coming.

We have to cheer.

And it just she seems so upset.

I was like,
it had to be the most fake Cheering.

That's how I felt.

I was like, oh, she's like got a job.

She's doing it, I felt good.

But I did get one picture for you,
so here we are finishing out the century

and the wonderful woman.

Thank you for taking our picture here.

It covers me up.

So here's me and the blue and my son
in the middle, and my father in law. And.

And then we made it at the finish line
there.

And, you know, just the thoughts then

coming through to me,

we go grab some tacos and finish it out.

Just what a beautiful experience it was.

So let me head through some thoughts
as I'm reflecting on

this is like a marathon,
but on a bike and.

I took some notes for myself.

Oh, I didn't tell you about the story
in the middle.

Okay, so so one of my notes on here
be prepared.

Okay.
So Canal is that we can take for life.

We're trying to lean into a journey,
our own journey toward better health.

Be prepared. Okay.

I did the session back in the fall.

Empower yourself.

You know, we give ourselves the knowledge,

the tools, the resources so that we can be
as successful as possible.

And so some of those tools
you want to bring on 100 mile bike ride,

a spare tire, inner tube and tools
so that if you get a flat tire, you can.

Fix it yourself
and not be stuck on the side of the road

waiting for the support wagon,
somebody to come help you out.

And so we had that together.

Except I forgot my pump.

But my father in law had one
who said, well, let's bring two.

We had a plan would bring to and

but then in the rush of leaving
I had forgotten mine.

So we just had the one.

And so I remember thinking
that I remembered right

away, like as soon as we had left,
I looked down,

I was like, oh, I didn't have my pump,
but now it's back in the car

and we already set the timer
and we're already going.

And I was thinking like,
it'll probably be okay.

You know, it'll probably be okay.

And we got another one. So.

So I left without my tire pumper,
but I had the spare tire.

And then my father in law has different
tires than my son and I.

And so he had a spare.

And then I had one spare for both Ryan
and I.

And anyway, we got around toward
whatever it was, mile 60 something.

Right
as I was coming down from my peak hubris

into reality, and my son got a flat tire.

So like, we pull over and I'm like, oh,

I don't have my favorite pump.

And then my father in law has these CO2

or some sort of cartridges
that are like little things.

You plug them in and they shoot it in.

But I've always found those hard to work
with, and I wanted my pumper.

But we got we got the bad tire out
we found on metal, I don't know,

spear thing that had jammed in
and we got it all taken care of.

And then we put the, you know, fussing

with the cartridge to try to emergency
pump it back up.

And I find him hard to work with.

We didn't get the tire seated in. Right.

And so when we hit the thing on there,
it goes so fast.

It blows so much in there
and it blew up the tire.

I've never experienced it.

There's so much thing in an entire pinched
and a boom.

Sounded like a shot rang out.

And then that was
the only one that we had.

So we had to call the support person
on the phone.

And then what
a miracle, all this technology and

just get on the cell phone
and call the support.

And they came in like ten minutes
and they were there.

So we hung out ten minutes and the guy
just came and fixed it up for us

and you know, but it

it added 25 minutes onto the thing
by the end of it, half an hour.

So be prepared.

That was something that hit me
as a life lesson for anything.

Like,
we're we're going to be hiking next week.

We're going on a family hiking trip.

We're packing up.

I'm thinking, okay, be prepared
and don't rush something, right?

So think about message that I try to give
everybody here fasting space

or try to if you're new to it,
if you're returning to it, you know.

So here are some thoughts of it.

Like I was thinking, you know,

oh, I've done a century, multiple times,
but not in a year.

Okay.

And so just like returning a fasting
sometimes feel very difficult

to get back to it because remember, oh,
like I just did this before

and it was so easy.

And we don't just don't think about the
whole process that got us to that point

and then be prepared.

And even if you're prepared, like,
don't get yourself unprepared.

Like I had my pump
I liked, but then I didn't grab it

right at the last minute because it were
trying to hurry to the starting line.

Give yourself plenty of space.

Give yourself time.

Take a deep breath.

Slow down a bit, especially if you're
leaving on a hundred mile journey.

Like don't rush it.

You know,
like give yourself plenty of time.

And then thinking like of my experience
at mile ten, like leaning in.

Sometimes things can be more difficult
than we expect even at the start.

Right?

And that just where we're see,
there's resistance.

Many things in life of value
have some resistance to it.

This is why I'm calling
our little challenge here leaning in.

Right?

Because
we're not forcing our way into something.

Probably
you could go into a ride like that and you

get out and you're feeling so good

and you are pushing too hard
and you find that edge.

Sometimes that could be a barrier
that could stop.

So I'm not up for it. Okay.

But the type of pushing through
that is leaning in that

help us get through a space
and find on the other side of it,

more energy, more flow,
and you kind of work through the process.

This is what I want for us
leaning into this space.

Maybe that looks like leaning into
fasting space,

leaning into some exercise and fasting.

If you check out the two sessions
we did last week,

exercise and fasting space
with all the disclaimers

that we went through there, working with
your medical team and easing into things

and staying hydrated and avoiding

overclocking yourself in the summer heat.

Here's a point I made.

It's okay to ask for help.

It's so hard to ask for help in life.

I mean, I find at least for a certain type
of person, I don't like asking for help.

I like being prepared.

We had a tube. We had a thing.

It was right
there. It's just embarrassing.

It feels like as a biker, like,
who are you?

Is this amateur people?

And you can't even change your own tire
and but what are you going to do?

And it's like people
are there to help you.

And you know, this guy came
and he was so nice.

This the nicest guy, helped us
get back on the road.

And so I was like, what?
What would we have done?

Could we have sit around there

and brooded and felt bad for ourselves
and never gone anywhere?

But we just swallow the pride.

There's a session that I did in the summer

winter swallowing our pride.

So how we move forward, right?

We got to get over ourselves.

So while the pride get on the phone hates
Phil here's like my race number.

And I'm like, could you come help me out?

And they're just so happy to do it.

And then we're back on the road
and rolling.

So can we use that as a metaphor
either now or sometime in the future?

Tuck that in the back pocket is like,
okay, if we are, we're on our century

ride.

We're at a journey of a 100 miles
or a thousand miles or whatever.

We're on our lifetime spot.

We get to a stuck place.

We don't have to do it ourselves.

Can we lean into the support that we have
that we can find?

I encouraged.

What else did I write on here?

It takes a lot of effort to find
a space of mental clarity and peace.

When I think about just my mental state
during this race, I was to

just describing how it wasn't
until like 70 miles in where I was like,

everything really settled down for me
in like a really profound way.

No more ideas, no more grandiose thinking,

no more discouraging thoughts of like,
we can't do it,

but just settling into
just a total flow state.

And that.

Is such a beautiful state to find.

And I just love that.

Watching the clouds,
watching the beautiful

Door County scenery, Door County.

I don't know if you're familiar with it.

For Wisconsin,

we call it Maine of the Midwest
because it's on the Lake Michigan coast.

It's got kind of a main, sort of vibe.

You know, I'm the Green Bay side of it.

You know? Door
County is like a little thumb.

A little peninsula
sticks out into the lake, and on the bay

side, it's real touristy, like Bar Harbor
sort of vibe going on.

And then on the lakeside,
it's a lot quieter,

a more rustic kind of a northern
Maine coast sort of feel.

A lot of fishing going on. No lobsters.

Okay. But salmon.

And whitefish.

Takes a lot of work, a lot of effort
to find a space of mental peace.

Sometimes at least, you know, hopefully
it doesn't when we're looking for it.

But, you know, in this type of journey
that I'm describing, it did.

And so maybe that's
for a certain season of life.

It really can we go through a lot of work.

We go through a lot of issues,

both good and bad,
and we are doing a huge amount of work.

And this can be encouraging to us,
hopefully to realize, oh,

in the midst of a struggle like it's
a struggle, I would say to go 100 miles.

Many struggles,
physical, mental struggles, good

to challenge ourselves
in, in a type of way that is appropriate.

And look where it brings us actually
to a place of contentment, actually.

To me, that was just a huge reminder to me

as I was kind of floating
through and experiencing it.

I was like, oh, look at this.

This is just okay. Like,
everything is okay.

Don't have to think another thought.

We're going to make it
through this experience.

Isn't it beautiful?

And then in that space, actually,
the more I think about it to was just.

Maybe it was toward the end of it,
it was just finding gratitude to

maybe there was a space with no gratitude
of just nothing, just total openness.

But then definitely out of it
did flow a lot of gratitude.

Like being for health,

for being able to do it,
that nobody getting hurt,

nobody wiping out here
with my family on a beautiful day.

Just start reflecting on the world
and the beauty of the sky

and the clouds and the trees and a baby.

Dear little fawn walked across the road
and we gave it plenty of space

and just these simple things where
it's like, this is beautiful, you know?

Gratitude be another thing to sink into.

And just as a centering word
that comes out of it

for me, gratitude
for the things that really matter here.

I wrote that as one of these family
health and water.

Oh man.

It's like I get a get to the rest stop,

load up the water and stay hydrated.

And it just feels so good.

Especially you get toward the end and
get some ice water and just feel so good.

And think about the simplest things
in life are just really the best.

Like you get into a really endurance space

and just bring such appreciation
for water, like literally nothing else

in the world have greater value

than being 90 miles in on the right

and just get an ice water and say,
this is the most beautiful thing.

And so it's the most beautiful thing
any day.

So if we're in a fasting space,
we are trying to move forward.

Say water is like a great friend
is going to help us through.

We stay hydrated.

It can quench the hunger
as much as the thirst.

Many times body running
just fine on water, every

cell in the body needing it
and using it in a thousand ways.

Can we take some perspective like that?

Deep gratitude for something
as simple as water,

bringing it into the simplicity
of our fasting space.

Everything about it simple.

So little to it,
but then such great value in it.

Much more value in a glass of water

than in a television
or a device or anything.

It's like, this is life
coming into the body right here.

And I just love getting into a space
like that.

Finding deep gratitude
for the simple and essential things.

I was having a conversation the other day.

Who was I talking with?

Who we were talking about price
versus value.

And how? To are certainly not the same.

Pat is here.

Restarted the exercise this morning. Yes.

Inspiring story as I am walking.
Thank you.

Happy Monday to you.
So nice to have you here.

I hope you have a beautiful,
powerful experience here this morning.

Analyzing in life
giving and inspiring in your own space.

Thank you for being here.

In the last one I wrote on my little
reflection.

Keep going. That's what I wrote.
Keep going.

Having a having an endurance thing.

You know,
we're not setting any record. We.

But we made it.

And everybody
going through their own process,

you know, to to make it.

And everybody have a kind of an arc
somewhat like that.

It's like, oh, get the system going
and then some flow

and then really feeling good
and then kind of a lower point

and then like finding the strength again
and finishing out.

You know, that's a pretty classic arc
for something like this.

And it's a pretty classic arc for, you
know, any challenge that we face in life,

I think, and so we can all find ourselves
at different points along

an arc like that at different times.

And so wherever you are,
that's a good message.

Keep going, you know?

Doesn't have to be fast.

Just keep the pedals
turning over, shift into a lower gear.

That's where we get the leverage.
You know, shift at.

You're having a difficult season.
You can slow way down.

We had some big hills,
some really big hills.

It's like downshift,
slow down, get some leverage.

Don't burn yourself out
all on one big hill.

Just make it through it, you know,

and then the downhills on the other side.

And then we can have seasons like that
just coasting.

We also had some big hills, like, felt
like two miles of a hill

that just no pedaling, just coast,
you know.

So we've got seasons like that
where we're struggling up a huge hill

and we've got seasons
in time where we are

coasting, you know, down the hill
and and things really flowing.

And of course we want the flow state.

I talk about flow state a lot.

I want to help people
get into as much of a flow as possible,

so that we're minimizing
every bit of struggle that it can be.

And of course, we want that.

We're seeing both sides of the coin.

One of the ideas that came to me
and my little idea session mile.

30 on the call in show.

If we were doing it,
I was calling it in my mind then

about like, share
the love and share the struggle.

But I repeat myself.

Because, you know.

Isn't isn't love a process
that shares struggle?

Isn't that kind of what it is really?

It's like, well, it's at least part of it.

It's at least the deep part of it.

Maybe not everything is struggle.

Of course we say love.

There's this joy, there's positive.

Not everything in life is struggle.

But then the it's there.

Love is the thing that is there
when the struggle is present.

And this is what I really want,
you know, for the future of this space.

Everything I'm doing to be done a couple
sessions, like is love the answer?

Like, ultimately, you know,
it can be cliche, but I think when we

think it's cliche
because it's a universally recognized fact

that it is ultimately
and we can overlook it.

And so a thought like this, hills

that we climb, struggles that we have,
periods of time of flow and coasting down.

You know, this this ride starts
and ends at the same point.

And so it's a loop.

And we loop in a giant figure
eight around this county.

And every hill that you go

up, you're going to come back down again
and you end up back where you started.

And so just as a metaphor for life,
the whole course is kind of interesting.

Like, you see,
we didn't really go anywhere.

Like we ended up where we started,
but what a trip we took.

And, you know, the hills that you climb is
what gives the energy to.

Those beautiful downhills
where everything is flowing.

And so we tend to think of life
as a linear process.

But really life is a cycle, you know,
and we flow through seasons.

Show us this pattern.

We ride around a county
and end up where we started

and we see that actually it is a cycle.

Many metaphors get us to the place.

The night is darkest
just before the dawn, right?

It's like it's not eternally dark.

The light comes back and we go through in
a cycle of the days is showing this.

We go up the hill and we come down again.

And especially recognizing this as helpful
on the climb

where we've shifted down
into the lowest gear

and we've slowed down as much as we can,
and we're up out of the saddle and we're

just trying to climb and keep that pedal
turning one over the other.

And we think, is
this hill ever going to end?

Keep going.

Keep the momentum,
even if it's slow moving forward.

We're going to find that flow again.

Keep looking toward the light.

I loved that session that we did.

Some song I heard once.

It had the lyrics.

Where are we going?

Not going anywhere.

It's kind of just repeated that.

I have to find that again,
not going anywhere.

And so it's like a hundred miles
to nowhere,

like a hundred miles to get back
where we started.

To me, there's got to be a deep
thought in there about.

Especially toward the end of that space,
get all the thoughts to settle down,

find a place of contentment
like we ride 100 miles on a bike

to find a place of contentment and calm

and settle the mind and end up back
where you started.

But hopefully in a more settled space.

I don't know, like,
you know, get back home and drive home

and you know, then then it's enough
just to sit together, you know?

Really beautiful.

I'll tell you what feels really magical

after being on the bike
all day is driving again.

And I got in the car, you know,
we load up the bikes to drive home,

and all of a sudden I just hit the

I just pushed on this pedal
and we're just flying down the road.

You know, I'm used to, you know, going
16 miles an hour or whatever we're going.

And all of a sudden I'm like 55, man,
this is feeling insane.

So it's a beautiful day.

I just have to throw it up again.

Even if it's if it's weird
blocking myself out.

I got to look it again.

So proud of my family.

And my son is so strong.

You know, he's 16.

It's just awesome to have him doing this.

And my father in law's

75, 76, I think, you know,
and he's leading the whole pack.

So, you know, he is an incredible biker.

And it's just he is inspiring to me.

And I hope that I am in such good shape
and can be biking around

a few years from now and many more.

We got to do this many more times.

So beautiful. So.

These are the things really.

What a what an awesome thing to do.

So this is the journey.

This is the story of my century.

I think that's the thoughts
that I have about it.

Such a great thing to do.

So many metaphors for life.

I'm going to keep thinking about it,
do some reflecting on these ideas

today, a journey
and where are we going and how?

How do we navigate the hills
and the valleys

in the best way you know we want?

You know, I'm sure somewhere,
maybe in Iowa, somewhere

Ragbrai, there's,
you know, a pretty flat race somewhere.

I'm sure there's races and rides
across Nebraska

and other plane states where, you know,
not so many hills and valleys.

And we say a straight course.

And maybe there's beauty in that too, but.

You know, the the struggle up

the hill, giving us the opportunity
to flow down the other side.

Maybe that's the thing
I'm going to think most about today.

We want to take away the hills.

We don't want to struggle.
I don't want anyone to struggle.

Dive deep on this space about love.

Love being present in the struggle.

How do we find love for ourselves?

That's like a deep space
that we've gone into in this space.

And always the attitude
I want in any sort of fasting space,

any type of health space, be it exercise,

be it our eating or our voluntarily
refraining from eating, it's like just a

loving attitude of care and compassion
for ourself, building that in the body.

That's the type of health
that I say is the most foundational.

Never punishing our way to health,
always nurturing our way to health.

This is how we build a process
that is sustainable,

the type of thing that can carry us
up the hill on the bike when we're

just trying to carry
get one pedal turning over the other.

That's the type of strength
that we need to do it.

And then finding the flow
on the other side.

How are you doing here?

We are on the challenge 30 day challenge,
so we're starting out on week two.

I started a day late last week, it seems.

But here's
the second week of the challenge.

Are you leaning into it?

I like the idea that came to me.

Share the love.

Share the struggle.

This is what I would like
our sessions to be.

So I'm hearing from some people today.

We're leaning into it out on a walk,

listening to this while we're walking,
getting in, running.

All this stuff is beautiful
and I'm very happy to hear it.

Let me know the other side of it.

Two struggles that people are having.

If you're on the uphill part of it.

This doesn't have to be just like
a rainbows and sparkly star sort of place.

You say, hey, this is difficult.

Stretch a difficult season. And.

You know, not that you say,
oh, that there's just an easy answer

for everything like that other, you know,
a big thing is

there is space for it, though,
and there's recognition of it.

And here is a space
where nothing is sugar coated,

because I'm telling people
that get rid of the sugar, okay.

Sugar not helping anybody.

And metaphorical sugar
that sugar coats things and makes

things that are difficult.

Pretend that they're easy.

So there's no real value
in something like that either.

So we get both types of sugar out
and we move forward in reality

in a grounded state.

That is the type of thing
that is sustainable and enduring

and help us move forward
in a powerful, sustainable way

so that we can bring the benefits
of all these types of thinking

and practices, core simple health
practices, fasting and water and air

and the sky and all of these

truly essential things.

Bring them together in this one
beautiful journey that we have.

That is our life,
our one opportunity to express ourselves,

you know, in health
and love in this moment.

Move forward in gratitude
for just the opportunity that we have.

And that'll be my encouragement for you
in this day.

Take these, this thinking, all these ideas
of health, wellness, wholeness.

Grab onto them, hold on to them tightly.

Lean into it in this day.

Move forward in health.

In the most powerful way,

most thoughtful and compassionate way
that you can today.

And lots of grace
that might look different.

You know, it doesn't have to look
like perfection as long as it is our best.

We just do the best that we can
and we have grace for ourselves.

And I will look forward
to meeting with you again tomorrow.

Have a great day
everybody. We'll talk soon.