Moment 209: The Real Reason You’re Gaining Weight (Even If You’re Exercising!)
Tried everything to lose weight and nothing’s working? It’s not your fault. According to geneticist Giles Yeo, your body is hardwired to hold onto fat—especially as you age. Yeo breaks down why your metabolism slows, how your genes shape your hunger, and why exercise isn’t the fat-loss fix you think it is. If you’ve been eating better, moving more, and still not seeing results… this is the science-backed reality check you’ve been waiting for.
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Top Neuroscientist: Anxiety Is A Predictive Error In The Brain! Heres The Proof Your Brain Is Faking Trauma! Your Whole Life Might Be A Prediction!
What if your anxiety isn’t fear, and your trauma might not be real? Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett reveals how your brain creates emotional illusions.
Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett is a Professor of Psychology and among the top 0.1% of most cited scientists for her revolutionary research in psychology and neuroscience. She is also the author of books such as ‘Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain’.
In this conversation, Dr. Lisa and Steven discuss topics such as, how anxiety is a predictive error in the brain, the shocking truth about childhood trauma, how trauma can be contagious, and why you don’t have any free will.
00:00 Intro
02:22 Lisa's Mission
04:14 Why Is It Important to Understand How the Brain Works?
10:48 Measuring Emotions
13:55 What Is the Predictive Brain?
16:08 Examples of the Brain Making Predictions
24:13 Is the Predictive Brain at the Root of Trauma?
31:27 Cultural Inheritance, Trauma, Anxiety, and Depression
36:29 How Reframing Past Events Can Change Identity
42:41 Meaning as a Consequence of Action
44:11 How to Overcome Fear by Taking Action
45:43 Prediction Error
47:37 Learning Through Exposure
49:47 Dangers of Social Contagion
54:06 Anxiety in the Context of Social Contagion
58:33 Is Social Media Programming Us to Be Sad?
1:02:08 Ads
1:03:03 First Step to Overcoming Mental Health Issues
1:05:18 Chronic Pain
1:08:23 What Is Depression?
1:09:17 Body Budgeting and Body Bankruptcy
1:12:26 How Stress Contributes to Weight Gain
1:15:00 Depression in Adolescents
1:17:02 Is Depression a Chemical Imbalance?
1:18:30 The Story of Lisa's Daughter
1:21:09 Oral Birth Control as a Risk Factor for Depression
1:24:07 How Lisa Helped Her Daughter Overcome Depression
1:29:11 Social Support
1:35:26 Lisa's Daughter's Recovery from Depression
1:39:12 Does Alcohol Affect the Body Budget and Increase Depression Risk?
1:42:45 Ads
1:44:00 Can People Change Emotions by Smiling?
1:45:49 Lisa's Perspective on ADHD
1:48:01 The Power of Words to Facilitate Emotion
1:52:26 Stress as a Burden to the Metabolic Budget
1:53:27 Lisa's View on God and Religion
1:54:25 What Is the Meaning of Life in Lisa's Opinion?
1:59:32 Question from the Previous Guest
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2:06:45
The Silenced Scientist: The Cure For Alzheimer's Already Exists?! Doctors Are Trapped In A Broken System! The Link Between Oral Infection & Cancer!
What if the cure for Alzheimer’s, heart disease, and erectile dysfunction already exists? Dr. Nathan Bryan breaks the silence on the missing molecule that could reverse disease.
Dr Nathan Bryan is a renowned nitric oxide biochemist, entrepreneur and author, who has researched nitric oxide for the past 18 years and made many seminal discoveries in the field. He is also the author of books such as, ‘The Secret of Nitric Oxide-Bringing The Science To Life’.
In this conversation, Dr Nathan and Steven discuss topics such as, how doctors are trapped in a broken system, the link between oral infection and cancer, why blood pressure medicine doesn’t work, and how nitric oxide can make you 15 years younger.
00:00 Intro
02:33 Nathan's Mission
04:38 Decline in Nitric Oxide (NO) Production
05:40 Symptoms of Low NO Levels
06:55 Diseases Linked to NO
08:21 What Prompted Nathan's Interest in NO?
10:35 Your Experience With Your Dad Setting You on This Path
12:07 Who Are You & Your Experience
13:14 Nitric Oxide Breakdown
14:24 Is Everything You See Just Aging?
16:07 How to Measure Vascular Age
17:50 Chronic Diseases Associated With NO Deficiency
21:54 The Medical Industry Is Broken
27:40 Doctors Are Trapped in the Broken System
29:18 The Molecule of Longevity
33:00 What Do You Think of Bryan Johnson?
34:38 Can NO Be Overdosed?
36:33 NO’s Role in Increasing Telomere Length
38:33 Relationship Between NO and Oral Microbiome
40:54 Nathan's View on Antibacterial Products
44:04 Negative Impacts of Using Mouthwash
46:08 Oral Microbiome and Blood Pressure Connection
48:25 Link Between Oral Health and Cancer
54:10 Ads
56:19 How to Improve Our Oral Microbiome
58:21 Are Tongue Scrapers Beneficial for Oral Microbiome?
59:26 Relationship Between NO and Hormones
1:00:14 Should We Be Seeing Dental Hygienists?
1:00:45 Mouthwash Eliminates Benefits of Exercise
1:01:05 Foods to Boost Nitric Oxide Production
1:03:54 Wound-Healing Properties of NO
1:05:02 Foods for NO Production
1:05:36 *Beet the Odds*: Why Nathan Wrote a Book About Beetroots
1:09:06 Growth of Interest in Antacid Medication
1:12:22 Link Between NO Levels and Nasal Breathing
1:15:05 Humming Increases NO Levels
1:16:23 Things to Stimulate NO
1:17:45 The Future of Medicine Relies on This
1:20:01 Are You Happily or Unhappily Mated?
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Moment 208: The Dumbest Financial Advice Everyone Weirdly Follows That’s Keeping Them Poor!
What if the key to investing wasn’t finding the next big thing—but surviving the next unknown?
Bestselling author and savings expert Morgan Housel shares the true story that changed how he sees risk forever—and how it reshaped his philosophy on money, markets, and why most people lose when they try to predict the future.
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26:44
*NEW* Body Language Expert: When You Do This You Look like A Loser...(Sorry But You Do)! This Is The Real Reason You're Still Single!
Can you make someone like you in seconds? Vanessa Van Edwards returns with the science-backed secrets of dating and likeability - tested in real-life dating scenarios for the very first time.
Vanessa Van Edwards is the founder of ‘Science of People’, a platform that gives people skills to improve communication and leadership. She is also the bestselling author of ‘Captivate: The Science of Succeeding with People’ and ‘Cues: Master the Secret Language of Charismatic Communication’.
00:00 Intro
03:02 How Important Is It to Master the Skill of Communication?
03:33 Are We Set in Our Ways? Is Charisma Genetic?
04:18 Different Types of Awkwardness in People
04:53 How to Make Friends – The 3 Core Friendship Values
06:37 How Do You Figure Out Your Core Friendship Values?
07:34 How Many People Has Vanessa Taught These Skills? And What Do They Want?
08:18 First Impressions
10:24 Profile Pictures
14:10 Add Cues for a Better First Impression
15:28 How Sunglasses Block Connection
16:21 More Good Cues for First Impressions
16:54 How Do I Make a Really Bad First Impression?
18:30 What We Need to Signal to Express Warmth
21:27 Breaking the Script
23:19 Master Communicators and the "Chemical Cocktail"
28:11 Online First Impressions
29:11 Be the Red Apple
30:17 How to Make an Impression on Zoom
32:08 The Story Toolbox
35:07 How Important Is Background on Zoom?
36:29 Where to Look on Zoom Calls
37:16 Date Experiments
43:09 Drivers and Passengers in Conversation
44:23 Micro Wins
45:05 Body Language That Indicates Attraction
49:35 Why Busyness Is Not a Mark of Success
51:16 The Jam Study – Too Many Choices
52:12 Prioritizing Self-Care Over Connection
53:08 Dating Checklists
54:23 Do We Get More Numb the More We Date?
55:32 Two Challenges If You're in a Funk or Feeling Lonely
58:26 Steve Being a Control Freak
01:00:14 Networking Events
01:00:55 Ads
01:09:20 Using the Word "Because" as a Leader
01:11:01 How Do We Know If Someone Likes Us?
01:14:20 What If You're Not a Funny Person?
01:16:09 Can You Learn to Be Funny?
01:16:57 Touch
01:18:10 Hacks for Being Funny
01:19:36 Channeling Other People
01:20:36 Microexpressions
01:21:37 Reading Fear in People's Faces
01:23:24 Seeing Disgust in People's Faces
01:25:09 How to Tell If Someone Is Angry Without Them Saying It
01:27:05 How to Tell When Someone Is Truly Happy
01:28:49 How to Tell If Someone Is Sad Even If They Don’t Say It
01:31:03 How to Tell If Someone Is Surprised
01:32:33 How to Tell If Someone Has Contempt Toward You
01:35:23 Can and Should We Change Our Personalities?
01:37:20 Steve's Personality Traits
01:38:49 Making Your New Partner Take a Personality Test
01:41:20 Conscientious People
01:57:05 Do Extroverts Have Better Immunity?
01:58:04 Personality Traits of Lifelong Singles
01:59:57 Should We Know Other People's Personality Types When We Meet Them?
02:01:38 Feeling Like the Vibe Is Off
02:03:31 What Are You Doing to Serve Others
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I was a broke, university dropout, at 18 I built an industry leading social media marketing company, and at 27 I resigned as CEO. At 28 I co-founded Flight Story – a marketing and communications company, and thirdweb - a software platform, making it easy to build web3 applications. I then launched private equity fund, Flight Fund, to accelerate the next generation of European unicorns. During this time I decided to launch 'The Diary Of A CEO' podcast with the simple mission of providing an unfiltered journey into the remarkable stories and untold dimensions of the world’s most influential people, experts and thinkers.
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