Ebb & Flow with Solomon Ezra

 On today's episode you'll hear Kyle Kingsbury and I talk about:

https://www.instagram.com/kingsbu/?hl=en  @kingsbu

https://www.onnit.com/

https://www.onnit.com/podcast/

• Kyle's  Background and how  Mixed martial arts gave him human element to sports
• The root of all addiction is trauma “ Gabor Mate (shopping, tv, a form of escape)
• “The difference between psychedelics and religion is having a direct experience with the divine” - Dennis McKenna 
• Zero depression leaving fighting because of new mindset of trust, faith, and belief. Trust that just need to follow passions and dreams and everything would sort itself out. 
• How Kyle got to work for Onnit and become the Director of Human Optimization
• Optimization is not about making life easier, it’s about knowing how to tackle the challenges ahead of you and welcoming those challenges.
• Working out is energy expending, working in is energy building. (Breath work, charging self up with O2) shifting from sympathetic to PS (calm, rest)
• We all have shit to sort through. We’re constantly in Ebb & Flow. Hopefully we can make stress more acute. 
• Flow state: Timeless act of being 100% in the now.
• How you hack that is doing something you love. And showing up as best self. More you’re playing and enjoying, it’s easier to hack flow
• Being present is how to hack flow. Be here NOW.
• Tips and habits 
• A good question to ask self daily: W.I.N - What's Important Now?
• Kyle's Gift to share: Play

Links and Resources: 

• Sleep”by Nick littlehale    
• Why we sleep by Matthew Walker
• Stealing fire by Steven Kotler
• How to eat, move, and be healthy Paul Chek. 
• Wired to eat
• Becoming a supple leopard
• A new earth by Eckhart Tolle 
• Atomic habits by James Clear
• Own the day Own your life  by Aubrey Marcus  
• “Art of Breath” devoted to every type of breath
• Science of mindfulness Jason Segel