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The Ultimate Health Podcast

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Jesse Chappus has in-depth conversations with health and wellness leaders from around the world. Topics include lifestyle, nutrition, fitness, self-help, sleep, meditation, spirituality and so much more. Tune in weekly to take your health to the next level!

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377: A.J. Jacobs - Stop Obsessing About Your Health, Gratitude Leads To Happiness, Radical Honesty

A.J. Jacobs (@ajjacobs) is an author, journalist, lecturer and human guinea pig. He has written four New York Times bestsellers that combine memoir, science, humor and a dash of self-help.

A.J. is also editor at large at Esquire magazine, a commentator on NPR and a columnist for Mental Floss magazine.

He has appeared on Oprah, The Today Show, Good Morning America, CNN, The Dr. Oz Show and The Colbert Report and has given several TED talks.

In this episode, we discuss:

  • A gratitude journey thanking a thousand people
  • Gratitude leads to happiness
  • Thank you for thanking me
  • The six degrees of gratitude
  • It doesn't take a village to make a cup of coffee, it takes the world
  • What is the luck factor?
  • When you are grateful, you pay it forward
  • Savor the moment
  • The 30-Day Meditation Challenge
  • The alphabet gratitude practice
  • Before you use social media, take a moment to say “What am I grateful for?”
  • The year of living biblically
  • Focus on the good and make the world better
  • How much the outer affects the inner
  • When you act confident, you become confident
  • Not gossiping makes you happier
  • The month of being the greatest husband experiment
  • A.J. outsourcing an argument with his wife
  • The downsides of outsourcing
  • The radical honesty movement
  • It’s not healthy to be obsessed with your health
  • The meaning of orthorexia
  • How to set micro goals
  • The importance of community
  • Puzzles can save the world
  • We should all be experimenting more

Show sponsors:

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Related links:

A.J. Jacobs - Thanks A Thousand (book)

A.J. Jacobs' website

Follow A.J. Jacobs on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter

A.J. Jacobs - The Year of Living Biblically (book)

A.J. Jacobs - Drop Dead Healthy (book)

A.J. Jacobs (books)

Larry David

Mister Roger’s

David Steindl-Rast - Gratefulness, The Heart of Prayer (book)

Scott Barry Kaufman

Listen to Dr. Pedram Shojai previously on TUHP (episode #182)

Barry (tv series)

Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg

A.J. Jacobs - George H.W. and Barbara Bush (article)

A.J. Jacobs - My Outsourced Life (article)

Tim Ferriss – The 4-Hour Workweek (book)

A.J. Jacobs - I Think You're Fat (article)

Brad Blanton - Radical Honesty (book)

Sam Harris – Lying (book)

Liar Liar (movie)

The Invention of Lying (movie)

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Join The Ultimate Health Podcast Facebook Community & participate in The 30-Day Meditation Challenge

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312: James Altucher – Reinvent Yourself, Defining Freedom, Comedians See The Truth

293: Mark Manson – We All Need Hope • Meditation Makes You Stronger • Happiness Is Overrated

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