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Shaq went viral for his comments about the relationships between men and women. Is he right?

In today’s episode, you will learn the 5 things that men secretly struggle with and how you can open up the conversation to better support them.

I’m proud to introduce you to my husband, Chris, who is the founder of a men's retreat, Soul Degree. He has been leading these retreats for the past 6 years and has worked with everyone from veterans, executives, and first responders to college students.

Chris has incredible insight into the secrets that men keep and the struggles they’re facing alone. 

Hearing Chris unpack these challenges is very compelling. He not only shares insights from leading retreats for 6 years but also from his coaching practice and his work as a death doula. 

Many of the struggles that he witnesses in other men are the exact same struggles that he has worked through as well.

This is an episode every man, boy, or anyone who identifies as male needs to hear, and so do the people that love them.

It’s not just we women who struggle with self-love; everyone struggles with loving themselves. 

If you don’t know what’s going on with the men in your life, let me talk to them and let them know it’s okay.

That’s why I am teaching you how to start loving yourself with a simple habit that you can add to your routine.

Today you’ll learn: 

• The 5 shocking things that most men in your life are struggling with
• One habit that has helped hundreds of thousands of people to start showing self-love
• Why it’s so hard to love yourself and the secret to self-love
• The science behind why this habit is transformative
• The profound insight my husband Chris had when he took the 5-day challenge 

Love is not something you feel; it’s something you must demonstrate.

Xo, Mel

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• 2:25: The 5 shocking things that most men are struggling with
• 4:57: Do you put others' needs above your own? Do this exercise.
• 14:24: Why my husband, Chris, thought this habit was ridiculous at first
• 18:11: When in his life Chris started to feel like a failure
• 25:24: What all men struggle with
• 27:48: 50% of people find it impossible to do this.
• 29:35: What Chris has to say to all the men out there
• 32:34: The profound insight Chris had when he took the 5-day challenge
• 37:40: Why I sign off every letter and every episode the way I do
• 39:06: What you tell yourself every time you do this one habit
• 41:56: The message from a listener that every skeptic needs to hear
• 41:44: Why it’s so hard to love yourself
• 51:50: Why you’re going to want to share this with the men in your life

Disclaimer

In today’s episode of the Bedros Keuilian Show, I explain the essential traits that I believe make men into the kind of man people can look up to and respect. 

And how you can use these traits to transform your life, become a true leader, and leave a lasting impact on those around you.

Cancer. Alzheimer's. Heart disease. Diabetes. Infertility. While these prevalent and dreaded diseases are caused by multiple factors, my guest says they also all share a common thread: a ubiquitous and too-little-understood condition called insulin resistance.

His name is Dr. Benjamin Bikman and he's a professor of biology and physiology, an expert in obesity and metabolic disorders, and the author of Why We Get Sick: The Hidden Epidemic at the Root of Most Chronic Disease — and How to Fight It. Ben begins our conversation by explaining insulin's role in the body, how it goes awry when it comes to Type I and II diabetes, and how giving Type II diabetics insulin to treat their disease actually makes them “fatter and sicker, and kills them faster.” We then turn to the fact that even if you don't have diabetes, you very likely still have insulin resistance (something helpful to keep in mind during this conversation is that "insulin resistance" is bad and "insulin sensitivity" is good), and the condition's three primary causes. Benjamin then unpacks how insulin resistance correlates with cancer, obesity, cardiovascular disease, and reproductive health problems, including the fact that erectile dysfunction isn't a function of low testosterone, but insulin resistance. We then talk about the role of insulin resistance in someone's susceptibility to COVID-19. We end our conversation with the four pillars of reversing insulin resistance, including the role of diet and physical activity, and how these lifestyle changes can work to help relatively healthy people get healthier, all the way up to allowing diabetics to get off their medication.

I can't tell you how motivating this conversation was for me to start a habit of walking more during the day, as well as after dinner. I bet it will have the same effect on you.

Resources Related to the Podcast

• Insulin resistance
• Connection between high blood pressure and insulin resistance
• Erectile dysfunction and insulin resistance
• Connection between cancer and insulin resistance
• COVID-19 severity and insulin resistance
• AoM's series on testosterone
• AoM's fitness articles
• AoM's article on the benefits of cold showers
• AoM podcast on intermittent fasting
• AoM article on intermittent fasting
• HLTHCode (We're not affiliated with this company and they're not a sponsor, but we tried it, and love it, and have been consuming it daily.)

Connect With Benjamin Bikman

• Benjamin's lab website
• Benjamin on Instagram

"The only way to grow is by looking inward." - Tim Noonan
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