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LifeBlood: We talked about growing your own food and preserving it, making a plan for getting started and sticking to it, the costs involved, and how to get started, with Staci and Jeremy Hill, Owners of Gooseberry Bridge Farm.Listen to learn how to get started whether you’ve got a green thumb, or not!You can learn more about Staci and Jeremy at GooseberryBridge.com, YouTube,  Instagram, and Facebook.Get your copy of The Preserver’s Garden here:https://amzn.to/4aIWiF2 Want to say “Thanks!” You can buy us a cup of coffee.https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lifebloodGeorge’s newest book is available! Get your copy of The Meaningful Few here: https://amzn.to/4qA26X9 Feeling busy but unfulfilled? The Meaningful Few helps you identify what truly matters, eliminate distractions, and live with intention and clarity. Learn more here: https://www.mymeaningfulfew.com/ Thanks, as always for listening! If you got some value and enjoyed the show, please leave us a review here:​​https://ratethispodcast.com/lifebloodpodcastYou ca

Have you ever woken up from a fever dream and wondered how any of it made sense?What if societies experience something similar?Throughout history, entire cultures have embraced ideas, movements, and assumptions that felt unquestionably true in the moment—only to look back years later and wonder what happened.In this episode of LifeBlood, George explores social contagion, conformity, mass movements, common sense, human nature, and the stubborn reality that eventually pushes back against every ideology.This isn't about left versus right.It's about the timeless human tendency to confuse social approval with truth—and the importance of maintaining discernment when everyone around us seems certain.Because reality is undefeated.And eventually, the fever dream ends.Want to say “Thanks!” You can buy us a cup of coffee.https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lifebloodGeorge’s newest book is available! Get your copy of You’re Money Isn’t the Problem- You Are here: https://amzn.to/4uDYFRz Feeling busy but unfulfilled? The Meaning

Most of us spend our lives chasing perfection.The perfect job.The perfect relationship.The perfect financial plan.The perfect version of ourselves.But what if perfection isn't the goal?What if what we're really looking for is something much more practical, achievable, and meaningful?Better.And safe.In this episode of LifeBlood, George explores why maturity often shifts our focus away from impossible ideals and toward steady progress, stability, and creating conditions where growth can happen.Through the lens of personal finance, health, relationships, and personal development, you'll discover why "better" is one of the most powerful words in the English language and how building a safe foundation allows you to take meaningful risks and pursue your potential.Because life isn't about perfection.It's about progress.And better is available right now.In this episode:Why perfection often keeps us stuckThe difference between safe and risk-freeHow progress compounds over timeWhy stability creates opportunityThe role

LifeBlood: “If you sit by the river long enough, you’ll see the bodies of your enemies float by.” But what if your biggest adversaries are inside of you? Listen to learn how to identify what you're losing to, a little at a time, and how you can stop it from happening!.Want to say “Thanks!” You can buy us a cup of coffee.https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lifebloodGeorge’s newest book is available! Get your copy of You’re Money Isn’t the Problem- You Are here: https://amzn.to/4uDYFRz Feeling busy but unfulfilled? The Meaningful Few helps you identify what truly matters, eliminate distractions, and live with intention and clarity. Learn more here: https://www.mymeaningfulfew.com/ Thanks, as always for listening! If you got some value and enjoyed the show, please leave us a review here:​​https://ratethispodcast.com/lifebloodpodcastYou can learn more about us at LifeBlood.Live, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook or you’d like to be a guest on the show, contact us at contact@LifeBlood.Live. Stay up to d

LifeBlood: We talked about Amy's personal journey with chronic Lyme disease misdiagnosis, patient agency in health and healing, understanding Medical Trauma Brain, how to support people going through chronic conditions who look fine, and how to be more proactive with your health,  with Amy Kurtz, certified health coach, patient advocate, speaker, and author.Listen to learn why chronic disease in Americans has increased over 25% over recent years!You can learn more about Amy at AmyKurtz.com, Instagram, Facebook, and Linkedin.Get your copy of But You Look Fine here:https://amzn.to/4ngfIpV Want to say “Thanks!” You can buy us a cup of coffee.https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lifebloodGeorge’s newest book is available! Get your copy of The Meaningful Few here: https://amzn.to/4qA26X9 Feeling busy but unfulfilled? The Meaningful Few helps you identify what truly matters, eliminate distractions, and live with intention and clarity. Learn more here: https://www.mymeaningfulfew.com/ Thanks, as always for listening! If yo

Most people don't realize it, but they're living a traced life.Following expectations.Copying assumptions.Spending their Most Valuable Resources on goals they never intentionally chose.In this episode of LifeBlood, George Grombacher explores the difference between learning from others and simply tracing their lives. Inspired by a scene from Chasing Amy, this episode is about personal agency, creativity, imagination, and reclaiming authorship of your own story.You'll learn why success leaves clues, why imagination isn't childish, how to identify what needs to be drawn into your life and erased from it, and how one small gateway action can begin meaningful change.Because your life isn't a coloring book.It's a blank page.And eventually, you have to stop tracing and start drawing.Want to say “Thanks!” You can buy us a cup of coffee.https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lifebloodGeorge’s newest book is available! Get your copy of You’re Money Isn’t the Problem- You Are here: https://amzn.to/4uDYFRz Feeling busy but unfulf

LifeBlood: There are no solutions, only trade-offs. Should we send $9 billion overseas, or could there be better uses for it here in the USA? This episode explores what it would look like to re-allocate those tax-payer funds to provide full-time security at elementary schools- all of them. Want to say “Thanks!” You can buy us a cup of coffee.https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lifebloodGeorge’s newest book is available! Get your copy of You’re Money Isn’t the Problem- You Are here: https://amzn.to/4uDYFRz Feeling busy but unfulfilled? The Meaningful Few helps you identify what truly matters, eliminate distractions, and live with intention and clarity. Learn more here: https://www.mymeaningfulfew.com/ Thanks, as always for listening! If you got some value and enjoyed the show, please leave us a review here:​​https://ratethispodcast.com/lifebloodpodcastYou can learn more about us at LifeBlood.Live, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook or you’d like to be a guest on the show, contact us at contact@LifeBl

LifeBlood: This episode focuses on the psychology of persistence and belief in achieving financial goals, the reasons people abandon meaningful objectives, a four-element framework for sustained goal pursuit, and provided practical guidance on taking small, actionable steps to reengage with abandoned plans.Listen to learn how to identify where you may have stopped swimming on something important to you, and how to get started again.Want to say “Thanks!” You can buy us a cup of coffee.https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lifebloodGeorge’s newest book is available! Get your copy of The Meaningful Few here: https://amzn.to/4qA26X9 Feeling busy but unfulfilled? The Meaningful Few helps you identify what truly matters, eliminate distractions, and live with intention and clarity. Learn more here: https://www.mymeaningfulfew.com/ Thanks, as always for listening! If you got some value and enjoyed the show, please leave us a review here:​​https://ratethispodcast.com/lifebloodpodcastYou can learn more about us at LifeBlood.Li

LifeBlood: We talked about creating memorable live events, the current trends towards in-person experiences, creating founder-led content, how to determine KPI and ROI of an event, and how to get started, with Arielle Tayar, Founder and Creative Director.Listen to learn how to listen and trust your gut!You can learn more about Arielle at WhipProductions.com, Instagram, Facebook, and Linkedin.Want to say “Thanks!” You can buy us a cup of coffee.https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lifebloodGeorge’s newest book is available! Get your copy of The Meaningful Few here: https://amzn.to/4qA26X9 Feeling busy but unfulfilled? The Meaningful Few helps you identify what truly matters, eliminate distractions, and live with intention and clarity. Learn more here: https://www.mymeaningfulfew.com/ Thanks, as always for listening! If you got some value and enjoyed the show, please leave us a review here:​​https://ratethispodcast.com/lifebloodpodcastYou can learn more about us at LifeBlood.Live, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube

LifeBlood: We talked about MasAti's near-death experiences, his methodology for personal transformation through frequency work and altered states, how his approach helps individuals find deeper fulfillment beyond material success, and how to get started, with MasAti, Founder of Exponential Intelligence and The XI Code.Listen to learn why you’re in the wrong room!You can learn more about Masati at TheXICode.com, YouTube, X,  Instagram, and Facebook.Want to say “Thanks!” You can buy us a cup of coffee.https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lifebloodGeorge’s newest book is available! Get your copy of The Meaningful Few here: https://amzn.to/4qA26X9 Feeling busy but unfulfilled? The Meaningful Few helps you identify what truly matters, eliminate distractions, and live with intention and clarity. Learn more here: https://www.mymeaningfulfew.com/ Thanks, as always for listening! If you got some value and enjoyed the show, please leave us a review here:​​https://ratethispodcast.com/lifebloodpodcastYou can learn more about us

LifeBlood: This episode focuses on the idea that life assigns us various responsibilities for defined seasons, and that true leadership lies in serving those assignments with excellence and stepping away gracefully when the time comes. We drew on historical examples of Cincinnatus and George Washington to illustrate the virtue of relinquishing power, and examined the contrast between genuine public service and the accumulation of power by career politicians.Listen to learn why the concept of "tour of duty" applies across many areas of life, where different seasons demand varying levels of time, energy, patience, and sacrifice.Want to say “Thanks!” You can buy us a cup of coffee.https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lifebloodGeorge’s newest book is available! Get your copy of The Meaningful Few here: https://amzn.to/4qA26X9 Feeling busy but unfulfilled? The Meaningful Few helps you identify what truly matters, eliminate distractions, and live with intention and clarity. Learn more here: https://www.mymeaningfulfew.com

LifeBlood: This episode focuses on the psychological and behavioral impacts of social media on human behavior and decision-making, with a focus on how approval-seeking dynamics influence personal and financial choices.Listen to learn why we have begun optimizing for approval and attention rather than truth, depth, or meaning.Get the Where Have You Stopped Swimming worksheet here:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VFq_diXU_ADxFnx7Z-zpPEvPHplH7SeA3ZmDftFxbu8/edit?usp=sharing Want to say “Thanks!” You can buy us a cup of coffee.https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lifebloodGeorge’s newest book is available! Get your copy of The Meaningful Few here: https://amzn.to/4qA26X9 Feeling busy but unfulfilled? The Meaningful Few helps you identify what truly matters, eliminate distractions, and live with intention and clarity. Learn more here: https://www.mymeaningfulfew.com/ Thanks, as always for listening! If you got some value and enjoyed the show, please leave us a review here:​​https://ratethispodcast.com/lifebloodpodcast

LifeBlood: We talked about healing the success wound, the pain that comes from mistaking success for self-worth, along with its five behavioral manifestations, the concept of aligned ambition, the spiritual and psychological principles that underpin lasting career fulfillment, and how to get started, with Brooke Taylor, Executive Coach and Author.Listen to learn why you may be better off staying in your current job versus finding a new one!You can learn more about Brooke at BrookeTaylorCoaching.com,  Instagram, and LinkedIn.Get your copy of Healing the Success Wound here:https://amzn.to/3PkB0X2 Want to say “Thanks!” You can buy us a cup of coffee.https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lifebloodGeorge’s newest book is available! Get your copy of The Meaningful Few here: https://amzn.to/4qA26X9 Feeling busy but unfulfilled? The Meaningful Few helps you identify what truly matters, eliminate distractions, and live with intention and clarity. Learn more here: https://www.mymeaningfulfew.com/ Thanks, as always for listenin

LifeBlood: We talked about how the brain creates personal and social identity, how memory works, the forces behind motivation, perception, attention, executive function, social belonging, and the health impacts of loneliness, with Masud Husain, University of Oxford Professor, and Author.Listen to learn how the slightest of brain dysfunction alters identity!You can learn more about Masud at MasudHusain.org, X, and Linkedin.Get your copy of Our Brains, Our Selves here:https://amzn.to/3QSoEpC Want to say “Thanks!” You can buy us a cup of coffee.https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lifebloodGeorge’s newest book is available! Get your copy of The Meaningful Few here: https://amzn.to/4qA26X9 Feeling busy but unfulfilled? The Meaningful Few helps you identify what truly matters, eliminate distractions, and live with intention and clarity. Learn more here: https://www.mymeaningfulfew.com/ Thanks, as always for listening! If you got some value and enjoyed the show, please leave us a review here:​​https://ratethispodcast.com/

Most people think success comes from doing more.More strategies. More effort. More complexity. But what if the opposite is true?This breaks down why the highest performers, from athletes to entrepreneurs, don’t add more...They remove what doesn’t matter.Drawing from the philosophy of Bruce Lee and the habits of elite performers, you’ll learn why simplicity isn’t weakness, it’s power. If you’ve been feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or spread too thin, this episode will help you refocus on what actually moves the needle.Because at the highest level…Excellence is subtraction, not addition.George’s newest book is available! Get your copy of The Meaningful Few here: https://amzn.to/4qA26X9 Feeling busy but unfulfilled? The Meaningful Few helps you identify what truly matters, eliminate distractions, and live with intention and clarity. Learn more here: https://www.mymeaningfulfew.com/ Thanks, as always for listening! If you got some value and enjoyed the show, please leave us a review here:​​https://ratethispodcast.co

LifeBlood: We talked about living on "green lights" by taking action without waiting for permission, overcoming self-imposed limitations, managing information overload in modern life, navigating uncertainty around artificial intelligence and the future, and the importance of living fully in the present, with Bishop Kevin Foreman, Pastor, entrepreneur, coach, author, and speaker.Listen to learn why you already have permission to do what you want!You can learn more about Bishop Foreman at BishopForeman.com, X, Instagram, Facebook, and Linkedin.Get your copy of History Makers here:https://amzn.to/4tlF4nR Want to say “Thanks!” You can buy us a cup of coffee.https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lifebloodGeorge’s newest book is available! Get your copy of The Meaningful Few here: https://amzn.to/4qA26X9 Feeling busy but unfulfilled? The Meaningful Few helps you identify what truly matters, eliminate distractions, and live with intention and clarity. Learn more here: https://www.mymeaningfulfew.com/ Thanks, as always for l

LifeBlood: We talked about breaking free from the forces keeping us stuck, how we’re often responsible for our inaction, what we can learn from lions, how most doors are unlocked, and how to get started, with David Gerber, Lion Tracker, Coach, and Author.Listen to learn why your circumstances aren’t your identity!You can learn more about David at DavidAGerber.com, Facebook, Instagram, and Linkedin.Get your copy of The Lion Is You here:https://amzn.to/3QUxIKv Want to say “Thanks!” You can buy us a cup of coffee.https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lifebloodGeorge’s newest book is available! Get your copy of The Meaningful Few here: https://amzn.to/4qA26X9 Feeling busy but unfulfilled? The Meaningful Few helps you identify what truly matters, eliminate distractions, and live with intention and clarity. Learn more here: https://www.mymeaningfulfew.com/ Thanks, as always for listening! If you got some value and enjoyed the show, please leave us a review here:​​https://ratethispodcast.com/lifebloodpodcastYou can learn mo

“Protect our democracy.”It’s one of the most common, and most emotionally charged, phrases in modern political discourse.But what does it actually mean?This episode breaks down the language behind “our democracy,” exposing how it can be used as both a legitimate call to civic responsibility, and a subtle tool of persuasion.You’ll learn:  What “our democracy” actually refers to in practice   How political language shapes perception and behavior   The difference between protecting a system vs. protecting an outcome   Why vague moral language should make you pause—not nod   How to think critically without becoming cynical  This isn’t about politics, it’s about clarity, responsibility, and intellectual honesty.Because the real question isn’t what they mean…It’s what you are actually willing to defend.Want to say “Thanks!” You can buy us a cup of coffee.https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lifebloodGeorge’s newest book is available! Get your copy of The Meaningful Few here: https://amzn.to/4qA26X9 Feeling busy but unful

What happens when people stop trusting their own eyes and start trusting the crowd instead?This episode explores the famous Solomon Asch conformity experiments, the timeless lesson of The Emperor's New Clothes, and the psychology behind why human beings often go along to get along.Why do people conform to obvious falsehoods?Why is social rejection so powerful?How do perceived consensus, fear, and belonging shape human behavior?And why does one person speaking honestly sometimes change everything?This episode dives into:Groupthink and crowd psychologySocial pressure and conformityWhy dissent mattersFear of exclusionIndependent thought in the modern worldThe role of courage in societySocial media and perceived consensusTruth, belonging, and human natureSometimes the hardest thing in the world is simply saying:“I don’t think that’s true.”Want to say “Thanks!” You can buy us a cup of coffee.https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lifebloodGeorge’s newest book is available! Get your copy of The Meaningful Few here: https://

LifeBlood: We talked about managing change, turning anxiety into agency, building the future through intentional choices, and how to get started, with Fred Marshall, Founder, CEO, Thought Leader and Author.Listen to learn how you can start benefiting from lowered costs and increasing quality!You can learn more about Fred at ThriveFutureYou.com, and LinkedIn.Get your copy of Thrive: The Antidote to Future Shock here: https://amzn.to/3QBkiTj George’s newest book is available! Get your copy of The Meaningful Few here: https://amzn.to/4qA26X9 Feeling busy but unfulfilled? The Meaningful Few helps you identify what truly matters, eliminate distractions, and live with intention and clarity. Learn more here: https://www.mymeaningfulfew.com/ Thanks, as always for listening! If you got some value and enjoyed the show, please leave us a review here:​​https://ratethispodcast.com/lifebloodpodcastYou can learn more about us at LifeBlood.Live, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook or you’d like to be a guest