The Change Agents Podcast With Dr. James Rouse

Are you living in future fear or past regret? Here is one powerful thing you can do to help increase your personal peace, your mental well-being and decrease fear, increase presence and mindfulness.

Surround yourself with people and words that lift you up. Don't allow social media to sway you. Before you speak, ask yourself: Is it kind? Is it true? Is it necessary?

Moral contagion is all about character, morale, peace, and positivity. Get clear and dedicate time and energy to things that give you life, things that you care about. Conformity isn't working.

Getting naked at night has it's many benefits. Aside from helping you sleep, it improves metabolism, longevity, mood, and adds spice to your relationship.

Today I am sharing three things that will help us navigate social isolation, staying at home, and loneliness. I offer three questions to ask yourself and remind you, as Rumi said long ago, "Beyond right doing and wrong doing there is a field; I will meet you there."

It is a critical time to wake up, rise up and come alive! Allow your purpose to spill all over the world. Practice the craft of value-centered living and being a widely awake human.

I have been studying happiness and what accounts for the happiest people in the world for the past decade or longer. It fascinates me. The latest information from Finland (place with the world's happiest inhabitants) at once surprised and didn't surprise me. Here's what I learned.

Common humanity is true. Underneath all of the darkness that is going on right now is purpose and truth. Peel away the layer of fear, ego, and not enoughness and you have common humanity.

The month of May is all about rejuvenation and fresh starts. It is a time to reclaim your sense of self. To do the internal work. Today I'm talking about longevity, and specifically on how we can lengthen our telomeres through simple acts of kindness, love, optimism, and resilience.

Reclaim your policy. Live inside out. Own your light. Common humanity doesn't need to be told what to do. It needs to see a demonstration of what is possible to do.

Focus on what gives you purpose, power, and peace. Today's message is based on some of Viktor Frankl's work and his writing in Man's Search for Meaning. I invite you to become the beautiful blessing that you are.

I want to be so consumed with becoming my true self that I have no time or energy leftover to compare myself or judge myself against anyone else. It’s time to come out and shine, as our authentic selves with a new and improved level of love, compassion, and courage.

One minute of high-intensity interval training to increase your lean muscle mass, fitness and insulin sensitivity is actually more effective than 45 minutes of prolonged endurance training. What? Really? Check this out.

Did you ever collect baseball cards or know someone who did? Researchers looked at the players featured on the cards from about fifty years ago and they found that those who lived, on average, seven years longer that the others, had THIS in common.

It begins with a smile. And though you may be smiling behind a mask, it shows in the eyes. You don't need to have a title to be a leader. Be a leader of love and compassion and close the gap on separation and isolation.

This is all about the power of prayer and its relationship to building health and resilience. Over 1200 studies support this powerful practice, especially important during this time of isolation, fear, anger, etc.

Today's message is especially brief and to the point. It's all about gratitude and the simplicity of thank you. Saying thank you is a game-changer - not just for the person receiving the words, but for the giver of the words.

Consumption of sugar tends to increase during times of uncertainty. Current quarantine circumstances certainly are no exception. If you are plagued with cravings, feeling a lack of willpower, here are several practices to help manage and decrease those cravings.