The Change Agents Podcast With Dr. James Rouse

The world needs people who have come alive. We are most alive when we are being of service. We are most alive when we are being courageous, making eye contact and coming from love.

Ikigai originates from Japan and is translated to mean, "your reason for being." What do you live for? It is time to get clear about your purpose, your intrinsic motivation and live for that!

Today I'm talking about functional ways to help prevent and protect ourselves from the spread of the Coronavirus. Aside from social distancing and staying cooped up, be proactive in your self-care.

One of the things we can do during times of certainty is to get our physiology in alignment with a healthy immune system, hope, and possibility. We have an opportunity right now to really see how the world is one.

When you engage in positive activity first thing in the morning. You open yourself up to more than just success. You open yourself to greater possibility, happiness, self-love, and self-compassion.

Today I'm offering some empowering and scientifically backed ways to help prevent Alzheimer's disease and maximize your cognitive health. This is all about quality, length, and depth of sleep, high-intensity interval training, decreased screen time, Mediterranean diet and MORE!

During this time of social isolation, fear of the unknown, panic, and insecurity - can you turn to possibility? We must turn to faith, hope, and love, over fear.

Today's message is all about your relationship to social comparison and whether or not you rely on some digital platform(s) for confirmation of who you are. Recognize your blessings right here, right now. Be present for the "micro-wins." Build relevance and resilience from the inside out!

Successful people build their lives around positive thinking and a healthy imagination. We may be wired for negativity bias from a very young age, so overcoming it takes intentionality and mindfulness.

How much good are we already doing? Are we being present with others? Meditating? Journaling? Reclaim your sense of self and recognize how good you already are.

Human performance, success, and motivation aren't always a "rah-rah" situation. Success comes from community, from moving out of fear, anxiety, and aggression and into love, vulnerability, and openness. When we are moved to tears we open to the allowing of all this goodness to unfold.

You can become an expert in healing areas of your life that need to heal. By visualizing the life you want to have, you increase your metabolic rate and activate your immune system. It's all about epigenetics, combined with self-love, meditation, and compassion.

What are you ruminating on? Are you allowing yourself to thrive or are you living a fear-based life? This is all about putting light and energy into the parts of the mind that focus on love, creativity and courage.

Behavior, beliefs, epigenetics, optimism - all contribute to a wife well-lived and healthy aging. High-intensity interval training, plant-based nutrition, and positive emotions will help lengthen telomeres and decrease inflammation.