[00:00:11] Speaker A: What's worthwhile? It's a question we all need to answer for ourselves. I'm Ramsey Zimmerman. As for me, it's building mind, body, and spirit wellness. Let's ponder the big questions together as we seek peace of mind, vitality of body, and joy of spirit.
[00:00:37] Speaker B: I've been doing this to my body. All the alcohol and the processed food and the sugary foods, I've been destroying my own body. And hence, she's not able to produce the energy that I've always gotten used to. So, again, all of that with my research, I said, you know what? I'm ready to go. And it's like there was a switch in my mind. And I started on a journey of using myself as a beta test. I created a whole nutritional, a fitness, a mindset plan, and I put myself as a beta test with a whole new mindset around nutrition, physical fitness, stress management, a totally different peer group of individuals that I was associating with, and a check in on my spirituality as who I really am as an individual. I would say Ramsay, from the start of my journey, I was most days, maybe a 2 or 3 out of 10 in my energy levels. And at the end of that 12 months, I could say with all honesty, I was probably an 8 or a 9 or a 10 out of 10.
[00:01:55] Speaker A: Hey there. It's Ramsay here. That was Adrian Simmons. Adrian is a vitality coach and the creator of the energy edge unlock your energy potential coaching program. In her younger days, Adrienne was known as an energizer bunny, always ready to tackle her day and go out in the evenings with her friends. But she eventually hit a wall and nearly crashed hard. To reclaim her energy, she reimagined her basic lifestyle priorities.
Today, she works with clients to drastically improve their everyday energy levels. We had a great talk about vitality and how our mental, physical, and spiritual energies are all tied together.
Adrienne is once again a ball of life and enthusiasm, and I found the conversation to be fun and energizing. I bet you will, too. Here we go.
Hey, Adrienne. How are you doing today?
[00:02:49] Speaker B: I'm doing absolutely fantastic. Thank you for asking. And how are you doing today?
[00:02:54] Speaker A: Yeah, absolutely. I'm doing great. I'm excited to talk to you today. You are the creator of the energy edge unlock your energy potential coaching program.
And so we're going to talk today a lot about energy and vitality, which is something I'm pretty interested in.
You talk a lot about vitality. How do you define vitality? What in your mind, what does vitality.
[00:03:20] Speaker B: Mean to me, Vitality means energy. For me, vitality means the ability for you to get up and do what you want to do because you have that energy that is allowing you to move forward, move into, move through anything that you have ahead of you that's important to you, that you want to totally enjoy.
[00:03:45] Speaker A: Yes, absolutely. So you strike me as a very energetic person. And are you naturally energetic or is that something you have to work at? And have you always kind of been energetic or are there. Has there been a time when you were not?
[00:04:02] Speaker B: Yeah, that's my story. That's my story. So I don't know if you would like me to share my story now. If you prefer.
[00:04:09] Speaker A: Yeah, please do.
[00:04:10] Speaker B: Oh, okay. Fantastic.
[00:04:12] Speaker A: Yeah. Jump in and tell us kind of where you're coming from.
[00:04:14] Speaker B: Yeah, absolutely. So to answer your question, I was born. I was born with a lot of energy. My 20s, my 30s, my 40s. People that knew me really well after that commercial came out with, you know, the Energizer Bunny that goes on and on and on and on. As soon as that commercial became popular, people who knew me dubbed me the Energizer Bunny. From sunset to sunrise, I was on the go. And again back then, 20s, 30s, and 40s, I could eat what I wanted to eat. I could drink what I wanted to drink. I could smoke what I wanted to smoke. I could go out all night. And you know what? Bam. I was up the next morning. I had the energy and I was good to go.
That all changed when I crossed over my 50 year line. Why it was 50 for me, I don't know. But I've come to realize through a lot of research that after a while, our bodies can only take on so much of a burden based on the choices we make before it starts to weaken and start to break down. So not realizing that my 20s, my 30s, and 40s, because of how I treated my body, because of what I put inside of my body intentionally on my own, my.
And we have to also add environmental factors, I guess after 50 years, my body said, you know what, Adrienne? I can't produce the same kind of energy that you've come used to. And I started to notice that I was slowing down. For example, walking upstairs, which was easy. After maybe two flights, my heart was kind of pumping and I was breathing heavier. But, you know, we brush things off.
Staying up late at night, I'd have to fight it. But I still did it, and I still made the same lifestyle choices. So I'm going to say from about 50 to about 55, I gained about 25, 30 pounds. My energy levels definitely started to plummet. I noticed that I wasn't thinking as clearly. I wasn't able to retain information.
But again, a lot of times we don't accounted to the lifestyle choices we are making. We blame it on external factors. And for me it was, well, I remember growing up as children, you would hear your parents say, He's 50 now. He should be slowing down. Up 57, she should be feeling aches and pains. Up, he's 65. Of course, he's full of gray hair. He's getting older. So again, if that's the message that you hear growing up when you're at that stage. So I'm in my early 50s now. I chalked it up to, well, that's what my mom and my grandmother said. This is what is supposed to happen. I never thought it was because of the choices I was making for myself until I went in for my yearly checkup. I always went in for an early checkup. My doctor, who had been seeing me for many years, who knew me well, as soon as he saw me and I walked in, he goes, adrian, what's wrong? Where's that energetic kind of flow that I've always gotten used to? You've gained a lot of weight since I saw you last year. I'm noticing black eyes under your circle, and you just have a tired look. What the hell is going on, Adrian? And again, I'm not going to tell my doctor what I've been indulging in. I forgot to tell your audience. I got to be honest, though. I was indulging in a lot of party drugs, a lot of alcohol, because I wanted to stay up. I was used to that nightlife. I was used to always being in the know. So for me, so what? I'm in my 50s. I still want to be in the same kind of environment. And that environment is very conducive to a lot of party drugs, to a lot more alcohol. So I was also adding that to my body and to stay up during the day because I had to work the next day. I started introducing coffee into my life. So I became also a heavy coffee drinker. So it's the coffee, it's the processed food, it's the sugar, it's the drugs, it's the alcohol. My doctor is saying, what's wrong? I'm not going to tell my doctor what's wrong. I just said, you know what? I'm working late. I have a lot of projects to do. Because again, we're not always honest with ourselves because the honest truth really makes us look at ourselves and say, you know what? Well, you're really. You're really effing up.
[00:09:01] Speaker A: So you made it to. You made it to age 50, and you were still out partying. You were still out living it up. Like, I think maybe a lot of people don't make it to 50 to. In the sense that they're not out partying until they're 50 years old. So, you know, I'll just say, hey, you had a pretty good run out of the gate, but here you are. So now you're 50 years old. It's finally. It's catching up with you.
Your first thought is to, you know, bring in another chemical, which would be sort of the caffeine as a. As a stimulant. But. And so you're having this conversation with your doctor, except that you're not really coming clean with your doctor at this point. But keep going, like, what. What did you do instead? And how did you sort of realize that. That things had to change?
[00:09:52] Speaker B: Yeah, my doctor did standard blood tests, called me a week later, and said, adrian, I have some bad news for you. And prior to that, my checkups has always been thumbs up. So as soon as he said those words, you know, I sat up and I'm thinking, well, what? Well, what? Like what? Because I'm still not putting two and two together, that everything that I'm ingesting is working counterintuitive to the life I should be living. He goes, I gotta be honest, Adrian, I'm seeing that you are now pre diabetic. Now, the reason why that really scared me is my father died from his diabetes in his mid-60s. So if I'm now in my mid-50s, all I'm thinking about is, you mean in 10 to 12 years I could be dead? That's all I'm thinking about. It's either left or right. There's no in between. He goes, well, I wouldn't necessarily say that, but you are very close to being diabetic. I mean, just basically it's one kind of block over Adrian. And you're diabetic. That's how close you are to being diabetic. He goes, you really need to make some serious lifestyle changes. I don't know what's going on because you're not telling me what's going on. But obviously something is changing inside your body to cause your insulin levels for your blood sugar to come up with these results. I just said, yeah, yeah, you know what? You're right. I've been working late and I probably. But I'll change, I'll change, you know, you're going to tell your doctor anything and then I leave the office. Of course you're not going to change the same day. It's habits that we formed and habits that bring us comfort. So for me, it was comfortable because my daughter had gone away to university. And I look at it now, maybe it was that emptiness syndrome, because I had been a single mother with my daughter from the time she was three. So I always had a reason, I always had a purpose to come home. Even when she's a teenager, I gotta come home, I gotta make dinner, I gotta spend quality time with her. She's gone to university now, and I'm in an empty house and I'm restless, and I'm restless because you remember, I still got some energy and I'm restless. So you know what? Why come home? Why not just stay out? And that's how I kind of got more involved with going out later, going out Monday, going out Tuesday, going out Wednesday, going out Thursday, because I didn't want to come home to an empty house. Long story short, he tells me that, but I'm still going out the next day. I'm still going out the next day. It all came to a head because obviously I'm a different person today. Maybe that appointment was October, November, the following January. So just a few months later that winter, it happened to be a bitterly cold winter in Toronto. It was so cold, it literally took me about 10 minutes just to layer up. Because I want to smoke, though, but I don't smoke in my house. I smoke in my garage attached to my home. So I'm in the garage totally layered up. It's minus 30 degrees, I'm freezing. I got my gloves off because I got a cigarette in one hand. I got a joint in one hand and I broke down. And I just broke down. I don't know where it came from, but I broke down sobbing. And I said, God, you know what? I can't do this anymore. I can't do this anymore. I don't want to do this anymore. I get up on Monday, I say, you know what? It's going to be a different week. By Thursday, I'm restless and I'm back out at the clubs. And Friday and Saturday and Sunday, and sometimes it trips over into Monday because I know all I have to do is drink some coffee and I'm good to go, to go to work. I said, you know what, God, I need your help. I'm begging you. I need your help. Finish smoking my cigarettes, go inside, and Monday starts. Now. Ramsey. I don't know. I can't pinpoint exactly when a shift happened in my mind. But I noticed a week or two later that I didn't have that same urge to go out clubbing. Instead, I was more curious about, let me find out what happens to women's bodies when we enter into our 50s and 60s and 70s. How are our bodies changing? Is there something going on inside of me that I don't feel that same energy? I don't have that same creative spark? I don't have that urge to be as active as I did many years ago. And sure enough, that's when I discovered through a lot of research that absolutely, though, our metabolisms are definitely going to slow down if we continue abusing our bodies. And in retrospect, I said, oh, my gosh, I've been doing this to my body. All the alcohol and the processed food and the sugary foods and the drugs, I've been destroying my own body. And hence, she's not able to produce the energy that I've always gotten used to. And as a result of this research, I said, well, wait a minute. I don't want to die in 10 years. I want to be there for my daughter. What if she ever gets married? What if she has children? I want to get to know my grandchildren. I've always wanted to travel when it was time for me to retire, but I want to be able to travel with a lot of vigor and vitality. I don't want to be traveling, traveling, and I'm in pain and I have a cane. Or maybe I can't even travel at all because I can't even build up the mental energy to even contact any travel agents. And the cherry on top of the cake. Do you remember an actress by the name of Betty? Betty? Betty.
Oh, my God. She was with the Golden Girls. Betty. Oh, come on.
[00:15:20] Speaker A: Betty White.
[00:15:21] Speaker B: Do you remember Betty White?
[00:15:23] Speaker A: Sure.
[00:15:23] Speaker B: For me, Betty was always my role model up until she died at 99, she was still producing her comedy show. And for me, it's like, that is what vitality looks like in a person who's in their 90s. And I always wanted to be like Betty White. I want to be 99. Maybe I'm still working. Maybe I'm still athletic. Maybe I'm traveling. But I wanted to be 99 just like Betty White. So again, all of that with my research, I said, you know what? I'm ready to go. And it's like there was a switch in my mind. And I started on a journey of using myself as a beta test. I created a whole nutritional, a fitness, a mindset plan. And I put myself through the next 12 months as a beta test with a whole new mindset around nutrition, physical fitness, stress management, a totally different peer group of individuals that I was associating with, and a check in on my spirituality as who I really am as an individual. I would say Ramsey, from the start of my journey, I was most days maybe a 2 or 3 out of 10 in my energy levels. As I move through that next 12 months, I notice my energy levels slowly climbing up. And at the end of that 12 months, I could say with all honesty, I was probably an 8 or a 9 or a 10 out of 10 most days when it came to moving through my day with a lot of energy. Now as a result of that, people started saying, Adrian, you seem to be more energetic, like, what's going on? Like, what are you doing? And there's more of a pep in your step and, and your skin looks a lot brighter and shinier and everything about you, you, you have a different aura about you. What are you doing? And so I share it. I'm doing this and I'm doing a little of this and a little of this and a little of this and a little of this. And these are my results. And they started saying, well, can you maybe, maybe create a little something for me? Can you put together a little something for me? Because I'm just tired all the time. I just, I can't think sometimes. I don't know what's going on. And that's when that light bulb comes on in my come, you know, comes on in your head sometimes. It's like people who are living with fatigue, low energy, lethargic, not having energy is a commodity for them to not have that energy. Energy is a commodity for people who are living with low levels of energy. And that's when I said, if you can do it for yourself and if people are asking you to put together little kind of tips and tidbits for them, why don't you create an overall program? And that's when I decided to create the energy edge, unlock your body's energy potential coaching program. And that's when I released it to the world. And that's when I started actually enrolling and helping clients through a 12 week program. And that's my story of lost and found.
[00:18:26] Speaker A: That is a beautiful story.
So much to sort of unpack around that, you know, so Here on this podcast, what's worthwhile? I'm. I'm. I think all the time about mind, body, and spirit, and I think of them separately, but I think of them as interconnected. And I think you already were mentioning things like mental energy versus physical energy versus spiritual energy. Like, do you think that those are separate things? And. Or do you. And if they're separate things, do you think they're interconnected? Or is it kind of all one in the same? Like, do you sort of, you know, how do you. How do you look at them separately? And how. How do they connect with each other?
[00:19:12] Speaker B: Before I started on my transformation of living more of a life with vitality, I thought they were separate. There's my body. There's just my body, my physical body, my mind. I'm thinking about that. And then spirit. You know, I was religious. I wasn't really spiritual. You know, I knew that there's some kind of a life inside of us, but for me, it was all separate. As I moved through my own transformation, I realized that what happens in our minds, what happens in our spirits, what happens in our bodies, it's all interconnected. So, for example, you cut me off in traffic, I get pissed off. So it's a feeling I'm feeling. I'm like, wait a minute. And then that transfers into my mind. It's like, hey, wait a minute, wait a minute. I don't believe he did that. And your mind is telling you that, and then physically it's manifested. You zoom up because you want to get beside him or her, and you want to do one of these here. So it starts with a feeling, and then your mind creates that perception. It's like, wait a minute. And then your perception manifests into a physical action. So for me, spirit or feelings, our spirit, our mind, and our bodies are all interconnected. If, for example, you are not physically fit and you start to notice a pain in your knee, so it's physically starting in your knee. And then every time it happens, that thought is, oh, my God, you know what? I promised I was going to go and play with my grandkids, but, okay, what can I got to come up with an excuse because I keep on promising him? So it started physically, but mentally, now it's affecting you because it's like, wait a minute, I can't physically play with my grandkids, so what am I going to tell them? And then feeling inside is like, I got to feel shitty, man. I feel so bad. This is the third week that I have to disappoint Him. So it started physical, and then your mind kind of creates a story around. Yeah, but I'm supposed to be playing with my grandkids. And that translates into how you feel about the disappointment. It's all interconnected. I could start with a feeling, go to a physicality and go to your mind. It is all interconnected because we are. We're in. We're energy beings, and as such, everything inside of us is connected in one way or the other.
[00:21:42] Speaker A: Yeah, no, I think you. I think you're exactly right.
They are all interconnected and they affect each other. And something that starts in one is going to sort of resonate and move out to all of the others. But at the same time, I do think they are sort of separate things.
So if we were going to talk about mental energy and physical energy and spiritual energy and sort of how to find and maintain and maximize each of those, where would you like to start? Like, which one of those three would you want to start with in terms of talking about, you know, just some. Some practical ways? Let's start pivoting towards, like, solutions and practical ways that people can find and sort of maximize each of those types of energy. Where, where would you like to start? Which one?
[00:22:35] Speaker B: I'm going to start with physical, because that's what the majority of us human beings can relate to because we are part of this 3D world and all we know is how to relate to things, how physically. So for me, physically can be something as simple as, let's just go for a walk. You know, I want to make it as simple for individuals as possible. If you are not an individual who has been making an effort towards your physical wellness. Because for me, it's all about living a life of wellness and wellness. To me, if you are checking off all your wellness boxes, you are rewarded with vitality. So you know what? Just start with a simple walk. And no one is saying you have to do a 5k walk. Why don't you just walk around your block? Just walk around the block and just kind of see how that feels. And for some people, when they make those small efforts, remember your body is going to say thank you, and your body's going to reward you with just a little bit more energy because you gave it what it needed. We are organisms at our biological core. And as such, as an organism, when you look at an organism under a microscope, it's always moving. It's always moving. It's always moving. We were meant to move. Yes, we need times of rest. Yes, we need times to recuperate but basically, when we're up, we should always be giving our body a little movement. So for anybody in your audience that has been really, really stationary and sedentary for the longest while, if you want to or you're ready to build that vitality, just give your body what it needs. Physical movement, something else that's really simple.
If you're working from home, if you're working in the office, just every hour, every hour and a half, even if you just stand up, just stand up and maybe just shake a little bit or just do a couple of, you know, knee marches, or just kind of swing your arms up and down, give your body just a little bit of movement. And as you see that, I'm kind of enjoying it and I'm kind of liking how I'm feeling and feel proud as well too, just add a little bit more. So that would be physical energy. Next, let's move to mental. Because most people now think next would be my mind and what I'm thinking, our mental energy that can really rob us of our ability to be creative, to be innovative. You know, how we're thinking, whether it's at work, whether it's at school, whether it's how we're interacting with people that we love and care about. For me, mental energy. To boost your mental energy is find something that maybe you want to learn, whether it's academic, whether it's something creative. Our minds are hungry to constantly be learning something new. Maybe it's just puzzles, but give your mind something to exercise it. Our minds need physical fitness as well.
Our minds are.
[00:25:51] Speaker A: Yeah. Isn't it, Isn't it interesting how in both of those examples you've given so far, that it's counterintuitive, right? If you, if you feel sluggish, if you're tired, best thing to do is to get up and move, which is like, you know, oh, but I'm tired. I don't want to move. Oh, well, if you want to not feel tired, you should get up and move. You know, put some. Put some work in. And then, you know, you're describing. If you're sort of want some more mental energy, the first thing you came up with was give your mind some exercise. You know, put your mind to, to move as well. It's.
It makes sense, but at the same time, it sort of pushes back against this notion of what it is that we maybe want or don't want in moment.
[00:26:36] Speaker B: And, and then that that's the thing that we have to make the decision, do I need mental energy at this time, maybe you have something going on at work and you're the team lead and you need to be there, engaged, alert, and interactive. But you know what?
Because you, you know, you haven't been feeding your mind what it needs. You're. You're kind of feeling that that's. That they call it brain fog. You know, that keyword people are using, and that's just that heaviness, because you're just tired, you're overwhelmed. I say when that happens, step away from all screens. And you know what? Mental energy. Sometimes it's just beautiful to go outside and get some fresh air. If you're in an environment where there's a lot of. There's a lot of vegetation, just go walk around in a park. You know, maybe there's kids playing in a park as well, too. Just sit down and just kind of watch the kids play and just allow your mind to get that rest. Sometimes your mind needs that physical fitness, but sometimes to boost that mental energy, it's just a matter of calming down that monkey brain, that one that's been going and going. And your mind just needs to say, you know what? I just need to spa. I need to spa for a few minutes. And you give your mind that chance to kind of rest and not always be focused on data and data and data. It's just, you know what? Well, look at the kids playing and their laughter, and you, you calm down, or you're walking in, you're going, you're on a trail walk, and you're just surrounded by a lot of vegetation. And it's like, you know what? That's what I needed. You know, it has a tendency to boost that brain power because your mind, your brain is now ready to get back to work because you allowed it that time to. To kind of rest and kind of relax, and you've given it. It's like you've cleared out the fog by not continuing to bombard it with so much data. And we do it all the time, especially those of us who are maybe kind of still working, you know, in the corporate world. It's just so much data, and we got to keep up and there's so much competition and we got to keep going. And we don't realize that hour after hour after hour that we're still working. Our minds are saying, and then we wonder why, you know, what, what did that person say a few minutes ago? What was I working on? Because your mind is saying, I can't do anymore. You've burdened, you've overburdened me. So for me, that's the mental energy. Either give it some physical fitness if you feel empty, or give it a chance to kind of calm down and relax and give it a chance to kind of reboot itself.
[00:29:12] Speaker A: Yeah. And I think too, in those times where you're grappling with or thinking through an idea, or you have sort of a thorny problem that you're dealing with, you give yourself that break and the back of your mind or your gut sort of keeps working on that problem, and you might catch an insight that you weren't expecting when you're giving your. Your mind a break and you're letting it get back and regain some of that energy.
[00:29:42] Speaker B: Absolutely. Absolutely. And you also asked me about spiritual energy, recharging our spiritual energy. For me, that's the most beautiful thing, because our spiritual energy is what keeps us alive. It's that spirit in us that allows us to be alive and allows us to live. But so many of us spend the least amount of time being aware of really who we are as spiritual beings. So for me, it's showing respect. It's showing the respect that our spirits need for keeping us alive. And for me to reboost my spiritual energy, it's being outside in nature. It's just being outside in nature. Now I live in Canada. All of our trees are bare right now because it's just all white snow. But for me, that's still nature. You go outside and it's a white winterland, and you see the trees and there's icicles hanging down the trees. And I'll go for a walk, you know, just to take a break, you know, on my lunch hour. And it's like, you know what? Wow, it's just so beautiful. Thank you, Mother Nature, for providing this beauty for me that rejuvenates and boosts my spiritual energy. When I acknowledge, when I show respect, and when I show gratitude for nature, for things that we're naturally connected to as human beings, we are all connected to one another. Whether it's nature, whether it's animals, whether it's insects, we are all connected. And as such, our spirits are all connected. So if you have a pet, you are connected to your pet spirits. That's why some people are just such pet animals. They don't realize it's that love. They consider that their family. It's just a natural connection. For me, when I go outside in nature, I will touch trees, I'll bend down. If I'm walking in, it might be your neighbor, it might be your grass, but I'M going to bend down and I might talk to your roses, because they're just so beautiful. For me, I go with my spirit. If my spirit says, you know what? And it catches my attention, my spirit is saying, I'd like you to acknowledge something that you're connected to Ramsey, that boosts my energy. And I say to my clients, start thinking about building a relationship with all other beings and see how that may transform your spiritual connection and awareness and love and appreciation and respect for all other living beings, be it plant, be it animal, be it fish, be it foul, be it insect, whatever it is, we're all connected. Show love and show respect. That touches your spiritual energy.
[00:32:27] Speaker A: Yes. You know, I think in terms of spirit and spiritual energy, I think you're right on.
We're all connected and finding those connections. And if any kind of energy is sort of infinite and abundant and renewable, I would say that it's spiritual energy. You know, that would be the one that I think you can always find. And that is an inexhaustible source between and among all the living things on the planet, whether they are people or animals or plants. And, you know, you talked. You started talking about getting that energy in nature, and that's. That absolutely is, you know, tapping into that, connecting with it.
Yeah. Beautiful stuff.
I.
I wonder.
I wonder if you have seen, like, do you feel that it's different sort of today or recently? Do you feel like people are struggling more these days with their. With their energy levels versus, you know, some time ago?
What kind of trends do you think have you seen?
[00:33:49] Speaker B: So my answer is yes. My answer is absolutely yes.
[00:33:54] Speaker A: And why do you think that is?
[00:33:56] Speaker B: Okay. Why it is and the trends?
[00:33:59] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:33:59] Speaker B: Because every year and every decade, we make it easier for people to be so comfortable that they really don't have to.
To make much of an effort to really do anything. When you really think about it, you could stay inside your four walls and get everything you want. You just pick up the phone and get anything you want delivered to you. You don't have to go outside if you don't want to. But you know what? It was never like that.
[00:34:32] Speaker A: Progress.
[00:34:33] Speaker B: I know when I.
[00:34:34] Speaker A: That's progress. Right?
[00:34:35] Speaker B: You know what? Fair enough.
[00:34:37] Speaker A: But I don't know, man.
[00:34:39] Speaker B: To what detriment? To what detriment? I know when I was growing up, outside, get outside. It was just kind of. Your parents are. Get outside. Get out of the house now. It's. Stay in. Got to be careful. It's kind of dangerous out there. You got to kind of be Careful and not realizing they're, you know, growing up with the same kind of, well, you know, I'm indoors, I really don't have to. To go out. I mean, it kind of worked for my mom and dad and we were always indoors. So for me, the trend is more and more people.
It's just the norm. It's just the norm. And as a result, very sedentary. Very sedentary. And living alone and social isolation. Oh, my goodness. Oh, my goodness. And what I've noticed, it's happening younger and younger and younger and younger. I know so many young people who are just kind of, God, I haven't got, you know what, When I think about it, shoot, I haven't been out in a couple of days, but I don't have to go out. I don't have to go out. And I'll say, but just, what about fresh air? Yeah, but you know what? You know, and you know, they're on the phone and I said, but what about fresh air?
You know, they don't, they don't understand the importance to their biological body of fresh air. I said, but what about sunshine? Like, what about sunshine? Yes, it's winter, but the sun is out today. Ah, it's too cold. Oh, it's too cold. They don't understand that our bodies still need that natural sunlight.
[00:36:17] Speaker A: I said, but our bodies even need that natural cold. Like, our bodies respond to that natural cold too.
[00:36:23] Speaker B: You know, our bodies are climatized all of it. And it's like, okay, what? Okay, okay, I got one. I got one for you. I said, what about just connecting with other people? I got them on the phone. I got them right here. I said, but what about physical. But you see, they don't think that way because for them, the norm is I connect right here. So I am very, very, very concerned about the increase in fatigue and brain fog and that dominoes into other ailments. Maybe a little bit of, you know, a discord in their mental health, obviously weight gain, obviously not understanding maybe how to have proper social interactions, because all of their interactions are here, but not in that physical. So for me, it's a domino effect. And you're seeing more and more individuals now in their 30s and 40s that, you know what, Everything is just wrong. Every, I got a pain here. I got a pain here. I don't know what this is. I don't know what this is. You know, it's just. And I'm just thinking it's just happening younger and younger and oh, boy, oh boy, oh boy. Oh, boy. Oh, boy. So you know what? I got a whole lot to say about that.
[00:37:36] Speaker A: Yeah. Well, let's. Let's just. Let's pick on. Let's pick on one thing.
Food delivery.
So I can think of. I can think of.
Okay. It's great. You can get your food delivered. How nice for you. I won't even talk about how expensive it is. But you get food delivery, it shows up at your door, you don't have to go outside. We've discussed that quite a bit at length already.
But almost by definition, it's processed food.
And now, you know, here you go. Processed food. Not as good as whole food. Real food.
[00:38:13] Speaker B: Mm.
[00:38:15] Speaker A: It also shows up in those plastic takeout containers. I was just learning the other day that those thermal containers have, you know, tons of the, what, bpa, plastic, and forever chemicals. And guess how those get activated. Heat.
[00:38:32] Speaker B: Heat.
[00:38:33] Speaker A: They get activated by heat.
[00:38:34] Speaker B: That's right. Guess what?
[00:38:36] Speaker A: I like my takeout food hot.
[00:38:38] Speaker B: Yep. Yep.
[00:38:40] Speaker A: But then. And then you're eating, you know, it's probably not the food that's going to make you feel energized and energetic after you eat it, but it's gonna make.
[00:38:51] Speaker B: Me feel nice while I'm eating it right now. The, you know, double burger and the fries and the gruff. I'm feeling good right now because you know what? That person pissed me off because they cut me off in traffic.
Yeah, My comfort food, you know, we. We indulge, as I did, to just make us feel, you know, for the moment. It's like, you know, what it's all about. It's the ego. It's what's going to make me feel good, not what is good for my whole self. And that's my message. I really would love people to start thinking when they're making decisions, any decisions they're making every day, is this going to benefit my whole self or just myself? And most times it's myself. When I was drinking, when I was drugging, when I was eating processed foods, it's.
This is what I want. I didn't. Didn't think about my body inside. I didn't think about how it was affecting my mind. All of that garbage. It's what is what. What is what do I want right now? And I. And I paid the price. And that's. And I'm sorry, go ahead.
[00:40:00] Speaker A: You mentioned ego. Right. So I think what you mean by that is that it's good for that one sort of part of you, but. But not your whole self. Not your. Your real mind, your real body. Spirit, all of it together. And also it's a shortcut. Right. It's like what I want right now. And it's really immediate.
[00:40:20] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:40:21] Speaker A: And I can just put on my credit card.
[00:40:23] Speaker B: Exactly, exactly.
[00:40:26] Speaker A: And let me just say, like, I'm as guilty as anyone else. Me, too. Enjoying takeout and fast food. But at least I feel like I'm at least becoming aware of it and seeing it. That's kind of what this is all about, right?
[00:40:39] Speaker B: Yes.
[00:40:40] Speaker A: Starting to see. Starting to see. Well, let me ask you a different thing. What are you excited about? What are you excited about coming up? What do you got coming up that you're. That you. That you're excited about? Not that you're an excitable person.
[00:40:56] Speaker B: You know, because it's been troubling me that I'm seeing more people younger on the path that I am seeing towards not.
Not leading a healthier lifestyle. And as a result, we already know. We already know what's going to happen to them in a few years if they don't. Course. Correct. Sooner or later. So what's happening for me now that's really good is I've decided that I want to take my message to larger stages, to larger audiences. And, you know, maybe it'll be schools, maybe it'll be colleges and universities, because I really would love to get the message to this generation that basically is going to be the generation over the next couple of decades. Absolutely. I'm speaking to people in their 40s and 50s, but for me, it's like, you know what would be fantastic?
I wonder if my message would resonate with even one of them. I know already that every. All those kids in the audience, oh, they're listening to me, but they're not really listening to me because you know what? I'm young. What is she talking about? I'm young. I'm not going to be 60 for another million years. That's how I thought when I was a teenager.
[00:42:17] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:42:17] Speaker B: I'm going to be 60 in a million years. I could care less what's happening when I'm 60. So I know already that maybe there's one person in that audience that says, you know what? Wow. When I look at. Look at my mom and dad, look at my grandparents, and they're always in pain and they're not active and they're not able to do anything with me. I wonder if what she's saying is true. I wonder. And I see what my mom and dad eat and I see what my grandparents and that one person, for me, it's just that one person. Because maybe that one person, over time will start to speak to her or his peers and say, you know what? Look at your own mom and dad. Why don't you maybe put two and two together? We're not used to putting two and two together, but when we do, it's like, you're right.
I've always. Mom and Dad, I knew I grew up on sugary cereal. That's what my parents fed us. And that's what I fed my daughter as well, too, until I realized, but she was in college then, doing her own thing. But you see, my grandchildren now, when I have grandchildren, it's like, you know what? No, there's no way. It's no way. It's going to be. Because I know better. For a lot of individuals, they only know what they know what they see in their household, and maybe they're not hearing that message. So what's good and what's happening? I would love to take the message to this younger generation and see if I can touch one person. Just one person. Just one person.
[00:43:40] Speaker A: That's exciting. I bet you could get through to a lot more than one.
[00:43:43] Speaker B: You know what I'm saying? God bless you. Absolutely. I know it's going to be a hard audience because I know I was that audience. And whenever anybody said something about 50 and 60, it's like, I'm 17, 18.
That's a million years ago. I don't want to hear that. Let me. Can you eat? Keep eating my Big Macs. Let me keep drinking my milkshakes. What is she talking about? So I know it's going to be a hard audience, but I. For me, it's. It's about making that connection. Look at your mom and dad. How are they doing right now? Your mom and dad are only in their 40s. How are they doing? Your grandparents? They're in their 70s. Are they vital? If not, is it possible that what I'm saying, that what you see them eating could be leading them to not living vital? So that's exciting for me.
[00:44:31] Speaker A: That's. That's terrific.
[00:44:33] Speaker B: Thank you.
[00:44:35] Speaker A: You know, I.
How so real quick, how can people get in touch with you? How can they learn, Learn more? How can they bring you to their school to give a wonderful speech and how can they become part of your coaching program?
[00:44:59] Speaker B: Thank you.
You can definitely connect with me at Energy for Life.
Dot energy. It's as simple as that. Energy for Life. Dot Energy. Reach out. Let me know that you heard. I guess my passion, my advocacy on Ramsey's Podcast and, you know, you'd like to talk about yourself, your family, your colleague. You know, maybe there's just somebody in your life that, you know. You know what? I remember they used to have so many dreams about what they wanted to do, and right now, they're just kind of. They're just existing. Life is living them. They're not living life. And I just know that if there was a way that they could reclaim, they could find a way to rebuild their vitality, I know that they would get back on track and get back on course and fulfill the life that they were supposed to live. For me, so many of us have lives that need to be fulfilled, but we're not fulfilling it. Because you know what?
I'm 40 now. I'm tired. I'm tired, man. I work hard. Oh, well, that was a dream. That was a dream. And I know, Ramsey, you've heard it, too. You hear it all the time on a person's deathbed when you ask them, and what do they say? You know, why? Since we know that we don't want to say that on our deathbed and we're still alive right now, why not.
[00:46:24] Speaker A: Do something about it?
[00:46:25] Speaker B: Why not do something about it? Why not care enough about the quality of our lives? Why not care enough?
[00:46:33] Speaker A: Well, I gotta say, Adrian, thank you so much for coming on today, for talking to us. I. I find you to be an inspiration, and I hope that I will someday have as much energy or even like a fraction of the energy that you have.
You know, I like to. I like to think of myself as being in my prime. And that's just an attitude. Right. Like, I always want to think of myself as being in my prime.
[00:46:59] Speaker B: Yes.
[00:47:00] Speaker A: And that's what I would encourage people to do, is, like, make that decision that you're just. You're gonna be in your prime. That. That. And then you can start sort of living that out or start thinking of it that way and start doing the things.
And you certainly have tremendous thoughts and ideas about what all the things are. So thank you so much for coming and sharing them with us today.
[00:47:23] Speaker B: Thank you so much for inviting me as your guest. It's been an honor, and I've. I've really enjoyed my time with you.
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