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When was the last time you sprinted? Not jogged. Not ran a 5K. Not did cardio. Actually moved as fast as your body could comfortably and safely move. In this conversation, Les Raymond sits down with Graham Tuttle, known as The Barefoot Sprinter and author of *Born to Sprint: Unlock Your Natural Strength, Speed, and Athleticism*, to explore why speed may be one of the most overlooked pieces of lifelong health and physical capability. Graham challenges the idea that sprinting is only for young athletes. Instead, he sees it as a natural human movement capacity that can reveal a great deal about our strength, coordination, connective tissue, balance, confidence, and relationship with our bodies.
Together, Les and Graham explore:
* Why adults gradually stop sprinting
* The relationship between speed, aging, and longevity
* Why strength alone may not preserve athleticism
* How sprinting supports power, coordination, impact tolerance, and movement quality
* Why being able to move quickly can matter for balance, falls, parenting, emergencies, and everyday life
* How sprinting differs from endurance training
* Why athleticism is about more than performance
* The role of the feet in movement, balance, and force production
* Why barefoot training creates so much sensory feedback
* How shoes, treadmills, watches, and other technology can sometimes disconnect us from what our bodies are telling us
* Why movement quality may matter more than simply accumulating reps, miles, or calories
* Walking, running, striding, skipping, and sprinting as parts of the same movement continuum
* How adults can gradually rebuild the capacity to sprint rather than jumping into it unprepared
* Why simplifying your training may sometimes help you become more capable, agile, and connected
One of the central ideas in Graham's work is that sprinting isn't necessarily an ability we earn. It's an ability the human body is designed to express. That doesn't mean someone who has been sedentary for years should simply head outside and sprint at full speed. The real work is restoring the mobility, tissue capacity, coordination, strength, and body awareness that make speed available again. Much of Graham's book focuses on exactly that journey.
Get Graham's Book...barefootsprinter.com
And look for his book, ***Born to Sprint: Unlock Your Natural Strength, Speed, and Athleticism***, a practical guide to rebuilding the foundational movement qualities that allow the body to move with strength, speed, confidence, and freedom.
Whether you're 30, 50, 70, or beyond, this conversation offers a different way to think about exercise: not simply as something we do to burn calories or improve numbers, but as an ongoing relationship with the body we live in.
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Can an ordinary person have a mystical or direct spiritual experience?
In this conversation, Les Raymond sits down with Matt Zemon, executive director of the Council on Spiritual Practices and author of *Ordinary Mystics: Psychedelics, Faith, and the Reclaiming of Direct Spiritual Experience*, to explore the fascinating intersection of psychedelics, spirituality, religion, healing, and human connection. Matt shares how a guided psilocybin experience at age 46 completely changed the way he understood spirituality and ultimately led him to study psychology, neuroscience, mental health, ministry, and the long history of psychedelics in spiritual practice.
Together, Les and Matt explore:
* Why psychedelics can create profound feelings of connection and meaning
* Whether humans may be naturally wired for mystical experiences
* Psychedelics as one tool among many for accessing altered states
* The relationship between religion and direct spiritual experience
* Why similar mystical experiences appear across different cultures and faith traditions
* The difference between psychedelics as a cure and as a catalyst
* Why integration and community matter after a powerful experience
* Psilocybin and changing our relationship with death
* Les's own experiences with microdosing and psychedelic-assisted personal growth
* How set, setting, source, and support can reduce risk* Why surrender can be such an important part of difficult psychedelic experiences
* The role of self-love, reflection, meditation, and nature in integration
* The emerging world of psychedelic spiritual communities and churches
Matt also shares powerful experiences around death, grief, connection, and gratitude, including moments in which psychedelic experiences radically changed his relationship with being alive.At the heart of the conversation is a simple but provocative idea: psychedelics may not give us something we don't already possess. They may instead act as catalysts that help us access parts of ourselves that were already there.
**Learn more about Matt Zemon:**
mattzemon.com
His new book, ***Ordinary Mystics: Psychedelics, Faith, and the Reclaiming of Direct Spiritual Experience***, explores how ordinary people can have profound spiritual experiences and what those experiences might mean for faith, community, healing, and everyday life.
The book is available wherever books are sold, with an audiobook narrated by Matt as well
.This conversation is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice or encouragement to use illegal substances. Laws and risks vary, and Matt emphasizes the importance of informed decision-making, source, set, setting, and community.
Ordinary Mystics and Free Resources: https://mattzemon.com/ordinarymysticsbookWebsite: https://mattzemon.comLinkedin: https://mattzemon.com/linkedinInstagram: @matt.zemonTEDx: https://mattzemon.com/TEDx#Psychedelics
#Spirituality #Psilocybin #MysticalExperience #Consciousness #PersonalGrowth #Faith #MentalHealth #TheMindfulMovement
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What might happen if we stopped treating nature as something outside of ourselves and started listening to it as a teacher? In this conversation, Les Raymond reconnects with Danny Clark, author of *Tracking Truth: An Alchemical Journey of Learning from Nature*, more than a decade after they first crossed paths in the world of strength and movement. Since then, Danny's path has taken an unexpected turn. From wrestling and strength coaching to natural movement, off-grid living, herbalism, alchemy, and a much deeper relationship with the natural world, his journey has become an exploration of what nature can teach us about health, purpose, spirituality, and ourselves. Together, Les and Danny explore:
* Why spending time in nature can feel so fundamentally different from modern indoor life
* Natural movement and our changing relationship with exercise* How nature can become a source of self-reflection, meaning, and personal growth
* Danny's decision to live off-grid in the Rocky Mountains
* What it means to view nature as a teacher
* Herbalism, minerals, and the ancient practice of alchemy
* The fascinating story of finding and preparing wild shilajit
* The relationship between science, spirituality, and direct experience
* Creating preparations from quartz, obsidian, herbs, and other materials found in nature
* Why following curiosity and an inner calling can lead us somewhere we never expected
* The importance of integrating strength and intensity with surrender, rest, and reflection
At its heart, this conversation is about more than herbs, minerals, movement, or even nature itself. It's about learning to pay attention, following what feels meaningful, and allowing our relationship with the natural world to change our relationship with ourselves.
Learn more about Danny Clark and his work...spiritualperformance.netAnd look for Danny's book, Tracking Truth: An Alchemical Journey of Learning from Nature, which tells the story of his own evolving relationship with nature and the path that ultimately led him from athlete and strength coach to the work he does today.
#Nature #PersonalGrowth #Spirituality #Alchemy #NaturalLiving #Herbalism #OffGridLiving #Mindfulness #TheMindfulMovement
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Why is it so hard to think clearly, learn, sleep, or feel like yourself when you’re stressed? In this conversation, Les Raymond sits down with Dr. Dave Rabin, psychiatrist, neuroscientist, author, and co-founder of Apollo Neuro, to explore what modern neuroscience is teaching us about stress, safety, healing, and the nervous system. Dr. Rabin explains why our brains are wired to treat uncertainty as potential danger, why feeling safe in the body may need to come before trying to change our thoughts, and how chronic overstimulation can quietly keep us stuck in survival mode. Much of the conversation draws from Dr. Rabin’s book, A Simple Guide to Being Alive, which explores the fascinating intersection of modern science, spirituality, and ancient wisdom, and what these different ways of understanding ourselves may be able to teach us about living and healing.
Together they explore:
Why anxiety is closely tied to uncertainty and our evolutionary survival system
The difference between bottom-up and top-down approaches to change
Why the nervous system needs signals of safety
The role of the vagus nerve, touch, vibration, and human connection
Why more data and health tracking can sometimes create more anxietyHow small, repeated moments of regulation may be more practical than adding another demanding wellness routine
The relationship between stress, sleep, recovery, and resilienceWhat science may be beginning to explain about ancient and traditional healing practicesHow technology can potentially support nervous system regulation rather than adding more stress
Dr. Rabin also shares new research and developments behind Apollo Neuro, the wearable technology designed to use gentle vibrations to support relaxation, sleep, focus, and nervous system regulation.
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Whether you’re struggling with chronic stress, anxiety, poor sleep, burnout, or simply want to understand your nervous system more deeply, this conversation offers a fascinating look at what it means to help the body feel safe again.#NervousSystem #StressRelief #Anxiety #VagusNerve #Sleep #ApolloNeuro #Neuroscience #MentalHealth #TheMindfulMovementThemindfulmovement.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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Childhood has changed dramatically in just a generation. Kids spend more time on screens, less time playing outside, have fewer opportunities for independence, and are reporting anxiety at alarming rates.
In this conversation, Les sits down with pediatrician Dr. Michael Glazier, Chief Medical Officer of Bluebird Kids Health, to explore what's happening to kids and what parents can do about it.They discuss why childhood anxiety doesn't always look like anxiety, how stress can show up as very real physical symptoms, and the role phones, social media, isolation, and changing childhood experiences may be playing in children's mental health.
They also explore something we've increasingly removed from childhood: boredom. What happens when kids don't have enough opportunities to wander, play, solve problems, navigate conflict, take reasonable risks, and experience small amounts of adversity? And could our attempts to protect children actually be preventing them from developing some of the resilience they'll need later in life?
The conversation also covers nutrition, youth sports, parenting by example, the lasting social effects of COVID, and the rapidly growing role of AI in children's lives and education
In this episode...
Why anxiety in children can be difficult to recognize•
The connection between screens, social isolation, and anxiety•
Why boredom may actually be good for kids
Free play, independence, and developing resilience
Why physical symptoms can sometimes be related to stress
The problem with early sports specialization
How parents model behavior without realizing it
Nutrition and children's long-term health
The social consequences of COVID-era isolation
The potential benefits and risks of AI for children
What parents can do to support healthier, more resilient kids
If you're a parent, grandparent, teacher, coach, or simply concerned about how childhood is changing, this conversation offers an important look at what kids may need more of, not just what they need protection from.

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