Thank you for listening to the Elite Foundations Podcast. Emil and I hope it’s served you on your way to having an elite life and business!What’s next is a bit different. Emil is taking a break from podcasting and Itamar has just launched The Emotional Fortitude Podcast.It’s a new podcast about his expertise: Forging an Effective Mindset and creating the Emotional Fortitude and confidence to make it all happen.So if you’re interested in following along for better case studies, learning from...

It’s the final episode and Itamar and Emil ask each other clarifying questions from the series.They discuss the difference between therapy and the Arena, optimizing for energy rather than just fat-loss and aesthetics, and how to take action and make a difference to your life to level up.This finale episode of series 1 reviews goals, values, effectiveness, intentionality, the energy paradox and nutrition.Follow Itamar on Twitter (https://twitter.com/itamarmarani) and Facebook...

We’re almost ready to wrap up season one with Itamar and Emil discussing their main lessons learned from this process and how they’ve implemented changes in real life.Emil shares how he has learnt to identify his true self, how to operate and how to define boundaries.Itamar discusses his learnings on nutrition and both discuss Emil’s time in the Arena, the Mindset Accelerator.Follow Itamar on Twitter (https://twitter.com/itamarmarani) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/MaraniConsulting/):...

This one is a bit different, there isn’t a case study but a deep dive into the subject of boundaries. Itamar has seen boundaries be a problem with a lot of clients and success usually comes from redefining them, including Emil.They discuss comfort, limits, wasting energy with setting boundaries, self-reflection, acceptance, clarity and more.Follow Itamar on Twitter (https://twitter.com/itamarmarani) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/MaraniConsulting/): @itamarmaraniwww.itamarmarani.com...

In this episode, Rory, a graduate of The Arena Mindset Accelerator joins Itamar and Emil. Rory talks about the transformation he had and how he came to terms with the fact that he didn’t need to become more, but just realized that he already is more than he gives himself credit for. As a trained therapist himself, the co-founder of Counselling tutor, and an award-winning educator Rory also shared a unique perspective on therapy vs coaching.Follow Itamar on Twitter...

Dr. Emil steps into the interviewee's seat in this episode. He talks about his transformation after going through Itamar’s program and what led to him getting his first tattoo. Emil shares what caused him to relinquish his old values, what caused him to initially resist signing up for the program, and the main takeaway he thinks all entrepreneurs should think about.Follow Itamar on Twitter (https://twitter.com/itamarmarani) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/MaraniConsulting/):...

In a more conceptual episode, Emil covers optimising for enjoyment. Once you’ve established a foundation and started making progress, Emil recommends optimising for enjoyment to make your new habits sustainable and work long term rather than making an extreme, short-term change that fades away over time.Follow Itamar on Twitter (https://twitter.com/itamarmarani) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/MaraniConsulting/): @itamarmaraniwww.itamarmarani.com (https://itamarmarani.com/)Follow Dr....

In the second episode of the Success Killers series, Itamar talks about the one other client he felt he failed. He shares a case study of a smart entrepreneur who wasn’t willing to let go of his successful past and honestly accept his current position in life. He talks about the concept of adaptability and why we struggle with it. Emil and Itamar explain the short emotional safety zone, why some people decide to stay there and how people can avoid it.Follow Itamar on Twitter...

Emil talks about the holy grail of gaining muscle whilst losing fat. He covers a range of misconceptions, “hacks”, social media hype, various approaches, overtraining and bulking.Emil discusses how he worked with his client, Chris, to achieve great and sustainable results by separating the two contradictory processes out, focusing one at a time, and building the right habits.Links:Chris’ transformation: https://health-evolved.com/client-wins/ (https://health-evolved.com/client-wins/)Follow...

In this 2 part series, Itamar shares a case study of one of his coaching failures. He talks about one of his first clients who insisted on being a victim. Beyond stating the obvious that victimhood will get us nowhere, Emil and Itamar introduce the concept of “micro victimhood.” They explain where they find this happening to them and also share a framework to help the listeners understand where they might have “micro victimhood” flare-ups and avoid them. Follow Itamar on Twitter...

Emil talks about why perfection is the enemy and why it can get in the way of a health transformation. He discusses his client, Alex's, experience of changing his health trajectory with a few tweaks that didn't require optimising or being perfect.Follow Itamar on Twitter (https://twitter.com/itamarmarani) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/MaraniConsulting/): @itamarmaraniwww.itamarmarani.com (https://itamarmarani.com/)Follow Dr. Emil on Instagram...

Sam was already extremely successful on an external level. He built an 8 figure company and had achieved a lot despite having certain vices.In this episode, Itamar shares what Sam needed to get to the next level in his life. He dives into how sometimes what allows people to get rid of destructive habits, character traits or even remove negative people in their life, is oddly enough, embracing a sense of humility.To get the “Embrace Humility” cheat sheet go to -...

Emil takes us through the two processes within fat loss and tells us the story of his client, Paul.Fat loss is often the main goal people want to achieve at the start of their journey, but this is often just the surface level. As Emil digs into it, the evolution of it is a health and lifestyle transformation. What really lies beneath is behaviour change. Challenging those behaviours, changing habits, and shifting identityFollow Itamar on Twitter (https://twitter.com/itamarmarani) and Facebook...

In this workshop-style episode, Itamar exposes the “Lighten the Load” process on how to resolve mental blocks, insecurities, doubts, fear and false beliefs. Have a notepad ready as he walks you through impactful exercises to: 1) Create clarity on the subconscious mental blocks that influence your behavior. 2) A framework to resolve them 3) A tool to conquer your mind and not let your subconscious dictate your actions... and success.To get the FREE 5 Step Micro Course to Conquer Fear go to -...

In this episode, Itamar shares how Nathan, a former client, grew his business from 10k to 70k MRR in a few short months just by removing something. How sometimes what creates the most impact isn’t adding anything, it’s resolving the things that hold us back… Itamar also introduces the “Hierarchy of Elite Performance” and a simple framework to assess whether you currently need more or less in order to achieve elite performance.Follow Itamar on Twitter (https://twitter.com/itamarmarani) and...

In this episode, Itamar shares how Nathan, a former client, grew his business from 10k to 70k MRR in a few short months just by removing something. How sometimes what creates the most impact isn’t adding anything, it’s resolving the things that hold us back… Itamar also introduces the “Hierarchy of Elite Performance” and a simple framework to assess whether you currently need more or less in order to achieve elite performance.Follow Itamar on Twitter (https://twitter.com/itamarmarani) and...

Emil takes us through a case study of his client, Costi, who start his transformation by himself. But he started in a less optimal way, he came to that realisation halfway through the process. He owned it and decided to come to Emil to improve and finish his journey sustainably and in a structured way.Emil talks about how to become healthy in a sustainable way by building habits and behaviour, moving along the behaviour change curve to get to an identity shift that allows you to sustain it...

In this special episode Scott Phillips, one of Itamar’s clients, joins the conversation to describe his transformation.Financially Scott went from $5-10k months to $1,000,000 recurring monthly revenue in a year and a half, but the ups and downs he’s had in life and the story of how he bounced back is what’s truly interesting. Scott openly shares his struggles with letting go of the people that were holding him back in life and how one phrase shook him out of a decade-long slump of...

Itamar talks about two clients, Alex and Hernan, that while extremely successful, didn't believe it.They suffered from the “Identity Lag” issue that causes entrepreneurs who have had a transformation to lack the clarity and confidence that they’ve rightfully earned.How emotions cause them to see themselves as who they used to be instead of who they are today.Follow Itamar on Twitter (https://twitter.com/itamarmarani) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/MaraniConsulting/):...

Itamar talks about two clients, Alex and Hernan, that while extremely successful, didn't believe it.They suffered from the “Identity Lag” issue that causes entrepreneurs who have had a transformation to lack the clarity and confidence that they’ve rightfully earned.How emotions cause them to see themselves as who they used to be instead of who they are today.Follow Itamar on Twitter (https://twitter.com/itamarmarani) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/MaraniConsulting/):...

Emil talks us through the story of Dave, a client searching for the best ways to optimise. Optimisation is not something Emil thinks everyone should drive straight into, he teaches methods that require a strong foundation and dedication to the basics. Biohacks can often distract us from hitting the basics and lead to false optimisation.Dave is one of the few people that Emil thinks can optimise to get those final few percent to get the best performance, you can find out why.Follow Itamar on...

Emil talks us through the story of Dave, a client searching for the best ways to optimise. Optimisation is not something Emil thinks everyone should drive straight into, he teaches methods that require a strong foundation and dedication to the basics. Biohacks can often distract us from hitting the basics and lead to false optimisation.Dave is one of the few people that Emil thinks can optimise to get those final few percent to get the best performance, you can find out why.Follow Itamar on...

“If you’re never fully off, you’re never fully on”Emil and Itamar talk about recovery, rest and why it’s such a difficult thing for entrepreneurs. They dig into their experiences, dealing with burnout, identifying high ROI recovery activities, and cover the popular approaches that don’t actually make an impact.Follow Itamar on Twitter (https://twitter.com/itamarmarani) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/MaraniConsulting/): @itamarmaraniwww.itamarmarani.com...

We talk about rest. It’s an easy concept but really difficult to actually execute effectively. Emil and Itamar dig into their experiences, dealing with burnout, identifying helpful rest activities, and what is the rest placebos that don’t actually help rest. Ultimately, if you don’t rest at 100% you can’t work at 100%.Follow Itamar on Twitter (https://twitter.com/itamarmarani) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/MaraniConsulting/): @itamarmaraniwww.itamarmarani.com...