Donald Miller is the CEO of Business Made Simple. He is the host of the Business Made Simple podcast and is the author of several books including Hero on a Mission and the bestsellers Blue Like Jazz, A Million Miles in a Thousand Years, and Building a StoryBrand. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee with his wife, Elizabeth and their daughter, Emmeline. You can connect with Donald via Instagram @donaldmiller, Facebook, Twitter, or his website, businessmadesimple.com and heroonamission.com Related...

Miranda Alcaraz is one of the most well-recognized personalities in the CrossFit space.    She’s competed at the CrossFit Games both as an individual and as a member of team NorCal CrossFit.  She’s also a former affiliate owner, former Seminar Staff flowmaster and has worked in various capacities for the CrossFit broadcast and media team.   These days, she’s a CrossFit Level 4 trainer and the co-founder and CEO of Street Parking, which is an at-home workout community.  She’s also a wife, and...

Dan Buettner is an explorer, National Geographic Fellow, award-winning journalist and producer, Guinness World Record holder  in distance cycling, and New York Times bestselling author. He discovered the five places in the world – dubbed blue zones hotspots – where people live the longest, healthiest lives. His articles about these places in The New York Times Magazine and National Geographic are two of the most popular for both publications. In his new book “Blue Zones American Kitchen” Dan...

Annie Thorisdottir is one of the most decorated and recognizable athletes in the sport of CrossFit. Annie is an 11-time CrossFit Games competitor with six podium finishes, including back to back first place finishes in 2011 and 2012, and a third place finish just one year after giving birth to her daughter.  Most recently she switched to team competition, finishing 4th with team CrossFit Reykjavik at the 2022 CrossFit Games, and has her sights set on a 12th CrossFit Games appearance in...

Dr. Terry Wahls is an Institute for Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner and a clinical professor of medicine at the University of Iowa where she conducts clinical trials in the setting of Multiple Sclerosis.  In 2018 she was awarded the Institute for Functional Medicine’s Linus Pauling Award for her contributions in research, clinical care and patient advocacy. She is the author of The Wahls Protocol: A Radical New Way to Treat All Chronic Autoimmune Conditions Using Paleo Principles,...

Aviva Romm, MD is a midwife, herbalist, and Yale-trained MD, Board Certified in Family Medicine with Obstetrics. A practitioner, teacher, activist and advocate of both environmental health and women’s reproductive rights and health, she has been bridging the best of traditional medicine, total health ecology, and good science for over three decades.  She’s a long-time home birth pioneer and birth activist. Her company’s philanthropic arm, DharmaMoms, provides funding for organizations working...

Adrian Bozman, known to many as “Boz,” has been a staple figure in the CrossFit community for over a decade.   Since starting CrossFit in 2004, he’s worked as a coach, a garage affiliate owner, a Seminar Staff flow master, and a CrossFit Education department member.  Most notably, he served as the longtime CrossFit Games head judge until this year, when he was selected to lead the programming for the 2022 CrossFit Games. You can connect with Boz via Instagram. @apbozman Related...

Elijah “EZ” Muhammad is a 2x CrossFit Games athete, the Owner of Unorthodox Fitness, co-founder of Project Onyx, owner of Lift Heavy Often as in Everyday seminars, a former collegiate basketball player at Tennessee Tech as well as a father, husband, and an individual who is using his platform to do great things in the world. You can connect with EZ via Instagram @elijahEZmuhammad or his website EZMuhammad.com and you can get involved with Project Onyx via  @projectonyxdsm Related...

Dr. Andrew Hill is the founder of Peak Brain Institute and a leading neurofeedback practitioner and biohacking coach for clients worldwide. He has lectured on psychology, neuroscience, and gerontology at UCLA’s Department of Psychology where he received a PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience.   At Peak Brain, Dr. Hill provides individualized training programs to help you optimize your brain across goals of stress, sleep, attention, brain fog, creativity, and athletic performance. He is the host of...

Jason Wang is a former collegiate basketball player who started CrossFit in 2011.  He competed at West Regionals in 2017 as a part of Team Reebok CrossFit Ramsay.  Today, Jason lives in Calgary, Alberta and works out at CrossFit Currie Barracks with his close friends and box owners, Eric and Christi Barber. Outside of the gym, Jason is a corporate and securities lawyer at Bennett Jones LLP with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, financings and capital market transactions. Dr. Amer Johri is...

Dr. Lara Pence is a licensed clinical psychologist. She holds her doctorate degree in psychology and her masters in business administration. She is best known for her straight-forward approach to talking about mental health and the importance of building resilience in a society that prioritizes comfort and complacency over courage and challenge. Dr. L works with executives, elite athletes, and entrepreneurs to elevate performance through curiosity and understanding of the mind/body...

Kristen was a 3x All American, 2 x Big 10 Athlete of the year at the University of Iowa competing in both Field Hockey and Basketball and recently inducted into the Hall of Fame Class of 2021 and was a 7-year member of the U.S. National Field Hockey Team. Kristen blends her academic and applied background in athletics, coaching, performance technology, psychology, and exercise physiology to drive research, partnership, and product development initiatives to strengthen WHOOP as a leader in...

Mark England is a TEDx speaker and co-founder and head coach of Enlifted. He has been researching, coaching and presenting on the power of words and stories for the past 15 years. Mark holds a Masters degree in education and was an elementary school P.E. teacher before getting into personal development.  Through his coaching program and his public speaking engagements, Mark gives athletes and professionals the tools they need to translate their inner conversations to take control of their...

Roger Boyer II, PhD, is an American citizen, Canadian citizen, and a citizen of the Anishinabek Nation, which is an Indigenous nation of 1.7 million people that stretches across parts of Canada and the American Midwest. Canadian Indigenous suffer from chronic disease at rates far higher than the national average, and Roger himself was once in danger of becoming part of this statistic.  In 2017, he weighed nearly 400 lbs and was prediabetic and prehypertensive.

Dr. Fogg is the author of the New York Times bestselling book “Tiny Habits” and the director of the Behavior Design Lab at Stanford University. He has spent over 20 years researching and teaching insights about human behavior with a special focus on health and productivity. Dr. Fogg and his colleague, Stephanie Weldy, M.Ed., recently joined me for a live Q&A-style webinar hosted by CrossFit Health which I’m sharing here.  We had a great conversation focused on why celebrating small...

Caffeine: It’s likely the most widely used mood- and performance-enhancing drug.   However, have you ever noticed that some people are wired all day from one cup of coffee in the morning while others can drink it right before bed? Interested in harnessing the performance-enhancing benefits of caffeine? Mark Goodman, MD, recommends you start by eliminating regular caffeine consumption. Then you can reintroduce a small amount approximately 60 minutes before your workout to observe its...

The average American spreads their food consumption out over 15 hours a day, which basically means they’re eating from the time they wake up until the time they go to bed and fasting only during sleep. Increasing this fasting window by even just a few hours can provide a multitude of health benefits, (1, 2, 3) including: Decreased rates of obesity Improved blood pressure Decreased insulin resistance Better lipid profiles Decreased risk of cardiovascular disease Decreased cancer...

Dr. Stephen Rollnick is a pioneer in the field of motivational interviewing and has spent much of his career researching and developing effective methods for helping people resolve difficult behavior change. He recently joined me for a live Q&A-style webinar hosted by CrossFit Health with a focus on how motivational interviewing can help clients and patients achieve their goals.

It probably comes as no surprise that alcohol has a negative impact on sleep quality, but why does something that seems to help you drift off actually turn out to be problematic? Mike Stone, MD, shares two main reasons why alcohol and sleep don’t mix: Alcohol disrupts normal sleep architecture, leading to nighttime waking and reduced sleep quality. Alcohol suppresses REM sleep, which is critical for learning and memory.

Jacki Hillios, Ph.D., is Deputy Executive Director of The Phoenix, an addiction recovery program that uses physical activity and community friendships to support members on their sobriety journey. In her role, she focuses on oversight and leadership in program design, implementation, evaluation, and expansion.  Jacki is a former clinician who worked with youth and families struggling with mental illness and substance-use disorders. Since joining The Phoenix in 2006 she has helped expand the...

Heart rate variability (HRV), or the variance in time between the beats of your heart, can provide insight into how your body is responding to the many different stressors in life. This is a valuable tool to help guide women’s training through pregnancy and postpartum. When HRV is low, it opens up a conversation on what other life stressors are going on and indicates a need to reduce training load.   When HRV is stable or trending upwards, pregnant and postpartum women can use it as an...

Mealtime with kids - is it possible for it to be low-stress AND nutritious? Nicole Christensen wears many hats: CF-L4, owner of CrossFit Roots, Seminar Staff Flowmaster, CrossFit Nutrition Course Director, and, most importantly, mom of two. Her best tip: keep it simple and offer a small selection of healthy options to keep the decisions and negotiations to a minimum.

Erin Donaldson is a board certified Family physician and graduate of the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine.  After starting her career practicing hospital medicine, she transitioned to her true passion, providing preventative care through wellness and disease prevention. In Dr. Donaldson’s current practice, she combines her personal and clinical experience to help patients take control of their own health outcomes.  By using genomics, in-depth labs, and an understanding of each...

Fats and oils are important parts of a healthy diet and support functions such as vitamin absorption, brain function, and nerve function — but did you know not all fats and oils are created equal? Seed oils such as sunflower, vegetable, and canola oil require a high degree of processing and can be pro-inflammatory. Better choices require less processing and include avocado oil, coconut oil, olive oil, and grass-fed butter.