Ben Greenfield ON: How to Train Your Brain & Body for Optimal Sleep and Performance

About this episode

Ben Greenfield chats with Jay Shetty about optimizing your body to be healthy. The enormous factors, including physical, emotional, and mental presence, hugely affect our fitness. It’s no longer just about going to the gym or doing a full body workout to stay fit and attain boundless energy. You are not crushing a healthy lifestyle if you’re only focusing on one aspect of yourself.   Ben is a human performance consultant, speaker, and New York Times bestselling author of 17 books, including the widely popular titles Beyond Training, Boundless, Fit Soul, Spiritual Disciplines Journal and the Boundless Cookbook. He is also the founder of Kion, a nutritional supplements company that combines time-honored superfoods with modern science to allow human beings to achieve peak performance, defy aging, and live an adventurous, fulfilling, joyful, and limitless life. Achieve success in every area of your life with Jay Shetty’s Genius Community. Join over 10,000 members taking their holistic well-being to the next level today, at https://shetty.cc/OnPurposeGenius What We Discuss: 00:00 Intro 01:28 The last time we spent time together 08:27 This extreme love for water 14:26 The positive effects of sleep architecture 18:04 Your entire body is a light receptor machine 24:32 Take note of ambient noises and your safe place 31:19 Post-lunch siesta stimulates a 90-minute sleep cycle 33:43 Simulating your body safely with technology 42:02 Taking interest in physical sports 50:02 Deep longing for fulfillment 56:39 You cannot disentangle the body and the spirit 01:01:45 Businesses built on how many people can be served 01:05:04 Habit change is understanding why you’re doing something 01:10:40 Ben on Final Five Like this show? Please leave us a review here - even one sentence helps! Post a screenshot of you listening on Instagram & tag us so we can thank you personally! Episode Resources: Ben Greenfield | Website Ben Greenfield | Twitter Ben Greenfield | Instagram Ben Greenfield | Facebook Ben Greenfield | Podcast Ben Greenfield | Books See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices