Optimize Your Life

Is modern footwear destroying our health?Most of us never think about our feet. But what if weak arches, bad posture, and even chronic pain are linked to the shoes we wear every day? Could the key to fixing energy, inflammation, and resilience start from the ground up?In this conversation, I’m joined by Joshua J. Holland—holistic trainer, health coach, and author of The Awareness Shift—to uncover the science of barefoot living, grounding, and the 5 pillars of health that can transform your body.This isn’t just theory. Joshua blends decades of functional movement training, ancestral living, and modern science to reveal how reconnecting with the earth can restore strength, balance, and vitality.Together, we discuss:❏ Why modern shoes are weakening us❏ The hidden science of grounding (earthing) and inflammation❏ The safe way to transition into barefoot shoes❏ Joshua’s 5 pillars of optimal health❏ How to reconnect with nature in a modern worldTimestamps:(00:00) Intro(03:15) Why your feet are the “tires” of your body(12:40) The damage modern shoes have caused(21:05) What is grounding and how it heals(33:12) Transitioning into barefoot living safely(48:00) Joshua’s 5 health pillars explained(1:10:27) Practical steps for modern life(1:25:45) Closing thoughtsFollow Gary:Instagram: @garyterollerTwitter: @gary_terollerYouTube: Gary te RollerFacebook: Gary te RollerHealth Newsletter: SubscribeLinkedIn: Gary te RollerFollow Joshua J. Holland:InstagramXWebsitePodcastYouTubeVivobarefoot course

In this episode of "Optimize Your Life," I sit down with Kashif Khan, the founder of The DNA Company, a celebrity longevity expert, two-time TEDx speaker and author of The DNA Way. Kashif shares insights into his journey, the significance of understanding one's DNA, and the path to achieving optimal wellness. Show Notes: [1:35] DNA's Role in Disease Reversal and Anti-Aging [3:44] Gene Mapping [4:19] Dietary Choices [7:23] Modern Healthcare [9:21] Tailored Wellness Strategies [10:47] Decoding Genetic Secrets [12:04] The Future of Health [15:20] Practical Wellness Tips [15:34] Genetic Predispositions [21:32] Nutrition & Genetics [22:16] Understanding Genetic Markers for Disease Prevention [24:35] Lifestyle Interventions [28:23] Kashif Khan's Vision [32:07] Deciphering Genetic Reports [32:46] Aging Gracefully [33:31] Beyond Genes: Holistic Approaches to Wellness [37:19] Disease Reversal: Genetic Science [39:10] The DNA Company To get your very own DNA test - click here.

Oliver Wolf - Husband & father of twins, Business Harmonization Specialist and Founder of the Beyond the Peak Conscious Sales Agency. I had the privilege of learning directly from Oliver working alongside him in scaling revenue for numerous clients. This man is a systems and scaling genius. What we chat about in this episode: The uniqueness of sales agency space. Importance of conscious sales vs. crony sales. Empowering people to make buying decisions, not purchases. Setting boundaries for venting and seeking support. Recognizing the need for constant learning and humility. Benefits of playing competitive sports for entrepreneurs. Balancing personal growth with business success. The significance of intentional and authentic relationships. The impact of leadership's actions on organizational culture. Learning from mentors and evolving business practices. Understanding the core values of your business. Empowering teams through understanding individual motivations. Building a conscious sales culture and its positive outcomes. Ensuring clients' needs are aligned with business offerings.

Hey there, it's Gary te Roller, and I'm thrilled to welcome you back to a fresh episode of the Optimize Your Life podcast. After a year of hiatus, I'm back with a bang, and I can't wait to share today's insights with you. In this episode, we're diving deep into The power of taking action in alignment with our values and desires. The essence of growth, not just in business but also in our personal lives. How focusing on the present moment and taking consistent steps forward can lead to incredible transformations. So, let's embark on this journey of action, growth, and optimization together. Tune in and let's get started!

Memory & Learning Coach, Josh McCartney specializes in helping people identify false beliefs and stories creating a less than desired life. By using NLP and memory techniques, he has been able to expand his own life as well as the lives of his clients and his 700 000 social media following.

Neuroscience Ph.D. student, Manesh Girn, discusses his latest research into the healing benefits of psychedelics, why the research on psychedelics was censored, the latest on government grants for psychedelics, and how doctors are doing controlled trips with patients.

Episode 99 brings you the powerful personal freedom coach, Bek Antonucci. She shares her story of being bullied at school, how fitness modeling and the bully language turned her towards an eating disorder, and then eventually contracting the highly stigmatized herpes virus. We go deep.

My biggest awakening in 2021.

Kirsti Pratt is a well-known holistic health practitioner and former ninja warrior competitor. She believes that health is more than movement, and went on to sharpen her focus on becoming a holistic health practitioner under the guidance of the internationally renowned CHEK institute. She shares her passion for integrated health, living by example, and integrating these principles into her day-to-day life alongside nature.

In this episode with Koya Webb we go deep into breath-work, spirituality, intuitive wellness and how the environment around us when growing up can influence us or distract us. She is the founder Get Loved Up Yoga + Holistic Health School that runs 100hr, 200hr, 300hr, and 500hr yoga teacher training all online and she is the author of Let Your Fears Make You Fierce.

Victoria Bauman is on a mission to help humans heal & evolve with breathwork and a mentor, coach, and leader. She is the founder of BRETH™ and a woman destined to change the world one breath at a time. In this episode, we understand the link between emotional and physical states and breath-work and how the use of the breath can power us into a higher state of consciousness and performance.

Transformational leader and coach, Khadaura Roshan teaches people how to embody a deeper connection to God through Presence, Pleasure, and Purpose. From his early days in Japan being a student of an old Samurai master to the US Army fighting in Iraq to present-day Austin as a transformational leader. Khadaura finds a connection to spirit and ultimately his purpose of helping people overcome their war inside their mind.

Darin Olien is co-host with Zac Efron on the Emmy® Award-Winning Netflix docu-series Down to Earth and host of the top-rated Health & Fitness podcast The Darin Olien Show. Today he delivers yet another piece of truth serum. In this episode, Darin delves into the dangers within the 90 000 toxins being released in our environment and how they are hurting us, and how we can save ourselves from this disaster.

Every week, I will be dropping some lessons and teachings that I have gone deep into for the week.

Ultra Running Adventurer and all-around nice guy, Scott Jenkins goes in-depth about the lessons that 11 years of ultra running have taught him. How it has allowed him to adopt a practice of ultimate success, resilience, and fortitude that he carries into his every day whether at work or at home. MOAB 240 British record holder CanalSlam 2019, Badwater 2021, and many other 100+ milers completed. And the bonus, he does it all to put smiles on children's faces through his foundation, Operation Smile UK.

Welcome to Optimize Your Life with Gary te Roller. Thank you for joining me on this journey. I am excited to introduce you to my personal methods of personal growth and wellness optimization methods along with many different experts in many different fields of mindset, wellness, well-being, personal freedom and success.

Candice Langford is physiotherapist that specialises in pelvic & sexual health (summed up as Pee, Poo, Pleasure, Pain and Periods) She is an educator empowering women through sexual education and understanding the hormonal system. We go deep into the vulva on this episode.

Khaled bin Alwaleed bin Talal Al Saud is the founding chairman of KBW investments and founder and CEO of KBW Ventures. As a figure of business, technology enthusiast, and investor, Khaled, is a firm proponent of clean energy, healthy living, the humane treatment of animals, and a motivated voice for Middle East entrepreneurs. A member of the Saudi Arabian royal family, Khaled was born in California and spent his youth in Riyadh under the mentorship of his father, philanthropist HRH Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Al Saud, Chairman and founder of Kingdom Holding Company. Today, with holdings on three continents, Khaled stands at the gateway between the Middle East’s evolving economies and the Western world. He invests in an array of successful, but diverse global businesses—from promising technology start-ups to established companies in the construction sector. Consistently, his focus is on ventures and ideas at the intersection of innovation and economic stability. Khaled is the founder and Chairman of KBW Investments and works across several tiers and levels of the business.

This week on Conversations with Change-Makers, I sit down with an engineer and MBA graduate that is helping businesses master their numbers & scale their impact online! He has the gift of the gab and can be found speaking all over the world as well as the host of Hyper Conscious Podcast. Meet Alan Lazaros.

This week on CWCM, we get to know the man behind Plant-Based News, Robbie Lockie. Robbie and his cofounder Klaus, have grown PBN into the most sought after plant-based, wellness and nutrition news source online today. A massive company and even bigger movement birthed from both their passions for a compassionate, healthier and more sustainable world.

This week on CWCM, I step into the room with one of the kindest and most ripped men to ever grace the gym floor, Jon Venus. Jon not only is a YouTube star, but an influential health and fitness expert with a strong focus on mindset. He has graced 1000's of stages and millions of screens around the world all in the name of promoting optimal wellness with compassion as the forefront.

This week on CWCM I interview the renowned wellness expert, Certified Health Nut, Troy Casey. A seasoned wellness coach made famous through his unique style in identifying and healing wellness issues of our time. This is a man that biohacks the power of the sun through buthole sunning and actives DMT through breathwork. He is a colossal figure in the wellness industry, bringing the truth to the masses with zero sensoring and a high vibration.

This week on CWCM I sit down with a human teacher and student. RA of Earth specialises in personal development and ultimate freedom through the practice of mindfulness, movement and Kriya's. He terms himself the 'bringer of dawn' and is also the founder of Kriya of the Week and Practice of the Day.

This week on Conversations with Change-Makers I sit down and chat with sought after medical intuitive specializing in chronic and mystery illness, cancers and neurological disorders, a master foot zonologist and most importantly the catalyst behind 1000's of healing stories. Get ready to meet the amazing Amber Bodily.

Founder and visionary of SuperLife, is the first ever health and wellness expert to be coined a ” Superfood Hunter. ” He is known uniquely within the health and wellness community as an exotic superfood expert, supplement formulator, and environmental activist who travels the planet to discover new and underutilized medicinal plants.

Let's talk about breaking free from old conditioning. Who are we? What is important for our own vitality.

In episode 79, I get to explore the importance of emotional resilience with regards to high level success with high performance coach, Kim Ades. Kim, a mother of 5, and I discuss the close links between parenthood and being a successful leader. If you are a corporate leader or a parent, this special episode is for you.

What a beautiful conversation this week with flow state master and high performance coach, Kevin Orosz. Kevin embodies a realisation of reality that he has developed through studying philosophy in the west and being guided by ancient mystics in the east. He has combined these two world view into a understandable and approachable structure in order to help people around the world to get to their truth. The biggest take out from this conversation is that "The solution to everything is listen to you intuition". Listen to the episode to find out how.

In episode 77, I peel back the layers of Tru Self Explorers founder and personal growth expert, Marc Dimancescu. Marc comes into the personal growth journey through your standard Western life. He had the money, he had the family, he had the house, he had "everything". But it was not enough. As much as Marc grew in his professional career as a corporate consultant and in life materially, the more he realized that there was more to life. Through many years of diving deep into his own conscious and psychology, it all came down to one thing. Connection within a community. It was within Marc's tribe in Ibiza that he realized the importance of ones community on health, wellness and happiness. This edged him into an aha moment in which he founded Tru Self Explorers, a meeting place for conscious and aware being looking for growth and serenity within. This online community will provide journey providers (anyone having the role of a mentor or guide) with the tools to upload their profile and location and offer their services to journey explorers (regular curious beings) . The gap between location dependant and clients can finally be bridged.

Why Type 1 Diabetic, Drew Harrisberg, Quit Keto + Adopted a Plant-Based Diet In episode 76 I sit down with a Drew Harrisberg. Most of you might be familiar with Drew from his well known brand, Drews Daily Dose. Drew is a is a type 1 diabetic, exercise physiologist, Diabetes Ed (GradCertDiabEdM) and a Singer-Songwriter. For a long time now he has lead the pack by educating people on how to manage type 1 diabetes through his own knowledge, experience, science and recently putting together the pieces of the puzzle through epidemiology. At the age of 22 Drew was diagnosed with the autoimmune illness, type 1 diabetes and since then with his keen interest in health and wellness has been on the path to reverse and heal this often debilitating illness. Listen to this episode on how Drew hit the bottom of the bucket on a keto diet and has now found hope and is thriving on a plant based diet.

This week on Conversations with Change-Makers I explore the deep waters of Francesca Annenberg and her eating disorder, her battle with hormone imbalance, acne and regaining her menstrual cycle. This is a first of it's kind episode on the show where we explore the intricacies of womanhood and the common obstacles so many woman face on a daily basis. As Fran mentions in the episode, her Mantra became patience and perseverance and she had to tap into her intuitive body in order to fully heal and regain her period.

Activist. Vegan. Athlete. Leader. Influencer. Change-Maker. Speaker. Entrepreneur. These are just a few of the words that describe the legendary Dominick Thompson. In this conversation Domz lays out his path from the West Side of Chicago dealing drugs to hitting his rock bottom in prison and deciding that abstaining from eating animals was the most compassionate route he could take. In his words, it is bad karma to directly or indirectly cause harm to other beings, whether it is humans or animals. Domz went on to become one of the strongest inmates living only on plants and still is today where you can see him lifting heavy in the gym or racing in triathlons. Domz made a 180 in his life and has dedicated his compassionate activism to changing this world for the better.

Rational-Spiritual Bridge Builder, Consciousness Coach, Peace Warrior and breath work facilitator, Chris White is a man that is for sure on his dharmic path. In this episode we discuss the subtle balance between masculine and feminine energies that are present in all of us and how for so long the powerful feminine energy has been discounted and suppressed. We are now in the age where males and females have discovered the quality of empowering the feminine energy within us all.

This week is one of the most exciting conversations that I have been wanting to share with all of you for so long. Meet my vegan parents, Hendrik and Sharon te Roller. Married for 30 years, in love like they are teenagers and both converted to a vegan diet and turned their life around. They are the living proof that it is never too late to make a impactful change in your life.

It is not often that you get to find a medical professional that has dedicated her life to holistic methods and preventive lifestyles with the patient in mind before the financial gain. This is exactly who Lindsey Elmore is. This pharmacist with a focus on essential oils and holistic wellness beams a love and care that you struggle to find in the medical fraternity. Lindsey is the renowned author behind Essentials Book + Clean Slate Cleanse and a very prominent inspirational speaker.

World renowned as the filmmaker behind Let Us Be Heroes, Rebecca Cappelli, is not your average movie maker. Rebecca has a deep passion and desire to ignite the world's thinking to understand the consequences behind our eating patterns and conscious or somewhat unconscious decisions asa a human race.

I was honoured to be featured on The Vegan Luna Podcast where I chat about all things health, wellness, yoga and veganism.

Strategist. Author. Teacher. Coach. Carl figures the best way he can serve you is to share with you some of what he has learnt over his 20-year journey into the 'personal development' and wellness field and his personal trials and tribulations. As a former army major and olympic games anti terrorism consultant he is the perfect strategist to align you to your purpose and destined life. If you missed the first interview with Carl, don't forget to check out episode 32.

Meet Manuel Bergmann. He is a German living in Bali. He used to push the limits by competing at a high level in American Football and now he pushes the boundaries in educating people about sustainability.

Today's episode is a special one. It is the start of an in depth conversation about myself. My weaknesses, my strengths and the wisdom I have picked up along the way of living a compassionate and conscious life since sobering up 5 years ago. I thought it would be apt to start with explaining my WHY. The reason behind my purpose driven energy in life. I get vulnerable and share my story of strength and hope. I believe everyone has a story and needs to share it. We are all ENOUGH. We owe it to the world to reveal our genuine truth by living in line with our purpose. Thank you for listening to my story.

Not often you come across a person that just gets it. Understands the true meaning of compassion and consciousness. Finding a whole family with this view is impossible. Well thats what I thought until meeting Margaux Khoury and Joshua Bruce David. They are the uber successful founders of The Best Deodorant in the World along with James Aspey, they are in the process of launching Vegan Rebels which is a vegan venture capital company, they supply the world with clean drinking water, they unschool their 3 children and they live a conscious vegan lifestyle. Nothing is impossible for this family. And as a bonus they are the kindest and most loving souls ever.

Veteran, consultant, and coach, Gerald has spent his life leading teams and empowering people. Gerald is a guy that was engulfed in a privileged school system and raised in a gang ridden neighborhood. We discuss how Gerald overcame the racism and segregation to excel in the military and then as a coach and a leading example of a businessman.

Kevin Luna, is a man on a mission. He not only has healed himself from a debilitating illness, he has been able to find the lessons in personal tragedy to live his true calling. A local Californian, now residing in Kuwait, is using his passion and energy to bring vegan awareness to a country that struggles to break free from the habitual consumption of animal based product.

Rhys and his brother Scott, always look to create their own extreme ultra-endurance challenges, and where schedules match up, complete them together. By doing this they have raised over £50,000 for a variety of different charities, all of which have a special connection to each of them. These two brothers are defying human limitations by completing runs over 100 miles while still carrying on life as a normal human holding normal jobs. They prove that there is no such thing as impossible.

The plant powered power couple, Sarah and Peter together run The Seasonal Diet, where they help women and couples lose weight and THRIVE on a plant-based diet. Everything changed for them in 2010.

Dean Karnazes is an American ultra marathon runner, and author of four books. He has run through deserts and the South Pole, run through the soles of his shoes and running continuously for 80 hours and 44min. Dean's next feat is to run a marathon in every single country in the world within one year with the goal of bringing nations together.

Erik is a Mental Performance Coach with a Masters degree in Business and Executive coaching through Wits Business School. In addition, he is the founder of the Mental Performance Lab and a professional speaker.

Tyler Tolman is a world-renowned speaker, entrepreneur, media personality, event facilitator, truth-teller and one of the world’s leading authorities on natural health and longevity.

James Swanwick is an Australian/American wellness entrepreneur based out of Los Angles. James was a New York-based ESPN anchor on SportsCenter, author of 3 books, co-founder of international agency, Crocmedia, founder of Swanwick Sleep and extremely passionate about helping entrepreneurs quit alcohol in order to rev up their success through his 30 Day No Alcohol Challenge. His career spanned over 20 years in print and TV journalism, interviewing celebrities all over the world from Australia to London to New York and Now Los Angles. James mentions in the episode that he has placed himself in the wellness game by investing and building business to help enhance the health of all of us. You can find James on his podcast, The James Swanwick Show, in Hollywood living his best life or on a stage as a speaker advocating a successful life.

Matthew Kenney is an American celebrity chef, entrepreneur, author, and educator specializing in plant-based cuisine. He is an author of 12 cookbooks and is the founder of the companies Matthew Kenney Cuisine and Matthew Kenney Culinary, a plant-based diet education and wellness business offering courses in several countries and online