The Better Human Podcast

Joshua Spodek earned such praise as “Best and Brightest” (Esquire Magazine’s Genius Issue), “Astrophysicist turned new media whiz” (NBC), and “Rocket Scientist” (Forbes Magazine and ABC News) with success in such diverse fields as science, invention, entrepreneurship, art, leadership, coaching, and education. A Professor at NYU and columnist for Inc., he holds five Ivy-League degrees, including a PhD in Astrophysics and an MBA, both from Columbia University, where he studied under a Nobel Laureate. He helped build an X-ray observational satellite orbiting the Earth as part of a multi-billion-dollar decade-plus mission led by the European Space Agency with NASA. He left academia to co-found a venture, Submedia, to bring to market his invention—a technology to show motion-pictures to subway riders moving between stations—starting the field of commercial in-tunnel motion-pictures. Submedia has grown worldwide to install dozens of displays in the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Australia. He holds six patents. He co-founded and helped lead several education ventures, including partnering with New York City Public Schools. He has taught art at Parsons the New School for Design and NYU-Tisch’s Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP). He finished six marathons and counting (3:51 best), competed at the World and National level of Ultimate Frisbee (with teams ranked #5 at College Nationals, #8 at Club Nationals, and #11 at Worlds), including captaining his college team as well as playing at the first Ultimate Tournament in Pyongyang, North Korea. He swam across the Hudson River, did over 70,000 burpees, wrote over 2,100 blog posts, took over 100 cold showers, coined the term sidcha, and has jumped out of two airplanes. He has visited 26 countries on six continents, including years in Paris, Ahmedabad (India), and Shanghai. He lives in New York City’s Greenwich Village and blogs daily at www.joshuaspodek.com.

Self-Imposed Daily Healthy Activity - Establishing a practice for growth and personal development.  How to select a practice, and hold yourself accountable.  Join the Better Human Challenge Facebook Group at BetterHumanChallenge.com

Start your week strong with a short motivational challenge.  These short episodes are the action steps and the companion to the in-depth weekly shows we feature. Today David Rachford discusses the importance of nutrition and why keeping a food journal can be a powerful exercise.

#41 If it Doesn't Challenge You, It Won't Change You - David Rachford on the Power of Challenges by David Rachford

Erica Spiegelman is an addiction and wellness specialist, motivational speaker, and author who works with individuals, couples, and families on personal growth and overall wellness. Erica provides a holistic approach to helping people overcome their struggles with addictions and dependency and gives them the tools they need to create healthy lives for themselves. In April 2015, Erica's book was published, Rewired: A Bold New Approach to Addiction & Recovery, which offers a completely new treatment modality focused on how individuals can rewire their brains, change their behavior, and bring about positive change in their lives. Praised by experts in the field, Rewired debuted as Amazon’s number one new release among drug and alcohol addiction books.    In addition to her work as an author and counselor, Erica works with several treatment centers in California, including Living Rebos Treatment Center, Klean Treatment Center, Beit T’Shuvah and Passages Malibu. She is a regular contributor to online health outlets, TV news shows, often co-hosts a weekly radio show Klean Radio on Sirius XM, writes for Maria Shriver, and hosts “Rewired Radio” every Friday on RadioMD.   Erica holds a bachelor’s degree in literature from the University of Arizona and is a California State Certified Drug and Alcohol Counselor (CADAC)-II from UCLA. Through her work, writing, and media appearances, Erica is dedicated to touching and changing as many lives as possible.   Online: www.ericaspiegelman.com Facebook: facebook.com/espiegelman  Twitter: @ericaspiegelman Instagram: @espiegelman YouTube: youtube.com/ericaspiegelman LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ericaspiegelman Buy Rewired: http://bit.ly/1QUDrrd

In this episode, we talk sex with Dr. Celeste Holbrook.  Often times, men and women seem to have mis-matched libidos, and we discuss the causes and remedys.  We talk about what's normal, and of course, how to spice things up in the bedroom or beyond. Sex is an important part of our lives, it's a basic human need at an instinctual level. Food, shelter, and sex are considered essential to human life; and connecting in a meaningful and more present way during sex, can make you a better human. Dr. Celeste Holbrook is a sexologist, author and speaker who helps women, men and couples achieve their best sex life through intentional behavior changes.  She takes a holistic total body, total mindset approach to your sex life and transforms the way you interact with yourself and your partner.  Hundreds of couples have dramatically changed their relationships by following Dr. Holbrook's sexual and spiritual strategies and she loves providing a safe space for people to have real conversations about sex.  She lives in Fort Worth Texas with her husband,  4-year old twin girls.