Summit For Wellness Podcast

Summit For Wellness Podcast


160- Helping Type-A Personalities Manage Stress and Health with Christian Elliot

October 14, 2021

If you have a Type-A personality, where you live a fast-paced life, and strive to achieve great things, then this episode is perfect for you.

We will be covering how a fast-paced, high-impact life can be great in the short term, but can lead to health issues in the long term if you don't learn to manage stress levels.

Christian Elliot has worked with thousands of clients who live fast-paced lives, and he is here to give us steps to manage our stress tanks and set routines that are productive for our goals.
What To Expect From This Episode

* Why we are considered the most overfed population in history, yet very undernourished
* Some benefits and problems of having a fast-paced lifestyle
* How to recognize the top stressors in life and how to manage them
* Nutritional and exercise changes to make when the stress load becomes heavy

Shownotes

* [0:00] Welcome to the Summit For Wellness Podcast
* [1:45] Who is Christian Elliot and how did he get interested in working with people's health
* [3:45] When Christian started having health issues pop up, did he figure out what was the cause
* [5:00] This is the most overfed population in history, yet we are undernourished
* [6:15] What defines a fast-paced or a high impact lifestyle
* [9:45] Will a fast-paced lifestyle eventually catch up with everyone, or do some people thrive like this
* [14:30] How do you determine what in your life is causing the most stress and how to manage it
* [18:45] When you have needed routines to keep yourself healthy, how do you get kids to understand to respect your boundaries
* [23:00] When Christian's stress tank starts to fill, does he make any dietary or workout changes
* [26:45] What are some psychological issues that are blocking people from making the changes necessary to improve their health
* [31:00] You have to set small goals that are on track for the big goals to increase confidence and success
* [33:30] Real life moves slowly, yet we want instant results
* [37:45] What does Christian Elliot do each day to improve his own health

Resources From This Episode
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* Learn more about stress management from Master Mingtong Gu

Transcript For Episode (Transcripts aren't even close to 100% Accurate)
[00:00:15] Bryan Carroll: Hey, all my type, a personality friends out there. This episode is specifically for you, especially if you like to live fast. You like to go for high achievements and you are in situations that just constantly stressed you out.
This episode is all for you. What's up everyone. My name is Bryan Carroll and I help people to move more, eat well and be adventurous. And today I have Christian Elliot on the show. Tackle some issues with managing stress and different psychological issues that all of us type a personalities out there probably experience at some point.
And we might live fast-paced lifestyles, but if we don't take care of our health, then that eventually will catch up with us, which is what we'll be discussing in this episode with Chris. So Christian is the CEO of true whole human, where he and his wife have helped. Thousands of people achieve their health and physique goals.
And he also runs a popular blog title, deconstructing conventional, which has been featured on men's health, HuffPost, CBS, and many other major media outlets. So let's welcome Christian Elliot to the show. Thank you, Christian, for coming on to the. 
[00:01:28] Christian Elliot: Thanks so much for hav...