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Joshua J. Holland

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  • Thursday · 1 hr 30 min

    The Athlete Serves the Artist | Cyril Rabbath, Master Juggler

    Recorded less than a week after Josh and Cyril met at the Sensory Intelligence Summit, where Cyril opened day one and Josh closed it. Cyril Rabbath has spent 30 years as a circus performer, touring the world and with Cirque du Soleil before settling on the Las Vegas Strip, and now teaches through his own school, Juggle Groove Academy. The conversation covers how he found the circus at 13, what a show taught him about presence over technique, and the first lesson he gives every new student, which has nothing to do with the throw. The marquee story is Cyril walking on stage to find a clown act had left water everywhere, scrapping his whole routine, and doing it from a chair. It opens onto the idea that runs through the episode: accept what's actually happening, lean into it, and let the skill serve the moment. 5 Key Takeaways Accept reality and lean into it. When the stage is wet or a ball rolls under the bleachers, fighting it only builds tension, and Cyril's experience is that an audience picks up whatever energy the performer brings. Adapting in real time is what earns their trust. The athlete serves the artist. Thirty years in, Cyril says the work that matters on stage is presence, not difficulty. What he delivers can be very simple. It just has to be real. Learn the catch before the toss. Most beginners grab at the ball. Cyril teaches absorbing it instead: the hand travels down with the ball, fingers stay soft, and he locates the catching motion in the triceps rather than the hand. Train the shadow side. The weaker hand, the quality of the catch, the parts of a technique only you can feel. Cyril found that skipping them is what eventually caps progress on the strong side. Build it clean from the first ball. Cyril taught himself, busked across Europe for years, then rebuilt his technique from the ground up at the Moscow State Circus School. Now he'd rather get a beginner's one-ball pattern right so every step after it sits on a stable foundation. Timestamps 00:00 Meeting at the Sensory Intelligence Summit less than a week ago 01:30 A Homo sapiens jugglus shirt and a lab of his own 02:30 Growing up in Paris without an answer 03:30 The smallest circus in the world 06:00 A skill nobody can take away from me 08:00 Thirty years on the road, from China to the Vegas Strip 10:30 How long it actually takes to get good at juggling 2:00 Walking on stage to find water everywhere 14:00 Accept reality and lean into it 17:00 The athlete serves the artist 18:30 Why trainers can't be limited by the plan 22:00 Calling the circus myself at 13 24:00 The Murphy's law of juggling for an audience 25:30 The six-year-old who loved the stage 28:00 From 65 seats to 5,000 a night, and back again 32:00 A 7:30 AM juggling workshop that filled up 34:30 The circus is not chaos, and clowning takes 30 years 39:00 Picking up juggling and chess during the pandemic 41:30 Why I'm not a magician 43:30 Why circus performers drop on purpose 45:00 A sculpture in the air 47:00 Where are your eyes when you juggle? 51:00 Start with the catch 53:30 The catch is in your triceps 55:00 Posture, rhythm, and relaxation, from juggling to running 57:00 Height and rhythm are two sides of one coin 58:30 Philosophers walked, jugglers juggle 1:01:30 Juggling isn't right-handed or left-handed 1:03:30 The shadow side of the technique 1:08:00 Self-taught, busking, then starting over in Moscow 1:11:00 The drop of water that eats the stone 1:13:00 Why I love teaching people who've never juggled 1:15:00 How much you can see through a little camera 1:21:00 Meet the team at Juggle Groove Academy 1:24:00 Juggling on Naboso boards 1:25:30 Mastery is simplicity Resources Mentioned Juggle Groove Academy (Cyril's live online juggling school, small-group classes on Zoom) — https://jugglegroove.academy — Instagram @jugglegrooveacademy Cyril Rabbath (personal site) — https://www.cyrilrabbath.com Naboso (the sensory boards and mats Cyril juggles on; host of the Sensory Intelligence Summit) — https://www.naboso.com Dr. Emily Splichal (founder of Naboso, organizer of the Sensory Intelligence Summit) — https://dremilysplichal.com Cirque du Soleil — https://www.cirquedusoleil.com This episode is for educational purposes and is not medical advice. Talk to a qualified provider before changing anything about your health or training routine. 🌐 Connect with Joshua & SWTT Podcast Website: https://www.simplywalkthetalk.com YouTube: @simplywalkthetalk Instagram: @simplywalkthetalk TikTok: @simplywalkthetalk Joshua Holland: https://linktr.ee/joshuajholland

  • September 24 · 1 hr 2 min

    No Toefanity: A Dry Pedicure at Arizona's Only Barefoot Shoe Store | Maria & Elizabeth Oloyede

    Recorded the day after the Sensory Intelligence Summit wrapped, a few hours before Josh's red-eye back to New York, and he spends most of it in a pedicure chair. Sisters Maria and Elizabeth Oloyede run Born to Splay, the only barefoot shoe store in Arizona, alongside their Ethereal foot care and skin studios in Old Town Scottsdale. The conversation covers how they fit people into barefoot shoes without rushing the transition, why a medical pedicure is done dry, and what to ask any salon before it touches your feet. The marquee moment is Josh opening the kimono on his own feet: every toe broken at least once, a corn he tried to handle himself, and bunions from years of basketball shoes a size too small. What it opens onto is Maria's rule for the whole building, no toefanity, and the idea that foot care has to go along with footwear. 5 Key Takeaways Foot care has to go along with footwear. Maria's point is that the barefoot community puts real work into foot strength and mobility and then forgets the skin. Skin's first job is protection, and it can only do that job when it's intact. Don't rush into barefoot shoes. They feel great on day one, which is exactly why people overdo it. The store guides first-timers toward transition-friendly options, and a trainer on their own camera crew learned the hard way that fit athletes still have untrained feet. Toes are acquaintances, not twins. Each one has its own job, which is why the sisters push toe socks and toe spacers, and why they check that a barefoot shoe isn't still too snug for the toes to spread. Ask where the autoclave is. Their standard is heat-and-pressure sterilization, with a sterilization pouch whose indicator changes color after processing. If a salon can't answer, Maria suggests asking what product they use to disinfect tools and looking it up yourself. Stop talking badly about your feet. No toefanity is the house rule. The feet are carrying you everywhere, and Elizabeth closes on the line that ties the whole visit together: self-care is wellness, and wellness is self-care. [SPONSOR NAME] [No sponsor insertion identified for this episode. Block left empty on purpose. See Open flag 1. Do not carry over STEMREGEN or Purity Coffee.] Timestamps 00:00 Walking into the only barefoot shoe store in Arizona 01:00 Meeting at a summit booth and noticing the Vivobarefoot on the wall 01:30 A fit session that ends with a functional podiatrist's review 03:30 Barefoot shoes only work if people will actually wear them 05:00 Why first-timers don't start in the most minimal shoe 06:00 Toes are acquaintances, not twins 07:30 Why a medical pedicure is done dry 09:00 Autoclaves, single-use tools, and a place you'd bring your grandmother 10:00 Opening the kimono on a corn I tried to handle myself 11:30 Foot care has to go along with footwear 13:00 No toefanity 15:30 Why a barefoot educator stopped getting pedicures in New York 16:30 Every toe broken at least once 18:00 How to tell whether the tools were sterilized 26:00 The retainer argument for toe spacers every day 27:00 The double bunion surgery that didn't happen 30:30 Questions to ask any salon before they touch your feet 34:00 From cracked heels to podology school 36:00 Why the sisters say faith is what lets them work together 37:30 Running LA to Vegas in barefoot shoes 40:30 "Is that the guy on TV?" 47:30 Why 40 percent of their clients are now men 50:30 Toe socks, merino wool, and repurposed socks 52:00 Ten years, three buildings on 67th Place 54:00 Elizabeth on the skin barrier as the foundation 57:30 Self-care is wellness, and wellness is self-care 59:00 Thank you to Dr. Emily Splichal Resources Mentioned Born to Splay (barefoot shoe store and signature fit sessions, Scottsdale AZ) — https://borntosplay.com — Instagram @borntosplay Ethereal Medi-Pedi & Handcare (Maria's dry medical pedicures) — https://medi-pedi.etherealwe.com — Instagram @etherealmedipedi Ethereal Wellness & Esthetics (Elizabeth's skin care studio) — https://etherealwe.com — Instagram @etherealwellnessandesthetics Dr. Emily Splichal (functional podiatrist, Born to Splay's clinical partner) — https://dremilysplichal.com Naboso (Neuro Ball, sensory insoles, Splay toe spacers; host of the Sensory Intelligence Summit) — https://www.naboso.com Vivobarefoot — https://www.vivobarefoot.com Xero Shoes — https://xeroshoes.com Lems — https://www.lemsshoes.com Be Lenka — https://www.belenka.com Koel — https://koel.shoes Bridge Soles by P.R. Gear (transition insoles) — https://prgear.com/products/bridgesoles Creepers (merino toe socks) — https://www.creeperssocks.com Podoexpert (the hydrating foot foam Maria uses) — https://www.podoexpert.com/us-en The North American School of Podology (where Maria trained) — https://northamericanschoolofpodology.com The Speed Project (LA to Las Vegas relay Josh ran with a Vivobarefoot team) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Speed_Project This episode is for educational purposes and is not medical advice. Talk to a qualified provider before changing anything about your health routine. 🌐 Connect with Joshua & SWTT Podcast Website: https://www.simplywalkthetalk.com YouTube: @simplywalkthetalk Instagram: @simplywalkthetalk TikTok: @simplywalkthetalk Joshua Holland: https://linktr.ee/joshuajholland

  • September 11 · 23 min

    Why your movement might be stuck in one gear | NYC Solo Update

    Recorded between appointments, which is why Josh keeps promising to be concise and then takes a four-minute detour through every place in Manhattan he actually eats. This is the first proper update in a while, and it covers the Vivobarefoot store landing on Lafayette Street, the health coaching practice he's opening up beyond one-on-one clients, and a fall calendar that runs from Phoenix to Chicago to West Palm Beach. The turn comes in the back half, when he tells the story of a barefoot running workshop where he offered his usual line about running being a series of one-foot hops, and a world-renowned sprint coach in the room raised his hand. What follows is the part worth staying for: not who was right, but the idea of gears, and whether you have more than one. 5 Key Takeaways Ask what you are actually optimizing for before you pick a method. Most people only have one gear. . Invite the pushback out loud. He asks rooms to challenge him on his own concepts, which is how the sprint-coach conversation started in the first place. Stop waiting for everything to be polished before you share it. Long-form and short-form are not the only two options. STEMREGEN The whole back half of this episode is about gears, and about whether your body still has more than one setting available to it. That question sits underneath a lot of what Josh talks about: not what you can do on a given day, but what your body still has the capacity to do. That's the reason STEMREGEN is in his routine. As we get older, the number of stem cells circulating in the bloodstream declines, and those circulating stem cells are the foundation of the body's own repair system. STEMREGEN is a plant-based formula that supports the release of your own stem cells from the bone marrow. He'll also be presenting a workout on behalf of STEMREGEN at Eudēmonia this fall, and sitting down with founder Christian Drapeau for an interview. Go to https://www.stemregen.co/ and use code JOSH at checkout. Timestamps 00:00 START 00:30 Vivobarefoot is putting its first US store on Lafayette Street 02:00 A very spicy podcast found a way to put me on it 06:00 The events stacking up before the store opens 07:00 Why I'm opening up the coaching instead of gatekeeping it 08:00 A new scale, a new band, and a series built on both 10:00 Series, not shorts: ideas that need more than three minutes 11:30 The book, the five pillars, and where they go next 12:00 Nine days out from the Sensory Intelligence Summit 16:30 Sprinting is not running, and running is not walking 19:00 Do you have an ultramarathon gear and a sprint gear? 19:30 Chicago, Eudēmonia, and the rest of the calendar Resources Mentioned Vivobarefoot (first US flagship, 248 Lafayette St, SoHo) — https://www.vivobarefoot.com New York or Nowhere (the neighbor Josh names, 250 Lafayette St) — https://newyorkornowhere.com The List of Lovers (the podcast Josh recorded with; Josh's episode is unreleased) — https://www.thelistpodcastproject.com Matter (macro-tracking fast-casual, 170 Crosby St, NoHo) — https://matterformula.com Springbone Kitchen (bone broth and bowls, multiple NYC locations) — https://springbone.com SunLife Organics (the Malibu-founded smoothie shop Josh couldn't name on air) — https://sunlifeorganics.com The Alchemist's Kitchen (plant-based apothecary, SoHo and Bowery) — https://www.thealchemistskitchen.com SPIN (ping pong social club, Flatiron and Midtown) — https://wearespin.com Toloache (Midtown and Upper East Side) — https://toloachenyc.com Sanctum (mindful movement community) — https://www.wearesanctum.com Hume Health (the Body Pod scale and the Hume Band) — https://humehealth.com Naboso — Sensory Intelligence Summit, Phoenix (Josh speaks twice; virtual access available) — https://www.naboso.com/pages/sensoryintelligencesummit Vosk Center (the Midtown clinic where the running workshop happened) — https://www.voskcenter.com Derek Hansen, sprint coach (the raised hand in that room) — https://www.sprintcoach.com "The Awareness Shift: Unearth the Five Pillars of Optimal Health and Wellness" by Joshua J. Holland and Tessa Cash (book) 🌐 Connect with Joshua & SWTT Podcast Website: https://www.simplywalkthetalk.com YouTube: @simplywalkthetalk Instagram: @simplywalkthetalk TikTok: @simplywalkthetalk Joshua Holland: https://linktr.ee/joshuajholland

  • September 3 · 1 hr 1 min

    Is Your Coffee Toxic? What You Need to Know

    Recorded remotely with Andrew in Atlanta and Josh scrolling the Purity site on screen as they talked, which is how half of this conversation ended up being Josh asking what a thing on the website actually means. Andrew Salisbury is the founder and CEO of Purity Coffee, a company he started after his wife asked him to prove that coffee was bad for her — and he came back with the opposite answer. They get into why quitting coffee for tea usually solves the wrong problem, what roast level does to what is actually in the cup, and how to store a bag of coffee so the last cup tastes like the first. The turn in the story is a dinner with two professors from Vanderbilt's Institute for Coffee Studies, who handed him a long list of what the research on coffee looks at and then could not name a single company making every decision with that in mind. Eighteen months of R&D later he was in the coffee business, and the takeaway he keeps circling back to is simple: the thing you drink every single day is worth being picky about. 5 Key Takeaways Upgrade your coffee before you quit it. Caffeine and coffee are two different conversations. Roast level changes what is in the cup. Lighter roasts hold more chlorogenic acids, and as the roast goes darker those compounds convert into chlorogenic lactones, so it is a trade rather than a ladder. The clock starts when you open the bag, not when it was roasted. Every Purity bag is nitrogen flushed, so an unopened bag can sit on the shelf for months. His rule of 15 covers the rest: green coffee keeps around 15 months, roasted around 15 days, ground about 15 minutes. Vacuum seal what you are not drinking and put it in the freezer, not the fridge. STEMREGEN The line from Andrew that stuck with me is that coffee is worth being picky about precisely because you never forget to do it. It is one of the few things you will repeat every morning for the rest of your life, so the quality of it compounds in a way that occasional decisions never do. That is the same reason I take STEMREGEN. As we get older, the number of stem cells circulating in the bloodstream declines, and those circulating stem cells are the foundation of the body's own repair system. STEMREGEN is a plant-based formula that supports the release of your own stem cells from the bone marrow. It sits in the same slot in my morning as the coffee does, which is the whole point — the daily things are the ones that get to matter. Go to https://www.stemregen.co/ and use code JOSH at checkout. Timestamps 00:00 The grinder, the aromas, and the cup that starts the day 02:30 Coffee as a carrier, not a caffeine hit 03:30 The "prove it" challenge that started a coffee company 04:30 Two professors, a shopping list, and nobody making it 06:00 Why people quit coffee, and what is actually bothering them 08:00 The green tea comparison nobody runs the numbers on 12:00 Whole bean or ground, and a five-year decision 14:00 Nitrogen in the bag, and what starts when you open it 16:00 Caffeine and coffee are not the same conversation 18:00 The case for decaf drinkers as the real purists 18:30 How coffee actually gets decaffeinated 22:00 A 550-page book and a standard above specialty 24:30 Roast curves, lab tests, and adding nothing to the bag 27:30 Pods, sachets, and two years to get instant right 32:00 Light, medium, dark: where to actually start 35:00 The rule of 15, and the freezer instead of the fridge 39:30 What happens if you just brew the green beans 46:30 The fourth reason people will buy coffee 50:30 Sacred Cups, the Amazon, and the ritual side of it 54:00 The painting behind him and the Fibonacci logo Resources Mentioned Purity Coffee (Andrew's company; organic, lab-tested, health-focused coffee) — https://puritycoffee.com The Purity Process (how they farm, decaffeinate, roast and test) — https://puritycoffee.com/pages/purity-process Sacred Cups — https://puritycoffee.com/collections/sacred-cups Vanderbilt University Institute for Coffee Studies — https://www.vanderbilt.edu/ics/ Prof. Adriana Farah — Institute of Nutrition, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Andrew's R&D collaborator) George Howell Coffee (the frozen green coffee and vintage work Andrew references) — https://georgehowellcoffee.com AeroPress (Josh's travel brew method) — https://aeropress.com Healf (UK stockist for Purity) — https://healf.com/collections/purity-coffee 🌐 Connect with Joshua & SWTT Podcast Website: https://www.simplywalkthetalk.com YouTube: @simplywalkthetalk Instagram: @simplywalkthetalk TikTok: @simplywalkthetalk Joshua Holland: https://linktr.ee/joshuajholland

  • August 28 · 54 min

    The Five Pillars, Live | Joshua J. Holland on the Hearthfire Health & Wealth Series

    Recorded live on a webinar, in front of a room of investors, with Josh in the guest chair for once and questions coming in from the chat. Josh — celebrity trainer, holistic health coach, and author of The Awareness Shift — walks through the five pillars of optimal health and wellness, why the ego works better as an ally than an enemy, and what to actually do when you've only got thirty minutes a day. He shares the five-day retreat that changed how he sees anyone carrying pain, and the conversation lands somewhere blunter than where it started: we all already know how to be healthy, and we're just better at making excuses. 5 Key Takeaways Awareness sits at the top of the pyramid, not nutrition. In Josh's five-pillar framework, quality awareness comes first and quality rest and recovery second — ahead of what you eat and how you move. His reasoning is capacity: those first two are the ones you have the most room to work on. Meditation isn't one thing. Breath, heartbeat, a walk in nature, prayer, a float tank — the throughline is reducing the noise, not adopting a particular practice. The version you'll actually do consistently beats the version that sounds most legitimate. Put the ego in the passenger seat. Josh reframes it as a friend who steps up when something is genuinely a threat and stays quiet when it isn't — so a comment section stops reading as danger. You can't get rid of it; you can decide who's driving. Your environment is something you consume. The people around you, the deadline stress, the food you scarf in ten minutes — Josh folds all of it into quality consumption, and points out that too much of even a good thing stops paying you back. We all know how to be healthy. We're just better at making excuses. His line for it: our bodies and minds adapt to what we do most of the time — so change starts with a reason strong enough to change what you do most of the time. STEMREGEN Two of Josh's five pillars land before anyone gets to diet or exercise, and the second one is rest and recovery. That's the part of this conversation that stuck with me — the idea that repair isn't the thing you do after the real work, it is the real work. That's why I take STEMREGEN. As we get older, the number of stem cells circulating in the bloodstream declines — and those circulating stem cells are the foundation of the body's own repair system. STEMREGEN is a plant-based formula that supports the release of your own stem cells from the bone marrow. It's part of the same philosophy I brought into this conversation: give your body what it needs to keep up with the life you're actually living. Go to https://www.stemregen.co/ and use code JOSH at checkout. Timestamps 00:00 Three cities, one heat index, and a hello 02:00 Why a self-storage firm is hosting a health conversation 04:00 The barefoot trainer Jordan couldn't stop telling people about 09:00 "You mean Josh the trainer?" — and the book that answered it 11:30 The inverted pyramid: why awareness outranks what you eat 14:00 The anxiety that had one host convinced he was dying 16:00 Martial arts, chi, and an upbringing built on awareness 18:30 Five days away and the veil coming off 21:00 Music, noise, and why meditation isn't one thing 23:30 A float tank tells you who you are in ten minutes 26:00 Ego as your best friend, not your enemy 30:30 Vipassana, prayer, and whatever you'll actually do 33:00 Labyrinth vs maze — and why there's no finish line 35:30 "We adapt to what we do most of the time" 38:00 The day a five-year-old asked about the belly 42:30 If you've only got 30 minutes: body schema, then sleep 45:00 The one pillar everybody neglects first 47:30 Watching the fork go in: taste instead of speed Resources Mentioned "The Awareness Shift: Unearth the Five Pillars of Optimal Health and Wellness" by Joshua J. Holland and Tessa Cash (book) Joshua J. Holland — https://www.joshuajholland.com/ Vivobarefoot — https://www.vivobarefoot.com/us/ "Ego Is the Enemy" by Ryan Holiday (book) Hearthfire Capital — https://hfirecapital.com/ STEMREGEN (episode sponsor) — https://www.stemregen.co/ — code JOSH 🌐 Connect with Joshua & SWTT Podcast Website: https://www.simplywalkthetalk.com YouTube: @simplywalkthetalk Instagram: @simplywalkthetalk TikTok: @simplywalkthetalk Joshua Holland: https://linktr.ee/joshuajholland

  • August 22 · 1 hr 18 min

    ENCORE EPISODE: Emotional Intimacy on a Massage Table | Allana Pratt's Cut

    Recorded in NYC on Joshua's 45th birthday — and, for the first time, on a massage table — this heart-first conversation with emotional intimacy expert Allana Pratt covers morning rituals, being direct without manipulation, and why truth sets you free even when it stings. Allana shares the 6.5-year estrangement from her son that ended in a Mother's Day miracle, and together they explore how to feel a feeling all the way through — and move from excellent to living in your genius. 5 Key Takeaways • Feel it all the way through. Emotions move in waves and pass. Shoving them down, projecting, or numbing keeps them stuck — feeling them fully turns pain into power. • Truth is love. Speak from an open heart with no attachment to the outcome. What someone does with your truth is about them, not you. • Feed yourself from the inside. When you stop needing approval from the outside in, you stop being manipulated by other people's reactions. • Put the ego in the backseat. You can't get rid of it — but who's driving determines your whole life. Soul up front, ego with a sippy cup. • Excellent isn't the finish line. You can be highly competent at something that still doesn't feed you. The "big leap" is letting it go to live in your genius. STEMREGEN This whole conversation with Allana kept circling back to one idea: your body is always talking to you. The tension, the tightness, the feeling that won't go away — it's information. And the work isn't to shove it down, it's to let it move all the way through so your body can do what it was built to do: repair. That's exactly why I take STEMREGEN. As we get older, the number of stem cells circulating in our bloodstream drops — and those circulating stem cells are the foundation of the body's natural repair system. STEMREGEN is a plant-based formula that supports the release of your own stem cells from the bone marrow so they can travel to wherever your body needs them most. For me it's part of the same philosophy I brought to this episode — recovery, feeling more, and giving your body what it needs to keep up with the life you're actually living. If you want to support your body's own repair system, go to https://www.stemregen.co/ and use code JOSH at checkout. Timestamps 00:00 Why I stopped needing you to like me 02:30 A gratitude prayer to open the conversation 05:00 Morning rituals: the AeroPress and a "witch's brew" 10:00 Visualizing your day before it happens 14:00 Learning to be direct without manipulation 18:00 Truth is love — what people do with it isn't about you 21:00 Letting go of the birthday party I thought I wanted 25:00 Allana's 6.5-year estrangement and the Mother's Day miracle 31:00 Co-parenting across two continents and three languages 38:00 What an "emotional intimacy expert" actually does 43:00 How to feel a feeling all the way through 47:00 The TSA, a widow's ashes, and being an angel 50:00 Sensory movement: feeling more in body, mind, and spirit 56:00 From excellent to genius — the Big Leap most people skip 62:00 A husband's message from the other side 68:00 What we each want to call in next 74:00 Closing: one degree of change Resources Mentioned • Allana Pratt (Intimacy Expert) — https://allanapratt.com/ • Allana Pratt on Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/allanapratt/ • Vivobarefoot — https://www.vivobarefoot.com/us/ • Rasa (adaptogenic coffee alternative) — https://wearerasa.com/ • Magic Mind — https://magicmind.com/ • AeroPress — https://aeropress.com/ • "The Big Leap" by Gay Hendricks (book) • STEMREGEN (episode sponsor) — https://www.stemregen.co/ — code JOSH 🌐 Connect with Joshua & SWTT Podcast Website: https://www.simplywalkthetalk.com YouTube: @simplywalkthetalk Instagram: @simplywalkthetalk TikTok: @simplywalkthetalk Joshua Holland: https://linktr.ee/joshuajholland

  • August 13 · 54 min

    Your Tendons Can't Keep Up With Your Muscles. Here's the Fix. | Raj Chaudhuri

    Raj Chaudhuri spent 25 years coaching professional tennis players on tour — then built the tool he couldn't find anywhere. Synapse CCR is a two-pound "gym in a bag" that delivers supermaximal eccentric and isokinetic work with no weights at all. He joins Josh to break down why the lowering phase is roughly 40% stronger than the lifting phase, how a 4:1 mechanical advantage lets a 140-pound coach load an NFL lineman, and why deceleration may be the most under-trained quality in sport. Featured Sponsor Segment — The One Device Everything Raj and I talked about comes back to one idea: your nervous system is doing more of the work than you think. The tool doesn't make you strong. The signal does. Recruiting the right fibers, at the right moment, fast enough to absorb the force — that's a nervous-system job, not a muscle job. That's why I wear The One Device every single day. It layers infrared light, visible light, and sound — all pulsing at the same frequency — into one small pendant that sits right over your heart. Try it for yourself at https://theonedevice.com/ and use code JOSH for 10% off. Link: https://theonedevice.com/ Code: JOSH (10% off) 5 Key Takeaways - The eccentric phase is the one you're leaving on the table. - "Custom Calibrated Resistance" means the tool matches you, rep to rep. Put 100 pounds in, it reflects 100 pounds back. - Deceleration is the under-trained quality. - Tendons adapt slower than muscle. - Efficiency is the real win. Timestamps 00:00 The "perfect gym in a sack" — meeting Raj Chaudhuri 02:04 MOCEAN NYC, and the certification course coming up 03:27 25 years on the pro tennis tour, and taking over strength & conditioning 04:00 Stumbling onto supermaximal eccentric loading — and its one big drawback 05:07 Concentric, isometric, eccentric: the three phases, defined 05:50 Why the eccentric is ~40% stronger — and why that's so hard to load 06:43 Two spotters, two-hour sessions, 45 weeks of travel: how Synapse was born 07:06 Josh on Raj as an educator — and setting the unit up for the first time 08:39 Training Oscar Isaac on it, mosquitoes and all 09:04 Just under two pounds in a bag, and what that changes 09:31 "One repetition and he said, dude, what is this thing?" 10:15 What Synapse CCR actually is — and what CCR stands for 12:04 Tonal, ARX and the isokinetic space: what's different here 13:01 The bench-press spot problem — why assisted eccentrics get risky 13:49 How the load tracks your fatigue, rep by rep 15:33 Can you actually measure the force? 16:27 The 4:1 mechanical advantage and the control strap 17:23 The PitchSix Force Board: live graphs, ghost lines and targets 19:41 Flavio Cobolli's GPS data — decelerations at nearly 2:1 20:19 Josh on basketball, the big toe and absorbing force through gait 22:24 90 seconds of work, five days of recovery 23:00 Tendon stiffness, collagen alignment and why muscle outpaces connective tissue 25:16 Building a community around it — and the case for the 65+ population 27:01 The demo that sold Oscar: mechanical advantage in one rep 27:44 140 pounds of coach vs. NFL linemen — and a 700-pound split squat 28:46 What happens when form breaks down mid-rep 29:20 Five to six hours a week down to thirty or forty minutes 30:04 More time for recovery — and Keith Boutwell's 50+ clients in Cary, NC 31:12 Bilateral vs. unilateral: what works in solo mode and what doesn't 32:13 Partner mode, attachments and running two units at once 33:16 The bilateral deficit, explained 34:21 Getting creative — and what the certification course is really for 37:03 Setup: anchoring to something genuinely rooted 38:31 The door anchor, and working out in hotel rooms worldwide 39:18 Privacy, and the noise maximal effort makes 40:07 Door safety, tensioning and which way it should close 41:42 Top and bottom anchors, and how the tension system works 43:03 Prussik knots and creating any force vector you want 44:10 What people miss until they actually try it 46:40 Where to find Raj, the website and the courses 49:40 Upcoming certifications — September 12–13 at MOCEAN NYC 50:39 Closing thoughts RESOURCES: - Synapse CCR — https://www.synapse-ccr.com/ - MOCEAN — Integrative Physical Therapy & Wellness, 315 Madison Ave, NYC — https://moceanpt.com/ (IG: https://www.instagram.com/moceanpt/) - PitchSix Force Board (the force gauge + app Raj uses) — https://pitchsix.com/collections/force-board - Force Board app (iOS) — https://apps.apple.com/us/app/force-board/id1575849276 🌐 Connect with Joshua & SWTT Podcast Website: https://www.simplywalkthetalk.com YouTube: @simplywalkthetalk Instagram: @simplywalkthetalk TikTok: @simplywalkthetalk Joshua Holland: https://linktr.ee/joshuajholland

  • August 6 · 32 min

    5 AM Clients, 4 Movies a Week, 1 Very Full Life | NYC Solo Update

    Josh is back in New York for a solo catch-up: rebuilding his career and business after losing his manager and business partner, bringing back in-person clients, and turning years of free advice into a real consulting practice. He also gets honest about a reset that didn't go the way he planned, the plantar fasciitis that told him to slow down, what's coming in Phoenix and West Palm Beach, and why he's back in movie theaters. 5 KEY TAKEAWAYS - Structure is what carries you through the hard season. Losing his manager and business partner meant rebuilding everything from the ground up — and Josh's answer wasn't to grind harder, it was to live by the calendar. The structure came first; the capacity followed. - You are allowed to not hit the goal. Josh set out to complete the holistic reset the way he normally does and didn't. He names it out loud instead of quietly editing it out — because the environment, the grief, and the rushed start all played a part, and pretending otherwise helps no one. - Rest is a business decision, not a reward. From six to eight in-person sessions a day at the Core Club to four or five now, scheduled around getting home early, eating early, and sleeping early — the schedule exists so clients get the sharpest version of him, not the most available one. - The body sends the signal before the breakdown. Plantar fasciitis showed up again after weeks of events, workouts, and short nights — and Josh had felt it coming in his gut long before his foot said it. The lesson isn't the injury, it's the intuition he overrode. - Balance means claiming both sides. Josh calls himself an ambivert — genuinely social, genuinely protective of his time alone. Not choosing between the two is what makes the pace sustainable. SPONSOR: This whole episode is basically one long lesson in what happens when you stop listening to your body. Weeks of events, late-night run clubs, 5 AM alarms, and travel — and then my feet finally spoke up. Plantar fasciitis, again. Not new information. Just information I'd been ignoring. Here's what I keep coming back to: recovery isn't something you bolt on at the end. It's what your body is doing every single day, quietly, whether you support it or not. My job is to give it the conditions to do that work — enough sleep, enough real food, enough downshift time, and the right inputs. STEMREGEN is one of those inputs for me. It's a plant-based supplement designed to support your body's own natural renewal and recovery processes — not to override them. That's why it fits how I train and how I live. I'm not trying to force an outcome. I'm trying to give my system what it needs to do what it already knows how to do, especially in a season where I'm asking a lot of it. If you want to try it, go to stemregen.co/josh and use code JOSH for 15% off. Link: https://stemregen.co/josh Code: JOSH (15% off) TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Back in NYC — and rebuilding after losing my manager 02:25 New clients, 5 AM alarms, and the Core Club years 04:46 Vivobarefoot, protecting sleep, and cleaning up the business 07:05 Turning 15 years of free advice into a consulting practice 09:23 The reset that didn't go as planned — and being honest about it 11:47 Plantar fasciitis again: the signal I'd been ignoring 14:12 Inside the Sands Point activation — foot scans and barefoot classes 16:33 Sensory Movement, the book, and what's coming in Phoenix 19:00 The SoHo store, more run clubs, and NYC's strange summer 21:24 Back to the movies — and the AMC A-List math 23:51 Obsession, online dating, and how well we know people 26:18 The Odyssey, the star-power question, and dozing off 28:40 Ambivert energy: balance, solitude, and keeping the conversation going RESOURCES: - STEMREGEN (episode sponsor) — https://stemregen.co/josh — code JOSH (15% off) - Book a 15-minute consult with Josh — https://linktr.ee/joshuajholland - Vivobarefoot — https://www.vivobarefoot.com/us/ - VivoBiome 3D foot scan — https://vivobiome.vivobarefoot.com/ - Othership (Williamsburg, Brooklyn) — https://www.othership.us/williamsburg - Pulse PEMF — https://pulsepemf.com/ - Sands Point Preserve, Port Washington NY — https://www.sandspointpreserveconservancy.org/ - Springbone Kitchen — https://springbone.com/ - Eudēmonia Summit — Nov 5–8, 2026, West Palm Beach FL — https://eudemonia.net/ - AMC Stubs A-List — https://www.amctheatres.com/amcstubs/alist - Joshua J. Holland (all links) — https://linktr.ee/joshuajholland 🌐 Connect with Joshua & SWTT Podcast Website: https://www.simplywalkthetalk.com YouTube: @simplywalkthetalk Instagram: @simplywalkthetalk TikTok: @simplywalkthetalk Joshua Holland: https://linktr.ee/joshuajholland

  • July 31 · 1 hr 11 min

    ENCORE EPISODE: The Wearable Technology Debate | What Dr Marty Miller Had to Say

    ENCORE EPISODE. Dr. Marty Miller — VP of Research and Education at Super Patch and the first Director of Performance Enhancement for the New York Yankees — joins Josh to trace his path through sports medicine, elite performance, and injury prevention. He breaks down the science behind Super Patch: a drug-free wearable that stimulates the skin to bring neural networks back into balance and nudge the body toward homeostasis. Plus the formulas, how to use it, and why education beats hype. Featured Sponsor Segment — The One Device Marty and I spent this whole conversation on one idea: your nervous system is always listening. Not to what you tell it — to what you give it. Input in, response out. Change the input, change the state. That's exactly why I wear The One Device every single day. It layers infrared light, visible light, and sound — all pulsing at the same frequency — into one small pendant that sits right over your heart. Think of it as a tuning fork for your nervous system. In a world constantly pulling you into fight-or-flight, it quietly helps you drop back into the rest-and-digest state where your body actually repairs. Marty's whole point is that the body already knows how to find balance. It just needs the right signal. I fly constantly, I live in the middle of New York City, and keeping The One Device in circadian mode is one of the ways I keep giving my body a signal worth listening to. If you want to try it for yourself, head to theonedevice.com and use code JOSH for 10% off. Link: https://theonedevice.com/ Code: JOSH (10% off) 5 Key Takeaways - Never stop being a student. Marty's whole career — sports medicine, athletic training, performance enhancement, a doctorate in health sciences — is built on continuing education. The pros who stay useful are the ones who keep learning after the credential. - Elite sports medicine is mostly problem-solving under pressure. As the Yankees' first Director of Performance Enhancement, the job wasn't magic protocols — it was reading bodies, managing loads, and preventing the injury before it happened. - Super Patch works through neurology, not chemistry. There's no drug and nothing absorbed through the skin. A ridged pattern stimulates the skin's receptors, and that input signals the nervous system to bring its networks back into balance. - Homeostasis is the goal, not "more." The point isn't to push a system harder — it's to return the body to its own baseline so sleep, energy, focus, and movement can regulate themselves. - The tech only matters if the habits follow. The Kick It patch is aimed at breaking cravings and building better patterns — and Marty is clear that the patch supports the habit change, it doesn't replace it. Timestamps 00:00 Meeting Dr. Marty Miller & the road into sports medicine 02:43 Why you never stop being a student 08:13 Real challenges inside elite sports medicine & injury prevention 19:30 The Yankees years and the path that led to Super Patch 31:03 What Super Patch actually is: skin, receptors & neural balance 39:34 The science underneath: why it's neurology, not chemistry 41:03 How to use the patch — placement, timing & guidelines 43:43 Walking through the different formulas 46:48 The Kick It patch: cravings, habits & pattern change 48:32 The weirdest places people have put a patch 52:04 Who it's for (short answer: everybody) 54:27 Building good habits around the patch 58:26 What life looks like without it 01:06:35 Education, critical thinking & doing your own homework 01:09:03 What's next for Marty & Super Patch Resources Mentioned - Super Patch — https://www.superpatch.com/ - Super Patch US store — https://us.superpatch.com/ - Super Patch on Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/superpatchco/ - Super Patch on YouTube — https://www.youtube.com/@SuperPatchCo - Kick It Patch (habit & craving support) — https://www.superpatch.com/product-detail/kick-it - How the Super Patch technology works — https://www.superpatch.com/how-it-works - Dr. Marty Miller author page (ACE Fitness) — https://www.acefitness.org/resources/author/175/dr-marty-miller/ - The One Device (episode sponsor) — https://theonedevice.com/ — code JOSH (10% off) - Joshua J. Holland (all links) — https://linktr.ee/joshuajholland 🌐 Connect with Joshua & SWTT Podcast Website: https://www.simplywalkthetalk.com YouTube: @simplywalkthetalk Instagram: @simplywalkthetalk TikTok: @simplywalkthetalk Joshua Holland: https://linktr.ee/joshuajholland

  • July 23 · 54 min

    16,000 Chemicals in Your Food — and Only 1% Are Deemed Safe | Johanna Hellrigl

    Chef Johanna Hellrigl — owner of DC's mission-driven restaurant AMA and an Environmental Working Group board member — joins Josh to connect personal and planetary health, from the plastic chemicals migrating into our food to the waste we never see. They get into her TED talk "The Plastic You Eat," the Fed Up movement on ultra-processed food, composting at home, regenerative farming, and why slowing down and voting with your dollars can shift the whole food system. Word from our sponsor. This whole conversation with Johanna kept landing on the same truth: your environment is shaping your body whether you notice it or not. The plastics, the packaging, the pace we're all running at — it adds up. And the antidote isn't one more thing to push harder at. It's slowing down enough to let your body get back to baseline. That's exactly why I wear The One Device every single day. It layers infrared light, visible light, and sound — all pulsing at the same frequency — into one small pendant that sits right over your heart. Think of it as a tuning fork for your nervous system. In a world constantly pulling you into fight-or-flight, it quietly helps you drop back into the rest-and-digest state where your body actually repairs. Johanna kept saying your body is always talking to you. The One Device is one of the ways I stay calm enough to listen — on flights, in the middle of New York City, wherever I land. If you want to try it for yourself, head to theonedevice.com and use code JOSH for 10% off. Link: https://theonedevice.com/ Code: JOSH (10% off) KEY TAKEAWAYS: - It's not just the container — it's heat, fat, acid, and time. That's the "perfect storm" that pulls plastic chemicals into food. There are ~16,000 known plastic chemicals, and only about 1% have been deemed non-hazardous. - The fix is awareness, not fear. Endocrine disruptors like BPA (and its cousins BPS and BPF) affect hormones, fertility, and kids — knowing where plastics hide lets you make better choices and vote with your dollars. - Waste is invisible, and that's the problem. One second of convenience — a coffee cup, a takeout box — can last centuries in a landfill. Seeing the scale (a child goes through ~6,000 diapers) is what actually changes behavior. - Close the loop at home and in sourcing. Tools like the Mill food recycler, local compost pickup, whole-food ingredients, and microplastic-tested seafood shrink waste and support soil and health at the same time. - Change the incentives and slow down. Reward people for better choices instead of only charging for convenience, back regenerative farmers with guaranteed demand, and remember ~60% of meals are eaten outside the home — so restaurants have to be part of the solution. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Meeting Chef Johanna Hellrigl & the mission behind AMA 01:47 Growing up Italian in the restaurant industry 03:30 The Fed Up movement & the science on ultra-processed food 05:04 "The Plastic You Eat": heat, fat, acid & time 07:08 16,000 plastic chemicals, BPA/BPS/BPF & the health cost 08:15 Voting with your dollars — the protein craze in reverse 11:56 The waste we never see: know your farmer, know your food 12:48 Hiro's plastic-eating diapers & making waste visible 15:42 Composting at home: the Mill, the garden & zero-waste at AMA 17:33 Recycling vs. reality — where our trash actually goes 19:36 Bringing your own containers: lessons from Europe 23:33 The GRAYL bottle, vintage clothing & the Ridwell exercise 27:48 Shopping local, the parasite outbreak & ozonated water 32:44 Slow food, slowing down & the compostable cup 37:10 Why restaurants can't be left out (60% of meals are eaten out) 39:30 Sourcing clean: Lummi Island Wild, Seatopia & bioindividuality 41:35 Regenerative farming & guaranteeing farmers the demand 43:35 Composting with her son & teaching kids where food comes from 46:00 What's next: helping other restaurants transform 48:46 Where to find Johanna, AMA & a little Vivo Barefoot love 🌐 Connect with Joshua & SWTT Podcast Website: https://www.simplywalkthetalk.com YouTube: @simplywalkthetalk Instagram: @simplywalkthetalk TikTok: @simplywalkthetalk Joshua Holland: https://linktr.ee/joshuajholland

  • July 16 · 39 min

    Foot Health, PEMF & Cellular Energy: Joshua J. Holland on PEMF Cast

    Fitness coach and biohacker Joshua J. Holland joins the Pulsecast to argue the body is one connected system — and that most pain starts at the foundation: your feet. Restrictive shoes, heel lifts, tight hips, and forward-rolled shoulders create a "perfect storm." He breaks down how PEMF, grounding, and hydration recharge you at the cellular level, shares a five-minute experiment that proves it, and points to the simple get-outside habits that help you recover and perform. I don't work with companies just for a paycheck — I only put my name on what I actually use. Pulse is one of those. It's been part of my routine for years, from the portable Pulse X I travel with to the XL Pro when a client needs real power and specific frequencies. My non-negotiable is simple. Most nights I connect the PowerPad to my Pulse X, turn it to a comfortable level, and just sit with it while I wind down — no timers, no buttons to babysit. I used that same approach to recover from hernia surgery, and my surgeon couldn't believe how fast I bounced back. The easiest place to start is your feet. Put the paddles under your feet and see if you can feel it. If you can't, that tells us something — maybe you need more circulation, better hydration, more cellular energy. That one question opens the door to everything else. Explore the Pulse systems at https://pulsepemf.com/ 5 Key Takeaways: - Your feet are the foundation. Restrictive shoes and even a small heel lift can shorten the Achilles and calf, tilt the pelvis, and cascade up into back and shoulder pain. - Cellular health is invisible — and that's why it's neglected. Like foot health, it's easy to overlook because you can't see it, yet it drives how you recover and perform. - PEMF works from the ground up. Pulsing the feet is the easiest entry point, especially for circulation issues like neuropathy — if you can't feel it, that's information. - Hydration and electrolytes power cellular voltage. In Joshua's grounding demo, five minutes on a PowerPad with electrolyte water restored conduction nearly every time. - Get outside and embrace some discomfort. Constantly chasing comfort works against your biology; movement and nature are part of the foundation, not extras. TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Why every issue can start at your feet 02:01 The perfect storm: heels, hips, and hunched shoulders 04:07 Selling the invisible: foot health and cellular health 06:33 Start at the feet — pulsing, neuropathy, and circulation 08:59 How Joshua's Pulse practice evolved (starting with the X) 11:22 Pulse X vs. XL Pro: when you need more power 13:45 Non-negotiable accessories and recovering "like Wolverine" 16:10 Defying limits and the transference experiment 18:35 The grounding line: who conducts and who doesn't 21:00 Hydration, electrolytes, and cellular voltage 23:23 Drinking from the firehose: biohacking without the overwhelm 25:47 Get outside: nature, discomfort, and The Comfort Crisis 28:10 A breakout 2026: books, a show, and a retreat 30:34 The five pillars (and why exercise isn't #1) 32:52 Where to find Joshua + the brands he stands behind RESOURCES: - Pulse PEMF — https://pulsepemf.com/ - Vivobarefoot — https://www.vivobarefoot.com/us/ - STEMREGEN (code JOSH) — https://www.stemregen.co/ - The One Device (code JOSH, 10% off) — https://theonedevice.com/ - Ra Optics — blue-light / daylight lenses — https://raoptics.com/ - Book: "The Awareness Shift" by Joshua J. Holland — https://www.amazon.com/Awareness-Shift-Unearth-Pillars-Wellness/dp/1953153690 - Book: "The Comfort Crisis" by Michael Easter - Joshua J. Holland (all links) — https://linktr.ee/joshuajholland 🌐 Connect with Joshua & SWTT Podcast Website: https://www.simplywalkthetalk.com YouTube: @simplywalkthetalk Instagram: @simplywalkthetalk TikTok: @simplywalkthetalk Joshua Holland: https://linktr.ee/joshuajholland

  • July 10 · 13 min

    Frequency Technology You Wear 24/7 | Dimitri, The One Device

    At Biohackers World, Josh sits down with Dimitri, creator of The One Device — a frequency wearable that layers infrared light, visible light, and sound into one small pendant designed to bring your nervous system back to balance. They cover the science behind it, the results of its first study (~90% reported less stress and better sleep), how Josh uses it 24/7 in circadian mode, and why he calls it a tuning fork for your energy system. 5 Key Takeaways • The One Device combines infrared light, visible light, and sound pulsing at the same frequency — plus two vibrating crystals — so the effect is far greater than any one modality alone. • Modern life (Wi-Fi, screens, toxins, stress) pulls us out of the balanced state where our sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems are in sync. The device helps you return to that state. • The device doesn't "do" the healing — your body does. It simply creates the conditions of coherence so you have the resources to rest, digest, and repair. • Its first study showed ~90% of users reported noticeably less stress, better sleep, more calm, and more focus. • A copper Faraday-cage body means no Bluetooth and no EMF escape; the app syncs through vibration, and modes like circadian and voice/HRV analysis let you personalize it. Featured Sponsor Segment This episode is brought to you by the very thing we're talking about — The One Device. I didn't come to Biohackers World because I had to. I came because I actually wear this thing every single day. As a biohacker, I've tried a lot of tools you have to take on faith. The One Device was the first one that looked good on me — a real conversation piece — and the first one where I could actually see a light being emitted, so I knew there was something happening beyond just "energy." What keeps it on my neck 24/7 is coherence. I fly constantly, I live in the middle of New York City, and I'm big on sensory awareness — I'm even writing a book called Sensory Movement. Keeping The One Device in circadian mode helps me stay in that balanced, rest-and-digest state a whole lot longer, no matter where I've landed. It's a tuning fork for your nervous system, sitting right over your heart. If you want to try it for yourself, head to theonedevice.com and use code JOSH. Link: https://theonedevice.com/ Code: JOSH 8. Timestamps 00:00 Meeting Dimitri at Biohackers World & why Josh wears The One Device daily 01:05 What the One Device is: infrared, visible light & sound working as one 02:24 Inside the first study — ~90% report less stress, better sleep, more calm 03:35 Josh's take: the first biohacking device that actually looked good on him 04:47 Breaking down the build: transducer, crystals & barely-there light and sound 05:11 Solfeggio frequencies, the chakra colors & putting it on rotation 06:50 A tuning fork for your nervous system: vagus nerve & heart coherence 07:45 Customizing it: voice analysis, circadian mode & finding your number 08:35 Copper Faraday cage — no EMF, and syncing the app through vibration 09:01 Wearing it near the heart, the pacemaker note & HRV biofeedback 10:40 Pricing, accessibility & etched birth-chart mandalas Resources Mentioned • The One Device (use code JOSH) — https://theonedevice.com/ • Biohackers World Conference — https://www.biohackers.world/ • Dr. Jeffrey Thompson / Center for Neuroacoustic Research (HRV biofeedback & sound tech) — https://centerforneuroacousticresearch.com/ • Sensory Movement — book in progress by Joshua J. Holland 🌐 Connect with Joshua & SWTT Podcast Website: https://www.simplywalkthetalk.com YouTube: @simplywalkthetalk Instagram: @simplywalkthetalk TikTok: @simplywalkthetalk Joshua Holland: https://linktr.ee/joshuajholland

  • July 2 · 48 min

    The App That Pays You to Eat Healthy (And the 5-Day Reset That Followed)

    In this in-the-field episode, Joshua sits down with the team behind Nea — an app that rewards you for eating at vetted, mindful restaurants across New York. We dig into the "incentive economy": matching a good intention with a good action. Then things get personal — Joshua walked the Nea crew through a 5-day, do-it-yourself fasting-mimicking reset built around Springbone bone broth. Only a few made it to day five, but everyone learned something bigger than a meal plan: who they are when the food goes away. STEMREGEN: Here's the thing about a 5-day reset like the one we ran with the Nea team: you're asking your body to do more with less. Fewer calories, less fuel — but you still want your cells firing, your recovery sharp, and your mind clear by day four instead of foggy on day two. That's exactly why I lean on STEMREGEN. It's a plant-based formula, backed by 20-plus years of research, that supports your body's own repair system by helping release your natural stem cells into circulation. When I'm putting my body through something — a reset, a hard training block, travel — this is the one I don't skip. It's not a stimulant and it's not a crutch. It's support for the system that actually does the rebuilding. If you've been curious about what real cellular support feels like, this is where I'd start. 👉 https://www.stemregen.co — use code JOSH to save. Key Takeaways: - Nea connects "mindful consumers" with "mindful businesses" and rewards you for choosing well — every partner is personally vetted by the founders. - Eating healthy isn't restrictive. A burger or a pizza can be healthy when it's made with the right ingredients — the Mediterranean approach is inclusive, not punishing. - A reset is a mind game before it's a body game. The real shift is mental clarity — most people report it kicking in around day four. - Run the hunger checklist before you eat: Am I thirsty? Am I bored? Or do I actually need the nutrients? Most "hunger" is one of the first two. - You don't need the kit to reset. Hydrate hard, stay busy, keep movement light, and lean on a community — that's what carries you through. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Gen Z, mindful eating, and the idea behind Nea 02:30 Meet the team — why Italians built a healthy-eating app 05:15 Every partner is vetted: the story behind the brands 08:40 The incentive economy: matching good intentions with rewards 12:00 How Joshua actually uses the Nia app day to day 15:30 Community, isolation, and the "third place" 19:00 The prolonged fast that started the whole conversation 22:15 Designing a DIY fasting-mimicking reset 26:00 Day 2 and the olives: real hunger vs. mental hunger 30:20 The hunger checklist — thirsty, bored, or actually depleted? 34:00 Day 4 clarity, better sleep, and "abbiocco" 38:30 How to train, hydrate, and stay busy during a reset 42:00 Breaking the fast at Springbone 45:00 The new community reset — how to join 48:00 Love yourself, and make the good choice easy RESOURCES: - Springbone Kitchen (bone broth + bowls, the reset partner) — https://springbone.com/ - ProLon 5-Day Fasting-Mimicking Diet — https://prolonlife.com/ - STEMREGEN (episode sponsor, code JOSH) — https://www.stemregen.co/ - SunLife Organics NYC — https://sunlifeorganics.com/ - Impact Kitchen NYC (site of the healthy food crawl) — https://www.impactkitchen.com/ - Nea app (rewards for mindful eating in NYC) — https://neaapp.ai/ 🌐 Connect with Joshua & SWTT Podcast Website: https://www.simplywalkthetalk.com YouTube: @simplywalkthetalk Instagram: @simplywalkthetalk TikTok: @simplywalkthetalk Joshua Holland: https://linktr.ee/joshuajholland

  • June 25 · 1 hr 13 min

    Emotional Intimacy on a Massage Table | Allana Pratt in NYC

    Recorded in NYC on Joshua's 45th birthday — and, for the first time, on a massage table — this heart-first conversation with emotional intimacy expert Allana Pratt covers morning rituals, being direct without manipulation, and why truth sets you free even when it stings. Allana shares the 6.5-year estrangement from her son that ended in a Mother's Day miracle, and together they explore how to feel a feeling all the way through — and move from excellent to living in your genius. 5 Key Takeaways • Feel it all the way through. Emotions move in waves and pass. Shoving them down, projecting, or numbing keeps them stuck — feeling them fully turns pain into power. • Truth is love. Speak from an open heart with no attachment to the outcome. What someone does with your truth is about them, not you. • Feed yourself from the inside. When you stop needing approval from the outside in, you stop being manipulated by other people's reactions. • Put the ego in the backseat. You can't get rid of it — but who's driving determines your whole life. Soul up front, ego with a sippy cup. • Excellent isn't the finish line. You can be highly competent at something that still doesn't feed you. The "big leap" is letting it go to live in your genius. STEMREGEN This whole conversation with Allana kept circling back to one idea: your body is always talking to you. The tension, the tightness, the feeling that won't go away — it's information. And the work isn't to shove it down, it's to let it move all the way through so your body can do what it was built to do: repair. That's exactly why I take STEMREGEN. As we get older, the number of stem cells circulating in our bloodstream drops — and those circulating stem cells are the foundation of the body's natural repair system. STEMREGEN is a plant-based formula that supports the release of your own stem cells from the bone marrow so they can travel to wherever your body needs them most. For me it's part of the same philosophy I brought to this episode — recovery, feeling more, and giving your body what it needs to keep up with the life you're actually living. If you want to support your body's own repair system, go to https://www.stemregen.co/ and use code JOSH at checkout. Timestamps 00:00 Why I stopped needing you to like me 02:30 A gratitude prayer to open the conversation 05:00 Morning rituals: the AeroPress and a "witch's brew" 10:00 Visualizing your day before it happens 14:00 Learning to be direct without manipulation 18:00 Truth is love — what people do with it isn't about you 21:00 Letting go of the birthday party I thought I wanted 25:00 Allana's 6.5-year estrangement and the Mother's Day miracle 31:00 Co-parenting across two continents and three languages 38:00 What an "emotional intimacy expert" actually does 43:00 How to feel a feeling all the way through 47:00 The TSA, a widow's ashes, and being an angel 50:00 Sensory movement: feeling more in body, mind, and spirit 56:00 From excellent to genius — the Big Leap most people skip 62:00 A husband's message from the other side 68:00 What we each want to call in next 74:00 Closing: one degree of change Resources Mentioned • Allana Pratt (Intimacy Expert) — https://allanapratt.com/ • Allana Pratt on Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/allanapratt/ • Vivobarefoot — https://www.vivobarefoot.com/us/ • Rasa (adaptogenic coffee alternative) — https://wearerasa.com/ • Magic Mind — https://magicmind.com/ • AeroPress — https://aeropress.com/ • "The Big Leap" by Gay Hendricks (book) • STEMREGEN (episode sponsor) — https://www.stemregen.co/ — code JOSH 🌐 Connect with Joshua & SWTT Podcast Website: https://www.simplywalkthetalk.com YouTube: @simplywalkthetalk Instagram: @simplywalkthetalk TikTok: @simplywalkthetalk Joshua Holland: https://linktr.ee/joshuajholland

  • June 18 · 1 hr 3 min

    The Gut Bug 90% of Us Are Missing | Christina O'Connor

    Joshua sits down with registered dietitian Christina O'Connor of Pendulum Life to unpack why the gut is the foundation of immune, skin, metabolic and brain health — and why most people are missing a keystone microbe called Akkermansia muciniphila. They get into leaky gut and the mucosal barrier, butyrate and your body's ability to make its own GLP-1, what CGMs reveal about movement after meals, fasting and resets, parasites and glyphosate, and how to reintroduce probiotics "low and slow." 5 Key Takeaways • The gut is the foundation of whole-body health — immune function, skin, metabolism and even brain clarity all trace back to it • Akkermansia is a keystone microbe most people lack; it can't come from food, soil, or air — only from birth and breast milk, and until now was never available as a supplement • Akkermansia maintains your gut barrier by recycling old mucus and signaling fresh mucus production, helping prevent the "leaky gut" that lets food proteins and toxins into circulation • Butyrate-producing strains let your body make its own GLP-1 from fiber — the same hormone behind popular metabolic injections • Movement after meals (a walk or even squats) blunts blood-sugar spikes, and gut work should be reintroduced "low and slow" to avoid a hostile takeover Featured Sponsor Segment (STEMREGEN) This whole conversation comes back to one idea: give your body the tools it's missing, and let it do what it's built to do. That's exactly why STEMREGEN has stayed in my routine. Just like your gut has a repair crew working along the barrier, your body has its own repair system — your adult stem cells. STEMREGEN supports the release of those cells from the bone marrow so you can recover, adapt, and rebuild from training, travel, and everyday stress. We spend so much energy chasing the next hack. But the real wins usually come from supporting the systems you already have — your gut, your stem cells, your biology — instead of overriding them. Foundation first. Then optimize. https://stemregen.co/josh Use code JOSH to save 15% on your order. Timestamps 00:00 Food as medicine: why Christina became a dietitian 00:30 Akkermansia 101: the anaerobe you only get from birth & breast milk 01:30 Why the gut influences every body system 02:31 Welcome — meet Christina O'Connor of Pendulum Life 05:23 From the NICU to the microbiome 09:00 Pendulum's story, premature birth & early-life gut setup 12:03 "I've tried everything" — where to actually start 15:29 Hope after a C-section: it's not all or nothing 16:25 Gut testing, butyrate & why Joshua had zero Akkermansia 19:04 Gut tests aren't exact science — one piece of the puzzle 20:30 Function Health, Hume Health & your health "avatar" 22:41 How movement plays into the microbiome 24:12 Athletes, endurance stress & the Akkermansia sweet spot 25:09 Walking after meals & the "are you truly hungry?" checklist 28:18 CGMs: personalizing what spikes your blood sugar 31:07 Metabolic flexibility — how fast you return to baseline 31:40 Akkermansia deep dive: gut barrier & leaky gut 34:16 The mucus layer, goblet cells & the "cleanup crew" 36:00 Butyrate, short-chain fatty acids & making your own GLP-1 38:20 Parasites, sushi & what's wrecking our guts 39:44 Glyphosate, toxins & protecting the gut barrier 41:03 Nightshades, fermentation & individual tolerance 43:37 "Use it or lose it": reintroducing variety to the gut 44:06 Low and slow: avoiding a hostile takeover 45:47 Fasting, Prolon & resetting to baseline 49:11 Joshua's DIY "holistic reset" 53:03 Ketogenic diet, brain health & mental clarity 56:08 Gut Fuel: diverse fibers + polyphenols 58:40 How to use Gut Fuel (cold foods only — never hot) 59:12 Resistant starch made simple + testing it with a CGM 1:00:08 Where Pendulum is headed: more keystone strains 1:01:26 Wrap-up & thank-yous Resources Mentioned Pendulum Life — https://www.pendulumlife.com Pendulum Gut Fuel — https://pendulumlife.com/products/gut-fuel-pouch • Vitract (gut microbiome test) — https://vitract.com Function Health (blood testing) — https://www.functionhealth.com Hume Health (Body Pod + Band) — https://humehealth.com Prolon (5-day fasting-mimicking diet) — https://prolonlife.com Oura Ring — https://ouraring.com Join "Simply Walk The Talk" Discord Community https://discord.gg/HattgC6feb SWTT Social & Website YT | https://www.youtube.com/@SimplyWalkTheTalk IG | https://www.instagram.com/simplywalkthetalk/ FB | https://www.facebook.com/simplywalkthetalk/ TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@simplywalkthetalk Website | https://www.simplywalkthetalk.com/ Joshua J. Holland | https://linktr.ee/joshuajholland 🌐 Connect with Joshua & SWTT Podcast Website: https://www.simplywalkthetalk.com YouTube: @simplywalkthetalk Instagram: @simplywalkthetalk TikTok: @simplywalkthetalk Joshua Holland: https://linktr.ee/joshuajholland

  • June 11 · 14 min

    From Down and Out to Champions: The Knicks' Unbelievable Run

    In this short solo episode, recorded the night the Knicks made history, Joshua reacts to the largest comeback in NBA Finals history — New York erasing a 29-point deficit to beat the Spurs in Game 4. Drawing on his own experience in championship games, Joshua breaks down momentum shifts, why no lead is safe, and what this night teaches about resilience, fighting back moment by moment, and refusing to quit at rock bottom. Plus: his Knicks-in-6 prediction. 5 Key Takeaways • No lead is safe — momentum can shift in a single moment, in basketball and in life • Resilience means fighting back moment by moment, especially when all odds are against you • Rock bottom is often the setup for the comeback, not the end of the story • Predictions mean little — showing up and battling is what decides outcomes • Shared moments like this can unite an entire city around something bigger than itself STEMREGEN This episode is all about comebacks — and comebacks aren't just mental. Your body is built for them too. That's one reason STEMREGEN has stayed in my routine. It supports the release of your body's own adult stem cells — your built-in repair system — so you can recover, adapt, and bounce back from training, travel, stress, and everyday wear and tear. Because the goal isn't to avoid getting knocked down. It's to get back up faster. https://stemregen.co/josh Use code JOSH to save 15% on your order. Timestamps 00:00 START – Why Joshua had to hop on for a quick solo episode 00:45 21 years in New York and turning 45 tomorrow 02:29 From Thunder heartbreak to backing the Knicks 04:55 Turning on Game 4 to a Spurs blowout 06:15 Down 29 in the third quarter — when most people check out 07:20 The Knicks make NBA Finals history 08:00 How this applies to your life: resilience, moment by moment 09:45 Knicks in six — Joshua's prediction 11:30 Update: travel, new tool reviews coming soon 12:14 Signing off 🌐 Connect with Joshua & SWTT Podcast Website: https://www.simplywalkthetalk.com YouTube: @simplywalkthetalk Instagram: @simplywalkthetalk TikTok: @simplywalkthetalk Joshua Holland: https://linktr.ee/joshuajholland

  • June 4 · 25 min

    The Truth About The One Device: AuraScan & SoundSuite Results

    Joshua Holland visits Motion NYC for a hands-on exploration of modern wellness technology, frequency optimization, nervous system recovery, and human performance. Through aura scans, HRV testing, sound therapy, bio-tuning, and conversations with the Motion team, Joshua explores a powerful idea: perhaps wellness isn’t about biohacking at all. The discussion dives into recovery, coherence, frequency medicine, red light therapy, grounding, oxygen optimization, and why many of today’s wellness technologies are simply helping people reconnect with biological principles humans have relied on for generations. The result is a fascinating conversation about balancing innovation with the fundamentals of health. This episode is sponsored by The One Device. One of the most interesting parts of this week’s visit to Motion NYC was exploring how personalized frequency therapy can support recovery, focus, relaxation, and overall well-being. During the episode, I went through a sound sweep assessment to identify the frequency that brought my nervous system closest to a relaxed, balanced state. We then uploaded that frequency directly into The One Device, creating a personalized experience designed around my body’s unique response. What I appreciate about The One Device is that it isn’t trying to replace healthy habits. It’s designed to complement them. Whether you’re focused on recovery, stress management, meditation, sleep, or simply creating more moments of calm throughout your day, The One Device offers an easy way to bring frequency-based wellness into your daily routine. Learn more at https://theonedevice.com/joshuaholland Use code JOSH to save on your order. 5 Key Takeaways 1. Many wellness technologies are designed to recreate natural inputs humans once received daily. 2. HRV and nervous system recovery provide valuable insight into stress and resilience. 3. Sound frequency therapy may help individuals move toward a more balanced physiological state. 4. Wellness is often less about optimization and more about consistency with foundational habits. 5. Community, recovery, movement, and environment play major roles in long-term health Timestamps 00:00 Why the term biohacking can be misleading 00:42 Introducing Motion NYC and modern wellness technologies 01:45 Aura scans and measuring energetic balance 03:20 Understanding the sound sweep process 05:15 HRV testing and nervous system recovery 07:30 The importance of reaching crossover and coherence 10:05 Frequency tuning and personalized wellness protocols 12:45 Uploading personalized frequencies into The One device 15:20 Exploring circadian mode and frequency cycling 17:30 Motion’s partnership with The One device 19:15 Why community matters in health and wellness 21:05 Tour of Motion’s recovery technologies 23:10 Cryotherapy, red light therapy, lasers, and recovery modalities 25:00 The difference between optimization and biohacking 27:45 Returning to foundational human biology 30:10 Why wellness isn’t about hacking the body 32:30 Creating intentional recovery protocols 35:15 The future of human optimization and wellness 37:00 Final thoughts on health, balance, and recovery 🌐 Connect with Joshua & SWTT Podcast Website: https://www.simplywalkthetalk.com YouTube: @simplywalkthetalk Instagram: @simplywalkthetalk TikTok: @simplywalkthetalk Joshua Holland: https://linktr.ee/joshuajholland

  • May 28 · 1 hr 3 min

    Stop Ignoring These Symptoms! Magnesium, Iodine & Selenium Deficiencies w/ ZUZU

    In this episode of Simply Walk The Talk, Joshua Holland sits down with Karen Zemer Arms, better known as Zuzu Unleashed, for a passionate conversation about gut health, nutrition, energy, and modern disease. Zuzu shares her personal journey reversing epilepsy naturally, explains why minerals and living foods matter, and discusses how constipation, processed foods, stress, and environmental toxins impact overall health. The conversation explores microbiome diversity, regenerative farming, emotional healing, food systems, modern medicine, and practical ways people can improve their energy and vitality starting today. From bowel movements and hydration to mindset and personal responsibility, this episode challenges conventional thinking while encouraging listeners to reconnect with nature and their own health autonomy. 5 Key Takeaways 1. Gut health and regular bowel movements are foundational to overall health. 2. Modern processed foods and nutrient deficiencies contribute heavily to chronic disease. 3. Microbiome diversity improves through diverse fiber intake and living foods. 4. Stress, fear, and negative focus can directly impact physical healing. 5. Small daily changes like hydration, sunlight, movement, and better food choices can dramatically improve health over time. Sponsor Segment — Stemregen A quick reminder that this episode is brought to you by Stemregen. Stemregen is designed to support your body’s natural stem cell release and recovery processes so you can stay active, energized, and resilient as you age. Whether the focus is movement, recovery, performance, or simply feeling better day to day, Stemregen has become a core part of Joshua’s wellness stack. Head to stemregen.co/josh and use code JOSH to save on your order. Timestamps 00:00 Introduction to minerals, nutrients, and modern disease 02:16 Welcome Zuzu Unleashed to the show 04:06 Reversing epilepsy naturally through food and holistic health 06:16 Energy, vitality, and reconnecting with nature 08:17 The “Karen” mechanic story and advocating for yourself 09:09 Transparency, social media, and authenticity in health 11:11 Nature, nurture, and changing genetic expression 12:13 The origin story behind the name “Zuzu” 15:20 Building the Wedding Gardens of Wisconsin 17:17 Moving to Georgia and building Lily Fields retreat center 18:30 The meaning behind the labyrinth 21:06 Why Americans are so unhealthy 24:39 Minerals, vitamins, and nutrient deficiencies 26:54 Autonomy, health awareness, and pandemic wake-up calls 28:32 Gut health and the importance of bowel movements 29:51 Good Poops and digestive health conversation 31:52 Living foods, plants, and nutrient absorption 34:36 Understanding the systems of the body 36:06 Supplements, testing, and personalized health 39:27 Diversity in food and microbiome health 43:45 Dairy, inflammation, and circulation issues 44:43 Using yourself as an N-of-1 experiment 45:45 Regenerative farming and reconnecting with the land 49:12 The Biggest Little Farm documentary discussion 51:43 Holistic Health Educators and retreat work 54:21 Before-and-after blood analysis and detox results 57:38 Creating long-term health change through small habits 59:36 The connection between mindset and healing 01:02:00 Final thoughts and where to connect with Zuzu Resources Mentioned • Zuzu Unleashed: https://zuzuunleashed.com • Holistic Health Educators: https://holistichealtheducators.com • Lily Fields Center: https://lilyfieldcenter.com • Zuzu on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zuzu_unleashed • Pendulum Gut Health: https://pendulumlife.com • Documentary: The Biggest Little Farm 🌐 Connect with Joshua & SWTT Podcast Website: https://www.simplywalkthetalk.com YouTube: @simplywalkthetalk Instagram: @simplywalkthetalk TikTok: @simplywalkthetalk Joshua Holland: https://linktr.ee/joshuajholland

  • May 21 · 1 hr

    Why Embracing Discomfort is Your Greatest Power | Dr. Cindy Howard

    In this episode of the Simply Walk the Talk podcast, Joshua Holland sits down with Dr. Cindy Howard to discuss healing, sexual health, communication, mindset, keynote speaking, functional medicine, and the power of presence. Dr. Cindy shares how language shapes identity, why discomfort is necessary for growth, and how personal adversity transformed her mission to help others through education and connection. The conversation also explores movement, nervous system awareness, grief, energy, and the importance of becoming exactly who you want to be. This episode is sponsored by Stemregen Stemregen is one of Joshua’s favorite tools for supporting recovery, resilience, energy, and overall wellness. Stemregen is designed to help support your body’s natural stem cell release process using a blend of botanicals and natural compounds. If you’re focused on movement, recovery, longevity, or simply feeling and functioning better day-to-day, this is one of the core products Joshua personally keeps in his routine. http://stemregen.co/josh Use code JOSH for 20% off at checkout. Key Takeaways • Why discomfort is necessary for growth and healing • The connection between language, mindset, and identity • How movement and sensory awareness create deeper connection • Why functional medicine requires individualized approaches • The importance of being fully present in everyday life Timestamps 00:00 START 00:32 Meeting through the Positively Altered Podcast 01:16 The Home Hope Symposium and “movement snacks” 03:19 Why Dr. Cindy’s stage presence stood out 04:23 Breaking stigma around sexual health conversations 06:35 Finding comfort in discomfort 07:14 The emotional connection between feet and vulnerability 10:05 Why lifelong learning matters 12:12 Creating genuine connection through curiosity 14:02 Dr. Cindy’s background in functional medicine 15:19 The journey versus the destination mindset 17:20 Speaking, teaching, and learning from audiences 18:49 Growing up in Chicago 21:38 Clinical practice versus keynote speaking 23:23 The dopamine effect of speaking on stage 26:45 Why impact matters more than perfection 28:35 Sensory movement and keynote speaking 29:42 Foot jokes, humor, and charity fundraising 31:19 The Positively Altered journal and cancer journey 35:38 Transforming adversity into purpose 37:36 Future books and storytelling through medicine 40:20 The Telepathy Tapes and connection after death 43:52 The pink flamingo story 46:24 Mindset, healing, and skepticism in wellness 49:12 The danger of negativity and online criticism 52:09 Advice for living more presently 53:34 Why multitasking doesn’t exist 54:05 The “I Am” exercise 55:56 Final thoughts on language and identity 56:05 How to connect with Dr. Cindy Howard Connect with Dr. Cindy Howard • Podcast: Positively Altered Podcast 🌐 Connect with Joshua & SWTT Podcast Website: https://www.simplywalkthetalk.com YouTube: @simplywalkthetalk Instagram: @simplywalkthetalk TikTok: @simplywalkthetalk Joshua Holland: https://linktr.ee/joshuajholland

  • May 14 · 59 min

    Martial Arts, Chess, and Movement in Harlem with Sean Salemi

    In this episode of Simply Walk The Talk, Joshua Holland sits down with Sean Salemi in Marcus Garvey Park for a conversation about movement, discipline, resilience, and the unexpected paths that shape a person’s life. Sean shares his story of being born in Paris, moving to New York City as a child, discovering martial arts, studying film and acting, entering the modeling world, becoming a trainer, and developing a deep love for chess. The conversation moves through Harlem, outdoor fitness culture, Taekwondo, personal reinvention, barefoot movement, running mechanics, Hyperlite Optics, and a live chess breakdown that shows how strategy, patience, and awareness apply far beyond the board. 5 Key Takeaways 1.Movement can become a lifelong language for self-expression, discipline, and personal growth. 2.Martial arts teaches resilience, timing, humility, and the ability to respond under pressure. 3.Chess mirrors real life through strategy, patience, sacrifice, positioning, and long-term thinking. 4.Community spaces like Marcus Garvey Park can become powerful hubs for fitness, connection, and belonging. 5.Learning starts with curiosity, then grows through repetition, failure, and the willingness to keep showing up. Featured Sponsor: Hyperlite Optics Hyperlite Optics creates advanced eyewear designed to support healthier light exposure throughout the day. Their lenses use fullerene C60 technology to help transform light into more beneficial light, going beyond traditional blue-blocking glasses. Joshua and Sean both wear the Hybrid Series during this episode and talk about how the glasses feel clear, focused, calming, and useful both indoors and outdoors. Learn more: https://hyperlightoptics.com/ Timestamp Outline 00:00 START 01:06 Sean explains the outdoor fitness culture at Marcus Garvey Park 03:50 Joshua describes the park as an adult playground for movement, climbing, running, and balance 05:03 Sean begins sharing his background and early life story 07:46 Sean talks about being born in Paris and moving to New York City 10:20 Sean discusses attending the High School of Art and Design 14:35 How martial arts first entered Sean’s life 17:43 Sean’s path through Brooklyn College, film, acting, and creative work 19:25 A major transition point: work, school, and housing all shifting at once 21:53 How Sean was discovered for modeling in New York City 24:37 Returning to martial arts and becoming a Taekwondo instructor 27:50 Joshua and Sean discuss resilience, adversity, and thick skin 29:41 Sean explains how chess entered his life 32:06 How chess blends competitiveness, creativity, strategy, and focus 36:07 Joshua reflects on Sean’s go-getter mindset and their work together 36:39 Sean talks about learning how to run through Joshua’s movement coaching 37:46 Joshua and Sean discuss Hyperlite Optics 40:01 Sean breaks down how to set up a chess board 42:51 Basic chess piece movement begins 45:10 The power of the knight 46:39 How bishops move and control the board 47:56 The power of the rook 48:24 Why the queen is powerful and vulnerable 49:14 How the king moves and why it must be protected 51:25 Sean explains beginner chess strategy: openings, piece value, and development 56:23 Joshua wraps the episode and teases the outcome of the chess game 🌐 Connect with Joshua & SWTT Podcast Website: https://www.simplywalkthetalk.com YouTube: @simplywalkthetalk Instagram: @simplywalkthetalk TikTok: @simplywalkthetalk Joshua Holland: https://linktr.ee/joshuajholland

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