147: How I Maintain Peak Health at 44 While Working Full Time and Raising Kids

I'm 44, running multiple businesses, homeschooling my kids, and managing a 45-acre homestead. And I'm in better shape now than I was a decade ago.

Not because I have more time. I don't. But because I stopped relying on motivation and built systems that work regardless of how I feel on any given day.

In this episode, I walk you through the six pillars I use to stay in peak health during the busiest chapter of my life: nutrition anchored in animal protein, strength that comes from living and working on a farm, conditioning built into daily movement, sleep treated as the foundation rather than an afterthought, light exposure that keeps my circadian rhythm locked in, and nervous system regulation that emerges from lifestyle rather than added protocols.

None of these are complicated. The power is in stacking them consistently until they require no decision-making at all.

If you've been waiting for life to calm down before you get healthy — this episode is for you.

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