Are you actively engaged with your money? A hoarder/ a spender? A money addict?  Or are you indifferent and try to have nothing to do with money? Or do you actively stay as far away from money as possible? A monk? Do you need a checkup on your Money IQ (Intelligent Quotient) and your Money EQ (Emotional Quotient)? Is your money infected with Happiness?  Eleanor and Kristen review a fun book about our relationship with money and how it might be affecting our health. Ken Honda shares an easy read along with some pertinent concepts in his book HAPPY MONEY: The Japanese Art of Making Peace with Your Money (2020). Let us know what you think and if you are going to read this one! We would appreciate it if you would subscribe/follow the podcast to hear more about this book! And you can purchase it via an affiliate link by clicking the title above or on the "Bookstore" tab. This episode is sponsored by: 360 Health and Well Balanced Nutrition. The Health Geeks Book Club Podcast is part of The Less Desirables Podcast Network and recorded in the Omniverus Studios at Liberty Plaza. Listen in, then share your thoughts and reactions on Instagram, Facebook, or by email. Leave a message on the TLD Network Hotline at 336-422-NUMB (6862). Be sure to indicate it is for the Heath Geeks Book Club!

How long do you want to live? Is your goal to live without disease? How could you do that? If you are intrigued, this book might be for you. Dr. Peter Attia, MD, describes his vision of a new medical model (Medicine 3.0) that is very exciting because it is based on preventing disease or reducing our risks. Kristen and Eleanor tip-toe through some of the highlights of the book OUTLIVE: The Science & Art of Longevity by Peter Attia with Bill Gifford (2023). There is so much more to enjoy in this book. We hope you enjoy the conversation! We would appreciate it if you would subscribe/follow the podcast to hear more about this book! You can purchase it via an affiliate link by clicking the title above or on the "Bookstore" tab. This episode is sponsored by: 360 Health and Well Balanced Nutrition. The Health Geeks Book Club Podcast is part of The Less Desirables Podcast Network and recorded in the Omniverus Studios at Liberty Plaza. Listen in, then share your thoughts and reactions on Instagram, Facebook, or by email. Leave a message on the TLD Network Hotline at 336-422-NUMB (6862). Be sure to indicate it is for the Heath Geeks Book Club!

Bring the balloons and sound the horns—it’s a celebration. Tune in as Kristen, Eleanor, and Tim celebrate the THIRD year of the Health Geeks Book Club Podcast. They are still committed to bringing you wellness book reviews and sharing what’s up next on their reading list! We would appreciate it if you would subscribe/follow the podcast to hear more about these books! And you can purchase them via an affiliate link by visiting the "Bookstore" tab above. This episode is sponsored by: 360 Health and Well Balanced Nutrition. The Health Geeks Book Club Podcast is part of The Less Desirables Podcast Network and recorded in the Omniverus Studios at Liberty Plaza. Listen in, then share your thoughts and reactions on Instagram, Facebook, or by email. Leave a message on the TLD Network Hotline at 336-422-NUMB (6862). Be sure to indicate it is for the Heath Geeks Book Club!

Do you ever think about the relationship of pleasure and pain in your life? Dopamine is getting more attention in the scientific and medical community as well as in "Corporate America." We have unprecedented access to gambling, shopping, food, drugs, social media, news media, video….  In her book, DOPAMINE NATION: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence (2021), Anna Lembke, Ph.D. explores and reveals the trauma that is unfolding. She skillfully condenses our complex neuroscience to help us understand our relentless pursuit of pleasure. Eleanor thinks this book is a MUST-read and loved talking about it with Kristen. They highlight some of the riveting stories and concepts Dr. Lembke presents. We would appreciate it if you would subscribe/follow the podcast to hear more about this book! And you can purchase it via an affiliate link by clicking the title above or on the "Bookstore" tab. This episode is sponsored by: 360 Health and Well Balanced Nutrition. The Health Geeks Book Club Podcast is part of The Less Desirables Podcast Network and recorded in the Omniverus Studios at Liberty Plaza. Listen in, then share your thoughts and reactions on Instagram, Facebook, or by email. Leave a message on the TLD Network Hotline at 336-422-NUMB (6862). Be sure to indicate it is for the Heath Geeks Book Club!

Have you made what you thought was a commitment to improving your exercise, or other health-related behaviors, only to give up and disappoint yourself? Michelle Segar has written a book to help us understand the science-based reasons why it’s not our fault that we have failed to stick with those plans. She gives us a new and simple framework for SUSTAINABLE success! Kristen and Eleanor jump into a robust discussion of this “on point” book-- NO SWEAT: How the Simple Science of Motivation Can Bring You a Lifetime of Fitness by Michelle Segar, PhD (2015). We would appreciate it if you would subscribe/follow the podcast to hear more about this book! And you can purchase it via an affiliate link by clicking the title above or on the "Bookstore" tab. This episode is sponsored by: 360 Health and Well Balanced Nutrition. The Health Geeks Book Club Podcast is part of The Less Desirables Podcast Network and recorded in the Omniverus Studios at Liberty Plaza. Listen in, then share your thoughts and reactions on Instagram, Facebook, or by email. Leave a message on the TLD Network Hotline at 336-422-NUMB (6862). Be sure to indicate it is for the Heath Geeks Book Club!

Do you, or someone you know, have an autoimmune disease? Have you ever heard of Lupus? Amanda Chay has written a book about her tortuous journey to a diagnosis and her experience living with Lupus. Her book, THE GIRLFRIEND’S GUIDE TO LUPUS: How to Control Your Sh^tty Diagnosis (2023) is “an honest exploration of the challenges of coping with a chronic illness: (Liz S. Lupus Warrior).  Kristen and Eleanor were so pleased to have Amanda join us on our podcast. We talked about Lupus and how to become an advocate for yourself in our medical system. Her humorous and straightforward book will offer hope and will be helpful for anyone who has recently gotten an autoimmune disease diagnosis. We would appreciate it if you would subscribe/follow the podcast to hear more about this book! And you can purchase it via an affiliate link by clicking the title above or on the "Bookstore" tab. This episode is sponsored by: 360 Health and Well Balanced Nutrition. The Health Geeks Book Club Podcast is part of The Less Desirables Podcast Network and recorded in the Omniverus Studios at Liberty Plaza. Listen in, then share your thoughts and reactions on Instagram, Facebook, or by email. Leave a message on the TLD Network Hotline at 336-422-NUMB (6862). Be sure to indicate it is for the Heath Geeks Book Club!

Have you been told by a doctor that you need to lose weight? Do you need caffeine to keep you going throughout the day? Is your mood variable? Do you experience brain fog? Do you have prediabetes or type 2 diabetes? Do you have trouble sleeping? This book might be for you. Maybe your blood glucose levels are out of whack?  Kristen and Eleanor dig down into a central topic of our health as Jessie Inchauspé leads us through her 2022 book GLUCOSE REVOLUTION: The Life-changing Power of Balancing Your Blood Sugar. We had fun reviewing her “Hacks” for flattening your glucose curves; maybe you will too! We would appreciate it if you would subscribe/follow the podcast to hear more about this book! And you can purchase it via an affiliate link by clicking the title above or on the "Bookstore" tab. This episode is sponsored by: 360 Health and Well Balanced Nutrition. The Health Geeks Book Club Podcast is part of The Less Desirables Podcast Network and recorded in the Omniverus Studios at Liberty Plaza. Listen in, then share your thoughts and reactions on Instagram, Facebook, or by email. Leave a message on the TLD Network Hotline at 336-422-NUMB (6862). Be sure to indicate it is for the Heath Geeks Book Club!

Have you experienced a moment of awe recently? Did you make a “vocal burst” when you did? Did you get teary or goosebumps? How did you feel right after experiencing awe?  Dacher Keltner shares what he has learned about the experience of “awe,” an emotional state that deserves attention. He examines it through the lenses of science, culture, and personal stories. He speculates on the evolutionary influence of awe and the importance of awe to our good health. His 2023 book, Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life, sparks an interesting conversation and makes us ponder. Maybe it will bring you some awe too! We would appreciate it if you would subscribe/follow the podcast to hear more about this book! And you can purchase it via an affiliate link by clicking the title above or on the "Bookstore" tab. This episode is sponsored by: 360 Health and Well Balanced Nutrition. The Health Geeks Book Club Podcast is part of The Less Desirables Podcast Network and recorded in the Omniverus Studios at Liberty Plaza. Listen in, then share your thoughts and reactions on Instagram, Facebook, or by email. Leave a message on the TLD Network Hotline at 336-422-NUMB (6862). Be sure to indicate it is for the Heath Geeks Book Club!

If you could have a biometer that tells you the nutrient content of your fresh food, like a carrot, would you use one at the grocery store? Do you buy organic produce? Do you know how your food is grown? Do you think it makes a difference to your health? And what is this about grass-fed beef?  Kristen and Eleanor let Robert R. Montgomery and Anne Bikle take them on a tour of the history of regenerative farming and why we SHOULD focus on the health of our soils. They believe that healthy soil = healthy crops = healthy people.  Their 2022 book, WHAT YOUR FOOD ATE: How to heal our land and reclaim our health, is a very compelling discourse about the importance of regenerative farming to the health of all of us, not only for our generation but for those to follow. We would appreciate it if you would subscribe/follow the podcast to hear more about this book! And you can purchase it via an affiliate link by clicking the title above or on the "Bookstore" tab. This episode is sponsored by: 360 Health and Well Balanced Nutrition. The Health Geeks Book Club Podcast is part of The Less Desirables Podcast Network and recorded in the Omniverus Studios at Liberty Plaza. Listen in, then share your thoughts and reactions on Instagram, Facebook, or by email. Leave a message on the TLD Network Hotline at 336-422-NUMB (6862). Be sure to indicate it is for the Heath Geeks Book Club!

Are you a “good” housekeeper”? Are you just lazy, or is your mother-in-law? Is there a relationship between the condition of our house, our home, our  “space,” and our health? Jennifer Hammon, owner of Monarch Living LLC and a professional organizer and move manager joins Kristen and Eleanor to talk about KC Davis’s simple little book HOW TO KEEP HOUSE WHILE DROWNING: a gentle approach to cleaning and organizing (2020).  This book is so much more than you might expect, and our conversation touches on the difference between chores and care tasks, self-talk about our messes, how we might end up in a mess and what we can do about it. Davis promotes a philosophy and not a program but shares systems that might help us along our way! This is a topic that is central to maintaining good health. Tune in if you need help or know someone who does. We would appreciate it if you would subscribe/follow the podcast to hear more about this book! And you can purchase it via an affiliate link by clicking the title above or on the "Bookstore" tab.  This episode is sponsored by: 360 Health and Well Balanced Nutrition. The Health Geeks Book Club Podcast is part of The Less Desirables Podcast Network. Listen in, then share your thoughts and reactions on Instagram, Facebook, or by email. Leave a message on the TLD Network Hotline at 336-422-NUMB (6862). Be sure to indicate it is for Heath Geeks Book Club!

Do you drink coffee and forget to exercise? We invited one of our favorite authors, Health Skeptic Robert J. Davis, PhD back into the studio to discuss TWO more of his books. We started with Coffee is Bad Good for You (2012), a book where he reviews scientific evidence on drinks (coffee/wine/milk), dietary fats, carbohydrates, sugars, spices, chocolate, garlic meat, fish, vegetarian diets and so much more. We couldn’t cover all those topics, but we picked some to highlight just how interesting his book is. Since he could spend more time with us, we jumped into his latest book, Fitter Faster: the Smart Way to Get in Shape in Just Minutes a Day (2022). He understands the excuses we make to avoid or quit exercising. He partners with Brad Kolowich, Jr CPT and they have developed barrier-lowering workouts that are evidenced based. The workouts can be done in 20 min or less AND provide what they call the Big Six Benefits and the Seven Surprising additional benefits. If you are struggling with how to get a workout in your busy life, listen in and then get this book. You may find a solution! We would appreciate if you would subscribe/follow the podcast to hear more about this book! And you can purchase it via an affiliate link by clicking the title above or on the "Bookstore" tab.  This episode is sponsored by: 360 Health and Well Balanced Nutrition. The Health Geeks Book Club Podcast is part of The Less Desirables Podcast Network. Listen in, then share your thoughts and reactions on Instagram, Facebook, or by email. Leave a message on the TLD Network Hotline at 336-422-NUMB (6862). Be sure to indicate it is for Heath Geeks Book Club!

How many times have you told yourself that you would live a healthier life- will eat better and exercise more? How many times have you disappointed yourself by not sticking to your plan? Michelle Segar, PhD rewrites the story of behavior change in her book, THE JOY CHOICE: How to Finally Achieve Lasting Changes in Eating and Exercise (2022). Kristen and Eleanor found this book revolutionary and had a robust coffee chat/ book club meeting sharing some of the provocative ideas in this book. Join us to learn if you are an unhabiter, how to find the perfect, imperfect solution and make progress in the predictable unpredictable reality of our lives! We would appreciate if you would subscribe/follow the podcast to hear more about this book! And you can purchase it via an affiliate link by clicking the title above or on the "Bookstore" tab.  This episode is sponsored by: 360 Health and Well Balanced Nutrition. The Health Geeks Book Club Podcast is part of The Less Desirables Podcast Network. Listen in, then share your thoughts and reactions on Instagram, Facebook, or by email. Leave a message on the TLD Network Hotline at 336-422-NUMB (6862). Be sure to indicate it is for Heath Geeks Book Club!

When was the last time you truly had fun? Has it been a while? It turns out that having fun is critical to our good health. We found a book that calls our attention to something that most of us are missing in our lives. We invited Carolyn Bennett-Sullivan, from Soft Golf (a business based on fun) to join us this week. We discuss THE POWER OF FUN: How to Feel Alive Again by Catherine Price (2021), and Producer Tim pipes in too. This is one of our longer episodes because we couldn’t stop talking, and we were having so much fun. Our chatter is full of laughs and highlights from this wonderful book! Listen in and have some fun with us! We would appreciate if you would subscribe/follow the podcast to hear more about this book! And you can purchase it via an affiliate link by clicking the title above or on the "Bookstore" tab.  This episode is sponsored by: 360 Health and Well Balanced Nutrition. The Health Geeks Book Club Podcast is part of The Less Desirables Podcast Network. Listen in, then share your thoughts and reactions on Instagram, Facebook, or by email. Leave a message on the TLD Network Hotline at 336-422-NUMB (6862). Be sure to indicate it is for Heath Geeks Book Club!

Kristen and Eleanor get recharged and read some books. In the meantime, here's a revisiting of Episode #63. Do you wake up anxious? Worry through the day? Binge worry late into the night? Are you part of the 80% of Americans who are anxious, according to the APA (American Psychiatric Association)? The Health Geeks, Kristen and Eleanor, think all of us should read this book. We loved talking about the stories and the brain tools that Judson Brewer, MD Ph.D. offers in his refreshing book UNWINDING ANXIETY: New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind (2021). We would appreciate if you would subscribe/follow the podcast to hear more about this book! And you can purchase it via an affiliate link by clicking the title above or on the "Bookstore" tab.  This episode is sponsored by: 360 Health and Well Balanced Nutrition. The Health Geeks Book Club Podcast is part of The Less Desirables Podcast Network. Listen in, then share your thoughts and reactions on Instagram, Facebook, or by email. Leave a message on the TLD Network Hotline at 336-422-NUMB (6862). Be sure to indicate it is for Heath Geeks Book Club!

Once you finish a book, do you move on? Or do you keep thinking about it? We keep our conversation going and want you to join us. Need a summer read? Eleanor is still thinking about David Linden‘s fascination with our skin’s sensory receptors discussed in the book TOUCH: The science of hand, heart, and mind. Touch is so interconnected to our emotions, our language, and our relationship with the world- just think about that. Kristen reflects on the books that she liked better, - The Gospel of Wellness, Chatter, The Good Life, or The High Five Habit. What should we read next? Let us know. We would appreciate if you would subscribe/follow the podcast to hear more about this book! And you can purchase it via an affiliate link by clicking the title above or on the "Bookstore" tab.  This episode is sponsored by: 360 Health and Well Balanced Nutrition. The Health Geeks Book Club Podcast is part of The Less Desirables Podcast Network. Listen in, then share your thoughts and reactions on Instagram, Facebook, or by email. Leave a message on the TLD Network Hotline at 336-422-NUMB (6862). Be sure to indicate it is for Heath Geeks Book Club!

If you had to give up one of your senses, would it be touch? What do you know about how touch serves you? Kristen and Eleanor plow into the science of touch as presented by David J Linden, a neuroscientist, professor, and writer in his 2016 book TOUCH: The Science of Hand, Heart, and Mind. “With a novelist’s flair for anecdote, Linden unpacks the science behind touch by revealing how the sense informs and motivates us in everyday situations!”-The Scientist We would appreciate if you would subscribe/follow the podcast to hear more about this book! And you can purchase it via an affiliate link by clicking the title above or on the "Bookstore" tab.  This episode is sponsored by: 360 Health and Well Balanced Nutrition. The Health Geeks Book Club Podcast is part of The Less Desirables Podcast Network. Listen in, then share your thoughts and reactions on Instagram, Facebook, or by email. Leave a message on the TLD Network Hotline at 336-422-NUMB (6862). Be sure to indicate it is for Heath Geeks Book Club!

Who can you really count on to be dependable when you need help? If you could stop working without loss of income, would you? What would you do instead? Complete the following sentence anyway you wish: A person feels good when…..?  These are some of the questions people involved in the longest-running scientific study of Happiness thought about and answered.  Eleanor and Kristen talk about topics in adult development from the new book THE GOOD LIFE: Lessons from the World’s Longest Scientific Study of Happiness (2023) by Robert Waldinger, MD, and Marc Schultz, PhD. We would appreciate if you would subscribe/follow the podcast to hear more about this book! And you can purchase it via an affiliate link by clicking the title above or on the "Bookstore" tab.  This episode is sponsored by: 360 Health and Well Balanced Nutrition. The Health Geeks Book Club Podcast is part of The Less Desirables Podcast Network. Listen in, then share your thoughts and reactions on Instagram, Facebook, or by email. Leave a message on the TLD Network Hotline at 336-422-NUMB (6862). Be sure to indicate it is for Heath Geeks Book Club!

Can money buy happiness? How much of our happiness is under our control? How should we be spending our time?  How do you assess your social fitness? Do our relationships affect our health?  Kristen and Eleanor found a book that they both liked. In this episode, they begin to share some of the highlights from this hot-off-the-press book-- THE GOOD LIFE: Lessons from the World’s Longest Scientific Study of Happiness by Robert Waldinger, MD, and Marc Schultz, Ph.D.  (2023). We would appreciate if you would subscribe/follow the podcast to hear more about this book! And you can purchase it via an affiliate link by clicking the title above or on the "Bookstore" tab.  This episode is sponsored by: 360 Health and Well Balanced Nutrition. The Health Geeks Book Club Podcast is part of The Less Desirables Podcast Network. Listen in, then share your thoughts and reactions on Instagram, Facebook, or by email. Leave a message on the TLD Network Hotline at 336-422-NUMB (6862). Be sure to indicate it is for Heath Geeks Book Club!

Do you need some company today? Join Eleanor and Kristen for a casual talk as the conversation continues about the books they have read. They giggle a bit and share common foibles and tips from their reading that are helpful.  Who else is reading books with us? Do people recommend books to you? Are they ones we have reviewed or might like to read?    We encourage you to keep talking about the books you read, don’t dismiss them, embrace them, and keep listening to our podcast! Be sure to subscribe/follow the podcast to hear more about this book!  This episode is sponsored by: 360 Health and Well Balanced Nutrition. The Health Geeks Book Club Podcast is part of The Less Desirables Podcast Network. Listen in, then share your thoughts and reactions on Instagram, Facebook, or by email. Leave a message on the TLD Network Hotline at 336-422-NUMB (6862). Be sure to indicate it is for Heath Geeks Book Club!

What happens to the voices in our heads when something terrible happens? How do we help each other recover from traumatic experiences? How can the cognitive and emotional aspects of the experience blend in healing? Kristen and Eleanor talk about more of the tools Ethan Kross reviews to help us “resolve the tension between getting caught in negative thought spirals and thinking clearly and constructively”. This book just keeps getting more interesting, so we keep talking and wrap up our review of Ethan Kross’s book, CHATTER: The Voices in Our Heads, Why it Matters, and How to Harness It. Be sure to subscribe/follow the podcast to hear more about this book!  This episode is sponsored by: 360 Health and Well Balanced Nutrition. The Health Geeks Book Club Podcast is part of The Less Desirables Podcast Network. Listen in, then share your thoughts and reactions on Instagram, Facebook, or by email. Leave a message on the TLD Network Hotline at 336-422-NUMB (6862). Be sure to indicate it is for Heath Geeks Book Club!