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I'm going to let you talk there Joyce.
Well let's see.
So where are we going
to have a talk to you.
First I have to tell you
that, you know, we're talking about ways
to live longer and better,
even when you're not feeling well.
You know,
because I've been through a bout,
you know,
you're still you're still coming back
from something here
at recording time at the moment.
Yeah.
Bronchitis and ran through my family.
But still I had to find a way
to move my body to do something.
Yeah.
Because I think when you do that,
you actually alert
your brain
and your body that you want to live.
I mean, that may sound really survival,
but it is.
I think
when you kind of give up your body,
then just gives up
and you're too tired to move.
But even if I just stood
and just marched in place a little bit.
Yeah, you know, just to do something.
And I did go outside and
didn't really feel like going outside.
You need that vitamin D that put my feet
in the grass, do some grounding.
Very good, very good.
I did.
So that's what
we're going to talk about okay.
We have like this little list
we we made up.
And I know John
we Joyce made this list up.
Let's be transparent.
Thank you Joyce
because your list would have been better
I don't know about that
because you do a lot of this.
So I went online and I looked at
what other people were doing,
you know, people that I follow, people
that I really admire.
And I took a little bit from here,
a little bit.
They're like, what are they doing?
And I found that
most of it is really what you're doing.
But so many people ask us, you know,
so what do you do?
And we're not going to be talking about
the physique today
as much as in her inner right.
Sure.
So one of the first ones was to move
your body.
Yeah. Just get up each and every day.
And you and I've talked about this
in the past, Joyce.
What I do, first thing in the morning,
I do my prayer for work.
I made a kind of a promise to myself
about a year, year and a half ago.
I was going to get up an hour earlier,
get up and out because so many people
say, well, I'm so busy,
I have to get to work, blah, blah, blah.
We could still get it done.
It's like,
how badly do we want it to get it done?
We want to
we got to take care of this temple,
you know, and we have to invest in it,
or else we're going to pay for it
later on in life. Right?
So I'll get up in the morning,
do my prayerful work spirit, mind, body.
And then a half hour, 45 minutes of
just constant movement, swinging my arms
around, squats, push ups,
you know, tai chi
movements, yoga, Pilates.
Joyce has changed everything. Wow. Change.
I have my physical recently and the doctor
said, and you know, not the brag,
but said you really have the body
of somebody that's half your age.
Yeah.
You know, and it just really and
and I know you had a really good physical
when you, when your doctor saw you said
you're, you're amazingly boring, Joyce.
Because everything was so good because
you take care of yourself an exercise.
So not that this didn't happen with me
getting well.
We're still good to get sick.
Every now and then. It happens.
Do that.
I would have been way worse shape, right?
So yes, I had a couple of good physicals.
One was a heart doctor,
one regular doctor and the heart doctor
usually seemed twice a year
because a heart disease runs in the family
into a wellness check.
And at the end of the whole visit,
he just looked at me and he said, well,
I don't see any reason to see you
in six months.
He says, you are frankly boring.
Yeah, I have heart disease.
Boring, right? Right.
But it but it really is so important.
And again, just move because some people
have a hard time getting around.
But you know, just
instead of sitting on the couch
watching TV all the time,
which in itself is not bad to watch TV
every now and then, but
but we just need to get up and just move.
And there are so many simple things
you can do at home.
You know, there's a time to rest
and then there's who's that?
Who's that choice?
Oh, somebody wants to learn a little bit
more about movement.
Okay. Right.
We'll get right back to you
after the taping here.
Sorry about that.
That's okay, that's okay.
And I know that.
Never mind.
So. Yeah.
So so moving.
But, John, you taught me that
because I started doing things like,
you know, just tapping on my chest. Right.
You know,
because that gets that oxygen going.
Yes. Yes.
You know, the lymph nodes going. Yep.
And then I take, you know, my wrist
and I, you know, just, you know,
just move along
the h it's just like waking up your body.
But the first thing I say is,
thank you, God I'm alive.
Thank you. For me. Yes.
Thank you. Breathing
breath of my lungs today.
But you're right.
I mean, tapping the body,
tapping the head, rubbing, rubbing
the body like this,
you know, massaging the scalp,
massaging behind the back of your neck,
which gets the blood flow to your neck.
I mean, your brain.
I mean, that's really important.
And just tapping the rest of your body
moving, you can be in bed,
you could be doing leg lifts.
You know, something you can do just. Yeah.
Just so, so moving the body is key, right?
So that's number one.
What do we have are making sleep
a priority.
Sleep is so important.
With that I'll sleep when I'm dead.
No, no.
Yes it does.
And you know,
some people say they need to fall asleep.
The TV.
TV actually keeps me alert in a wake,
and I.
Frankly,
I could spend all night watching TV.
I get so grossed in whatever I'm watching.
So I really have to force myself
to shut the TV off.
I do have blackened out curtains. Yes.
Smart move.
And I have a machine, you know,
like an air filter with a nice hum.
Yeah,
I like the white noise in the background.
Yes, noise.
And I notice what puts me to sleep
the quickest is taking several
deep breaths in holding it that can slow.
And then doing that three more times.
And it's like I took a melatonin.
Yeah, breathing in through
your nose is so important.
It really is.
Bringing it through
your nose is really important
because it's the reason why
the nose hairs exist. Because
when you breathe in, you're actually it's
actually acting like a filter.
And it's filtering out
helping with Dustin mites and pollen. And
you really should even breathe out
through your nostrils.
Yes, as well.
But breathing out through
your mouth is is also good,
but you really need to fill those
as long as because
the more air you have in your body,
the other breathing is so important.
Just breathe right?
Like they called the rest of breathing.
You want diaphragmatic breathing, and I.
I do that when I'm even
speaking on the radio or do anything as I.
Whenever I do my radio shows,
I head on down to the studio in my house.
I stand up straight,
really good posture and and like you said,
it all comes from the diaphragm.
And that's why I like to do my shows
standing up.
I mean, obviously we're doing this podcast
sitting down.
But I prefer when I'm doing my shows.
But you could still project shoulders
back, keeping the abs tight, belly
breathing really quickly is to imagine
that you're like a Raggedy Ann doll.
Oh, somebody is really persistent.
They want to get
in touch with you today. Wow.
Maybe somebody wants to be a sponsor.
Well, let's talk to them in my context.
Oh, okay.
So I don't know.
Anyway, if you think of your body
like a raggedy end up.
And I learned this many moons ago
from a therapist
who specialized
in dealing with people with anxiety.
And she said, if you could
think of your body like a Raggedy Ann doll
and your breath
will automatically go to your belly,
it sends a message to your brain
that you're okay.
So once that message goes to your brain,
they start shutting off all that
adrenaline it causes.
Yes, which is not good, giving you
those anxious thoughts.
So I do think of that.
What I'm saying,
especially if I'm in a meeting
or something or in a doctor's office,
you know,
I just think myself like a raggedy
and get the breath down there.
And that's what will help you sleep.
Agreed.
And I make sure I get, whenever possible,
eight nine hours sleep a night.
I can I can get by on 6 or 7,
you know, if I'm like out late night
doing my DJ gigs or something,
or doing radio shows
and doing appearances,
I can get by and still have high energy,
but whenever I get a chance choice eight
nine hours sleep, I get into the room.
I could fall asleep like that,
you know, and I have I have the fan on.
I like to have the fan on in the room.
I like circulating air, but not
directly on me, but just so I can hear it.
Because you don't
want the fan directly on you.
Because then it can.
All kinds of particles can go in
your nose, your eyes, and your mouth.
White noise machine filter and a fan
and I turn the fan away.
Right. Reason
just to circulate in the room.
It's a great feeling.
It's a great feeling.
When you wake up the next morning,
you feel refreshed and again,
prayerful work like I like you.
Thank you God for breathing
breath into my lungs today.
It must mean I have an assignment.
It's another day
to go out there and do good.
If you feel uncomfortable
saying that, just say thank you.
Right? Sure.
Just lift your hands up in the air
because it causes movement.
It does just say thank you.
Right.
We know God.
Yeah, because you set your whole dawn
for your day.
So many people wake up grumpy, and you're
setting yourself up for failure.
Just get up and move
and then head on down the
the hallway,
which is what I do to the kitchen.
I have a large glass of spring water
with some Celtic salt in it.
Give me the electrolytes.
I need
maybe a little bit of alpha
apple cider vinegar,
which is really good for controlling
your blood sugar and all that.
And then I'll have my cup of coffee,
organic black coffee in the morning,
take care of my work around the house,
recording my radio shows,
hang out with Paddy the Kitty cats.
Then I go downstairs
and do my work in the studio, and then
I'll usually hit the gym for a half hour
to get some weight training in.
Got to hit the gym.
Got to take care of the body, you know?
And the more muscle you have,
the more calories
you're burned and the healthier you are.
Keep those bones
strong and really work on balance.
Exercises. You and I know you do that.
Getting up on one leg and trying to hold
that balance for, you know,
right, that
something a little bit or tie
your shoes up with one leg. Yes.
That's not easy.
But balance is essential
because as we get older, the number one
cause of injuries to older people,
you know,
we don't want to use age here,
but it's falls.
And that's why it's so important
to have that balance, balance, balance
and keep your hand up against the wall
and just try to balance on one leg,
try it for 10s
five seconds and try to work your way
up to a minute or a minute and a half.
Yes, but I'll just focus on something
on the wall and not try to be distracted.
And I'll be doing.
I raise my legs one leg at a time.
Minute, minute and a half. It's
so good. It's so important.
It gives me confidence
because sometimes you're out there
walking around
and you feel like you trip on something
and you get room.
You get your balance back really quick.
But don't ever underestimate
the power of balance.
Exercises. Essential. Yeah.
You know, a certain
age, people, maybe you've all been asked,
like having fallen lately.
Yeah. You know, and it's like,
that's. That's right.
The doctors ask us that all the time.
Have you fallen lately?
One of the first questions.
Yeah.
And I didn't get it
the first time I heard it.
Oh, I must have reached a certain age.
Yeah, yeah, I know. Right?
You know,
I have to tell you, it's probably too TMI,
but yesterday I just felt like
taking a hot bath in the morning,
you know, just because of my chest
and know congestion and all that.
And when I got up out of the past of,
I realized I didn't,
I didn't, I got I mean, I,
I just get up right.
And I thought,
that's a good sign. It's really good.
And you could do some exercises
even in your chair,
or get up out of your chair
without using your hands.
And a lot of people have a hard time
getting up off the floor
without using their hands.
I mean, all different age groups,
and if you're having a hard time doing
that, don't beat yourself up.
You could do it.
I mean, just practice a little bit,
maybe a couple on your own if you can.
Then use your hands a little bit
if you have to,
or balance up against the wall.
But just do whatever you can.
But it's just so important. Just. Yes.
So it's liquid.
So just like, yeah that's great.
I just do this I think. Yeah.
Because you're, you're adding the balance.
You're you're balancing out. Right.
But there's so many things
you can do at home.
I mean take,
you know, cans of vegetables and fruits,
whatever while you're in the kitchen
and just do some bicep X,
you don't need any weights at all.
Body exercises are great.
Yeah, it really is.
That's a really good one.
And the other one I know that you do
step outside in the morning grounding.
So grounded.
But what do you do if it's snow or rain
or do you tend to just open the door?
Well I have like a grounding sheet
on my bed.
I order like a little sheet
that goes underneath the sheet of my bed,
I guess it goes across and you plug it in
and it's a grounding mat.
Tell me about this.
And and you can,
you can actually have like a grounding mat
and you could put your feet on it
when you're watching TV or reading
or listening to the radio.
Yeah.
There's grounding match that,
you know, you can plug it in. It
doesn't
vibrate at all, but it just gives you
exactly what you need for the grounding.
I'm not sure technically how it works,
but I know when I wake up
I feel good,
but I prefer outside if at all possible.
But if you can't get outside, yeah,
you could get it.
Grounding man. Yeah, look it up.
You know earthing, they call it grounding.
But it's so important to walk barefoot
to as much as you can for the strength of.
Because whenever I work my
when I get up in the morning
to I do a lot of leg lists,
but I also roll my ankles in bed.
And one of the.
And one of the first things you should do
is move your your ankles up and down,
you know, just up and down like this
for about 30 to 60s
it really helps the heart, right?
Get the blood going in the heart,
but just touching your body all the way
through, just touching your body,
you want to
move and have those cuffs
you put on, right?
Right. Yeah.
To make sure the circulation is going.
So let me ask you this because you do.
This may sound overwhelming to people,
but it sounds like
you're in such a routine
that you're not really thinking about it.
You're just doing it right.
It's like anything else.
Typically, they say 30 days for a routine.
It could vary depending on people.
But once I got into this routine
of doing this every day,
if you wait for motivation to life,
things don't happen.
You just have to do it.
And then the motivation follows.
So you just got it.
Just like Nike says, just do it.
I read books about it and be inspired
and then go out and do the opposite.
I mean, how many people you know
that are book smart,
but they don't put it into play?
You know, the whole thing,
right and right.
And and I'm I'm guilty of some of that
in some areas of my life too.
But I do, of course.
But we can get ourselves back on track
because we've been doing it for a while.
But I've always been very,
very disciplined with my health,
my fitness and just,
you know, trying to be there for people,
that type of stuff, you know,
and my, my work ethic is really good.
And I know yours
is to where we want to be self centered.
Right. In a good way.
Self-centered is good to be.
I have to take care of yourself
because you can't take care of others.
That's exactly right. Yeah. Exactly right.
So stepping outside of the work now,
I remember when it was snowing out,
I had put on a jacket and boots
and I brushed
snow off a little chair
I had because I remember my grandpa.
You're a warrior.
I like that you looked at me through
the glass window and he shook his head.
Out long, right.
And just needed to, you know, to do that,
to get out there and do that.
But I think I could do that in the house,
just standing by a window
with sun coming
in, you know, just to center yourself.
And I'm going to look into that
grounding mat.
Yeah, the grounding mat.
Look at that up.
But you know,
the first thing in the morning
I'll have my cup of coffee after.
Not first thing,
but once I get things going,
I'll just sit outside for ten, 15,
20 minutes barefoot on the ground.
Or many times I'll just be standing up
and I can just return my messages
to people from the morning,
check my emails at the same time,
and it's just so soothing
on a beautiful day, just to get it done
before it gets too hot or whatever.
So let's let's do that.
And the other thing
that I read is very important
is actually to touch the earth. Yes.
So that's why it's so important with you
just with bare feet sitting outside
with the grounding, your bare feet.
Or I'll even do push ups outside
on the grass itself, on the ground,
because the healing qualities with nature,
it just goes right through your body
and it just circulates through the body.
I can't explain how,
but it's something that Indians were doing
way back in the early days as well.
And there they were,
healthy, that's for sure.
What else do we have to talk about?
We could live longer and live better.
This one was interesting,
preparing something to eat, and I really,
I really like this because I'm sure it is
something that I do every day.
But maybe not everyone does it.
Prepare
at least one meal that you make now.
It could be slicing a banana
and butter on it.
Oh yummy.
Because even a simple sandwich,
a salad or a bowl of fruit.
Preparing your food is meaningful
and it's an act of self-care.
It is because too many people,
they'll wait
and they have nothing prepared in the.
And they're so hungry.
And families,
they grab whatever's in front of them.
And that time to pause. Yes.
Long ago to thank the food I
you know, to stop.
I learned this from a friend long ago,
and she stopped.
Susan Palmieri, I love you.
She stopped and said that she thanked
all the people
it took to get this food on her plate.
That's a great that's a great I love that.
It's like just thanking all the people
in your life, thanking your server.
If you're at a restaurant, thank you for
that server for getting that food to me.
Thank you for the chef in the back
who's preparing that food.
Thank you for the people
that delivered the food to that restaurant
or to your home.
You know, thank you, avocado,
for being such a power pack fruit.
I mean,
it doesn't get much better than avocados.
I love avocados,
it's like nature's most perfect food.
Me too.
That is important not to take everything
for granted, you know, to take that.
Think of, think of people know the parts
of the world who don't have what we have,
right?
We are so blessed to be where we are.
Not everyone has access.
They don't know.
So just be grateful.
Write gratitude.
Be grateful and protect your peace.
Listen, everybody,
to many people trying to invade
your space,
get real estate in between your ears.
I like this one.
Stop exhausting yourself
by explaining who you are
to people who've already decided
what they want to believe about you.
Not everybody is going to be for you,
and that's okay.
Exhausting trying to please everyone.
Yeah, I'm guilty of that times
because I've got the personality
where I want, you know,
I want to make everybody happy.
I want to bring people together.
My wife calls me Switzerland sometimes.
That's John Switzerland, right?
That's my nature.
But at the same time, you know,
you don't want to go overboard
and then compromise your principles
to try to make everything happen.
Certain people you can't
help, certain people you can't help.
You have to know
you can't fix everyone. No.
But one thing
I really admire about you, John.
And we have a book coming out,
and you're going to be very surprised
what John has written
about a segment of his life in your book.
And I think of you often
when I hear the saying, don't.
What does that say?
Like, don't think by kindness.
Don't confuse
oh my kindness with weakness or meekness.
Don't confuse my kindness
with weakness, right?
Because you are one of the most
compassionate, kindest people I know.
But you're no doormat.
And when people cross that line,
you let them know.
And I admire that, didn't you?
You don't get to the point
where you worth, let's say as a teenager,
maybe like fighting or something.
But you let them know, like,
I don't like what you just did.
Yeah.
I'll respect and always
give people the benefit of the doubt.
I always
true and I love people and I realize I try
to put myself in their shoes all the time.
So I try to get my ego out of the way.
So if they are, they're rude.
I'm thinking, okay, they've had a bad day.
Maybe they lost their job, you know,
maybe they had a fight with their spouse
or whatever.
So I try to step back
and practice the pause.
But if somebody would be
if they were continually rude in my face,
I would try to dissuade them,
disarm them and be kind.
Listen,
let's just let's just have a conversation.
Maybe, maybe you're having
a really tough day today.
Hey, listen, I've been there,
but let's just talk this out, you know,
and just put yourself in their shoes.
And 99% of the time, that will work.
Because I don't want to engage.
I don't want to fight. I'm a lover,
not a fighter.
But if somebody did back me up
into a wall, you know, or somebody
tried to hurt you or hurt my wife,
or am I a stepdaughter
or anybody I love, I'm
going to step right in and protect them.
Yeah. Yes you do.
So protect your peace.
But don't be a doormat,
right? Don't be a doormat.
Don't have to be
about it. No, no. Yeah, yeah,
you can hit that head on.
I also like writing a letter.
So if you write a letter
to someone to hurt you.
And let's say
maybe they know what on earth
you know, but it's something
you need to purge out of you.
So they may be living no longer here,
and you may never send a letter.
But when you're right, from the
perspective of the person you were then
because let's say it happened a while ago
and you were really hurt about that,
and the person you are now,
it may not have the same tone to it,
but you're actually like healing yourself
by doing that
and you're just letting it slide
out of your body.
Like,
I don't want to hang onto this any longer.
So writing can release emotions
you carry for
far too long, and sending
the letter is optional.
But healing yourself is the purpose.
That's great choice.
It's also like
if you're angry too many times
we fly off the handle too quick
without thinking about it.
So if you're angry with somebody
and you really want
to give a piece of your mind,
you know it's the flesh.
You know, write it, but don't send it.
It's like with the text,
how many times have you texted somebody
and it got you in trouble?
And, I mean, I haven't had that recently,
but back in the early days,
I would send something.
Oh, I shouldn't have sent that.
I wish I could have rethought it,
you know?
Sounds different
than what you meant it to be.
And that's why it's important
to leave a voice message.
You're really good at leaving voice.
Yeah. So?
So I'll leave a voice message
with people on messenger or whatever.
I'll call them, because that way
they can hear the sincerity of my voice,
like you said, the inflection.
But a text is cold.
And I remember sending a text to somebody
once before, said John, that doesn't
sound like you, that that man
that was like, really not very nice.
And then when I explained it
with a phone call, they go, oh, okay, now
I know what you meant.
Yeah, that you did that
because they would have gone
through the rest of your life saying,
I don't know.
Oh yes.
I called them right away.
And the thing was,
that person was having a bad day.
So the way they interpreted
it based on what was going on
in their life
was, was not exactly what was meant.
Right?
So let's say the
last one will leave
you with is like for so many.
Oh, God.
There could be a part
two of this down the line,
but I'm going to address this now
because there's something.
Oh, Joyce is going to address this now.
Reading something.
And I know you do that job.
Read at least one page,
but I'm inspiring or meaningful
book every morning
or before you go to bed.
What you consistently pour into your mind
influences
your thoughts, beliefs, and choices.
Feed your mind words that strengthen you
rather than frighten or discourage you.
A better life is rarely created
through one enormous change.
It's built through the small,
loving choices you make every day.
But I want to talk about this little book
I have sitting here because Dave.
Dave, who owns the studio
Direct Line Media here in Brantford,
his mom told me about this book and it's
called The Cafe on the edge of the world.
Oh, I like that title.
A story about the meaning of life.
It is a little book.
You could read this in our. Yeah.
And even though, John,
we know a lot of this stuff,
there's a little bit of a spin on this
that really made me stop to think.
So I'm giving this to you.
Oh, thank you, thank you.
And here it is right here, folks.
Cafe on the edge of the world.
Highly recommend that. Thank you.
I will read this later on.
A worldwide bestseller.
Yeah, absolutely.
Make you think what we are,
what we consume.
So we we hopefully the hopefully
this was helpful to you and hearing
you speak, Joyce.
And it was helpful to me too.
It's nice sometimes to hear yourself
say it or hear somebody else
say at the same time, you know,
and we do, we do.
But we want you to be healthy.
We want you to be the best
version of yourself, not just for you,
but your family, your coworkers,
everybody that you come in contact with.
And we really need to take care
of ourselves spiritually, mentally
and physically.
Not trying to be preachy,
but I think we all innately know that.
Yeah,
we innately know that. And watch this.
You know, we comments.
We'd love to read your comments about it.
Like what you do right or what
you found helpful. Right?
Because we all learn from each other.
We really do.
You? Yeah.
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Thank you so much
for being a part of our lives.
You bless us in so many ways.
And Joyce, you bless me and lots of love
to you and your family.
Love you all. Till next time. Bye.
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