Brief Summary & Bio:
Today is such an amazing interview with Dallas Hartwig to talk about the concepts in his new book called “The 4 Season Solution: The Groundbreaking New Plan for Feeling Better, Living Well, and Powering Down our Always-On Lives”. We talk about small yet significant lifestyle changes we can make, in accordance with the seasons and our biological needs; and we get into some conversation about the typical Mid-Life crisis, as well as how this quarantine time we’re being forced into living is perfectly matched up with the contents of this book.

Dallas Hartwig is the cofounder of the Whole30 and Whole9 programs, the coauthor of New York Times bestsellers “It Starts With Food” and “The Whole30”. Dallas is a functional medicine practitioner and physical therapist, he’s also the cohost of The Living Experiment podcast. He has been featured in media such as Today, Good Morning America, The Dr. Oz Show, The View, and more. To learn more, visit DallasHartwig.com.

Disclaimer: Consult with your doctor or functional medicine practitioner before trying any of the remedies or dietary interventions mentioned in this episode. This information and recording is for informational and educational purposes only.

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RESOURCES mentioned in this episode:
- Book: The 4 Seasons Solution (Amazon Affiliate Link): https://amzn.to/2WHlA19
- Dallas’ Website & Newsletter http://dallashartwig.com/
Dallas on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dallashartwig/
Dallas’ Podcast: The Living Experiment: http://livingexperiment.com
Pilar’s book “The Healthy Deviant”: https://amzn.to/2y1codJ

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Points of Discussion:
- The timelines of this book during the pandemic
- Thinking about 4 Seasons on multi-year, multi-decade timeline of implementation
- Dallas talks human history that led us to the disconnected life we are typically living now
- What is oscillation, what does it matter to us
- 2 Primary Phases - Expansion and Contraction, Summer and Fall
- without the necessary balance, we feel stress, unease, and disease
- comparing “Chronic Summer Living” with over drafting your bank account
- social isolation from the coronavirus pandemic is almost forcing us into “Fall”
- you don’t have to do this all at once
- we’re living as if it’s summertime all year round
- Sleep variations in Summer and shorter days/nights
- circadian rhythms
- lighting plays a big role in our health and living experience
- blue light
- chronic lack of sleep is a serious thing to consider
- Marisa shares her chronic fatigue story
- Dallas explains it’s not just sleep we need to fix, it’s our dark/light exposure
- sleep is a profoundly active restorative state
- time spent in darkness is an important part of this balance
- Connection between “Chronic Summer Living’ and chronic disease
- Dallas shares his upbringing living “off the grid” as a child
- When we’re more connected with nature and our surroundings, we’re more at peace (and step away from the speed of modern life)
- We feel like we have to justify ourselves when we’re not staying busy
- What does the typical “Midlife Crisis” represent?
- a mismatch between the choices we’ve made in our lives and the deep yearnings within us
- we don’t feel at ease and have an urge to break free
- the problem is we’re expected to keep up the pace of our 30’s into our early retirement age
- we don’t have to take our foot off the gas and slam the break, just gradually coast into change
- we should think about what our legacy is, who we care about, how we contribute to a better world and community (in our 40’s and 50’s)
- midlife crisis is like our mind and soul telling us “we’re in the wrong place” and have to get out of the constraints
- The modern world we live in has all the constraints built into it
- book: The Healthy Deviant
- we need to be willing to deviate from societal norms
- financial constraints of eating healthy usually ends up being more of an issue of prioritizing your health
- Marisa shares a story about holiday stress
- The 4 Seasons Solution is a new lense to build your entire life through, and it’s unique to you
- The more you do something, the more you want to do it. It can be good or bad behavior you crave based on your current habits
- Dallas shares an ancestral point of view that emphasizes the lack of external cues and our personal responsibility to shift into balance
- Dallas’ ETRE recommendations (Early Time-Restricted Eating, AKA Circadian Fasting or Intermittent Fasting)

Intro/Exit Music  - "Ukulele Whistle" by Scott Holmes