In this Simple Healthy Life episode, Ryan and MJ unpack self-actualization and its paradox: the more you fixate on becoming your “best self,” the more you slide into comparison, box-checking, and self-rejection. They explore how to pursue growth without eroding acceptance, drawing on Maslow, growth mindset, real training examples from jiu-jitsu and the gym, and a powerful Kobe Bryant reflection on feeling first, then choosing action. You’ll get a practical reframe for identity over outcomes, plus present-moment tools like journaling, meditation, and meaning-making in daily work and relationships so progress feels authentic, not performative.

In this episode of Simple Healthy Life, Ryan and MJ dive into the CIA’s secret Stargate Program and the strange world of remote viewing. From Cold War psychic spies sketching Russian submarines to Carl Jung’s synchronicities and the placebo effect, they explore what lies beyond the five senses — and why science may just be catching up to what mystics have said for centuries. Can anyone learn to “see” without eyes? Why did the government fund a program it claimed didn’t work for over 20 years? And what might future generations laugh at us for not understanding today? Join us as we unpack the esoteric, the unprovable, and the deeply human search for meaning in the unseen.

On this more 'interesting' rather than insightful episode, MJ and Ryan discuss what it might be like during an Alien encounter, on MJ's belief (or lack thereof) regarding dinosaurs, and much more...