Episode 29: Joe DiStefano—Healing through Crisis, Preparing for Fatherhood & Vitamin D Optimization

 

On episode 29 I speak with Joe DiStefano, founder of Runga, lifestyle coach, kettlebell expert and host of his own podcast, Stacked. We dive into his childhood, overcoming a serious head trauma through holistic healing, his emotional process and finding the balance between working out and working in. Joe shares his recent experience of becoming a father and his research into vaccines through the process, his love of kettlebells and why everyone should use them. Joe and I connected over our childhood baseball memories at the intersection of sports, relating to our fathers and self-worth.

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“Kettlebells strengthen you from the inside out, and that’s what I love about them... you have to walk around the bell, talk nicely to it, but don’t try to teach the bell anything... ”
— Joe DiStefano

SHOW NOTES

• 3:10 Joe’s episode with Paul, sharing his healing journey after head trauma

• 8:00 Combination of diet and ‘working in’ for healing

• 14:00 How listening to Doctors can be worse than the prognosis

• 19:20 Joe’s approach to coaching and meeting people where they’re at

• 24:30 “What can I do to get more people to cry?”

• 30:00 People need to take responsibility for their own health choices, but need accountability

• 34:00 Respectful parenting

• 39:30 Being a dad is a process, just like everything else that’s unfolding

• 43:05 First months of being a father, something you can only know by experience

• 46:00 The emotional shift from being a son to being a father

• 49:00 As a parent, just don’t get in the way of our children’s growth and learning

• 55:30 Looking into vaccines leading up to the birth of his son

• 49:00 As a parent, just don’t get in the way of our children’s growth and learning

• 55:30 Looking into vaccines leading up to the birth of his son

• 62:00 Peaked interest by suppression of Vitamin D information

• 79:30 Listening to the tech hearing; independant thought vs. borrowed thought

• 82:00 Joe’s insights on Vitamin D

• 90:30 Why Kettlebells?

 
 
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