Livin' The Dream

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  Become The CEO of Your Health (Pt 5 of 5): You Are Not Fragile Week (Self-Care Saturday) 03.10.2026 37min

  In this episode, we bring the whole weekly focus home. Because none of those lessons matter... if you don't take responsibility for what happens next. So I want to talk about something that I think may be the most important lesson of the entire week: Become the CEO of your health. Resources: Brain.fm App (First month Free, then 20% off subscription) Discount Code: coachdamiensd Links: IG: @coachdamien_sd @damienrayevans @livinthedream_podcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel...
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  Feed The Adaptation (Pt. 4 of 5): You Are Not Fragile Week (Fuel-Up Friday) 02.10.2026 50min

  There is no universally perfect diet. There is no universally perfect eating window. There is no universally perfect calorie intake. The question is: What are you asking your body to do? Because if you're asking your body to train... recover... build muscle... strengthen bone... rehab an injury... perform... adapt... and become MORE capable... you have to provide the resources to do that. And I think a lot of people are trying to build... without delivering the construction materials. So toda...
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  Intermittent Fasting (Pt 1): What It Is, Who It's For, and Whether You Actually Need It (Throwback Thursday) 01.10.2026 40min

  What actually IS intermittent fasting? Where did this idea come from? Why has fasting existed in human cultures and religions for thousands of years? What are people hoping to get from it? What are the potential downsides? Who might benefit from using it... and who might want to think twice before piling another stressor onto an already stressed-out body and lifestyle? Then next Throwback Thursday... we'll come back with Part 2, where younger Coach D gets WAY more tactical... and dives into d...
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  Pain Doesn’t Always Mean Damage. (Pt. 3 of 5): You Are Not Fragile Week (Wellness Wednesday) 30.09.2026 42min

  In this episode, I want to talk about an idea that has genuinely changed the way I think about my own body. And I need you to hear the ENTIRE sentence. Ready? Pain is always real. AND... pain does not always mean ongoing tissue damage. Those two things can be true... at the same time. And understanding the difference... might change the way you experience your body. Resources: Brain.fm App (First month Free, then 20% off subscription) Discount Code: coachdamiensd Links: IG: @coachdam...
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  USE IT. LOSE IT. REBUILD IT. (Pt 2 of 5): You Are Not Fragile Week (Training Tuesday) 29.09.2026 57min

  In this episode, we're talking about one of the most important principles I've learned in all my years of coaching: Don't obsess over the movement you can't do. Find the capacity underneath it... and find the version you CAN do. Then we build from there. Today we're talking: **Use it. Lose it. REBUILD it.** Resources: Brain.fm App (First month Free, then 20% off subscription) Discount Code: coachdamiensd Links: IG: @coachdamien_sd @damienrayevans @livinthedream_podcast YouTube: htt...
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  You are NOT fragile. (Pt. 1 of 5) (Mindset Monday) 28.09.2026 39min

  What happens when something you temporarily can't do, slowly becomes something you believe you'll never do again. Because those are two very different things. “I can't do this right now.” And... “I can't do this.” In this episode, I want to start with one simple idea: Your current limitations may be real. But real... doesn't necessarily mean permanent. Sometimes, A LABEL, can become a LIMIT. Dream Team... Welcome to You Are Not Fragile Week. Resources: Brain.fm App (First mo...
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  You Have to Live While You Wait: Build a Long Game Worth Living (Self-Care Saturday) 06.09.2026 33min

  All week, we've repeated one message: Urgency with the actions. Patience with the outcomes. But today… I want to make sure we don't accidentally turn that into: “Suffer now so someday you're finally allowed to live.” Because that's not the long game I want for you. Today I want to talk about something incredibly important: You have to live while you wait.I think almost everyone has said some version of this: “I'll be happy when…” Resources: Brain.fm App (First month Free, then 20% off subs...
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  One Meal Doesn’t Make a Diet: Stop Letting Individual Choices Overpower the Pattern (Fuel-Up Friday) 04.09.2026 36min

  If you eat around three meals a day… 1,000 meals is roughly a year of eating. Now imagine laying all 1,000 of those meals out in front of you. Breakfast. Lunch. Dinner. Again. Again. Again. For almost an entire year. And now I want you to point to one meal. That's what I want to talk about today. Because we give individual meals way too much power. Resources: Brain.fm App (First month Free, then 20% off subscription) Discount Code: coachdamiensd Links: IG: @coachdamien_sd @damienrayevans...
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  How to Get Better at Bodyweight Movements — Push-ups, Pull-ups, Planks, and More. (Throwback Thursday) 03.09.2026 1h 18min

  All week we've been talking about playing the long game. Casting votes. Practicing. Progressing. Understanding that the things we do repeatedly eventually become the results we see. Well, today's throwback is that exact philosophy applied to your physical abilities. Push-ups. Pull-ups. Squats. Lunges. Dips. Sit-ups. Planks. Because here's the secret to getting better at bodyweight movements: You practice them. You find the version you can successfully perform today. You master it. You get str...
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  Your Brain Is Practicing Something: Neuroplasticity, Repetition, and the Mind You’re Building (Wellness Wednesday) 02.09.2026 47min

  You have the mind of your last 1,000 conversations. Now, just like the 1,000 meals idea… I don't mean that literally. There is no neurological accountant sitting inside your skull counting conversations. But the underlying idea? I think it's incredibly important. Your mind has a history. The things you've practiced thinking about. The skills you've practiced. The problems you've practiced solving. The stories you've practiced telling. The language you've used. The conversations you've partici...
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  Adaptation Has a Speed Limit: What Your Body Is Actually Doing While You Wait for Results (Training Tuesday) 01.09.2026 50min

  I think people often imagine exercise almost like depositing muscle directly into a bank account. I lifted today… therefore I built muscle today. I squatted today… therefore my bones are stronger today. I ran today… therefore I am fitter today. But that isn't really how adaptation works. Training creates a challenge. A demand. A reason for your body to change. Then, between workouts, your body responds to that challenge. And after enough properly dosed challenges… with enough recovery… repeat...
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  The Receipt: Stop Judging Your Future by Today’s Snapshot (Mindset Monday) 31.08.2026 43min

  Life is far too complicated to reduce a human being to a thousand decisions. But as a metaphor? I think there is something incredibly valuable here. Because so much of where we find ourselves today is the accumulated result of things that happened repeatedly before today. Not yesterday. Not last weekend. Not the last seven days. Often… years. And that is what I want to talk about all week. Resources: Brain.fm App (First month Free, then 20% off subscription) Discount Code: coachdamien...
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  Build a Life You Don’t Constantly Need to Escape From: How to Create an Environment That Restores You (Self-Care Saturday) 15.08.2026 31min

  In this episode, I want to close this week by talking about self-care. But I don’t want to give you another list of things to buy. I don’t want to tell you that self-care is a bubble bath… a massage… a vacation… a candle… or a face mask. Those things can be wonderful. I love a good Thai Massage. I love getting outside. I love the ocean. But self-care is bigger than any individual activity. Here is the question I want us to explore today: What if self-care isn’t only about escaping your enviro...
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  Your Kitchen Makes Decisions Before You Do (Fuel-Up Friday) 14.08.2026 35min

  In this episode, we’re walking into one of the most influential environments in your entire life: Your kitchen. Because your kitchen is not just a room where food is stored. It is a decision-making environment. What you buy… what you prepare… what you place on the counter… what you keep at eye level… what can be eaten immediately… what requires thirty minutes to cook… what appears first when you open the refrigerator… and what can be ordered from your phone in three taps… all of it begins inf...
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  Why Foot Health Is So Important. (Throwback Thursday) 13.08.2026 1h 20min

  This week’s throwback takes our question—“How’s the water?”—all the way down to the ground beneath your feet. Because your feet are your foundation… but for most of your life, that foundation has been surrounded by shoes. Cushioning. Arch support. Narrow toe boxes. Raised heels. And footwear designed around fashion, comfort, or performance—sometimes without considering what your feet were naturally built to do. In this episode, we’re exploring the history and evolution of footwear, how the sh...
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  Your Nervous System Lives Somewhere: How Light, Noise, Technology, Relationships, and Place Become Biology (Wellness Wednesday) 12.08.2026 33min

  Your environment becomes biological information. The light entering your eyes… the noise reaching your ears… the messages appearing on your phone… the emotional energy in the room… the people sitting beside you… the amount of safety or uncertainty you feel… Your nervous system is always receiving information. Always interpreting. Always asking: “Am I safe here?” “Do I need to be alert?” “Can I recover?” “Is it time to perform?” “Is it safe to let my guard down?” Your nervous system does not e...
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  Your Environment Is Your Unseen Coach How to Make Fitness the Easier Choice (Training Tuesday) 11.08.2026 34min

  The workout begins long before the first repetition. It begins when you decide where your shoes live. It begins when you choose a gym. It begins when you put a workout on your calendar. It begins with the people you spend time around. It begins with whether movement feels convenient or complicated. It begins with the environment that either carries you toward exercise… or forces you to fight your way there. Your environment is always coaching you. And when it comes to fitness, that coach may ...
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  What the Hell Is Water? How Your Environment Quietly Shapes Your Health, Habits, and Future (Mindset Monday) 10.08.2026 35min

  There’s an old story that was made famous by writer David Foster Wallace. Two young fish are swimming through the water when they pass an older fish. The older fish greets them and asks: “Morning, boys. How’s the water?” The two younger fish keep swimming. Then, after a little while, one looks at the other and asks: “What the hell is water?” The story isn’t really about fish. It’s about us. The things that surround us every day become almost invisible precisely because they are always there. ...
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  Sometimes the Best Thing You Can Do Is Float (Self-Care Saturday) 18.07.2026 12min

  This week we've spent a lot of time talking about the ocean. The waves. The tides. The rhythms of nature. And today... I'd like to end the week with one final lesson the ocean has taught me. One that I think we all need to hear a little more often. Sometimes... the best thing you can do... is float. Resources: Brain.fm App (First month Free, then 20% off subscription) Discount Code: coachdamiensd Caldera Lab Skin Care www.calderalab.com Discount Code: CoachD Links: IG: @coachdamien_sd...
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  Feed the Life You're Living: Why Your Nutrition Should Move Like the Tides (Fuel-Up Friday) 17.07.2026 14min

  One of the questions I get asked more than almost anything else is... "Coach... what's the best diet?" Keto? Mediterranean? Carnivore? Vegan? Intermittent fasting? Low carb? High carb? Every expert seems to have a different answer. And every expert can usually point to studies that support their position. So... who's right? Honestly... probably all of them. For somebody. Because my very first Life Rule—the first rule I've had written in my phone for over ten years—is this: Life Rule #1: Do wh...