Episode Details

The Dr. John Delony Show is a caller-driven show that offers real people a chance to be heard as they struggle with relationship issues and mental health challenges. John will give you practical advice on how to connect with people, how to take the next right step when you feel frozen, and how to cut through the depression and anxiety that can feel so overwhelming. You are not alone in this battle. You are worth being well—and it starts by focusing on what you can control. Let us know what’s going on by leaving a voicemail at 844.693.3291 or visiting johndelony.com/show. We want to talk to YOU!

Show Notes for this Episode

2:54: Morning Routine (45m-1.5h)

• Ben Greenfield fitness
• Tools of Titans - Tim Ferris
• 7-8h sleep
• gratitude journal, Bible, notecard
• meditation (Insight Timer app)
• coffee, green tea
• feet on bare ground
• workout (30-60m), go for a walk/ruck
• Jocko: Push, Pull, Squat & Lift Protocol
• hang upside down on Teeter inversion table
• cold immersion/exposure
• physical touch with wife & kids
• breakfast with kids
• Human Charger

12:36: Diet

• no sugar, no grains
• 15-16h between meals/Intermittent Fasting
• lots of high quality fats, meats
• berries with heavy cream
• occasional whiskey, not much drinking
• supplements: look for a later episode

16:08: Books

• I read a lot, as much as I can: books, articles, blog
• I re-read books
• Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk
• Catcher in the Rye - J. D. Salinger
• Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
• I Don't Want to Talk About It - Terrence Real
• Antifragile - Nassim Nicholas Taleb
• Come As You Are - Emily Nagoski
• Finding Meaning - David Kessler
• Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents - Lindsay C. Gibson
• The Deepest Well - Nadinen Burke Harris M.D.
• Gabor Maté  M.D.
• Brené Brown
• The Gift of Therapy - Irvin Yalom
• Dr. Henry Cloud
• Behave - Robert M. Sapolsky
• Patrick Lencioni
• Ready Player One - Ernest Cline
• Mating in Captivity - Esther Perel
• Predictably Irrational - Dan Ariely
• Why We Get Fat - Gary Taubes
• The Road - Cormac McCarthy
• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain
• Justice - Michael J. Sandel
• Theology: Tim Wise, Rob Bell, Richard Rohr, N. T. Wright, Richard Beck
• Anne Lamott
• The Body Keeps the Score - Bessel van der Kolk M.D.
• Young Adult Fiction:
• The Harry Potter series - J. K. Rowling
• The Wingfeather Saga - Andrew Peterson
• The Wildwood Chronicles - Colin Meloy & Carson Ellis
• The Wilder Good series - S. J. Dahlstrom
• Poets: Def Comedy Jam, Langston Hughes
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20:54: Comedians: Cosby, Pryor, Chapelle, Lewis Black, Steve Martin, Seinfeld, Nate Bargatze, Robin Williams

22:13: Music

• Guns & Roses, Rage Against the Machine, Dream Theater, Pantera, Deftones, all 80s har metal, Poison, Def Leppard, Warrant, Rat
• old punk: Bad Brains, Black Fl