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Foreign for your weekly detox with Tom Schwartz. Niet huda biez de bra. There's no misfortune without a blessing in it. Every cloud has a silver lining, man. I hope so. The last two years really put me to the test. I was flailing, floundering, trying to be flourishing. But here we are now. The summation of our life choices, the consequences of our actions. Good, bad, everything in between. Somewhere, a little butterfly flapped its wings. And now I'm here, about to go to the banya with Jesse Lally. Would we have been where we are now without a few misfortunes along the way? Would we be sipping chilled vodka? Would I be lashing Lali's back with soaked birch leaves in the steam room if things went differently? I don't know, H. Success is not final. Failure is not fatal. It's the courage to continue that counts. Yes. Thank you, Winston Churchill. To honor your wisdom, I think maybe we'll drink some gin in a bathtub. No, no, actually, instead of that, how about vodka in Abanya? Or maybe at least vodka style potatoes at the bar. The Vodo Spa bar. We're gonna treat ourselves. Yep. Have we earned it? I don't know, but we're gonna do it. We're gonna treat ourselves. I'm thinking we go to my favorite spa in West Hollywood. Photo spa with a dear friend, Mr. Jesse Lally. I'm thinking robes, massages, facials, cold tubs, hot tubs, full bar, fresh juice bar. This feels very detox Retox. This place has it all. Awesome staff, but we're gonna treat ourselves today. Yes. Have you been to a banya? Banyas are deeply embedded in Russian culture. A typical banya has a steam room with wooden benches, a washing area, and then a cold plunge alongside of it. Or maybe buckets of cold water. The intense heat, it boosts circulation, detoxifies your skin. It can ease sore muscles, sore egos, and hopefully, well, at least for me, it melts the stress away. Like butter. It melts the stress away. And then afterwards, a cold plunge, a nice pleasant shock to the system that sharpens your mind, boosts your immunity. Maybe if you're lucky, wakes up your soul. My soul's awake. Well, not yet. It's about to be. But yeah, supposedly they boost your immune system. Going, you know, from the extreme temperature changes from the steam room, the sauna, to the cold plunge. Yeah. And you sweat a lot out. It feels cleansing. It feels purifying. You hear people say, go sweat out your toxins. And listen, I know we talked about this in prior episodes. Our organs do most of the heavy lifting. The liver and the kidneys are the real MVPs. Shout out to my liver, my kidney. But most of what we sweat on is just water and electrolytes. But still, being in a sauna, steam room, then a cold plunge, it's soothing. Also, I don't want to ruin the romance of detoxification. We are detoxing, baby. For me, detoxing is just trying to level up, trying to better yourself. It's not a rejection of indulgence, but like a nice little return to clarity. And it's one of my favorite little rituals. It's investing in yourself. So, yeah, banyas, like I said, deeply rooted in Russian culture, they can promote healthy circulation. They can make your skin nice and glowy. Sports skin health. They can reduce inflammation. They can let the endorphins flow maybe a little bit. Mental clarity and epiphany help you feel just chiller, calmer all around, more grounded. When I get done with a good banya session, a good spa session, I don't know, man. I just. I start sounding like Matthew McConaughey. You just gotta keep on living, man. L I V I n. And that's what we're about to do. So I hope you guys come along, because we're hitting the Banya Voda Spa, my favorite spot in West Hollywood, with an old buddy, Jesse Lally. We're gonna live, laugh, love. Okay. Are you guys down? Thank you for joining me. Harmony, check. Yes. Zazadorvia. Vamos. Wrong language. Okay, let's pick back up in the spa.