Podcast
REST | EAT | MOVE
Hosted by Matt and Chris Johnson · EN
Your health is your #1 asset. Are you investing in this every day? In this podcast we will guide you along your journey to create a balanced healthy lifestyle allowing you to do and give more in your life and career. As the leading authority on small steps to healthy living, On Target Living has created a lifestyle that not only helps you have better health, but allows you to perform at your best. You will never think about your health & performance the same way again.
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321. The Hidden Warning Signs of Kidney & Liver Problems Most People Miss
4d ago00:42:32Tap to summarizeThis episode explores why kidney and liver health are essential to overall wellness and longevity, highlighting how these organs quietly support the body's detoxification and filtration systems long before symptoms appear. Matt and Chris encourage listeners to monitor key health markers—especially GFR and BUN—alongside blood pressure and other routine labs, while discussing how hydration, stress, sleep, nutrition, alcohol, processed foods, and excessive supplement use may impact organ function. The conversation emphasizes taking a proactive, prevention-focused approach to support healthy kidney and liver function throughout life.#Protecting Your Kidneys & Liver#Know Your Kidney Numbers#The Silent Organ Health Crisis#Kidney Health Starts Here#Detox Starts With Functionontargetliving.com
Transcribe →320. Stillness Is a Superpower (Rebroadcast)
2w ago00:44:04Tap to summarizeIn Episode 320, the conversation shifts from fitness tactics to something deeper: the battle between time and space. While most high performers obsess over productivity, optimization, and even hormone replacement therapy, this episode argues that the missing link in health — especially hormonal health — isn’t more effort. It’s recovery. Drawing on experiences coaching executives, entrepreneurs, and peak performers (including a talk at MIT), the hosts explore how chronic busyness, digital overload, and the inability to tolerate stillness are disrupting the nervous system and driving issues like anxiety, poor sleep, gut dysfunction, and hormone imbalance. They break down the power of micro, medium, and macro breaks — from 60-second breathing resets to digital detox weekends — and explain why intentional rest must be planned with the same intensity as work. Using metaphors like the catapult (you must pull back to launch forward) and the “space between the notes” that makes music meaningful, this episode challenges listeners to rethink productivity. The real edge isn’t doing more — it’s creating space. Rest first. Then eat. Then move.#PeakPerformance#StressRecovery#Biohacking#MentalResilience#ExecutiveHealthontargetliving.com
Transcribe →319. Why We're Addicted to Quick Dopamine: The Truth About Nicotine Pouches, Stress & Nervous System Health
3w ago00:15:18Tap to summarizeIn this episode of the Rest, Eat, Move podcast, Matt Johnson explores the growing popularity of nicotine pouches, oral stimulants, and other quick-fix wellness trends as a reflection of a larger issue: chronic nervous system dysregulation. Rather than focusing solely on products like ZYN, he discusses how modern lifestyles filled with constant stimulation, stress, and dopamine-seeking behaviors may contribute to dependence on temporary sources of energy, focus, and relief. Matt encourages listeners to prioritize foundational habits—rest, nutrition, movement, and stress management—to build long-term resilience instead of relying on short-term stimulants.#RestEatMove#Dopamine#NervousSystem#WellnessPodcast#HealthyLivingontargetliving.com
Transcribe →318. Omega-3s: What Most People Get Wrong About Inflammation and Longevity
4w ago00:28:51Tap to summarizeIn this episode of Rest, Eat, Move, we take a deeper look at omega-3 fatty acids and why the conversation about inflammation is often oversimplified. While omega-3s are essential for brain health, cellular function, heart health, hormone balance, and longevity, the bigger lesson is that health isn't just about isolated nutrients—it's about whole-food nutrition and how nutrients work together. We explore the history of omega-3 research, the importance of balancing omega-6 and omega-3 fats, and why cod liver oil remains a unique source of not only DHA and EPA, but also naturally occurring vitamins A and D, along with other beneficial fatty acids and inflammation-resolving compounds. The episode challenges listeners to think beyond supplement labels and focus on the quality, source, and biological context of the nutrients they consume.#Omega3s#InflammationHealth#CodLiverOil#FunctionalNutrition#WellnessPodcastontargetliving.com
Transcribe →317. 5 Simple Habits to Reduce Inflammation and Improve Your Health (Rebroadcast)
Jun 1600:17:22Tap to summarizeIn this episode of the Rest, Eat, Move podcast, Matt breaks down the often overcomplicated topic of inflammation, explaining that while acute inflammation is essential for healing, chronic inflammation—described as excessive, ongoing “heat” in the body—is at the root of nearly 90% of modern disease, including obesity, diabetes, cancer, hormonal imbalance, and mental health challenges. He emphasizes that food alone is not always the primary cause and highlights common symptoms such as skin issues, joint pain, digestive problems, low energy, weight gain, poor sleep, anxiety, and weakened immunity. Matt outlines five key contributors to chronic inflammation: unmanaged stress, insufficient sleep, a highly processed and acidic diet, omega-3 deficiency, and lack of daily movement (or over-exercising without recovery). Ultimately, he stresses that lowering inflammation requires a holistic, habit-based approach rather than quick fixes, empowering listeners to reclaim their health by addressing stress, sleep, nutrition, movement, and lifestyle balance.#Inflammation#HealthAndWellness#StressManagement#Nutrition#HealthyHabitsontargetliving.com
Transcribe →316. How to Feed Your Kids Better: 5 Proven Habits That Build Lifelong Healthy Eating
Jun 900:14:35Tap to summarizeIn this episode of Rest, Eat, Move, Matt shares personal stories from growing up in a health-conscious family and the lessons that shaped his approach to nutrition, parenting, and long-term wellness. Reflecting on his own health decline during his first year of college, he explains how poor food choices, lack of sleep, and reduced physical activity impacted his energy, performance, and confidence—ultimately reinforcing the value of healthy habits. He then outlines five practical strategies for helping children develop lifelong healthy eating patterns: be a role model, involve kids in meal planning and cooking, make simple food upgrades instead of enforcing restrictions, prioritize nutrient-dense "superfoods," and avoid becoming the food police. The episode emphasizes that consistency, education, and positive leadership—not perfection—are the keys to raising healthy, confident eaters.#HealthPodcast#NutritionTips#ParentingPodcast#Wellness#HealthyLifestyleontargetliving.com
Transcribe →315. The Science of Consciousness, Breathwork, Focus, and Fearlessness | Dr. Phil Nuernberger
Jun 201:13:38Tap to summarizeIn this episode of Rest, Eat, Move, Matt sits down with Dr. Phil Nuernberger, psychologist, meditation teacher, and longtime student of the Himalayan tradition, for a deep conversation on the mind, fear, stillness, focus, and inner harmony. Dr. Phil explains why most people spend their lives training their bodies but never learn how to train their minds, and how simple practices like diaphragmatic breathing, breath awareness, and focused attention can transform emotional resilience and mental clarity. Together, they explore the roots of fear, the dangers of distraction and information overload, the power of intuition, and why true confidence comes not from external success but from developing an unshakable connection to your inner strength. This conversation offers practical tools and timeless wisdom for anyone seeking greater peace, presence, and purpose in a world designed to keep us distracted.#MentalHealth #Mindset #Meditation #SelfImprovement #PersonalDevelopmentontargetliving.com
Transcribe →314. How Small Daily Habits Can Transform Your Health, Energy & Longevity
Jun 100:35:52Tap to summarizeIn this episode of the Rest, Eat, Move podcast, Chris explores how lasting health transformation begins with mindset, self-awareness, and consistent daily habits rather than extreme diets or quick fixes. Drawing from decades of coaching experience, the discussion covers behavior change, nutrition myths, stress, sleep, movement, metabolic health, and the importance of understanding your own health metrics. The episode emphasizes asking better questions about modern health challenges, becoming intentional about wellness, and building sustainable routines that improve energy, longevity, fitness, and overall quality of life.#Wellness#HealthAndWellness#FitnessPodcast#BehaviorChange#NutritionTipshttps://ontargetliving.com
Transcribe →313. How Processed Foods Changed: The Truth About Ingredients, Food Labels & Gut Health
May 1900:44:04Tap to summarizeIn this episode of the Rest, Eat, Move podcast, Matt and his Chris dive into the evolution of processed food and why reading ingredient labels matters more than obsessing over calories or macros. Using examples like Wonder Bread, Gatorade, peanut butter, McDonald’s fries, and breakfast cereals, they explain how modern food manufacturing prioritizes shelf life, flavor engineering, and marketing over ingredient quality. The conversation explores topics like artificial additives, dyes, seed oils, “natural flavors,” gut health, lectins, food marketing, and the importance of choosing simpler, minimally processed foods whenever possible. Their core message is straightforward: “less is best” when it comes to ingredients, and consumers can improve their health by becoming more aware of what’s actually in packaged foods.#WellnessPodcast#NutritionPodcast#HealthyLifestyle#GutHealth#CleanEatinghttps://ontargetliving.com/?srsltid=AfmBOooYR_CL_hEh8bu7mIk8Zbn-v7LifXry-bsMi0SnkgS2oYyI4aIL
Transcribe →312. The Science of Recovery: Breathwork, Sleep, Stress & Nervous System Health
May 1200:30:50Tap to summarizeThis episode explores the hidden impact of chronic stress, mental exhaustion, and poor recovery habits in modern life. The speaker explains how constant stimulation from phones, information overload, and lack of intentional rest are keeping people trapped in “fight or flight” mode, affecting sleep, digestion, anxiety, focus, and long-term health. Through practical tools like breathwork, sleep planning, micro-breaks, movement, magnesium-rich nutrition, and reclaiming personal “space,” the episode emphasizes that recovery is not a luxury but a daily practice. The core message is that stress is often less about external circumstances and more about how we react—and that small, consistent habits can dramatically improve mental clarity, emotional regulation, and overall well-being.#WellnessPodcast#StressManagement#SleepHealth#MindsetShift#HealthyHabitshttps://ontargetliving.com
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