The Gray Beard Podcast
By Bruce Gillette Buxton
The Gray Beard PodcastJul 20, 2020
Season 3 Episode 15 - Firewalking!? - Why would anyone do that?
In this episode Bruce talks to JJ Boys who runs rock-n-roll firewalking events along with his other business consulting services.
The question is why would anyone purposefully walk on 1,800 degree hot coals, barefoot, and on purpose?! Surprisingly, there is a whole system of learning and pushing of personal boundries that proceeds the actual firewalking. These activities are designed to breakdown fears and limiting beliefs! I didn't know that. I thought it was just getting psyched up and holding your breath!
There is a lot to learn from this episode if you think and act.
We all face fears in life; real or imagined. This episode provides some good things to think about how we manage our fears and hopefully, proactively put them to bed.
https://www.facebook.com/jon.firewalker
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jon-boys-4a4ab817
http://www.firewalk.co.uk/
jon@thevapartnership.co.uk
Season 3 Episode 14 - Off the cuff - Stoicism, Producers vs. Consumers, The no caffeine no artificial sweeteners challenge!
In this "Off the Cuff" Bruce talks about why we should care about stoicism, the difference between producers and consumers, and his progress ditching caffeine and artificial sweeteners.
Men join the free men's Facebook group - The Graybeards https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegraybeards/
Contact me at: Bruce@thegraybeardpodcast.com
Season 3 Episode 13 - Fonzie or Frumpy? - Deb Schwartz on keeping our style on point late in life!
I know you have been there. You see an old man or woman and wonder if they don't have any other clothes to wear?
Being stylish is not always easy when we are aging, but it's just as important as it was in our younger, more carefree (on the surface anyway) years.
Debra Schwartz is a recognized style expert. In today's episode she breaks down the elements of style and makes a great case for "crushing style" in our more advanced years. We can flip the script and magnify the gifts of aging by taking time to be thoughtful about how we show up. The returns will surprise you.
You can find Deb at crush.style on Instagram at @crushstylenow on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/CRUSH.STYLENow
Season 3 Episode 12 - The Deep Dive - What are you hungry for? - Food, Eating, and Diet
Join Bruce and Bryon McGregor in this espisode of The Deep Dive as we talk about eating, diet, and our relationship with food. We get personal as we discuss:
- Noom
- Mindful Eating
- Diets
- Inuslin and Hyperglycemia
This is just two regular 58 year olds acknowledging that you can't exercise your way to health when you are navigating mid-life, you are going to have to change your relationship with food!
Season 3 Episode 11 - Off the Cuff - Emotions and Meaning; who's in control here anyway?!
In this episode Bruce talks about emotional self-regulation, how it affects our day to day wellbeing, and what role stories and meaning play in that complicated soup that can make us or break us. He talks about 2 key things that help us gain emotional control:
1) Awareness and self-talk
2) The stories we tell ourselves and how they create meaning and emotion
Emotions are the fuel to all of our actions. The better emotional regulation we experience, the better our lives will be.
Season 3 Episode 10 - Actions not Words! - Draw your future with Patti Dobrowolski!
Today with the Gray Beard Bruce Buxton talks to Patti Dobrowolski about her ideas on imagination and how to draw your future. In Patti's many years of consulting and coaching she has developed systems to engage the subconcious through purpose driven imagination and turning the pictures in your mind into pictures on the page. Here are some real strategies for designing our ideal lives a little later on and realizing the promise of all of our multiple resources.
Patti's Website
https://www.upyourcreativegenius.com/
Free Draw Your Future webinar 1st Weds of every month (next session is Apr 7, 2021) 7:30 AM CT
http://www.creativegeniusyou.com/ code for free access is: dyffree
Ted Talks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wuBEBnCg3c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zESeeaFDVSw
Season 3 Episode 9 - Off the cuff - It’s your turn - You win some, you learn some
Season 3 Episode 8 - You see what? Visions?
Visualization is the great key to achievement. In this episode of The Gray Beard Podcast Bruce explores the concept of dreaming dreams, and cultivating visions of the future. What will your life look like next year? How about 3 or 5 years from now? Would you like the future to just roll out without your input or would you like to have some say in the matter? Bruce offers 3 tips to help all of us to more effectively create the future through dreams and visualization.
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Season 3 Episode 7 - The Deep Dive - Let's Play Catch Up! Best practices for retirement savings
In this Deep Dive episode Bruce and Bryon dig into best practices with retirement savings when you may have started late. Now if you did it all right, don't miss this anyway because there may be some principles here that you could use to optimize what you are already doing.
Principles -
1) Use and advisor 2) Don't get panicky 3) Something is better than nothing 4) Getting out of debt is just as important as saving.
More fun and tips to come!
Season 3 Episode 6 -Off the Cuff - No, I am not Quitting! What's next?
A quick off the cuff segment to follow up on the call to action from Feb 8 Season 3 Episode 5. I am not quitting the podcast but I will ask for your cooperation and patience. A big shout out to Curtis Marsh, Roger Buxton, Bryon McGregor, Brien Green, Scott (the body) Forman, John Stassi, Justin Webb, Carl Kline, Jim Reed, Greg Cocks, Toby Soto, Tony Cross, Eric Roley, James Mitchell, Rob Hendrickson, Daniel O'Donohue and others for their generosity to take time to share their thoughts with me about the value I bring and ways to improve the product. YOU GUYS ROCK!!
Season 3 Episode 5 - The Gray Beard Solo - Wait what? Is Bruce quitting? Don't miss this one!
Season 3 Episode 4 - The Deep Dive - ZZZZZZZZ Sleep!
My great friend Bryon McGregor joins me this year as an occasional co-host on the segment I call The Deep Dive. Today we are diving straight and deep into sleep. Why is it important? How can sleep deprivation hurt us? Will it pay to make a change in sleep habits and how can we do that anyway?
Season 3 Episode 3 - Actions Not Words - Tales from astride an assault bike! With Scott Forman
The first episode of Actions Not Words brings to you mr. Scott Forman, a friend from my youth who has lived a full life. After and exciting life. After retiring from an adventurous life in Air Force (intel stuff, if he told you he'd have to kill you) he has settled in to a career writing gothic horror novels, supporting a special needs son, serving in his church, caring for his family, and nurturing an on again off again love affair with an assault bike. Don't miss this inspiring conversation!
Season 3 Episode 2 - Are you on the train or not?
Season 3 Episode 1 - New Year - Exciting things on the horizon!!
The Gray Beard is getting organized. This episode will give you that warm fuzzy feeling that Bruce has not forgotten about his podcast and will provide a second chance to get in on The Gray Beard Challenge Mastermind!
Season 2 Episode 40 - The Magic of Intentional Living!
In this episode we cover 5 steps to intentional living:
1) Learn about intentionality
2) Discover exactly who you've become
3) Accept and Love yourself for the person you've become intentional or not
4) Take a year and practice intention setting and living intentionally with the small stuff
5) Find the one thing that will make the biggest difference and apply your new intentional living skills to accomplishing that things
Season 2 Episode 39 - 1 Year of The Gray Beard Podcast! - What did we learn?
December 6, 2019 the first episode of this podcast was published. What have I learned? What did you learn? Are you buckled in and ready for the next year and all that it has to bring? This past year we had COVID. This next year we have recovery! Last year we were just starting to get a sense for the power and resources that we bring a little later in life. This year we can actually step out and use those resources to create the best version of ourselves and help our friends and family to do the same. So let's get ready and forge ahead to the 2nd year of The Gray Beard Podcast!
Season 2 Episode 38 - The Best Version of Us Part 2
In this episode Bruce reveals 3 different ways that we can determine what the best version of ourselves might just be.
Season 2 Episode 37 - The Gray Beard Out of abounds - The Gray Beard Challenge 2.0
Season 2 Episode 36 - How do you know what the Best Version of you is anyway? Part 1
Season 2 Episode 35 - **Action Needed!! - The Gray Beard Out of Bounds; the challenge 2.0
Season 2 Episode 34 - The Hero's Journey; Living your life like an adventure story!
Season 2 Episode 33 - The Wagon; we fall off...........we get back on!
Season 2 Episode 32 - The Podcast, the pivot..........let’s keep movin!
Season 2 Episode 31 - Social Media, are you using it or is it using you?
Season 2 Episode 30 - The Gray Beard Challenge Day 4 Summary
Season 2 Episode 29 - The Gray Beard Challenge Day 3 Summary
Season 2 Episode 28 - The Gray Beard Challenge Day 2 Summary
Season 1 Episode 27 - The Gray Beard Challenge Day 1 Summary
Season 2 Episode 26 - And he’s off! The Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania here I come!
Season 2 Episode 25 - The Gray Beard Out of Bounds - F.E.A.R. -False Evidence Appearing Real
Season 2 Epidode 24 - Networking can be a game changer! 7 strategies for winning at networking!
Season 2 Episode 23 - This is who I am............this is what I do.
Season 2 Episode 22 - The Gray Beard Out of Bounds - Does my ambition exceed my preparation?
Season 2 Episode 21 - I don’t want you to think like me!
Season 2 Episode 20 - 11,500 ft. Above sea level!
Season 2 Episode 19 - The inspiring Scotty Schindler - The almost 50 Aussie with a plan!
Season 2 Episode 18 - The Gray Beard Out of Bounds - The challenge plans start to take shape!
Season 2 Episode 17 - OUCH!.............It’s happened finally........now what??
Season 2 Episode 16 - The Gray Beard Out of Bounds - From atop Mt. Graham in SE Arizona
Season 2 Episode 15 - The Gray Beard - Out of Bounds - The Votes Are In!
Season 2 Episode 14 - Leadership, mentoring, and performance, Jobspeakers creator Rob Hendrickson
Season 2 Episode 13 - Failure, Judgement, and Recovery.
Season 2 Episode 12 - The Gray Beard Out of Bounds July 6, 2020
Season 2 Episode 11 - What If......?
What If.............what if this were the last day of your life?
The Gray Beard tells you the story of his encounter with Satin, a 17h warmblood mare that almost ended his life.
What if, is a question that can help us to stock in our lives today. Three questions help to crystallize what is important to leave behind.
Who will you leave behind? Who cares about you and will miss you when you are gone?
What will you leave undone when you are gone?
What will your name mean when you are gone?
Season 2 Episode 10 - Metabolism and Psychology: A stepwise approach to improved health and fitness
I am making progress on my health and fitness journey!
What is making the difference for me and how can you benefit?
At our age, it is important to realize that our body and mind seeks homeostasis; that is the need to keep the conditions of your physical health in a state of "same old, same old." What has made the difference for me over the last 3 months (about 25 lbs, and better strength and endurance) is a stepwise approach that respects the systems and processes that are part of our physical make up.
I'd love to hear how you are progressing!
Season 2 Episode 9 - Get what you want! 3 Questions will get you there.
In this episode Bruce digs deeper into the 3 questions we should all live with if we expect to get what we want.
Season 2 Episode 8 - 3 Questions to Live With
I am back in the saddle for the first time in weeks. In this episode we talk about family joy, and 3 questions we should all live with most every day.
Season 2 Episode 7 - Quick Hitter Interview with Kerry Buxton!!
The Gray Beard does a quick impromptu Interview about morning routines with second cousin, Kerry Buxton.
Season 2 Episode 6 - Morning Routines! What are they and why should I care?
In this solocast episode Bruce talks about the book - Good Habits, Bad Habits - By Wendy Wood. We learn together what makes and breaks habits of all kinds. Bruce goes on to explain about the habit of a morning routine, what the 5 ingredients are, and how we can work together to establish the habit of a morning routine.