In this week's Vegan Academy Podcast Greg van den Bold shares with us his journey of self-discovery and optimizing his health. How he on a young age got inspired to pursue the path of true health and how you can do the same.

Holistic health is not just what you eat or how you move, its the combination of healthy habits that you do on a consistent daily basis.

Some of the top documentaries that inspired him to change were "Cowspiracy" and "Game Changers". But also the books "Superhuman" from Dave Asprey and the "5 am club" from Robin Sharma broadened his perspective about healthy living.

Greg wakes up every day at 5.00 am feeling very vital, fresh, and ready for his day.

The reason he feels like that has everything to do with his routines and how he goes through his day.

One of the main influences on his sleep is eating a light meal, like a smoothie or smoothie bowl for dinner. This way his body has all the time to digest and he feels light and refreshed in the morning.

Eating heavy at night has a negative effect on your (deep)sleep because your body has to work very hard to digest the food from last night. Not allowing your body to properly rest.

His morning routines consist of some breath-work, drinking loads of water, reading, and learning a new skill. Before he heads off to the gym to move his body.

Greg talks about vitality vs bodybuilding and the positive effects of movement.

How he is mainly focused on the inner body instead of how he looks from the outside.

Going to the gym every day not because of achieving a certain physique but to feel good.

By 8.00 he arrives back home, having already invested 3 full hours in his own personal development and taking care of himself.

In the night time, Greg also follows a strict routine that prepares him in the best way possible to sleep deep and wake up fresh and energetic the next day.

One of the key habits is putting on his blue light blocking glasses, to get in a state ready for sleep. As well as writing in his journal about his day, putting on some relaxation music and avoiding screen time.

He built up these routines over time, and he believes if you want to you can definitely do the same. Start by submerging yourself in the content of people who’s the lifestyle you want to live. So you slowly become one of them.

The next step is to just start with implementing small things. For example, set your alarm clock at the same time every day. Doing things daily makes it a lot easier to stick to it and adopt a new lifestyle.

But don’t be too hard on yourself. It’s a journey where there is no right or wrong.

You have to understand if you want to implement a new routine in your life it is not going to happen in one day. Its a process. Change is difficult in the beginning, messy in the middle and beautiful at the end.

Gregg shares much more valuable point in this week’s Vegan Academy Podcast. We go deeper into his routines and habits, the positive effect of them, and how you can implement these yourself as well.

As always we would love to hear your feedback, and connect with us on social.

For more info follow the links below.

https://www.instagram.com/greengregs/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PABCyVd1ojs&feature=youtu.be

https://www.instagram.com/theveganacademy/

Now 50% off with code "Podcast" on the new audio course 6 days to Personal Power.

https://mysoundwise.com/soundcasts/1592064780525s

Ep. #37 Your Vegan Family: How to thrive as a vegan family?

The Vegan Academy PodcastBy koen vaessenJan 17, 2021