055: Tim Van Orden - Authentic Happiness | Battling Lyme Disease

On this week’s episode, Tim Van Orden is back, and this time we have him for a full length episode.

He is a sought after coach and public speaker with 10 U.S. trail running championships under his belt.

Tim focuses on diet, exercise, and mental health in an attempt to see (and be) what’s possible.

In this episode, we discuss:

Tim’s Achilles injury
How Tim’s identity has shifted since the injury
Eating for performance vs. eating for fulfilment
How to turn a salad into a large meal that will take up to an hour and a half to eat
Secrets to a next level salad
The bacteria in your gut change depending on what you eat
Celebrating the process instead of the result
Tim’s experience with lyme disease and all about tics and lyme
Positive Psychology vs. pathopsychology
Positive emotions + engagement + relationships + meaning + accomplishment = authentic happiness
Tim’s happiness additions – physical activity and quality food
Physical activity creates new brain cells
How Tim has dramatically improved his depression, naturally
We hide our identity from the world and often from ourselves
A different way of looking at depression
Your brain is not always right (no pun intended)
Leaders are often sociopaths, not feeling their own feelings and the feelings of others
Making sure every moment has riches
Become brilliant at you, right here
Tim’s world famous green smoothie recipe
To destem or not to destem, kale
Happiness is a choice