Uncommon Living: A Dialogue in Human Resilience

• Cold Plunging for Mental Health | CPRI Planning Workshop | Uncommon Living 28

  In this episode of Uncommon Living, Matt Kuiper of Desert Plunge, Cameron LaBar (ColdPlungeCam), and product designer Edgars Treimanis join Thomas Seager, PhD to discuss how cold plunge therapy has profoundly improved their symptoms of depression and anxiety. All have the shared experience of tapering off of, one even discontinuing his medication, after beginning a cold plunge practice. This episode was taken from The Cold Plunge Research Institute Planning Workshop of 2024 at Morozko Forge. If you are interested in more discussions like this, you can get tickets to this year's symposium with an early bird discount here: https://www.quantumlenswellness.com/offers/gBihvnYK/checkout?coupon_code=CPRIWINTERSOLSTICEDepression Cured by Cold Plunge: https://www.morozkoforge.com/post/ice-bath-depressionThomas Seager PhD is an Associate Professor in the School of Sustainable Engineering at Arizona State University and CEO of the Morozko Forge ice bath company. Opinions and any other information expressed in this interview are for general education and entertainment purposes only. Nothing in the Uncommon Living podcast constitutes medical advice.

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• Thermodynamics of Life | Thomas Seager, PhD | Uncommon Living 27

  In this solo episode of Uncommon Living, Thomas Seager, PhD dives deep into the thermodynamics of life. He describes how the concept of entropy was invented to solve problems in the design and operation of steam engines during the industrial revolution, and how it evolved to help solve problems in chemical engineering, computing, and artificial intelligence.Although all living systems rely on structured energy flows, Seager points out that the word "calorie" was exapted from mechanical engineering and its application to food and diet results in serious misconceptions. He suggests that the correct way to think about food is as information first, material second, and energy last -- just the opposite from the chronology of discovery in physics.Seager points out that the human body is far more complex than a steam engine, and that hormones are the information carriers, like material embodiments of condensed information, that signal metabolism.Seager gives the example of two hormones that govern appetite, ghrelin & leptin, and he mentions two that govern body composition, insulin (governing fat cell growth) and myostatin (inhibiting muscle growth).Lastly, Seager describes the essential role of mitochondria as the environmental sensing agents of the metabolic system. The mitochondria, he says, are what modifies the epigenome -- turning genes on or off -- in response to light, food, and temperature. Thus, mitochondria are the master controllers of human thermodynamics, not the DNA in the nucleus.Calories & Cold Plunge: https://www.morozkoforge.com/post/cold-thermogenesis-weight-lossThomas Seager PhD is an Associate Professor in the School of Sustainable Engineering at Arizona State University and CEO of the Morozko Forge ice bath company. Opinions and any other information expressed in this interview are for general education and entertainment purposes only. Nothing in the Uncommon Living podcast constitutes medical advice.

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• Overcoming Trauma by Healing the Body | Dr Olivia Pompa | Uncommon Living 26

  Chiropractor Dr Olivia Pompa talks to Thomas Seager, PhD about diet, metabolic flexibility, hormesis, and how she treats patients. She also delves deep into witnessing the death of her parents at a young age, and how with help from her adoptive parents, was able to become the person she is today.Ice Baths & Trauma-- Treating PTSD With Cold Water Therapy: https://www.morozkoforge.com/post/ice-bath-trauma-ptsdThomas Seager PhD is an Associate Professor in the School of Sustainable Engineering at Arizona State University and CEO of the Morozko Forge ice bath company. Opinions and any other information expressed in this interview are for general education and entertainment purposes only. Nothing in the Uncommon Living podcast constitutes medical advice.

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• How to Ice Bath for Your Nervous System | Andrew Sheridan | Uncommon Living 25

  Andrew Sheridan shares his discovery of cold plunge and contrast therapy, using it to treat his neuropathy. He and Thomas Seager, PhD discuss the science behind thermal contrast therapy, the importance of grounding and ozone benefits, and the coaching methods he developed to help others experience the benefits of cold exposure. Intriguingly, Andrew's methods fall in line with a term coined by Peter Levine called pendulation. This is where one alternates between their sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system, switching between excited or stressed to relaxed. Levine uses this to improve trauma outcomes, while Andrew's clients report relaxation.Ice Bath, Sauna, Exercise Protocol has Evolutionary Origins: https://www.morozkoforge.com/post/ice-bath-saunaThomas Seager PhD is an Associate Professor in the School of Sustainable Engineering at Arizona State University and CEO of the Morozko Forge ice bath company. Opinions and any other information expressed in this interview are for general education and entertainment purposes only. Nothing in the Uncommon Living podcast constitutes medical advice.

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• The Secret Life of Fat | Kristy Townsend, PhD | Uncommon Living 24

  Ohio State University Professor of Neurology Kristy Townsend, PhD says that a low fat diet isn't as good for you as it's made out to be. In this episode Professor Townsend explains how fat and the nervous system work together, the benefits of having a variety of fats in your diet, and the health advantages of having brown fat as an adult.Brown Fat and the Brain: https://www.morozkoforge.com/post/ice-bath-alzheimer-dementiaThomas Seager PhD is an Associate Professor in the School of Sustainable Engineering at Arizona State University and CEO of the Morozko Forge ice bath company. Opinions and any other information expressed in this interview are for general education and entertainment purposes only. Nothing in the Uncommon Living podcast constitutes medical advice.

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