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Episode 71

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15th Jul 2019

71. Ben Azadi - Building Habits for Better Health

In this episode, Lance and Ben Azadi dive into building powerful habits that can help you achieve your health goals. 

Ben Azadi grew up obese, dependent on drugs, addicted to video games, and having low self esteem. At the age of 24, he reached his heaviest weight of 250 pounds and his long time girlfriend left him. These were the trigger points that had driven him to turn his life around.  After 9 months of focus and hard work, he lost 80 pounds and gained a new mindset. Because of his weight-loss journey, he discovered the world of health and dieting. Since then, his quest to understand the link of diet and body has shaped him into becoming an authority in the health space. 

Today, Ben is a three-time best-seller for The Perfect Health Booklet, The Intermittent Fasting Cheat Sheet, and the Power of Sleep. He has helped over thousands of people to bring their bodies back to normal function and hit weight loss goals. 

Ben tells listeners: “When you line up your daily actions with your highest values, living your purpose there's no blockage in creativity.”

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU WILL LEARN:

  • Developing new habits for better health
  • The difference between fad diets
  • The health benefits of dieting and fasting

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University of Adversity
Real stories and tools to help you grow through adversity, burnout, and reinvention.
University of Adversity is a show about the moments that change us — especially the ones we didn’t ask for.

I’m Lance Essihos, and I sit down with athletes, bestselling authors, doctors, entrepreneurs, spiritual teachers, and everyday warriors to have real conversations about adversity — the kind that strips away the surface and forces us to face who we really are.

We go deep into the mindset shifts, emotional breakthroughs, and practical tools that helped them rebuild. Not just to survive, but to come back stronger, clearer, and more aligned.

This isn’t motivation.
It’s what happens after the breakdown, when you’re trying to put the pieces back together and make it mean something.

If you’re in a season of uncertainty, burnout, or reinvention — this show is here to walk with you.

We don’t just talk about getting through the hard times.
We talk about who you become because of them.

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Lance Essihos

As an experienced veteran with adversity, Lance has faced some of life's most difficult challenges. Grinding his way through the hockey ranks to traveling the world as a bartender. Through his personal battle with drugs and alcohol for well over a decade, the tragic loss of his brother to suicide followed by the great loss of his father to cancer only a year later, Lance realized he had hit rock bottom. In the darkest of days, he made a promise to himself that he would create a new life, one that would make an impact and inspire the masses, leaving the world in a better place than he found it. Lance has made it his mission to facilitate the message of positive change through adversity and encourage people to see the light through the darkness of life's worst moments.