🐝 The Eager to Be Healthy Podcast
Real conversations about health and happiness —
for imperfect humans figuring it out as they go.
Hey Hive — this is where we dig into the honest, messy, sometimes surprising work of feeling better. Every episode is a conversation with someone who has been through something real and came out the other side with something useful to share. No prescriptions. No shame. Just ideas worth trying.
Latest Episodes
- Sharks, Dolphins and Ten Ironmans in Ten Days: JD Tremblay on Emotional Regulation
On day ten of the EPICDECA, JD Tremblay was swimming off a Hawaiian island when the sharks showed up. Ten Ironman-distance triathlons in ten days. More than 1,400 miles of… Read more: Sharks, Dolphins and Ten Ironmans in Ten Days: JD Tremblay on Emotional Regulation - Too Young to Be That Old: Janet McConnell on Strength Training at 70
Janet McConnell’s doctor already had the prescriptions written. Blood pressure. Cholesterol. Triglycerides. She was 46. She asked for six months to turn it around. He said fine. He’d hang on… Read more: Too Young to Be That Old: Janet McConnell on Strength Training at 70 - Your Labs Are Normal. So Why Are You Running on Empty?
Most of Doc Q’s patients aren’t sick. They’re exhausted. The labs come back normal, the doctor shrugs, and they still feel like a phone stuck at 3 percent. Doc Q… Read more: Your Labs Are Normal. So Why Are You Running on Empty? - It’s Hard Being Grown-Ups All the Time, with Lexi Reid
By Evie Nova Wells Somewhere between the deadlines, the dishes, and the dog’s third walk of the day, a lot of us quietly stop playing. Lexi Reid felt it happen… Read more: It’s Hard Being Grown-Ups All the Time, with Lexi Reid - Hospice Said Goodbye. Mom Had Other Plans. Mark Steven Porro on Caring for Mom
Hospice told the family to say goodbye. Mom had other plans. Right after her 89th birthday, Mark Steven Porro’s mother decided she was done. No disease. No pain. She just… Read more: Hospice Said Goodbye. Mom Had Other Plans. Mark Steven Porro on Caring for Mom
Your Host
Michael Eger
I started this show because I needed it. Years of health challenges — hearing loss, a TBI, food sensitivities I didn’t understand for way too long — taught me that the most useful thing you can do is keep asking questions and stay honest about what you don’t know. These conversations keep me accountable. I hope they do the same for you.
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