Ever Forward Radio with Chase Chewning

What if everything you've been taught about gratitude is wrong? Jamie Hess, media personality, keynote speaker, recovery advocate, and author of The Gratitude Shift, joins us to challenge toxic positivity, the limitations of gratitude journaling, and the belief that you have to hit rock bottom before you can change your life. Drawing from her near-fatal battle with addiction, her mother's cancer journey, and her own transformation through recovery, Jamie reveals how to build mental resilience, develop authentic gratitude during life's hardest moments, and reframe adversity without denying your emotions. Jamie explores the psychology of happiness, the dangers of comfort and entitlement, raising resilient children, overcoming negative self-talk, and why money and success don't guarantee fulfillment. She also shares practical gratitude exercises, mindfulness techniques, the power of service and human connection, and how confidence, personal responsibility, and intentional discomfort can help you reset your mindset and create lasting change.
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00:00 – Why Everything You've Been Told About Gratitude Might Be Wrong
01:27 – Meet Jamie Hess: Author of The Gratitude Shift
01:38 – Magnesium L-Threonate for Brain Health & Cognitive Performance
03:13 – Toxic Positivity vs. Negativity: Which Is More Harmful?
04:13 – Finding Gratitude Through Grief, Cancer & Life's Hardest Moments
05:16 – Joan Lunden's Cancer Diagnosis & Turning Pain Into Purpose
07:04 – Chase's Father's ALS Journey & Finding Meaning in Loss
07:56 – Reframing Failure Without Forcing Positivity
08:58 – Red Light Therapy for Recovery & Wellness
10:50 – Why Two Things Can Be True: Gratitude & Suffering
12:00 – Personal Agency: You Get to Decide What Life Means
12:22 – Do You Have to Hit Rock Bottom to Find Gratitude?
13:05 – Jamie's Addiction, Near-Death Experience & Recovery
14:17 – Can You Build Resilience Without Experiencing Trauma?
15:01 – Why Mental Strength Is Built in Small, Daily Moments
16:20 – How Joan Lunden Built Resilience Before Her Cancer Diagnosis
18:28 – Are We Becoming Mentally Weaker in an Easier World?
19:13 – Gen Z, Boundaries & the Dangers of Comfort Culture
20:51 – Why Exercise Is One of the Best Ways to Build Resilience
22:08 – Social Media, Distraction & Our Declining Ability to Focus
23:32 – Are We Making Life Too Easy for Our Children?
24:57 – Supporting Cognitive Health With Magnesium L-Threonate
26:20 – Parenting, Discipline & Teaching Kids the Value of Hard Work
28:29 – How Competitive Sports Teach Mental Toughness
30:06 – Why Money, Privilege & Success Don't Guarantee Happiness
30:43 – How Enabling Behavior Contributed to Jamie's Addiction
32:04 – Can Wealthy and Poor People Experience the Same Gratitude?
33:57 – The Biggest Thing Stealing Your Happiness Right Now
35:20 – Anxiety, Cancer & Learning to Be Present
36:44 – The 3-3-3 Grounding Exercise for Mindfulness
37:53 – Why Gratitude Shouldn't Be a Solo Practice
38:39 – Gratitude Accountability Partners & Daily Group Texts
39:15 – Addiction Recovery & the Transformative Power of Service
41:34 – How Helping Others Can Change Your Perspective
43:30 – Practicing Gratitude for Your Past, Present & Future
45:26 – Scripting, Manifestation & Rewiring Your Mindset
46:59 – Three Practical Steps to Make Gratitude a Daily Habit
48:17 – Why Relationships Matter More Than Money or Success
49:12 – Negative Self-Talk & Learning to Appreciate Yourself
50:03 – Building Confidence Through Positive Self-Talk
51:00 – How Small Acts of Kindness Create Powerful Ripple Effects
51:53 – Rapid Fire: Finding Gratitude in Real-Life Struggles
52:24 – How to Find Gratitude When You Can't Pay Your Bills
54:08 – Navigating Infertility, Comparison & Unfulfilled Dreams
55:09 – What to Do When Others Are More Successful Than You
57:07 – Feeling Overwhelmed, Stuck & Constantly Behind in Life
58:22 – Building Self-Esteem Through Small Daily Wins
59:08 – Ever Forward: Confidence, Agency & Readiness
59:35 – Why Confidence Comes After Action, Not Before
01:00:13 – Stop Waiting Until You're Ready to Pursue Your Goals
01:01:16 – Everything Happens: You Decide What It Means
01:02:26 – How Jamie Found Gratitude for Her Addiction & Recovery
01:02:46 – Where to Find Jamie Hess & The Gratitude Shift
01:03:16 – What Is the Opposite of Gratitude?
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Jamie's book: The Gratitude Shift: An A-to-Z Guide to Reset Your Mindset and Transform Your Life — available on Amazon. Jamie also shares the text keyword GRATITUDE to 55444 in the episode.

Could erectile dysfunction be an early warning sign of a bigger health problem? Urologist and men's health specialist Dr. Justin Houman, MD explores the connections between ED, cardiovascular health, low testosterone, stress, and sexual performance—and what men over 40 should understand before dismissing changes in their erections as normal aging. He explains morning erections, blood flow, tadalafil (Cialis), Viagra, performance anxiety, pornography, and the role of sleep and exercise in supporting sexual health. The conversation also examines testosterone replacement therapy (TRT), its potential effects on sperm production and male fertility, and options such as Clomid and hCG that Dr. Houman considers for appropriate patients. Chase shares his personal experience coming off TRT to start a family, while Dr. Houman explains why better men's health begins with honest conversations, individualized care, and understanding the causes behind your symptoms.
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00:00 – Can Your Penis Warn You About Your Heart Health?
02:35 – Meet Dr. Justin Houman
02:47 – C15:0 essential fatty acids
04:22 – Erectile Dysfunction as a Cardiovascular Warning Sign
07:46 – What Counts as ED—and When to Get Evaluated
09:33 – Low Testosterone, Libido & Missing Morning Erections
12:22 – Cortisol, Stress & Nighttime Erections
14:04 – Erection Trackers & Why Nocturnal Erections Matter
16:46 – Cialis After 40: Blood Flow & Erectile Health
18:11 – Daily electrolyte support
19:32 – Why collagen coffee is better for you
20:59 – Cialis Side Effects & Natural Vasodilators
22:34 – Preventive Cialis Use: What We Know—and What We Don't
24:20 – ED Medications & Brain Health: Interpreting the Research
26:11 – Can Cialis Become a Psychological Crutch?
27:27 – Treating ED Versus Investigating Its Cause
28:43 – Breaking the Performance Anxiety Cycle
30:30 – Penis Size Myths & Unrealistic Comparisons
32:43 – Pornography, Arousal & the Mind-Penis Connection
36:10 – Ejaculation Frequency & Prostate Cancer Research
38:13 – Testosterone's Role in Libido & Erectile Function
39:14 – Chase's TRT Experience & the Fertility Tradeoff
41:00 – Clomid & hCG: Discussing Fertility-Conscious Treatment
43:37 – Oral Testosterone & Individual Treatment Goals
45:29 – Why Coming Off TRT Can Be Difficult
47:30 – Cycling TRT, Blood Counts & Medical Monitoring
50:04 – Oral Versus Injectable TRT & Smaller, Frequent Doses
51:28 – Online TRT Clinics, Access & Informed Decisions
53:23 – Sperm Banking & Planning for Future Fertility
55:16 – Exercise, Sleep & Testosterone Levels
56:22 – Caffeine, Winding Down & Meditation for Better Sleep
57:37 – Men's Health Education & Overcomplicated Wellness
59:44 – Talking With Your Partner About Sexual Health
01:01:10 – Helping a Young Patient Rebuild Sexual Confidence
01:03:35 – Rapid Fire: Supplements, Cialis & Testosterone Myths
01:06:05 – When Penile Implants Become an Option
01:08:02 – Tobacco, Erectile Health & Tests to Discuss
01:09:10 – What Sexually Healthy Men Understand About Bad Days
01:09:42 – Ever Forward
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Steve Jobs called Ron Johnson every night at 8 p.m. for a year while they developed the Apple Store. What were they figuring out? How to make people feel comfortable with technology—and create an experience they wanted to return to.
In this episode of Ever Forward Radio, Chase Chewning sits down with Ron Johnson, best known for creating the Apple Stores alongside Steve Jobs, to explore the human psychology behind customer experience, brand loyalty, and building places where people belong.
Ron shares why Apple put computers in shopping malls, why employees weren't paid commissions, and how hands-on experiences helped turn hesitant shoppers into confident customers. He also explains why he believes physical retail still matters, how AI could improve shopping, and what businesses lose when they remove the moments that bring people together.
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00:00 Meet Ron Johnson, Creator of the Apple Stores
00:09 Why Apple Stores Were Built Around Fear
01:06 Why Physical Retail Still Matters
04:52 How AI Could Change Shopping
07:44 Creating a Place Where Customers Belong
10:37 Helping People Discover the iPod and iPhone
13:55 The Ingredients of a Great Customer Experience
14:42 Steve Jobs Called Every Night at 8 PM
16:01 Why Apple Put Computers in Shopping Malls
19:16 How Apple Products Built Customer Loyalty
21:20 Are Pop-Up Stores Worth It?
23:51 Turning Moments Into Memories
27:14 Scent, Design, and the Heartbeat of a Store
29:38 What Apple Lost by Removing Launch-Day Lines
32:35 Developing Your Instinct for Business
34:47 How to Design a Physical Business
37:43 How Often Should a Store Refresh?
38:27 Ron Reimagines a Podcast Studio
41:33 Writing the Book and Building the First Apple Store
44:35 How Ron's Mother Influenced Apple Stores
46:09 Your Personal Experience Is Your Advantage
49:06 Finding Work You Love
52:00 Rapid Fire: Business Advice and Hiring Mistakes
53:49 Apple's Best Decision During Ron's Time
55:19 What "Ever Forward" Means to Ron
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What if doing more for your health is keeping you stressed, exhausted, and stuck? Board-certified internal medicine physician Dr. Scott Sherr, MD returns to explore the connection between chronic stress, mitochondrial health, nervous system regulation, and your capacity to recover. Scott explains his concept of the "sympathetic spiral of doom," why some people feel worse after practices intended to help them relax, and how his "parasympathetic edge" reframes performance around calm, adaptable energy. Chase and Scott discuss workout recovery, hormone changes, flow states, supplement overload, and the overlooked value of putting space between activities instead of stacking more into every day. Scott also shares his clinical perspective on methylene blue, creatine, NAD+, and peptides, including why he prioritizes foundational cellular health before adding advanced interventions. If you're doing all the wellness things but still feeling tired, wired, or overwhelmed, this conversation offers a timely invitation to reassess your routine, build resilience, and discover where doing less could help you move Ever Forward.
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00:00 Introduction to Dr. Scott Sherr
00:21 Chronic Stress and Why Relaxation Can Backfire
03:22 Mitochondria, Cellular Energy, and the Stress Spiral
08:14 Signs Your Recovery Routine Isn't Working
10:36 Hormones, Perimenopause, and Stress Tolerance
14:22 The Parasympathetic Edge for Better Performance
16:51 Nervous System Regulation for Strength Training
22:06 Flow States and the Importance of Post-Workout Recovery
26:38 Wellness Overload: Why Doing Less Can Help
34:46 When Longevity Goals Become a Source of Stress
39:11 Personalized Testing, Metabolomics, and Cellular Health
42:53 Creating Space Between Stimulus and Response
47:32 Methylene Blue, Energy, and Building Resilience
56:46 Creatine, NAD+, and Peptides: What's Worth the Hype?
62:05 Ever Forward
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Fatty liver disease is becoming increasingly common—but liver damage can develop quietly, sometimes before obvious symptoms or abnormal liver enzymes appear. Today we welcome Dr. Mike Smith, MD from Life Extension to break down liver health, fatty liver disease, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), cirrhosis, liver inflammation, and the everyday factors that may be putting additional stress on your liver.
If you've ever wondered about the symptoms of fatty liver disease, whether fatty liver can be reversed, what causes nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, how MASLD develops, how fatty liver progresses toward cirrhosis, or what you can do today to better protect your liver, this episode is your deep dive into one of the body's most important—and often overlooked—organs.
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00:00 – Can Liver Damage Happen With Normal Liver Enzymes?
02:34 – Why Fatty Liver Disease Is Becoming So Common
05:15 – What Your Liver Actually Does Every Day
07:24 – How Food Travels From Your Gut to Your Liver
09:32 – Is Modern Life Overloading the Liver?
10:50 – Excess Calories, Visceral Fat & Fatty Liver Disease
12:22 – Sugar, Fructose & Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
15:29 – Alcohol and Liver Damage Explained
18:04 – Hangover Supplements, Glutathione & NAC
24:09 – Environmental Toxins and Liver Health
27:50 – Pesticides, Soil Depletion & Our Food Supply
30:47 – How Fatty Liver Progresses to Cirrhosis
33:27 – NAFLD, NASH & the Stages of Fatty Liver Disease
34:42 – Can You Reverse Fatty Liver Disease?
35:25 – The Silent Symptoms of Liver Dysfunction
36:22 – Can You Have Fatty Liver With Normal Liver Enzymes?
38:36 – Testing and Screening for Liver Disease
39:20 – Why Liver Enzymes Don't Tell the Whole Story
40:11 – Ultrasound and Diagnosing Fatty Liver
41:14 – Magnesium and Liver Health
42:13 – Best Supplements for Supporting Liver Health
44:06 – Magnesium L-Threonate, Brain Health & the Liver
45:20 – Why Our Food May Be Magnesium Deficient
49:07 – Can Magnesium Improve Fatty Liver?
50:27 – Foods That Support a Healthy Liver
51:48 – Practical Ways to Protect Your Liver
52:49 – The Most Important Liver Health Takeaways
55:20 – How to Live "Forever-ish"
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