Optimize Your Life

Is modern footwear destroying our health? Most of us never think about our feet. But what if weak arches, bad posture, and even chronic pain are linked to the shoes we wear every day? Could the key to fixing energy, inflammation, and resilience start from the ground up? In this conversation, I’m joined by Joshua J. Holland—holistic trainer, health coach, and author of The Awareness Shift—to uncover the science of barefoot living, grounding, and the 5 pillars of health that can transform your body. This isn’t just theory. Joshua blends decades of functional movement training, ancestral living, and modern science to reveal how reconnecting with the earth can restore strength, balance, and vitality. Together, we discuss: ❏ Why modern shoes are weakening us ❏ The hidden science of grounding (earthing) and inflammation ❏ The safe way to transition into barefoot shoes ❏ Joshua’s 5 pillars of optimal health ❏ How to reconnect with nature in a modern world Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (03:15) Why your feet are the “tires” of your body (12:40) The damage modern shoes have caused (21:05) What is grounding and how it heals (33:12) Transitioning into barefoot living safely (48:00) Joshua’s 5 health pillars explained (1:10:27) Practical steps for modern life (1:25:45) Closing thoughts Follow Gary: Instagram: @garyteroller Twitter: @gary_teroller YouTube: Gary te Roller Facebook: Gary te Roller Health Newsletter: Subscribe LinkedIn: Gary te Roller Follow Joshua:Instagram: @JoshuaJHolland Website: joshuajholland.com Podcast: Simply Walk The Talk

In this episode of "Optimize Your Life," I sit down with Kashif Khan, the founder of The DNA Company, a celebrity longevity expert, two-time TEDx speaker and author of The DNA Way. Kashif shares insights into his journey, the significance of understanding one's DNA, and the path to achieving optimal wellness. Show Notes: To get your very own DNA test - click here.

Oliver Wolf - Husband & father of twins, Business Harmonization Specialist and Founder of the Beyond the Peak Conscious Sales Agency. I had the privilege of learning directly from Oliver working alongside him in scaling revenue for numerous clients. This man is a systems and scaling genius. What we chat about in this episode:

Hey there, it's Gary te Roller, and I'm thrilled to welcome you back to a fresh episode of the Optimize Your Life podcast. After a year of hiatus, I'm back with a bang, and I can't wait to share today's insights with you. In this episode, we're diving deep into So, let's embark on this journey of action, growth, and optimization together. Tune in and let's get started!

Memory & Learning Coach, Josh McCartney specializes in helping people identify false beliefs and stories creating a less than desired life. By using NLP and memory techniques, he has been able to expand his own life as well as the lives of his clients and his 700 000 social media following.

Neuroscience Ph.D. student, Manesh Girn, discusses his latest research into the healing benefits of psychedelics, why the research on psychedelics was censored, the latest on government grants for psychedelics, and how doctors are doing controlled trips with patients.

Episode 99 brings you the powerful personal freedom coach, Bek Antonucci. She shares her story of being bullied at school, how fitness modeling and the bully language turned her towards an eating disorder, and then eventually contracting the highly stigmatized herpes virus. We go deep.

My biggest awakening in 2021.

Kirsti Pratt is a well-known holistic health practitioner and former ninja warrior competitor. She believes that health is more than movement, and went on to sharpen her focus on becoming a holistic health practitioner under the guidance of the internationally renowned CHEK institute. She shares her passion for integrated health, living by example, and integrating these principles into her day-to-day life alongside nature.

In this episode with Koya Webb we go deep into breath-work, spirituality, intuitive wellness and how the environment around us when growing up can influence us or distract us. She is the founder Get Loved Up Yoga + Holistic Health School that runs 100hr, 200hr, 300hr, and 500hr yoga teacher training all online and she is the author of Let Your Fears Make You Fierce.

Victoria Bauman is on a mission to help humans heal & evolve with breathwork and a mentor, coach, and leader. She is the founder of BRETH™ and a woman destined to change the world one breath at a time. In this episode, we understand the link between emotional and physical states and breath-work and how the use of the breath can power us into a higher state of consciousness and performance.

Transformational leader and coach, Khadaura Roshan teaches people how to embody a deeper connection to God through Presence, Pleasure, and Purpose. From his early days in Japan being a student of an old Samurai master to the US Army fighting in Iraq to present-day Austin as a transformational leader. Khadaura finds a connection to spirit and ultimately his purpose of helping people overcome their war inside their mind.

Darin Olien is co-host with Zac Efron on the Emmy® Award-Winning Netflix docu-series Down to Earth and host of the top-rated Health & Fitness podcast The Darin Olien Show. Today he delivers yet another piece of truth serum. In this episode, Darin delves into the dangers within the 90 000 toxins being released in our environment and how they are hurting us, and how we can save ourselves from this disaster.

Every week, I will be dropping some lessons and teachings that I have gone deep into for the week.

Ultra Running Adventurer and all-around nice guy, Scott Jenkins goes in-depth about the lessons that 11 years of ultra running have taught him. How it has allowed him to adopt a practice of ultimate success, resilience, and fortitude that he carries into his every day whether at work or at home. MOAB 240 British record holder CanalSlam 2019, Badwater 2021, and many other 100+ milers completed. And the bonus, he does it all to put smiles on children's faces through his foundation, Operation Smile UK.

Welcome to Optimize Your Life with Gary te Roller. Thank you for joining me on this journey. I am excited to introduce you to my personal methods of personal growth and wellness optimization methods along with many different experts in many different fields of mindset, wellness, well-being, personal freedom and success.

Candice Langford is physiotherapist that specialises in pelvic & sexual health (summed up as Pee, Poo, Pleasure, Pain and Periods) She is an educator empowering women through sexual education and understanding the hormonal system. We go deep into the vulva on this episode.

Khaled bin Alwaleed bin Talal Al Saud is the founding chairman of KBW investments and founder and CEO of KBW Ventures. As a figure of business, technology enthusiast, and investor, Khaled, is a firm proponent of clean energy, healthy living, the humane treatment of animals, and a motivated voice for Middle East entrepreneurs. A member of the Saudi Arabian royal family, Khaled was born in California and spent his youth in Riyadh under the mentorship of his father, philanthropist HRH Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Al Saud, Chairman and founder of Kingdom Holding Company. Today, with holdings on three continents, Khaled stands at the gateway between the Middle East’s evolving economies and the Western world. He invests in an array of successful, but diverse global businesses—from promising technology start-ups to established companies in the construction sector. Consistently, his focus is on ventures and ideas at the intersection of innovation and economic stability. Khaled is the founder and Chairman of KBW Investments and works across several tiers and levels of the business.

This week on Conversations with Change-Makers, I sit down with an engineer and MBA graduate that is helping businesses master their numbers & scale their impact online! He has the gift of the gab and can be found speaking all over the world as well as the host of Hyper Conscious Podcast. Meet Alan Lazaros.

This week on CWCM, we get to know the man behind Plant-Based News, Robbie Lockie. Robbie and his cofounder Klaus, have grown PBN into the most sought after plant-based, wellness and nutrition news source online today. A massive company and even bigger movement birthed from both their passions for a compassionate, healthier and more sustainable world.