Lifestyle Episodes

David Denning went in for his yearly checkup. His doctor said his cholesterol was high enough to start a statin. David asked to fix it on his own first. His doctor agreed to check back in three months. (Have you ever gotten a lab result that pushed you to change before your doctor made you? See what worked for David at www.thecalltorise.com) Coach Brian sits down with David Denning, co-founder of Jumpstart Go and host of The Modern Insurance Agent podcast. David breaks down what he changed to ...

Halfway through this episode, Adam Barney lost power. The lights cut out in the middle of a talk about running out of energy in your body. It felt fitting, since the topic was running on empty. (Do you push through tired days for months before something finally breaks? See what real energy looks like at www.thecalltorise.com) Coach Brian sits down with Adam Barney, an energy coach and the host of the podcast Is Anything Real. Adam spent over 20 years in corporate marketing at Microsoft, Digit...

Most men over 40 can handle a hard day at work without a problem. But ask one what makes a carb different from a protein, and he does not know the answer. That mix-up leads to guessing at every meal. Some days he eats too much protein. Other days he eats too little. He loses the same 10 pounds again and again, but it always comes back. (Tired of guessing what to eat? Learn the way that finally makes sense at www.thecalltorise.com) Coach Brian sat down with Aesha Tahir on her podcast, 9 to 5 We...

Abracadabra means “I create as I speak.” That sounds simple until you look at how often a man talks himself into stress, poor food choices, skipped workouts, low energy, and the same patterns he keeps trying to break. (Do you ever catch yourself saying "I can't" before you even try? See what changes when you catch it at www.thecalltorise.com) Coach Brian sits down with Pat Smith to talk about the words men use, the stories they repeat, and how those words shape health, focus, business perform...

Matt lost 40 pounds while still traveling, going to concerts, eating at restaurants, drinking wine, running businesses, and enjoying his life. (Tired of guessing what to eat? Learn the way that finally makes sense at www.thecalltorise.com) That is why this conversation matters for business owners, entrepreneurs, and driven men who feel too busy to lose weight. Matt was already disciplined. He tracked numbers in business. He trained. He moved. He had tried keto, fasting, Weight Watchers, macro ...

Lane Kawaoka crossed one million dollars in net worth back in 2015. He tells Coach Brian what changed once the money stopped being the goal. (Do you know your net worth but not your last blood pressure reading? See what building health looks like at www.thecalltorise.com) In this episode of Driven For Health, Coach Brian sits down with Lane Kawaoka, author of The Wealth Elevator, to talk about health, wealth, freedom, and legacy. Lane shares how busy professionals, business owners, entrepreneu...

The framework behind confident speaking and the framework behind lasting fat loss turn out to be the same thing. (Do you psych yourself up before a big moment and still freeze once it counts? See what actually builds lasting confidence at www.thecalltorise.com) Mike Acker has spent over 20 years coaching executives on why they freeze when it's time to perform. His three-part system covers how you see yourself, the clarity of your message, and the skills you have built. Strip the speaking conte...

David C. Barnett has sold 36 businesses. He knows what makes a company sellable and what kills a deal before it closes. But the biggest lesson in this episode has nothing to do with a spreadsheet. It came from a sore spot he discovered in the shower during a family trip across Canada. (Have you ignored a health warning sign while you were busy building something else? See what changes when you stop waiting at www.thecalltorise.com) That discovery led to a testicular cancer diagnosis, a climb t...

An A1C above 6.2 makes you diabetic, by definition. Plenty of men running six and seven figure businesses cross that line years before a doctor ever says the word out loud. This episode is for that man, the business owner who builds his whole calendar around everyone else and never blocks time for his own health. This is men's health built for men who run things and rarely slow down. (Doctor flag something on your last blood panel? See how men are moving those numbers in the right direction at ...

Tim T. Delaney bought a small local business and thought that would fix everything. His weight stayed stuck near 220 pounds anyway, no matter how much cardio he did. (Do you think hitting the next goal would finally make you feel fixed? See what actually changes it at www.thecalltorise.com) In this episode of Driven For Health, Coach Brian Parana sits down with Tim T. Delaney to talk about the connection between business ownership, time freedom, health, weight loss, family, and long-term quali...

How do you get a horse to drink water? Coach Brian says you salt the oats. That is the approach he uses with stubborn men who already know what to do for their health but never act on it. Coach Brian Parana joins Uncle Marv on The Unhealthy Podcast to talk about what happens when business owners and entrepreneurs pour everything into work and family and stop paying attention to their own health. (Do you already know what you should be doing for your health but keep putting it off? See what fin...

At 59, Mike was still working out. His waistline kept moving the wrong direction. His nutrition was inconsistent and the results never seemed to last. Then life hit a major turning point. (Have you lost weight before only to gain it back? See what makes this round different at www.thecalltorise.com) Mike had recently lost his mother after years of dementia related decline. He started a new job. His daughter's wedding was coming up and he wanted to walk her down the aisle feeling better in his ...

Coach Brian works out in a barn. He bikes at his desk while working and brings his kids into his workouts. In this episode he sits down with Terraine on the Behind The Shades podcast to talk about keeping health from sliding when work and family take over. (Is your own health sliding while you take care of everyone else? See how driven men are turning it around at www.thecalltorise.com) Brian and Terraine talk through the real pressure that comes with work, family, travel and a full schedule. ...

Most men know sleep matters. Very few know what to fix. In this episode of Driven For Health, Coach Brian sits down with sleep coach Nick Lambe. They talk about why so many men over 40 have accepted poor sleep as normal. (Are you waking up tired no matter how many hours you get? See how driven men are fixing sleep, energy and their bodies at www.thecalltorise.com) Nick breaks down the key areas that matter most: sleep duration, sleep continuity, sleep regularity and your relationship with slee...

Coach Brian gets coached live on this episode. Executive coach Dusty Holcomb pushes him to name the one thing holding his own business back. Brian commits on the spot to hire a social media manager by May 13. (Where are you the bottleneck in your own life? See how driven men are removing theirs at www.thecalltorise.com) Dusty Holcomb is an executive coach who works with CEOs and business leaders through major turning points. He and Brian are both endurance athletes and they talk about leading ...

For a lot of men the wake-up call is a bad doctor's report. For others it is a pair of jeans that used to fit and now do not. In this episode Coach Brian breaks down five daily habits men over 40 keep getting wrong. (Has your own wake-up call already happened and you still have not acted on it? See how driven men are turning it around at www.thecalltorise.com) Brian covers the daily habits that move the needle most: real movement like hitting 10,000 steps, whole food nutrition, and calorie awa...

Jeff Goldberg has coached sales teams for nearly five decades. He tells Coach Brian the moment your body starts to feel like a liability instead of an asset is the moment it starts costing you sales. They connect health directly to confidence, energy and how you show up in a sales conversation. (Does your body feel like it is working against you instead of for you? See how driven men are turning it into an asset at www.thecalltorise.com) Jeff is the Head Coach and Sales Confidence Architect at...

Trent Brock had cancer three times. Surgeons removed his entire pelvis on one side and told him he would never walk again. He refused a leg amputation, then rode an exercise bike over 1,500 miles to get his leg strong enough for a shot at walking. (Have doctors or circumstances ever told you something was not possible for you? See how driven men are proving otherwise at www.thecalltorise.com) Brian is a guest on Trent's show, The Conqueror's Crew, where they work through five pillars of transf...

For episode 100, Coach Brian hands the mic to his daughter. She takes the interviewer's chair and asks him a list of silly questions. This is what happens when Coach Brian is not coaching. (Have you shown up for 100 days straight on anything in your life? See what 100 days of real work can do at www.thecalltorise.com) This episode skips nutrition and business talk for something more personal. You get a real look at Coach Brian outside of coaching, including his family and his own take on work ...

Rion Westfall's son walked up to the pole vault bar telling himself he would only clear 7 feet again. His dad reminded him that the body cannot tell the difference between a joke and a fact. So the boy and his teammate started repeating we're going to get 8 instead. Both of them cleared 8 feet that night, a personal record for each. (What are you telling yourself before the moments that matter most? See how Rion's Own Your Revenue process trains that mindset at www.537bd.com.) Coach Brian sits...

Albert Butler is a father of four and a CPA. A health scare and the loss of his own father taught him that wealth without health means nothing. That is when he decided the years between 40 and 60 would build him instead of break him. (Are you building wealth while your health quietly falls apart? See what changed for men like Albert at www.thecalltorise.com.) Coach Brian sits down with Albert Butler, a CPA firm owner and father of four. Albert breaks down his thesis of life framework and how a...

Brad Lehman flew fighter jets in the Marines as one of the few pilots who make the cut. He tells parents their kids are 80 percent likely to grow into the adult they are right now, not the adult they hope to become. That line changed how Brad shows up as a father of three. (What is the soundtrack you are recording in your kids' heads right now? See how Brad turned fighter pilot discipline into fatherhood at www.swingsesh.com.) Coach Brian sits down with Brad Lehman, a former Marine fighter pil...

Chris Nicol is a father of four and a squash performance coach with a wedding on the calendar. He builds his health around morning rituals and family workouts instead of waiting for a slow week that never comes. (Are you waiting for a slower week before you get serious about your health? See how Chris builds it into busy days at www.thecalltorise.com.) Coach Brian talks with Chris Nicol about staying consistent through a packed schedule. Chris shares his morning rituals, how he gets his kids i...

Before Eric Robinson chased terrorists and wiretapped government officials for the FBI, he was a Baptist pastor treating his stress with headaches instead of a plan. He became a SWAT operator, a fitness instructor, and a firearms and tactics trainer. Exercise became the tool that got him through it. (Are you managing stress the way Eric used to, or do you have an actual outlet? See what changed for him at www.thecalltorise.com.) Coach Brian talks with Eric Robinson, a retired FBI agent and for...