Your Self-Talk Is Ruining Your Health with Pat Smith - 126
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.
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 performance, and follow-through. This conversation hits the guy carrying a business, a family, a full calendar, and the pressure to keep producing while his own health keeps getting pushed down the list.
For men over 40, words matter because stress does not stay in your head. Stress changes your nutrition, sleep, workouts, patience, energy, and the way you lead at home and in business.
Pat breaks down how language patterns like “I can’t,” “I’ll try,” “this always happens,” and “I have a problem with this” can keep a man stuck. He also walks through a simple exercise that shows how changing a few words can shift your emotional state and help you make better decisions.
This conversation connects mindset, nervous system regulation, fat loss, fitness, productivity, work-life balance, online business pressure, and real-life stress management in a practical way. No hype. No magic trick. Just a better way to catch the words that are steering your life.
Main topics covered
Why the words you use affect your health decisions
How self-talk changes food choices, workouts, and consistency
Why driven men can know what to do and still fail to follow through
How stress impacts energy, focus, productivity, and fat loss
The connection between language, nervous system regulation, and better decisions
Why “I’ll try” often gives men an easy way out
How business pressure and family pressure show up in your health
The role of meditation, breathing, and slowing down
A simple word-shift exercise you can use right away
How better language can support fitness, nutrition, leadership, and business performance
Pat Smith is a men’s high performance coach who has spent the past four years helping driven men become wildly successful professionally without losing themselves in the process. He has coached Fortune 500 executives, professional athletes, celebrity actors, business owners, top sales professionals, and men across various leadership roles.
His work draws from his background in corporate sales across multiple Fortune 1000 companies, as well as his continued education under Dr. Joe Dispenza while serving as a corporate trainer for NeuroChangeSolutions. Pat blends mental performance, emotional mastery, and conscious leadership to help men lead, perform, and live with greater clarity, presence, and purpose.
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Want help applying this to your own health, weight, energy, or lab numbers?
Coach Brian Parana offers Health Hot Seat coaching segments for men who want a clear next step with nutrition, fitness, weight loss, blood pressure, cholesterol, A1C, or daily consistency.
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Disclaimer: This podcast is for education and coaching support only. It is not medical advice. Always work with your physician before changing medication, treatment, or medical care.
