WEBVTT - Leading a Healthy Life 0:00:00.160 --> 0:00:08.920 Stay Calm as a production of I Heart Radio. Hi. 0:00:09.039 --> 0:00:11.479 I'm Bob Roth, and I've been teaching people to meditate 0:00:11.520 --> 0:00:14.840 for fifty years, helping them to stay calm under pressure, 0:00:15.320 --> 0:00:19.440 reboot and re energize their lives, and basically be a happier, 0:00:19.480 --> 0:00:22.599 healthier version of themselves. And now I want to help 0:00:22.640 --> 0:00:26.440 you do the same. Welcome to Stay Calm, your daily 0:00:26.480 --> 0:00:30.960 dose of calmness. Every weekday morning, I'll share a meditation story, 0:00:31.280 --> 0:00:34.360 offer a simple practical tip about how you or loved 0:00:34.360 --> 0:00:37.000 one can stay a bit calmer in your life, and 0:00:37.040 --> 0:00:40.320 then we'll end each episode together with a moment of gratitude. 0:00:41.040 --> 0:00:42.720 My hope is that I can share what I know 0:00:42.880 --> 0:00:47.519 to anyone who needs it. Ready, sit comfortably, take a 0:00:47.520 --> 0:00:53.320 few deep breaths, and let's begin today's journey. I love baseball, 0:00:53.720 --> 0:00:56.760 always have even as a kid played little league, would 0:00:56.760 --> 0:00:59.760 have loved to have played professional baseball. I also love 0:00:59.840 --> 0:01:03.280 this San Francisco Giants loved Willie Mays for you old 0:01:03.320 --> 0:01:07.200 timers who patrolled center field at Candlestick Park. I tell 0:01:07.240 --> 0:01:10.440 you all of this because I had a very fortunate 0:01:10.480 --> 0:01:13.959 experience many years ago. I received a phone call from 0:01:13.959 --> 0:01:17.320 a man named Barry Zito. Barry was a pitcher with 0:01:17.400 --> 0:01:21.919 the San Francisco Giants, and he invited me to teach 0:01:22.080 --> 0:01:26.440 him and his wife Amber to meditate. Barry was an 0:01:26.440 --> 0:01:29.680 all star his whole life. Signed with the Oakland A's 0:01:30.000 --> 0:01:32.800 two thousand two, was twenty three and five, got a 0:01:32.840 --> 0:01:34.920 Cy Young Award, and he was the best pitcher in 0:01:34.920 --> 0:01:37.760 the American League. Signed in two thousand six by the 0:01:37.800 --> 0:01:41.280 San Francisco Giants with a huge salary and great fanfare, 0:01:42.000 --> 0:01:44.600 and in a way he would say, the bottom dropped 0:01:44.600 --> 0:01:49.360 out from under him. Things just didn't go well. As 0:01:49.400 --> 0:01:54.240 an outsider following the San Francisco Giants, it was obvious 0:01:54.320 --> 0:01:56.760 that he was getting beat up by the press. But 0:01:56.840 --> 0:02:00.080 what was also obvious Barry Zito was a special i, 0:02:01.000 --> 0:02:05.320 a gentleman. Never spoke ill of others, never got reactive, 0:02:05.600 --> 0:02:09.120 never got angry, just continued to do the best job 0:02:09.200 --> 0:02:12.359 he could. The reason he called me is because he 0:02:12.760 --> 0:02:15.840 needed to get his career back on track and he 0:02:15.919 --> 0:02:19.200 was hoping that transcendental meditation would give him the calm, 0:02:19.360 --> 0:02:22.639 the equanimity, the focus, and the resilience to get back 0:02:22.680 --> 0:02:25.679 on track. It would be a storybook ending to say 0:02:25.720 --> 0:02:28.360 that he learned t m and his career returned to 0:02:28.400 --> 0:02:32.720 being completely stellar again. It didn't, but his career did 0:02:32.800 --> 0:02:36.440 right itself, and he had many good seasons with the Giants, 0:02:36.760 --> 0:02:39.280 and he was a starting pitcher on the team during 0:02:39.320 --> 0:02:46.000 their first two World Series championships in and he credited 0:02:46.040 --> 0:02:52.320 transcendental meditation for helping him restore his confidence and his mechanics. 0:02:53.280 --> 0:02:55.160 I tell you this story because one of the more 0:02:55.280 --> 0:02:59.160 interesting conversations that Barry and I had along the way 0:02:59.200 --> 0:03:02.120 is we talked about sort of philosophy of life and 0:03:02.200 --> 0:03:05.080 how did he handle the ups and downs of success 0:03:05.120 --> 0:03:08.359 and failure. You do well headlines in the newspaper, everybody 0:03:08.360 --> 0:03:13.040 loves you. You have a bad outing, creamed and I 0:03:13.120 --> 0:03:17.000 shared with him a quote from the ancient meditation texts. 0:03:19.240 --> 0:03:23.840 You have control over action alone. Never over the fruits, 0:03:24.360 --> 0:03:29.040 never over the results. You can only do the best 0:03:29.160 --> 0:03:32.760 job you can possibly do. As a picture, you can 0:03:32.800 --> 0:03:36.840 put that fastball on the outside corner. If the batter 0:03:36.920 --> 0:03:40.120 gets lucky and hits a double down the right field 0:03:40.200 --> 0:03:44.320 line runs or scored, you don't have control over that. 0:03:45.400 --> 0:03:50.960 Don't lose yourself the picture who loses himself next pitch 0:03:50.960 --> 0:03:55.600 has pitched out of anger or irritation or frustration. You 0:03:55.640 --> 0:03:59.680 have to stay in the self, in your inner equanimity. 0:04:00.360 --> 0:04:03.560 Meditation does that, but there's a lot of other things 0:04:03.560 --> 0:04:10.080 to do that, being rested, having a good support group, exercise, 0:04:10.720 --> 0:04:14.480 eating right. And I'm going to transition here because we're 0:04:14.520 --> 0:04:17.039 not very zedo, but we have ups and downs in 0:04:17.080 --> 0:04:20.919 our life, and sometimes there's a lot of downs and 0:04:21.000 --> 0:04:23.960 we're in a sad mood or a bad mood when 0:04:24.000 --> 0:04:27.280 it comes to diet, when it comes to healthy eating, 0:04:28.000 --> 0:04:33.240 here's one tip that every expert always says. You cannot 0:04:33.600 --> 0:04:39.760 eat yourself through a bad mood, through a depression. You can't. 0:04:40.839 --> 0:04:43.839 What we do is we get impulsive and we reach 0:04:43.920 --> 0:04:47.120 for the low nutrition foods. We reach for the sugar, 0:04:47.240 --> 0:04:51.040 the candy that cakes. You know what that does makes 0:04:51.080 --> 0:04:55.840 us feel worse. It's a downward spiral. Be aware of 0:04:55.880 --> 0:04:58.920 that tendency. It's just going to make you feel worse. 0:04:59.360 --> 0:05:03.640 Eat something, be healthy. It will save your psychology and 0:05:03.680 --> 0:05:06.320 it will save you days and trying to recover from 0:05:06.360 --> 0:05:12.520 that bad mood. All right, let's end this time together 0:05:12.600 --> 0:05:14.680 doing something that I think should be a feature of 0:05:14.680 --> 0:05:19.039 our everyday life, and that's appreciation and gratitude. So let's 0:05:19.080 --> 0:05:22.839 take thirty seconds of quiet, thirty seconds to take a break, 0:05:23.520 --> 0:05:26.120 Just take a moment. It turns out when we do that, 0:05:26.400 --> 0:05:28.520 it's good for our health as well. I'll be right 0:05:28.560 --> 0:06:01.880 back all right. Thank you for joining. This is Bob Roth. 0:06:02.680 --> 0:06:07.159 Keep calm, Thanks for listening today. I hope you heard 0:06:07.200 --> 0:06:10.480 something that inspires, that uplifts you and that you can 0:06:10.480 --> 0:06:14.880 incorporate into your own life. Until next time, remember, meditate, 0:06:15.200 --> 0:06:19.839 be kind, and be true to yourself. Hey, all of 0:06:19.839 --> 0:06:22.080 you out there, I'd love to hear from you. You 0:06:22.120 --> 0:06:24.840 can send me your stories, your questions, or anything else 0:06:24.880 --> 0:06:28.400 on your mind. Just connect with me on Twitter, Facebook 0:06:28.560 --> 0:06:33.279 or Instagram at meditation Bob. You can also send me 0:06:33.320 --> 0:06:37.880 an email at meditation Bob Roth at gmail dot com. 0:06:37.920 --> 0:06:39.400 I look forward to hearing from you.