Everyday Ancestral, hosted by James Barry, brings ancestral wisdom into modern life. Each episode dives into holistic living, covering health, nutrition, personal growth, and deeper connections. With inspiring stories and practical tips, this podcast helps you integrate simple, intentional habits rooted in age-old traditions. Whether you’re a health enthusiast or just seeking a balanced life, Everyday Ancestral offers insights to enrich your daily routine. Subscribe now to get inspired and start living well—one step at a time.
How to Stop Reacting Emotionally and Blaming Others | Grant Dziak
When someone sets you off, it feels like they did it to you. Mental performance coach Grant Dziak doesn't deny that painful things happen. He says the trigger was already inside you, and it's your responsibility to remove it.
I asked Grant how to stop reacting emotionally in the moment and why blame feels so much easier than looking at yourself. I also share why I feel our nervous systems weren't built for thousands of opinions, when our ancestors heard news as a story. His answer for the middle of an argument is a three-step reset: drop your shoulders, take a belly breath, and name what you can see in the room for about 90 seconds.
Key Insights:
✅ You Have a Trigger Inside of You
✅ Drop Your Shoulders, Breathe Into Your Belly
✅ Naming Objects in the Room Signals Safety
✅ Unexpressed Expectations Are Premeditated Resentments
✅ Trusting Others Starts With Trusting Yourself
✅ Gratitude for People You Believe Hurt You
Chapters:
00:00 Is Your Personality Just a Repeated Reaction?
03:18 How to Tell if You're Reacting or Responding
07:30 Why Changing Your Diet Feels Like a Threat
10:06 Why Is Blaming Others Easier Than Looking Inward?
13:40 Why Your Brain Resists Change Even When It's Better
18:09 Pluck (Sponsor)
19:06 How a Partner Can Mirror Your Old Patterns
22:14 Taking Responsibility vs Blaming Yourself: What's the Difference?
26:50 Freedom Meats (Sponsor)
27:26 Did You Ignore the Red Flags Before Trust Broke?
32:07 Does Fear of Being Left Out Shape Your Beliefs?
34:24 Is Constant News Overloading Your Nervous System?
37:50 Should You Be Selfish Before You Are Selfless?
41:05 How to Stop Reacting Emotionally: A Three-Step Reset
46:57 How to Ride Out a Junk Food Craving
49:34 Why Sunlight and Human Connection Still Matter
👤 More From Grant Dziak
Website: https://www.grantdziak.com
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This episode is for general information only and is not medical advice. Nothing here is intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any condition. Talk to your doctor before making changes to your care.
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1 Oct 2026
Is AI Making You Dumber? The Risks of Delegating Your Thinking | Margaret Floyd Barry | Ep 100
Most people talk about AI as a way to get more done. For episode 100, I wanted to ask a different question: is AI making you dumber? My wife Margaret Floyd Barry says the risk starts when you hand your thinking to a machine that wants to please you.
Margaret is executive director of the Institute of Restorative Health, which trains clinicians in functional nutrition. I asked her why using AI for health advice is risky when you cannot catch it being wrong, why she stopped handing her own injury recovery to AI, and why she says the human connection in healing is the piece no machine can reproduce.
Key Insights:
✅ Your Thinking Muscles May Atrophy With AI
✅ AI Works When You Can Spot Mistakes
✅ Eager-to-Please AI Can Skew Your Answers
✅ Think Twice Before Uploading Labs to AI
✅ A Human Coach Restarted Her Stalled Recovery
✅ Teach What You Learn to Understand It
Chapters:
00:00 What 100 Episodes of Podcasting Taught Me
04:34 Why Sleep, Movement, Food and Stress Keep Coming Up
07:12 Why AI Is Changing How We Connect and Think
11:04 AI vs Google Search: Who Does the Thinking?
13:42 When Can You Actually Trust an AI Answer?
17:36 Why AI-Written Content Often Says Nothing
21:37 Should You Put Your Lab Results Into AI?
23:54 Why AI Couldn't Fix Her Running Comeback
26:01 Why Human Connection Still Matters in an AI World
29:39 Is Free AI Going to Stay Free?
31:42 Can a Lab Report Alone Turn Around Chronic Illness?
34:36 How to Keep Your Critical Thinking Sharp With AI
39:01 What I Hope for the Next 100 Episodes
👤 More From Margaret Floyd Barry
Website: https://margaretfloydbarry.com/
Institute of Restorative Health: https://instituteofrestorativehealth.com/
Find a Practitioner: https://directory.instituteofrestorativehealth.com/
Follow Margaret on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/margaretfloydbarry/
Follow the Institute on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/instituteofrestorativehealth/
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Get 15% off your first order with code EA15 at http://www.eatpluck.com — real flavor, real nutrients, no junk.
🎁 Get your FREE Freedom Meats Guide
I created this free guide to make it easy to eat how we’re meant to—nutrient-dense, energizing, and deeply satisfying. Get it, read it, and enjoy REAL FOOD the ancestral way! https://shop.eatpluck.com/pages/freedom-meats-guide
Follow James on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chefjamesbarry
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This episode is for general information only and is not medical advice. Nothing here is intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any condition. Talk to your doctor before making changes to your care.
#criticalthinking #aiandhealth #functionalnutrition #everydayancestral #jamesbarry #margaretfloydbarry
24 Sept 2026
How A Healthy School Lunch Can Change Kids at Home | Hilary Boynton
Hilary Boynton has run the kitchen at a school with no kids menu for ten years, where kindergarten through high school all sit down to the same scratch cooked food. Parents keep telling her the same thing. Their kid eats better at school than at home.
I asked the chef and School of Lunch founder what a school has to change to cook real food at scale, what it takes to do it inside a public school system, and what she has watched carry back to the family table once kids know what real food tastes like.
Key Insights:
✅ Kids Ate What the Family Ate
✅ Picky Eaters May Transition in Two Weeks
✅ Adults Eat Lunch Alongside the Kids
✅ Scratch Kitchens Replaced by Reheating Kitchens
✅ Start With One Local Food Source
✅ Organ Meats Blended Into Familiar Dishes
Chapters:
00:00 Why Are Kids So Picky About Food?
04:05 How Parents React When Picky Eating Stops
06:13 What a Real Food School Lunch Looks Like
08:45 Can a Public School Serve Real Food?
11:40 Why School Kitchens Reheat Instead of Cook
14:43 Freedom Meats (Sponsor)
15:20 Does Real Food Cost a School More?
17:20 How to Pack a Lunch Kids Will Eat
20:41 Three Real Food Changes to Make at Home
22:32 Pluck (Sponsor)
23:29 How Food Affects Kids’ Focus and Behaviour
27:29 Why Adults Should Eat Lunch With the Kids
30:33 How to Get Kids to Eat Organ Meats
33:12 Is Real Food for Kids Too Expensive?
38:05 What the School of Lunch Nonprofit Does
40:19 Who the Traditional Food Training Is For
43:35 The Ancestral Practice She Would Bring Back
👤 More From Hilary Boynton
Website: https://schooloflunch.com
Follow Hilary on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chefhilaryboynton
Follow Hilary on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hilaryhornorboynton
The Heal Your Gut Cookbook: https://www.amazon.com/Heal-Your-Gut-Cookbook-Nutrient-Dense/dp/1603585613
👇 More From James Barry 👇
🎁 Try Pluck Superfood Seasonings
Get 15% off your first order with code EA15 at http://www.eatpluck.com — real flavor, real nutrients, no junk.
🎁 Get your FREE Freedom Meats Guide
I created this free guide to make it easy to eat how we’re meant to—nutrient-dense, energizing, and deeply satisfying. Get it, read it, and enjoy REAL FOOD the ancestral way! https://shop.eatpluck.com/pages/freedom-meats-guide
Follow James on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chefjamesbarry
Follow Pluck on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eatpluck
This episode is for general information only and is not medical advice. Nothing here is intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any condition. Talk to your doctor before making changes to your care.
#pickyeaters #schoollunch #realfoodforkids #everydayancestral #jamesbarry #hilaryboynton
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