Obsidian Mindset is a podcast series focused on redefining what wellness means to you. Joe The Wellness Curator will journey through the 8 dimensions of wellness to promote well-balanced wellness. Along the way, he will provide tools to improve your wellness through powerful and vulnerable storytelling while fostering a community to support you in your journey. Join us on the path to find self and feel whole.
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Joe The Wellness Curator
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health & fitness · health & fitness · health & fitness
Don’t Wait for January: The Obsidian Mentality Challenge Starts Now
Most people treat December like a waiting room.
“I’ll start in January.”
“I’ll reset when life slows down.”
But momentum doesn’t come from a date — it comes from your decisions. In this episode, we’re kicking off the Obsidian Mentality Challenge, a month-long activation built around three simple but powerful pillars: daily movement, intentional hydration, and consistent reading. Think of it as your warm-up set for 2026 — your pre-goal, your pre-reset, your pre-celebration. We dive into:
• Why December is the most underrated month for building discipline
• How movement, hydration, and reading shape identity and momentum
• What it actually looks like to “start now, not later”
• How to join the challenge with zero pressure and maximum intention
✨ New: This is also the first episode connected to our brand-new YouTube channel where I break down the challenge visually.
Check out the launch video and subscribe: Link (https://youtu.be/gjDBVe0F-Ko)
Let’s build capacity.
Let’s build discipline.
Let’s build the Obsidian Mentality.
12 Nov 2025
047 - What the Health? - November 2025
What’s new in the world of wellness and what’s just noise? In this solo episode, Joe breaks down the headlines, research, and cultural moments shaping how we think about health right now. From celebrity wellness brands to new studies on rest, balance, and self-care, this is your weekly check-in on what’s hype, what’s healing, and what we can actually learn from it all. Expect humor, honesty, and the occasional side-eye as Joe asks: how do we stay grounded in our wellness when culture keeps trying to sell it back to us?
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29 Oct 2025
046 - Booked & Balanced: The Wellness in Reading
Obsidian Mindset returns with a fresh format and a new cohost! In this first episode of the new season, Joe, the Wellness Curator, is joined by Nimbus, the new voice of light and laughter, as they roll out The Obsidian Agenda —a fresh take on wellness conversations that are organized, intentional, and real.
In honor of National Book Month, Joe and Nimbus open the season by discussing how reading shapes our mental and emotional health, the books that have shaped them, and why making time to read can be a radical act of self-care in a world that moves too fast. Expect stories, laughter, a few tangents, and a new segment called “Well-Read or Well-Rested” that tests how they balance curiosity and calm. Because sometimes the best way to reset your wellness is to turn the page.
Welcome to the new season of Obsidian Mindset—where wellness gets personal, purposeful, and a little playful.
Books Discussed:
Joe
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain (https://susancain.net/book/quiet/)
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X (as told by Alex Haley) (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/106490/the-autobiography-of-malcolm-x-by-malcolm-x-as-told-to-alex-haley/)
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson (http://warmth.isabelwilkerson.com/)
Octavia Butler Books (https://www.octaviabutler.com/work)
Nimbus
All About Love (New Visions) - bell hooks (https://www.harpercollins.com/products/all-about-love-bell-hooks?variant=41228396986402)
Disarming the Narcissist: Surviving and Thriving with the Self-Absorbed- Wendy T. Behary (https://disarmingthenarcissist.com/)
Flowers of Algernon - Daniel Keyes (https://www.sdfo.org/gj/stories/flowersforalgernon.pdf)
If you would like to support Obsidian Mindset, please go to theobsidianmindset.com (https://theobsidianmindset.com)
How to Find Us:
Read Us: Obsidian Insights Substack (https://obsidianinsights.substack.com/)
Follow Us: Obsidian Mindset IG (https://www.instagram.com/obsidianmindset)
Follow Us: Obsidian Wellness Club IG (https://www.instagram.com/obsidianwellnessclub/)
Follow Us: Obsidian Wellness Club Eventbrite (https://www.eventbrite.com/o/obsidian-wellness-club-59744332203)
Want to be on the Podcast? Have Something to Share? Come Through!:
Fill Out This Pre-Interview Guest Form (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSepgUnPA6w2OqYjDkyedY6Mh5TlH3bcs6vgpmcCpO99ih-4UQ/viewform?usp=header)
Free Consultation With Joe The Wellness Curator:
Sign Up Here (https://linktr.ee/joethewellnesscurator)
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