EFR 903: How to Burn Fat, Build Muscle, and Stay Adherent to Your Workouts After 40 with Carl Daikeler
Ever Forward Radio with Chase Chewning
Release Date: 10/27/2025
EFR 916: What to Do When God Feels Distant: Faith, Obedience, Healing, and the Search for Deeper Meaning with Apostle Kathryn Krick
Ever Forward Radio with Chase Chewning
In this expansive and deeply personal conversation, we sit down with Apostle Kathryn Krick to explore faith, spiritual authority, healing, and what it truly means to live a life “ever forward.” Kathryn unpacks the biblical foundation of apostleship, the modern restoration of spiritual gifts, and her belief that healing, deliverance, and miracles are meant to be accessible today—not confined to Scripture. This episode examines demonic oppression versus possession, the power of words and faith in daily life, navigating wilderness seasons, and why gratitude and obedience are essential to...
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EFR 915: Why Money Is the #1 Reason Relationships Fail, Why You Should Never Fall in Love With Potential and Why Your Partner Is Your Biggest Financial Decision with Pattie Ehsaie
Ever Forward Radio with Chase Chewning
This epsiode is brought ot you by , Audible and What if the most important financial decision you ever make has nothing to do with investing, real estate, or your career—but who you choose as your partner? In this powerful episode of Ever Forward Radio, Chase sits down with attorney, financial expert, and author Pattie Ehsaie for a no-nonsense conversation about money, power, relationships, and financial independence—especially for women. Pattie breaks down why “never falling in love with potential” isn’t cold, it’s practical; why money remains the number one cause of relationship...
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EFR 914: The Hidden Triggers of Cancer: What 95% of Us Are Getting Wrong About Health with Elissa Goodman
Ever Forward Radio with Chase Chewning
This epsiode is brought ot you by , , and After healing from Hodgkin’s lymphoma in her 30s, Elissa Goodman turned her personal health crisis into a lifelong mission: helping others prevent and recover from cancer through holistic nutrition and mindful living. In this episode, she opens up about her journey from stress-driven corporate life to deep healing through green juicing, plant-based eating, and inner work like yoga, trauma release, and plant medicine. Elissa discusses how trauma, inflammation, and our toxic environment create the “cancer terrain”—and how we can reverse it with...
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EFR 913: Why GLP-1 Medications Work (and When They Don’t): The Hidden Hormone Story Behind Ozempic & Wegovy with Ashley Koff
Ever Forward Radio with Chase Chewning
This episode is brought to you by , , and In this episode of Ever Forward Radio, registered dietitian breaks down the truth behind GLP-1 medications like Ozempic and Wegovy, reframing them not as magic weight-loss shots but as hormone replacement therapies that reveal how dysfunctional most people’s “weight-health hormones” have become. Ashley shares how digestion, nutrient status, genetics, and modern environmental pressures diminish the body’s natural ability to regulate appetite, cravings, metabolism, and fat distribution — and why GLP-1 drugs can offer clarity but not a...
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EFR 912: How to Have the Best Sex of Your Life and Why Optimizing Your Libido is the Missing Key to Being a High-Performer with Dr. Susan Bratton
Ever Forward Radio with Chase Chewning
This episode is brought to you by , and In this high-energy and revealing episode, intimacy expert Dr. Susan Bratton, PhD joins us to explain why great sex is not just pleasurable — it’s powerful. We explore how optimizing your sex life is the “fourth health factor” that most high achievers overlook, yet it plays a critical role in cognitive sharpness, hormone balance, longevity, and emotional resilience. Susan breaks down the science of pleasure, the importance of blood flow and nitric oxide, the difference between male and female arousal timing, and why communication is the...
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EFR 911: Build an Alzheimer's-Resistant Brain - How to Rewire Your Brain for Better Sleep, Focus, and Stress Relief with Dr. Patrick Porter
Ever Forward Radio with Chase Chewning
This episode is brought to you by , and Dr. Patrick Porter, PhD joins us today to break down what brain fitness really means and why modern life is overwhelming a biological system that was never designed for today’s pace. Dr. Porter explains how brain energy, neuroplasticity, breathwork, mitochondria, sleep architecture, stress physiology, light exposure, and daily rituals all influence our ability to think clearly, recover deeply, and perform at a high level. We explore the science behind neurogenesis, the glymphatic system, alpha and delta brainwave states, the impact of sugar and...
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EFR 910: Muscle, Menopause & Metabolism - The Hidden Health Crisis Impacting Every Woman After 40 with Dr. Jessica Shepherd
Ever Forward Radio with Chase Chewning
This episod is brought to you by , and Dr. Jessica Shepherd—OB/GYN, clinical advisor for P-Volv, and author of Generation M—breaks down everything women need to know about perimenopause, menopause, and longevity. She explains why mindset is the foundation of midlife health, how declining estrogen affects every organ system, why only 8% of symptomatic women ever receive a diagnosis, and how common comorbidities rise 45% or more between ages 40–59. Dr. Shepherd shares science-backed strategies for navigating symptoms, improving metabolic and mitochondrial health, understanding the truth...
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EFR 909: Stop Trying, Start Doing: How to Overcome Fear, Procrastination, and People-Pleasing with Carla Ondrasik
Ever Forward Radio with Chase Chewning
This episode is brought to you by and Author and mindset disruptor Carla Ondrasik unpacks the radical idea behind ‘stop trying’. Carla challenges the culturally accepted virtue of “trying,” revealing it as a fear response that keeps us stuck in inaction and self-sabotage. Through personal stories—from pitching hit songs to Cher to rewriting her own future through visualization—Carla shares why doing, not trying, is the true path to success. This conversation explores how trying shows up in our language, our relationships, and our goals, and offers clear, compassionate...
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EFR 908: How to Use Methylene Blue Safely for Energy, Recovery & Brain Health with Dr. Scott Sherr
Ever Forward Radio with Chase Chewning
In this second part of the conversation, Dr. Scott Sherr returns to unpack one of the most fascinating compounds in modern mitochondrial medicine — methylene blue. Once used as the first FDA-approved antimicrobial drug, methylene blue is now being rediscovered as a powerful mitochondrial optimizer that helps the body both produce and detoxify energy at the same time. Dr. Sherr breaks down how it enhances ATP production, improves focus, endurance, and recovery, and even helps with travel fatigue and brain fog. He explains how methylene blue works at the cellular level, why quality and...
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EFR 907: Why Men Are (Quietly) Giving Up - Modern Masculinity in the US and Promising Mental Health Therapies with Benjamin Forest
Ever Forward Radio with Chase Chewning
In this moving Veterans Day episode of Ever Forward Radio, retired Air Force Lt. Col. Benjamin Forest opens up about his personal battle with depression, grief, and identity loss after 25 years of service — and how psychedelics became a catalyst for healing, love, and authentic living. He and Chase explore the mental-health crisis among veterans, the epidemic of loneliness and suppressed emotion in men, and how plant medicine, breathwork, and community can help reconnect us to meaning and purpose. Forest shares insights from his book , explaining that true recovery requires vulnerability,...
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In this high-energy episode, I sit down with Carl Daikeler, co-founder and CEO of BODi (formerly BeachBody), to uncover what it truly takes to stay fit, healthy, and motivated at any age—especially after 40. Carl shares the honest truth about hating workouts, why consistency trumps complexity, and how his own struggles inspired the creation of Shakeology and countless effective fitness programs. From breaking the myth of “more is better” to championing the power of 25-minute workouts, Carl explains how to build muscle, lose fat, and achieve longevity without perfection. He reveals how accountability, community, and mindset drive real transformation—and how the best way to help yourself might be by helping someone else. Whether you're looking to get shredded, manage weight over 40, or just finally stick to a routine, this episode is packed with practical, sustainable advice.
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00:00 – Intro and why this episode matters
01:18 – Carl’s mission: help people get healthy with minimal daily effort
03:35 – The water ski test for longevity at 61
04:23 – Accountability: the real key to transformation
06:04 – Starting small: 100 squats, 50 pushups, save a life
07:53 – Why leading by example isn’t enough—lead by invitation
10:22 – Carl admits he hates working out (and how he still does it daily)
13:09 – Shakeology: solving his own problem with vegetables
16:06 – The importance of quality and integrity in supplements
17:34 – The Body difference: short, effective workouts that stick
19:42 – Physical poverty: Carl’s metaphor for neglecting your body
23:50 – Just show up: the spoon and starfish stories
26:12 – Why helping others makes you more accountable
27:18 – How Carl shaped company culture around health
30:25 – Reducing temptation: removing the sugar minefield
34:25 – Fitness by decade: what changes in your 30s, 40s, 50s, and 60s
36:14 – Stop over-optimizing: why you don’t need gadgets to succeed
37:30 – Power 90 to P90X: the foundation of scalable fitness
40:08 – Quantified vs qualitative health: how you feel matters
42:51 – Wine bottles to weights: Judy’s lifestyle transformation
44:23 – Blue Zones, simplicity, and living past 100
45:47 – Carl’s “secret sauce” for longevity: Don’t quit
49:59 – Keeping it simple: what makes Body programs work
52:26 – Time under tension and progressive overload: the winning formula
53:22 – Fitness seasons: when to go hard, when to scale back
56:12 – The power of community and hybrid workout calendars
57:00 – Red flags in fitness: obsession with one modality
59:20 – Belvital: a hormone health game-changer for women
01:00:54 – New P90X Generation Next and what’s coming in 2026
01:02:33 – Ever Forward
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