Tools & Resources
The following is a comprehensive list of recommended links to various online tools, apps, services, products, resources, etc. that I personally recommend for you.
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There are a ton of productivity tools, resources, apps, technology, and training available to use online.
You don’t need to have any previous education or any qualifications to start. In fact, you might be able to completely change your life without going through traditional routes of learning (e.g., college). You don’t need to be in the “prime of your life” either. Anyone can help themselves to the wealth of knowledge online.
Self-Care Tools & Resources
Relax Melodies is the App Store’s #1 most positively reviewed sleep & relaxation app. We are dedicated to providing tools to help people relax and get better sleep. We believe in the power of harnessing technology and the science of sound to improve
wellbeing.
Since sleep is unique to everyone, Relax Melodies gives
you the freedom to create your very own bedtime
experience. Choose your favorite tracks from our rich
library of sounds and guided content. Layer and mix
them together and fall asleep peacefully to your own
perfect soundscape.
Relax Melodies was created by two longtime friends, Simon Alex Bérubé and Philippe Lapierre. In 2006, Phil developed tinnitus after attending a rock concert, causing him insomnia problems.
What I like most: The ability to add brainwave frequencies to your own customizable mix.
Balance
Meditation that adapts to you. Introducing the world’s first personalized meditation app.
Each day, you answer questions about your meditation experience, goals, and challenges. Using an audio library with thousands of files, Balance assembles meditations personalized for you. The more you share over time, the more personalized and effective your meditations become.
What I like most: The soothing voice and the immersive experiences. You can literally “feel” the wind.
Loóna
This app is a new way that lets you quickly disconnect from a long stressful day and get in the right mood for sleep. From the very first day we designed Loóna to become a part of your evening routine, a sanctuary for the mind, a safe place where you can restore your mental and emotional balance.
This app prepares you emotionally for sleep. It helps you to change your mood for sleep and help you disengage from stressful thoughts.
What I like most: The guided, immersive, coloring sleepscapes have helped me fall asleep easier and have better quality of sleep overall. I thoroughly enjoy and look forward to a new adventure each night prior to bedtime. This app brings back tons of nostalgia.
You can start learning to meditate right away with Headspace’s free Basics pack and other bite-sized minis.
Founded in 2010 by Andy Puddicombe and Rich Pierson, Headspace is a global leader in meditation and mindfulness through its meditation app and online content offerings.
What I like most: The sleepscapes have outstanding ambience sounds and the app includes a Focus mode which I used while working.
Calm
Calm is the leading mental wellness brand with the #1 app for sleep, meditation and relaxation, designed to help you manage stress, sleep better and live a happier, healthier life. With hundreds of hours of original audio content available in seven languages, Calm supports users in more than 190 countries.
Calm was named by the Center for Humane Technology as “the world’s happiest app”.
What I like most: I love the numerous options for sleep that range from listening to a story narrated by Matthew McConaughey, meditations, music and soundscapes. They also includes a gratitude log, that reminds you to be grateful every day.
Health/Wellness Resources & Tools
Dr. Mark Hyman is leading a health revolution—one revolved around using food as medicine to support longevity, energy, mental clarity, happiness, and so much more. Dr. Hyman is a practicing family physician and an internationally recognized leader, speaker, educator, and advocate in the field of Functional Medicine. He is the founder and director of The UltraWellness Center, the Head of Strategy and Innovation of the Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine, a fourteen-time New York Times bestselling author, and Board President for Clinical Affairs for The Institute for Functional Medicine. He is the host of one of the leading health podcasts, The Doctor’s Farmacy. Dr. Hyman is a regular medical contributor on several television shows and networks, including CBS This Morning, Today, Good Morning America, The View, and CNN. He is also an advisor and guest co-host on The Dr. Oz Show.
What I like most: Dr. Hyman takes a functional medicine approach to wellness. Functional medicine looks at the entire person not just symptoms to treat ailments.
What I like most: Dr. Berg provides solid facts to back up everything he recommends. He doesn’t try to sugar coat information and has practical ways to implement weight loss.
Dr. Berg is the author of The 7 Principles of Fat Burning, and The Healthy Keto Plan (Formerly The New Body Type Guide). He provides vital information about why you’ve been having a rough time losing weight.
He believes that it’s not ‘lose weight to get healthy,’ it’s ‘get healthy to lose weight’!
He will show you how to look and feel healthy and youthful as you lose weight and as you age. My goal is to put you in control of your body and your future longevity!
Dr. Berg is a health educator specializing in weight loss through nutritional and natural methods such as the keto diet plan and intermittent fasting, supported by low-carb diet tips that make following the keto diet easy and adaptable to any lifestyle.
On Dr.Berg.com you’ll find all the health options you need to live healthier and start losing weight like never before. The site provides education so you can understand keto and keto-approved foods. View more about Dr. Berg. Find him on YouTube at Dr. Eric Berg DC – YouTube
Dr. Andrew Huberman is a neuroscientist and his podcast can be found in multiple ways including his website Hubermanlab. Dr. Huberman is a tenured Professor in the Department of Neurobiology at the Stanford University School of Medicine. He has made numerous significant contributions to the fields of brain development, brain function and neural plasticity, which is the ability of our nervous system to rewire and learn new behaviors, skills and cognitive functioning.
Dr. Huberman is also actively involved in developing tools now in use by the elite military in the U.S. and Canada, athletes, and technology industries to optimize performance in high stress environments, enhance neural plasticity, mitigate stress, and optimize sleep.
Joe Rogan, Lex Friedman and many other personalities have featured Dr. Huberman on their shows. You can Dr. Huberman on his own YouTube channel as well here: Andrew Huberman – YouTube
What I like most: Dr. Huberman gets to the root of why things are the way they are biologically. He makes connections that others do not and provides insightful “Do’s and Don’t’s.”
Dr. Peter Attia is the founder of Early Medical, a medical practice that applies the principles of Medicine 3.0 to patients with the goal of lengthening their lifespan and simultaneously improving their healthspan. He is the host of The Drive, one of the most popular podcasts covering the topics of health and medicine.
Find out more on his website.
You can Dr. Attia on his own YouTube channel as well here: Peter Attia MD – YouTube
What I like most: Dr. Attia has essentially tested every way to improve health and longevity on himself as a personal passion to discover the most “optimal” way of attaining health and longevity. He practices what he preaches.
Dr. Jolene Brighten is a board-certified naturopathic endocrinologist, clinical sexologist, and prominent leader in women’s medicine. She also has degrees in degrees in chemistry, nutrition science, and clinical nutrition. A fierce patient advocate and completely dedicated to uncovering the root cause of hormonal imbalances, Dr. Brighten empowers women worldwide to take control of their health and their hormones. She has been featured on Impact Theory wherein she talks about the impact of hormonal birth control on women’s lives.
Dr. Brighten has also shared about the early childhood trauma she has endured and how she was able to rise above it and make a difference in the lives of others. Check out her website here.
What I like most: Dr. Brighten was able to use her experiences with food and trauma to start piecing together important aspects in her own health that also impact many other women. She practices functional medicine and treats the root causes of illnesses.
Financial Resources & Tools
Tony Robbins is an internationally renowned life and business strategist. Tony is not only motivation, he is very practical. He offers a wide range of ways to connect including a website, podcast, books, coaching and extended live events. He helps people to discover purpose, unlock keys to boosting business and/or financial aspects, improve relationships, and so much more.
I find value in the “get real” approach that Tony takes. He can weed out and eliminate the BS and excuses people use to prevent themselves from making positive changes in their lives.
Tim Ferriss has been listed as one of Fast Company’s “Most Innovative Business People” and one of Fortune’s “40 under 40.” He is an early-stage technology investor/advisor (Uber, Facebook, Shopify, Duolingo, Alibaba, and 50+ others) and the author of five #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers, including The 4-Hour Workweek and Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers. The Observer and other media have called Tim “the Oprah of audio” due to the influence of The Tim Ferriss Show podcast, which is the first business/interview podcast to exceed 100 million downloads. It has now exceeded 600 million downloads.
Gary Vaynerchuk is a serial entrepreneur, and serves as the Chairman of VaynerX and the CEO of VaynerMedia.
Gary is considered one of the leading global minds on what’s next in culture, relevance and the internet. Known as “GaryVee” he is described as one of the most forward thinkers in business – he acutely recognizes trends and patterns early to help others understand how these shifts impact markets and consumer behavior. Whether its emerging artists, esports, NFT investing or digital communications, Gary understands how to bring brand relevance to the forefront. He is a prolific angel investor with early investments in companies such as Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Venmo, Snapchat, Coinbase and Uber.
Dave Ramsey is a seven-time #1 national bestselling author, personal finance expert and host of The Ramsey Show, heard by 18 million listeners every week. He has appeared on Good Morning America, CBS This Morning, Today, Fox News, CNN, Fox Business and many more. Since 1992, Dave has helped people take control of their money, build wealth and enhance their lives. He also serves as CEO for the company Ramsey Solutions. Dave does have strong Christian and Republican themes.
Graham is a real estate agent, self-made millionaire and YouTube personality best known for videos on financial independence, saving money, investing money, and real estate investing. According to his website, he created his YouTube channel to share his “successes, failures, and experiences in the real estate industry and to support others”. Graham also offers several course on how to improve as a real estate agent and how to run a successful YouTube channel.
Money and happiness expert Ken Honda is a best-selling self-development author in Japan, with book sales surpassing eight million copies since 2001. His latest book is called “Happy Money: The Japanese Art of Making Peace with Your Money” (June 4, 2019, Simon & Schuster). Ken studied law at Waseda University in Tokyo and entered the Japanese workforce as a business consultant and investor. Ken’s financial expertise comes from owning and managing several businesses, including an accounting company, a management consulting firm, and a venture capital corporation. His writings bridge the topics of finance and self-help, focusing on creating and generating personal wealth and happiness through deeper self-honesty. Ken provides ongoing support through mentoring programs, business seminars, therapeutic workshops, and correspondence courses.
Simon Sinek is an unshakable optimist. He believes in a bright future and our ability to build it together. Simon has devoted his life to help advance a vision of the world that does not yet exist; a world in which the vast majority of people wake up every single morning inspired, feel safe wherever they are and return home fulfilled at the end of the day. Every day is an opportunity to inspire someone.
Andre is a YouTuber in the personal finance space as it relates to investing and financial minimalism. Prior to YouTube, Andrei has been featured in numerous online, TV, and film publications such as Steve Harvey, GoPro, Nat Geo’s Brain Games, iTunes & NBC. His big break came in 2013 taking the role as lead Cardistry Consultant in Jon Chu’s “Now You See Me 2” starring Jesse Eisenberg, Morgan Freeman, Mark Ruffalo, Daniel Radcliffe, Woody Harrelson, Lizzy Caplan, and Dave Franco, spending two months in London helping the cast prepare and train for their role as the four horsemen and inspiring the popular card throwing scene in the film. Andre provides facts and evidence to back up what he speaks about on his YouTube channel.