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We’ve been training our whole lives for this one. 🇦🇶⁠ ⁠ Antarctica is calling, and @julietstarrett and I want you to come with us.⁠ ⁠ One of the reasons we care so much about strength, mobility, aerobic capacity, and all the other things we spend our lives nerding out on is pretty simple: ⁠ ⁠ We want to be able to say YES when an opportunity like this comes along.⁠ ⁠ This December, we're taking that philosophy to the seventh continent.⁠ ⁠ From December 4–13, 2026, we're teaming up with @insiderexpeditions for a 10-day adventure aboard the Magellan Discoverer, exploring one of the most extraordinary places on Earth.⁠ ⁠ We're talking Zodiac excursions through towering icebergs, penguins, whales, glaciers, and some of the most spectacular landscapes on the planet.⁠ ⁠ Juliet and I will also host onboard sessions and conversations about mobility, durability, longevity, and what it takes to build a body that can keep saying yes to adventures like this.⁠ ⁠ We'll be traveling with a small group of fellow adventurers, and I can't think of a better place to put our Live Ready philosophy into practice.⁠ ⁠ The whole point of building fitness is to spend it… and this is going to be one hell of a way to do that.⁠ ⁠ Want to join us? We've got $5,000 off your expedition when you use code STARRETT at checkout.⁠ ⁠ Head to the link in bio to explore the trip, grab your spot, and start planning your Antarctic adventure.⁠ ⁠ Who's coming with us?! 🐧
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Your strategy is only as good as your recovery. ❄️ Most of us were taught that performance comes from pushing harder; longer days, more output, recover when things slow down... But things rarely slow down. So the recovery never comes, and the decisions start to wane before we notice. Here's what's actually happening >> Your nervous system is built to move between states... alert when it needs to act, settled when it needs to repair. When you stay in the alert state for months, your thinking narrows. You react faster and see less. 🧠 Cold water, sleep, and breath-work are simple ways to practice that shift on purpose. In cold water, the body's first instinct is to get out; staying in means slowing your breath until you settle. It's not about forcing yourself to do more than your system is ready for , it's about doing just enough to encourage growth + still be able to recover. (notice how fast I skip out of that water 😅) That same skill shows up in busines, on a hard call, during a launch or in stressful moments... The ability to come back to calm under stress is a business skill, not just a wellness habit. We spend years optimizing the business. The bigger return usually comes from optimizing the operator running it. 👉 If you want to build the operator behind the business, DM me LEVEL UP and I'll send you the details.
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11 Potentially Life-Changing Insights Inspired by a Greenland Voyage 1. Presence is a practice of wonder. WOW is not just a reaction to something extraordinary. It is a way of seeing. The more present we become, the less ordinary life appears. Presence is a practice of arriving in awe, meeting what surrounds us as if for the first time. 2. What is visible is only a fraction of what is real. Most of an iceberg remains unseen, just as much of who we are remains hidden. How does what is visible reflect the totality and essence of who I am? How do we stay open to seeing ourselves and others beyond the surface? 3. We are not fixed; we are always in process. Ice looks solid, yet it flows, changes and disappears. Our bodies and identities may be similar, while something deeper continues. Perhaps life asks us to hold forms and ideas more lightly. Much of our pain may come from holding too tightly to something that needs to change. 4. Contradictions may not need to be resolved, but held. Solid and fluid. Natural and man-made. We tend to choose one side and reject the other, creating inner or outer conflict. Another possibility is to become spacious enough to hold both at once. 5. The outer world can become a mirror of the inner one. The beauty and qualities we recognise outside may awaken or remind us of what is already within. Looking outward can become a way of looking inward, and vice versa. 6. Shift consumption into initiation. Instead of asking, “What did I gain from this experience?”, ask, “What does this experience ask of me?” Perhaps it asks for more courage, truth, generosity or responsibility. 7. Shift performance into offering. Performance asks, “How am I perceived?” Offering asks, “What wants to move through me, and how can it serve?” When we stop trying to prove our value, our presence itself can become a gift. 8. The journey from the mind to the heart. It is one of the most important journeys of our lives. As Uncle, an elder shaman, reminded us: the world will know peace when the ice in the human heart melts. -> more in comments below ✨✨✨ Grateful for this expedition organized by @insiderexpeditions and @dybrkr
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This was not the polar plunge photo I wanted. This is the polar plunge photo that the universe wanted me to have. And it was the most unexpected but undeniable proof that sometimes, no matter how much you want something, how ready you think you are, how much you picture how something will look before it happens, sometimes, someone more athletic than you will decide to do a backflip next to you, and the ground you thought would be sturdy is just a wet, slippery piece of rubber, and when you try to confidently jump, your feet will slip out from under you and plunge you face first into icy water that will smack you in the chest, tangle you in your harness, and leave you breathless and feeling utterly defeated. But that somehow, it ends up so much better than you could have ever imagined. I did eventually go again and get a “better” photo, but the first one is so much more dynamic, includes the people who are an indelible part of the story, and came with an unexpected lesson that I didn’t know how badly I needed. 🌟 And I love it so much more So much love to @alex7summits for capturing this moment, not listening to me when I asked her to delete the evidence of my “failure” before I saw the end result, and for offering incredible support and commiseration while I processed how this was about more than just a picture. And huge shoutout to @into_your_sacred_pause who backflips without fear through life while still being the biggest cheerleader for everyone around her. TL;DR: I wanted one thing, the universe was like ‘nah’, it was right. Also if you’ve read this far, check out the 5:15 slot on the last slide for a “cheeky” peek at some photos that didn’t make the cut…. 😉 📍Norwegian Sea, Greenland Wow it’s Now cruise with @dybrkr and @insiderexpeditions
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LAST CHANCE to win a trip to the Amazon aboard @insiderexpeditions Wonder Summit with @docmarkplotkin , @rickdoblinphd , @paulstamets , @pryskow, Indigenous Elders and more! 🌎 Donate now to receive 2X entries and DOUBLE your chance to win before the sweeps ends on Friday, October 2, 2026 at 11:59pm PT. Help support the Amazon Conservation Team, @maps__org and @pachamamaorg for your chance to win flights + a cabin aboard the Wonder Summit Amazon River Expedition featuring daily expeditions, wildlife encounters, visits to Indigenous communities and more. Enter to win at: fandiem.com/amazon
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And when the pictures from your vision board become your camera roll, don’t forget to thank the version of you who never stopped believing. #anastasiacardea #insiderexpedition #swimmingwithdolphins #bimini #biminibahamas
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Swimming with dolphins this week has been one of the most unforgettable adventures of my life. Hopped on this trip last minute, and I was sure meant to be here in the energy of these magical evolved creatures. Thank you @insiderexpeditions - you always put together most amazing trips. 🫶🏻 Photos by Anne Gordon, the amazing dolphin and whale whisperer 🐬 #swimmingwithdolhpins #insiderexpeditions #bimini #atlantis
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WONDER SUMMIT 2026 — November 2–9, aboard a private expedition ship into the Brazilian Amazon. We’re celebrating 40 years of MAPS — four decades bringing psychedelics into medicine and healing. Seven nights aboard a ship on the sacred waters of the Brazilian rainforest, where Indigenous wisdom keepers, ancient medicines, and cutting-edge psychedelic science converge. The Amazon is the largest living network on the planet — a vast, breathing web of fungal and ecological intelligence. A teaspoon of Amazonian soil can hold some 400 species of fungi, and barely 1–2% have ever been identified. Every step here is uncharted territory. DR. RICK DOBLIN — founder of MAPS
DR. PAMELA KRYSKOW — psychedelic therapy researcher
DR. MARK PLOTKIN — ethnobotanist, Amazon Conservation Team
THE YAWANAWA NATION — Peû Yawanawa with singers Nawashahu, Ykashahu, and Xinãyura
CHIEF NINAWA HUNI KUIN — hereditary chief and physician
NORMAN OHLER — author of Blitzed and Tripped
LUCY WALKER — filmmaker, How to Change Your Mind
FRANKKO VIVO — artist and musician
ADRIAN JUSDANIS of NEW THOUSAND — live-looping violin Expect the unexpected: hidden waterways and forest trails, pink dolphins at golden hour, piranha in their natural habitat, and time with the people who have guarded this rainforest for generations. 100 guests. All private balcony suites. Two pools, daily wellness, spa, all meals and drinks. Cabins from $10,999 pp USE CODE PAUL2K FOR $2,000 OFF YOUR CABIN This is not a cruise. This is an epic journey into the indigenous wisdom of the rainforest. Save your spot: http://insiderexpeditions.com/wonder26 #WonderSummit #InsiderExpeditions #MAPS40 #Amazon #PsychedelicScience
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Here are a few late-summer memories that took some time to unfold... One of them was an expedition to East Greenland, to one of the most remote parts of the world humans have set their sights on. There is something deeply transformational about travelling to the edges of the world, witnessing the vastness and beauty of nature, and sharing it with such open-minded, positive-impact-oriented and co-creative adventurers around @insiderexpeditions, @dybrkr and the Wow It’s Now community. What was meant to be a curated 10-day journey with some of the greatest minds, artists and innovators became a rites-of-passage voyage. It began with the raw power of nature, 6-metre waves across the Denmark Strait, and a reminder of how much the framing of the mind, and simply breathing with the waves, can ease the experience. Arriving among the majestic mountains and ancient waters of Greenland felt like entering a time capsule. Almost no human trace, just melting ice across a vast landscape - like somewhere between thousands of years ago and a post-apocalyptic future. And in that strange suspension came vivid, unknown memories of the past, and surprising visions of the future...I thought: is it really now? The rites of passage continued through the sheer technology of human connection, shared vulnerability and co-creation. The line between “hosts and performers” dissolved. Everyone with a strong calling was empowered to share their gifts, talent and become a co-creator of our experience. And the magic inside kept being mirrored by the magic outside. Gracefully floating sculptures of icebergs on pristine Arctic waters. Northern lights dancing with us through the night. Mystical narwhals and whales guiding us into the fjords. Flowers emerging from beneath melting ice. And the totality of looking into the grand theatre of an eclipse. It all felt somewhere between a surreal dream and psychedelic reality. This trip reminded me that the impossible may be just one step away, that miracles happen when we stay open without expecting them, and that by staying in a state of YES and in WOW, reality can unfold in the most magical way. More to come ✨
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Let’s gooooooooo! We are headed to Antarctica THIS December 4th through 13th with @insiderexpeditions, and there are only 85 spots, which are filling up fast. Nine nights, one incredible ship, and a rad group of people. Kayaking, glaciers, penguins, whales, and lots of eating and hanging out together. Adventure and community galore. If you’ve ever wanted to say yes to something completely outside your normal life, this is it. Use code STARRETT for $5,000 off. Link in bio for all the details before spots are gone. 👆
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How cold does the water have to be to get the benefits?? ❄️ That's the question I always get asked after posting about cold plunge. Most of the research on cold water sits somewhere between 10-15°C and below 15 is generally where the cold shock response reliably kicks in. That's the temperature where you will gasp and get that noradrenaline surge that lifts mood and alertness for a while afterwards. Colder water does not reliably mean better benefits - it just gets harder to tolerate and shortens how long you can safely stay in. 0.5°C is not better than 15°C - it's just far more unpleasant (I can confirm this 😅). For most people a cold shower is well inside the useful range. A couple of minutes is plenty and doing it regularly matters far more than how cold you can get it. One genuine word of caution - very cold water puts real strain on the heart and the shock can be dangerous. That's why I was attached to a safety rope!! But would you do it if you had the opportunity!? 🥶
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Join us for an epic adventure to be bottom of the world! Kelly and I are headed to Antarctica December 4th through 13th with @insiderexpeditions, and we want 86 of you to come with us. We love adventure. We love people who love adventure. So naturally when we were invited to combine both and go somewhere neither of us has ever been, with a boat full of people we haven’t met yet. 10 days of penguins, glaciers, seals, getting boots on the ground on the continent and jumping into the ocean along with some movement and mobility (of course), education about health, fitness, wellness and time to relax and enjoy the majesty that is Antarctica. Say YES to adventure and join us at the bottom of the world! Details at our link in bio and and use code STARRETT for $5,000 off. 👆
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