The Benefits of Barefoot with Steven Sashen
And I started investigating that fundamental idea is there something wrong with me?
And I started investigating that fundamental idea is there something wrong with me? Or what are the things that I think are wrong with me and what’s the evidence that these things are wrong with me and the whole idea of something wrong with me did fall apart. I was no longer able to believe that.
About Steven Sashen
Steven Sashen, CEO of Xero Shoes, is a life-long athlete, a former All-American gymnast and current masters All-American sprinter. A serial entrepreneur and Emmy award-winning television personality, Steven and his wife and co-founder, Lena Phoenix appeared on the ABC hit show, Shark Tank (they turned down a $400,000 offer from Kevin "Mr. Wonderful" O'Leary). When not building the Xero Shoes brand... don't be ridiculous, that's all he does.
Key Highlights from the Steven Sashen Podcast:
- How Steven hypnotized his 5th-grade class
- Steven's meditation practice and why it stopped at age 38
- The problems with the self-help world
- Why there may not be anything wrong with you... and you are probably okay
- The history of modern-day padded shoes
- How Steven started Xero Shoes with a minimalist sandal
- The importance of your feet and their nerve endings
- Why Steven spends as much time barefoot as possible
- How Xero Shoes increase intrinsic foot muscle strength
- Can running barefoot and building barefoot strength eliminate plantar fasciitis?
- The problem with orthotics
- Is grounding a farce?
Resources Mentioned
- Jack Kornfield - Vipassana
- Living Buddhist Masters
- Who is U Ba Khin?
- Dzogchen Meditation
- Barefoot Running: How to Run Light and Free by Getting in Touch with the Earth
- Video - Biomechanics in the Wild with Irene Davis
Top Tool or Technology Steven Uses for Peak Performance
- End of day decompression with his wife
Top Trick Steven Uses for Enhancing Cognition
- Having confidence in himself that the work will get done. Some days are productive, others are not, but the confidence that the work will get done remains there.
Episode Transcript
