Talking Bodies: What Works for Your Body?

Connor Hill
Jun 25
3 min read

Hey y’all — welcome to another episode of Talking Bodies! Today, I’m coming at you from the gorgeous streets of Tokyo, walking with the one and only Max Zoulek, who, out of nowhere, drops:

“We need a new green energy — real fast.”

And that sparked something.

We got to chatting about Access Consciousness, the tools we use, and more specifically — how our bodies have completely changed over the years. Especially when it comes to food.

Let me start with this:

I eat a third of what I used to. Seriously.

Back in the day, pre-Access Consciousness, I was all about being a “real man.” Muscles. Meat. Protein. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Like, half of my diet was animal protein. I was lifting weights, "fueling the gains," all that stuff.

Now? I probably eat in a week what I used to eat in a single day.

And the best part? I feel better than ever.

Now let’s think about that.

If more people ate like that — only what actually works for their body — how much less strain would we be putting on the planet?

Less livestock.
Less mass-scale agriculture to feed that livestock.
Less energy spent on production, processing, transport.
Less disease from overfed but undernourished people.

That’s not just personal well-being. That’s planetary well-being.

So I turn to Max. “Hey, how much has your appetite changed?”

He laughs, because — spoiler — it’s a lot.

Max shares:

“I studied naturopathy and nutrition for five years. At the end of that, I was the sickest I’d ever been. The doctors couldn’t find anything ‘wrong’ with me, but my body was struggling.”

Then he found Access.

And without even focusing directly on food or health, his body started changing. Just by showing up at the classes. Being in that energy. Using the tools (even a little).

“I used to eat from this intense point of view of what a man should be. Strong. Muscular. Meat-based. But it wasn’t actually working for my body.”

Now, Max is lean, healthy, vibrant — and not being ruled by those old, inherited ideas of what food should look like.

And here’s where Shannon dropped a gold bar:

“People often eat things they think are good for them — because of a diet, a trend, or what someone told them is ‘healthy.’ But if your body’s going, ‘Nope,’ why aren’t you listening?”

Shannon then tells a story about being in a beautiful Tokyo hotel. There’s a juice bar with five juices. Something pings in her awareness — her body wants one of them.

But instead of asking her body which one, she decides it must be the green one. Pours it. Takes a sip, and her tongue instantly hurts.

“Even though my body was giving me awareness, I went to conclusion.”

And that’s the heart of this whole conversation: