Sobriety, Fitness, Gratitude: The Tools That Built Michael Chernow’s Life

Pursuit of Wellness

Mari Llewellyn

Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Fitness, Nutrition

4.8 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2025

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Trigger warning: Addiction and self-harm Ep. 169: On today’s episode of Pursuit of Wellness, I sit down with Michael Chernow, founder of Creatures of Habit, to hear his incredible journey from addiction to thriving entrepreneur. Michael shares how discipline, fitness, and nutrition helped him rebuild his life. We talk about gut health, daily habits, and finding balance, plus his inspiring perspective on the role of prayer and gratitude in personal growth. Listen now to learn how small, intentional steps can help you transform your life! Leave Me a Message - click here! For Mari’s Instagram click here! For Pursuit of Wellness Podcast’s Instagram click here! For Mari’s Newsletter click here! For Michael’s Instagram click here! For Kreature of Habit’s Instagram click here! Sponsored By: Upgrade your kitchen with Caraway’s non-toxic cookware. Save $150 when purchasing a cookware set, plus take an additional 10% off with our exclusive code PURSUIT at Carawayhome.com/PURSUIT. Cook safely and stylishly with Caraway—non-toxic cookware made modern. Discover BON CHARGE’s science-backed beauty and wellness products, including the Red Light Face Mask for glowing, youthful skin in just 10 minutes a day. Visit boncharge.com and use code PURSUIT to save 15%. Make healthy eating effortless with Hungryroot, your personal shopper and nutritionist in one. Get 40% off your first box PLUS a free item in every box for life at hungryroot.com/pow with code POW. Kick off 2025 with a clean and healthy home using Branch Basics! Their Ultimate Starter Kit has everything you need for a toxin-free routine. Get 15% off your order and free shipping on select items at BranchBasics.com/POW15 with code POW15. Make this year your cleanest yet! Show Links: Check out the Kreatures of Habit podcast It’s amazing to see everyone loving the new Bloom energy drink! Our new flavor, Juicy Orange, just came out and it’s absolutely delicious. As a thank you, we’re giving our listeners exclusive access to 20% off our best selling flavors. Head to Amazon to grab yours today! Parasites 101: Do You Have Them? How They Affect Us & How To Kill them Why Women Are Training Wrong: Fix Hormones, Build Strength & Recover Smarter w/ Dr. Andy Galpin Part 1 Dr. Andy Galpin's Secrets to Strength Training, Sleep Hacks, & Recovery Tools Part 2 Topics Discussed 00:00 Intro 02:00 Trigger warning 02:15 HRV 03:00 Worm Queen 04:27 Blood work 06:10 Heroin overdose 06:30 The world of wellness 08:42 Eliminating alcohol 09:51 Michael’s recovery story 23:56 The man who changed Michael’s life 25:13 Recovery program 30:54 Praying 36:38 Fitness and recovery 40:17 The 3 Cs 42:38 Fitness and pain 45:13 Sleep 48:39 Most people quit 55:01 How his restaurant career started 59:13 The Meatball Shop 01:02:14 Seamore’s 01:04:27 Kreatures of Habit 01:14:38 Gut health 01:18:24 Gut cleanse diet 01:22:30 What does wellness mean to you?

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0:00.0	I know for sure that change is possible for anyone and everyone.
0:03.4	Like I just know that because I'm a living example and I don't believe I'm unique.
0:07.5	I just know that, you know, I died, overdosed on heroin and came back to life.
0:15.4	This is the Pursuit of Wellness Podcast and I'm your host, Mari Lauella.
0:24.4	What? of Wellness Podcast and I'm your host, Mari Lawellan. What is up, guys? Welcome back to the show. Today we have an amazing guest, an amazing
0:30.2	conversation with Michael Chernow. Michael is a restaurateur, entrepreneur and wellness advocate based in New York City. The reason
0:39.9	I love Michael is he has such an incredible story from addiction to sobriety. This is a conversation
0:47.3	even if you've never struggled with addiction or you don't know anyone with addiction. There are
0:52.2	so many tools and principles in this conversation
0:54.7	that I feel like are great takeaways for anyone on a health journey, a healing journey,
1:00.8	just trying to be better in 2025. He has such actionable advice that's really easy to take on
1:07.4	and start implementing. His morning routine, the way he approaches fitness and diet.
1:13.1	I think you guys are going to really love this conversation. He's now an entrepreneur. He's started
1:17.5	many successful restaurants. He has an oatmeal brand and we just have a lot to learn from Michael and
1:23.1	we had a really good combo together. So I really hope you guys enjoy this one. Thank you guys for
1:28.8	supporting the new Bloom Energy drink. It has been absolutely amazing to see how much you guys
1:33.7	love it, seeing all of your tags on Instagram and how much you're enjoying it during your
1:38.3	workouts and the workday. Our new flavor juicy orange just came out, which is my new personal favorite, and I'm seeing
1:45.3	all of you guys love it. As a thank you, we are giving you guys an exclusive access to 20%
1:51.2	of our bestselling flavors. Head to Amazon. Go to the description box of this episode,
1:56.3	and we'll put a link right there. Without further ado, let's hop right in.
2:15.5	I've listened to a bunch of your podcasts and there's so many things that I kind of want to touch on though.
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