The O’Leary Review Podcast
Guest: Barbara Williams
December 22, 2022
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Barbara Williams is an anarchist (the capitalist loving kind), a 2-year carnivore, and grew up in California.
She recently escaped the Golden State and currently resides in Las Vegas.
She is a coach—specifically for entrepreneurs and especially those looking to make an impact by helping others.
Barbara guides her clients from articulating their dreams to making plans with actionable steps.
In addition to running business- and fitness-themed group calls for TomSchoolofLife.com, Barbara also co-founded TheCIRSGroup.com for people struggling with mold illness where she works with clients one-on-one.
Tom Woods 100
One of the goals of this program is to get at least 100 people within the Tom Woods orbit on the podcast. “Tom’s orbit” is loosely defined, but we have less than 90 to go now!
WhoIsInTheTomWoodsWorld.com — A page with all the #TomWoods100 conversations.
#TomWoods100
Barbara was a guest on The Tom Woods Show, Episode 2230
Podcasts mentioned:
The O’Leary Review
Financial Coaching
Barbara is a certified financial coach through Ramsey Solutions.
Go to ActLikeBarbara.com for more information.
Carnivore diet
We spoke about Barbara’s journey with the carnivore diet, and I brought up some of the foods that bother me—some spicy things, for instance.
Yet, I really like spicy food—more of the Mexican and Middle Eastern spices rather than southeast Asian or “American Toughguy” (see: Buffalo Wings).
Some of the Chinese, Thai, and Vietnamese stuff immediately registers as fire without any of the taste. No can-do.
Buffalo wings—at least the sauce—are an absolute non-starter for me. Pure pain, no enjoyment.
Ironic, then, after I get off the call with Barbara and I fancy a Lebanese-style meal. I bought some kebabs the other day at Costco where all I have to do is reheat them. We have some hummus in the fridge and some sliced pepperoncini for a little garnish, bite, texture, or what have you.
I ate 3 kebabs, a small helping of hummus, and a few of the sliced pepperoncini. As the night progressed, my stomach started talking back to me, but I paid it little mind and eventually retired for the night.
Come about 1:30 in the morning, not only my tummy, but my throat started screaming at me and I had to get up to get an antacid tablet. Spent a few hours milling around, reading, etc. before I could get back to sleep. Felt back to normal the next morning.
Point is: know your limits. I know most of my limits, yet oftentimes don’t respect them. I need to eliminate things—many spicy things, in particular—from my life because of severe reactions that make me miserable for much too long.
Try something new if you’re getting zero traction.
Carnivore, like Barbara mentioned, is not for everyone. However, a steak burrito at the restaurant Chipotle can be a cure for your vegan- or vegetarianism. No guarantees on that either.
Similar diet mentioned:
This will lead you to more information about Jordan Peterson and his daughter Mikhaila.
For Dr. Peterson, Mikhaila and his followers, Barbara recommends you listen to this episode, which is Episode 15 of The O’Leary Review Podcast. I am including a standing invitation to come on and talk about the Lion Diet in a future episode. Let’s do this!
Book and doctor mentioned:
Judy Cho, The Carnivore Cure
The CIRS Group
Barbara is a co-founder of The CIRS Group
What is CIRS?
CIRS, or Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome, is often the cause of many so-called “uncurable” illnesses
Chronic Fatigue
Fibromyalgia
POTS
Pandas
SIBO
Several other autoimmune conditions.
Approximately 25% of the population is genetically predisposed to CIRS because of the inability to clear biotoxins from one’s own body.
The term “biotoxins” is broad, but more often than not, the biotoxins we’re talking about come from exposure to mold due to water-damaged buildings.
The immune system response never “hands off” to the adaptive immune system. What this means is that one’s body damages itself with inflammation rather than attacking the toxins causing the problem in the first place.
Symptoms range from muscle cramps, frequent urination, joint pain and brain fog, to vertigo, blurry vision, histamine reactions, GI issues and night sweats.
Other CIRS resources mentioned:
Surviving Mold w/ Dr. Ritchie Shoemaker
Breaking News mentioned (burying the lede, of course):
Barbara will be starting a podcast with the CIRS Group starting in the New Year.
The Tom Woods School of Life has an official podcast in the making. Stay tuned for more news…
Barbara’s Links
O’Leary Beef
Southside Market & Barbecue from O’Leary Beef
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We’ve done entire holiday meals with the meats sourced from Southside. I highly recommend this move, especially with Christmas upcoming.
Although not strictly “carnivore,” our favorite snack is the Sausage Slammers.
A slammer is a de-seeded (i.e. way less-spicy) jalapeño, stuffed with high-melt cheddar, covered with an oblong ball of Southside’s ground pork sausage, which is, in-turn, covered with strips of bacon, then smoked until edible, packaged and sent on its merry way to ravenous customers across the nation.
The jalapeño is somewhat of spicy on my scale, but I am a notable lightweight when it comes to discerning how spicy something is. To me, the pepper in the slammer is way more mild than the pepperoncini I had the other night…take that for what it is worth.
As far as the Scoville scale goes, the stuffed pepper is much milder than a typical jalapeño—certainly a raw one—but still imparts that nice flavor.
I love the Slammers so much that I made some videos for the world to see:
What else?
The Whole Smoked Brisket is phenomenal … and carnivore.
The best beef sausage I’ve ever had is the Southside Market Original Beef Sausage. More or less carnivore…let’s not nitpick unless we have to!
And if you’re still in the market for (late, late—maybe the traditional 12 days of Christmas—late) Christmas gifts, take a look at Southside Market Gift Sets. You won’t get the standard sausage stick-plus-cheddar stick (or wheel). You will get any number of delicious combos.
Do not forget your delightful barbecue sauce! In our family, BBQ sauce is not only cherished, but it is critiqued. Consider the Southside Market Sauces.
Might as well go ahead and use code TXBBQ15 for 15% off your order sitewide. Code is valid through the end of 2022.
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