Uncommonly Remarkable
Uncommonly Remarkable is a health and wellness show focused on understanding how the body works and how everyday choices shape long-term health. The show is published in two formats: authored monologues that explore core ideas around health, resilience, and human biology, and In Conversation episodes featuring long-form discussions with clinicians, scientists, and founders. Rather than chasing trends, the show focuses on systems, signals, and long-term trajectory. Hosted by Artis Beatty.
Episodes
86 episodes
When Self-Help Stops Working
Most people assume that if something works, they should keep doing it.And for a while, that’s true.Routines, habits, and structure can help you manage stress and bring things back under control. But there’s a point where those sam...
Not All Struggle Is the Same
Most people collapse very different experiences into the same category — stress, burnout, depression — and assume they’re all versions of the same thing.They’re not.And when you misread what you’re actually experiencing, the respo...
Why People Keep Falling Off the Wagon
If you have ever tried to change how you eat, how you train, or how you take care of yourself, there is a moment that almost always shows up where it feels like you have stopped or fallen off.In this episode, I look at that moment more c...
You Can’t See Your Own Health Clearly
Last time, I talked about how the visual standard for the human body has changed over time, and how what looks strong or healthy today would have looked unusual just a few decades ago.But even if you understand that those standards are d...
When the Human Body Became an Unrealistic Standard
very generation carries an idea of what a healthy or strong human body is supposed to look like. The surprising part is how dramatically those expectations change even though the biology of the human body remains largely the same.From an...
Vision Is Infrastructure
I have intentionally avoided talking about eyes on this show — even though I am an optometrist — because I never wanted the conversation to narrow into prescriptions and lenses. But vision is larger than refractive error.Vision determine...
You’re Asking the Wrong First Question
We recently talked about protein as infrastructure — an ongoing expense tied to what we expect our bodies to maintain. That framing still stands.But there’s a broader mistake that often shows up before we even get to the accounting.<...
Protein Isn’t the First Question
Protein dominates health conversations — but are we focusing on the wrong lever? In this conversation, Carson and I unpack muscle preservation, hormones, fiber, and where peptides actually fit into long-term health.Protein is one of the ...
Sleep Loss Changes Your Mind Before You Notice
Most people who say they function fine on six hours of sleep are not lying. They are describing how it feels. The problem is that sleep loss alters perception before it causes obvious collapse.I explore how sleep architecture recalibrate...
Protein Is an Ongoing Cost
The body doesn’t follow nutrition rules. It keeps accounts.You can also checkout the video version of this episode here: https://youtu.be/ClVdbSaG_8QProtein is one of the places where that accounting becomes visible. Muscle tissue...
Why Supplements Don’t Work the Way People Expect
Most people take supplements expecting clear, predictable results.In practice, supplements rarely work that way — not because they’re useless, but because expectations are misaligned with how the body actually adapts.In this episode,...
Pillars Break. Pyramids Endure.
This is an authored monologue from Uncommonly Remarkable℠.Burnout doesn’t usually come from a lack of motivation. It shows up in people who are capable, disciplined, and consistent—often the ones holding the most responsibility. I...
Why Most Fitness Plans Fail (It’s Not Discipline)
This is an authored monologue from Uncommonly Remarkable℠.Most people don’t fail at fitness because they lack discipline — they fail because they’re running a system that was never designed for real human lives.In this episode, Ar...
When Discipline Is a Coping Mechanism
This is an authored monologue from Uncommonly Remarkable.We tend to recognize mental health struggles when they look like crisis — when things fall apart, when someone withdraws, when distress becomes visible. But many people st...
Personal Health Is Still Your Responsibility — Even in a Broken System
This is an authored monologue from Uncommonly Remarkable.Personal health responsibility is not about blame — it’s about clarity.In this episode, I explore the line between what healthcare systems are built to do a...
Why Gratitude Changes the Body Before It Changes the Mind
This is an authored monologue from Uncommonly Remarkable.Gratitude is usually treated as a mindset shift — but the body experiences it first. Chronic stress, dissatisfaction, and vigilance create a real physiological cost over time, even...
Ep. 68 Julius Torelli — Gratitude, Discipline, and the Long Game of Health
I’m joined by cardiologist Julius Torelli for a conversation on how thoughts, stress, and daily habits shape physical health. We explore chronic illness, the limits of modern medicine, the physiological effects of gratitude, and what it means t...
Your “Normal” Might Be Symptoms — and Your Gut Quietly Runs the Show
A lot of people don’t feel great — but because they’ve felt that way for years, they call it “normal.”Chronic fatigue. Bloating. Brain fog. Low drive. Relying on caffeine just to function. None of that feels urgent enough to act on, so i...
Your Biology Isn’t Broken — Your Feedback Loops Are
Most health problems don’t appear overnight.They develop quietly—as signals—long before symptoms show up.In this episode, I explore a different way of thinking about health: not as diets, hacks, or genetic destiny, but as feedback, r...
Ep. 67 Listening, Repair, and the “Yes, And” Mindset for Couples | Peter Anderson
Most relationships don’t break in one big moment — they drift through small, unspoken patterns.Relationship mentor Peter Anderson shares how couples can reconnect by understanding the nervous system, pra...
Ep. 66 Trauma Transformed: Neuroplasticity, Tech, and the Future of Mental Health with Dr. Bhargav Patel
What actually happens to the brain after trauma — and why do some people get stuck in PTSD while others grow stronger?In this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Bhargav Patel, a child and adolescent psychiatry fellow at Brown, r...
Ep. 64 Cold Plunge, Hyperbaric Oxygen and the Truth About Biohacking Your Healthspan (with Troy Laing)
Biohacking isn’t supposed to be a personality trait or a toy box of gadgets. Done well, it’s a structured way to improve your healthspan – how well you live, not just how long.In this conversation, Troy Laing, founder of Culture OC in Ne...
Ep. 63 How 21 Minutes a Week Can Redefine Fitness
21 minutes, twice a week. PJ from XGYM explains how strict time-under-tension and true muscle failure produce real-world strength and endurance—without bulking or joint risk. We dig into functional vs. traditional training, why “dense” muscle m...
Ep. 62 Menopause Blueprint: Protein, Lifting, Creatine & HRT with Dr. Christine Boev
Midlife isn’t a diet. It’s a strategy. Dr. Christine Boev (PhD, RN, CPT) shares a women-specific plan for perimenopause and menopause: lift heavy to protect muscle and bones, prioritize protein, use creatine/collagen/whey intelligently, and tal...
Ep. 65 Supplements That Actually Work with James Garland
You move, you try to eat well… and then you hit the supplement aisle and everything falls apart.Every bottle looks the same. Every label promises “immune support” and “optimal wellness.” And somewhere between RDI, “doctor recommended,” a...
