Uploaded November 2023 | Updated September 2026, 12 hours ago
Do you give much thought to the products you use and the foods you eat every day and the companies that produce them? Choose the passive approach — like most people do — and you’re giving up all responsibility for the health of your mind and your body, plus making the pockets of Big Pharma fatter.
Throughout his long career, Paul has always been the iconoclast, sharing safer and healthier approaches to daily living that start with investing your dollars in foods and products you consume from clean sources.
So what really constitutes a healthy, clean source?
Adriaan Zimmerman and Ret Taylor describe the journeys they’ve taken to create Ned, a company that produces an array of organic botanical products derived from non-GMO resources straight from the regenerative farms in this restorative Living 4D conversation.
Check out the work Ret and Adriaaan are doing with Ned via social media on Instagram instagram.com/ned , Facebook facebook.com/MeetNed , Pinterest pinterest.com/helloned , TikTok tiktok.com/@meetned and YouTube youtube.com/channel/UCMXmyrTCAuTLuNV3cb1-7ug .
For Living 4D listeners: Save 15 percent off your first purchase of any Ned products, including Mello Magnesium helloned.com/products/mello-magnesium-multiserve-pouch?variant=40713905209429 , The De-Stress Set helloned.com/products/the-de-stress-set?variant=39895949475925 , Brain Blend helloned.com/products/brain-blend and The Sleep Set helloned.com/products/the-sleep-set?variant=39886378270805 , at their website helloned.com/CHEK . Use the promo code CHEK at checkout to receive your discount!
0:00 Intro
8:52 A focus on the environment.
14:52 Ret’s introduction to Paul while listening to an Aubrey Marcus podcast.
17:18 The origin of the company name.
39:07 Adriaan’s one way trip to Nepal.
48:38 Ret’s wake-up call back to nature and primal movements.
1:09:12 Balancing pleasure and pain.
1:16:40 The difference between listening to your mind/ego and your body and its primal instincts.
1:25:39 The seed and the soil.
1:31:10 Full spectrum hemp.
1:49:08 Ned infuses their products with binaural beats.
2:12:28 Nurturing a woman’s endocrine system.
2:24:59 Funding a healthier ECHO relationship (energy, chemistry, hydration and organisms).
2:36:36 What can you do to live a more natural life?
Find more resources for this episode by checking out our Living 4D website at chekinstitute.com/blog/podcast-episodes/episode-269-adriaan-zimmerman-and-ret-taylor-natures-pharmacy
Thanks to our awesome sponsors!
• CHEK Institute/CHEK Academy chekinstitute.com/squat-assessment (download your free squat assessment checklist)
• Wild Pastures wildpastures.com/paulchek (save 20% and free shipping for life plus $15 on your first order)
• BiOptimizers bioptimizers.com/living4d (save an extra 10% on your purchase during their Black Friday sale by using the code paul10 at checkout)
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• Organifi organifi.com/chek20 (save 20% on your purchase by using the code CHEK20 at checkout)
• Ned helloned.com/chek (use the code CHEK to save 15% on your first order)
• Pique Life piquelife.com/CHEK (save up to 15% off plus receive a complementary beaker, rechargeable frother and Pique’s Sun Goddess Matcha with subscriptions of more than $105)
We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links.
Do you give much thought to the products you use and the foods you eat every day and the companies that produce them? Choose the passive approach — like most people do — and you’re giving up all responsibility for the health of your mind and your body, plus making the pockets of Big Pharma fatter.
Throughout his long career, Paul has always been the iconoclast, sharing safer and healthier approaches to daily living that start with investing your dollars in foods and products you consume from clean sources.
So what really constitutes a healthy, clean source?
Adriaan Zimmerman and Ret Taylor describe the journeys they’ve taken to create Ned, a company that produces an array of organic botanical products derived from non-GMO resources straight from the regenerative farms in this restorative Living 4D conversation.
Check out the work Ret and Adriaaan are doing with Ned via social media on Instagram instagram.com/ned , Facebook facebook.com/MeetNed , Pinterest pinterest.com/helloned , TikTok tiktok.com/@meetned and YouTube youtube.com/channel/UCMXmyrTCAuTLuNV3cb1-7ug .
For Living 4D listeners: Save 15 percent off your first purchase of any Ned products, including Mello Magnesium helloned.com/products/mello-magnesium-multiserve-pouch?variant=40713905209429 , The De-Stress Set helloned.com/products/the-de-stress-set?variant=39895949475925 , Brain Blend helloned.com/products/brain-blend and The Sleep Set helloned.com/products/the-sleep-set?variant=39886378270805 , at their website helloned.com/CHEK . Use the promo code CHEK at checkout to receive your discount!
0:00 Intro
8:52 A focus on the environment.
14:52 Ret’s introduction to Paul while listening to an Aubrey Marcus podcast.
17:18 The origin of the company name.
39:07 Adriaan’s one way trip to Nepal.
48:38 Ret’s wake-up call back to nature and primal movements.
1:09:12 Balancing pleasure and pain.
1:16:40 The difference between listening to your mind/ego and your body and its primal instincts.
1:25:39 The seed and the soil.
1:31:10 Full spectrum hemp.
1:49:08 Ned infuses their products with binaural beats.
2:12:28 Nurturing a woman’s endocrine system.
2:24:59 Funding a healthier ECHO relationship (energy, chemistry, hydration and organisms).
2:36:36 What can you do to live a more natural life?
Find more resources for this episode by checking out our Living 4D website at chekinstitute.com/blog/podcast-episodes/episode-269-adriaan-zimmerman-and-ret-taylor-natures-pharmacy
Thanks to our awesome sponsors!
• CHEK Institute/CHEK Academy chekinstitute.com/squat-assessment (download your free squat assessment checklist)
• Wild Pastures wildpastures.com/paulchek (save 20% and free shipping for life plus $15 on your first order)
• BiOptimizers bioptimizers.com/living4d (save an extra 10% on your purchase during their Black Friday sale by using the code paul10 at checkout)
• Paleovalley paleovalley.com/chek15 (save 15% on your first purchase)
• Organifi organifi.com/chek20 (save 20% on your purchase by using the code CHEK20 at checkout)
• Ned helloned.com/chek (use the code CHEK to save 15% on your first order)
• Pique Life piquelife.com/CHEK (save up to 15% off plus receive a complementary beaker, rechargeable frother and Pique’s Sun Goddess Matcha with subscriptions of more than $105)
We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links.
