Tim Masters | Healing From Hidden Toxins In Your Bedroom: Organic Mattress Benefits For Humans & Mother Nature
The Wellness + Wisdom Podcast is a global collective dedicated to mastering physical and emotional intelligence for humans to thrive in our modern world.
In this podcast together we gather, apply and embody the wisdom needed for authentic well-being in the 21st century.
Each episode is artfully crafted to go an inch wide and a mile deep into the Pentagon of Wellness: Physical, Emotional, Mental, Spiritual & Financial.
Your host Josh Trent asks the questions no one else will ask to garner the truth about how to live a life of confidence, freedom, and optimal wellness—this is where together we walk the path of courage to cross the gap between knowing and doing.
Learn from world class leaders in the fields of physical intelligence, breathwork, emotional intelligence, behavior change, wellness, nutrition, behavioral psychology, habits, mindset, fitness, health, strength training, organic supplementation, biohacking, body transformation, psychedelics, mindfulness, meditation, neuroscience, mental health, spirituality, consciousness, the (7) pillars of wellness to live life well and (EI²)™ Emotional Intelligence + Inventory.
With traditional, non-organic mattresses, many people don't
realize how the materials actually negatively impact their health.
They think that there is no harm; they go to bed for a couple of
hours, they wake up, they wash their sheets and they think that's
not going to do anything but it's the accumulative effect. Every
night you are breathing in and your skin is soaking up all these
chemicals. At night is when our body is detoxing and it's trying to
recover from the day but if you're on sleeping on a mattress with
chemicals in it night after night, it's
counterintuitive. - Tim Masters
Are You Stressed Out
Lately?
Take a deep breath with the M21™ wellness guide: a simple yet
powerful 21 minute morning system that melts stress and gives you
more energy through 6 science-backed practices and breathwork.
Click HERE
to download for free.
Is Your Energy
Low?
Get more superfoods to improve your energy, digestion, gut
health plus also reduce inflammation and blood sugar. Click
HERE to try Paleovalley's Apple Cider Vinegar
Complex + Save 15% with the code 'JOSH'
Founder of My Green Mattress, Tim Masters, shares his 30+ years of
organic mattress creation experience and wisdom, how his daughter's
eczema inspired him to build her an organic crib mattress, the dark
ties that led to petrochemicals and other toxins being sprayed on
traditional mattresses since 2006, the specific toxins in
non-organic mattresses that we're breathing in every night, and the
organic latex, rubber, and wool that Tim uses to build each My
Green Mattress product.
How can you make a massive impact and help heal Mother Earth just by changing
how you sleep?
It all starts with what you're sleeping on: your
mattress, sheets, and pillows. Especially if you have a compromised
immune system, an organic
mattress is a must for your health to avoid toxins in the
bedroom.
The Natural Escape Mattress is My Green Mattress' most luxurious
mattress and is the perfect choice for adults. Layers of breathable
organic latex and an upgraded innerspring offer added lumbar
support, proper spinal alignment, and pressure point relief.
Save up to $120 on your My Green Mattress order!
Tim and his team were also so kind to offer our listeners an
amazing discount with the code 'JOSH'at checkout to save $125 off on a twin or larger mattress
and $20 off the crib mattress.
If you are ready to try an organic mattress, this is a wonderful
opportunity to do so! They have a wonderful line of different
certified organic mattresses including their Hybrid, Spring-Free,
and Latex-Free models.
Taking a deep look at how we can tangibly serve the earth and
Mother Nature while at the same time
giving ourselves greater health.
How the mattress we sleep on and how we sleep impact our wellbeing.
My Green Mattress' origin story and what compelled Tim and his
wife to begin this company.
How his daughter's skin sensitivities prompted him to make
their first organic crib mattress for her.
What Tim went through emotionally as a father witnessing his
daughter, Emily, experience so many skin sensitivities including
eczema as well as food
sensitivities.
[11:45] What Toxins are in Your Mattress?
The most important chemicals that you should look out for
when purchasing a mattress.
How the skin absorbs the toxins in your mattress.
Warning signs to look for in a mattress including how your new
mattress smells plus off-gassing and its Volatile Organic Compounds
(VOCs).
The government's call for new fire retardent chemicals in 2006
with the 1633 burn test and the problem with it.
Past burn test 1632 which called for strategically placing 36
cigarettes on a mattress.
The fact that the fire retardant chemicals in mattresses today
are the same ones that cause cancer.
History of these toxins and how they were sold from RJ Reynolds
to the mattress and bedding industry to be used in their
products.
Why we should always follow the money when looking at what is
happening around us with different rules and regulations.
[21:15] Healing Compromised Immune Systems
Unpacking the allostatic load that we can experience due to the
cumulative burden of stress and life events; whether
emotional or environmental like with furniture.
How people have healed compromised immune systems by changing what
is in their environment including their mattress.
Why it's so important to help our bodies naturally detox at night by providing them
with a healthy environment including our mattress, sheets, and
pillows
[23:30] Benefits of Organic Mattresses
What My Green Mattress uses in their products to meet the fire
retardant regulations including certified organic wool and cotton.
Our history of using organic wool as a natural fire barrier
including in firemen's jackets.
The many advantages of using certified organic cool which
include its ability to breathe so much better and it doesn't
cost much more than the toxins in other mattresses.
Tim's mission to help get the message out about the benefits
and importance of organic mattresses.
Other components of naturally made mattresses including organic
latex which is sap from a rubber tree.
Why organic latex is not the same as the latex we normally
think of and why it's safe for you because it has the same proteins
as a banana or a kiwi fruit.
How organic latex is produced and why it has a carbon footprint of next to
nothing.
The organic toppers that are available from My Green Mattress
if you like the cushion feel of a memory foam mattress.
Why it was so hard for people to go from a water bed mattress
to a traditional one when they had been sleeping on it for years.
The transition your body might go through when you switch to an
organic mattress but they're so pressure-relieving like water
beds once you get used to them.
[29:00] How Often Should You Replace Your Mattress?
How Tim knew that Josh is a side sleeper just by looking at his
body when he stood up for him.
The pride Tim has for the work they do with My Green Mattress
and helping people live healthier lives.
His mission to always keep developing better mattresses and
accessories for people.
How to build mattresses that fit the people and their sleeping
needs.
The sad reality that millions of mattresses of toxins are just
dumped at landfills and buried in the earth every year but 70-80% can
actually be recycled.
How the materials in My Green Mattress products last longer
than other mattresses with chemicals and petroleum.
Why mattresses in the 1930s, 40s, and 50s were made with
natural dunlop latex from rubber trees and they were so durable
that they lasted for up to 40 years sometimes.
The important fact that if you're replacing your mattress every
5-10 years, that is way too soon and you should look at more
durable options like organic mattresses.
[37:50] Co-Sleeping with Babies & Young Children
How My Green Mattress' products vary from one to the next.
Which mattress you should consider if you co-sleep with a
baby or young child.
Why firmer is better than softer for young children and babies.
How My Green Mattress is celebrating Earth Day this year with
savings to you, our listener.
Our special giveaway with My Green Mattress and one lucky
winner will get a Queen Natural Escape.
What wellness means to Time plus how
he lives his life well.
Power Quotes From The Show
How Traditional, Non-Organic Mattresses Cause Cancer
"The chemicals that are in non-organic, traditional mattresses
today are not only thought to be but actually proven to be
cancer-causing. The chemicals that they put in to make them
fireproof are the same chemicals put in cigarettes. How it works is
with a cigarette, if you don't keep puffing on it, it will
extinguish itself and the chemicals work similarly with these
mattresses. RJ Reynolds sold most of these chemicals to the bedding
and furniture industry to put in fire barrier products like the
blanket that goes inside the top layer of the mattress." -
Tim Masters
What Kind of Sleeper Are You?
"I can tell by looking at people and their physique what kind of
bed they need. Every time a person comes into the showroom, based
on the way that they carry themselves, I know what kind of bed is
for them. I can tell a side sleeper from a back sleeper from a
stomach sleeper. Many people who meet with me want the most
expensive mattress but that one might not be what your body needs
to heal and feel rested night after night. I build mattresses that
fit the individual person and I love helping people that way."
- Tim Masters
Switch Your Mattress to Heal From Bedroom Toxins
"People want to take care of their body and so they feed it
something like organic food but your skin is your largest organ.
So, when you're sleeping, your body is soaking up all those
chemicals in a non-organic, traditional mattress. Many people don't
make the connection that since they've purchased their traditional
mattress, they haven't felt well in a year. Once they realize it
and they switch to an organic mattress, they start to feel better
because their body doesn't have to put up the fight all night
long." - Tim Masters
Founded by meticulous mattress
craftsman, Tim Masters, My Green Mattress was born from necessity: a need to
help his daughter, Emily, who suffered from eczema and
environmental allergies.
Tim was inspired to develop an organic crib mattress for her
made from only the healthiest and most honest materials.
Emily is a happy, healthy little girl who loves to play hard and
sleep sound on a mattress made from her father’s motivation,
fortitude, and best of all, love.
Tim and his wife Cindy, and their five children: Rylee, Kyle,
Emily, Madelyn, and Megan have a mission—to make their family’s
sleeping environment, and yours, the healthiest it can possibly
be.
About the Podcast
The Wellness + Wisdom Podcast is a global collective for humans to thrive in our modern world.
In this podcast together we gather, apply and embody the wisdom needed for authentic well-being in the 21st century.
Each episode is artfully crafted to go an inch wide and a mile deep into the "Pentagon of Wellness" - Physical, Emotional, Mental, Spiritual + Financial.
Your host, Josh Trent, asks the questions few have the courage to ask so you can garner the truth about how to live a life of confidence, freedom + optimal wellness.
Together, we'll walk the path of courage to cross the gap between knowing, and doing.
Learn from world class leaders about:
Breathwork, Behavior Change, Wellness, Nutrition, Behavioral Psychology, Habits, Mindset, Fitness, Health, Philosophy, Religion, Organics, Biohacking, Transformation, Psychedelics, Mindfulness, Meditation, Neuroscience, Mental Health, Religion, Spirituality, Personal Growth, Consciousness + More.
Every episode is built from Josh's proprietary science + spirit lessons from The Wellness Pentagon™ , (EI²)™ Emotional Intelligence + Inventory and more.
Please take a moment to subscribe by heading over to joshtrent.com/podcast or search for “Josh Trent” on any podcast player.