The Sleep Is A Skill Podcast 238: Adam Ludwin, Founder of Fivepointfive App, Improve HRV, Calm Your Mind, and Sleep Deeper
After dropping out of university Adam started his first digital marketing business from his mother’s hallway aged just 21 and soon went on to found Captify Technologies, a global marketing technology company. Over 10 years, he scaled it to 300 staff across 13 markets and drove revenues to over $60m per year before successfully exiting the business in July 202
Along the way, the relentless pressure of building a global company began to take a toll on his health — a moment that sparked deep self-reflection. As he explored stress, sleep, and nervous system science, he discovered functional breathwork and realized it could be the key to transforming modern wellbeing.
After studying with breath expert Patrick McKeown, Adam launched FivePointFive with a mission to redefine wellness. Today, FivePointFive blends science-backed breathwork, real-time biometrics, and accessible habit design to help people improve stress, sleep, and mental performance — one breath at a time.
SHOWNOTES:
😴 How breathwork transformed a burned out tech founder into a wellness innovator
😴 Why most of us breathe wrong and how it silently sabotages sleep and stress
😴 What makes breathwork different from meditation (and why results are guaranteed)
😴 The 3 pillars of breathwork: mind, body, and sleep and how they work together
😴 How to use breathwork to shift into parasympathetic calm fast
😴 Why just 3 to 5 minutes of breathwork a day can improve HRV, focus, and sleep
😴 Habit stacking breathwork into real life (walks, treadmill, commute, desk)
😴 How FivePointFive blends guided coaches and wearables for real time feedback
😴 The ideal breath rhythm: 5.5 seconds in, 5.5 seconds out
😴 The sleep breathing connection: slow nasal breathing and mouth taping
😴 Simple anxiety reset: short inhales, longer exhales or the “sigh” technique
😴 Why awareness of breathing patterns is the ultimate stress superpower
😴 Breathwork for nighttime wake ups and how to prevent them
😴 How practicing breath control by day improves your nervous system by night
😴 Real stories of people improving insomnia and reducing sleep apnea symptoms
😴 Experience how breathwork can upgrade your sleep, stress, and nervous system, in just a few minutes a day.
Apple App Store (iOS): FivePointFive: Breathwork
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/fivepointfive-breathwork/id6469338436
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