The Meat Mafia Podcast #389 Nick Sweeney: Healing Through Breathwork
Nick Sweeney is the co-founder of the Coherence Breathwork app and a high-performance coach focused on reversing chronic health conditions and injuries. A former D1 champion, ultrarunner, and bowhunter, he overcame his own incurable injury through breathwork. Now, he’s on a mission to unite 1 million people in breathwork and meditation—building a global movement of leaders dedicated to healing, transformation, and human potential.
In this powerful episode, we sit down with Nick Sweeney, a former elite cross-country skier turned breathwork coach, to discuss high performance, healing, and faith. Nick shares his incredible journey from being unable to walk for 10 months to returning as the captain of his college team—all through breathwork and mindset shifts. We explore the intersection of high performance and spirituality, overcoming self-sabotage, and how breathwork can be the key to unlocking your full potential. If you're looking to break through mental barriers, optimize performance, or rewire your habits, this episode is a must-listen.
What we cover:
- Nick’s journey from injury to elite performance
- Healing through breathwork when doctors doubted
- Identity shifts and high-performance habits
- Overcoming self-sabotage
- The spiritual battle for discipline
- Rewiring your subconscious mind
- The mission to get a million people meditating
- Breathwork for daily performance
Timestamps:
(00:00) Kicking off with Vortex Breathwork
(05:00) Why we don’t do what we know we should
(10:00) High performance vs. spiritual alignment
(15:00) Nick’s skiing career and brutal injury
(20:00) Doctors said he wouldn’t walk—he proved them wrong
(30:00) Shifting from fear to faith for true healing
(40:00) The power of identity and rewiring habits
(50:00) Breaking free from self-sabotage
(1:00:00) The spiritual battle for discipline and success
(1:10:00) The mission to get a million people meditating
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