The Made to Thrive Show

The state of health seems like a never ending stream of crisis - mental health, metabolic disease, obesity, neurodegeneration, fatty liver and on and on and on. But there may be one health crisis that permeates into all the others, and could be the single most powerful lifestyle change that creates positive change to every other health issue - aka sleep. Devin Burke is a professional coach, teacher, and the founder of Sleep Science Academy which helps exhausted insomniacs get and stay asleep using a unique holistic approach called Dynamic Sleep Recalibrating (DSR). He developed this unique approach to sleep transformation over the last decade and has taught it to thousands of people around the world with extraordinary results. He has a Ph.D. in client results with much of his education has been outside traditional learning settings and has come from “in the trenches,” helping thousands of people get results. His work springs from a 15-year study of dozens of modalities from multiple psychological, physiological, and spiritual traditions. He was named one of the “Top 25 Health Coaches in America” out of over 100,000+ other coaches for his innovative coaching methods and results.Join us as we explore:The history and current state of sleep architecture, quality ratios, quantity boundaries and why sleep is unique to everyone.The ROI of sleep, why it’s a mindset, key data points and a comprehensive rundown down of ALL the most successful sleep hacks.The state of insomnia, how to define it and the dangers of sleeping medication.Tracking sleep with wearables, the difference between precision and accuracy and why data can be dangerous without knowledgeable interpretation and guidance.The super sleep supplement you’ve never heard of and the number one sleep hack that is super simple and super effective.Why your sleep is a reflection of your life, sleep and mental health, and whether chronotypes are legit?Contact:Website: https://devinburke.comMentions:TEDx -The ROI of Sleep, https://youtu.be/rsfpJ23kDX4?si=AA2zyuIKzRoXxb8N Test - MEQ, https://qxmd.com/calculate/calculator_829/morningness-eveningness-questionnaire-meq Book - The Power of When, https://www.amazon.com/Power-When-Learn-Best-Everything-ebook/dp/B01CHNXBNKSupport the showFollow Steve's socials: Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube | Facebook | Twitter | TikTokSupport the show on Patreon:As much as we love doing it, there are costs involved and any contribution will allow us to keep going and keep finding the best guests in the world to share their health expertise with you. I’d be grateful and feel so blessed by your support: https://www.patreon.com/MadeToThriveShowSend me a WhatsApp to +27 64 871 0308. Disclaimer: Please see the link for our disclaimer policy for all of our content: https://madetothrive.co.za/terms-and-conditions-and-privacy-policy/

Are we a culture of addicts living in a world of overwhelming overabundance? That is the premise of the brilliant Stanford psychiatrist Dr Anna Lembke, and her must-read book Dopamine Nation. She believes addiction will be the crux of human suffering not just for the next decade but for centuries to come, but at the same time is offering a practical and pragmatic solution that taps into our inherent humanity while protecting against the intentional hacking of our evolutionary vulnerabilities. Get “Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence” NOW: https://www.takealot.com/dopamine-nation/PLID90046108 Anna Lembke is professor of psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine and chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic. A clinician scholar, she has published more than a hundred peer-reviewed papers, book chapters, and commentaries. She sits on the board of several state and national addiction-focused organizations, has testified before various committees in the United States House of Representatives and Senate, keeps an active speaking calendar, and maintains a thriving clinical practice.In 2016, she published “Drug Dealer, MD – How Doctors Were Duped, Patients Got Hooked, and Why It’s So Hard to Stop”, recently appeared on the Netflix documentary “The Social Dilemma”, and is the author of “Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence”, an instant New York Times Bestseller, explores how to moderate compulsive overconsumption in a dopamine-overloaded world.Join us as we explore:The bounty of dopamine, the drugification of the modern world and why it has left every single one of us vulnerable to addictions of all sorts and how that is inexorably intertwined with the mental health distress epidemic.What is addiction, the 4Cs, what separates it from a passion or habit, and why the boundaries between these categories have blurred.Paying for your dopamine up-front and how that allows you to avoid the dopamine deficit trap.The problem with the “work hard, play hard” mentality.Dopamine fasting, the dopamine see-saw, pleasure-pain gremlins and how this forms the foundation of anxiety treatment. How to prepare psychologically and create the optimal environment for successful dopamine fasting.The link between addiction, “drug” use and cognitive decline.Why parents, schools, communities and companies need to come together and save our children from the hooks of social media.Contact:Website: https://www.annalembke.cSupport the showFollow Steve's socials: Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube | Facebook | Twitter | TikTokSupport the show on Patreon:As much as we love doing it, there are costs involved and any contribution will allow us to keep going and keep finding the best guests in the world to share their health expertise with you. I’d be grateful and feel so blessed by your support: https://www.patreon.com/MadeToThriveShowSend me a WhatsApp to +27 64 871 0308. Disclaimer: Please see the link for our disclaimer policy for all of our content: https://madetothrive.co.za/terms-and-conditions-and-privacy-policy/

This is a controversial podcast about what has been the most taboo topic in medicine for over half a century - vaccine-induced harm. Revolutionary ideas are often seen as heretical before time proves them otherwise. Individuals like Marc are deemed heretics by the regime until they are proven right. Will Marc be proven right? Only time will tell, but there is enough signal on this issue that it merits serious scholarly investigation, which is what Marc has done with his new book, “The Needle’s Secret”.About the Guest:Marc Girardot is a French-American father of four children who has spent his career in the world of tech and biotech. He holds an MBA from INSEAD, as well as a Master’s in Economics and Business from ESSEC. With deep experience in innovation and complex systems, Marc has worked for Cisco, Booz Allen, and Air Liquide. As a seasoned strategy consultant trained in the scientific method with experience in Automotive, Biotech, and Energy, Marc is a regular lecturer and keynote speaker at leading business schools and corporations. In recent years, Marc has supported a promising anti-cancer DNA vaccine company.He is now the author of the new book “The Needle’s Secret: Unraveling the Mystery of Vaccine Harm, and the Bolus Theory Revolution”.Support Marc’s Courageous Work: Buy the book NOW: The Needle's Secret on AmazonJoin Us as We Explore:A potentially revolutionary theory that it is the how about vaccines that is more impactful on human health than the what - THE BOLUS THEORY.Are we living through the largest medical malpractice catastrophe in history?Why Marc believes the chances of his investigation being incorrect are 1.1 trillion to 1!!!If most cancer is a man-made induced phenomenon?The avoidable tragedy of autism.Can a change in vaccine application technique bring the medical benefits of vaccines we designed them to offer?Mentions:Study: Nakahara et al., Assessment of Myocardial 18F-FDG Uptake at PET/CT in Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2–vaccinated and Nonvaccinated Patients. Read moreStudy: Buergin et al., Sex-specific differences in myocardial injury incidence after COVID-19 mRNA-1273 booster vaccination. Read moreStudy: Rancourt et al., “Researchers Find COVID Vaccines Causally Linked to Increased Mortality, Estimate 17 Million Deaths”. Support the showFollow Steve's socials: Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube | Facebook | Twitter | TikTokSupport the show on Patreon:As much as we love doing it, there are costs involved and any contribution will allow us to keep going and keep finding the best guests in the world to share their health expertise with you. I’d be grateful and feel so blessed by your support: https://www.patreon.com/MadeToThriveShowSend me a WhatsApp to +27 64 871 0308. Disclaimer: Please see the link for our disclaimer policy for all of our content: https://madetothrive.co.za/terms-and-conditions-and-privacy-policy/

“A rapid advance in technology with a slower catchup in biology”. That simple but profound fact is at the crux of cancer. Week after week I walk into offices with dinosaur toys for my clients. Why? Because of exactly what Professor Thomas Seyfried will explain today - urban humans are evolutionary victims of the abundance of energy available, and storing all this excess, engineered and genetically modified energy is making us sick. It’s giving us cancer. But there’s good news - we have everything we need to beat cancer today. Thomas N. Seyfried received his Ph.D. in Genetics and Biochemistry, and is currently  a professor at Boston College. He is a many time award winning professor, chair of various committees and editorial boards, and has over 150 peer-reviewed publications and is the author of the book, “Cancer as a Metabolic Disease: On the Origin, Management, and Prevention of Cancer” (Wiley, 1st ed., 2012). The book presents extensive research that cancer can be best defined as a mitochondrial metabolic disease rather than as a genetic disease. This new concept has implications for the development of new non-toxic cancer therapies including the ketogenic diet.Join us as we explore:Why Professor Seyfried believes the reasons behind the rise in cancer are not a mystery, and can be precisely pinpointed. Why the medical and academic establishmenst are getting cancer all wrong, and despite billions of dollars spent in “the war on cancer” more people die everyday than the day before, with about 70 people per hour in the US.The what’s and how’s everyone can do to today to give themselves the best chance of preventing cancer - there’s two huge ones!How the lives of wolves and domestic dogs clearly demonstrate the story of cancer in the modern age.The two pronged attack Professor Seyfried believes can successfully target any cancer. Contact Website: https://tomseyfried.comMentions:Person - Albert Schweitzer, https://www.stress.org/stress-and-cancer Person - Dr. Christos Chinopoulos, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Christos-Chinopoulos Paper - Case report: Resolution of malignant canine mast cell tumor using ketogenic metabolic therapy alone, https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2023.1157517/fullSupport the showFollow Steve's socials: Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube | Facebook | Twitter | TikTokSupport the show on Patreon:As much as we love doing it, there are costs involved and any contribution will allow us to keep going and keep finding the best guests in the world to share their health expertise with you. I’d be grateful and feel so blessed by your support: https://www.patreon.com/MadeToThriveShowSend me a WhatsApp to +27 64 871 0308. Disclaimer: Please see the link for our disclaimer policy for all of our content: https://madetothrive.co.za/terms-and-conditions-and-privacy-policy/

Liquid, solid, gas. H20. That’s water right? Not so fast. There is a fourth and fascinating phase of water called EZ or structured water. And this is not a new discovery but one that no attention is being paid to. And I cannot understand why. I structure my water, and after today’s discussion with the father of EZ water Dr Jerry Pollack, you may want to structure your water too.Dr Gerald (Jerry) H. Pollack is a scientist recognized worldwide as a dynamic speaker and author, whose passion lies in plumbing the depths of natural truths, especially known for his work on water. He received the 1st Emoto Peace Prize, and is a recipient of the University of Washington's highest honor the Annual Faculty Lecturer Award. He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the research journal WATER and Director of the Institute for Venture Science. Dr. Pollack's (award-winning) books include: The Fourth Phase of Water (2013), and Cells, Gels, and the Engines of Life (2001).Join us as we explore:Why water is NOT always the H20 you know it to be!!!EZ or fourth phase water  - what is it, how was it discovered, how to create more in your body and why it is crucially important for your health.An amazing possibility that EZ water turns our cells into batteries!Why the sun is at the crux of structured water.Feeling fatigued - you may be EZ water deficient! The relationship between EZ water and cancer cells.The Nobel laureate science behind earthing.ContactWebsite: https://www.pollacklab.org/jerryMentionsPerson - Gilbert Ling, https://www.gilbertling.org/theories-and-publications.html Book - The Fourth Phase of Water, https://tinyurl.com/4thphaseh20Person - Weston Price, https://www.westonaprice.org/health-topics/dentistry/guide-to-holistic-dentistry/ Support the showFollow Steve's socials: Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube | Facebook | Twitter | TikTokSupport the show on Patreon:As much as we love doing it, there are costs involved and any contribution will allow us to keep going and keep finding the best guests in the world to share their health expertise with you. I’d be grateful and feel so blessed by your support: https://www.patreon.com/MadeToThriveShowSend me a WhatsApp to +27 64 871 0308. Disclaimer: Please see the link for our disclaimer policy for all of our content: https://madetothrive.co.za/terms-and-conditions-and-privacy-policy/

After 25 years of meeting and treating people in pain, I have learnt that chronic pain is a complex condition, and solutions often prove illusive. And as the pain continues month after month, year after year, failed treatment after failed treatment, doctor after doctor, people fall into depression, disillusionment and despair. Understandably so. That’s why when I hear Court’s stories of spontaneous recovery and single treatments resulting in total pain remission, I feel hopeful that a future exists where less people are going to have to surrender to unending suffering. Court Wing is a former chronic pain sufferer and the founder and CEO of REMAP Therapeutics, an organization dedicated to exploring, innovating, and developing the intersection between psychedelics and chronic pain. Seeing an unmet need, REMAP organized and hosted the first of its kind “Psychedelics and Pain Symposium” with some of the most prominent researchers in the field. REMAP Therapeutics is devoted to the development of formal psychedelic rehabilitation sessions and cohesive best practices for many treatment-resistant chronic pain conditions. Join us as we explore:The sad statistics of chronic pain, the technical definition, why we are seeing so much of it, why we have been unsuccessful at treating it and why psychedelics provide new, genuine hope for a pain treatment renaissance.How less than a handful of psychedelic dosages allowed a war veteran to move toes and fingers she hadn’t been able to move for 7 years.The incredible connection between our eyes, our visual field, being outside and chronic pain!You’ve heard of the microbiome, but what about the psychobiome!Why treatment is not just about the psychedelic - it’s about the combination with human connection and a process of therapy or counseling.Contact:Website: https://www.remaptherapeutics.comMentions:Method - Z Health, https://zhealtheducation.com Study - Single-Dose Psilocybin Treatment for Major Depressive Disorder A Randomized Clinical Trial, https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2808950 Study - More than a gut feeling, https://www.ucc.ie/en/media/academic/anatomy/2019news/january2019/0119cryan.pdf Study - Relief from intractable phantom pain by combining psilocybin and mirror visual-feedback (MVF)Support the showFollow Steve's socials: Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube | Facebook | Twitter | TikTokSupport the show on Patreon:As much as we love doing it, there are costs involved and any contribution will allow us to keep going and keep finding the best guests in the world to share their health expertise with you. I’d be grateful and feel so blessed by your support: https://www.patreon.com/MadeToThriveShowSend me a WhatsApp to +27 64 871 0308. Disclaimer: Please see the link for our disclaimer policy for all of our content: https://madetothrive.co.za/terms-and-conditions-and-privacy-policy/

They are the unsung heroes of the body. Those trust steeds that move us through the journey of life, taking us from place to place, moment to moment, adventure to adventure. That’s right - our feet. These humble appendages are so often overlooked, taken for granted  and expected to be okay. But feet need to be cared for and considered like everything else, and that’s why I decided to talk to foot surgeon Dr Andrew Lundquist.Dr Andrew Lundquist is a Foot and Ankle Surgeon, Chief Medical Officer of Mankato Clinic, Chief Innovation Officer at Stratum Med, Clinical Director at Nabla, co-founder of sky-surgical.com and writes on the Substack “Get Better.Health”.  With over 16 years of experience as a foot and ankle surgeon and a MBA degree, Andrew became passionate about improving patient care through system innovation and strategic leadership. His mission is to leverage his skills and experience to advance the field of orthopedics and healthcare in general.Join us as we explore:Foot health - the basics, the hacks, tendonitis, inserts (or not?) and why it’s important to start the right foot protocol from as early an age as possible.Do peptides have a place in foot health?The serious problems wearing high-heels create.How ChatGPT is removing the mental and administrative burden off doctors allowing them to be more present with patients and actually practice the medicine they are trained for.How AI assisted medicine saved one of Dr. Andrew’s patients life. Contact: Website: https://andrewlundquist.carrd.co Support the showFollow Steve's socials: Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube | Facebook | Twitter | TikTokSupport the show on Patreon:As much as we love doing it, there are costs involved and any contribution will allow us to keep going and keep finding the best guests in the world to share their health expertise with you. I’d be grateful and feel so blessed by your support: https://www.patreon.com/MadeToThriveShowSend me a WhatsApp to +27 64 871 0308. Disclaimer: Please see the link for our disclaimer policy for all of our content: https://madetothrive.co.za/terms-and-conditions-and-privacy-policy/

You can survive weeks without food, days without water but only a few minutes without your breath. Yet when thinking about health, we spend so much time debating diets and exercise, and too little discussing how we breath, why we breathe, what we can use breathing for and the unexpected but meaningful places breathing can take us. So today’s episode is with another breathing pioneer Gio Bartolomeo and his breathwork journey. Giovanni Bartolomeo is an entrepreneur and life adventurer with a passion for teaching, experiential learning and creating deep connections with others. He is the founder of Elemental Wellness studio in Toronto, founder of Elemental Rhythm Breathwork Programs and Facilitator Training, host of the podcast Elemental Awakening, co-founder of The Personal Development School, a breathwork facilitator and life/executive coach. He is always looking for the next consciousness-expanding learning experience whether it be climbing mountains in his shorts with Wim Hof, participating in Traditional Ayahuasca ceremonies, or challenging his mind and body to see what new limits he can reach. His mission is to create new ideas and ways to help improve the planet for not only the people currently living on it but for those who we will leave it to one day.Join us as we explore:An a to z of breathwork. From calming yourself down to mystical experiences, and everything in between, Gio’s stories about breathwork will blow you away.A detailed dive into the cold - what it’s good for, when to use it and when not to.Why adding music and rhythm to breathwork is scientifically backed to reprogram your brain.Sharing an experiential Elemental breathwork session!How breathwork impacts your biomarkers like HRV and sleep.Contact: Website: https://www.elementalrhythm.comWebsite: https://goelemental.ca Support the showFollow Steve's socials: Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube | Facebook | Twitter | TikTokSupport the show on Patreon:As much as we love doing it, there are costs involved and any contribution will allow us to keep going and keep finding the best guests in the world to share their health expertise with you. I’d be grateful and feel so blessed by your support: https://www.patreon.com/MadeToThriveShowSend me a WhatsApp to +27 64 871 0308. Disclaimer: Please see the link for our disclaimer policy for all of our content: https://madetothrive.co.za/terms-and-conditions-and-privacy-policy/

This episode is a rebroadcast of my appearance on the October Health podcast Pressure Point. I sat down with October Health’s Alon Lits, who you may remember from my PANDA health episode because PANDA is now called October Health.October Health is an AI-powered performance psychology tool that can measure, track and improve staff performance and well-being. So talking to them about Made To Thrive’s data centric model was a perfect fit.Join us as we explore:How my health optimization company Made To Thrive has evolved over the past years, and how our new model is bringing thriving to corporates in South Africa.The power of wearable technologies.My latest top hacks and biohacking products.Why everyone needs to take a prioritization approach in their health and wellness journeyContact: https://october.health/Support the showFollow Steve's socials: Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube | Facebook | Twitter | TikTokSupport the show on Patreon:As much as we love doing it, there are costs involved and any contribution will allow us to keep going and keep finding the best guests in the world to share their health expertise with you. I’d be grateful and feel so blessed by your support: https://www.patreon.com/MadeToThriveShowSend me a WhatsApp to +27 64 871 0308. Disclaimer: Please see the link for our disclaimer policy for all of our content: https://madetothrive.co.za/terms-and-conditions-and-privacy-policy/

The universe works in mysterious ways. Last week’s episode was all about getting quiet to hear more, and somehow this week’s episode is all about going into the dark to see more. We live in an overstimulated, hyperdrive world, and it’s leaving many of us living in dis-ease and disorder. More and more, we are all looking into screens for answers when the deepest, truest answers are to be found in looking into the depth of darkness. This is a one-of-a-kind episode with the one-of-a-kind NOA.NOA AON aka Pavel Stuchlik is an expert in self-realization technique + application, international conscious DJ/Producer, serial impact entrepreneur & investor, certified Ambassador of Peace and Wim Hof Instructor. NOA means movement; AON is 'all or none'' With #noamovment NOA|AON is bringing people back to their center in union with others. He created the BDM method to combine all of the most effective tools and wisdom from around the world to share with others.NOA AON has been generous to provide a BUNCH of free and discounted content for you!There’s a 1 month FREE access to the digital library: 30-day on-demand free libraryA free EMF webinar:  FREE EMF WebinarA 30% discount on courses and EMF protection gear: STANTON30FREE bonus episode recording of the System Reset: System Reset Bonus EpisodeJoin us as we explore:How 10 days in the dark changed Pavel’s whole life. From a busy, tech entrepreneur  to living in service, finding his passion and creating legacy through music and specifically conscious DJing.Darkness retreats - where, how, why and the power of light or rather - no light!A LIVE breathwork master session!!!Living without food! Is that possible? NOA has. Spontaneous cancer remissions? He has seen it!Are you doing your daily “unhooking”? Should you be? How NOA is integrating modern science and deeply ancient and esoteric practices in his unique four part model.Contact:Website: https://noaaon.com Mentions:Products - NOA AON Breathing Tracks, https://noaaon.com/pages/live-schedule-on-demand Support the showFollow Steve's socials: Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube | Facebook | Twitter | TikTokSupport the show on Patreon:As much as we love doing it, there are costs involved and any contribution will allow us to keep going and keep finding the best guests in the world to share their health expertise with you. I’d be grateful and feel so blessed by your support: https://www.patreon.com/MadeToThriveShowSend me a WhatsApp to +27 64 871 0308. Disclaimer: Please see the link for our disclaimer policy for all of our content: https://madetothrive.co.za/terms-and-conditions-and-privacy-policy/