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Aging skin isn't a cosmetic problem or a beauty routine. It's a biology problem and a framework for treating your skin as part of your health span.

Dr. Carolina Reis Oliveira is an immunologist, PhD, and co-founder of OneSkin, the biotech company that spent five years screening over 900 peptides to target skin aging at the cellular level. We talked about why roughly 70 to 80 percent of skin aging is within your control, how senescent "zombie" cells quietly degrade collagen and drive inflammation, and why the skin on your body, not just your face, deserves real attention.

Aging well is something you get to build, not just brace for.

What we explore:

- Why lifestyle, not genetics, drives most skin aging.

- How senescent "zombie" cells shut down collagen and spread inflammation.

- Why a stronger skin barrier lowers inflammation in your blood.

- What changes at the midlife density shift, and how to support your skin through it.

- How to use sunscreen, vitamin C, and retinoids without wrecking your barrier.

Chapters:

00:00 4 Women Scientists Who Created OneSkin

02:38 Why Most Anti-Aging Products Don't Work

04:51 What Causes Skin Aging and How Zombie Cells Destroy Collagen

06:47 The Peptide That Reversed Skin Age 2.5 Years

10:03 4 Habits That Age Your Skin Fastest

11:55 Why Your Skin Is a Longevity Organ

14:48 How Body Lotion Lowers Inflammation Markers

16:48 Why Estrogen Loss Triggers Dark Spots

19:13 How to Choose a Safe Mineral Sunscreen

24:20 Vitamin C and Retinoids Without Wrecking Your Skin

31:53 The Density Shift and How to Rebuild Collagen in Midlife

39:11 Do Copper Peptides Actually Build Collagen?

41:32 Does Red Light Boost Your Skincare?

43:13 Why Your Lips Age Faster Than Your Face

45:26 Your Skin Microbiome and Why Not to Over-Strip

49:23 Ditching Makeup for Healthy Skin

52:12 A Scientist's Honest Take on Lasers and Fillers

About Dr. Carolina Reis Oliveira

Dr. Carolina Reis Oliveira a PhD in immunology and stem cell biology and is a co-founder and CEO of OneSkin. Her work centers on measuring the biological age of skin and developing peptides that target aging at the cellular level rather than masking its symptoms. She's a rare voice bringing rigorous, third-party-tested science to a category better known for inflated claims.

Connect with About Dr. Carolina Reis Oliveira:

Website: https://www.oneskin.co

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carolina.reis.phd

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolina-reis-oliveira-a69b8a27

👉Grab your skin longevity essentials at OneSkin.Use code GABBY15 at http://oneskin.co/GABBY

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The Gabby Reece Show

This is where I have real conversations with the people I find most worth listening to: scientists, athletes, coaches, parents, and thinkers who are doing the hard work of building a life that holds up over time. No hacks. No quick fixes. Just honest, practical conversations about performance, longevity, relationships, and what it actually takes to show up well at every age.

If you are here, you probably already know that health is not a destination. It is how you live. I am glad you are along for it.

Connect with Gabby Reece:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gabbyreece/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gabbyreeceofficial

Website: https://gabriellereece.com

Nobody tells you that your 40s are the decade you are quietly building your 50s and 60s in. 

This one is just me, no guest, no protocol stack, just what actually mattered in mine and what I would hand to anyone walking into that decade with kids, work, and a body that has started asking for different inputs.

The physical part is simpler than people make it. A few genuinely heavy days a week, an honest look at what the nightly drink is costing you, and a blood panel before perimenopause makes that decision for you. The harder part is the one nobody puts on the calendar. We wear exhaustion like proof that we are dependable, and the ground that belongs only to us shrinks a little every year. I talk about how I protected mine when my workouts were down to 12 minutes.

What we explore:

- How hypertrophy cluster training builds real strength in 20 minutes.

- Why the nightly drink is costing you sleep, energy, and gut health.

- What a blood panel and hormone baseline in your 40s tell you about perimenopause.

- How to say no without explaining yourself.

- Why protecting your personal real estate keeps you from disappearing into your roles.

The Gabby Reece Show

This is where I have real conversations with the people I find most worth listening to: scientists, athletes, coaches, parents, and thinkers who are doing the hard work of building a life that holds up over time. No hacks. No quick fixes. Just honest, practical conversations about performance, longevity, relationships, and what it actually takes to show up well at every age.

If you are here, you probably already know that health is not a destination. It is how you live. I am glad you are along for it.

Connect with Gabby Reece:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gabbyreece/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gabbyreeceofficial

Website: https://gabriellereece.com

Disclosure: This episode was created in partnership with Leela Quantum Tech. Leela Quantum Tech paid for the production of this episode. Gabby has been a longtime user and supporter of Leela Quantum Tech and its products.

Your body will tell you when you're too hot, too hungry, or too tired. But no one tells you can't feel the load your environment puts on your body, which is exactly why it's easy to ignore.

Today I talked to Philipp Samor von Holtzendorff-Fehling, founder of Leela Quantum Tech and a former T-Mobile executive, known for spending six years and more than 40 placebo-controlled trials building a case that the biofield is something you can measure and support. We unpack what he says shows up on brain scans during a 5G call, the studies behind his claims, and which everyday exposures he thinks matter most.

He isn't selling fear or a magic bullet, and he leaves you with practical takeaways you can act on this week without buying a thing.

What we explore:

- EMF exposure: what a 256-channel EEG picks up seconds into a 5G call

- Electric cars and electronics: the exposure you can't opt out of, and what to do instead

- Blue light and sunlight: why he ranks them above food as a daily stressor

- Biofield research: ATP production, wound healing, and what the studies actually measured

- The two-minute check-in: the free daily practice he says matters most

Chapters:

00:00 From Telecom Executive to Energy Work

04:33 Why Men Struggle to Trust Their Intuition

14:55 Why He Started Leela Quantum Tech

19:10 Why He Ran 40 Placebo Controlled Trials

24:20 What an EEG Shows During a 5G Call

34:38 Are Electric Cars Frying Your Body?

40:36 Dog Study Results: Better Blood, Less Anxiety

46:29 How Stress and EMFs Affect Fertility

52:46 Blue Light or EMF: Which Is Worse?

59:01 How to Protect Kids From Screens and EMFs

01:13:09 The 2 Minute Morning and Night Check In

About Philipp Samor von Holtzendorff-Fehling: 

Philipp Samor von Holtzendorff-Fehling is the founder and CEO of Leela Quantum Tech and Quantum Upgrade. He spent over two decades as an international business executive, including a stint as Vice President at T-Mobile, while training privately in shamanic and other energy healing practices. He's also a Kundalini yoga teacher and a nationally ranked senior tennis player.

Connect with Philipp Samor von Holtzendorff-Fehling: 

Website: https://leelaq.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philipp_vhf/

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The Gabby Reece Show

This is where I have real conversations with the people I find most worth listening to: scientists, athletes, coaches, parents, and thinkers who are doing the hard work of building a life that holds up over time. No hacks. No quick fixes. Just honest, practical conversations about performance, longevity, relationships, and what it actually takes to show up well at every age.

If you are here, you probably already know that health is not a destination. It is how you live. I am glad you are along for it.

Connect with Gabby Reece:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gabbyreece/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gabbyreeceofficial

Website: https://gabriellereece.com

The people grinding hardest for their health are often the ones training themselves into breakdown. What if the endurance work you trust most is the very thing wrecking your heart?

Mark Sisson is the founder of Mark's Daily Apple, Primal Kitchen, and Peluva, and one of the original architects of the ancestral health movement. He's a former elite endurance athlete who, at 73, now argues that the training that built his name nearly wrecked his heart. We talked about the minimum effective dose: why most people should stop running, how diet drives 80% of your results, and why your feet may be the most overlooked lever in staying strong for life.

What we explore:

- Why most people should stop running, and how endurance training drives overtraining and CNS stress.

- How chronic cardio contributed to Mark's heart arrhythmias, common among lifelong endurance athletes.

- What metabolic flexibility is, and why diet drives 80% of body composition.

- Why foot health is the overlooked key to longevity and fall prevention.

- How to tell a hack worth doing from biohacking noise.

Chapters:

00:00 How to Get Healthy Without Chasing It

03:36 Why You Retire and Don't Feel Good

05:50 The Health Pillars Nobody Talks About

08:19 How to Build Metabolic Flexibility

11:51 The Minimum Effective Dose for Fitness

15:20 How to Read Your Blood Work

19:01 Signs You're Overtraining Your Nervous System

24:33 Get Ideal Body Composition With Less Effort

31:39 Why Most People Should Not Run

37:26 Why Foot Health Is the New Sleep

41:41 How Modern Shoes Destroy Foot Function

48:43 What Your Feet Do Barefoot on Sand

58:07 Why You Should Walk Backwards

59:27 How to Cut Through Biohacking Noise

01:07:40 Why High-Tech Shoes Won't Save You

01:22:22 The One Habit That Beats Everything

About Mark Sisson:

Mark Sisson is a former elite endurance athlete turned health educator and entrepreneur, author of Mark's Daily Apple and founder of Primal Kitchen and Peluva. At 73, he's one of the most credible voices on eating, training, and recovering for a long, strong life.

Connect with Mark Sisson:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marksissonprimal

Substack: https://www.marksdailyapple.com

Newsletter: https://marks-newsletter-4655f1.beehiiv.com

Get your Peluva shoes here for barefoot freedom:

👉 https://peluva.com

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The Gabby Reece Show

This is where I have real conversations with the people I find most worth listening to: scientists, athletes, coaches, parents, and thinkers who are doing the hard work of building a life that holds up over time. No hacks. No quick fixes. Just honest, practical conversations about performance, longevity, relationships, and what it actually takes to show up well at every age.

If you are here, you probably already know that health is not a destination. It is how you live. I am glad you are along for it.

Connect with Gabby Reece:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gabbyreece/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gabbyreeceofficial

Website: https://gabriellereece.com

Your doctor's prognosis was final: you'll never walk normally again and your career is over. But what if you could rewrite that recovery with the one tool you already carry with you, your breath?

Nick Sweeney is the co-founder of Coherence and creator of the Vortex Method, but before any of that he was a Division 1 cross-country skier who couldn't walk for 10 months after a COVID-era injury. We talk about how he clawed his way out through daily breathwork done from bed, rebuilt enough to place top 20 nationally at Olympic trials, and walked away from the athlete identity to coach breathwork full-time. 

You are not your label, and the way back isn't always a treatment or a specialist. Sometimes it's the one tool you already carry with you. 

What we explore:

- Breathwork for injury recovery: how Nick healed after 10 months unable to walk

- Athletic identity loss: why it hurts more than the injury, and how to rebuild

- Nervous system regulation: guarding your mind against the algorithm

- Daily breathwork habit: why 5 minutes beats one long session

- Overcoming comparison: the "timeline" reframe that breaks the loop

Chapters:

00:00 Gen Z Olympic Skier Nick Sweeney's Backstory

03:58 How He Healed a Career Ending Injury With Breathwork

08:06 How to Find Your Identity Beyond Labels

11:40 Why He Left Oil and Gas for Breathwork

17:00 Can You Coach Breathwork Without Certifications

30:46 Why Accountability Matters More Than Information

32:20 How Daily Voice Memo Coaching Creates Change

35:05 Why Investing in Coaches Changed His Life

37:25 How to Let People Change and Release Attachment

41:40 How to Take Ownership and Stop Comparing Yourself

47:02 How to Get Clear on What You Really Want

58:11 How Past Trauma Shows Up in Relationships

01:17:45 How Focused Attention Healed His Foot

01:20:15 Fight Flight Freeze Fawn and Breathing to Regulate

01:23:53 How to Rewrite Pain and Trauma With Breathwork

01:26:21 Sun Gazing and Circadian Morning Routine

01:32:00 Realistic Breathwork for Busy Parents

01:38:00 Slow Breathing CO2 and Longevity Explained

01:45:15 What Is the Vortex Method Breathwork Program

About Nick Sweeney:

Nick Sweeney is a breathwork coach, former Division 1 cross-country skier, and co-founder of Coherence, a breathwork app he built with his brother. He's the creator of the Vortex Breath and Vortex Method, and he's leading a global movement to get large groups breathing in sync. 

Connect with Nick Sweeney:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@basedethos

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/basedethos

Coherence App: https://www.coherencebreath.com

Free Breathwork Course: https://www.polariscoaching.ai/newsletter

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The Gabby Reece Show

This is where I have real conversations with the people I find most worth listening to: scientists, athletes, coaches, parents, and thinkers who are doing the hard work of building a life that holds up over time. No hacks. No quick fixes. Just honest, practical conversations about performance, longevity, relationships, and what it actually takes to show up well at every age.

If you are here, you probably already know that health is not a destination. It is how you live. I am glad you are along for it.

Connect with Gabby Reece:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gabbyreece/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gabbyreeceofficial

Website: https://gabriellereece.com

Some marriages get tested by distance. This one got tested by war, by silence, and by a version of a man that combat left behind. 

In this episode, I sit down with Marcus Capone, a retired Navy SEAL of 13 years, and his wife Amber Capone, co-founder and CEO of VETS (Veterans Exploring Treatment Solutions). We walk through the true cost of elite military service and their recovery, individually and as a couple. Marcus speaks candidly about compartmentalization, a survival skill that protects a SEAL in combat but erodes his home life, his drinking habits, treatments that failed him, and a period when suicide felt logical. Amber talks about her resentment and the personal work that freed her from waiting to be rescued. 

It's a story of refusing to stay stuck, and of a treatment that changed everything afterward.

What we explore:

- How deployment trains you to compartmentalize, and why that skill quietly erodes a marriage.

- Why conventional PTSD treatments failed Marcus, and the undiagnosed traumatic brain injury behind it.

- What ibogaine treatment actually involves and what shifts after.

- How Amber healed through therapy, faith, and surrender rather than waiting on Marcus.

- Why heavy drinking and pharmaceuticals became coping tools, and what finally broke the cycle.

- Why roughly 17 veterans die by suicide daily, and what VETS is building to change it.

Chapters:

00:00 A Navy SEAL Couple's Journey to Healing

02:17 Choosing the SEAL Path After 9/11

06:17 Raising Kids Alone as a SEAL Wife

11:41 The BUD/S Mindset That Changes You

16:21 What Constant Deployments Do to a Family

18:09 How SEAL Wives Compartmentalize Marriage

21:26 Life After the Teams and Losing Purpose

29:35 Why He Left the SEALs for Banking

35:24 The Therapy Breakthrough That Saved Amber

43:34 How Suicidal Thoughts Start With Numbing

45:57 Why Ibogaine Worked After Everything Failed

52:56 What Happens During an Ibogaine Trip

01:01:00 How Amber Saw Her Husband Change

01:05:08 Fighting FDA Barriers to Fund Veteran Healing

01:08:31 How to Support Veterans With PTSD

About Marcus and Amber Capone: 

Marcus Capone served 13 years as a U.S. Navy SEAL before facing a harder battle at home: depression, TBI, PTSD, and treatments that never held. Amber Capone supported that career while raising their family, then drove the search for what conventional medicine missed. In 2019 they co-founded VETS, a nonprofit expanding access to psychedelic-assisted therapies for veterans through treatment grants, research, and policy reform

Connect with Marcus and Amber Capone:

Website: https://thecapones.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@conversationswiththecapones

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marcus_amber_capone

Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4ssUKN0CoCBU0SRDqFCYIu

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The Gabby Reece Show

This is where I have real conversations with the people I find most worth listening to: scientists, athletes, coaches, parents, and thinkers who are doing the hard work of building a life that holds up over time. No hacks. No quick fixes. Just honest, practical conversations about performance, longevity, relationships, and what it actually takes to show up well at every age.

If you are here, you probably already know that health is not a destination. It is how you live. I am glad you are along for it.

Connect with Gabby Reece:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gabbyreece/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gabbyreeceofficial

Website: https://gabriellereece.com

Some biohacking gets sold as a shortcut, hacking the right levers and you'll coast to 180. But the most important thing learned in a lifetime of measuring everything is the one thing that never shows up on a blood panel.

I sat down with Dave Asprey, the entrepreneur who named and organized "biohacking," founder of Bulletproof, Danger Coffee, Upgrade Labs, and 40 Years of Zen, and four-time New York Times bestselling author. Join me to talk about what it really takes to build a body and mind that holds up for the long run. We move from data-driven protocols to the parts most people skip: parenting without reactivity, forgiveness, surrender, and knowing when your intuition is telling you something your spreadsheet can't. Dave opens up about his autism diagnosis, losing a $100M business, and why he believes mitochondrial function shapes not just your energy but your capacity to think clearly and connect. Whether you're a parent, a founder, or just trying to stay sharp as the years add up, this one frames longevity around your character, not only your bloodwork.

What we explore:

- How to raise resilient kids by modeling non-reactivity and clear boundaries.

- Why intuition-first decisions, validated by data, beat leading with data alone.

- What surrender really means, and the lesson behind a $100M loss.

- How mitochondrial function connects energy to focus, mood, and clear thinking.

- Why deliberate discomfort is an underrated tool for building durability at any age.

Chapters:

00:00 The Godfather of Biohacking Explains It All

02:20 How to Parent Teens Without Reactivity

10:23 How Biohacking Goes Beyond the Body

11:25 Can You Actually Hack Consciousness?

24:11 What Actually Helps Kids on the Spectrum

30:37 Why Deliberate Discomfort Makes You Stronger

33:42 The Surrender Lesson From a $100M Loss

47:47 Why 80% of Longevity Is Fear of Death

50:29 The Case for Living to 180 Years

52:47 Why Personal Sovereignty Matters Most

53:57 How Trauma Silently Drains Your Energy

57:06 The 5 F-Words Your Body Runs On

01:05:35 How to Actually Screen for Cancer Early

01:19:14 Travel Hacks Every Frequent Flyer Needs

01:42:52 The Peptides Behind His Longevity Stack

01:47:21 Why He's Hopeful About Human Potential

About Dave Asprey:

Dave Asprey is the entrepreneur widely credited as the "father of biohacking" and the founder of Bulletproof, Danger Coffee, Upgrade Labs, and 40 Years of Zen. He's a four-time New York Times bestselling author and host of the top-ranked podcast The Human Upgrade, known for blending rigorous, data-driven experimentation with a broader philosophy about human potential.

Connect with Dave Asprey: 

Website: https://daveasprey.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DaveAspreyBPR

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dave.asprey

Get the 4x New York Best Selling Book:

👉https://daveasprey.com/books

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The Gabby Reece Show

This is where I have real conversations with the people I find most worth listening to: scientists, athletes, coaches, parents, and thinkers who are doing the hard work of building a life that holds up over time. No hacks. No quick fixes. Just honest, practical conversations about performance, longevity, relationships, and what it actually takes to show up well at every age.

If you are here, you probably already know that health is not a destination. It is how you live. I am glad you are along for it.

Connect with Gabby Reece:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gabbyreece/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gabbyreeceofficial

Website: https://gabriellereece.com

The Reecet: Live Q&A, recorded in Los Angeles with 45 women after three and a half days of training, I sat down with Dr. Abbie Smith-Ryan, exercise physiologist and professor at UNC Chapel Hill, to cut through the noise on supplements, menopause, AI, and what actually holds up in real life.

What we explore:

* Why AI accelerates health research but still needs human oversight to be useful.

* How to prioritize supplements after menopause: omega-3, vitamin D, and magnesium.

* What the omega-3 index test tells you and how to dose EPA and DHA.

* How to time protein, creatine, and essential amino acids for better results.

* Why worrying less, gratitude, and choosing relationships change your health.

* Where menopause hormone therapy still has gaps, from the SSRI trial to unanswered questions.

* How sunlight and red light tools fit into a real recovery routine.

* Why reclaiming your time and attention matters more than any new trend.

* How intuition and imposter syndrome shape the way women show up.

* Why simple non-negotiables around training, sleep, and boundaries beat trends.

Chapters:

* 00:00 The Reecet One Health Q&A

* 01:35 Should You Worry About AI and Your Health?

* 05:56 The First Supplement to Take After Menopause

* 08:29 How to Worry Less and Consistency Beats Doing It Perfectly

* 13:46 Why Relationships Matter More Than Success

* 20:00 How to Translate Health Science Into Real Decisions

* 22:51 How to Time and Stack Your Supplements

* 25:52 Why Sunlight Deserves a Spot in Your Routine

* 34:24 The Biggest Unanswered Question in Women’s Health

* 37:30 How to Spot Trends Worth Following

* 47:51 How to Build Community and Keep It Alive

* 50:13 The Simple Health Non-Negotiables That Matter

* 01:05:00 Why Sweating Together Bonds Women for Life

About Dr. Abbie Smith-Ryan:

Dr. Abbie Smith-Ryan is a professor of exercise physiology and nutrition at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she directs the Applied Physiology Laboratory. Her research focuses on exercise and nutrition interventions for body composition, metabolism, and women’s health across the lifespan, including perimenopause and menopause.

Connect with Dr. Abbie Smith-Ryan:

Website:

http://asmithryan.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asmithryan/

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The Gabby Reece Show

This is where I have real conversations with the people I find most worth listening to: scientists, athletes, coaches, parents, and thinkers who are doing the hard work of building a life that holds up over time. No hacks. No quick fixes. Just honest, practical conversations about performance, longevity, relationships, and what it actually takes to show up well at every age.

If you are here, you probably already know that health is not a destination. It is how you live. I am glad you are along for it.

Connect with Gabby Reece:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gabbyreece/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gabbyreeceofficial

Website: https://gabbyreece.com

I sat down with Dominic Luke, a former Air Force pararescueman of ten years and author of That Others May Love More, to talk about the formative trauma at seventeen, the shame and self-blame that followed, and how avoidance later surfaced as identity loss, heavier drinking, and strain in his marriage after leaving the military, how he reclaimed his power, from breathwork and yoga to professionally guided psychedelic ceremonies, and why healing eventually has to become service.

What we explore:

* How high capability can mask unhealed trauma

* Why “it wasn’t your fault” unlocks real healing

* What avoidance costs: identity loss, drinking, marriage strain

* How breathwork, yoga, and psychedelics support recovery

* Why healing has to become service

Chapters:

* 00:00 Dom Returns Solo to Open Up Fully

* 02:15 The Italian Family Roots Behind His Story

* 04:29 The Teen Trauma He Hid for Years

* 09:11 Why Self-Blame Keeps You Stuck

* 12:53 How to Parent Through Honest Conversations

* 19:25 Why Being Capable Isn’t Being Healed

* 21:58 How Opening Up Saved His Marriage

* 25:04 Losing Your Identity After the Military

* 29:52 How to Balance Masculine and Feminine Energy

* 38:11 When Your Healing Becomes Your Purpose

* 50:29 Why High Achievers Secretly Stall Out

* 54:36 How Breathwork and CO2 Unlock Flow

* 1:10:23 How Psychedelics Can Help You Heal

* 1:17:59 Why Ben Roberts’ Story Still Matters

About Dominic Luke:

Dominic Luke served as a U.S. Air Force pararescueman for ten years. Today he’s an author, coach, yoga instructor, and XPT coach who works with high-performing leaders on the private struggles that capability tends to hide. His book, That Others May Love More, traces his own path through trauma, forgiveness, and reclaiming identity, and offers tools for anyone ready to stop repeating their patterns.

Connect with Dominic Luke:

Website: https://www.domluke.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_dominicluke_

Get a copy of Dominic Luke’s Book

👉https://a.co/d/0gocOAnw

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The Gabby Reece Show

This is where I have real conversations with the people I find most worth listening to: scientists, athletes, coaches, parents, and thinkers who are doing the hard work of building a life that holds up over time. No hacks. No quick fixes. Just honest, practical conversations about performance, longevity, relationships, and what it actually takes to show up well at every age.

If you are here, you probably already know that health is not a destination. It is how you live. I am glad you are along for it.

Connect with Gabby Reece:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gabbyreece/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gabbyreeceofficial

Website: https://gabriellereece.com

Financial stress doesn't just live in your bank account, it lives in your body. 

In this episode, I sat down with Kiana Danial, founder of Invest Diva and creator of the Triple Compounding method to unpack why money is just as much a wellbeing issue as sleep, movement, or nutrition, and why investing confidently starts with understanding your own risk tolerance, not chasing hype.

This episode gives you a system for thinking about risk, debt, and growth instead of a list of stock tips.

What we explore:

- Risk tolerance: separating personality from actual financial capacity

- Candlestick psychology: reading market emotion instead of chasing headlines

- Triple compounding: building wealth across self, business, and investments

- Kids and money: Roth IRA, UTMA, 529 accounts, and hiring your own children

- Portfolio borrowing: using leverage instead of selling and paying taxes

Chapters:

00:00 Why Personal Finance Is a Wellbeing Issue

01:32 From Iran to an Eight-Figure Portfolio

07:07 The 3 Factors That Shape Risk Tolerance

10:46 Reading Stock Candles Instead of Headlines

13:21 How $50 a Month Builds Wealth

16:56 Roth IRA vs UTMA vs 529 for Kids

21:54 How to Borrow Against Your Portfolio Tax-Free

25:24 The Habit That Separates Wealth Builders From Everyone Else

32:09 Money Myths Keeping You From Investing

41:14 Robinhood vs Schwab vs Fidelity Compared

49:03 Overlooked Sectors: Energy, Defense, and Boring Giants

58:32 How She Prioritizes Sleep Despite a Busy Schedule

About Kiana Danial:

Kiana Danial is the founder and CEO of Invest Diva and the creator of Triple Compounding, a wealth-building framework that took her from $500 to an eight-figure portfolio. A former engineer and best-selling author of nine books, she's known for translating investing into plain, usable language without the hype.

Connect with Kiana Danial

Website: https://www.triplecompounding.com/yes

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/investdiva/

This episode is sponsored by:

TRUE NUTRITION:

👉 Get 20% off your first custom blend at truenutrition.com/GABBY with code GABBY

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The Gabby Reece Show

This is where I have real conversations with the people I find most worth listening to: scientists, athletes, coaches, parents, and thinkers who are doing the hard work of building a life that holds up over time. No hacks. No quick fixes. Just honest, practical conversations about performance, longevity, relationships, and what it actually takes to show up well at every age.

If you are here, you probably already know that health is not a destination. It is how you live. I am glad you are along for it.

Connect with Gabby Reece:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gabbyreece/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gabbyreeceofficial

Website: https://gabriellereece.com

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Strength means nothing if your nervous system never gets the signal to rest.

In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Abbie Smith-Ryan, exercise physiologist and professor at UNC Chapel Hill, to break down sympathetic versus parasympathetic states, why "central nervous system fatigue" shows up in athletes and high performers alike, and how recovery, not more output, is often the missing lever. We get into simple breathwork, the role of community and mindset in downregulation, and how nutrition, hydration, and hormones shape your capacity to handle stress at every life stage. 

This isn't about doing less. It's about learning to periodize the push so you can sustain it.

What we explore:

- Sprint-then-rest cycles, and why sustainable performance depends on both.

- Sympathetic vs. parasympathetic states, explained in plain terms.

- Diaphragmatic breathwork, the two-minute reset that works anywhere.

- Burnout warning signs in high performers and athletes.

- Recovery tech, from hyperbaric chambers to guided vibration therapy.

- Hormones and midlife, and their direct impact on nervous system regulation.

Chapters:

00:00 What Is Proof of Practice With Gabby and Abbie

03:19 Why You Can't Sprint Forever Without Burning Out

05:29 Sympathetic vs Parasympathetic Nervous System Explained

07:47 How to Recognize Franticness Before It Takes Over

11:41 The Breathwork Trick: Belly First, Longer Exhale

18:12 Why Pushing Hard Without Recovery Backfires

25:03 Burnout Warning Signs in Athletes and High Performers

37:32 Inside the Hyperbaric Chamber and Shiftwave Chair Setup

44:29 Why Under-Eating Sabotages Cortisol and Recovery

47:41 Hydration, Supplements, and Microdosing After 50

54:39 How Hormones Affect Your Nervous System in Midlife

56:46 How to Regulate Your Nervous System Under Load

About Dr. Abby Smith-Ryan:

Dr. Abbie Smith-Ryan is a professor of exercise physiology and nutrition at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she directs the Applied Physiology Laboratory. Her research focuses on exercise and nutrition interventions for body composition, metabolism, and women's health across the lifespan, including perimenopause and menopause.

Connect with Dr. Abby Smith-Ryan:

Website: http://asmithryan.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asmithryan/

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This is where I have real conversations with the people I find most worth listening to: scientists, athletes, coaches, parents, and thinkers who are doing the hard work of building a life that holds up over time. No hacks. No quick fixes. Just honest, practical conversations about performance, longevity, relationships, and what it actually takes to show up well at every age.

If you are here, you probably already know that health is not a destination. It is how you live. I am glad you are along for it.

Connect with Gabby Reece:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gabbyreece/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gabbyreeceofficial

Website: https://gabriellereece.com

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A great coach can change the entire direction of a person's life.

I sat down with John Cook, a four-time national championship volleyball coach and the winningest coach in Nebraska volleyball history. We talk about coaching with love, building deep relationships with players, coaching his own daughter, and staying in the game for over three decades without losing yourself in it.

What we explore:

- Why burnout forced John to completely rebuild his coaching style after winning a national championship.

- How "build deep relationships" became the foundation of a culture that won four national titles.

- What changes when you coach your own daughter, and how they kept the relationship intact.

- Why women need to bond before they compete, and what that means for leading any team.

- How three daily questions kept John grounded through 25 years at the same program.

Chapters:

00:00 Intro

01:36 Daughter Quits UCLA Volleyball, Comes Home

04:32 How to Learn a New Sport Fast

07:54 Why a Growth Mindset Wins Championships

10:45 Coaching Burnout: How I Learned to Coach With Love

14:02 How to Build Deep Relationships With Your Team

17:04 Coaching Men vs Women: Key Differences

18:20 How to Protect Your Team Culture

22:40 How to Build Leaders Using Team Themes

32:21 3 Daily Questions Every Leader Should Ask

40:18 How to Know When It's Time to Retire

4313 Is NCAA Money Bad for College Athletes

52:26 3 Ways to Beat Coaching Burnout

56:59 From Head Coach to General Manager

1:04:58 Why Athletes Struggle With Imposter Syndrome

About John Cook:

John Cook is the winningest coach in Nebraska volleyball history and a four-time NCAA national champion. Over 32 years as a college head coach, including 25 seasons at Nebraska, he built one of the most successful programs in college athletics and became known for developing leaders as much as athletes. He now serves as Co-Owner and General Manager of the Omaha Supernovas.

Connect with John Cook: 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/johncook_2/

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This is where I have real conversations with the people I find most worth listening to: scientists, athletes, coaches, parents, and thinkers who are doing the hard work of building a life that holds up over time. No hacks. No quick fixes. Just honest, practical conversations about performance, longevity, relationships, and what it actually takes to show up well at every age.

If you are here, you probably already know that health is not a destination. It is how you live. I am glad you are along for it.

Connect with Gabby Reece:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gabbyreece/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gabbyreeceofficial

Website: https://gabriellereece.com

Please note that this episode may contain paid endorsements and advertisements for products and services. Individuals on the show may have a direct or indirect financial interest in products or services referred to in this episode.

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Self-defense isn't about knowing the moves. It's about knowing yourself well enough to rarely need them. 

I sat down with Cesalina Gracie, a self-defense educator and first-time Everest summiter. We cover the fundamentals of women's safety, the Everest expedition, and the through-line that connects both: physical training builds emotional resilience. 

What we explore:

- Women's safety: why mindset and presence matter more than technique.

- The freeze response: why women freeze under threat, and how preparation overrides it.

- Everest: what 50 days on the mountain taught about fear, self-advocacy, and decision-making under real pressure.

- Physical training as emotional resilience: why strength in the body is the foundation for strength everywhere else.

- Identity and self-trust: cutting the word "when" from your life and betting on yourself before anyone else does.

Chapters:

00:00 Intro

02:00 Awareness, Prevention, and Taking Up Space

05:00 How Engaging First Defuses a Threat

08:30 55% of Your Safety Is Non-Verbal

13:00 Why Avoidance Is the Real Self-Defense Skill

16:00 Why Women Freeze (And Why It's Not Their Fault)

20:15 The Modern Women Safety System Explained

26:00 Teaching Girls to Trust Their Gut

30:30 The One Belief Every Woman Needs

35:00 Champions vs. Winners: The Internal Constitution

40:15 Why Cesalina Said Yes to Everest

44:00 Training for Everest: Pull-Ups and 9-Hour Days

48:30 What Acclimatization Really Feels Like

51:30 The Invisible Contract She Made on the Mountain

57:30 Self-Defense at 20,000 Feet

01:05:00 What Everest Proved About Jujitsu

01:19:30 Why Preparation Creates Peace, Not Anxiety

01:24:00 "Your Life Will Find You"

01:28:30 Gabby's Leading Question: What's the Point?

01:31:00 Cesalina's Next Chapter

About Cesalina Gracie:

A self-defense educator and women's safety advocate from the Gracie family - the Brazilian jiu-jitsu dynasty that changed martial arts. She is the creator of the Modern Women Safety System and, in 2024, became one of the few women to summit Mount Everest on her first attempt.

Connect with Cesalina Gracie: 

Website: https://cesalina.com/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/cesalinagracie

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cesagracie/

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The Gabby Reece Show

This is where I have real conversations with the people I find most worth listening to: scientists, athletes, coaches, parents, and thinkers who are doing the hard work of building a life that holds up over time. No hacks. No quick fixes. Just honest, practical conversations about performance, longevity, relationships, and what it actually takes to show up well at every age.

If you are here, you probably already know that health is not a destination. It is how you live. I am glad you are along for it.

Connect with Gabby Reece:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gabbyreece/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gabbyreeceofficial

Website: https://gabriellereece.com

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After 40, building and keeping muscle gets harder, joints take longer to recover, and the training volume that used to work starts costing more than it returns.

I sit down with Jesse Salas, movement coach and Foundation Training specialist, and Steve Munatones, co-creator of KAATSU Global, to break down how KAATSU actually works, who it's for, and how to use it to build muscle, support recovery, and extend the years you stay physically capable.

What we explore:

- How blood flow restriction training builds muscle with less load and less joint stress, especially after 40.

- Why vascular health is trainable, and how daily KAATSU use improves circulation, recovery, and energy over time.

- What the 12-minute post-KAATSU growth hormone window is and how to use it for performance or physical therapy.

- How KAATSU supports nervous system recovery and why it's being used for stress, sleep, and PTSD protocols.

- Who KAATSU is actually for: aging adults, injured athletes, sedentary beginners, and everyone in between.

Chapters:

00:00 Intro 

03:48 KAATSU Origins: Dr. Sato and the Aging Population 

07:37 How Blood Flow Restriction Actually Works 

09:32 Muscle Quality vs. Heavy Lifting 

13:19 Daily KAATSU Use and Cumulative Benefits 

17:29 Lactate, Healing Hormones, and Pain Relief 

20:16 Steve's 13 Years Training Under Dr. Sato 

25:20 KAATSU for Weight Loss and Pre-Diabetes 

49:50 KAATSU and Barbell Training: Strength Protocols 

57:22 Vascular Elasticity and Metabolic Longevity 

01:05:14 The 12-Minute Growth Hormone Window 

01:08:56 Nervous System Recovery: PTSD and Stress 

01:13:09 Habit Design: Getting the Bands On Daily 

01:40:48 Hydration and Fueling for KAATSU Training 

01:47:25 Core, Posture, and Foundation Training 

01:48:57 How to Get Started with KAATSU

About Jesse Salas:

Movement coach, former firefighter, and Foundation Training specialist. Jesse integrates KAATSU with breathwork and movement fundamentals to help athletes and everyday people train smarter, recover faster, and stay injury-free.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coachjsalas/

About Steve Munatones:

Co-founder of KAATSU Global and the person who brought Dr. Yoshiaki Sato's research from Japan to the world. After 13 years of direct training under Dr. Sato, Munatones has applied the technology across Olympic athletes, rehab patients, and aging populations on every level.

Website: https://www.kaatsu.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kaatsu_global/

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This is where I have real conversations with the people I find most worth listening to: scientists, athletes, coaches, parents, and thinkers who are doing the hard work of building a life that holds up over time. No hacks. No quick fixes. Just honest, practical conversations about performance, longevity, relationships, and what it actually takes to show up well at every age.

If you are here, you probably already know that health is not a destination. It is how you live. I am glad you are along for it.

Connect with Gabby Reece:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gabbyreece/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gabbyreeceofficial

Website: https://gabriellereece.com

Please note that this episode may contain paid endorsements and advertisements for products and services. Individuals on the show may have a direct or indirect financial interest in products or services referred to in this episode.

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There's no shortage of health advice. You don't need another supplement, another protocol, or another expert telling you what to optimize. What most people actually need is a better way to organize what already matters. 

This week I'm sharing the six pillars I've built my health around for the last 30 years of training, competing, raising a family, and running businesses. Not a program. Not a trend. A set of pillars that tested whether the system actually holds.

Habitat, mindset, breath, nutrition, movement, recovery, and connection. These aren't new ideas. They're the ones that keep showing up no matter what the research cycle says this week.  The goal isn't perfection across all of them. The goal is to know where you are, keep heading in the right direction and how to build your own version - because yours won't look exactly like mine, and it shouldn't.

What we explore:

- How your external and internal habitat - light, air, self-talk, and unresolved business - shapes your health more than most people realize.

- Why mindset only works when it's grounded in your actual values, not the ones you think you're supposed to have.

- How to use breath as a practical tool for down-regulation, activation, and recovery without needing a formal practice.

- What I eat, how I think about protein and carbohydrates at different life stages, and why I finally went on hormone therapy at 56.

- Why connection - starting with yourself - is the most biologically primitive and most neglected pillar of all.

Chapters:

00:00 Intro

01:20 The 6 Pillars That Actually Move the Needle

04:28 Small Home Changes That Reduce Your Toxic Load

06:01 Align Your Mindset With Your Real Values

11:30 Breathwork for Calm, Energy, and Better Sleep

16:38 How to Eat for Your Age, Activity, and Life Stage

19:41 Intermittent Fasting Rules Are Different for Women

22:38 How to Train Hard Without Injuring Yourself

28:24 Sauna, Cold Exposure, and Active Recovery Habits

32:05 Why Connection Starts With Yourself First

34:32 What 30 Years of Marriage Taught Gabby About Honesty

37:35 Hamilton House: Living the Pillars With Community

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This is where I have real conversations with the people I find most worth listening to: scientists, athletes, coaches, parents, and thinkers who are doing the hard work of building a life that holds up over time. No hacks. No quick fixes. Just honest, practical conversations about performance, longevity, relationships, and what it actually takes to show up well at every age.

If you are here, you probably already know that health is not a destination. It is how you live. I am glad you are along for it.

Connect with Gabby Reece:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gabbyreece/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gabbyreeceofficial

Website: https://gabriellereece.com

Please note that this episode may contain paid endorsements and advertisements for products and services. Individuals on the show may have a direct or indirect financial interest in products or services referred to in this episode.

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Your chronic pain, your tight hips, your inability to wind down… a lot of it isn't just aging or overtraining.

This week, I sit down with Liz Tenuto, somatic instructor and founder of The Workout Witch, to talk about what's actually driving the tension most people have been managing for years without ever addressing the root cause. Stress lives in the body. So does the solution.

What makes this conversation land is that Liz doesn't just teach this work, she lived her way into it. She came out of chronic pain, insomnia, and a genuinely hard few years. The tools she shares aren't theoretical. They're the ones that got her out.

What we explore:

- How 80 to 90% of stress and trauma is stored in the body rather than verbal memory, and why that's the missing piece for most people who've already done the mental work.

- Why the tight hips epidemic isn't a mobility problem - it's a psoas that never reset after your last stressful email.

- What "functional freeze" looks like for high-performing adults who are crushing it all day and then collapsing the moment they stop.

- How to know whether your chronic pain is structural or emotional - and the self-check you can do right now to start telling the difference.

- Why high-intensity exercise can spike cortisol and backfire when your nervous system is already in survival mode, and how to sequence your training around your actual stress state.

Chapters:

00:00:00 What Somatic Movement Actually Is

00:03:28 Little T Trauma: You Don't Need a Big Event to Be Carrying Something

00:07:00 Signs Your Nervous System Is Dysregulated Right Now

00:10:15 Why Nervous System Health Is the Next Frontier in Fitness

00:19:31 Why 80% of Your Stress Lives in the Body, Not the Mind

00:26:06 How to Tell the Difference Between Aging and Accumulated Tension

00:36:23 Functional Freeze: The Hidden State Draining High Performers

00:41:40 How to Know When Someone Has Actually Shifted

00:56:32 How to Start: Time, Frequency, and What to Expect

01:05:40 How Chronic Stress Disrupts Your Hormones and Health

01:08:32 Why High-Intensity Exercise Can Make Things Worse When You're Stressed

01:14:00 How to Build Stress Tolerance and Expand Your Capacity

01:25:06 Somatics vs. Talk Therapy: What Each Does Best

About Liz Tenuto:

Liz Tenuto is a somatic instructor, Pilates teacher, and Feldenkrais-trained practitioner with over 15 years of hands-on coaching experience. She's the founder of The Workout Witch, where she's built a science-backed somatic movement method that's reached more than 240,000 students and 4.8 million followers across platforms. She came to this work through her own story, chronic pain, insomnia, and a long search for what actually worked.

Connect with Liz Tenuto:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theworkoutwitch_/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theworkoutwitch_

Website: https://theworkoutwitch.com/

Book: https://theworkoutwitch.com/pages/book

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The Gabby Reece Show

This is where I have real conversations with the people I find most worth listening to: scientists, athletes, coaches, parents, and thinkers who are doing the hard work of building a life that holds up over time. No hacks. No quick fixes. Just honest, practical conversations about performance, longevity, relationships, and what it actually takes to show up well at every age.

If you are here, you probably already know that health is not a destination. It is how you live. I am glad you are along for it.

Connect with Gabby Reece:

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TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gabbyreeceofficial

Website: https://gabriellereece.com

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Your gut is running more of your life than you think.

I sit down with Dr. Karan Rajan, NHS surgeon, gut health researcher, and one of the clearest science communicators working today, to talk about why fiber is one of the most powerful levers you have for long-term health, how the gut shapes your mood and brain function, and what most people are getting dangerously wrong about protein, GLP-1s, and extreme elimination diets.

This isn't a conversation about cleanses or cutting food groups. It's about understanding your gut as a living system that responds directly to what you feed it, within 48 hours.

What we explore:

- How the gut microbiome directly shapes mood, mental health, and brain function and why diet is often the missing variable in depression treatment.

- Why high-protein, low-fiber eating is silently damaging your colon and what the data says about finding the right balance.

- What prebiotics, probiotics, and polyphenols actually do inside your body and how to combine them for maximum impact without buying a single supplement.

- How GLP-1 medications affect the gut microbiome and why you have to plan proactively for fiber and nutrient deficiencies if you're on one.

- Why fasting, spices, and something as simple as eating with your hands can meaningfully shift your gut health and the four lifestyle levers that matter more than any test or supplement.

Chapters:

00:00 Introduction

02:24 Why High Performers Are the Last to Take Care of Themselves

07:07 From Gut Surgeon to Microbiome Advocate: Dr. Karan Rajan's Origin Story

10:09 The Gut Bacteria Linked to Depression That Antidepressants Ignore

14:00 Prebiotics vs Probiotics vs Polyphenols: What Each One Actually Does

17:31 How to Add Fiber Without Destroying Your Social Life

20:36 The Protein Mistake Even Healthy People Make

29:21 How to Optimize the Pregnant Microbiome Before and During Pregnancy

33:12 What Your Poop Tells You That Your Oura Ring Never Will

43:36 Fasting Windows, Saunas, and What Science Says About Gut Health

47:23 GLP-1s Are Changing Your Microbiome: What You Need to Add Back

57:06 Why Treating One Organ at a Time Is Failing Patients

01:07:27 10 More Grams of Fiber Cuts Colon Cancer Risk by 10%

About Dr. Karan Rajan:

Dr. Karan Rajan is an NHS surgeon and clinical lecturer who trained in general and colorectal surgery before becoming one of the most trusted voices in online health education. His content, reaching millions across social media, strips medical science down to what's actionable, without losing the rigor. He's the author of This Book May Save Your Life and This Is Vital Information, and the co-founder of Loam, a fiber supplement built on the science he spent years researching. He lives at the intersection of clinical credibility and genuine accessibility, which is a rare and useful place to be.

Connect with Dr. Karan Rajan:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drkaranrajan/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dr.karanr

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This is where I have real conversations with the people I find most worth listening to: scientists, athletes, coaches, parents, and thinkers who are doing the hard work of building a life that holds up over time. No hacks. No quick fixes. Just honest, practical conversations about performance, longevity, relationships, and what it actually takes to show up well at every age.

If you are here, you probably already know that health is not a destination. It is how you live. I am glad you are along for it.

Connect with Gabby Reece:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gabbyreece/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gabbyreeceofficial

Website: https://gabriellereece.com

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You do the work. You train, you sleep, you eat well, you manage stress. And yet your joints still ache, recovery takes longer, and something just feels harder than it used to.

I sit down with David Watumull, co-founder and CEO of AX3, to talk about astaxanthin, a naturally occurring antioxidant he has spent his entire career studying, one that most people have never heard of despite having more than 4,000 peer-reviewed papers and 100 human clinical trials behind it.

This is not a conversation about the latest wellness trend. It's a deep look at the science of oxidative stress, chronic inflammation, and what actually happens inside your cells when the damage accumulates faster than your body can repair it.

What we explore:

- Why astaxanthin is categorically different from vitamins C and E, and how it works at every layer of the cell without ever becoming pro-oxidant.

- How chronic inflammation starts with oxidative stress upstream, and why blocking it at the source is safer than suppressing the immune response after the fact.

- Why this ingredient was one of only five agents in a 20-year NIH-funded program to extend mammalian lifespan by over 10 percent while also showing health span benefits.

- How astaxanthin protects joints, muscles, and mitochondrial energy production, and what the data on competitive cyclists actually demonstrates.

- What to look for in a supplement, why bioavailability determines whether you absorb anything at all, and how to build astaxanthin into a foundational daily stack.

Chapters: 

00:00 Intro

03:30 Why Astaxanthin Isn't Like Other Antioxidants

07:14 The Algae Origins of Astaxanthin

11:22 Salmon, the Food Chain, and Nature's Design

15:00 From Pharma Research to Supplement

18:21 The NIH Longevity Study Explained

23:15 mTOR, FOXO3, and the Aging Pathways

29:10 Safe Anti-Inflammatory for Joints and Athletes

35:15 Brain Protection and the Blood-Brain Barrier

38:02 Skin Health and Sun Damage from the Inside

45:00 Redox Balance and Liver Protection

48:35 Mitochondria, Energy, and Endurance Performance

53:00 How to Stack Astaxanthin with Other Supplements

57:10 Dosing, Bioavailability, and What Sets AX3 Apart

01:07:00 Why David Watumull Went All-In on One Ingredient

About David Watumull:

David Watumull is the co-founder and CEO of AX3, a supplement company built on more than two decades of astaxanthin research. He was introduced to the ingredient as a teenager working on algae ponds on the Big Island of Hawaii, and has spent his career advancing its science through pharmaceutical-grade manufacturing, NIH-funded longevity studies, and peer-reviewed cardiovascular research. His work sits at the intersection of rigorous science and practical supplementation, and it shows.

Connect with David Watumull:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davewatumull

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The Gabby Reece Show

This is where I have real conversations with the people I find most worth listening to: scientists, athletes, coaches, parents, and thinkers who are doing the hard work of building a life that holds up over time. No hacks. No quick fixes. Just honest, practical conversations about performance, longevity, relationships, and what it actually takes to show up well at every age.

If you are here, you probably already know that health is not a destination. It is how you live. I am glad you are along for it.

Connect with Gabby Reece:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gabbyreece/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gabbyreeceofficial

Website: https://gabriellereece.com

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What's actually in your food, and who's protecting the companies that put it there?

I sit down with Johanna Hellrigl, chef, restaurateur, board member of the Environmental Working Group, and founder of Ama, the mission-driven Northern Italian restaurant four blocks from the US Capitol, to talk about what's really happening in our food system, why your cookware matters as much as your ingredients, and how a woman who grew up in a Michelin-quality kitchen ended up fighting pesticide immunity bills and plastic migration in the same breath.

This conversation goes deeper than clean eating. Johanna walks through the specific decisions she makes every day, from the containers in her kitchen to the farms that grow her tomatoes, and explains why the real model for healthy eating has been sitting in Italian kitchens for centuries. She is building a case study that nourishing food, done with integrity, can also be a viable business. If you have ever felt overwhelmed by the food system or paralyzed by conflicting information, this episode gives you a clear-headed, practical place to start.

What we explore:

- How heat, fat, acid, and time create the conditions for plastic and chemicals to migrate directly into your food.

- Why 99% of food chemicals enter the US supply through a regulatory loophole that bypasses proper safety review.

- What rebuilding your gut microbiome actually requires, and why what happens in your gut controls far more than most people realize.

- How Johanna runs a restaurant rooted in love without sacrificing standards, consistency, or accountability.

- Why voting with your dollars and contacting your representatives are two of the most direct actions you can take right now.

About Johanna Hellrigl:

Johanna Hellrigl is a chef, restaurateur, and culinary advocate redefining what restaurants can stand for. She is the chef-owner of Ama, an award-winning Northern Italian restaurant in Washington, DC, named a James Beard Foundation semifinalist for Best Chef Mid-Atlantic in 2026 and recognized by Gambero Rosso for authenticity. Before opening Ama, she spent years in international democracy-building work across 61 countries, an experience that deepened her belief that food is one of the most powerful tools for connection and change. She sits on the board of the Environmental Working Group and works with the Plastic Pollution Coalition, bringing the same rigor she applies in her kitchen to the fight for a safer, more transparent food system.

Connect with Johanna Hellrigl:

Instagram (Chef Johanna): https://www.instagram.com/chefjohannahellrigl/

Instagram (Ama Restaurant): https://www.instagram.com/amarestaurant.bar/

Website: https://amarestaurant.bar

Timestamps

00:00 Intro

01:00 Growing Up in a Michelin Kitchen

05:08 How 61 Countries Brought Her Back to Food

08:00 Reclaiming the Family Meal

13:17 Pesticide Loopholes and Who Pays the Price

20:12 Finding Common Ground on Food Policy

29:00 Plastic, Cookware, and Cutting Board Basics

37:40 Meal Prep That Actually Works

43:40 Why She Opened Ama

56:23 Love, Standards, and Consistency in the Kitchen

01:01:06 What's Really Inside a Plate of Pasta

01:08:33 Healing the Gut After Antibiotic Overload

01:15:39 EWG, Plastic Pollution Coalition, and How to Get Loud

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This is where I have real conversations with the people I find most worth listening to: scientists, athletes, coaches, parents, and thinkers who are doing the hard work of building a life that holds up over time. No hacks. No quick fixes. Just honest, practical conversations about performance, longevity, relationships, and what it actually takes to show up well at every age.

If you are here, you probably already know that health is not a destination. It is how you live. I am glad you are along for it.

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Most people spend their whole lives solving problems that aren't the actual problem.

I sat down with Danny Morel, transformational coach, speaker, and author of Awaken, to talk about what it really takes to stop outsourcing your power and start doing the inner work that changes everything. Not the kind of change that looks good on paper. The kind that actually holds.

What we explore:

- Why grief can crack open the questions you've been avoiding for decades, and why that's actually the beginning of something good.

- How overachieving quietly becomes its own form of hiding, and why society keeps handing out rewards for it.

- What re-parenting actually means, and why the real healing work happens inside you, not in a conversation with your mom or dad.

- How to shift from victim consciousness to creator consciousness so every person in your life becomes a teacher instead of a problem.

- What the masculine and feminine actually are beneath the culture war noise, and why integrating both is the foundation for everything else.

Chapters

00:00 Why Danny Morel Started Asking Hard Questions

02:39 3 Questions After His Mom Passed 

04:43 Sitting Still as the Most Powerful Healing Tool 

09:17 Being You Requires No Effort 

14:14 How Your Mother's Wounds Became Yours 

17:12 When Logic Fails: Plant Medicine and Ceremony

21:02 You Learned Pain So You Can Unlearn It 

24:55 Re-Parenting Yourself From Within

30:58 From Victim to Creator Consciousness

36:35 What Ceremony Revealed About Divorce and Kids

39:02 How Danny Avoids Becoming a Guru

40:10 The Ladder of Consciousness Explained Simply

48:27 Breathwork, Cannabis, Mushrooms, and Ayahuasca

56:08 Why Religion Taught You to Outsource Your Power 

57:29 Why Alcoholics Are Sensitive People in Pain

01:04:16 The Truth About Masculine and Feminine Energy

01:06:36 The Infinity Symbol and How Energy Really Works 

01:10:54 Adam, Eve, and What the Bible Got Wrong

01:13:51 Healing Yourself Heals Your Whole Family

About Danny Morel:

Danny Morel is a transformational coach, speaker, and the author of Awaken, a book born from his own radical personal reckoning after the death of his mother, a marriage that fell apart, and years of building external success on an internal void. He hosts live immersive events that combine breathwork, somatic release, plant medicine ceremonies, and deep emotional excavation to help people break generational patterns and return to who they actually are. His work draws men and women who are done with surface-level solutions and ready to do something real.

Connect with Danny Morel:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dannymorel/

Website: https://www.dannymorel.com/

Book: Awaken Your Highest Self: The Limiting Beliefs That Keep You Stuck--And the Heart Work That Sets You Free

Get Awaken here: https://www.awakenbook.com/

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This is where I have real conversations with the people I find most worth listening to: scientists, athletes, coaches, parents, and thinkers who are doing the hard work of building a life that holds up over time. No hacks. No quick fixes. Just honest, practical conversations about performance, longevity, relationships, and what it actually takes to show up well at every age.

If you are here, you probably already know that health is not a destination. It is how you live. I am glad you are along for it.

Connect with Gabby Reece:

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Sensitivity gets a bad reputation. We treat it like a liability, something to manage, suppress, or grow out of. Oliver Nino thinks that's exactly backwards. I sit down with Oliver Nino, energy healer, entrepreneur, and founder of Authentic Living, to talk about what it actually means to be energetically sensitive, how that sensitivity becomes a liability when you don't have the tools to manage it, and what it looks like to work with your energy instead of against it.

This isn't a conversation about crystals or magic thinking. Oliver is 70-80% logical by his own admission. He ran businesses before he ran healing workshops. What he brings is a grounded, pattern-recognition approach to a topic most people either dismiss or over-mystify. Whether you're a high-output entrepreneur running on empty, a parent who absorbs everything your kids feel, or someone stuck in a loop you can't seem to break out of, this episode gives you a framework for understanding what's yours, what isn't, and how to stop carrying both.

What we explore:

- How growing up as an empath with no guardrails leads to adrenal fatigue, brain fog, and emotional depletion, and what to do about it.

- Why your intuition processes information 30 times faster than your logical mind, and how to learn to trust it without abandoning analytical thinking.

- What energy healing actually looks like in practice, from clearing generational blocks to group sessions of thousands, and why you don't need to know the source of a wound to heal it.

- How to build an energetic shield using intention, color, and sacred geometry: a simple 5-to-10-minute practice that has helped people with debilitating anxiety finally function in public.

- Why removing interference matters more than adding mindset hacks, and how signal-to-noise ratio is the real reason most people can't hear their own instincts.

Chapters:

00:00 Intro

01:29 How Empaths Absorb Other People's Pain Without Knowing It

06:12 Why Caretakers Have Nobody to Turn To

10:40 Why Entrepreneurship Requires Serious Internal Fuel

19:03 How Intuition Saved His Life and Built His Business

26:00 Why Red Flags Feel Like Green Flags Before You Heal

28:32 How Shared Purpose Built His Marriage

31:23 From the Philippines to Healing 100,000 People Online

37:17 Generational Trauma: You Don't Need to Know the Source to Clear It

42:20 How to Build an Energy Shield in 5 Minutes

49:01 Why Empaths and Addicts Are Drawn to Each Other

59:41 Why Stacking Spiritual Practices Multiplies Your Results

01:07:39 Your Light Is Your Best Protection Against Negative Energy

01:16:19 Stop Adding Hacks and Start Removing the Interference

01:19:44 Why Manifestation Fails Without Massive Action

01:24:53 How to Parent From Love Instead of Generational Programming

About Oliver Nino:

Oliver Nino is an energy healer, entrepreneur, and the creator of Authentic Living. Known online as the Spiritual Activator, Oliver has conducted over 10,000 individual healing sessions and now works with groups of thousands at a time, including events that have drawn 100,000 people online. His approach blends energetic clearing with practical, action-oriented principles, making his work accessible to skeptics and believers alike.

Connect with Oliver Nino:

Website: https://www.authenticliving.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spiritualactivator

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@spiritualactivator

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This is where I have real conversations with the people I find most worth listening to: scientists, athletes, coaches, parents, and thinkers who are doing the hard work of building a life that holds up over time. No hacks. No quick fixes. Just honest, practical conversations about performance, longevity, relationships, and what it actually takes to show up well at every age.

If you are here, you probably already know that health is not a destination. It is how you live. I am glad you are along for it.

Connect with Gabby Reece:

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Most people assume the treatment is the problem when it doesn't work.Dr. Vassily Eliopoulos, MD, a Co-Founder & Chief Medical Officer of Longevity Health Clinic, says it's almost never the treatment. It's the body that wasn't ready for it.

In this episode we get into stem cells, hormone panels, lab testing your doctor isn't running, and why so many people never actually feel good, not because the tools don't exist, but because the foundation was never built.

What we explore:

- Why tissue readiness determines whether stem cells and hormone therapy actually work.

- How optimizing your physiology before any treatment is the step most people skip entirely.

- Why the full hormone panel looks almost the same for men and women, and what most doctors get wrong about ordering it.

- How sleep deprivation accumulates over a lifetime and why it is one of the most underestimated drivers of aging.

- How chronic low-grade stress quietly erodes your hormones, your recovery, and your ability to think clearly.

- Why training the parasympathetic nervous system is a skill, not a personality trait, and how to actually build it.

- What morning sunlight and grounding do to your hormones, your circadian rhythm, and your energy for the rest of the day.

- Why most athletes are underfueled, underrecovered, and headed for early injury despite doing everything their sport demands.

- How early sport specialization is creating a generation of athletes whose bodies break down before they peak.

- How physical healing opens the door to deeper personal change, even when people are not looking for it.

- What microdosing psychedelics is showing in clinical practice and why it matters for people who feel stuck despite doing the work.

Chapters

00:00 Intro

05:20 How Stem Cells Actually Work

10:08 Optimizing Your Body Before Any Treatment

15:00 Pleasure vs. Joy and Self-Love

19:22 How to Find Your Real Purpose

29:42 What Really Happens When You Sleep

35:27 His Personal Health Wake-Up Call

41:40 The Lab Tests Your Doctor Skips

53:44 Morning Sunlight and Grounding Basics

58:22 Stress, Cortisol, and Your Nervous System

01:04:22 Hormone Disruptors in Athletes

01:12:39 Psychedelics and Physical Healing

01:18:28 Stem Cells for Skin Regeneration

About Dr. Vass, MD:

Dr. Vassily Eliopoulos, or simply known as Dr. Vass, spent years as an ER physician before walking away from a system he felt was treating symptoms, not people. Today he is the Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer of Longevity Health, where he combines functional, regenerative, and traditional medicine into one integrated approach. His work sits at the intersection of stem cell therapy, hormone optimization, and full-panel diagnostics, built around a simple premise: if the body isn't primed to heal, no treatment will perform the way it should.

Connect with Dr. Vass:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.vassily/

Website: https://longevityhealth.clinic/

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This is where I have real conversations with the people I find most worth listening to: scientists, athletes, coaches, parents, and thinkers who are doing the hard work of building a life that holds up over time. No hacks. No quick fixes. Just honest, practical conversations about performance, longevity, relationships, and what it actually takes to show up well at every age.

If you are here, you probably already know that health is not a destination. It is how you live. I am glad you are along for it.

Connect with Gabby Reece:

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Reinvention is a word that gets thrown around a lot. Dominique Sachse would call it a misread. I sit down with Dominique, Emmy Award-winning broadcast journalist, YouTube creator, author of Life Makeover, and host of Over 50 & Flourishing, to talk about what it actually takes to rebuild your identity in midlife, why letting go of control is not weakness, and how curiosity might be the most underrated tool any of us have.

After 28 years anchoring the news in Houston, Dominique walked away from a pension, a 401k, and a career identity she built from scratch, all while navigating a divorce and building an entrepreneurial brand from the ground up. This conversation goes deep on the psychological cost of high achievement, why driven women often end up lonely in their relationships, and what it looks like to build a life that holds up over time.

What We Explore:

- Why "reinvention" is the wrong frame, and how thinking of life as an unfolding rather than a reset changes everything about how you make hard decisions.

- How the same traits that make you exceptional at work will slowly hollow out your relationships, and what it looks like to finally course-correct without losing your edge.

- Why curiosity is the skill that keeps midlife from becoming a holding pattern, in love, in identity, and in every conversation you are scared to start.

- What the need for control actually costs you, and why the highest-performing women are often the ones who feel most invisible inside their own homes.

- How to approach aging, appearance, and the "how much is too much" question without losing yourself in the process.

Chapter:

00:00 Intro

03:00 Why Female Broadcasters Get Judged on Appearance First

09:05 Leaving Security Behind: Career, Divorce, and Starting Over

13:46 Midlife Women Are Craving Simplicity. Here Is Why.

18:38 Curiosity: The Skill That Keeps Midlife Moving Forward

25:00 Why High-Achieving Women Struggle in Relationships

29:40 Building a Faith-First Marriage That Actually Works

34:32 Why Too Much Polish Becomes Its Own Prison

39:43 How to Heal After Divorce: Journaling, Therapy, Patterns

46:09 What Minimum Wage Jobs Teach Kids About Life

49:09 Using Beauty and Style to Break Identity Attachments

52:42 Why Other People React When You Dare to Change

57:00 Aging Honestly: Lifestyle First, Then Decide What Else

About Dominique Sachse:

Dominique Sachse spent nearly three decades as an Emmy Award-winning broadcast journalist and anchor at KPRC in Houston, Texas. She launched her YouTube beauty and lifestyle channel in 2014 and built a community of nearly one million women who trust her to show up honestly about the real texture of midlife. She is the author of Life Makeover: Embrace the Bold, Beautiful and Blessed You and the host of the podcast Over 50 & Flourishing. Her work sits at the intersection of faith, identity, beauty, and honest self-examination, and she is one of the more grounded voices doing it at scale.

Connect with Dominique Sachse:

Website: https://dominiquesachse.tv/who-i-am/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dominiquesachse/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dominiquesachsetv

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dominiquesachse

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This is where I have real conversations with the people I find most worth listening to: scientists, athletes, coaches, parents, and thinkers who are doing the hard work of building a life that holds up over time. No hacks. No quick fixes. Just honest, practical conversations about performance, longevity, relationships, and what it actually takes to show up well at every age.

If you are here, you probably already know that health is not a destination. It is how you live. I am glad you are along for it.

Connect with Gabby Reece:

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Most people watch the Olympics and see the result. Chari Hawkins lived two and a half decades of work to get there, and almost didn't make it. I sit down with US Olympian and world-class heptathlete Chari Hawkins for a wide-ranging conversation about what it actually takes to build mental toughness from scratch, compete at the highest level with a broken heart, and figure out who you are when the sport is no longer the whole answer.

This is not a highlight reel conversation. Chari is honest about the panic attacks, the identity crises, the years of therapy, the breakdowns under a tent at track meets, and the visualization breakthrough that got her to the 2024 Paris Olympics. She's also sharp, curious, and deeply thoughtful about what sport teaches you about life, not the other way around. If you've ever had to do hard things while scared, this one is for you.

What we explore:

• Why tying your identity to a single role, athlete, title, achievement, sets you up for a crisis the moment it ends.
• How Chari used a three-word visualization framework to silence the fear before the race that got her to Paris.
• Why mental toughness is not a personality trait, and what the actual work of building it looks like under pressure.
• What not winning a World Championship medal gave her that a podium finish never could have.
• How competition-day nutrition, breathwork, and sleep tools function as a performance system, and what happens when you get them wrong.

Chapter:

00:00 Intro

01:35 Why Competing Can Disconnect You From Yourself

10:56 Why She Chose the Heptathlon

16:49 How to Learn New Skills Faster Than Everyone Else

21:31 Sports Psychology Tools That Actually Work

36:28 How to Support Someone After Failure

49:25 The “See, Feel, Trust” Performance Technique

01:00:10 Parenting, Discipline, and Mental Strength

01:12:41 Peak Performance and Age in the Olympics

01:24:05 Bouncing Back After a Devastating Moment

01:34:46 What Losing Teaches You That Winning Can’t

01:36:54 What Athletes Eat on Competition Day

01:47:08 Balancing Training, Recovery, and Performance

01:51:05 A 30-Day Plan to Build Mental Strength

02:00:22 Sprint Training Mindset and Workouts

02:11:17 Overcoming Injury Fear and Recovery

02:17:33 Sleep, Travel, and Mental Recovery Tools

02:28:46 Future Goals and Final Lessons 

About Chari Hawkins

Chari Hawkins is a US Olympic heptathlete who competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics. One of the most mentally transparent athletes in track and field, she has spent over 20 years competing at the world-class level across seven events, from the 100 hurdles to the 800m, and has become as well known for her openness about the mental side of sport as she has for her performance. She is based in Utah and trains alongside her husband CJ, who serves as both her training partner and one of her closest sources of perspective.

Connect with Chari Hawkins

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_charihawkins/ 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@_charihawkins 

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@_charihawkins 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChariTrack 

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There’s a difference between looking strong… and actually being resilient.

In this conversation, I sat down with Kris Gethin—someone who has spent decades pushing the limits of performance, recovery, and discipline.

But what stood out to me isn’t just how hard he trains.

It’s how clearly he understands that real strength isn’t just physical.

It’s mental.

It’s behavioral.

And it’s built through the small decisions we make every day.

Kris didn’t come into this world through a perfect path.

He found training through injury, through losing his identity, and through having to rebuild himself from the ground up.

And that’s really what this conversation is about.

Not optimization for the sake of looking better.

But using discipline as a way to stabilize your life.

In this episode, we cover:

Why doing hard things first thing in the morning changes your entire day

The difference between physical strength and mental capacity

How community—not just programming—is what actually drives long-term change

Why most people struggle to change even when they want to

The role of identity in building (or breaking) consistency

How nutrition, sleep, and environment shape your ability to perform

The balance between intensity and recovery

And what it really means to be “harder to kill”

A bigger takeaway

A lot of people are chasing performance, success, or some version of “better.”

But if your system—your sleep, your stress, your habits—isn’t aligned…

Everything feels harder than it should.

Kris has a very direct way of saying it:

Do the hard things first.

Build resilience.

And stop negotiating with yourself.

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In this episode, I talk with Anders Corbett, microbiome researcher and founder of Craft Microbiome, about how the bacteria living inside us may be influencing far more than we realize — from performance and recovery to cognition, mood, and long-term health.

Anders’ journey into microbiome science started at Harvard Medical School, where he sequenced his own microbiome as a former elite rower. What he discovered sparked a much bigger question: do elite athletes carry different microbial patterns than the rest of us?

That curiosity led him to study Olympic athletes, UFC fighters, NBA players, endurance competitors, and high-performing executives — identifying how certain bacterial strains correlate with inflammation control, lactate metabolism, testosterone signaling, VO₂ capacity, and stress resilience.

In this conversation, we explore the rapidly evolving science of the microbiome and human performance, including:

• How the microbiome shifts before and after elite competition

• Inflammation-reducing bacteria found in endurance athletes

• Growth-hormone–associated strains identified in sprinters

• Gut changes after concussive and non-concussive hits

• The gut-brain axis and its impact on mood and decision-making

• How bacteria influence dopamine and serotonin production

• Microbiome changes that tend to happen around 40 and again around 60

• Epigenetics and how microbes may turn genes on or off

• Why sunlight, soil exposure, and environment matter for microbial health

• How stress reshapes bacterial populations in the gut

• The future of performance-focused probiotic formulations

We also talk about something many of us overlook: how modern life — sterile environments, limited food diversity, chronic stress, antibiotics, travel, and poor sleep — may be reducing microbial diversity and resilience.

Anders shares practical ways to begin supporting your microbiome even if you’re not a professional athlete — including simple shifts that may improve sleep, digestion, recovery, focus, and energy.

This conversation bridges cutting-edge science with something more timeless: the idea that our bodies are ecosystems. And it raises a deeper question worth considering:

Who’s really in charge — you or your gut?

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In this episode, I sit down with Ariel Lorre to talk about something that I think a lot of people quietly wrestle with — how you rebuild your life when you realize the path you’re on isn’t working.

Ariel shares her story of addiction, recovery, and what it actually takes to change—not just externally, but internally.

From the outside, she had what most people would consider a stable, even ideal upbringing. But internally, she felt disconnected, uncomfortable in her own skin, and constantly searching for something to quiet that noise.

What started as a way to feel more at ease eventually turned into a decade-long struggle with addiction.

We talk about:

Why addiction doesn’t always look the way people expect

The role sensitivity plays in both struggle and healing

How alcohol and drugs can become a form of self-regulation

What it actually takes to get sober—and why timing matters

The “gift of desperation” and hitting a true turning point

Rebuilding trust with yourself and others

The concept of living amends and earning your way forward through action

How to begin discovering who you are when everything familiar is stripped away

The difference between self-improvement and control

Navigating beauty, aging, and identity in a world that constantly tells you to fix yourself

Ariel also shares how meditation, curiosity, and learning to sit with herself became foundational in her recovery—and how that process continues to evolve.

This conversation is really about identity, honesty, and permission.

Permission to change.

Permission to not have it all figured out.

And permission to become someone new.

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In this episode, I talk with Jiaming Ju, a practitioner of Chinese medicine and a health economist whose work sits at the intersection of traditional medicine, modern health challenges, and the pressures of high-performance living.

Jiaming works with a wide range of patients — from Olympic athletes and artists to CEOs and young women navigating hormonal health. What she sees in her practice is something we don’t talk about enough: the hidden cost of performance.

From the outside, many of these people look like the healthiest in the room. They’re disciplined, driven, and successful. But internally, many of them are struggling with hormonal disruption, autoimmune issues, digestive problems, chronic stress, and burnout.

In our conversation, we explore some of the patterns Jiaming sees again and again in her patients, and how Chinese medicine approaches health differently than the symptom-based model most of us are used to.

Instead of looking at isolated diagnoses, Chinese medicine asks a bigger question: what patterns are happening in the body as a whole?

Together we talk about:

• Why elite athletes — especially female athletes — often struggle with hormonal disruption

• The psychological pressure that comes with high performance and identity

• The rise of autoimmune diseases and thyroid disorders

• Why digestion and gut health are often at the center of chronic illness

• The emotional patterns that can show up in physical symptoms

• ADHD and how Chinese medicine interprets attention, energy, and focus

• The connection between eating disorders and hormonal health

• Fertility challenges and the growing reliance on IVF

• How stress and modern life may be pushing many bodies out of balance

• The relationship between emotional suppression and physical illness

• Skin health, beauty, and what they may reveal about internal health

We also talk about something that doesn’t get enough space in medical conversations: how people make decisions when facing serious diagnoses.

Jiaming shares why she encourages patients to slow down when possible, ask deeper questions, and consider the broader picture of their health before rushing into fear-based decisions.

This conversation is ultimately about something bigger than any single diagnosis. It’s about how we live, how we handle pressure, and how we listen — or don’t listen — to the signals our bodies are constantly sending us.

For me, it was a reminder that health is rarely about one thing. It’s about the system we’re living in — physically, emotionally, and culturally.

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In this episode, I'm joined by best-selling author, kenote speaker, and presence expert, Light Watkins to discuss living more in the moment, releasing attachment to conventional goal setting, and defining success as presence and gratitude rather than comfort or material markers. Drawing from his book The Year You Transform and a yearlong program of seven-day challenges, he explains the “tortoise approach” to personal growth: small, consistent actions that fit real life, build self-trust, and reduce nervous-system strain. We explore choosing manageable discomfort, designing environments to avoid self-sabotage, and how radical accountability can provide ultimate motivation for self improvement to help you accomplish your goals.

Chapters:

00:00 Accountability Check Hack

00:17 Nomad Life Update

01:45 Gratitude for Presence

04:46 Success vs Comfort Trap

06:29 Choose Small Discomforts

09:14 Tortoise Approach Basics

11:06 Habit Stacking Pushups

13:09 Why Seven Days Works

15:26 Discipline Blind Spots

20:01 Outside Advice and Validation

23:01 Sponsor Break Timeline

25:21 No Complaining Challenge

27:48 Complaints to Compliments

29:23 Curiosity Over Conflict

29:49 Meditation For Busy Minds

31:11 Mind As An Ally

33:58 Pro Attitude Mindset

36:56 Spiritual Warrior Lessons

37:46 Sponsor Manuka Honey

39:59 Redefining Success

43:11 Parenting By Example

44:14 Whats My Homework

49:03 Trusting Quiet Presence

53:45 Seagull Momentum Metaphor

55:13 Closing Reflections

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What if your metabolism, cravings, immune system — even your hormones — are being shaped by your gut?

In this episode of The Gabby Reece Show, Gabby sits down with microbiome scientist and Pendulum co-founder Dr. Colleen Cutcliffe to break down the real science behind gut health — beyond the buzzwords.

From premature birth and early antibiotic exposure to GLP-1, estrogen, cravings, and perimenopause, this conversation connects the dots between your microbiome and nearly every major system in your body.

If you’ve ever thought:

“Why am I gaining weight when nothing changed?”

“Why am I suddenly sensitive to foods?”

“Is this just aging… or something else?”

“Are GLP-1 drugs the only option?”

This episode will shift how you think about your body.

In This Episode, We Cover:

Why the microbiome is connected to all 11 organ systems

How early antibiotic use may affect long-term metabolic health

The truth about GLP-1 — and how your body produces it naturally

Why Akkermansia is considered a “keystone strain”

Gut health and perimenopause: what’s really happening

Estrogen, menopause, and emerging microbiome research

Why cravings may not be about willpower

How stress, aging, and travel deplete your gut

Fecal microbiome transplants — what they are and why they matter

How to rebuild a resilient gut (without extremes or shame)

Key Takeaway

The goal isn’t perfection.

It’s resilience.

A strong, diverse microbiome helps your body handle stress, hormonal shifts, aging, and even dietary slip-ups. And unlike your genetics — your gut can change.

Start with food.

Use tools wisely.

Pay attention to your body.

Connect with Dr. Colleen Cutcliffe

Website: https://pendulumlife.com

Instagram: @pendulumlife

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This episode was recorded live at The Reecet, a three-day women’s retreat hosted by Gabby in Los Angeles.

Thirty women gathered for an intimate, personalized health experience built around one goal: cutting through noise and focusing on what truly matters for women’s biology, strength, and long-term resilience.

Each guest completed pre-event health testing and participated in expert-led sessions across hormones, genetics, root-cause medicine, strength training, recovery, and confidence-building. The weekend included:

Hormone education with Dr. Sarah Hill

DNA personalization with Kashif Khan

Root-cause testing and 1:1 coaching with Dr. Ashley Beckman

Confidence training through Jiu Jitsu with Cesalina Gracie

Foundational health frameworks (“Basecamp”) with Juliet Starrett

Recovery sessions with Dr. Jason (Therabody)

HIGHX training, pool work, breathwork, fire and ice, and live discussion

This particular episode captures a live Q&A session — where the women of The Reecet asked Gabby direct, unscripted questions.

Topics explored in this conversation include:

How to avoid overwhelm in the pursuit of health

Why “doing less” can sometimes produce better outcomes

The difference between discipline and rigidity

How to stay consistent during busy seasons

Training through injuries and life transitions

Agency, intuition, and listening to your internal voice

Mental resilience and friction as a growth tool

Navigating self-doubt while building strength

The tension between performance and presence

How to build scaffolding around your life instead of chasing quick fixes

Gabby also shares her biggest takeaways from hosting this first all-women retreat:

Do Less.

Adding more isn’t always the solution. Many women are over-supplemented, over-scheduled, and overstimulated. Removing friction — not stacking more protocols — often creates more progress.

Conquer the Basics.

Sleep. Strength training. Protein. Recovery. Movement.

Before advanced interventions, master your foundation.

Listen to Yourself.

Confidence is built through self-trust. Learning to quiet outside noise — especially social media — and reconnect with your own internal signal is a lifelong skill.

This episode is less about theory and more about application — what it actually looks like to build a sustainable, grounded practice as a woman balancing work, family, health, and ambition.

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This week, Gabby talks with Dr. Taz — traditionally trained physician, integrative medicine expert, and founder of Whole Plus — about what it really means to practice medicine in today’s world.

They begin with the new U.S. health guidelines and unpack why Dr. Taz considers them a “win” — particularly the shift toward whole foods, protein, healthy fats, fiber, and the callout of ultra-processed foods. But the conversation quickly goes deeper.

They discuss why food pairing and portion size matter more than food labels, how blood sugar and inflammation are driving modern disease, and why simple carbohydrates may be at the center of the chronic illness epidemic.

From there, the episode moves into something bigger: shared decision-making in medicine. Dr. Taz explains why individualized care — especially in pediatrics — requires nuance, context, and trust between families and physicians. She shares her own journey through personal health struggles, how that experience reshaped her medical philosophy, and why healing requires more than just prescriptions and protocols.

Gabby and Dr. Taz also explore:

Micro habits that lower cortisol and improve metabolic health

The impact of blue light and screens on inflammation

Why 10-minute practices can shift your nervous system

The difference between “data-driven” health and intuitive health

Gender differences in how men and women approach wellness

The importance of family systems in long-term healing

Why medicine must move from authority to partnership

At its core, this conversation isn’t about trends or controversy. It’s about reconnecting science with spirit — and empowering families to think critically, ask better questions, and practice health in ways that actually work for their lives.

Chapters

00:00 – Why evidence-based holistic medicine matters

05:00 – The new U.S. health guidelines: what changed

10:00 – Simple carbs, insulin resistance, and inflammation

15:00 – Full-fat foods, meat, and food pairing nuance

22:00 – Why personalization beats rigid rules

30:00 – Gender differences in health blind spots

40:00 – Micro habits: 10-minute practices that shift cortisol

50:00 – Personalized medicine and micro-dosing prescriptions

58:00 – Pediatric care, shared decision-making, and gut health

1:08:00 – Trust in medicine and rebuilding relationships

1:18:00 – Medicine as a calling, not a business

1:24:00 – What keeps Dr. Taz grounded

Key Takeaways

• Pairing and portions matter more than labels.

• Inflammation and blood sugar instability drive most chronic disease.

• Micro habits can regulate cortisol without overwhelming change.

• Health is contextual — environment, stress, and family systems all matter.

• Personalized medicine isn’t alternative — it’s responsible.

• Shared decision-making builds trust between doctors and families.

• Nervous system regulation may be the foundation of long-term healing.

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Actor, creator, and entrepreneur Luke Cook joins Gabby Reece for an honest, funny, and deeply reflective conversation about creativity, rejection, faith, and building a meaningful life.

Luke shares his unconventional journey from growing up in Australia as the youngest of five, to chasing comedy and acting in Hollywood — including seven years of near-constant auditions with little visible success. He speaks candidly about rejection, identity, and why loving the craft itself matters more than external validation.

The conversation moves fluidly between creativity and discipline, faith and doubt, ego and humility. Luke reflects on fatherhood, marriage, and the grounding power of family — as well as the importance of play, presence, and not taking success (or failure) too seriously.

They also explore Luke’s entrepreneurial ventures, including building a “no-weird-stuff” protein shake brand, creative coaching for founders, and using humor to communicate without shame. Throughout, Luke emphasizes curiosity, integrity, and joy as essential ingredients for longevity — in work and in life.

This episode is about staying in the game, trusting the process, and remembering that success isn’t a destination — it’s how you live along the way.

⏱️ CHAPTERS

- Intro & meeting Luke

- Growing up the youngest of five

- Early love of performance and comedy

- Discipline, training, and loving the craft

- Moving to LA & chasing the dream

- Years of auditions and rejection

- Ego, ambition, and humility

- Faith, doubt, and finding a north star

- Marriage, fatherhood, and family grounding

- Creativity vs. external validation

- Building a values-driven business

- Content, comedy, and honest communication

- Relationships, partnership, and play

- What success really looks like

- Staying joyful in uncertainty

- Closing reflections

 WHAT STAYED WITH ME

Loving the work matters more than loving the outcome.

Rejection doesn’t end careers — quitting does.

Discipline follows passion.

When you care deeply enough, showing up becomes natural.

Ego needs humility to stay healthy.

Confidence fuels performance; humility keeps you grounded.

Family changes the definition of success.

Responsibility, presence, and play become the real markers.

Faith doesn’t eliminate doubt.

It gives you somewhere to return when things feel unstable.

Joy is a choice.

Especially when the path forward isn’t clear.

WHY IT’S WORTH SLOWING DOWN FOR THIS

We live in a culture that celebrates instant success and overnight wins — often ignoring the long, invisible seasons of work that come before them.

Luke’s story is a reminder that staying in the game matters.

That creativity doesn’t expire.

And that meaning is built through patience, integrity, and connection — not applause.

If you’re navigating uncertainty, rejection, or a season of waiting, this conversation offers perspective worth sitting with.

FIND LUKE

Luke Cook

Instagram & TikTok: https://www.instagram.com/thelukecook

Protein brand: https://getshakewell.com

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This week, Gabby sits down at home with her husband and partner of more than three decades, Laird Hamilton, for an honest conversation about love — not the romanticized version, but the lived-in, day-to-day kind.

Together, they reflect on what has sustained their relationship through parenting, careers, loss, pressure, and growth. From small daily habits to hard conversations, they talk about why love is built through consistency, not intensity — and why partnership works best when you act like teammates, not competitors.

They explore what it means to love through action, how independence actually strengthens intimacy, and why respect, service, and endurance matter more than grand declarations. They also share lessons on parenting daughters, staying playful, navigating conflict, and creating freedom inside commitment.

It’s a raw, funny, and deeply human look at what it takes to stay connected — and why the strongest relationships are built slowly, deliberately, and with care.

Chapters

00:00 — A Valentine’s conversation at home

03:10 — Teammates vs. competitors

07:40 — Love as action, not words

11:20 — Facing conflict instead of avoiding it

16:00 — Why you can’t “save” someone

19:30 — Stop searching, start becoming

23:00 — Service and showing up for each other

27:30 — Chemistry, passion, and partnership

31:15 — Repairing trust after hard seasons

35:00 — Pride, forgiveness, and endurance

40:20 — Need-to-know communication

45:10 — Parenting daughters & modeling respect

50:30 — Accountability, movement, and staying healthy together

55:00 — Community, friendships, and why people matter

59:30 — Freedom inside commitment

1:04:00 — Appreciation, daily habits, and the small things that last

What Stayed With Me

Love is built in small, repeatable moments.

It’s the daily coffee, the airport ride, the quiet acts of care.

Endurance matters more than intensity.

Staying is often the bravest thing you can do.

You can’t save someone.

Two whole people make a stronger partnership than two halves.

Respect fuels attraction.

Trust grows when both people consistently hit the mark.

Service is strength.

Helping your partner win doesn’t make you smaller — it makes the team stronger.

Freedom and commitment can coexist.

The healthiest love gives both security and space.

Community is medicine.

Relationships — not achievements — sustain long-term happiness.

Why This Matters

We live in a culture that chases quick fixes and big gestures. But the research — and real life — show that long-term happiness comes from steady relationships, honest communication, and shared effort.

This episode is a reminder that love isn’t something you find once.

It’s something you practice — every day.

Whether you’re partnered, single, married, or rebuilding, these principles apply to every relationship in your life.

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Website: https://lairdhamilton.com

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Dr. Gabrielle Lyon—physician and leading voice in muscle-centric medicine— returns to talk with Gabby Reece about her new book, Forever Strong: The Playbook—a practical, tactical guide to building strength for life. They unpack why the health conversation went sideways into weight-loss obsession, why sarcopenia (loss of muscle and strength) may be the next major epidemic—especially in the era of GLP-1s—and how muscle impacts everything from blood sugar to long-term brain health.

They also get into what “neutrality” looks like for high performers, why consistency is less about motivation and more about clarity, and how to simplify protein and training without making it complicated. Plus: recovery, minimum effective dose, intramuscular fat vs. body fat, blood flow restriction training, and why Dr. Lyon keeps her kids off screens.

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Neuroscientist and educator Jared Cooney Horvath joins Gabby Reece to break down how learning really works — from attention and memory to motivation and behavior change. A practical conversation on why many common teaching methods fail, what neuroscience actually supports, and how we can learn more effectively at any age.

FIND JARED

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Legendary photographer Brian Bowen Smith joins Gabby Reece for a wide-ranging conversation on artistry, risk, trust, and why doing the work—quietly and consistently—still matters. From rollerblading and acting to shooting the most recognizable faces in culture, Brian shares the long road to mastery, the power of restraint, and what it really means to live a creative life with integrity.

FIND BRIAN

Brian Bowen Smith

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brianbowensmith

Website: https://www.brianbowensmith.com

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Blake Mycoskie joins Gabby Reece for an honest conversation about success, identity, mental health, and the search for worth beyond achievement. From founding TOMS to rebuilding his life and purpose, Blake shares how healing begins when external validation no longer defines who you are.

🔗 FIND BLAKE

Enough (Mental Health Nonprofit): https://www.weareenough.org

Instagram: @blakemycoskie

Upcoming Podcast: No Magic Pill (launching during Mental Health Awareness Month)

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Mark Manson joins Gabby Reece to talk about responsibility, authenticity, relationships, and choosing the problems that actually matter. A grounded conversation on identity, commitment, and what it means to live well in a complicated modern world.

ABOUT MARK MANSON

Mark Manson is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, entrepreneur, and thinker best known for The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, Everything Is F*cked, and The Will Smith Memoir. His work blends psychology, philosophy, and cultural critique to help people live more honest, grounded, and meaningful lives.

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Erwan Le Corre, founder of MovNat, joins Gabby Reece to explore natural movement, breath-hold training, and what it means to move — and live — with more freedom. They discuss movement poverty, functional strength vs. appearance, outdoor training, and how simple daily practices can restore resilience, calm, and confidence in the body.

FIND ERWAN

Natural Movement (MovNat): https://www.movnat.com

Breath-Hold Training: https://www.breathholdwork.com

Instagram: @erwanlecorre

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Two longtime friends go deep. Joakim Noah—two-time NCAA champion, NBA All-Star, Defensive Player of the Year—joins Gabby to talk identity after sport, learning to give himself grace, fatherhood, and why trust is a coach’s real superpower. He shares the story behind his new travel/interview series Nomad, how losses shaped him more than wins, what Chicago taught him about community, and the mindset shift from “run through a wall” to leading with curiosity. Real talk on injuries, NIL, nature as counterbalance, and building a life that’s strong, calm, and connected.

FIND JOAKIM

Nomad | NBA Take Two on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNycYzLEhNc

Noah’s Ark Foundation — youth programs & violence prevention: https://www.noahsarcfoundation.org/

IG: @joakimnoah https://www.instagram.com/stickity13/

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In this episode, Gabby sits down with Dr. Mindy Pelz to reframe what it really means for women to age. They break down the science of the menopausal brain, why mood and identity shift in midlife, and how fasting, nutrition, movement, and mindset can help women feel clearer, stronger, and more connected. This is an empowering conversation about entering your second act with energy, purpose, and confidence.

Connect with Dr. Mindy Pelz

Website:

Instagram: @drmindypelz

Books: Fast Like a Girl, Age Like a Girl

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In this candid, wide-ranging conversation, Gabby sits down with biohacker and author Ben Greenfield to explore what it really takes to live strong, grounded, and connected in today’s comfort-driven world. From building a 100-page family constitution and raising twin sons with purpose to experimenting with stem cells, plasma therapy, and cold exposure, Ben shares the rituals, science, and mindset behind his “warrior to wizard” evolution. They unpack everything from travel-proof fitness and daily mobility to faith, family, and the fine line between optimizing and overdoing it.

It’s a deep dive into high performance, parenting, and human potential—anchored by one simple truth: real resilience starts at home.

If you enjoyed this episode, share it with a friend and leave a rating — it helps the show reach more people who want to live with strength, clarity, and intention.

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Books: Boundless, Boundless Parenting

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Disclaimer: This episode includes discussion of medical procedures and lab testing. It is educational only and not medical advice. Consult your clinician before beginning or changing any protocol.

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An inspiring conversation with Bryan Hubbard as he shares his journey from Appalachian roots and a career in law to leading groundbreaking reform in addiction treatment. Discover how personal loss, the opioid crisis, and transformative experiences with psychedelics like ibogaine have shaped his mission to bring hope and healing to those struggling with trauma and dependency. Don’t miss this powerful story of resilience, advocacy, and the fight for real change.

Resources & Links:

Americans for Ibogaine: americansforibogaine.org

Beyond and Ayo Clinics (Ibogaine treatment centers in Mexico)

Inner Vision Iboga (Juliana Mulligan’s organization for clinic guidance)

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Gabby welcomes Dr. Sarah Hill, author of "The Period Brain," to discuss the science behind women’s hormones, birth control, and how understanding your cycle can empower you. They explore how hormonal changes impact everything from mood and libido to decision-making and resilience, and why tracking your cycle is key to self-awareness and well-being.

Key Topics:

The science of the "period brain" and how hormones influence the female mind and body

Birth control options: pros, cons, and how different generations of contraceptives affect women

The impact of hormonal birth control on mood, libido, and partner choice

The importance of understanding and tracking your menstrual cycle

How hormonal changes affect resilience, stress, and mental health

The role of lifestyle, nutrition, and social support in hormonal health

Strategies for building resilience and managing PMS, PMDD, and perimenopause

The connection between early life experiences, inflammation, and women’s health

Notable Quotes:

“Our brain is designed to keep us alive, not keep us happy.”

“Feelings aren’t facts—anxiety and fear are liars.”

“Take immaculate care of yourself, especially during times of hormonal transition.”

Resources Mentioned:

Dr. Sarah Hill’s books: "The Period Brain" and "This Is Your Brain on Birth Control"

Dr. Hill’s website: sarahehill.com

International Association of Premenstrual Disorders: IAMPD

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Website: sarahehill.com

Social: @SarahEHillPhD

Takeaway:

Understanding your hormones and tracking your cycle can help you make empowered choices for your health, relationships, and well-being. Whether you’re navigating birth control, PMS, or menopause, knowledge and self-compassion are key.

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How to Use the Power of Your Hormones to Supercharge Your Life — with Dr. Sarah Hill

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Dr. David Spiegel is one of the world’s leading experts on hypnosis, mind body medicine, and the power of focused attention. With over four decades of clinical work and research at Stanford, he explains how self hypnosis can help you reduce stress, manage pain, improve sleep, break habits, and shift long held patterns that keep you stuck.

Dr. Spiegel also guides me through a short self hypnosis exercise that reveals how quickly the mind can influence the body. We explore why some people are more hypnotizable than others, how trauma and imagination shape the brain, and how to use these tools to change your internal narrative and strengthen emotional resilience.

This conversation is full of practical insights about stress, anxiety, performance, grief, and the ways we can reprogram the stories we tell ourselves. If you have ever wondered whether hypnosis is real, or how the brain can change your lived experience, Dr. Spiegel offers research backed clarity and simple techniques anyone can try.

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PERIMENOPAUSE REVOLUTION: Women's health expert Dr. Mariza Snyder and Gabby Reece discuss how to fix your hormones, balance blood sugar, reverse midlife body changes, and THRIVE during perimenopause and menopause. Dr. Snyder exposes why the current medical system fails women.

Dr. Mariza Snyder, author of The Perimenopause Revolution, shares essential, actionable solutions for the symptoms of perimenopause and menopause. Learn the crucial difference between the reproductive years, perimenopause (which can start as early as your mid-30s), and menopause, and why supporting cellular energy and mitochondrial function is the most critical step you can take after age 30.'

Dr. Snyder explains how the demands of modern life, such as stress, diet, and lack of community are actively working against optimal hormone health. She provides science-backed strategies for supporting progesterone, balancing testosterone, and reducing the "window of vulnerability" for insulin resistance that often occurs in midlife.

This conversation is a must-watch for any woman navigating her 30s, 40s, and 50s who wants to feel energized, balanced, and in control of her health.

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#perimenopause #menopause #hormonehealth #womenshealth #gabbyreece #drmarizasnyder00:00:00 Introduction & Mariza’s Mission
00:07:45 Discovering Hormone Health
00:13:20 Breaking the Burnout Cycle
00:21:00 Stress, Cortisol & Energy Crashes
00:28:40 Food, Fasting & Female Hormones
00:36:25 Morning Routines That Heal
00:44:50 The Power of Essential Oils
00:52:35 Overcoming Guilt & Finding Balance
01:00:15 Building Daily Rituals for Wellness
01:08:30 Supporting Women Through Each Phase
01:16:40 Final Reflections & Practical Advice

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Clinical psychologist and author Dr. Diana Hill joins Gabby to explore how to channel your energy with intention and align your strengths for greater clarity and purpose. While discussing her new book Wise Effort, she explains to Gabby and the audience that each of us has a “genius” that we haven’t yet tapped into. Drawing on mindfulness and behavioral science, Diana shares how to move from striving to wise effort by knowing when to push, when to pause, and how to focus your time on what truly matters. Together they discuss self compassion, discipline and how to cultivate balance while pursuing meaningful goals.

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Chapters

• 00:00 Introduction and Today's Message


• 00:26 Guest Introduction: Diana Hill


• 00:48 Sponsor Message: Timeline Longevity Gummies


• 02:57 Diana Hill's New Book: Wise Effort


• 05:46 Diana's Personal Journey and Struggles


• 06:34 The Myth of Persephone and Personal Genius


• 08:05 Understanding and Managing Personal Traits


• 12:08 The Role of Supportive Relationships


• 14:08 Finding Balance and Self-Acceptance


• 34:47 Curiosity and Its Importance


• 37:44 Navigating Grief with Curiosity


• 39:06 The Rise of Openness in Psychology


• 40:42 The Tushy Bidet Experience


• 42:48 Understanding Wise Effort


• 50:51 Compassion vs. Empathy


• 58:32 Possibility vs. Probability


• 01:04:11 Final Thoughts and Reflections

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In this episode, Gabby Reece sits down with Anna Runkle, known online as the Crappy Childhood Fairy, to discuss her new book, 'Connectability'. Anna shares her personal journey of overcoming the long-term effects of growing up in a chaotic home filled with unpredictability, alcoholism, trauma and neglect. She emphasizes the importance of self-regulation, rebuilding trust and fostering meaningful connections with yourself and others. In addition, she sheds light on her own experience in therapy and the epiphany that changed her life and led her to the work she currently does. Though she admits therapy can be helpful for many, she brings up the idea that repetition and rumination weren’t helping her move forward.

Anna describes effective techniques such as written prayer and meditation practices that have helped her and millions of others around the world. The episode also touches on healthy relationships, practical strategies for personal growth and Anna’s unique, hands-on approach to healing childhood trauma.

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• 00:32 Guest Introduction and Book Discussion


• 02:51 Anna Runkel's Background and Childhood


• 04:42 Coping Mechanisms and Personal Growth


• 09:19 Understanding Trauma and Therapy


• 25:36 Parenting and Personal Practices


• 30:02 Techniques for Healing and Relationships


• 39:13 The Impact of Early Attachment in Relationships


• 40:41 The Importance of Letting Men Take the Lead


• 41:04 Personal Experience with Relationship Dynamics


• 41:53 Introduction to Superpower Health Service


• 44:33 Navigating Personal Conflicts and Self-Regulation


• 47:54 Effective Communication and Setting Boundaries


• 57:43 The Role of Self-Care and Meditation


• 01:10:09 Final Thoughts and Resources

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Dr. Caroline Fleck shares with Gabby Reece the #1 communication skill from psychology (DBT) you need to master: VALIDATION. Learn how this essential relationship tool will transform your marriage, parenting, and friendships. The psychologist & author of Validation breaks down the exact steps to build deep connection, manage conflict, and achieve emotional regulation.

In this powerful episode of The Gabby Reece Show, host Gabby Reece and Dr. Caroline Fleck, a clinical psychologist and author of the book Validation: How the skillset that revolutionized psychology will transform your relationship, increase your influence, and change your life, discuss the profound impact of true validation.

Validation is more than just listening or feeling empathy; it is a communication skill that must be mastered to truly convey understanding and acceptance. Dr. Fleck reveals why this essential skill is typically only taught in advanced doctoral psychology programs (Dialectical Behavior Therapy or DBT) and how you can apply it to your everyday life to build stronger bonds and reduce conflict.

Key Takeaways You'll Learn:

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  The crucial difference between "problem-solving" and "validation" in real-life scenarios, especially with children.

  
  


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  The six levels of validation (the "validation ladder") and how to use them to instantly improve your communication.

  
  


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  Practical strategies for managing intense emotions and conflict using DBT's TIP skills (Temperature, Intense Exercise, Paced Breathing).

  
  


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  The power of a genuine apology, even as a parent, to model the behavior you want your kids to learn.

  
  


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  How to disclose your own experience to connect without overshadowing the other person's pain (the "flip it back" technique).

  
  

Don't miss these evidence-based strategies for better communication and personal transformation!

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