Dom Cianciotto embodies what it means to be resilient. He underwent open heart surgery at age 33 in 2023 and is now training to run his first marathon. Dom is a mentality and breathwork expert who teaches others to learn to adapt to stress & build Resilience. He is also the Director of Community + Experiences at Plunge.

In this episode, Dom and I get vulnerable about the struggles we have both faced mentally, physically, spiritually, and emotionally after suffering cardiac episodes. Dom also opens up about his past in the entertainment space and how he went from throwing ragers for some of the world's top musical artists to starting his own experiential wellness company and ultimately landing a job with Plunge.

This is a powerful episode that will change the way you view hardship and develop the mindset of resiliency and the ability to overcome any challenge life throws your way.

Key Points:

• Leaving Montana and moving to NYC to pursue arts, entertainment, and food
• Benefits of cacao for heart health
• Making wellness fun and accessible to others
• Transitioning out of partying with musicians to the world of health and wellness
• Overcoming depression by cutting out alcohol and partying
• Giving yourself permission to explore and find what you are passionate about
• Failing twice at building a supplement company
• Why you need to pump out high volume early on to get your thing seen and recognized
• Working in your business vs. on your business
• The dangers of saying “yes” to too many things
• The power of presence
• Tapping into a higher version of ourselves through stillness
• Rebuilding his body after having open-heart surgery
• Running a mile 31 days post-op
• Remaining grateful during the darkest hours
• Knowing when to go fast and when to slow down
• Signals to look for to avoid burning yourself out
• Cold plunging and lifting weights after heart surgery
• Dom’s definition of Pure Ambition

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