The BluePrint with Dr. Erik Korem

Over 415 million people worldwide struggle with rosacea’s visible symptoms like facial redness, flushing, and acne breakouts. But skin health expert Joy McCarthy reveals the hidden factors behind this inflammatory condition, empowering sufferers with a plan of action.

Learn:

• The multifactorial causes including hormones, products, SIBO, sleep, stress, and more
• Lifestyle tweaks like anti-inflammatory eating and better sleep hygiene
• Top supplements to calm skin irritation
• Why McCarthy says antibiotics only offer short-term relief
• How to address root causes, not just visible symptoms, for lasting transformation
• Tips to protect sensitive rosacea-prone skin from sun exposure

McCarthy brings over a decade of wisdom as a holistic nutritionist guiding people to clear skin from within. Her insightful approach gives you hope through understanding the root triggers behind redness and breakouts. Get ready to feel equipped and empowered on your journey to balanced, nourished skin.

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Quotable moments:

"Depression and anxiety are very common with people who suffer from rosacea. And the problem is that the dermatological approach doesn't address the root cause." - Joy McCarthy

"I think, you know, I have, I can share, I have, you know, many different articles and podcasts that I've done on it that kind of go through like what are all of the root causes, and you kind of have to just go through all of them if you want to address it from a more natural perspective." - Joy McCarthy

"When you have rosacea, your skin barrier and your skin microbiome is compromised, so you don't have that natural protection." - Joy McCarthy

ABOUT THE BLUEPRINT PODCAST:

The BluePrint Podcast is for busy professionals and Household CEOs who care deeply about their families, career, and health. Host Dr. Erik Korem distills cutting edge-science, leadership, and life skills into simple tactics optimized for your busy lifestyle and goals.   Dr. Korem interviews scientists, coaches, elite athletes, entrepreneurs, entertainers, and exceptional people to discuss science and practical skills you can implement to become the most healthy, resilient, and impactful version of yourself.

On a mission to equip people to pursue audacious goals, thrive in uncertainty, and live a healthy and fulfilled life, Dr. Erik Korem is a High-Performance pioneer. He introduced sports science and athlete-tracking technologies to collegiate and professional (NFL) football over a decade ago. He has worked with the National Football League, Power-5 NCAA programs, gold-medal Olympians, Nike, and the United States Department of Defense.

Erik is an expert in sleep and stress resilience. He is the Founder and CEO of AIM7, a health and fitness app that unlocks the power of wearables by providing you with daily personalized recommendations to enhance your mind, body, and recovery.

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In this episode, I share 3 keys to elite performance that I learned from my time in the NFL and from training Olympic gold medalists.

You’ll discover:

• The critical role of talent - and passion - in fueling results
• Why you must hire “A Players” at every level
• The trap of good intentions but weak plans
• Why building resilient “adaptive capacity” is key
• Why high performance takes more than skill

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Quotable moments:

"You don't rise to the level of your expectations. You fall to the level of your training."

"You're either trained or you're untrained...you fall to the level of your training." - Dr. Erik Korem

"Capacity trumps capability." - Jeff Bandman, Former CIA & Army Ranger

ABOUT THE BLUEPRINT PODCAST:

The BluePrint Podcast is for busy professionals and Household CEOs who care deeply about their families, career, and health. Host Dr. Erik Korem distills cutting edge-science, leadership, and life skills into simple tactics optimized for your busy lifestyle and goals.   Dr. Korem interviews scientists, coaches, elite athletes, entrepreneurs, entertainers, and exceptional people to discuss science and practical skills you can implement to become the most healthy, resilient, and impactful version of yourself.

On a mission to equip people to pursue audacious goals, thrive in uncertainty, and live a healthy and fulfilled life, Dr. Erik Korem is a High-Performance pioneer. He introduced sports science and athlete-tracking technologies to collegiate and professional (NFL) football over a decade ago. He has worked with the National Football League, Power-5 NCAA programs, gold-medal Olympians, Nike, and the United States Department of Defense.

Erik is an expert in sleep and stress resilience. He is the Founder and CEO of AIM7, a health and fitness app that unlocks the power of wearables by providing you with daily personalized recommendations to enhance your mind, body, and recovery.

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We know the basics: sleep, nutrition, community, and movement. But putting them into daily practice is easier said than done. After 500+ interviews with diverse health experts, what tactics does leading podcaster Abel James find cut through the hype?

Well, you’ll have to listen to find out!

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Quotable moments:

“It’s mostly a matter of doing it, you know, so there are so many things in life where it's just like, Oh yeah, I know that I should probably stay away from flowers and sugars and, but it's the holidays and I know that I should do it." - Abel James

"If you are trying to haphazardly jump from One way of doing things to another without really putting that time in to test to see if it works for you, then you're not going to ultimately get, get that good of results." - Abel James

"People can heal so much from, they can go from being half dead or almost completely dead to being high performers again." - Abel James

ABOUT THE BLUEPRINT PODCAST:

The BluePrint Podcast is for busy professionals and Household CEOs who care deeply about their families, career, and health. Host Dr. Erik Korem distills cutting edge-science, leadership, and life skills into simple tactics optimized for your busy lifestyle and goals.   Dr. Korem interviews scientists, coaches, elite athletes, entrepreneurs, entertainers, and exceptional people to discuss science and practical skills you can implement to become the most healthy, resilient, and impactful version of yourself.

On a mission to equip people to pursue audacious goals, thrive in uncertainty, and live a healthy and fulfilled life, Dr. Erik Korem is a High-Performance pioneer. He introduced sports science and athlete-tracking technologies to collegiate and professional (NFL) football over a decade ago. He has worked with the National Football League, Power-5 NCAA programs, gold-medal Olympians, Nike, and the United States Department of Defense.

Erik is an expert in sleep and stress resilience. He is the Founder and CEO of AIM7, a health and fitness app that unlocks the power of wearables by providing you with daily personalized recommendations to enhance your mind, body, and recovery.

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Developing grit and resilience is crucial for achieving success during challenging times. So how do Navy SEALs cultivate an “unbeatable mindset” in the face of extreme adversity? In this episode, retired Navy SEAL Commander Mark Divine reveals the specific strategies and daily practices used by elite special operators to build relentless mental toughness.

With over 20 years experience as a SEAL officer and SEAL trainer, Mark has created resilience programs for Fortune 500 CEOs, Olympic athletes, and special operations units globally. He distills potent neuroscience and time-tested tactics into simple, battle-tested tools you can apply immediately.

Learn:

• Why optimizing physical health is the foundation of mental resilience
• How box breathing rewires your nervous system for calm focus
• Daily mindfulness practices to master your mental energy
• Training your mind using “stacked” ritual disciplines
• How to turn obstacles into opportunities for accelerated growth
• Why resilience means radically accepting “the suck”
• How to visualize positive outcomes during setbacks

If you want to thrive in volatile times, this straight-talk with one of the world’s top performance experts will equip you with the skills to overcome anything. Tune in now to forge your own unbeatable mindset.

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Quotable moments:

"Resiliency is embracing the suck of the obstacles and actually looking forward to them." - Mark Divine

"When you devote mental energy in the form of positive dialogue and visualization...your body will comply because it's all energy." - Mark Divine

"I have a saying that if you're not training your mind, then someone else is training it for you." - Mark Divine

ABOUT THE BLUEPRINT PODCAST:

The BluePrint Podcast is for busy professionals and Household CEOs who care deeply about their families, career, and health. Host Dr. Erik Korem distills cutting edge-science, leadership, and life skills into simple tactics optimized for your busy lifestyle and goals.   Dr. Korem interviews scientists, coaches, elite athletes, entrepreneurs, entertainers, and exceptional people to discuss science and practical skills you can implement to become the most healthy, resilient, and impactful version of yourself.

On a mission to equip people to pursue audacious goals, thrive in uncertainty, and live a healthy and fulfilled life, Dr. Erik Korem is a High-Performance pioneer. He introduced sports science and athlete-tracking technologies to collegiate and professional (NFL) football over a decade ago. He has worked with the National Football League, Power-5 NCAA programs, gold-medal Olympians, Nike, and the United States Department of Defense.

Erik is an expert in sleep and stress resilience. He is the Founder and CEO of AIM7, a health and fitness app that unlocks the power of wearables by providing you with daily personalized recommendations to enhance your mind, body, and recovery.

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Today, I will discuss the three most important factors to monitor and enhance your sleep and recovery. I will explain why you should disregard deep and REM sleep metrics on your wearable device and highlight the information you should actually focus on.

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Quotable moments:

"You need about seven to nine hours a night...that's the golden window." - Dr. Erik Korem

"Going to bed earlier and waking up earlier by one hour could reduce the risk of major depression by 23%." - Dr. Erik Korem

ABOUT THE BLUEPRINT PODCAST:

The BluePrint Podcast is for busy professionals and Household CEOs who care deeply about their families, career, and health. Host Dr. Erik Korem distills cutting edge-science, leadership, and life skills into simple tactics optimized for your busy lifestyle and goals.   Dr. Korem interviews scientists, coaches, elite athletes, entrepreneurs, entertainers, and exceptional people to discuss science and practical skills you can implement to become the most healthy, resilient, and impactful version of yourself.

On a mission to equip people to pursue audacious goals, thrive in uncertainty, and live a healthy and fulfilled life, Dr. Erik Korem is a High-Performance pioneer. He introduced sports science and athlete-tracking technologies to collegiate and professional (NFL) football over a decade ago. He has worked with the National Football League, Power-5 NCAA programs, gold-medal Olympians, Nike, and the United States Department of Defense.

Erik is an expert in sleep and stress resilience. He is the Founder and CEO of AIM7, a health and fitness app that unlocks the power of wearables by providing you with daily personalized recommendations to enhance your mind, body, and recovery.

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Music has effects we don't fully grasp beyond pumping up emotions. How can we harness its magic to improve productivity, workouts, and mental health? Abel James, host of the award-winning Fat-Burning Man Show podcast, reveals science-based techniques to wield music’s power deliberately.

Drawing on research and real-world examples like Michael Phelps’ pre-competition rituals, Abel shares specific ways music drives arousal and flow states by encoding emotional data via pitch, rhythm, and more. We’re wired to translate those elements and entrain our bodies and brains.

Learn how picking tracks with certain beats per minute can optimize running cadence and pacing. Discover why lyrics may disrupt mental work, but instrumentals enhance focus. Tap into familiar songs and binaural beats to trigger heightened performance mentally and physically.

Key Takeaways:

• Music’s strange effects are grounded in biology, linking language and emotional processing
• Athletes use music’s rhythmic flow to access optimal mindsets pre-event without listening during
• Lyrics can degrade language tasks, but beat drives cadence for activities like running
• Sync tempo to target pace and heart rate based on your training
• Binaural beats entrain brainwaves, influence arousal and flow
• Build customized playlists to trigger productivity and peak performance

When strategically harnessed, music transforms our inner experience to drive outcomes. Tune your mind and body with precision through science-backed techniques.

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Quotable moments:

"Music and language are indelibly linked and we're hardwired to accept the different aspects of music." - Abel James

"You can definitely use music to heighten your own arousal physiologically speaking." - Abel James

ABOUT THE BLUEPRINT PODCAST:

The BluePrint Podcast is for busy professionals and Household CEOs who care deeply about their families, career, and health. Host Dr. Erik Korem distills cutting edge-science, leadership, and life skills into simple tactics optimized for your busy lifestyle and goals.   Dr. Korem interviews scientists, coaches, elite athletes, entrepreneurs, entertainers, and exceptional people to discuss science and practical skills you can implement to become the most healthy, resilient, and impactful version of yourself.

On a mission to equip people to pursue audacious goals, thrive in uncertainty, and live a healthy and fulfilled life, Dr. Erik Korem is a High-Performance pioneer. He introduced sports science and athlete-tracking technologies to collegiate and professional (NFL) football over a decade ago. He has worked with the National Football League, Power-5 NCAA programs, gold-medal Olympians, Nike, and the United States Department of Defense.

Erik is an expert in sleep and stress resilience. He is the Founder and CEO of AIM7, a health and fitness app that unlocks the power of wearables by providing you with daily personalized recommendations to enhance your mind, body, and recovery.

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Dr. Erik Korem sits down with skin health expert Joy McCarthy to uncover the emerging science linking the gut and skin microbiomes as the missing piece to radiant, inflammation-free skin. Joy shares over 13 years of wisdom as a holistic nutritionist and founder of Hello Joyous skincare, empowering listeners with a paradigm shift: skin health starts from within.

Learn:

• The two key jobs of the skin microbiome in regulating inflammation and immune response
• How diet diversity promotes healthy gut and skin
• 8 toxic ingredients to avoid in skincare products that disrupt hormone balance
• McCarthy’s top tips for cleansing, toning, and replenishing skin with minimal products
• Why “complicated skincare routines are so 2015,” according to McCarthy
• How to shift your mindset to nurture wellbeing from the inside out for a healthy glow

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Quotable moments:

"When the skin microbiome is off, it can have, it can cause a whole array of different symptoms." - Joy McCarthy

"One of the purposes of phthalates in products is fragrance...they are hormone disruptors. And what you put on your body gets, what you put on your skin gets into your body." - Joy McCarthy

"Healthy hair is only the result of healthy scalp, healthy hair follicles. Keeping inflammation in check in regards to the hair follicles." - Joy McCarthy

ABOUT THE BLUEPRINT PODCAST:

The BluePrint Podcast is for busy professionals and Household CEOs who care deeply about their families, career, and health. Host Dr. Erik Korem distills cutting edge-science, leadership, and life skills into simple tactics optimized for your busy lifestyle and goals.   Dr. Korem interviews scientists, coaches, elite athletes, entrepreneurs, entertainers, and exceptional people to discuss science and practical skills you can implement to become the most healthy, resilient, and impactful version of yourself.

On a mission to equip people to pursue audacious goals, thrive in uncertainty, and live a healthy and fulfilled life, Dr. Erik Korem is a High-Performance pioneer. He introduced sports science and athlete-tracking technologies to collegiate and professional (NFL) football over a decade ago. He has worked with the National Football League, Power-5 NCAA programs, gold-medal Olympians, Nike, and the United States Department of Defense.

Erik is an expert in sleep and stress resilience. He is the Founder and CEO of AIM7, a health and fitness app that unlocks the power of wearables by providing you with daily personalized recommendations to enhance your mind, body, and recovery.

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New scientific evidence is transforming outdated advice about meal timing and heart health. In this episode, I detail a groundbreaking study showing how the circadian rhythms built into our body’s biology dictate optimal times for eating to support cardiovascular health.

Tune in to discover easy-to-implement chrononutrition strategies rooted in this emerging science. You’ll be shocked to learn that meal frequency matters far less than synchronizing your feeding time with your chornobiology. This episode shatters myths around late night snacking and occasional fasting while revealing the ideal circadian blueprint for eating to boost heart health.

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Papers - Dietary circadian rhythms and cardiovascular disease risk in the prospective NutriNet-Santé cohort

 

Quotable moments:

“When we put the headset on, it's completely different. You start to have dreams. About your virtual reality experiences." - Abel James

ABOUT THE BLUEPRINT PODCAST:

The BluePrint Podcast is for busy professionals and Household CEOs who care deeply about their families, career, and health. Host Dr. Erik Korem distills cutting edge-science, leadership, and life skills into simple tactics optimized for your busy lifestyle and goals.   Dr. Korem interviews scientists, coaches, elite athletes, entrepreneurs, entertainers, and exceptional people to discuss science and practical skills you can implement to become the most healthy, resilient, and impactful version of yourself.

On a mission to equip people to pursue audacious goals, thrive in uncertainty, and live a healthy and fulfilled life, Dr. Erik Korem is a High-Performance pioneer. He introduced sports science and athlete-tracking technologies to collegiate and professional (NFL) football over a decade ago. He has worked with the National Football League, Power-5 NCAA programs, gold-medal Olympians, Nike, and the United States Department of Defense.

Erik is an expert in sleep and stress resilience. He is the Founder and CEO of AIM7, a health and fitness app that unlocks the power of wearables by providing you with daily personalized recommendations to enhance your mind, body, and recovery.

SUPPORT & CONNECT

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Discover how properly aligning your daily food intake with innate circadian rhythms promotes long-term cardiovascular health in this episode with scientist Dr. Erik Korem.

What life lessons and mental models shape the thinking of ultra-successful people? Growth expert Clint Murphy breaks down his blueprint for sustained achievement.

Clint reveals the key concepts that high performers use to accomplish big goals decade after decade.

Learn how they:

• Take extreme ownership rather than play the blame game
• Invert problems to uncover creative solutions
• Reciprocate value to build deeper relationships
• Avoid overoptimism by visualizing worst-case scenarios
• Plan for the best but prepare for the worst

Clint also shares the mental models that drive his own obsession with lifelong growth and contribution. Discover how principles like memento mori and amor fati infuse his days with passion and purpose.

If you want timeless philosophies to shape your mindset and decision-making, this episode is a must-listen. Tune in now for rare insights that deliver results.

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Quotable moments:

"When I'm on my deathbed and I'm 80, I don't want to look at you and say, I worked that job for 30 years." - Clint Murphy

"If I'm gonna die. And I know I'm going to die. That's the one thing we all know is I need to live life." - Clint Murphy

ABOUT THE BLUEPRINT PODCAST:

The BluePrint Podcast is for busy professionals and Household CEOs who care deeply about their families, career, and health. Host Dr. Erik Korem distills cutting edge-science, leadership, and life skills into simple tactics optimized for your busy lifestyle and goals.   Dr. Korem interviews scientists, coaches, elite athletes, entrepreneurs, entertainers, and exceptional people to discuss science and practical skills you can implement to become the most healthy, resilient, and impactful version of yourself.

On a mission to equip people to pursue audacious goals, thrive in uncertainty, and live a healthy and fulfilled life, Dr. Erik Korem is a High-Performance pioneer. He introduced sports science and athlete-tracking technologies to collegiate and professional (NFL) football over a decade ago. He has worked with the National Football League, Power-5 NCAA programs, gold-medal Olympians, Nike, and the United States Department of Defense.

Erik is an expert in sleep and stress resilience. He is the Founder and CEO of AIM7, a health and fitness app that unlocks the power of wearables by providing you with daily personalized recommendations to enhance your mind, body, and recovery.

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