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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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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

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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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

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:

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

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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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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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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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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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/

Attend the Awaken Event

Find dates and register here: https://www.dannymorel.com/awaken

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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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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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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

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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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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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

Produced by Dear Media.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.