The Inner Armor Podcast

Inner Armor isn't just for sports or school: the business arena demands performance. In these "Business Brains" episodes, we interview leaders who have reached their potential by strengthening their brains and nervous systems. In this installment, we meet Scott Weirda, who has used the Inner Armor program for years to become a more effective leader and person.

Inner Armor isn't just for elite athletes. Everyone, from children to adults in every field, can become more resilient and come closer to performing at their potential.

Learn more at ForgeInnerArmor.com.

Inner Armor isn't just for sports or school: the business arena demands performance. In these "Business Brains" episodes, we interview leaders who have reached their potential by strengthening their brains and nervous systems. In this installment, we meet Tom Maas, who has used the Inner Armor program for years to become a more effective leader and person.

Inner Armor isn't just for elite athletes. Everyone, from children to adults in every field, can become more resilient and come closer to performing at their potential.

Learn more at ForgeInnerArmor.com.

We've talked enough about the tsunami of mental disorders drowning our culture. It's time to propose solutions, and we have one to offer. In this conversation, we share a vision for a new nonprofit, Inner Armor Hope, that can provide an ANSR for vulnerable populations. And we need your help!

Inner Armor isn't just for elite athletes. Everyone, from children to adults in every field, can become more resilient and come closer to performing at their potential.

Learn more at ForgeInnerArmor.com.

We will soon have a new book about mental health and the autonomic nervous system. In this conversation, we explore the challenges of getting treatment for mental health disorders. What options are available? What can we expect from those options? Are there better options?

Inner Armor isn't just for elite athletes. Everyone, from children to adults in every field, can become more resilient and come closer to performing at their potential.

Learn more at ForgeInnerArmor.com.

We will soon have a new book about mental health and the autonomic nervous system. In this conversation, we discuss where and how mental disorders begin. What perpetuates them? Why is it so hard to "fix" them? The answer is ANSR (autonomic nervous system regulation).

Inner Armor isn't just for elite athletes. Everyone, from children to adults in every field, can become more resilient and come closer to performing at their potential.

Learn more at ForgeInnerArmor.com.

We have a new book coming out soon! This one will be about mental health and the autonomic nervous system. So Doc and Greg sat down and had a frank conversation about mental health. In this episode, they discuss the cataclysmic displacements in our society over the last 60 years that impacted our lives and autonomic nervous systems, leading to the tsunami of mental health disorders that are undermining our civilization.

Inner Armor isn't just for elite athletes. Everyone, from children to adults in every field, can become more resilient and come closer to performing at their potential.

Learn more at ForgeInnerArmor.com.

We have a new book coming out soon! This one will be about mental health and the autonomic nervous system. So Doc and Greg sat down (actually sat down across a table from each other for a change) and had a frank conversation about mental health: what it is and isn't, the explosion of mental health disorders in society today, and "the four horsemen" of the mental health apocalypse.

Inner Armor isn't just for elite athletes. Everyone, from children to adults in every field, can become more resilient and come closer to performing at their potential.

Learn more at ForgeInnerArmor.com.

To improve at anything, you need feedback that measures your progress. That way, you'll know what you're doing that's working and do more of it. But to begin, you need a baseline, the starting point from which you develop your plan and track your gains.

The Inner Armor Performance Program begins with a baseline assessment of the autonomic nervous system, called the Performance Profile. In this episode, Doc Royer explains the metrics and mechanics of the assessment and why these are critical indicators of our health and performance.

Inner Armor isn't just for elite athletes. Everyone, from children to adults in every field, can become more resilient and come closer to performing at their potential.

Learn more at ForgeInnerArmor.com.

It's that time of year: everyone is heading back to school. What opportunities does that bring for personal and professional development? What does it take for students to perform at their potential? And what unique challenges does it present for growth, resilience, and mental health?

In the final of three installments, Dr. Royer speaks with Elizabeth Peddie, an elementary school social worker with 29 years of experience, about what "back to school" means for kids.

Inner Armor isn't just for elite athletes. Everyone, from children to adults in every field, can become more resilient and come closer to performing at their potential.

Learn more at ForgeInnerArmor.com.

It's that time of year: everyone is heading back to school. What opportunities does that bring for personal and professional development? What does it take for students to perform at their potential? And what unique challenges does it present for growth, resilience, and mental health?

In the second of three installments, Dr. Royer speaks with Gena VanderMeulen, currently an academic coach who taught high school for 31 years, about what "back to school" means for teenagers.

Inner Armor isn't just for elite athletes. Everyone, from children to adults in every field, can become more resilient and come closer to performing at their potential.

Learn more at ForgeInnerArmor.com.