What if one of the most important signals of your long-term health is hidden in the tiny variations between your heartbeats? I'm joined by Dr. Julian Thayer, a pioneering expert on Heart Rate Variability (HRV), to uncover the astonishing connection between our heart, brain, and overall resilience.

Dr. Thayer explains how HRV acts as a window into our autonomic nervous system, revealing our ability to adapt to stress. We explore why a low HRV score can predict future health issues years in advance, but more importantly, we discuss how you can change it. From exercise and diet to a remarkably simple slow-breathing technique, learn how you can directly influence your nervous system. Don't miss the stunning findings from his research that connect this breathing practice to brain health and a reduction in a key biomarker for Alzheimer's disease.

Meet Angela Lim. A trained Doctor, she wanted to make more of an impact, and set out on the journey to establish Clearhead - helping people with mental health. Her's is a purpose led founders journey - overcoming some significant challenges along with way. Scaling a mental health business in NZ has been challenging, but she has established Clearhead as a hybrid digital / psychologist EAP business. 

Simon's got a great story to tell. From Fitness Coach for the Melbourne Storm, Simon partnered with Storm Co-owner Gerry Ryan to co-found Readiness. 

Simon bought his learnings from sports science, where he not only managed the physical health of team members, but also worked actively to support wellbeing. He now applies the same principles in the workplace. 

What is different about Simon's approach is that unlike EAP, he's actively supporting the health and wellbeing of all staff preventively, day in day out. What's more, his approach see's employee engagement >60% (for all staff!). Listen to find out some of Simon's magic. 

Melissa has built Smart Start Health to help people using a CGM for Diabetes understand how to get the best from their device. From understanding numbers, interpretation, and managing insulin dosing, Melissa's shares her story of helping people manage their Diabetes with a CGM.

Meet Leya Tenit - she's setup a mental health charity in the US to support a particularly vulnerable group - online sex workers. Its a story of someone making a real effort to support people in an industry that is stigmatised. 

Today we Meet Mathias D - founder of 8hrs - a business helping people with disturbed sleep. Like so many entrepreneurs, Mathias had his own experience with poor sleep & burnout - unsurprising perhaps given his role as an M&A lawyer in London.  

Initially sceptical about the role of supplementation in sleep - Mathias dug deeper. He’s really straight about what the product will and won’t do. He was unwilling to stop with just a product - and every new customer receives a 45 minute sleep consult as part of the 8hrs service - in his words - people need skills to go with the pills. 

Today we meet Justin Moore - and hear his story of Agoge (Spartan/Greek origins - to lead or to raise - pronounced ah - go - ghee ) - a hemp protein brand. 

This is a story of great energy, real research, and a dogged commitment to his customers, and what they want from their lives.