Coach. Podcaster. COACHCASTER.

Leah Lagos Psy.D, B.C.B. is a licensed clinical psychologist who specializes in health and performance psychology and is known for her pioneering work in HRV biofeedback. Dr. Lagos treats a broad range of disorders and performance challenges. Her expertise includes strategies to reduce anxiety, boost resilience to adversity, and enhance health. She offers a framework for clients to clarify their needs, achieve their goals and increase their effectiveness. 

In her book, Heart Breath Mind: Train Your Heart to Conquer Stress and Achieve Success, top performance psychologist Dr. Leah Lagos shares her groundbreaking program which has transformed people’s lives in the U.S. and around the world.

• Do you ever wonder how to let go of your fears and achieve your life’s goals?

• Do you aspire to lead with courage, make better decisions, turn off your busy brain and perform optimally under pressure?

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This training, paired with easy-to-master cognitive-behavioral exercises, offers a safe and natural process for strengthening health and performance, enabling readers to respond more flexibly to stressful situations, let go of negative thoughts and emotions, and ultimately be more focused and confident under pressure.

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More about Dr. Leah Lagos

Dr. Lagos maintains that the heart is the pathway to emotional control. For more than fifteen years, she has consulted, taught, conducted research, lectured, and developed programs to help individuals of all ages reduce their anxiety and improve performance through biofeedback. She is the principle author of “Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback: A Strategy to Manage Competitive Anxiety,” which was published in Biofeedback magazine by the Association of Applied and Physiology and Biofeedback (AAPB). Dr. Lagos is also the lead author of “Virtual Reality Assisted Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback: A Strategy to Enhance Golf Performance,” which was published in AAPB’s Biofeedback magazine.

Unique to the field of sport psychology, Dr. Lagos has worked with amateur and professional golfers of all ages, and has conducted risk assessments for draft prospects of the Chicago Bears and the New York Giants at the NFL Combine, as part of Professional Sport Consultants, Inc. She has also consulted with professional basketball players and their families on issues related to career development for the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Dr. Leah Lagos has worked with collegiate athletic teams across the United States, including competitors in track, rowing, basketball, football, and golf. She has also helped to cultivate and support substance abuse prevention programs with more than 25 teams at Rutgers University and developed a disordered eating prevention team to coordinate care of student-athletes at the University of Miami.

Dr. Lagos works with distinguished performers in the business and financial world to overcome performance anxiety, reduce stress, manage mood, improve energy, build confidence, and strengthen resilience. She is a Licensed Psychologist in the States of New York and New Jersey and is Board Certified in Biofeedback. Dr. Lagos consults individuals as well as senior partners and head managers of several organizations. She is an active member of the American Psychological Association, the Association for Applied Sport Psychology, the Association of Applied Psychophysiology & Biofeedback, as well as the Biofeedback Foundation of Europe. Dr. Lagos also serves as Co-Chair of the Optimal Performance Section and an Executive Board Member of the Association for Applied Physiology and Biofeedback and is a guest editor for Biofeedback magazine.

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Tracy Duhs believes that optimal health is a fundamental right for all humanity, not just a privilege for a select few. Helping people look and feel their best has been Tracy’s life-long mission. Growing up in a missionary home cultivated her profound sense of compassion and her desire to help others.

By the time she was 15, Tracy had already begun her undergraduate education in medicine. At 16, Tracy shadowed a missionary doctor working in an indigenous village in Guatemala, where she gained hands-on surgical and medical training. The time she spent there opened her eyes, her heart, and ultimately changed her life.

Tracy decided to forgo a traditional allopathic career in favor of one that focused on regenerative care and education. She holds a PhD in Integrative Medicine, founder of The Sanctuary Wellness Center in San Diego, CA and host of the Hydrate podcast.

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 More about Tracy:

When Tracy became a mother, her professional path took a personal turn. Her first child, Grace, was diagnosed with Hashimoto’s thyroid syndrome and alopecia universalis at the age of two and a half. Emboldened by her daughter’s struggle, Tracy began her journey into into natural medicine by pursuing her PhD in the field of biogenetics

Today, Tracy works as a modern wellness advocate specializing in the restorative powers of intelligent hydration. She has parlayed her wealth of experience and knowledge into a multi-dimensional career in wellness advocacy and education, starting with her podcast, HYDRATE.

Tracy frequently consults large corporations and hotels to help build and facilitate wellness experiences. She also serves as the Director of the International Brain Summit.

Tracy is the founder the Sanctuary Wellness Experience in San Diego and co-founder of Hydrate at the Sanctuary.

In today's episode of the show I and my wife, May, RN BSN, discuss one of the pillars of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition's model of healthful living, primary foods. Primary foods, such as physical activity, career, spirituality, and relationships are "foods" that feed our soul and satisfy our hunger for life. There are twelve primary foods that are constantly fluctuating and adjusting as we adjust through the various phases of our lives.

These foods include: joy, spirituality, creativity, finances, career, education, health, physical activity, home cooking, home environment, relationships, and social life. As we navigate through our health journey and coach our clients and patients through their own individualized processes, we may notice these concepts ebb and flow, which is not only normal, but healthy!

In this episode we hone in on some of the more difficult to grasp concepts: joy, creativity, and home environment and provide examples and methods of ways to activate these practices into our everyday lives. As we continue on this podcast (and our own journeys) we will dig in deeper to this concept of primary food and unveil its importance on our quality of life. 

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Autonomy, principles, vision. Three key words that Tyler Newton drives home in his content, his life, and his coaching clients. The APV Method delivers truth and humanization to help transform bodies and minds through sustainable lifestyle and behavior changes to reach optimal wellness. Tyler talks about some key principles to look out for that may indicate you are stuck in yet another fad diet, getting to the real root of why so many people struggle with weight loss, and so much more!

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By balancing your daily recovery, strain and sleep, you will train optimally and unlock the secrets to your body’s true potential.

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A very special spotlight episode on the human mind and body's ability to heal. This is from my appearance on Dr. Christian Gonzalez's podcast Heal Thy Self where we discuss how to find your purpose through trials and tribulations as well as how to recognize your gifts and share them with the world.

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Blake D. Bauer has helped thousands of people around the world who could not find lasting solutions from conventional medicine, psychiatry, or religion. His pioneering work centers on learning how to love yourself practically and unconditionally as the key to healing yourself, fulfilling your life’s purpose, unlocking your capacity to love others, and realizing your full potential personally and professionally.

Based on both his personal experience overcoming deep suffering, addiction, and adversity, as well as his professional success with thousands of people worldwide, he shares what he’s found to be the most effective approaches to mental, emotional, and physical health.

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More about Blake and his new book:

Blake’s formal education includes traditional Chinese medicine, five-element Chinese medicine, nutritional medicine, herbal healing, psychology, past life regression therapy-hypnosis, and various other forms of alternative medicine. After years of training with spiritual teachers, healers, and masters from all over the world, Blake also teaches various forms of mindfulness, meditation, qi gong, qi gong energy medicine, and dao yin (a health and longevity yoga). Today he is considered by many to be a modern meditation and qi gong master.

In this life-changing book, You Were Not Born to Suffer, Blake D. Bauer explains why depression, addiction, physical illness, unfulfilling work, and relationship problems are caused by years of hiding your true emotions, denying your life purpose, and living in fear. 

Having already helped thousands of people around the world find lasting solutions that conventional medicine, psychiatry or religion couldn't offer, this book will show you how to free yourself from the destructive thoughts, habits and situations that are stopping you from being happy and well.

In simple practical steps you’ll learn how to slow down and create a healthier relationship to yourself that is based on acceptance, kindness, honesty and self-worth. You’ll also find out how to transform the stress, anxiety and insecurity that result from constantly trying to please others into lasting confidence, self-respect and inner peace. 

Whether it’s negative thinking, financial worry, loneliness, guilt or self-doubt that’s holding you back, Blake Bauer’s words will move you to take better care of yourself, heal old pain, and courageously move forward. If you’re ready to enjoy your life, feel passionate about your work, and create fulfilling relationships, this book will support you to live authentically, love wholeheartedly and finally value yourself enough to say your daily health and happiness are important.

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Adri Kyser is a wellness expert, personal development coach, author, and motivational speaker. She is the founder and creator of Enlightened Alchemy™ and Inner Beauty Wellness designed to help men and women like you achieve personal growth, better health, and unstoppable confidence.

Using her Enlightened Alchemy™ method, she has helped thousands worldwide get out of their own way and achieve everything from reduced pain and stress to increased confidence and productivity. Rather than drawing from only one modality, her extensive list of certifications (including NLP, coaching, Yoga, and Ayurveda) allow her to create a customized wellness experience for clients.  

Adri was born and raised in Caracas Venezuela, where she went to law school for a few years before moving to the US. Adri’s caring, unique and authentic approach to holistic wellness stems from her personal experience in coping with being bullied as a child, feeling not good enough, and encountering racist remarks. All leading to chronic back pain for over a decade.  

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Adri is an NLP practitioner and an International Yoga Teacher & Mentor. She’s received numerous certifications in diverse holistic modalities and has trained hundreds of yoga teachers worldwide during her trainings, workshops, and special events. 

As a brand ambassador, she has worked with companies like Athleta and Larabar. When she’s not busy hosting retreats around the globe in exotic locations like Bali, Greece, and Peru, she’s being featured on great podcasts such as this one!

Adri is the co-author of the best seller book Overcoming Adversity in Entrepreneurship. In addition, She loves and supports charities like Yoga Gives Back and the Healing Hands Foundation, two non-profit organizations making a positive difference in the world.

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Life transitions can be difficult, stressful, and even overwhelming. In my experience, none were more trying than my transition from civilian to soldier back to civilian again. And I am not the only one. Military transition continues to be one of the biggest hardships service members go through - and many have been in combat!

There is good news though, there are in fact people and services we can utilize to help guide us through these transitions, people who have done it themselves and have your best interest at heart. As a former Staff Sergeant in the United Sates Army, active duty 2003-2009, I hear my fellow soldiers struggling the same way now, years later, that I did over ten years ago. This must stop.

We have the responsibility to connect with them and keep moving forward in life and on to the next mission.

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Special Operations Medic Coalition (SOM+C) has been organized exclusively for charitable, educational, and scientific purposes under section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Service Code, or corresponding section of any future tax code, serving as a resource for Special Operations Medics through the following activities:  

Mission  

To Unapologetically Support Advancing the Military Special Operations Medic from battlefield provider to veteran professional

​SOM+C accomplishes this mission by focusing on three C’s; Community, Capabilities, and Career.

Core Values

The Sharing of knowledge and experiences in support of our community, to refine the capabilities of SOF medicine, and advance the career of the military special operations medic.

Goals & Objectives of the 3-C’s

​Community

• Develop the SOF medic community through increased connections with other tactical, austere, and emergency medical communities in an effort to further research and professional opportunities for the SOF medic during and after military service.

• Promote community understanding of the SOF Medic and specific challenges they are faced with. 

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Capabilities

• Strengthen Special Operations Medics as a whole by providing a support system and place to engage fellow USSOF and International SOF Medics in an effort to enhance learning, educational, and personal and professional advancement opportunities.

• Enhance SOF Medic abilities by providing access to our exclusive content, high quality education, and resources through our vast medical professional network which spans across multiple military branches, civilian, and international communities.

Career

• Equip SOF Medics with valuable support, such as education grants, medical journal publication guidance, and informed professional opportunities. 

• Support the warrior transition from battlefield provider to the civilian Veteran professional. 

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Strong at the broken places, this is how I would describe my life's journey of personal development and growing as a human being. Through many trials, severe physical physical and emotional traumas I have been challenged in ways I never planned for... but that's it, right? We never ask for these challenges, we never know these tests are coming. Looking for the gift inside of every obstacle is not easy work but it is the most necessary work.

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Brad Borkan is co-author of When Your Life Depends on It: Extreme Decision Making Lessons from the Antarctic. The book focuses on the real life-and-death decisions made by early Antarctic explorers like Shackleton, Scott, Amundsen and Mawson. When Your Life Depends on It reveals amazing lessons in leadership, team work, and sheer grit and determination that can help all of us make better decisions in our lives today. This can be especially useful when confronting adversity, building effective teams, and trying to succeed against the odds -- all important skills in today's world. He has presented at Antarctic conferences in Norway, Ireland and the UK and appeared on cable TV in the US, and on internet radio talk programs. He also has given keynote presentations at business conferences and recently conducted a webinar to 500 top employees of a Fortune 100 company using the ideas in the book. His talks focus on leadership, teamwork, resilience, and improving one's personal and business decision making, all set in the exciting context of Polar exploration.

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When they met in college, they had a lot on their plates. Kent trained with the Japanese Olympic Judo team, painted as a muralist for the city of Los Angeles, and competed internationally in Muay Thai. Meanwhile, Ryan trained with the U.S. Paralympic team while holding a 2nd degree black belt in Kendo.

With degrees in neuroscience and chemistry and economics, they challenged both their minds as well as their bodies. They set out to live life to the fullest. But in the search for a product that would keep them going, they realized that there wasn't anything that would help them accomplish more in a healthy and effective way.

They didn't want to take mysterious supplements or energy drinks when studying, training, or going out. Instead of something sugary and ineffective, they wanted clean, balanced energy... something that could be taken anywhere, anytime. So they launched a campaign for better energy... and they realized it wasn’t just them. In only three days, their first batch was fully crowdfunded and people raved about it - they were even recently endorsed by Joe Rogan and appeared on Shark Tank!

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Sit back and buckle up because this episode is going to blow your mind! Matt Maruca, founder of The Light Diet and Ra Optics, spent years of his early childhood and adulthood chasing wellness only to be stuck spinning his wheels. So he set out to learn how to improve his health at the cellular level in hopes to rebuild his life from the inside out.

Matt learned that all modern chronic diseases, including cancer, Alzheimer’s, obesity, diabetes, autism, autoimmune diseases, and even depression are mitochondrial diseases, meaning that certain tissues’ mitochondria are severely damaged in those diseases, and that his issues were mitochondrial, too.

 He learned that mitochondria are “electromagnetic” in nature, meaning that how they process our food and make energy is controlled by light.  This explained why diet alone was not enough to actually cure his symptoms. It further clarified to me how so many people struggle with diet and exercise as their only strategies for health, and why focusing on diet, exercise, and supplements alone to improve health is like focusing only on the gas when trying to fix a car with a broken engine. He earned that more energetic light frequencies, especially blue light, exert the strongest effect on our body clock, and the less energetic frequencies such as red light have a comparatively minimal effect. He learned that getting UV light from the sun through our eye is critical to creating melatonin, before it can even be secreted in the hours after the sun sets. So, he began going outside in sunlight during the day to make melatonin, and wearing blue light blocking safety goggles at night to allow his melatonin to be secreted and his not looked back since!

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