The Made to Thrive Show

If you lose your mind, you lose your life and I'm seeing more people losing their mind, & therefore their life. 2023's been my hardest year of seeing more & more people fall into despair as their brain degenerates so rapidly. We need to do something about this. A few months ago I had Dr Dale Bredesen to prove to people Alzheimer’s can be reversed, & today I'm delighted t...

Start-stop, start-stop, start-stop. I see it every day & have seen it every day for over 20 years. What am I talking about? Exercise. Or movement. Why? Why are people unable to sustain a movement or exercise practice despite it being more powerful than any diet could ever do? Tony Horton knows why, & I believe may have broken the start-start code. I love Tony’s story because it is so relat...

Did you have a good sex education? Almost nobody does or did. & that is why there is so much shame around the topic of sex, & why we are so unaware of the profound healing & health potential that exists in the sexual realm. I also love it because it brings it back to everyone’s uniqueness, & their unique sexual “data”. This was an enlightening & enjoyable podcast, & one I t...

Health is about much more than the physical. Even more than the mental. I sense more and more ill health and disease are coming from people’s lack of care for their emotional and spiritual worlds. That’s why I brought Dr Erica Matluck on the show. She is doing the type of holistic medicine I believe in the next decades will become more mainstream than alternative. Dr Erica Matluck is trained as a...

Here’s the truth - you cannot be healthy any longer living in an urban environment without supplements. Yet people are always reluctant to spend more on supplements, and also feel confused by the amount and variety on offer. But I am convinced that alongside vitamin d, anyone not living near the sea and eating fresh seafood needs to take supplementary omega 3. Its holistic and synergistic function...

Nobody has done more to popularise biohacking than Dave Asprey. In fact, he invented the word biohacking. A big inspiration & teacher to me, it was a great honor for it to come full circle & have Dave on the show to talk about his biohacking journey & where he sees the field going. We get into the lessons from his new book Smarter Not Harder & Dave pulls no punches with his view on...

Trauma is a big word these days. I hear it now everywhere all the time. But if everything and anything is traumatic, are we left with a world of only trauma and traumatised people, and where is the space for resilience, overcoming and growth? That’s why I can’t believe how perfect the timing was for this podcast with Britt Frank. Britt is no stranger to trauma, listen to find out how much trauma,...

We each have our own unique why. A calling. A mission. My guest today Erik Korem has a mission to keep people to account. He has spent considerable time and effort studying all the companies promising their devices can change your health, actually checking the research & calling it like it is. We have interesting debates in the show, but ultimately we agree, data is not valuable without the hu...

Would you believe your genes could predict what job you should do, how to manage family politics and what kind of intimate partner you would be most attracted to? I wasn’t sure about it, but I was blown away by the calling and confidence of my genetic expert guest today Kashif Khan. Yes, Kashif is a genetic detective, and has transformed lives by unpacking their biological code, but at the same ti...

Dr Dale Bredesen has demonstrated that we have entered into the new era of Alzheimer’s care, and that we are already amongst the horrible disease’s first survivors. He makes an incredibly bold statement that getting Alzheimer’s disease is “truly optional”. Wow! What an incredible message of self-empowerment and hope. We need this episode more than ever to provide the increasing number of people an...

When it comes to getting healthier, diet is everyone’s go to. But I always say, it’s the easiest thing to change but also the hardest. Why? Because changing what you eat is not hard as all the better options are available. In theory. Why it is the hardest is because people get into habits, they are influenced by their environment, they choose convenience and mostly because they are built deep emot...

The world is on fire. And no, not in the climate change way. Biologically. Inflammation is rampant. I have never seen so many people suffering with chronic and raging biological inflammation. The question is why? I have my ideas, but today I brought on an expert in the disorders and diseases that may be causing the inflammation as well as a piece of the puzzle that may be missing called mast cell...

Recently I was a guest on a local podcast called Stanger Talks with host Noah Stanger. The podcast is about sparking inspiration and fuelling ambition in people by sharing the stories of people who have made successful and significant strides in their fields and what the strategies and mindsets are to get people there. So it was an honour to be asked to be on the show and share my story of becomin...

When it comes to health everything matters. But I am starting to sense that at the top of the pyramid may be hormonal health. Hormones are the communication chemicals in our bodies that in effect coordinate the function or dysfunction of the body. So many things we have been guessing are due to age or say “that’s natural” is really about our hormones being in a dysregulated state. The incredible n...

Being a woman brings with it unique health goals and challenges. Add being a mom in this busy world that demands so much of us, things change even more. That is why it is so important to understand not only your unique physiology, but the feminine context. I am seeing too many young girls and women with hormonal problems and the wrong body composition because they are training wrong! That’s why th...

This episode is a break in regular podcast scheduling. Recently I went onto a local South African health show on the countries biggest satellite TV network called Real Health. I was honoured and excited to be getting onto a big platform to be able to share my knowledge and experience about biohacking, functional health and behaviour change to an audience who have never heard most of those terms be...

There are few of us out there who stand their ground and speak the truth as strongly and bravely as Dr Jack Wolfson. He is now the guest I have had the most times on my show, and there is a reason. The man has an encyclopedic knowledge of cardiac health and holistic medicine, and walks the walk when it comes to his Live Well, Eat Well and Think Well tenant.  I always love talking to him and yet ag...

One in two men will get cancer. One in three women too. These statistics are as staggering and shocking as any I have ever heard. And yet everyone just continues to live their life as if those statistics don’t relate to them. I cannot understand it. That’s why I wanted a cancer expert on my show to unpack what this horrendous disease is and how we can take proactive action to prevent it and not be...

This one is for the sexual seekers! The ones who want their sex life to thrive, and to not only extend their lifespan or health span but their sexspan! This was a bombshell of an episode with a woman who is so full of life and zest and incredible knowledge about the thing we think most about -sex – but are not equipped and skilled enough to practice it in a healthy and sustainable way. Intimacy ex...

If there’s one physician I listen and trust it’s Dr David Brownstein. I have followed his guidance and introduced protocols into my own practice like hydrogen peroxide to game-changing effect. So I wanted to talk to him again a year later and discuss where his thinking is and what novel ideas and therapies he is working with now that could again make a game-changing effect in my life and my work....

I’ve now recorded over 150 episodes of The Made To Thrive show, and still there are episodes that blow my mind and make me rethink so much of what I believed was true. This is one of those episodes! Morley Robbins explodes so many myths about minerals like copper and iron, but does so in the spirit of healing and truth telling so that we can move closer to the truth about our health and our bodies...

Dr Levy is back on the show and we are talking about everything viral, COVID, spike protein and what he is doing to treat the downstream effect of these issues. I respect Dr Levy so much, so it was a privilege to get his insight and expertise on unique protocols like methylene blue. Dr Thomas (Tom) E. Levy is a board-certified cardiologist and a bar-certified attorney. After practicing adult cardi...

The future of mental health care is here. And thank God, because the epidemic of depression, trauma and anxiety is out of control. The use of psychiatric medication like SSRIs is so pervasive people think that’s the only option, but someone like Dr Sean Thornley is proving there is an alternative with his use of ketamine infusions. A part of the psychedelic revolution, believe you me, it won’t be...

So much of our lives happen in the mind. Some neuroscientists will argue all of it is happening in the mind. But without question, so much of life is about your mindset. How we manage stress, disease, failure, challenges and hurdles, those are all about our mindset. That is why I brought on gold medalist and mindset master Laura Wilkinson , who won medals in every competition she ever qualified fo...

After doing this podcast I realised there is one huge thing people are not taking ownership of but absolutely should be – air quality. Think about it, we worry about our diet, but only eat a few times a day. We worry about exercising, but that’s maybe an hour a day. But we breathe every second of every day, and what if what we are breathing is full of aggravating and inflammatory toxins?! David Mi...