The Ready State Podcast

Nolan Kim has a background as a transformational coach, a professional magician, and a member of the Magic Castle. He transitioned to the health and wellness space as a performance coach after a significant health event 7 years ago. He is a master breath coach, with 6 certifications at the advanced level. After 5 ye...

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Justin Roethlingshoefer: Own Your Health and Improve Your Capacity with Data Driven Consistency

May 2, 2024 • 58 mins

From a young age Justin Roethlingshoefer has always been self-motivated to improve, developing the discipline and work ethic necessary to excel. At 13 years old his father said “son, talent will get you noticed but consistency will get you paid” and that set up his quest of founding Own It.

Over the last 20+ years Ju...

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Karissa Bodnar: Thriving as an Entrepreneur with Purpose

April 18, 2024 • 68 mins

Karissa Bodnar launched Thrive Causemetics, a vegan direct-to-consumer cosmetics brand in 2015 with the mission of “Bigger than Beauty.” She began her career as a makeup artist and product developer/cosmetic chemist prior to starting Thrive Causemetics and now Bigger Than Beauty Skincare. Thrive Causemetics® and Big...

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Kirk Parsley: Why Sleep Impacts Every Aspect of Life and How You Can Improve and Protect Yours

April 4, 2024 • 82 mins

Kirk "Doc" Parsley completed SEAL training as a teenager and served on SEAL Team Five for 6 years. After leaving to attend college, Kirk received his medical degree and returned to the military as the physician for the West Coast SEAL teams. It was while helping the world's most elite warriors optimize and maintain ...

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Caroline Paul: Outdoor Adventure for Healthy and Happy Aging

March 21, 2024 • 67 mins

Caroline Paul is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Gutsy Girl: Escapades for Your Life of Epic Adventure and Lost Cat: A True Story of Love, Desperation, and GPS Technology, which has been translated into fifteen languages. She is also the author of the memoir Fighting Fire, the middle-grade book You A...

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Tia Toomey: Finding Your Why, Rejecting Complacency, and Developing a Champion's Mindset

March 7, 2024 • 57 mins

Tia Toomey was named one of the world’s fittest women by Sports Illustrated, and is a six-time CrossFit Games champion, Olympic weightlifter, and Commonwealth Games gold medalist. She is the only CrossFit athlete to have competed in the CrossFit Games and the Olympics in the same year. With her sixth title, she soli...

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Michael Gervais: Master Your Mindset and Stop Worrying About What Other People Think

February 22, 2024 • 75 mins

We are thrilled to welcome Michael Gervais to the podcast today. Dr. Gervais is one of the world’s top high-performance psychologists and leading experts on the relationship between the mind and human performance. He has spent his career helping the best of the best across the worlds of business, sports, the arts, a...

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Dan Garner: Objective Measures, Patterns, and the Art in Biomarkers

February 8, 2024 • 71 mins

Dan Garner has quickly become one of the go-to experts in the human performance industry. His detailed “inside-out” approach and science-backed programming have quickly pushed him to the forefront of his industry. With his extensive work as a world-class performance lab analyst, Dan continues to push the industry fo...

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Kristen Holmes: Improving Circadian Behaviors, Tracking, and Leveraging Wearable Data

January 25, 2024 • 69 mins

As Vice President of Performance Science and Principal Scientist at Whoop, Kristen Holmes blends her academic and applied background in athletics, coaching, performance technology, psychology, and exercise physiology to drive research, education, partnership, and product development initiatives to strengthen WHOOP a...

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Bonnie Wan: A New Take on Goal Setting and Living Life Without Regret

January 11, 2024 • 62 mins

Bonnie Wan is an author and speaker, as well as partner and head of brand strategy at the world-renowned advertising agency, Goodby Silverstein & Partners. As creator of The Life Brief, Bonnie helps people live with greater clarity, creativity, and courage by teaching them how to write creative briefs for their ...

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Eric Freitag: Concussions, Recovery, and the Action Plan You Need at the Ready

December 28, 2023 • 68 mins

Dr. Eric Freitag is a licensed clinical psychologist, board-certified neuropsychologist, and certified Emergency Medical Technician. His clinical expertise includes assessing and treating dementia, traumatic brain injury, and sports concussions. He is the founder and Executive Director of the Mt. Diablo Memory Cent...

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Tommy Wood: Brain Health, Novel Stimuli, and Actionable Advice to Keep You Sharp as You Age

December 14, 2023 • 71 mins

Tommy Wood BM BCh, PhD is a neuroscientist, elite-level professional nerd, and performance consultant to world class athletes in a dozen sports. He received an undergraduate degree in biochemistry from the University of Cambridge, a medical degree from the University of Oxford, and a PhD in physiology and neuroscie...

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Andy Galpin: Removing Performance Anchors, Strength and Cognition, and the Future of Digital Twins

November 30, 2023 • 107 mins

Andy Galpin is a tenured full Professor at California State University, Fullerton, where he is also Co-Director of the Center for Sport Performance and Founder/Director of the Biochemistry and Molecular Exercise Physiology Laboratory. He is a Human Performance scientist with a PhD in Human Bioenergetics and over 10...

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Jared Hanley: The Profound Health Benefits of Spending Time Outside in Natural Environments

November 16, 2023 • 56 mins

Jared Hanley is a co-founder and CEO of NatureQuant, a research and technology firm building tools to assess and promote nature exposure. Prior to founding NatureQuant, Jared used data science and statistical modeling techniques and provided advisory services in finance, energy, and real estate applications. He is ...

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Adam Bornstein: Ditching Diet Culture, Mindset Changes, and Expanding Your Comfort Zone

November 2, 2023 • 73 mins

Adam Bornstein is a New York Times bestselling author who is rewriting the rules of nutrition and fitness. He is an award-winning journalist and the founder of Born Fitness. The former Men's Health fitness and nutrition editor and editorial director of Livestrong.com has seen a lot of trends come and go, and then s...

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Tom Walters: Empowering People with Simple Exercises to Alleviate Pain and Recover from Injury

October 19, 2023 • 64 mins

Dr. Tom Walters is a board-certified orthopedic physical therapist that specializes in the treatment of pain and movement disorders. He is the founder of Rehab Science and dedicates his time to teaching people about human movement, pain, and how to most effectively recover from injury. Besides running his clinical ...

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Shawn Stevenson: Creating Kitchen and Table Culture to Reap the Vast Benefits of Gathering for Family Meals

October 5, 2023 • 71 mins

Shawn Stevenson is the author of the USA Today National bestseller Eat Smarter and the international bestselling book Sleep Smarter. He’s also creator of The Model Health Show, featured as the number #1 health podcast in the U.S. with millions of listener downloads each month. A graduate of the University of Missou...

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Brad Stulberg: Mastering Change, Taking Action, and Rugged Flexibility

September 21, 2023 • 62 mins

Brad Stulberg is the bestselling author of the new book Master of Change: How to Excel When Everything is Changing, Including You. Brad writes and coaches on mental health, well-being, and sustainable excellence. He regularly contributes to the New York Times and his work has been featured in the Wall Street Journa...

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Dan Buettner: Blue Zones Secrets, Actionable Lessons, and Transforming Communities By Changing Local Environments and Social Networks

September 7, 2023 • 54 mins

Dan Buettner is an explorer, National Geographic Fellow, award-winning journalist and producer, and New York Times bestselling author. He discovered the five places in the world – dubbed blue zones hotspots – where people live the longest, healthiest lives.

Buettner now works in partnership with municipal government...

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Josh Appel: Pararescue, Emergency Medicine, and a Lifetime Commitment to Service

August 24, 2023 • 69 mins