The Elite HRV Podcast: Heart Rate Variability, Biohacking Health & Performance, Quantified Self
Jason Moore: Systems Designer, Tinkerer, Health and Performance Consultant
63 episodes
9 months ago
In This Episode:
Jef sits down with Josh Holland, a movement specialist who loves to experiment with different biohacks to optimize his life and wellbeing. Josh loves to share the latest of his experiments with friends and family, and today has shared these with us as well. He takes us through his Pillars of Health and discusses choosing the "low hanging fruit" to make small changes that have great impact on your long term health.
Episode Guest: Josh Holland
Joshua J Holland is a wealth of experiential knowledge and wisdom. As a dedicated bio hacker, state of the art fitness trainer, holistic health coach and sports professional, he champions the philosophy of “awareness through experience,” and has subsequently spent years consulting with elite professionals with the goal of building a vast well in which to draw from when evoking alignment of body, mind and spirit for his clients.
Website(s): https://joshuajholland.com/main.html
https://www.simplywalkthetalk.com/
Show Notes:
00:30 - Intro to Josh
08:10 - Josh's health issues and concerns that led him to the biohacking sphere
17:55 - Cold packs, tin foil windows; a look into Josh's biohacking experiments
23:15 - Low hanging fruit - for someone looking to get into this stuff, what's the easiest way?
31:40 - Josh's Pillars of Health and building one upon another
43:40 - Cliffs notes for the remaining Pillars, starting with optimizing sleep and recovery
49:15 - Rest days - how much rest?
53:45 - Primal movement vs. advanced movements
59:30 - Wrapping up: health, technology, and analysis paralysis
1:08:45 - Where to find Josh
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In This Episode:
Jef sits down with Josh Holland, a movement specialist who loves to experiment with different biohacks to optimize his life and wellbeing. Josh loves to share the latest of his experiments with friends and family, and today has shared these with us as well. He takes us through his Pillars of Health and discusses choosing the "low hanging fruit" to make small changes that have great impact on your long term health.
Episode Guest: Josh Holland
Joshua J Holland is a wealth of experiential knowledge and wisdom. As a dedicated bio hacker, state of the art fitness trainer, holistic health coach and sports professional, he champions the philosophy of “awareness through experience,” and has subsequently spent years consulting with elite professionals with the goal of building a vast well in which to draw from when evoking alignment of body, mind and spirit for his clients.
Website(s): https://joshuajholland.com/main.html
https://www.simplywalkthetalk.com/
Show Notes:
00:30 - Intro to Josh
08:10 - Josh's health issues and concerns that led him to the biohacking sphere
17:55 - Cold packs, tin foil windows; a look into Josh's biohacking experiments
23:15 - Low hanging fruit - for someone looking to get into this stuff, what's the easiest way?
31:40 - Josh's Pillars of Health and building one upon another
43:40 - Cliffs notes for the remaining Pillars, starting with optimizing sleep and recovery
49:15 - Rest days - how much rest?
53:45 - Primal movement vs. advanced movements
59:30 - Wrapping up: health, technology, and analysis paralysis
1:08:45 - Where to find Josh
Clues to Long Covid Found in POTS with Dr. Diana Driscoll
The Elite HRV Podcast: Heart Rate Variability, Biohacking Health & Performance, Quantified Self
1 hour 7 minutes 12 seconds
4 years ago
Clues to Long Covid Found in POTS with Dr. Diana Driscoll
In This Episode:
As we move into the second year of the Coronavirus pandemic, we are seeing more and more cases of "Long Covid," or symptoms that seem to linger in Covid patients for months after the infection. In this episode, we welcome back POTS (Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome) expert, Dr. Diana Driscoll, who shares how the symptoms of Long COVID and POTS overlap and how Long Covid patients may benefit from similar treatment protocols that help POTS patients.
Episode Guest: Dr. Diana Driscoll
An authority on the autonomic nervous system, Dr. Diana Driscoll is a world-renowned expert on POTS (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome), Chronic Fatigue Syndromes (ME/CFS), chronic dry eye, vagus nerve disorders, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS), and similar "invisible" illnesses. She is the Founder and President of Genetic Disease Investigators and the Clinical
Director of POTS Care, the only clinic in the world dedicated to treating the underlying medical causes of POTS, not just the symptoms.
Website(s): https://potscarepackage.com/
https://drdianadriscoll.com/
Show Notes:
01:00 - Intro
03:00 - How Diana's background and specialties has placed her to help folks suffering from POTS and "invisible illnesses"
07:50 - POTS symptoms and Diana's personal journey
13:00 - "How Life Is" - you don't have to automatically accept your symptoms are chronic
20:00 - Covid and POTS: what Dr. Driscoll has been seeing in her clinic
25:00 - Making sure your basics are covered before going to specialists can be a good starting point
28:00 - Some different ways POTS can present and things to first rule out
36:50 - Diana's recent experience seeing patients with long Covid
40:15 - A solution Diana is exploring to help POTS patients and long Covid patients
43:00 - Sidebar: high intracranial pressure vs. low
44:55 - Diana's experience with anxiety and antidepressants
51:00 - Why Diana's approach has to be as least invasive as possible
01:02:00 - Closing thoughts
01:04:00 - Diana's current projects
The Elite HRV Podcast: Heart Rate Variability, Biohacking Health & Performance, Quantified Self
In This Episode:
Jef sits down with Josh Holland, a movement specialist who loves to experiment with different biohacks to optimize his life and wellbeing. Josh loves to share the latest of his experiments with friends and family, and today has shared these with us as well. He takes us through his Pillars of Health and discusses choosing the "low hanging fruit" to make small changes that have great impact on your long term health.
Episode Guest: Josh Holland
Joshua J Holland is a wealth of experiential knowledge and wisdom. As a dedicated bio hacker, state of the art fitness trainer, holistic health coach and sports professional, he champions the philosophy of “awareness through experience,” and has subsequently spent years consulting with elite professionals with the goal of building a vast well in which to draw from when evoking alignment of body, mind and spirit for his clients.
Website(s): https://joshuajholland.com/main.html
https://www.simplywalkthetalk.com/
Show Notes:
00:30 - Intro to Josh
08:10 - Josh's health issues and concerns that led him to the biohacking sphere
17:55 - Cold packs, tin foil windows; a look into Josh's biohacking experiments
23:15 - Low hanging fruit - for someone looking to get into this stuff, what's the easiest way?
31:40 - Josh's Pillars of Health and building one upon another
43:40 - Cliffs notes for the remaining Pillars, starting with optimizing sleep and recovery
49:15 - Rest days - how much rest?
53:45 - Primal movement vs. advanced movements
59:30 - Wrapping up: health, technology, and analysis paralysis
1:08:45 - Where to find Josh
