How to Access Flow State for Calm Focus and Peak Performance | ft. David Nurse Heal Thy Self w/ Dr. G #447

Heal Thy Self with Dr. G

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Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 5 January 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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0:00.0	People that are at the top of their field, they have extreme passion for what they do.
0:05.0	And it's passion personified. So personified means they're living it out.
0:09.3	But also with purpose. Purpose might be tapping into showing your kids that you can do it.
0:13.9	Or connecting with God on a higher level that he's given you this calling for purpose.
0:17.7	So it's passion personified with purpose.
0:20.0	You ever notice the state that you get in when time disappears and you're fully present
0:24.9	and everything just clicks? It's called a flow state and we can access that state throughout
0:31.1	the day. Yeah, believe it or not, our brain waves can be wired to access that state. And what's a
0:37.3	benefit? Well, life just gets better.
0:38.8	You get more efficient at your work. Your relationships get deeper. You enjoy being a human being so
0:44.5	much more. And guess what? Today I have the flow state guru on the show, David Nurse. He's a high
0:51.6	performance coach who's worked with elite athletes from NBA players
0:54.8	to UFC fighters and he helps him get into the flow state so they work well under pressure.
0:59.4	But in this episode, we're going to break down what is the flow state? What happens in the brain?
1:04.2	And how do we access the flow state to actually change our lives day to day?
1:08.8	He teaches us a few simple simple short strategies that we can take
1:12.2	every single morning to start wiring our brains to be in flow state. Imagine what life would
1:17.3	be like if you're fully present, efficient, working well under pressure, and just feeling good
1:22.5	in your body. That's flow state and we're going to learn how to get into it. All right, everyone,
1:26.5	I want to welcome my friend to the show. If you remember the episode I have with David Nurse back in the 2020, 2020, 2021 days in Topanga, we did an outdoor show. It was really, bro, your motivation comes out, your pores. You tell me something, I'm going to run through a wall, all right? But I want to welcome you to the show, everyone, because David, today we're going to be talking
1:47.5	about flow state. Flow state. This has been your, really, your coaching, your life has been
1:53.1	dedicated to that state that we get into that kind of our mental moves away, our nervous system
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