Is Your Wellness Routine Backfiring? Meet the Absorption Gap w/ John R. Miles | EP 468

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John R. Miles

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🗓️ 8 August 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

You’re meditating. Biohacking. Eating clean.

But still feeling… off?

In this solo episode, John R. Miles explores a silent disruptor in our wellness journey: The Absorption Gap.

What if your body isn’t broken—but simply unable to receive the healing you’re offering?

John shares his own story of optimizing everything—yet unraveling—and breaks down the four hidden filters that block absorption:

Biological (gut, hormones, circadian rhythm)
Neurological (nervous system, stress cues)
Cognitive (mental overload, integration)
Emotional (unspoken pain, performance)

You’ll walk away with practical ways to reset your system—and a single question that can change everything: “What is my system ready to receive?”

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Drawing on personal stories, expert interviews, and real-world insights, John explores the science behind blocked absorption—and invites listeners to realign with what their body and mind truly need.

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0:00.0	Searching for a romantic summer getaway. Escape with Rich Girl Summer, the new Audible original
0:05.2	from Lily Chew. The exquisitely talented Philippa Sue, returning to narrate her fifth
0:10.2	Lily Chew title. This time, Philippa is joined by her real-life husband, Stephen Pasquale,
0:15.5	set in Toronto's wealthy cottage country, aka the Hamptons of Canada, rich girl Summer follows the story of Valerie,
0:22.1	a down-on-her-luck event planner posing as a socialite's long-lost daughter, while piecing
0:26.5	together the secrets surrounding a mysterious family and falling deeper and deeper in love with the
0:31.7	impossibly hard to read and infuriatingly handsome family assistant, Nico. Caught between pretending to belong
0:38.2	and unexpectedly finding where she truly fits in,
0:41.3	Valerie learns her summer is about to get far more complicated
0:44.0	than she ever planned.
0:45.8	She's in over her head and head over heels.
0:48.5	Listen to Rich Girl Summer, now on Audible.
0:51.2	Go to audible.com slash rich girl summer.
0:53.7	Coming up next on Passionstruck, a Buddhist master once said,
0:58.2	you cannot pour new wine into a cracked vessel. No matter how nourishing the wine,
1:03.7	if the vessel leaks, the essence is lost. Now, picture your wellness routine. You eat well,
1:10.0	you sleep, you even meditate, but the fatigue
1:12.7	won't lift. The focus doesn't last. The peace never quite arrives. What if the problem isn't
1:18.9	what you're doing, but whether your system can actually absorb it? And what if the answer has
1:24.0	nothing to do with effort and everything to do with four hidden filters in your
1:28.5	body and brain. One of them might be sabotaging your progress, and you probably don't even know
1:34.1	it exists. That's where we're going. Let's get into it. Welcome to Passionstruck. Hi, I'm your
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