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Finding Mastery with Dr. Michael Gervais

Optimizing Wellness from the Inside Out | Dr. Gil Blander

Finding Mastery with Dr. Michael Gervais

Dr. Michael Gervais

Mindset, Finding Mastery, Business, Sport Psychology, Education, Health & Fitness, Michael Gervais, Psychology, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Self-improvement, Self Help

4.61.8K Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2021

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

This week’s conversation is with Dr. Gil Blander, an expert in nutrition, biomarker analytics, athletic performance, biochemistry, and aging research.

Gil holds numerous patents and has published peer-reviewed articles in these fields. 

He received his PhD in biology from the Weizmann Institute of Science, and undertook postgraduate research on aging at MIT. 

Gil is also the Founder and CSO of InsideTracker, a personalized health and performance analytics company created by a team of scientists, physicians, nutritionists and exercise physiologists from MIT, Harvard, and Tufts University.

InsideTracker has been a longtime partner of ours and I love the actionable insights I’ve gathered from the personalized data they've provided me to help optimize my health.

InsideTracker has been a longtime partner of ours and I love the personalized data and actionable insights they support me with to optimize my health.

I wanted to have Gil on to learn more about why he founded InsideTracker and the difference it can make for longevity.

We discuss how different variables such as nutrition, movement, psychology, and genetics not only impact your life span, but more importantly your health span - the amount of time you’re able to live life in a high quality manner.

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0:00.0

It's very important for us to understand that we are the most important and sophisticated

0:06.2

machine that we have, and we need to take care of ourselves as good as we can, and we need to

0:11.1

start doing it as early as possible.

0:22.3

Okay, welcome back, or welcome to the Finding Mastery podcast. I'm Michael Jervé,

0:27.7

and by trade and training on the sport and performance psychologist,

0:30.9

fortunate to work with some of the most extraordinary thinkers and doers across the planet,

0:35.2

and the whole idea behind these conversations is to learn from people, to pull back the curtain,

0:40.2

to explore how they've committed to mastering both their craft and their minds.

0:45.0

Now, our minds are our greatest asset, and if you want to learn more about how you can train your mind,

0:50.4

this is just a quick lower reminder here to check out the online psychological training course

0:54.3

that we've built, where we pull together the best practices to meet the unique intersection

0:59.7

of high-performance psychology and the psychology of well-being. And we walk through 16 essential

1:05.5

principles and skills for you to train your mind, in the same way that we train world-class athletes,

1:10.8

and you can find it at findingmastery.net forward slash course.

1:16.4

Finding Mastery is brought to you by Apollo Nero. I'm really excited about what Apollo Nero is

1:21.6

building. If you haven't had the chance to listen yet, I recently had a fantastic conversation

1:26.7

with our co-founder Dr. David Raven on the podcast. I highly recommend you go check that out. It's

1:32.6

well worth the listen. Apollo Nero is a groundbreaking wearable technology. It's fundamentally designed

1:39.2

to enhance sleep, relaxation, energy, and focus. So unlike traditional wearables that simply track

1:46.3

your biometrics, Apollo actively improves your health by strengthening your nervous system over time.

1:53.2

Okay, so how does it work? Developed by neuroscientists and physicians, the Apollo wearable delivers

1:58.8

soothing, gentle waves of vibration that rebalance your nervous system. Helping you basically feel

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