Hello and welcome back to part two of my conversation with bestselling author, speaker and coach Brad Stoolberg.

Yesterday we touched on loads of things in part one like optimization, the optimization,

pros, consistency, integrity. And we were just about to dive into our respective mental health issues

and what we've learned. And that's where we will pick up this part two. And this part two of our

conversation, we do go deeper. We talk about being and becoming. We talk about identity. We talk

about the different selves we have. And we have a different stance and a different

view on a couple of these things. But I think we really tackled it in a constructive way, so much

so that we both came off the course saying we've got to hop on and do a second conversation for

sure. And so, yeah, just such a pleasure chatting to Brad. And I really hope

you enjoy this conversation, part two of this conversation as much as I did. And then I want to throw in this pile that we're talking about here of consistency,

integrity, etc., is vulnerability. And that brings me to a post of yours that you wrote about

when you experienced a panic attack a while ago. And it's after effects.

And you're being diagnosed with OCD, but without the CD. It was beautifully vulnerable.

So would you mind sharing that story? And then also, I just want to say beforehand,

I resonated with it. And I will tell you why and how, and it

will take us on, I resonated with it deeply. It spoke to me in terms of my own experience. So I

just wanted to put out there, but I will share too, but if you wouldn't mind going first.

Yeah. So this was 2017, late 2000, yeah, no, mid-2017, so almost a decade ago now, seven and a half, eight years ago.

Peak performance, my first book that I co-authored with Steve had just come out.

And it's a book about how to perform really well.

And we were just kind of two young guys that really were starting to break through and enjoying all that came with that. And I was in New York City doing some events for the book. And in hindsight, what probably happened is I let my blood sugar get very low. I did a long run in Central Park because it's my first time running in Central Park. So I crammed in all those miles. And I actually distinctly remember now, I remember getting to mile 15 and saying, well, I could go like two more miles, but then I might not have enough time to eat. But that'll be okay. Like I'll just have a granola bar. So I did the extra two miles and then I got to the place for the interview and I was sure

they'd have snacks and they had no snacks.

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