Is one more mile always a good thing? In this episode, I sit down with Ray Schloss to talk about burnout, peptides and longevity, and why the drive that gets you through a marathon can keep you in the wrong job or relationship far longer than you should stay.

Ray spent 17 years at Microsoft, leading a global community of more than 1,200 consultants and managers, before burnout led him to retire in 2024. After long COVID and mould exposure left his energy at rock bottom for years, he rebuilt his health and founded Thriving 247, where he now coaches people on longevity and wellness. He's also a certified hypnotherapist and produces meditation music for the Monroe Institute and BrainTap.

We get into:

• Losing two houses on a failed startup, and how it led him to Microsoft
• The night in Milan that taught him to enjoy life again
• Corporate burnout and the cost of standing up for what's right
• Long COVID, mould exposure and getting his energy back
• Peptides explained simply, and why GLP-1 weight loss can cost you muscle without resistance training
• Spotting opportunities, being willing to fail, and knowing when to stop pushing
• A simple way to start meditating, even if you think you can't

For me, the biggest takeaway was this: being able to push through is a strength, until it isn't. Learning when to say "enough is enough" might be the most important skill of all.

Ray shares his own experience in this episode. It isn't medical advice. Some peptides discussed are not approved for human use, so please talk to a qualified healthcare provider before starting any peptide, hormone or GLP-1 therapy.

CONNECT WITH RAY

• Website:
  Thriving 247
• LinkedIn:
  Ray Schloss
• Ray's Monroe Institute album:
  Your Grand Journey
• Free taster track:
  Warm, Wide, Deep Beyond

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Want to put what you just heard into practice? I've distilled the biggest lessons from 287 episodes into a free guide: 9 strategies to boost your performance without working overtime. No fluff, no gimmicks. Just the fundamentals that actually work. Grab it at https://www.trueformpodcast.com/true-form-guide

Want the quick takeaways? Read the blog post for a full breakdown of the episode. https://www.trueformpodcast.com/blog

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Healing burnout doesn't always mean adding another protocol. Sometimes it starts when you stop adding and start listening. In this episode, I sit down with Kristen Renee to talk burnout recovery, the mind-body connection and learning to listen to your body.

Kristen is a wellness author and transformational guide. She spent years in a high-pressure corporate career in the San Francisco Bay Area, trying to be perfect at everything: work, running, her home and her social life. Then an autoimmune diagnosis stopped her in her tracks. She spent the next decade trying every diet, protocol and specialist before she started looking at how her stress, thoughts and lifestyle were all connected.

We get into:

• Why so many high performers keep adding more instead of slowing down
• What happens when your identity is built around being "the athlete" and your body stops cooperating
• Letting go of the old story without blowing up your whole life
• How the words you use about yourself and your body shape what you believe
• Healing your relationship with money and turning a passion into income
• Giving yourself permission to take a risk and change direction

For me, the biggest takeaway was this: more isn't always the answer. Sometimes the work is slowing down enough to hear what your body has been trying to tell you.

Kristen shares her own experience in this episode. It isn't medical advice, so please talk to your healthcare provider about your own health.

CONNECT WITH KRISTEN

Website:
Kristen Renee Rebuilding

Books: The Elements of Healing, Healing the Money Wound and The Purpose Workbook: https://link.amazon/B0gpk11R6
Instagram: @kristenreneehealing

Substack: The Rebuild Collective

Support the show

If you’re enjoying the podcast and getting something out of these conversations, you can support the show for the price of a coffee each month. It helps me bring on great guests, reach more people and keep these conversations going. No pressure, but it genuinely makes a difference, and I appreciate it: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2154793/support

Want to put what you just heard into practice? I've distilled the biggest lessons from 287 episodes into a free guide: 9 strategies to boost your performance without working overtime. No fluff, no gimmicks. Just the fundamentals that actually work. Grab it at https://www.trueformpodcast.com/true-form-guide

Want the quick takeaways? Read the blog post for a full breakdown of the episode. https://www.trueformpodcast.com/blog

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You know what you want to change. You’ve read the books, listened to the podcasts and made the plans, but taking action still feels hard. So what’s getting in the way?

In this episode of The True Form Podcast, I sit down with behavioural coach and Let’s Get Human founder Corbin Bruckshaw to explore the gap between knowing what to do and actually doing it.

We talk about values, identity, self-sabotage and the pressure to chase goals that might not be our own. Corbin also opens up about how his fear of getting things wrong held him back, despite spending years learning about the very things he wanted to help others with.

One of my favourite parts of this conversation is the shift from asking what we want to looking at how we’re actually living. We explore space, time, energy and money as starting points for that reflection, then bring it back to practical examples of getting started in the gym, in business and in everyday life.

Connect with Corbin
https://letsgethuman.com/

- Values and motivation: Looking beyond the goals we think we should want.
- The self-improvement trap: When learning more becomes a way of delaying action.
- Fear and confidence: Corbin’s experience of waiting to feel ready.
- Habits and identity: Starting small and following through on manageable commitments.
- Mentorship and comparison: Learning from others without expecting your day one to look like their year ten.

If you’ve been waiting to feel more confident, more prepared or more certain before you begin, I hope this conversation gives you something useful to reflect on and put into practice.

Support the show

If you’re enjoying the podcast and getting something out of these conversations, you can support the show for the price of a coffee each month. It helps me bring on great guests, reach more people and keep these conversations going. No pressure, but it genuinely makes a difference, and I appreciate it: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2154793/support

Want to put what you just heard into practice? I've distilled the biggest lessons from 287 episodes into a free guide: 9 strategies to boost your performance without working overtime. No fluff, no gimmicks. Just the fundamentals that actually work. Grab it at https://www.trueformpodcast.com/true-form-guide

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You can read all the books, listen to all the podcasts and still not change a thing. In this episode, I sit down with David Fullmer to talk about extreme ownership, daily habits, and actually putting personal growth into practice.

Dave is an entrepreneur, speaker and the author of "Becoming Seven: The Superhuman Rhythm". He shares his story of youth corrections, business setbacks and learning to take responsibility for his next move.

What I loved about this conversation is how simple Dave makes the process. Rather than trying to change everything at once, his B7 framework gives each day of the week one focus: motivation, self-awareness, quiet, gratitude, forgiveness, connection and faith.

We get into:
🔹 Taking ownership of your decisions without pretending every problem will solve itself.
🔹 Turning negative self-talk into a practical plan, instead of forcing positivity.
🔹 Making space for silence, gratitude and forgiveness in a noisy week.
🔹 Being yourself, setting boundaries and choosing people who help you grow.
🔹 Using money to create memories with the people you love, and what it means to keep becoming.

For me, the biggest takeaway was this: stop waiting for another piece of information to change your life. Start being honest about what you can do with what you already know.

Get David's Book: https://link.amazon/B06g1kO8N
Connect with David: https://www.davidfullmer.com/

Support the show

Want to put what you just heard into practice? I've distilled the biggest lessons from 287 episodes into a free guide: 9 strategies to boost your performance without working overtime. No fluff, no gimmicks. Just the fundamentals that actually work. Grab it at https://www.trueformpodcast.com/true-form-guide

Want the quick takeaways? Read the blog post for a full breakdown of the episode. https://www.trueformpodcast.com/blog

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Most people spend their whole lives chasing something — the goal, the result, the version of themselves they think they're supposed to be. Aiden Domic reckons that's exactly why they burn out. This week we sit down with the Melbourne performance coach, breathwork instructor and founder of the 1 Million Minds mission to talk about the difference between doing and embodying, why you can't fake becoming someone, and how breath is the most underused tool most high performers own.

Aiden works with athletes, executives and people chasing an edge through neurodynamic breathwork, mindfulness and intention-setting. He's the breathwork instructor at Pando Society in Elwood, runs corporate wellbeing programs through Connected Minds, and is building Breathe Festivals and 1 Million Minds — a mission to fill stadiums around the world for mental health.

In this episode, we cover:

Why "signal or amplifier" might be the most important question you ever ask yourself

The difference between faking it and actually becoming the person who can do it

How to breathe your way back to a calm nervous system in under a minute

Processing emotions vs skipping them vs getting stuck in them — and why all three trip people up

Backing yourself when nobody else has caught up to the vision yet

The 1 Million Minds mission and what it takes to fill stadiums for mental health

Find Aiden;
Instagram: @aidendomic
Pando Society: pandosociety.com
Connected Minds: connectedminds.com.au
Breathe Festival: 4 October, The Timber Yard, Port Melbourne https://www.eventbrite.com/e/breathe-melbourne-spring-tickets-1991162790507

Support the show

Want to put what you just heard into practice? I've distilled the biggest lessons from 287 episodes into a free guide: 9 strategies to boost your performance without working overtime. No fluff, no gimmicks. Just the fundamentals that actually work. Grab it at https://www.trueformpodcast.com/true-form-guide

Want the quick takeaways? Read the blog post for a full breakdown of the episode. https://www.trueformpodcast.com/blog

Take the first step toward better recovery and overall health with Lumaflex.
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Women over 35: if you're eating less, training harder, and getting nowhere, the problem isn't your willpower; it's your physiology. In this episode of The True Form Podcast, women's health coach Emily Spurling breaks down exactly what changes in a woman's body after 35, why cortisol and declining estrogen drive stubborn weight gain (especially around the midsection), and the strength training, protein, and nervous system shifts that actually work.

Emily is the founder of Karma Being and creator of The Strong, Calm & Lean Method, a framework built for women 40+ navigating perimenopause, menopause, and midlife body changes. After 16+ years of running wellness retreats around the world and coaching thousands of women, she blends the science of female physiology with the mindset and subconscious-belief work that most fitness coaches skip entirely.

In this conversation, we cover:

🔸 Why standard fitness advice fails women over 35.

🔸 Perimenopause, estrogen decline, and cortisol belly explained.

🔸 How much protein women actually need (and why it increases with age).

🔸 Heavy strength training for women: 2 to 3 sessions of 30 minutes.

🔸 The 95/5 rule: how your subconscious runs your health decisions.

🔸 PSYCH-K and Bruce Lipton's Biology of Belief.

🔸 The "alias technique" for quieting your inner critic (Jack tries it live).

🔸 Nervous system regulation, physiological sighs, and stress resilience.

🔸 Why intuitive eating only works once your gut is healed.

🔸 The one 2-minute daily habit Emily would give every person on the planet.

Whether you're a woman in perimenopause, a coach working with women 40+, or someone curious about the mind-body connection, this episode delivers both the science and the practical steps.

🔗 CONNECT WITH EMILY SPURLING

Website: https://karmabeing.com

Method: The Strong, Calm & Lean Method

Retreats: Sri Lanka (Nov/Dec 2026) & Thailand (June 2027)

Corporate wellbeing offerings available via her website

THE TRUE FORM PODCAST

Hosted by Jack Graham - personal trainer, coach, and host exploring Mind, Body & Identity.

New episodes every week.

🎧 Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube or wherever you listen to your podcasts.

Watch me on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/TZVWBA0G3dQ

📌 REFERENCED IN THIS EPISODE

• PSYCH-K - subconscious belief change modality.

• Bruce Lipton - The Biology of Belief.

• Tracy Anderson Method.

• "Duped" - ABC documentary on food labelling.

• Toastmasters.

• Physiological sigh (double inhale, long exhale).

#WomensHealthOver40 #Perimenopause #StrengthTrainingForWomen #TrueFormPodcast #MidlifeHealth

Support the show

If you’re enjoying the podcast and getting something out of these conversations, you can support the show for the price of a coffee each month. It helps me bring on great guests, reach more people and keep these conversations going. No pressure, but it genuinely makes a difference, and I appreciate it: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2154793/support

Want to put what you just heard into practice? I've distilled the biggest lessons from 287 episodes into a free guide: 9 strategies to boost your performance without working overtime. No fluff, no gimmicks. Just the fundamentals that actually work. Grab it at https://www.trueformpodcast.com/true-form-guide

Want the quick takeaways? Read the blog post for a full breakdown of the episode. https://www.trueformpodcast.com/blog

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Allie Chandler spent nearly 8 years bedbound with chronic Lyme disease, mould toxicity, and hyperadrenergic POTS; a condition where her heart rate spiked from 55 to 180 every time she stood up. Dozens of doctors. Endless protocols. No answers. In this episode, Allie shares exactly what finally moved the needle: functional medicine, limbic system retraining (DNRS), EMDR, and daily nervous system regulation. She explains why tracking her symptoms was making her sicker, how she rebuilt her identity from scratch, and the mindset reframes that pulled her out.

Today she runs Upsell Health, a marketing agency for functional medicine practitioners and wellness brands, helping scale supplement companies from $60M to $100M+ in revenue. She's also building "Meet Your Healer," an app matching patients with aligned practitioners, and lifts weights six days a week.

Whether you're navigating chronic illness, stuck in a rut, or just want to think differently about your body, mind, and identity, this conversation will change how you speak to yourself.

💡 WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:

🔸 How Allie went from bedbound to lifting 6 days a week.

🔸 What limbic system retraining (DNRS) actually looks like day to day.

🔸 Why tracking symptoms trains your brain to find more of them.

🔸 How to stop claiming your diagnosis as your identity.

🔸 The role of community, language, and visualisation in recovery.

🔸 How to build a business around your values (empathy-led marketing).

🔸 Why "buy now or stay sick" marketing damages the people it targets.

🔸 Allie's concept of "frequency receipts" and how to start your own.

Connect with Allie:
Website https://upsellhealth.com
Linktree https://linktr.ee/upsellhealth

00:00 Intro.
01:28 From Teacher to Chronic Lyme in the Swiss Alps.
06:00 The Turning Point: Limbic System Retraining (DNRS).
16:55 Why Community and Identity Matter More Than Any Protocol.
20:10 How to Escape the Victim Mindset.
29:38 Building a Marketing Agency in Functional Medicine.
44:15 Empathy-Led Marketing: Why Fear-Based Selling Doesn't Work.
54:52 Final Thoughts on Language, Magnetism & Frequency Receipts.

Support the show

Want to put what you just heard into practice? I've distilled the biggest lessons from 287 episodes into a free guide: 9 strategies to boost your performance without working overtime. No fluff, no gimmicks. Just the fundamentals that actually work. Grab it at https://www.trueformpodcast.com/true-form-guide

Want the quick takeaways? Read the blog post for a full breakdown of the episode. https://www.trueformpodcast.com/blog

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Scott Capelin went from a corporate desk job in his early 20s to owning five personal training studios, and now runs In Life Wellness, a Reformer Pilates franchise with nearly 80 locations across Australia, the US and New Zealand. He recently moved his family to Texas at 50 to open another 20.

30,000+ hours of coaching. Two books. Four kids. Eight years off social media while building all of it.

In this conversation, Scott breaks down the difference between motivation and inspiration, why your business will never outgrow you, the two questions that reveal your actual values, and how 90% of his studio owners started as members walking through the door.

If you've ever felt stuck on one blade of grass while there's a whole field out there, this one's for you.

🔗 CONNECT WITH SCOTT

Website: https://scottcapelin.com

LinkedIn: Scott Capelin

Email: scott@inlifewellness.com

In Life Wellness: https://inlifewellness.com

00:00 Intro
01:43 From Corporate to Personal Trainer: Scott's Career Pivot
07:25 Your Business Will Never Outgrow Its Owner
20:22 Building In Life Wellness to 80 Studios With Zero Marketing
31:17 Motivation vs Inspiration: The Difference That Changes Everything
32:00 The "Two Years to Live" Question That Made Him Cry
42:16 The Snooze Test: How to Know Something Isn't Lighting You Up
59:27 Writing a Vision Statement and Programming the Subconscious

Support the show

If you’re enjoying the podcast and getting something out of these conversations, you can support the show for the price of a coffee each month. It helps me bring on great guests, reach more people and keep these conversations going. No pressure, but it genuinely makes a difference, and I appreciate it: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2154793/support

Want to put what you just heard into practice? I've distilled the biggest lessons from 287 episodes into a free guide: 9 strategies to boost your performance without working overtime. No fluff, no gimmicks. Just the fundamentals that actually work. Grab it at https://www.trueformpodcast.com/true-form-guide

Want the quick takeaways? Read the blog post for a full breakdown of the episode. https://www.trueformpodcast.com/blog

Take the first step toward better recovery and overall health with Lumaflex.
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