Episodes

Why do some of the most athletic people move so effortlessly without posting big squat numbers? In this episode I sit down with Coach Chong Xie, a fascia-focused performance coach and author of The Secret of Athleticism. Chong brings an engineer's eye from his years at Bloomberg, where tiny differences can crash a system, and applies it to what he noticed in elite athletes: they suspend themselves on the ball of the foot, show distinctive toe calluses, and have prominent tendons in the front of the lower leg. We talk about how that curiosity grew into hyper arch fascial training, what EMG measurements showed, and the randomized clinical trial reporting improved jumping ability. Then we turn to people with chronic conditions. Chong shares his perspective on hypermobility and EDS, why he cautions against heavy weight training for them, supplements he has seen help, and a case of a young athlete with POTS and CCI who returned to normal activity. You'll leave with a fresh lens on movement…

Dry eyes get dismissed as a minor inconvenience—reach for artificial tears and move on. But for many people, persistent dry eye is the first sign of a systemic autoimmune disorder like Sjogren's disease or rheumatoid arthritis. In this episode, Dr. Pam Theriot, an eye care specialist and author of Alleviate Dry Eye, unpacks why dry eye disease is multifactorial and how a proper evaluation can uncover what's really happening behind your symptoms. You'll learn why dry eye treatment has transformed since 2018, when physicians had only one medication option. Today's approach is personalized—matching treatment to the actual cause, whether that's inflammation, insufficient tear production, meibum deficiency, or environmental factors. Dr. Theriot walks through the eight-week framework of her book and her upcoming course, The Eyes Method, which helps you identify your unique dry eye triggers across medications, nutrition, sleep, cosmetics, contact lenses, and environment. By the end of this e…

If you (or someone you love) can't stop scanning for signs that something serious is being missed — checking, Googling, asking for reassurance — this conversation names it and offers a real way out. Dr. Karen Cassiday, a clinical psychologist and past president of the ADAA, joins Dr. Adam Rinde to unpack illness anxiety (often called health anxiety): what it is, why it isn't the old, dismissive "hypochondria," and why it can attach just as fiercely to a child's or spouse's health as your own. Karen explains why reassurance is "gasoline on a fire," how to distinguish anxiety symptoms from genuine red flags, and why more screening — like the $1,000 whole-body MRI — buys anxiety, not better health. She shares the heart of exposure-based therapy, the qualities that make it work, and how snowplow parenting feeds the cycle. She closes with a concrete mid-spiral walkthrough: stop reassurance, slow the body, then do exposure — because "it's sad, but it's not a tragedy. The tragedy is not l…

Panic disorder isn't a flaw in your character—it's your body's alarm system misfiring. In this episode, Dr. Adam Rinde sits down with Dr. Nicole Cain, author of Panic Proof (published by Penguin Random House), to unpack the neurobiology of panic and reveal why the traditional medical model often misses what's really driving it. Dr. Cain breaks down the critical difference between fear, anxiety, and panic—and introduces her "stoplight strategy" (green, yellow, red) to help you recognize where you are in your activation cycle. The key insight: panic isn't the problem; what your panic is trying to communicate is. Drawing on trauma-informed principles and her own journey through panic disorder, Dr. Cain explains how your gut microbiome, hormone systems, and skeletal alignment all contribute to anxiety—and why treating only one system never works. You'll learn how to access her free Panic Proof audiobook through your library, explore her Root Cause Anxiety Method course, and discover why h…