The Gabby Reece Show

Most people assume the treatment is the problem when it doesn't work.Dr. Vassily Eliopoulos, MD, a Co-Founder & Chief Medical Officer of Longevity Health Clinic, says it's almost never the treatment. It's the body that wasn't ready for it.

In this episode we get into stem cells, hormone panels, lab testing your doctor isn't running, and why so many people never actually feel good, not because the tools don't exist, but because the foundation was never built.

What we explore:

- Why tissue readiness determines whether stem cells and hormone therapy actually work.
- How optimizing your physiology before any treatment is the step most people skip entirely.
- Why the full hormone panel looks almost the same for men and women, and what most doctors get wrong about ordering it.
- How sleep deprivation accumulates over a lifetime and why it is one of the most underestimated drivers of aging.
- How chronic low-grade stress quietly erodes your hormones, your recovery, and your ability to think clearly.
- Why training the parasympathetic nervous system is a skill, not a personality trait, and how to actually build it.
- What morning sunlight and grounding do to your hormones, your circadian rhythm, and your energy for the rest of the day.
- Why most athletes are underfueled, underrecovered, and headed for early injury despite doing everything their sport demands.
- How early sport specialization is creating a generation of athletes whose bodies break down before they peak.
- How physical healing opens the door to deeper personal change, even when people are not looking for it.
- What microdosing psychedelics is showing in clinical practice and why it matters for people who feel stuck despite doing the work.

Chapters

00:00 Intro
05:20 How Stem Cells Actually Work
10:08 Optimizing Your Body Before Any Treatment
15:00 Pleasure vs. Joy and Self-Love
19:22 How to Find Your Real Purpose
29:42 What Really Happens When You Sleep
35:27 His Personal Health Wake-Up Call
41:40 The Lab Tests Your Doctor Skips
53:44 Morning Sunlight and Grounding Basics
58:22 Stress, Cortisol, and Your Nervous System
01:04:22 Hormone Disruptors in Athletes
01:12:39 Psychedelics and Physical Healing
01:18:28 Stem Cells for Skin Regeneration

About Dr. Vass, MD:

Dr. Vassily Eliopoulos, or simply known as Dr. Vass, spent years as an ER physician before walking away from a system he felt was treating symptoms, not people. Today he is the Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer of Longevity Health, where he combines functional, regenerative, and traditional medicine into one integrated approach. His work sits at the intersection of stem cell therapy, hormone optimization, and full-panel diagnostics, built around a simple premise: if the body isn't primed to heal, no treatment will perform the way it should.

Connect with Dr. Vass:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.vassily/
Website: https://longevityhealth.clinic/

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The Gabby Reece Show

This is where I have real conversations with the people I find most worth listening to: scientists, athletes, coaches, parents, and thinkers who are doing the hard work of building a life that holds up over time. No hacks. No quick fixes. Just honest, practical conversations about performance, longevity, relationships, and what it actually takes to show up well at every age.

If you are here, you probably already know that health is not a destination. It is how you live. I am glad you are along for it.

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Reinvention is a word that gets thrown around a lot. Dominique Sachse would call it a misread. I sit down with Dominique, Emmy Award-winning broadcast journalist, YouTube creator, author of Life Makeover, and host of Over 50 & Flourishing, to talk about what it actually takes to rebuild your identity in midlife, why letting go of control is not weakness, and how curiosity might be the most underrated tool any of us have.

After 28 years anchoring the news in Houston, Dominique walked away from a pension, a 401k, and a career identity she built from scratch, all while navigating a divorce and building an entrepreneurial brand from the ground up. This conversation goes deep on the psychological cost of high achievement, why driven women often end up lonely in their relationships, and what it looks like to build a life that holds up over time.

What We Explore:

- Why "reinvention" is the wrong frame, and how thinking of life as an unfolding rather than a reset changes everything about how you make hard decisions.
- How the same traits that make you exceptional at work will slowly hollow out your relationships, and what it looks like to finally course-correct without losing your edge.
- Why curiosity is the skill that keeps midlife from becoming a holding pattern, in love, in identity, and in every conversation you are scared to start.
- What the need for control actually costs you, and why the highest-performing women are often the ones who feel most invisible inside their own homes.
- How to approach aging, appearance, and the "how much is too much" question without losing yourself in the process.

Chapter:
00:00 Intro
03:00 Why Female Broadcasters Get Judged on Appearance First
09:05 Leaving Security Behind: Career, Divorce, and Starting Over
13:46 Midlife Women Are Craving Simplicity. Here Is Why.
18:38 Curiosity: The Skill That Keeps Midlife Moving Forward
25:00 Why High-Achieving Women Struggle in Relationships
29:40 Building a Faith-First Marriage That Actually Works
34:32 Why Too Much Polish Becomes Its Own Prison
39:43 How to Heal After Divorce: Journaling, Therapy, Patterns
46:09 What Minimum Wage Jobs Teach Kids About Life
49:09 Using Beauty and Style to Break Identity Attachments
52:42 Why Other People React When You Dare to Change
57:00 Aging Honestly: Lifestyle First, Then Decide What Else

About Dominique Sachse:

Dominique Sachse spent nearly three decades as an Emmy Award-winning broadcast journalist and anchor at KPRC in Houston, Texas. She launched her YouTube beauty and lifestyle channel in 2014 and built a community of nearly one million women who trust her to show up honestly about the real texture of midlife. She is the author of Life Makeover: Embrace the Bold, Beautiful and Blessed You and the host of the podcast Over 50 & Flourishing. Her work sits at the intersection of faith, identity, beauty, and honest self-examination, and she is one of the more grounded voices doing it at scale.

Connect with Dominique Sachse:

Website: https://dominiquesachse.tv/who-i-am/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dominiquesachse/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dominiquesachsetv
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dominiquesachse

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The Gabby Reece Show

This is where I have real conversations with the people I find most worth listening to: scientists, athletes, coaches, parents, and thinkers who are doing the hard work of building a life that holds up over time. No hacks. No quick fixes. Just honest, practical conversations about performance, longevity, relationships, and what it actually takes to show up well at every age.

If you are here, you probably already know that health is not a destination. It is how you live. I am glad you are along for it.

Connect with Gabby Reece:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gabbyreece/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gabbyreeceofficial
Website: https://gabriellereece.com

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Most people watch the Olympics and see the result. Chari Hawkins lived two and a half decades of work to get there, and almost didn't make it. I sit down with US Olympian and world-class heptathlete Chari Hawkins for a wide-ranging conversation about what it actually takes to build mental toughness from scratch, compete at the highest level with a broken heart, and figure out who you are when the sport is no longer the whole answer.
This is not a highlight reel conversation. Chari is honest about the panic attacks, the identity crises, the years of therapy, the breakdowns under a tent at track meets, and the visualization breakthrough that got her to the 2024 Paris Olympics. She's also sharp, curious, and deeply thoughtful about what sport teaches you about life, not the other way around. If you've ever had to do hard things while scared, this one is for you.
What we explore:
Why tying your identity to a single role, athlete, title, achievement, sets you up for a crisis the moment it ends.
How Chari used a three-word visualization framework to silence the fear before the race that got her to Paris.
Why mental toughness is not a personality trait, and what the actual work of building it looks like under pressure.
What not winning a World Championship medal gave her that a podium finish never could have.
How competition-day nutrition, breathwork, and sleep tools function as a performance system, and what happens when you get them wrong.
Chapter:
00:00 Intro
01:35 Why Competing Can Disconnect You From Yourself
10:56 Why She Chose the Heptathlon
16:49 How to Learn New Skills Faster Than Everyone Else
21:31 Sports Psychology Tools That Actually Work
36:28 How to Support Someone After Failure
49:25 The “See, Feel, Trust” Performance Technique
01:00:10 Parenting, Discipline, and Mental Strength
01:12:41 Peak Performance and Age in the Olympics
01:24:05 Bouncing Back After a Devastating Moment
01:34:46 What Losing Teaches You That Winning Can’t
01:36:54 What Athletes Eat on Competition Day
01:47:08 Balancing Training, Recovery, and Performance
01:51:05 A 30-Day Plan to Build Mental Strength
02:00:22 Sprint Training Mindset and Workouts
02:11:17 Overcoming Injury Fear and Recovery
02:17:33 Sleep, Travel, and Mental Recovery Tools
02:28:46 Future Goals and Final Lessons

About Chari Hawkins
Chari Hawkins is a US Olympic heptathlete who competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics. One of the most mentally transparent athletes in track and field, she has spent over 20 years competing at the world-class level across seven events, from the 100 hurdles to the 800m, and has become as well known for her openness about the mental side of sport as she has for her performance. She is based in Utah and trains alongside her husband CJ, who serves as both her training partner and one of her closest sources of perspective.
Connect with Chari Hawkins
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_charihawkins/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@_charihawkins
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@_charihawkins
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChariTrack
X: https://x.com/_charihawkins

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There’s a difference between looking strong… and actually being resilient.

In this conversation, I sat down with Kris Gethin—someone who has spent decades pushing the limits of performance, recovery, and discipline.

But what stood out to me isn’t just how hard he trains.

It’s how clearly he understands that real strength isn’t just physical.

It’s mental.
It’s behavioral.
And it’s built through the small decisions we make every day.

Kris didn’t come into this world through a perfect path.
He found training through injury, through losing his identity, and through having to rebuild himself from the ground up.

And that’s really what this conversation is about.

Not optimization for the sake of looking better.

But using discipline as a way to stabilize your life.

In this episode, we cover:
Why doing hard things first thing in the morning changes your entire day
The difference between physical strength and mental capacity
How community—not just programming—is what actually drives long-term change
Why most people struggle to change even when they want to
The role of identity in building (or breaking) consistency
How nutrition, sleep, and environment shape your ability to perform
The balance between intensity and recovery
And what it really means to be “harder to kill”
A bigger takeaway

A lot of people are chasing performance, success, or some version of “better.”

But if your system—your sleep, your stress, your habits—isn’t aligned…

Everything feels harder than it should.

Kris has a very direct way of saying it:

Do the hard things first.
Build resilience.
And stop negotiating with yourself.

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In this episode, I talk with Anders Corbett, microbiome researcher and founder of Craft Microbiome, about how the bacteria living inside us may be influencing far more than we realize — from performance and recovery to cognition, mood, and long-term health.

Anders’ journey into microbiome science started at Harvard Medical School, where he sequenced his own microbiome as a former elite rower. What he discovered sparked a much bigger question: do elite athletes carry different microbial patterns than the rest of us?

That curiosity led him to study Olympic athletes, UFC fighters, NBA players, endurance competitors, and high-performing executives — identifying how certain bacterial strains correlate with inflammation control, lactate metabolism, testosterone signaling, VO₂ capacity, and stress resilience.

In this conversation, we explore the rapidly evolving science of the microbiome and human performance, including:

• How the microbiome shifts before and after elite competition
• Inflammation-reducing bacteria found in endurance athletes
• Growth-hormone–associated strains identified in sprinters
• Gut changes after concussive and non-concussive hits
• The gut-brain axis and its impact on mood and decision-making
• How bacteria influence dopamine and serotonin production
• Microbiome changes that tend to happen around 40 and again around 60
• Epigenetics and how microbes may turn genes on or off
• Why sunlight, soil exposure, and environment matter for microbial health
• How stress reshapes bacterial populations in the gut
• The future of performance-focused probiotic formulations

We also talk about something many of us overlook: how modern life — sterile environments, limited food diversity, chronic stress, antibiotics, travel, and poor sleep — may be reducing microbial diversity and resilience.

Anders shares practical ways to begin supporting your microbiome even if you’re not a professional athlete — including simple shifts that may improve sleep, digestion, recovery, focus, and energy.

This conversation bridges cutting-edge science with something more timeless: the idea that our bodies are ecosystems. And it raises a deeper question worth considering:

Who’s really in charge — you or your gut?

CONNECT WITH ANDERS

Craft Microbiome
https://craftmicrobiome.com

(Custom microbiome sequencing and consultations available)

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