The Made to Thrive Show

Parkinson’s is not a function of aging, it is not a genetic disease and it is a human caused disease that is entirely preventable. That’s what the research is showing and what Parkinson’s expert and advocate Dr Ray Dorsey is on a mission to communicate to the world. Parkinson’s disease is the downstream effect of the indiscriminate, criminal and unnecessary use of neurotoxic chemicals we are spraying on our food, spraying on our sport fields, using in our dry-cleaning and breathing in the air. 
Dr. Ray Dorsey is a neurologist, researcher, and internationally recognized leader in Parkinson’s disease care, prevention, and health-care innovation. He holds a BS from Stanford University and a joint MD/MBA from the University of Pennsylvania (Perelman School of Medicine and Wharton). Currently, Dr. Dorsey is a practicing neurologist at Atria and Director of Atria’s Center for the Brain & the Environment, a nonprofit research initiative focused on identifying and preventing environmental causes of neurodegenerative disease, including Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. He has authored more than 200 peer-reviewed publications, raised over $60 million in research funding, and was honored at the White House as a Champion of Change. A leading voice for prevention-focused medicine, he is the author of Ending Parkinson’s Disease and the forthcoming The Parkinson’s Plan, and remains committed to reimagining how brain health is protected across the lifespan.
Knowledge is power. Learn how we are going to stop Parkinson’s with Dr Dorsey’s books: www.pdplan.org
Contact:
Website - www.pdplan.org
Instagram - @raydorseymd 
Join us as we explore:
How Parkinson’s exploded from 6 to 6 million cases in just a few centuries, 
Why Parkinson’s is all about the chemicals in our food, water and air, NOT GENETICS and is a PREVENTABLE disease.
How to live well despite a Parkinson’s diagnosis, the danger of golf courses and the most dangerous Parkinson’s chemicals.
The link to the microbiome and predictive diagnostics techniques using data science and AI.
Mentions:
Person - Dr Caroline Tanner, https://www.michaeljfox.org/researcher/caroline-tanner-md-phd 
Book - Silent Spring, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Spring
Organization - Atria, https://www.atria.org
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Why settle for normal when we the target should be peak human health optimization, what I call superhuman? With the billions being put into the biotech industry, wearables, more access to all sorts of techniques, and now the unimaginable power of AI, it truly does seem the limits of health at the moment are boundless. That’s the world my guest Dr Sanjeev Goel inhabits, and today we discuss our clinical experience and what we see working for human health and mental performance.
Dr. Sanjeev Goel is a Canadian physician, speaker, and longevity expert widely known as “The Happiness and Longevity MD.”, his career spans over five decades and includes remote medical service in Himalayan communities as well as teaching mindfulness and resilience to healthcare professionals. His work focuses on helping individuals reduce burnout, slow biological aging, and improve mental, physical, and emotional wellbeing through evidence-based, nature-aligned practices. A serious Lyme-like illness in 2019 deepened his commitment to restorative health and self-directed healing, shaping his approach today. Dr. Goel emphasizes that happiness and longevity are not opposing goals, but outcomes of a life lived in biological and personal alignment.
Get 10% off peptides and supplements at PeakHuman using code MADETOTHRIVE10
Contact: 
Website - https://www.sanjeevgoel.com/
Website - https://www.peakhuman.ca

Join us as we explore:
Improving sleep quality with TMS and new targeted pharmaceuticals,  the wellness hormone, GLP1s for cravings and addiction and the best data points to test for cognitive decline and mental performance.
PeakHuman, the Peak 5 RI process, HBOT, plasmapheresis and AI.
Testosterone aromatization, the right testosterone to estrogen ratio, TRT, DHT and why it’s never too early in life to start tracking your data.
The best diagnostic tests to determine biological age.
Mentions:
Product - ExoMind, https://bodybybtl.com/solutions/exomind/ 

Diagnostic - TrueAge, https://shop.trudiagnostic.com/products/truage-complete-epigenetic-collection

Treatment - Plasmapheresis, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasmapheresis 
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This episode isn’t for the faint at heart. Because Dawnmarie’s story and the stories she shares are heartbreaking. The data and her clinical experience indicates that one in four girls are abused in the household before 18 years old, and most of that abuse happens before age 6. And while having a step-parent is the number one risk , unfortunately they are often not the only person at blame. DawnMarie is a survivor in the truest sense, having taken her past of horrible abuse and turning the pain into true purpose and mission. But it was messy, took courage and ultimately took faith. Dawnmarie’s story is one of hope, and that there is always hope.
Dr. DawnMarie Risley-Childs is a professional speaker who empowers audiences to create positive change. She inspires audiences to break free from negativity and to create a brighter future. She delivers impactful talks, workshops, and podcast appearances on healing from toxic relationships, building positive work cultures, and championing the safety and well-being of children.  

Get her book “The Offering” HERE - https://www.drrisleychilds.com/book
Contact:
Website - https://www.drrisleychilds.com

Join us as we explore:
What it means to not let your trauma go to waste, why trauma is so painful to speak and hear, vulnerability as strength and what it takes to move forward and thrive even if after being deeply harmed.
Emotionally toxic and traumatic environments and abuse by proxy.
Creating a culture and society that can discuss, absorb and advocate for childhood trauma as a collective and community.
Frightening statistics around female childhood abuse, and what the data exposes as the biggest risks for abuse in the household.
The two major turning points of Dawnmarie’s journey from trauma to thriving, the role of psychedelic medicine interventions along the way and strength from spiritual faith.
Mentions

Person - Jeremy Indika, https://www.instagram.com/jeremyindika/

Organizations - MAPS, www.maps.org
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This episode is a masterclass in both men and women’s hormonal health. These hormones in effect are the clocks of aging, so much so that biotech labs can now take a few data points, consult with AI and provide you with an almost exact time until major hormonal events like menopause. Which is crucially important because to optimize health and longevity the right type of hormonal support and treatment should be started years before that. This episode is for anyone wanting to understand how hormones are the backbone of overall health, aging slower, maintaining sexual function and looking younger for longer.

Dr. Amy Killen, MD received her Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical science from Texas A&M University and then her MD from UT Southwestern Medical School. She completed an Emergency Medicine residency at the University of Arizona. She worked for many years in Austin, Texas as a board-certified emergency physician before moving to Portland and becoming the medical director of an anti-aging specialty clinic. Now in Utah, Dr. Killen embraces bio-identical hormone therapy and personalized medicine and offers aesthetics services, including Botox, Fillers, and Microneedling. Dr. Killen is also enthusiastic about cutting-edge rejuvenating medicine techniques, using Platelet Rich Plasma Natural Growth Factor Injections for skin rejuvenation, hair restoration, urinary incontinence, and sexual dysfunction.

Contact:
Website - https://dramykillen.com
Instagram - @dr.amybkillen 
Join us as we explore:
Hormone optimization, TRT and infertility, estrogen dominance in BOTH men and women and hormone enhancing (or not) peptides.
Estrogen vs estrone vs estriol vs estradiol.
Sexual health, ovarian aging, HRT, perimenopause and the ability of AI to predict your age of menopause onset.
Why men would supplement with progesterone.  
Why everyone should get a DEXA scan.
Sleep optimization, skin optimization, birth control, Bryan Johnson and other biohacking insights.
Mention

Biotech - TimeLessBiotech, https://timelessbiotech.com\

Biotech - LifeAhead, https://lifeahead.co

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I believe AI is going to radically change healthcare. It already is doing so, with patients challenging their family doctor with ChatGPT analysis of their blood work and scans. Or as I experienced  myself recently, working with AI to discover an obscure allergy in a patient that has kept him unwell for years! But Dr. Brigitte Piniewski is outlining an even more radical change to healthcare - decentralizing health data, owning your health data and benefiting from that data both collectively in our billions as well as individually.

Get her book “Wealthcare” NOW - https://www.alexandriabooks.com/collection/wealthcare
Brigitte Piniewski is a physician, author, and former healthcare executive at the forefront of AI, Web3, and the transformation of health intelligence. With a career spanning medicine, research, and emerging technologies, she is a leading voice on how AI can move multiple industries forward—provided we overcome the critical limitations of current approaches. As an expert in decentralized AI and trust-based data ecosystems, Dr. Piniewski advocates for aligning AI with humanity by securing access to trusted ground truths—the key to ensuring AI model accuracy and sustainability over time. With a unique blend of clinical expertise, executive leadership, and deep-tech fluency, Dr. Piniewski is shaping the future of AI-driven health intelligence—one where technology serves not just efficiency, but accuracy, equity, and our next wealth inflection. Her seminal book, “Wealthcare: Demystifying Web3 and the Rise of Personal Data Economies”, also available as an NFT, is an essential guide for anyone aiming to spearhead innovations in healthcare.

Website - https://block-health.com 
Join us as we explore:
The risks and rewards of bypassing human physicians and just uploading our health data to Dr ChatGPT, Dr Grok or Dr Gemini.
Why AI is necessary for health in the modern world in a way it would not have been a century ago, and how they will be able to analyze volumes of population data never even imagined previously.
The privacy issues concerning health data uploading versus earning financial benefit from voluntarily sharing the living of our lives.
The three zones of AI created wealthcare, and decentralized health data.
DOA organizations.
Mentions:

AI - Venice, https://venice.ai

Platform - Bittensor ,https://bittensor.com
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