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The Made to Thrive Show

Steve Stavs
The Made to Thrive Show
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    The Death of Modern Science, the Cult of Dogma, and Restoring Health Through the New Biology of Water with Dr. Tom Cowan, MD

    25/03/2026 | 59 mins.
    Are we progressing in health and wellness? Or is so much of what we are looking for in the simplicity of the past and the design of nature? We live in a complex and messy and yes toxic world, so what do we do about it? Today I talk to Dr Tom Cowan again, a man who himself says he can’t believe the things he is saying now after spending the last decades dissecting scientific and medical claims taken as dogma.
    Dr Tom Cowan is a well-known alternative medicine doctor, author, and speaker, with a common-sense, holistic approach to health and wellness. He has given countless lectures and workshops throughout the U.S. on a variety of subjects in health and medicine and is the author of six books. Recent publications include “The Contagion Myth,” co-authored by Sally Fallon Morell, “Cancer and the New Biology of Water” and “Human Heart, Cosmic Heart.”
    Contact:
    Website - https://newbiologyclinic.com
    Website - https://www.drcowansgarden.com 
    Website - https://drtomcowan.com 
    Join us as we explore:
    New biology clinic, why it exists, who it was designed for and why its origin stems from Dr Cowan’s pursuit of the scientific method. 
    How Albert Einstein killed science, atomism and the “cult of the bouncing billiard ball”
    Water as the foundation of life and health and electromagnetic medicine as the fix of 80% of disease.
    If it’s possible to be healthy in a modern, urban city?
    Toxicity and how to detox
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    As much as we love doing it, there are costs involved and any contribution will allow us to keep going and keep finding the best guests in the world to share their health expertise with you. I’d be grateful and feel so blessed by your support: https://www.patreon.com/MadeToThriveShow

    Send me a WhatsApp to +27 64 871 0308.

    Disclaimer: Please see the link for our disclaimer policy for all of our content: https://madetothrive.co.za/terms-and-conditions-and-privacy-policy/
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    From Fake Freedom to Full Flow: Unlock 10+ Hours/Week, Master Your MTP & Engineer the Life You Actually Want with Dr. Ann Tsung, MD

    20/03/2026 | 49 mins.
    Are you living fake freedom? One of my biggest realizations with productivity expert Dr Ann Tsung was that - many of us are stuck in stage 3 of the time freedom cycle and treading water in fake time freedom. The question then is - how do we escape it and start living a life of more freedom and more flow and what are the habits, the values, the mindset and the tools we can employ to become time transcenders. 

    Ann Tsung MD is a NASA Flight Surgeon, Critical Care/Emergency Medicine physician, peak performance/productivity coach at Productivity MD, real estate investor, podcast show host of Productivity MD, and a mother of a 19-month-old. With a unique fusion of medical precision and entrepreneurial success, she guides top physician entrepreneurs to unlock over 10 hours a week, master their mindset, scale their businesses, and achieve unparalleled freedom and leadership excellence.

    Contact:
    Website - https://www.productivitymd.com/
    Instagram - @anntsungmd

    Join us as we explore:
    The performance masterclass - why it’s critical to know our baseline data, liquid biopsies, DEXA, Vo2Max and more.
    True freedom, freedom’s relationship to time and the 5 stages of time freedom, the flow cycle and how to life a high flow state life.
    Fake time freedom, and the biggest productivity mistake.
    The mindset and psychology of freedom, why we all need to know MTP and “engineering out distraction”.
    Habits and practices for improved performance, self-awareness and self-discovery.
    Mentions
    Link - 5 Stages to Time Freedom, https://www.skool.com/time-and-energy-mastery-3331/about

    App - Freedom, https://www.freedom.to

    Support the show
    Follow Steve's socials:

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    Support the show on Patreon:

    As much as we love doing it, there are costs involved and any contribution will allow us to keep going and keep finding the best guests in the world to share their health expertise with you. I’d be grateful and feel so blessed by your support: https://www.patreon.com/MadeToThriveShow

    Send me a WhatsApp to +27 64 871 0308.

    Disclaimer: Please see the link for our disclaimer policy for all of our content: https://madetothrive.co.za/terms-and-conditions-and-privacy-policy/
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    Parkinson’s is Preventable: The Toxic Chemicals Causing 6 Million Cases, AI-Powered Prevention & How to End the Disease Forever with Dr. Ray Dorsey, MD/MBA

    11/03/2026 | 59 mins.
    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
    Support the show
    Follow Steve's socials:

    Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube | Facebook | Twitter | TikTok

    Support the show on Patreon:

    As much as we love doing it, there are costs involved and any contribution will allow us to keep going and keep finding the best guests in the world to share their health expertise with you. I’d be grateful and feel so blessed by your support: https://www.patreon.com/MadeToThriveShow

    Send me a WhatsApp to +27 64 871 0308.

    Disclaimer: Please see the link for our disclaimer policy for all of our content: https://madetothrive.co.za/terms-and-conditions-and-privacy-policy/
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    Superhuman Longevity Unlocked: AI, TRT, Biological Age Hacking & Peak Human Protocols with Dr. Sanjeev Goel, MD (The Happiness & Longevity MD)

    03/03/2026 | 47 mins.
    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 
    Support the show
    Follow Steve's socials:

    Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube | Facebook | Twitter | TikTok

    Support the show on Patreon:

    As much as we love doing it, there are costs involved and any contribution will allow us to keep going and keep finding the best guests in the world to share their health expertise with you. I’d be grateful and feel so blessed by your support: https://www.patreon.com/MadeToThriveShow

    Send me a WhatsApp to +27 64 871 0308.

    Disclaimer: Please see the link for our disclaimer policy for all of our content: https://madetothrive.co.za/terms-and-conditions-and-privacy-policy/
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    From Trauma to Triumph: Surviving Childhood Abuse, Psychedelics, and the Power of Faith with Psychiatrist Dawnmarie Risley-Childs, DO

    25/02/2026 | 56 mins.
    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
    Support the show
    Follow Steve's socials:

    Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube | Facebook | Twitter | TikTok

    Support the show on Patreon:

    As much as we love doing it, there are costs involved and any contribution will allow us to keep going and keep finding the best guests in the world to share their health expertise with you. I’d be grateful and feel so blessed by your support: https://www.patreon.com/MadeToThriveShow

    Send me a WhatsApp to +27 64 871 0308.

    Disclaimer: Please see the link for our disclaimer policy for all of our content: https://madetothrive.co.za/terms-and-conditions-and-privacy-policy/

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Optimising your mind, body and soul. Hosted by Steve Stavs, Africa's Pro Biohacker, Health Futurist, and founder of www.madetothrive.co.za.
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