You Can’t Fix What You Won’t Face

Mike MacCrory is a licensed mental performance coach who’s worked with athletes from esports to the NBA. What you might not know is how deep his work goes—far beyond mindset hacks and motivation memes.

We dig into:

• Why the same thing that makes you successful can also make you sick
• The difference between needing better tools… and needing deeper healing
• How trauma shows up in high performers—even when they don’t think they have any
• Why men in their 30s and 40s often hit a wall—mentally, physically, and emotionally
• Identity collapse: what happens when the athlete, exec, or operator retires
• “I’m not hitting my jump shot” → “I’ll lose my career” → “I’ll go broke” — how high performers spiral into catastrophe
• Why mindfulness is misunderstood and overhyped—and what it actually is
• EMDR, trauma networks, and how a single bad memory can shape decades of behavior
• The critical importance of redefining success after sport or high-level performance

One key insight: the problem you think you have may not be the real one. Mike helps athletes (and professionals) peel back the layers, uncover what’s driving their behaviors, and build a more durable internal foundation.

Also:
• Beer. He brews it. He judges it. Yes, really.
• Go-to podcast? The Huberman Lab (with a healthy dose of scientific skepticism)

If you’re a high-performing man who’s silently stuck, this one’s worth your time.

🎙️ Episode Title: Muscle, Metabolism & Motion: Aging Well with Arny Ferrando

In this powerhouse episode, we’re joined by Arny Ferrando, world-leading expert in muscle metabolism and aging from University of Arkansas Medical Sciences. We recount his journey through West Point, Ranger School, aviation, and NASA, on to becoming a leading researcher in his field.

We dive into:

• ✅ TRT (Testosterone Replacement Therapy) — What it is, when it's needed, and why it’s not just about performance
• 🧬 Sarcopenia and aging — Why muscle loss accelerates over 40, and how to fight it with resistance training and protein
• 🥩 Essential Amino Acids (EAAs) — What dozens of clinical studies say about this underappreciated tool
• 🛌 Sleep, stress, and recovery — Lessons from tactical athletes and special operators
• 💥 Supplements that work (and those that mostly don’t…) — The real science behind EAAs, creatine, beta alanine, and a bunch of also-rans
• 🚀 His most famous and favorite research subject — Marine Colonel, Senator, and astronaut John Glenn

🗣️ Final takeaway: “Motion is lotion.” Keep moving! Nothing gets better with age, but movement and nutrition go a long way.

Dr. Dan Jacobazzi is a world class chiropractor and physical therapist.

I know firsthand. He’s put me back together more times than I care to remember after my various injuries and surgeries.

What might be more surprising is how much more than that he is. An accomplished division one athlete who started off in engineering before transitioning to healthcare, he’s expanded into wholistic medicine with an emphasis on gut health and inflammation—the root of a lot of Modern Industrial Diseases (MIDs).

In this episode, we dig into his journey and the sad state of modern sickcare and what to do about it, including misconceptions about cholesterol and statins, high blood pressure, and the next big shoe to drop—GLP-1 agonists and their side effects.

We also discuss entrepreneurship, independence, and some truly novel tax strategies…

This episode is just the chaser for that red pill!