You can compensate for stress for years, until one day your body sends you the bill. That’s exactly what Dr. André Heeg experienced: a physician, dentist, former professional athlete, and partner at BCG. After 18 months of chronic back pain, daily painkillers, and major limitations in his family life, he completely restructured his life. No single therapy helped him. What made the difference were many unremarkable habits: sleep, nutrition, exercise, less alcohol, and better stress management. In conversation with Dr. Jonathan Apasu, André explains the concept of allostatic load and shows you how to recognize the warning signs that your system is overloaded. You’ll also learn how to schedule recovery as consistently as your meetings, and which blood tests are genuinely worthwhile.
Topics in this episode:
- Why high performers become blind to recovery
- From professional sports to a career: the lack of periodization at work
- Fewer reserves, more responsibility: the stress trap after 30
- Why doctors explain away their own symptoms
- Allostatic load: how chronic stress affects the heart, metabolism, hormones, and testosterone
- Subjective and objective warning signs of overload
- Block out recovery time in your calendar, build defaults, and use accountability
- Morning workouts, protein, fiber, and the 80/20 rule
- The ARC model: Activate, Recover, Capacity
- Biohacking vs. basics: creatine, vitamin D, and useful blood tests
If you’re highly driven but still want to stay healthy in the long term, tune in now.
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