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The Signal - The Ultimate Health and Fitness Nerdout
The Signal questions everything—except questioning.
Hosted by a health and fitness thought leader and rebel, this show puts every dogma on trial—guilty until proven innocent.
From the latest in evidence-based methods to raw conversations about the story behind the glory—addiction, mental illness, trauma—we explore the intersection of policy, politics, public health, and faith.
This is mandatory listening for high-performing 35+ year-old men of purpose who embrace hard work, reject the wrong work—and don’t have time to figure out which is which.
The Signal - The Ultimate Health and Fitness Nerdout
Mike MacCrory, Sport Performance Therapist - Peeling Back to Find What's REALLY Bothering You
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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.