The Metabolic Compass™ Podcast
The Metabolic Compass™ Podcast helps you decode your body’s signals and recalibrate your biology using a proven 4-direction framework—Nurture, Energize, Strengthen, and Withdraw. Rooted in cutting-edge science and real-life application, each episode guides you toward lasting health, resilience, and purpose.
Episodes
35 episodes
Episode 034 — The Compass Approach to Women’s Health, Hormones & Cycles
If you’ve ever followed a plan perfectly and felt worse, you’re not “too sensitive”—you’re cyclical. Most health advice ignores the female rhythm and the way hormones shape metabolism, stress tolerance, recovery, and sleep across the month. In ...
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Season 1
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Episode 34
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30:34
Episode 033 — Your Immune System Isn’t Overreacting — It’s Overwhelmed
If you’ve been told your immune system is “overreacting,” here’s the reframe: it’s overwhelmed and doing its best.In this episode, Brandon explains why immune dysregulation is usually a coordination problem—not a willpower probl...
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Season 1
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Episode 33
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25:32
Episode 032 — Gut vs. Mitochondria: How to Know Where Your Symptoms Are Coming From
Is it your gut—or your mitochondria? Picking the right starting point can save months of effort.We map gut-driven vs. mito-driven patterns; how butyrate and mitochondrial signaling cross-talk; and how layered drift happens. Then we teach...
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Season 1
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Episode 32
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27:35
Episode 031 — Rewiring a Burned-Out Nervous System: What Actually Works
Feeling wired but tired, fragile, or checked out? This episode explains nervous system burnout and how to rewire it.We cover the gatekeeper role of the nervous system, real-life signs of burnout, why common advice backfires, how...
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Season 1
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Episode 31
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28:16
Episode 030 — The Sleep Reset Blueprint (Even If You’ve Tried Everything)
If you’re still wired at night or waking at 3AM, you don’t need more hacks—you need alignment.This episode reframes sleep as a signal cascade, not a behavior. We cover circadian and ultradian rhythms, the brain’s glymphatic “nig...
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Season 1
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Episode 30
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31:11
Episode 029 - Why Order Matters More Than Motivation
Tired of doing “everything right” and still feeling stuck? You’re not broken—you’re out of sequence.In this episode, Brandon explains why order matters more than motivation and how The Metabolic Compass (Nurture → Energize → Stren...
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Season 1
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Episode 29
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25:46
Episode 028 - The Withdraw Reset — Clear the Static and Come Back Online
If you feel flat, fried, and fragile—even while doing everything “right”—your Withdraw domain may be off. This is the quiet shutdown: epigenetic dysfunction, clogged autophagy, and broken cellular communication. In this episode, Bra...
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Season 1
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Episode 28
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32:59
Episode 027 - The Strengthen Reset: Rebuild Repair, Defense, and Resilience
Feeling slower to heal, more fragile, or less responsive to training—even with ‘normal’ labs? You might be in **Strength Drift**.In this episode, Brandon lays out **The Strengthen Reset**—how to rebuild repair, defense, and resilience sy...
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Season 1
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Episode 27
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32:52
Episode 026 - The Energize Reset: How to Restore Fuel, Flexibility, and Focus
If you feel wired and tired, foggy after meals, and stuck in a crash cycle—this reset is for you.Brandon lays out the **Energize Reset**: restore metabolic flexibility and realign your energy systems by fixing the control panel—not slamm...
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Season 1
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Episode 26
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34:22
Episode 025 - How to Rebuild the Nurture Domain—When You’re Fried, Fragile, and on Edge
Fried. Fragile. On edge. When the Nurture domain drifts, “more hacks” make things worse.In this practical episode, Brandon maps a calm‑first rebuild: stabilize the gut–liver–immune axis, use targeted nutrition (butyrate/BIOMEnd®, zinc ca...
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Season 1
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Episode 25
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34:57
Episode 024 - The Withdraw Breakdown: Autophagy, Epigenetics, and Cellular Static
When your biology is overwhelmed, it doesn’t always crash—it clogs.In this episode, Brandon breaks down the **Withdraw** domain: epigenetic alterations, disabled macroautophagy, and altered intercellular communication—why they’re the qui...
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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33:21
Episode 023 - The Strengthen Breakdown: Repair, Defense, and Why Your Body Gets ‘Stuck’ in Maintenance
Recovery that takes too long. Injuries that linger. Feeling fragile without a diagnosis.In this episode, Brandon maps the **Strengthen** domain—your body’s repair, defense, and resilience systems—and why they drift when Nurture and Energ...
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Season 1
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Episode 23
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30:51
Episode 022 - The Energize Breakdown: Mitochondria, Protein Stress, and Broken Fuel Signals
Feeling tired but wired—even when you sleep, eat clean, and try to do everything right?In this episode, Brandon maps the **Energize** domain: how mitochondria, protein stress, and broken fuel signals create fatigue long before labs go “a...
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Season 1
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Episode 22
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26:38
Episode 021 - The Nurture Breakdown: Inflammation, Gut Dysfunction, and DNA Damage
If your gut is off, your immune system overreacts, and you’re inflamed—but your labs still say you’re “fine,” this episode is your map.Brandon breaks down the Nurture domain—the biology of safety—and how gut dysfunction, chronic inflamma...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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27:05
Episode 020 - Before You Fast, Detox, or Biohack—Do This First
Going harder isn’t the answer—going in the right order is.In this episode, Brandon explains why fasting, detox protocols, and popular biohacks backfire when stacked on an unstable system, and how to use The Metabolic Compass to build rea...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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28:05
Episode 019 - When the Alarm Won’t Turn Off—Histamine Intolerance & The Metabolic Compass
If wine, aged cheese, or leftovers leave you flushed, itchy, stuffy, or sprinting to the bathroom, you’re not just “sensitive.” You’re likely hitting your histamine budget.In this episode, Brandon maps histamine through The Metabolic Com...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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25:53
Episode 018 - What to Eat First in the Morning to Stop the Crash Cycle
Your first bite is a message—not just a meal.In this episode, Brandon shows how leading with protein + fiber (before caffeine) anchors cortisol, flattens glucose swings, and stops the crash cycle that drives cravings, fog, and aft...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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26:21
Episode 017 - Why Morning Light May Be the Most Powerful Hormone Reset Tool You’re Ignoring
Not a supplement. Not a device. Just light.In this episode, Brandon breaks down why morning light is your most powerful—and most overlooked—hormone reset. You’ll learn how a simple daily light cue stabilizes cortisol, sets melatonin’s cl...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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29:23
Episode 016 - Butyrate: The Most Underrated Molecule in Human Health
Butyrate might be the most underrated molecule in human health.In this episode, Brandon explains how butyrate stabilizes signals across the gut–liver axis, mitochondria, and immune tone—why many people don’t feel much from older forms—an...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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32:04
Episode 015 - The Only Labs That Actually Matter: And How to Read Them Yourself
Most people hear “your labs are normal” and still feel awful.In this episode, Brandon shows you how to read labs like a Compass—so you can spot drift early, not just chase diagnoses later. You’ll learn which biomarkers actually matter, w...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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36:46
Episode 014 - The 5 Daily Supplements That Actually Make a Difference – No Matter Your Symptoms
Most supplement lists are noise. This one isn’t.In this episode, Brandon breaks down the five daily supplements that consistently move the needle—no matter your symptoms or lab results—because they stabilize core signals across the Compa...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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33:09
Episode 013 - The 10 Rules That Rewire Your Biology: No Matter Where You’re Drifting
Ten rules. One system. When your biology starts to drift—energy swings, cravings, restless nights—this episode gives you a simple operating manual to bring it back without guesswork.We cover:• Rule 1 — Create safety signals first ...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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33:00
Episode 012 – Why “Listen to Your Body” Doesn’t Work: Unless You Know What to Listen For
Episode 012 – Why “Listen to Your Body” Doesn’t Work—Unless You Know What to Listen For“Just listen to your body,” they said. But what if your body is speaking in static?In this episode of The Metabolic Compass...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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33:50
Episode 011 – Is It Hormones… Or Is It Cellular Exhaustion?
Episode 011 – Is It Hormones… Or Is It Cellular Exhaustion?Why your labs might be lying—and what your mitochondria are trying to say instead.You’re doing everything right.You’ve cleaned up your diet, taken t...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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31:42
Episode 010 – Burnout, Brain Fog, and Mood Swings: The Drift Behind Your Symptoms
Episode 010 – Burnout, Brain Fog, and Mood Swings: The Drift Behind Your SymptomsYou’re not broken. You’re drifting.What if your mood swings, irritability, and mental fatigue weren’t psychological at all?Wha...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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33:27