The Made to Thrive Show
Optimising your mind, body and soul. Hosted by Steve Stavs, Africa's Pro Biohacker, Health Futurist, and founder of www.madetothrive.co.za.
The Made to Thrive Show
Latest Episodes
Stress Is Your Greatest Performance Tool: Master HRV, Vagus Tone & Beat Burnout | Matt Bennett
We’ve been taught that stress is the enemy! And I have been trying for years to break that dogma. Because stress is actually one of your greatest performance tools. And there is one data point that encapsulates stress - HRV. In this ep...
Nitric Oxide: The Master Molecule That Controls Blood Pressure, Clears Soft Arterial Plaque, Protects Your Brain & Lowers Diabetes + Alzheimer’s Risk | Nathan Bryan, PhD
What if one tiny molecule played the central role in your blood pressure, heart health, brain function, exercise performance, and even your risk of diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease? Dr Nathan Bryan believes that molecule is nitric oxide. And he...
Beyond the Operating Room: How AI, Regenerative Medicine & Smarter Protocols Are Changing Surgery with Dr. Robert Whitfield, MD
Surgery doesn’t end when you leave the operating theatre. And in fact, it begins long before you step into the hospital. Dr Rob Whitfield is a surgeon intent on doing things differently for his patients aka doing things better. From informed...
No Pro Athlete Shows Up Under-Slept or Overstimulated — So Why Do Business Leaders? How to Become an Executive Athlete and Stop Burning Out with Nicole Elizabeth Ward
No professional athlete in 2026 goes into a game under-slept, under-nourished and overstimulated. So why are business execs and entrepreneurs still doing that every single day? It’s because they don’t recognize they are actually executive at...
Light as Medicine: How Photobiomodulation & Photodynamic Therapy Could Transform Alzheimer’s, ADHD & Cancer – With Dr. Hans Michael Weber, MD & Robert Weber, M.Sc.
We are entering an extraordinary era in medicine where light itself is emerging as a therapeutic tool. Technologies such as transcranial photobiomodulation and photodynamic therapy are showing encouraging promise across a wide spectrum of co...
