Podcast
Second Peak with Mitchel Schwindt, M.D.
Hosted by Mitchel Schwindt, M.D. | author | coaching | consulting · EN
You built a career that worked. Now it does not fit.
Second Peak is for professionals in the middle of that gap. Physicians, executives, founders, and operators who hit the target and found the target was the wrong one.
Dr. Mitchel Schwindt spent two decades in emergency medicine and helicopter flight medicine, where bad decisions have immediate consequences. He now builds systems for reinvention. Time leverage. AI. Human performance. Stoic practice applied to actual problems instead of quoted on a poster.
No motivation. No affirmations. Frameworks you can run this week.
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29episodes
Episodes
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Your Augmented Job
Mar 800:04:53Tap to summarizeAre you being amplified by AI or do you refuse to adapt?Welcome to ReCharge, the show where ancient wisdom meets modern science. Each episode delivers practical, high-impact tools you can use immediately. This is your place to reset, reframe, and rebuild a life with more clarity, energy, and purpose. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →You Wrote The Script
Feb 2600:04:04Tap to summarizeMost people aren’t suffering because life is hard. They’re suffering because they’re arguing with what is. In this 3 part Stoic gut punch, you’ll learn how to accept the present moment like you chose it, play your role with ruthless excellence, and stop folding when people mock your growth. One subtle mental shift can flip you from reactive and bitter to calm, dangerous, and in controlWelcome to ReCharge, the show where ancient wisdom meets modern science. Each episode delivers practical, high-impact tools you can use immediately. This is your place to reset, reframe, and rebuild a life with more clarity, energy, and purpose. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →Bury Who You Used to Be
Feb 2400:03:24Tap to summarizeYou're not stuck because you lack a plan. You're stuck because you never ended the last chapter.Most people ghost their old identities, quietly drifting away while still psychologically reporting for duty. That cracked door? It's draining every ounce of momentum from what's next.After 20+ years in emergency medicine and aviation, I learned this the hard way: growth requires an actual death. Not of the person, but of the role.Welcome to ReCharge, the show where ancient wisdom meets modern science. Each episode delivers practical, high-impact tools you can use immediately. This is your place to reset, reframe, and rebuild a life with more clarity, energy, and purpose. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →Being vs Doing
Feb 2100:02:54Tap to summarizeStop labeling every behaviorBe vs doIdentity is at stakeWelcome to ReCharge, the show where ancient wisdom meets modern science. Each episode delivers practical, high-impact tools you can use immediately. This is your place to reset, reframe, and rebuild a life with more clarity, energy, and purpose. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →Control the controllables.
Feb 1300:02:58Tap to summarizeUse this simple Stoic philosophy to improve your life instantlyWelcome to ReCharge, the show where ancient wisdom meets modern science. Each episode delivers practical, high-impact tools you can use immediately. This is your place to reset, reframe, and rebuild a life with more clarity, energy, and purpose. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →Sand In Your Gears
Feb 300:05:02Tap to summarizeSimple actionable steps to eliminate self-sabotage and get you on track for the best year yet. www.mitchelschwindt.comWelcome to ReCharge, the show where ancient wisdom meets modern science. Each episode delivers practical, high-impact tools you can use immediately. This is your place to reset, reframe, and rebuild a life with more clarity, energy, and purpose. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →You Can’t Control the Bleeding.
Jan 2100:03:03Tap to summarizeThe Day Stoicism Was Forced on Me in a Hospital BedI nearly bled out after a routine cardiac procedure. No warning. No choice. No control.Stoic philosophy doesn’t teach calm when life is easy. It teaches composure when everything goes wrong at once.This story isn’t about medicine. It’s about what actually belongs to you when control disappears.Welcome to ReCharge, the show where ancient wisdom meets modern science. Each episode delivers practical, high-impact tools you can use immediately. This is your place to reset, reframe, and rebuild a life with more clarity, energy, and purpose. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →Your Opinion Is Not Required
Jan 1400:03:50Tap to summarizeMost men are walking around with a courtroom running in their head.Judge. Jury. Executioner.Every interaction becomes a trial. Every delay becomes disrespect. Every stranger becomes a problem to solve or a threat to manage.We call this “being perceptive.” In reality, it’s an untrained mind running on reflex.Judgment feels efficient. Labeling feels intelligent. But both quietly drain energy, clarity, and emotional control.Here’s the discipline most men never practice: Assume the best in others and reserve judgment.Not because people are perfect. But because your nervous system is not a dumping ground.Turning off the automatic mind is not weakness. It’s command.Welcome to ReCharge, the show where ancient wisdom meets modern science. Each episode delivers practical, high-impact tools you can use immediately. This is your place to reset, reframe, and rebuild a life with more clarity, energy, and purpose. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →The Sacred Space Between: Why You Can't Just Stop
Jan 900:04:18Tap to summarizeThe Sacred Space Between: Why You Can't Just StopWe've all been there. Standing at the edge of change, declaring war on our old habits like they're enemies to be conquered. "I'm going to stop procrastinating." "I'm going to quit scrolling." "I'm done with negative self-talk."And then, inevitably, we find ourselves right back where we started—frustrated, defeated, and convinced we lack willpower.But here's what twenty years of emergency medicine has taught me: nature abhors a vacuum. In the ER, we don't just remove what's broken; we replace it with what works. Pull out a breathing tube without a plan? The airway collapses. Remove a chest tube too soon? The lung can't expand properly.Your brain operates the same way.Welcome to ReCharge, the show where ancient wisdom meets modern science. Each episode delivers practical, high-impact tools you can use immediately. This is your place to reset, reframe, and rebuild a life with more clarity, energy, and purpose. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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