Podcast
The Total Entrepreneur: Mind, Body, Spirit
Hosted by John M Torrens, Ph.D. · EN
Join Dr. John Torrens, an award-winning professor and entrepreneur, as he guides high-performing entrepreneurs, founders, and executives on a journey to redefine success. In The Total Entrepreneur: Mind, Body, Spirit, you'll learn how to balance business success with a fulfilling, healthy lifestyle. Each episode blends cutting-edge academic research with real-life insights from entrepreneurs, health experts, and researchers. Discover evidence-based strategies to prevent burnout, improve well-being, and create a life where purpose, productivity, and wellness thrive together.
13episodes
Episodes
Newest firstAll episodes
Become The CEO of Your Soul With Daune M. Thompson
May 2100:52:28Tap to summarizeWhat if the reason you're exhausted, unfulfilled, and quietly stuck has nothing to do with your strategy, your work ethic, or your circumstances, but with how deeply misaligned your outer life is with who your soul actually came here to be?In this episode of Total Entrepreneur: Mind, Body, Spirit, John interviews Daune M. Thompson, Soul CEO Activator, founder of Lighthouse Mastery, and author of Mastering Badassery with Truth. With a background spanning physiology, kinesiology, corporate coaching, and spiritual psychology, Daune has spent decades helping high achievers, executives, and entrepreneurs close the gap between the success they've built on the outside and the peace they're still searching for on the inside.Daune breaks down her Lighthouse Mastery framework, a soul blueprint system rooted in astrology that maps the 12 categories of your life and pinpoints the four hotspots you've been avoiding, the ones she calls your blocks, baggage, bruises, and breakthroughs. She unpacks why burnout has nothing to do with how much you're doing and everything to do with how long you've been doing what isn't true for you, why high achievers are trapped in a constant state of "I'll deserve it when," and why a nine-year-old nervous system is quietly running most adults' decisions. Whether you've achieved everything society told you would make you happy and still don't feel it, or you're building something real while quietly wondering why the peace never comes, this conversation will open a door to the part of yourself you've been too busy to look at.Key Points DiscussedThe CEO of your soul: Why most high achievers lead from the outside in, building strategy around external goals, and what it looks like to flip that and lead from soul truth first, letting everything else align from there.Burnout redefined: Why burnout isn't about doing too much, it's about doing what isn't true for you for too long, and why that distinction completely changes how you approach recovery, rest, and realignment.The soul's blueprint as a user's manual: How Daune uses astrology not as prediction but as a map of your soul's contracts, superpowers, and karmic master classes, the things you came here to master but have been avoiding at all costs.The four Bs: How your blocks, baggage, bruises, and breakthroughs map directly onto four rooms in your personal lighthouse that you've padlocked shut, and why walking into those rooms is the only way to become truly unshakeable.You don't earn worthiness, you remember it: Why high achievers are trapped in a perpetual cycle of "I'll deserve it when", and how the goalpost keeps moving not because of ambition, but because receiving and holding success requires a kind of inner worthiness that no achievement can manufacture.The nine-year-old running your business: Why most of the subconscious programming driving your decisions, relationships, and self-sabotage was installed between ages seven and nine, and why no amount of strategy will override a nervous system still operating on that outdated code.Self-understanding over self-love: Why a massage, a retreat, or 20 years of therapy can treat symptoms without ever interrupting the pattern, and why the real game-changer is seeing yourself clearly enough to stop confusing what you think you need with what is actually true for you.Resources Mentioned:Mastering Badassery with Truth By Daune Thompson - https://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Badassery-Truth-Daune-Thompson/dp/B0CQ2HG7MDConnect with Daune M. Thompson:Website - https://ideserveitnow.com/LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/daunethompson/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/DauneT/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ideserveitnow/YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/daunethompsonConnect with Dr. John M. Torrens:LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnmtorrens/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/johnmtorrens/TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@drjohntorrens
Transcribe →
ADHD Entrepreneur Focus Formula with Steve August
May 1400:45:48Tap to summarizeWhat if everything you thought was a character flaw, the scattered thinking, the unfinished projects, the inability to do what you know you should, was never a discipline problem at all, but a brain that nobody ever taught you how to use?John sits down with Steve August, Founder of the ADHD Entrepreneur Accelerator, exited startup founder, and former CMO of a $100 million company, who wasn't diagnosed with ADHD until age 54. Drawing from his own journey through burnout, business failure, a family health crisis, and the moment everything finally fell into place, Steve now helps ADHD entrepreneurs stop fighting their brains and start building systems that actually work with them.Steve breaks down why ADHD is not an attention disorder but a performance disorder, and why that distinction changes everything about how you approach your business. He shares the concept of the dopamine desert, why traditional productivity systems are almost designed to fail ADHD brains, and how his Focus Formula helps entrepreneurs go from surveying the wreckage at the end of every week to building real, compounding momentum. He also gets into the neuroscience of dysregulation, his two-hour workday mindset, and the head-based and body-based techniques he uses to get back on track when everything starts spinning out.Whether you've been diagnosed, suspect you might have ADHD, or simply feel like you're constantly running at full speed while getting nowhere, this conversation will change how you think about your brain, not as a liability to manage, but as an asset to understand.Key Points DiscussedBrilliant, accomplished, and embarrassed: Why the entrepreneurs Steve works with most often aren't struggling because they lack skill or drive, they're struggling because they've left a structured environment, lost the external scaffolding that kept them functioning, and can't understand why everything has suddenly fallen apart.ADHD is a performance disorder, not an attention disorder: Why the real challenge isn't focus, it's doing what you already know you need to do, and why that distinction changes everything about how you build systems and lead your business.The dopamine desert: How ADHD brains only get into motion through intense interest or urgent consequence, and why living in that reactive cycle keeps you busy without ever moving the most important things forward.Why traditional productivity systems fail ADHD entrepreneurs: How tools like time blocking and prioritized to-do lists are cognitively expensive for ADHD brains, and why spending all your executive function making the plan often means you have nothing left to execute it.The two-hour workday mindset: Why Steve structures his entire day around the two hours of peak executive function he actually has, and why putting the most important work there, and letting everything else be secondary, is more productive than grinding through an eight-hour day.Body doubling and coworking: Why the single most effective tool Steve found for getting things done wasn't a medication or a method, it was having another person present, and how that simple shift rebuilds trust in yourself one 25-minute session at a time.Magnetic north: Steve's framework for helping ADHD entrepreneurs cut through the noise of everything feeling equally urgent, by anchoring every decision to a clear mission and a vision for how they actually want their life to look week to week.Connect with Steve August:Website - https://steveaugustcoaching.comLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-august-b2b-adhd-business-founder-coach/Connect with Dr. John M. Torrens:LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnmtorrens/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/johnmtorrens/TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@drjohntorrens
Transcribe →
Muscle Strength Longevity Tips with Dr. Mihir Patel
May 700:52:08Tap to summarizeIf you want the best muscle strength longevity tips available, go straight to the source, an orthopedic surgeon who sees the long-term consequences of neglecting your body every single day in the OR.Dr. John Torrens sat down with Dr. Mihir Patel, a board-certified orthopedic surgeon, early-stage med-tech investor, and advisor who has spent his career at the intersection of elite athletic performance, joint preservation, and longevity medicine. He shares what he's seeing on the front lines of orthopedic surgery, why muscle strength is the single most important predictor of how long, and how well, you live, and the innovations he's most excited about in the health tech space.In this episode, you'll learn:Why muscle strength is the #1 predictor of longevity (and what happens to your body when you lose it).The truth about knee injuries, meniscus tears, and how treatment has evolved from removal to repair to preservation.Why a hip fracture later in life carries a 90% one-year mortality rate, and the simple habits that reduce your risk.How inflammation is silently aging your joints, and the dietary shift that brings it down.What Dr. Patel actually thinks about stem cells, PRP injections, and biologic therapies, and when they're worth it.The surprising reason flexibility and stretching matter more than most entrepreneurs realize.How AI is transforming medicine, from faster diagnosis to eliminating the administrative burden that burns doctors out.Blood flow restriction training: how to build serious muscle with minimal weight and zero joint stress (and the device Dr. Patel personally uses).Dr. Patel's journey from the OR to early-stage med-tech investing, and what he looks for in a pitch.Resources Mentioned:XI Wear - FDA-approved pulse oximeter that works accurately across all skin tones and in motionSuji - Blood flow restriction training device used by 30% of professional sports leagues, now available direct to consumerConnect with Dr. Mihir Patel: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mihir-patel-857502183/Connect with Dr. John M. Torrens:LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnmtorrens/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/johnmtorrens/TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@drjohntorrensIf this episode resonated with you, it's because you already know there's a real ROI to prioritizing your health as an entrepreneur. The best muscle strength longevity tips aren't found in a gym bro's Instagram, they come from physicians like Dr. Patel who see what happens when entrepreneurs ignore their bodies for decades. Don't wait for the OR to tell you what you could have prevented.The Total Entrepreneur: Mind, Body, Spirit is the podcast for entrepreneurs who know that sustainable performance starts with your health. Each week, we bring you expert insights on the mental, physical, and spiritual habits that help you build more, and live better. If you're looking for muscle strength longevity tips, entrepreneur health strategies, and science-backed approaches to longevity, you're in the right place. Subscribe, leave a review, and share this episode with an entrepreneur in your life who needs to hear it.
Transcribe →