I’m in a high-stakes game throwing pitch after pitch after pitch for the University of Hawaii. I feel the ball roll off of my fingers in a perfect spin towards the catcher’s mitt. Then, I notice a sharp, burning pain in my finger, glance down, and see that I’ve worn a hole all the way down to the bone!

The coaches grab me and take me over to the athletic trainer. Wasting no time, they inject my finger with shots of corticosteroid. It numbs everything to the point where I can’t even feel my fingers.

So I go back on the field and keep pitching like nothing’s wrong. At the time, I’m thinking that this is just what it takes to be tough. Yet, looking back on it years later, was that really the best solution: to mask the pain and toss me back out there?

There was probably a better way to do things, which is not just true in sports but in business as well. How often do entrepreneurs and CEOs mask burnout, overwhelm, and inefficiency instead of getting to the root of what’s really going on?

My special guest Dr. Jeremy Bettle has seen this phenomenon in sports and spent years developing systems to help high-performance athletes achieve world-class results and experience true vitality. Now, he’s expanding these principles to everyone!

In this episode of the Storytelling School Podcast, you’ll discover the link between an optimal health story full of vitality and lifestyle choices. Dr. Bettle will challenge the narrative of what we think health is and answer questions like:

How can you use your imagination to help you obtain a more optimal health story? What are the real health factors that indicate a long life story? And what’s an example of a success story that illustrates the transformative power of targeted training and mindset shifts?

• How the story of athletic training parallels the non-athletic world
• Why the biohacking trend is a distraction from the real health story 
• How sleep impacts your brain (and, by extension, your entire body’s narrative)

Dr. Jeremy Bettle holds a PhD in Human Performance and is an internationally recognized expert in the field with nearly 20 years at the forefront of high-performance sports. Renowned as an innovator and disruptor, Jeremy developed world-class systems for athlete care and optimization that set new industry standards. Jeremy and his wife Michelle founded Vitality Collective in January 2024, where he now brings these cutting-edge principles to the broader field of longevity, helping individuals leave no stone unturned in their pursuit of optimal health and vitality.