Wellness Trends: Longevity, Sleep, Diets, and Morning Routines
Release Date: 11/06/2025
Discipline Is Freedom: Reclaiming Your Energy, Health, and Joy
SuperLife with Darin Olien
In this solo New Year episode, Darin Olien strips everything back to what actually works. Not hacks. Not trends. The fundamentals. Discipline, food, movement, stillness, sleep, hydration, and real human connection. Darin explains why sovereignty is built through small daily practices — and how mastering the basics is what creates freedom, resilience, joy, and a truly SuperLife. What You’ll Learn 00:00 – 02:00 Welcome to SuperLife + why this episode is about foundations, not quick fixes 02:00 – 03:21 Why New Year change fails — and how discipline actually creates...
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SuperLife Best of 2025 Holiday Special — Year-End Reflection & Awakening
SuperLife with Darin Olien
As we close out the year, this special Holiday episode of the SuperLife Podcast weaves together the most powerful moments, conversations, and awakenings from an extraordinary season of inquiry. From environmental toxins and metabolic health to resilience, trauma, consciousness, and human potential, this episode is a reminder that living a SuperLife isn’t about perfection — it’s about awareness, sovereignty, and choosing differently. This year challenged assumptions, exposed broken systems, and offered real tools for healing — physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. This...
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The Real Reason Being Tired Has Nothing to Do With Sleep or Food
SuperLife with Darin Olien
In this solo episode of The SuperLife Podcast, Darin Olien dives deep into the true biology of energy—not motivation, not stimulants, not willpower, but the mitochondria themselves. Inspired by a groundbreaking conversation between Dr. Andrew Huberman and Dr. Martin Picard, Darin reframes energy as an emergent property of how we live, not just what we eat or how much we sleep. This episode explores how mitochondria act as signal translators, listening to your food, stress, sleep, movement, emotions, purpose, and environment—and turning those signals into either vitality or depletion. Darin...
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Dr. Mindy Pelz: Menopause is a Rite of Passage, Not a Disease — Fasting, Hormones & Reinventing Yourself After 50
SuperLife with Darin Olien
In this powerful and paradigm-shifting conversation, Darin Olien sits down with Dr. Mindy Pelz to dismantle everything we’ve been told about menopause, hormones, aging, and women’s power. This is not a conversation about “fixing” women — it’s about understanding a profound neurological, biological, and evolutionary transition that has been misunderstood, pathologized, and silenced for decades. Together, they explore why menopause is not the end of vitality, but the beginning of leadership, clarity, and sovereignty — and why reclaiming this transition could fundamentally reshape...
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Holiday Triggers: How to Reclaim Your Energy This Holiday Season and Thrive
SuperLife with Darin Olien
In this deeply personal solo episode, Darin shares how to truly thrive through the holidays — not by white-knuckling your way through obligations, but by protecting your energy, honoring your body, and healing what’s ready to be released. From food and supplements to trauma, forgiveness, boundaries, and future-self visualization, this episode is a roadmap for turning the holiday season into a period of restoration, clarity, and intentional creation. What You’ll Learn (Timecodes) [00:00] Welcome to SuperLife — sovereignty, possibility, and building a SuperLife together...
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Gabby Reece: The Truth About Love, Discipline & Becoming Who You’re Meant to Be
SuperLife with Darin Olien
In this conversation, Darin sits down with his longtime friend, athlete, and powerhouse human Gabby Reece to talk about what it really takes to grow up without shutting down. They go into childhood chaos, the gift and cost of competitiveness, and what it means to stay “dangerous” in the best way as you age — in your body, your relationships, and your purpose. Gabby opens up about losing her father young, being uprooted from the Caribbean, using sport as a lifeline, and eventually navigating fame, motherhood, and a marriage with Laird Hamilton under intense pressure. She and Darin get...
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You Were Never Meant to Be Alone: The Forgotten Biology of Belonging
SuperLife with Darin Olien
In this deeply vulnerable solo episode, Darin dismantles one of the great myths of modern self-help: that transformation is something you’re meant to “do alone.” Drawing from neuroscience, anthropology, physiology, and personal experience, he reveals the biological truth — the human nervous system is designed to heal, grow, and stabilize in relationship, not isolation. This conversation explores why loneliness creates physiological damage, why belonging is a survival requirement (not a luxury), and how to intentionally rebuild the village your cells have been waiting for. If you’ve...
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Dr. Christopher Rogers: Stem Cells, PRP, and the Future of Orthopedic Healing
SuperLife with Darin Olien
In this transformative conversation, Darin sits down with world-renowned regenerative medicine pioneer Dr. Christopher Rogers, a physician with over 25 years of experience, 80,000+ patients treated, and a global reputation for advancing non-surgical orthopedic healing. In this episode, Dr. Rogers breaks down the real science behind PRP, stem cells, cartilage regeneration, tendon repair, and why so many people are told to get unnecessary surgeries. This is a deep dive into the future of healing — and the intelligence already built into your own body. What You’ll Learn...
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The No-BS Blueprint: 5 Foundational Habits to Transform Your Biology, Clarity & Output
SuperLife with Darin Olien
In this high-impact solo episode, Darin strips away the noise, hacks, and hype to deliver a clear, no-BS roadmap for transforming your body, brain, energy, and direction in life. This is a straight-talk breakdown of the 5 foundational habits that matter most — the habits backed by science, ancient wisdom, and Darin’s decades-long experience living this work every day. Expect practical steps, micro-experiments, timing rules, and the mindset needed to reclaim sovereignty in a world full of distraction. If you’re ready to build a stronger, clearer, more powerful version of yourself… this...
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Ilan Sobel: Democratizing the Power of Plants & the Future of Scalable Bio-Tech
SuperLife with Darin Olien
In this episode, Darin sits down with BioHarvest CEO Ilan Sobel, a leader who is redefining the future of plant compounds, human performance, and scalable biotech. Ilan shares the extraordinary origin story of BioHarvest’s technology, how a single scientific breakthrough is disrupting global supply chains, and why “democratizing the power of the plant kingdom” has become his life mission. From hydration to longevity molecules to the French Paradox, Ilan reveals how his company is transforming ancient wisdom into modern, clinically validated solutions that can reach the masses. ...
info_outlineIn this solo episode, Darin takes a grounded and research-backed look at some of the most popular wellness trends circulating today — from creatine and cold plunging to plant-based eating, morning routines, healthspan vs. lifespan, and what it actually means to build long-term vitality. Instead of hype, Darin focuses on common sense, context, and listening to your body. This one is all about clarity, discernment, and sovereignty over your wellness path.
What You’ll Learn
00:00 — Welcome to SuperLife + intention of the show
00:32 — Sponsor: Mana Vitality + why real minerals matter
02:23 — Darin’s shift away from social media + why he built the Patreon community
03:35 — The purpose of this episode: not to preach, but to provoke reflection
04:07 — Why creatine is more than a gym supplement
05:50 — Creatine’s cellular energy role (ATP regeneration explained simply)
07:45 — Creatine for brain performance + neuroprotective support
09:09 — Who benefits most: athletes, women, older adults
10:55 — Safe dosing, cycling, hydration, and kidney myth clarification
12:22 — Longevity vs. healthspan — and why we should care more about how we live
15:50 — The research behind lifestyle, mortality, and meaningful aging
17:50 — Your set point is not your potential: feeling “fine” is not the goal
19:10 — Community, joy, purpose, emotional expression & biological longevity
20:04 — “Good genes are nice — but joy is better.”
21:01 — Sleep is not hackable — it’s rhythm-based physiology
22:07 — Light exposure, circadian biology, temperature, and nighttime stimulation
23:11 — Darin’s grounding nightly wind-down routine
24:07 — Patreon invitation: deeper conversations + decentralized wellness community
25:13 — The carnivore diet — what the science says and what it doesn’t
26:01 — Why eliminating plants is metabolically expensive and microbiome-damaging
27:12 — The Blue Zones don’t eat like carnivores — and that matters
28:05 — You can get all essential amino acids from plants
29:43 — Cold exposure benefits, risks, timing, and overstimulation
31:57 — Why cold plunging after workouts may reduce gains
33:20 — Dose, duration, nervous system load — “more” is not better
33:44 — Morning routines as spiritual alignment practice, not productivity trend
35:12 — The deeper gift of sitting with yourself
35:39 — Closing: health is common-sense discipline + inner listening
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This is where Darin now shares the deeper work:
- weekly voice notes
- ingredient trackers
- wellness challenges
- extended conversations
- community accountability
- sovereignty practices
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Connect with Darin Olien:
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Website: darinolien.com
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Instagram: @darinolien
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Book: Fatal Conveniences
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Platform & Products: superlife.com
Key Takeaway
“Good genes are nice — but joy is better. Your lifestyle, your community, your purpose, your sleep, your alignment — these shape your healthspan more than anything else.”