Software Entrepreneur Calms Nervous System and Resolves Chronic Anxiety and Hypoglycemia

Ryan Sobel (00:00) Since working with Dr. Traci, some of the biggest benefits that I've had is my general level of relaxation from day to day. As a software entrepreneur starting more than one business at the same time, I thought constant stress and being in a hurry all the time was just part of being an entrepreneur. And what I found is that there are a lot of techniques I can use to tremendously calm my nervous system, even in the face of all these demands from all these different businesses. And I've had really positive feedback from the people around me. One woman said I've literally become more attractive because I'm able to calm myself down and be more present. That was a completely unexpected outcome. being able relax like this the midst of chaos was worth Hi I'm ryan. So before working with Dr. Traci I was dealing with a few pretty difficult health issues to solve. First thing that happened is I started getting pretty bad hypoglycemia in mid 2023. And then eventually I got a little bit better on that, but along the way I saw a lot of different health practitioners, and no one was really able to figure it out. that I got decently bad anxiety. I started having a hard time word finding. And it became pretty difficult to coach people in our business at the level that I'd like to. And I went through a few different health practitioners and was interviewing them, and the biggest issue with me was I wasn't sure who was qualified to actually fix this. Everybody you talk to says they can handle it. I talked to a few different practitioners that wanted to charge quite a bit for a long-term package - which I would have been willing to pay, but I'm just like, "I don't know if you can fix this problem." And eventually I ran into Traci. met her at a personal development event in Boulder, and immediately could tell her intelligence was off the charts. Like, just the way that she spoke and her understanding of different issues. But what I later found is that it wasn't just her intelligence, but it's her commitment to facts and data and integrity, and willing to go the extra mile to research things. Whereas a lot of practitioners will just do something they think is going to work or they heard somebody else do it. And really getting some science and data to what she's suggesting has been a huge difference. Some of the things that I've tried in the past, that hasn't really worked for me. One of them is the Carnivore Diet; Stop taking all supplements, take organ meat pills. And that very much didn't work. A few other protocols, I think, made some difference, but it wasn't actually getting at what the core issue was, which wasn't really clear. So what was valuable about committing to Dr. Traci's program was once I made the commitment, I didn't have to constantly think about, Should I pay for more sessions? Should I sign up for another meeting that's gonna cost more money? And it's not necessarily great incentive structure when a physician is billing per hour or by meeting because there's this kind of adverse incentive for the patient to want to schedule as few meetings as possible, where really that might not be what they need. It was easier to just have flat rate for this length of the program. And then once I did that, I was able to get as much care and conversations as I needed. So what surprised me the most about working with Dr. Traci was she actually got me to do things that I had historically resisted. For example, I've hated doing breath work for my entire life. I think it's boring. And then she's like, "Hey Ryan, you just start doing breath work." And I'm like, "My gosh - gag me. I don't want to deal with this!" And she actually took quite a bit of time on one of our calls, And this was by far the most powerful breath work thing that I've ever experienced. It was pretty fast and had an enormous effect immediately on my nervous system. And I was able to actually integrate that into my life. And I now do that every day, usually twice a day. I didn't think that being able to do breath work was something that I was capable of given my personality. And I actually now have that in my system. It's helped me a ton. I would recommend Dr. Traci of her incredibly vast knowledge and intelligence. There hasn't been a question that I've asked her that she hasn't been able to come up with an answer to, or at least go find an answer. A lot of times I'll work with a functional medicine doctor or some other practitioner, and ask them certain things I know the answer to, and I've never had a situation where Traci isn't able to go as deep with me as I need to. And I would recommend her for that reason. I've also already recommended her to several people as it is, person to work with.