EPISODE · May 29, 2026 · 54 MIN
Ep. 21 What 21 Years of Anxiety Teaches You
from Sweat Fanatic · host Sweat Fanatic
Tim Decorah had his first panic attack at 29. He spent the next 21 years living on the edge of anxiety — until a friend's gym installed an infrared sauna and everything shifted.In this episode, Tim sits down with Erik to talk about the panic attack that started it all, the two decades of trying to cope without resorting to alcohol, what changed when he started using infrared sauna regularly, and the Halloween phone call about his wife's bladder cancer diagnosis that made the sauna part of their family's recovery.Tim is the host of the Survive and Thrive 8791 podcast and the project coordinator for the Wahnak Community Cares Coalition, where he works on substance prevention and mental health education.Listen to Tim's podcast: Survive and Thrive 8791 (wherever you get podcasts)Follow Sweat Fanatic: @sweatfanaticAbout Erik:Erik Kralovitz is a 20-year firefighter paramedic who used infrared sauna to drop his resting heart rate from the high 80s to the low 50s, bring borderline hypertension to perfect blood pressure, and lose 60 pounds.
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Tim Decorah had his first panic attack at 29. He spent the next 21 years living on the edge of anxiety — until a friend's gym installed an infrared sauna and everything shifted.In this episode, Tim sits down with Erik to talk about the panic attack that started it all, the two decades of trying to cope without resorting to alcohol, what changed when he started using infrared sauna regularly, and the Halloween phone call about his wife's bladder cancer diagnosis that made the sauna part of their family's recovery.Tim is the host of the Survive and Thrive 8791 podcast and the project coordinator for the Wahnak Community Cares Coalition, where he works on substance prevention and mental health education.Listen to Tim's podcast: Survive and Thrive 8791 (wherever you get podcasts)Follow Sweat Fanatic: @sweatfanaticAbout Erik:Erik Kralovitz is a 20-year firefighter paramedic who used infrared sauna to drop his resting heart rate from the high 80s to the low 50s, bring borderline hypertension to perfect blood pressure, and lose 60 pounds.
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