Episode 52: The Placebo Is You: Why Your Belief System Is Your Most Powerful Health Tool

Episode DescriptionThis one's a free-flowing, honest conversation about what it actually means to show up for your health - and your life without being enslaved to outcomes or evidence. Jordan and Zak unpack why finding a hobby you genuinely love (bass, surfing, reading, painting = whatever it is) might be one of the most underrated health practices you can have. Dr. Happiness isn't a punchline; it might be the whole point.They also get into the traps people fall into in both conventional and holistic health systems, the difference between accumulating knowledge and actually embodying it, and why being authentic enough to be hated by some people is a sign you're doing something right.💫 Stay Connected⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Work with Zak⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Work with Jordan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join Jordan’s Skool community⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: Jordan: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@jordan_davey⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Zak: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@coachzakgoold⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🎧 ChaptersTimestamps0:00 — Intro: picking up bass, jamming instead of recording, and how it all started4:20 — Devotion to the practice: flow state, hobbies, and getting out of your head9:10 — Belief in yourself, high performers, and controlling intention not outcomes14:00 — Breathwork, psychedelics, and surrendering control of what comes up17:30 — Detaching from the evidence: why results always show up last23:45 — Dr. Happiness, joy, and humor as lost health fundamentals30:00 — Surrounding yourself with people who energise you vs. drain you35:10 — Authenticity, projections, and why being liked by everyone is a red flag41:00 — The quote: "It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you're not"44:30 — The comfort crisis: Uber Eats, AI, Ozempic and the Wally future50:00 — Learning through embodiment, not accumulation — Gerry Pollack and water54:30 — Simplicity vs. complexity in health: the Check system and getting back to foundations58:00 — When to ask for help — and why it's a sign of integrity, not weakness1:01:13 — Close