What if the most important “treatment” decision you make this year is simply learning how to advocate for yourself?

In this episode, Mark Young sits down with Dr. Sanjay Bhojraj for a direct conversation about patient empowerment: how to ask better questions, spot gaps in communication, and stop outsourcing your health to a system that often rewards speed over clarity. This isn’t about distrust — it’s about ownership.

You’ll hear practical ways to become a stronger partner in your own care, including how to prepare for appointments, how to get real clarity on options, and how to make decisions that align with your goals and values.

This episode is not medical advice. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional before making changes to your health plan.

In this episode: • Why “standard of care” can still miss the individual • The questions that change the entire appointment • How to avoid passive decision-making • Shared decision-making, second opinions, and informed consent • Building a health strategy you actually understand

Connect with Dr. Sanjay Bhorjraj: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doctorsanjaymd/?hl=en

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Cancer care is changing fast and many patients feel stuck choosing between “conventional” vs “holistic.” In this episode, Dr. Nathan Goodyear breaks down what integrative oncology can look like when the goal is precision, immune-focused strategy, and patient empowerment.

Recorded at the Metabolic Health Day Conference in Tucson, AZ, this conversation explores why “standard of care” often misses the N=1 reality, how innovation is outpacing regulation, and why the future of cancer care may depend on better collaboration between patients, doctors, and data.

In this episode, you’ll hear:

• Why Dr. Goodyear stepped away from prior leadership roles to push innovation further
• The difference between “intervening” vs helping the body heal and recover
• Why the immune system is central to modern cancer conversations
• The case for personalized, stacked strategies instead of one-size-fits-all protocols
• How AI may help patients ask better questions (and where it can go wrong)

About Dr. Nathan Goodyear (from the episode):

Medical Director at Williams Cancer Institute. Board certified MD (originally OBGYN/pelvic floor surgeon) with a long-standing focus on integrative medicine and oncology. Author and educator who emphasizes evidence-aware, patient-centered approaches. Connect with Dr. Goodyear here: Website: https://www.docgoodyear.com/ LinkTree: https://tr.ee/r2hxquDcF0 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Prescribedpodcast/videos

Important: This episode is for educational conversation only and is not medical advice. Always consult your physician before making changes to your care. Subscribe for more conversations on health, performance, and the ideas that challenge “normal.” - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwDm5SaqG6k33EbijfiGqdw

Is AI about to replace your job—or finally unlock your real potential? In this episode of Performance Driven Living, Mark Young sits down with Eric Steigelfest, co-founder & CEO of PurePlay, an AI-powered media intelligence platform, to talk about what actually happens to work, education, and advertising when bots can do almost everything faster than humans.

They dig into the uncomfortable questions most people avoid:

• What do humans really do when AI can write, design, analyze, and even media-buy better than entire teams?
• Why Mark believes the smart are getting smarter and the checked-out are getting left behind
• How AI can either create brain atrophy… or feel like a real-life “limitless pill,” depending on how you use it
• Why degrees and traditional education may not matter the way they used to
• The new skill gap: prompt engineering, critical thinking, and the human relationship advantage

Eric breaks down how his world of AI-driven ad tech is changing media buying, creative testing, and performance marketing—while Mark pushes on the deeper human side: purpose, meaningful work, and what happens when 10 jobs collapse into one AI-augmented role.

If you’re a marketer, founder, agency owner, or just trying not to get steamrolled by the next wave of AI, this conversation will challenge how you think about:

• ChatGPT and other AI tools as collaborators, not just “tools”
• Why “busy work” is dying and thinking work is finally king
• How to stay relevant when everything that can be automated, will be

Listen if you’ve ever wondered:

“Where do I still have an edge when AI is everywhere?”

Connect with Eric

Search “PurePlay AI” to learn more about his AI-powered media intelligence work and platform. https://www.pureplay.ai/ Watch more episodes & subscribe:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2l4CI1X1q4&t=1426s

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