Episode notes
What happens when a former Green Beret and a neuroscientist team up to take on the way we think about stress, recovery, and peak performance?
In this episode, I sit down with Chris Wagner and Dave Abarbanel, the founders of SAPIEN Recovery, a new performance tech startup focused on helping athletes, military veterans, and high-stress professionals regulate their nervous systems and recover faster.
We get into:
- The science of nervous system regulation
- How trauma and stress affect elite performance
- How their backgrounds (special operations + neuroscience) shaped the product
- Why recovery tools often miss the mark — and how SAPIEN is different
- How nervous system work applies to athletes, military, and everyday stress
Whether you’re an athlete chasing peak output, a coach look ...