Dr. Marianne Pinkston is a board-certified family and functional medicine physician with nearly 30 years in solo practice, based in San Antonio, Texas. After personally overcoming rheumatoid arthritis, cancer, diabetes, and obesity, she transformed her practice and launched New Bloom, a personalized functional medicine platform focused on helping women reclaim their health, identity, and vitality. She is also the host of the Dr. P Better Life podcast, now in its fourth year.

- New Bloom: mynubloom.com
- Podcast: drpbetterlife.com
- Instagram: @drmariannepinkston

Key Takeaways:

• Chronic stress and adverse childhood events (ACEs) create a biological environment of inflammation that drives autoimmune disease, cancer, obesity, and metabolic disorders.
  
  
• Survival mode — the state of constantly being in fight-or-flight — is the root cause, not just a symptom, of most chronic disease.
  
  
• Identity is medicine. Changing your body requires changing the story you tell yourself about who you are and what you deserve.
  
  
• Emotional eating, people-pleasing, and overworking are survival mechanisms rooted in childhood experiences — not character flaws.
  
  
• Boundaries are not walls. They are a form of self-love that creates the biological conditions for healing.
  
  
• Dr. Pinkston lost 120 pounds over two years, reversed her diabetes and cancer, and is now an athlete at 57.
  
  
• Functional medicine addresses root causes — stress, identity, lifestyle, nutrition — rather than managing individual symptoms in isolation.
  
  
• Dr. Pinkston's Best Medicine: gratitude, paying it forward, and using lived experience to guide others.

Resources Mentioned:
- New Bloom: mynubloom.com
- Dr. P Better Life Podcast: drpbetterlife.com
- Film: *The Martian* (Matt Damon) — on solving one problem at a time
- Book: *Gone With the Wind* — on resilience and perseverance

Dr. Georgine Nanos is a board-certified family physician based in Encinitas, California, and the North American Medical Director for Exo Mind — the world's most advanced TMS device. She has been practicing medicine for 24 years and pioneered the world's first single-day TMS protocol, publishing the landmark study in 2024. Her clinic, Kind Minds TMS, offers the full spectrum of TMS treatments from performance optimization to treatment-resistant depression.

- Website: kindmindstms.com

- Instagram: @drgeorginenanos

Dr. Judson Brandeis is a board-certified urologist, men's health specialist, and author of *The 21st Century Man*. Based in Northern California, he has integrated the Exo Mind TMS system into his practice and recently launched Global Men's Wellness — an AI-powered Men's Health large language model trained on curated medical literature.

- Website: brandeismd.com

- AI Platform: globalmenswellness.com

Key Takeaways:

• TMS (Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation) uses safe magnetic pulses — no electricity — to stimulate the dorsal lateral prefrontal cortex, the brain's emotional control center.
• The traditional 40-day TMS protocol has been condensed into a single day with equal or better outcomes.
• Dr. Nanos' published trial showed a 90% response rate and 72% remission rate — more than double the remission rate of antidepressants.
• TMS is not just for depression. It treats anxiety, PTSD, burnout, brain fog, insomnia, perimenopausal symptoms, and performance optimization.
• The one-day protocol costs approximately $10,000–$12,000 and is not covered by insurance (cash pay only for accelerated protocols).
• TMS creates a "window of neuroplasticity" — the brain is most receptive to new patterns immediately after treatment.
• Dr. Brandeis' personal experience: woke up 15–20% happier, more creative, with greater mental clarity — sustained for months.
• Dr. Nanos' Best Medicine: sleep and exercise.

Resources Mentioned:

- Kind Minds TMS: kindmindstms.com

- Exo Mind TMS Device: exomind.com

- Brandeis MD: brandeismd.com

- Global Men's Wellness AI: globalmenswellness.com

- Book: *The Happiness Project* — Gretchen Rubi

- Book: *The 21st Century Man* — Dr. Judson Brandeis

In this episode of the Thrive State Podcast, Alli Covington shares how she blends fitness, psychology, and technology to help individuals and organizations truly thrive. She unpacks why most corporate wellness programs miss the mark, how identity and mindset drive lasting behavior change, and why daily gratitude and simple mantras can literally rewire your brain. Alli also reveals her ambitious vision for global workplace health, the story behind her career pivot, and how her role as a mom fuels her mission.

Key Highlights:

• Why "training the head" makes training the body easier
• The hidden flaws in typical corporate wellness programs
• How Alli uses an app, community, and fractional Chief Health Officer model
• The power of identity, mindset, and gratitude in transforming health