Podcasts about healium

The healium Collective is back owners Evan and Lukas join Rgb to talk about their latest drop and where you can find it!! Most listeners know I'm huge fan of their award winning #cowboylemonade trust me the #dna doesn't disappoint

Evan and Lukas owners of the Healium Collective return to talk about some of their new products and what they've been working on the past few months. Lukas talks about what it's been like making name in the industry and Evan gives a look inside the grow operation. Really glad I linked up with these guys good genuine guys who deliver a great product that you can find at legacy on central ave in Colonie #golf #bogey #explore #golfer #podcast #bogeygolf #fairway #golfputt #interview #518

"All companies need chief storytellers. If you don't know where to find them, hire a former journalist." - Sarah HillIn this episode of The Storytelling Lab, Sarah Hill, the Chief Storyteller and CEO of Healium, shares her journey from journalism to entrepreneurship, highlighting the transformative power of immersive storytelling experiences. Sarah Hill's journey into immersive storytelling began as a television journalist, where she uncovered the power of sharing individuals' stories. Her deep understanding of the profound impact of storytelling led her to explore ways to enhance the storytelling experience. Through her work with Healium, Sarah was drawn to the potential of immersive meditation, fueled by the user's biometric data. This innovative approach offers a unique way for individuals to engage with and influence the stories they experience, creating a deeply personal and interactive journey that allows them to heal from trauma.Sarah's passion for mental wellness and human connection is evident in her dedication to providing drugless and non-harmful coping mechanisms through media. Her mission to merge the power of technology with the healing properties of storytelling is not only inspiring but also essential in today's stress-filled world.In this episode, you will be able to:Discover the transformative benefits of an immersive storytelling platform for mental wellness.Explore the potential of using biometric data for enhancing meditation practices.Uncover effective mental fitness tools for stress relief and emotional well-being.Harness the power of visual narratives to elevate mental health therapy experiences.Learn about the crucial role of a chief storyteller in driving business success through compelling narratives. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Pitch Putt and Puff Crew was joined this weekend by the Healium Co out on the golf course. This episode we have Lukas from Healium Co. to talk about his experience and interesting hour getting to the course. Bub talks about him joining #TeamLombardi

This 200th episode of "This Week in XR" is recorded with a live audience on AWE's Expo Stage on June 20, 2024. This is the 15th edition of the largest XR conference and expo in the world. We invited five guests who have never been on our show, AWE Program director Sonya Haskins, developer and blogger, Tony Vitillo, Cosmo Scharf, founder of VRLA, and Jenni Ogden, founder of Eye-Q Productions, which specializes in volumetric capture. We shared TWIXR's 2020 origin story, our views of the 15th show, our personal XR journeys, which included Sonya's touching and dramatic tale of self-discovery. We are joined midway by the very first guest, Sarah Hill, founder and CEO of Healium. She's a former broadcaster with an air of professionalism we hoped would rub off on us. Then Andrea Lowery of AWE brought us a cake! Be sure to listen to the end to hear our predictions for AWE 2028. Thank you to our sponsor, Zappar!Don't forget to like, share, and follow for more! Follow us on all socials @ThisWeekInXR!https://linktr.ee/thisweekinxr Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Podcast guest 937 is Dr. Jeff Tarrant. Jeff Tarrant, Ph.D., BCN is the founder and Director of the NeuroMeditation Institute in Eugene, OR. He is a licensed psychologist and board certified in neurofeedback. Dr. Tarrant is also the Chief Science Officer for Healium, XR, creating biometrically controlled virtual and augmented reality experiences. In addition, Dr. Tarrant is a Scientific Advisor to both Divergence Neuro and Neuphony, creators of cloud-based neurofeedback software and wireless EEG headsets. Dr. Tarrant is the author of the book, “Meditation Interventions to Rewire the Brain.” In addition to his clinical background, Dr. Tarrant has also trained extensively in a variety of spiritual and meditative practices, including Zen, Vipassana, Taoism/Qigong, Arhatic Yoga, and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). Becoming Psychic: Lessons from the Minds of Mediums, Healers, and Psychics https://amzn.to/48KbdMz Dr. Tarrant's YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@neuromeditationinstitute Dr. Tarrant's Website https://www.neuromeditationinstitute.com/about-nmi --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jeffrey-s-reynolds/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jeffrey-s-reynolds/support

RGB & Jr sit down with Evan and Lukas from Healium Collective to discuss there journey in the cannabis industry and the wild ride they've been on. The acceptance of cannabis since legalization in New York . We also sample the Cowboy Lemonade strain. For more information on them checkout www.healiumcollective.com Make sure you checkout out our sponsor www.420bliss.com 740 Hoosick rd Troy ,Ny for all your cannabis needs www.gimmiegang.com promocode rgb20 for 20% off

Last Wednesday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted a review of the Apple Vision Pro on his Instagram page where at the end he made the claim that Meta intends on being a much more open platform and ecosystem than Apple. While Meta has pushed forward standards like OpenXR and has an industry-leading implementation of WebXR, their curation strategy on the Quest store has been highly curated and much more similar to a closed, walled garden strategy of a gaming console. According to my informal count, Meta has only launched around 620 official Quest apps in 4.7 years since the Quest launched in May 2019, while the Apple Vision Pro already has over 1000 apps launched after 11 days. Sarah Hill was able to launch the Apple Vision Pro version of her Healium app onto the Apple Store on day 1 while they've been relegated to Meta's App Lab for over 3 years now with no hope to ever be promoted. App Lab was originally inspired by the success of SideQuest, which was an third-party method for apps that were rejected from Meta's official store to be side loaded onto a Quest device. But Meta launched their own alternative store competitor of App Lab in February 2021 and slowly made SideQuest harder and harder to use. Being App Lab is still not the same on being on the main store as Meta makes it much harder for consumers to organically search and discover her app. Despite all of the traction that Healium has found with enterprise customers, they still have not been promoted to the main Quest store. Given Hill's experiences with both Meta and Apple, then she does not buy Zuckerberg's claims that Meta will somehow prove to be the more open of a platform. I wanted to touch base with Hill to have her elaborate on her experiences with both ecosystems, and how she's been able to continue to thrive in delivering mediation experiences with biometric data integrations with different watches and EEG sensors by finding enterprise customers, integrating with other headsets, and making the most of their constrained access to the Quest ecosystem despite all of the disadvantages of being stuck on App Lab.

This week's guest, Sarah Hill, CEO of Healium (note spelling) was guest #1 on our podcast, in July 2020. We were experimenting with both the format of the show and recording the podcast in VR. It was a relatively slow news week, except Bytedance was booted off Azure Cloud's OpenAI for using it to train its own model, which is strictly verboten. Amidst denials, they were also caught covering it up. Rony has a lot to say about China and the theft of intellectual property, which, ironically is what OpenAI itself did when it scraped the Internet to begin with. Microsoft is shutting down its Mixed Reality OS, setting off a flurry of XR hand wringing. Healium is a platform agnostic app which uses biometrics to help users control hypertension, depression, and other conditions. Their app is available on all platforms and used by the VA to treat veterans. Healium, founded ten years ago, counts the Mayo Clinic as one of its strategic investors. Thank you to our sponsor, Zappar!Don't forget to like, share, and follow for more! Follow us on all socials @ThisWeekInXR!https://linktr.ee/thisweekinxr Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apple finally announced their mixed reality headset called the Apple Vision Pro at Apple's WWDC keynote on June 5, 2023. It's a $3500 device that by accounts is the most advanced XR headset produced up to this point that's largely driven by eye tracking, hand gestures, and speaking. I was not able to score an invite to be at WWDC myself, and so I was closely tracking all of the news in my WWDC23 Twitter thread. But I wanted to get some first-hand testimonies from XR developers who were on the ground at Apple Headquarters during the big announcements to get their perspectives, reflections, and insights after being able to speak with Apple employees who were there. I had a chance to speak with Sarah Hill, CEO of Healium, and Raven Zachary, COO of ARound on Monday evening after the big announcements. Neither one were able to get a hands-on demo, but they were able to lay eyes on the device and were able to bear witness to this historic announcement first-hand. This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music: Fatality

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This week's episode of Business Brief features an interview with Sarah Hill, the CEO of Columbia-based mental health technology company Healium. Then, the episode examines the current affordable housing situation in Missouri.

The newsweek includes layoffs at Pico, Tencent and Meta Dance, PS2 VR reviews, Healium gets backing from Mayo Clinic. Our guest is artist, author of the bestselling book Disrupt You, and the former Vice-Chair of Deloitte Digital, Jay Samit. Link to the Kickstarter for his art book: t.ly/iqUhThank you to our sponsor, Zappar!Don't forget to like, share, and follow for more! Follow us on all socials @ThisWeekInXR! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's episode of the Escape Your Limits Podcast, we continue exploring and interviewing trailblazers in the fitness technology industry with Emma Barry.  CES is the most influential tech event in the world — where a variety of global innovators introduce their breakthrough technologies to thousands of people. Today, we were thrilled to sit down with Jillian Michaels, Blaise Ffrench, Mohammed Iqbal, and so many more! They had the opportunity to share: How the use of wearable technology and apps help individuals track their fitness progress and receive personalized workout plans tailored to their specific goals and abilities Why data tracking and analysis allows individuals to better understand their fitness progress and make more informed decisions about their health Technology creating easier access to fitness resources Enjoy this week's episode! To learn more about Blaise Ffrench, click here! https://www.instagram.com/blaiseffrench/?hl=en To learn more about iTOUCH Wearables, click here! https://itouchwearables.com/ To learn more about Mux, click here! https://www.mux.com/ To learn more about Nuralogix, click here! https://www.nuralogix.ai/ To learn more about Sweatworks & Mohammed Iqbal, click here! https://www.sweatworks.com/sw-about/ To learn more about Healium, click here! https://www.tryhealium.com/ To learn more about Withings, click here! https://www.withings.com/us/en/ To learn more about Lotte Healthcare, click here! https://www.lottehealthcare.com/kr/main

We've heard about VR and floating. Maybe you already have an opinion on it. Just hold that for now please. Our guest in this episode is taking VR a bit of a different direction - pairing it with meditation and biofeedback. Yep, we've heard about meditation and biofeedback before, but Healium puts allllll of it together in a new way! Gloria is introducing this new technology at her studios, so the crew interviewed the Healium founder, Sarah Hill to find out what's so special about it. Sarah has a background in TV news, and part of her beat involved covering traumatic stories. Eventually that led her to work with veterans, and as they started using virtual reality, they noticed a major shift - participants were FEELING emotions, not just watching things happen on a screen. It was a powerful discovery that led to her new program. Sarah guides us through getting started with incorporating augmented reality and virtual reality into a meditation practice, as well as how her app is like a “portable, digital chill pill that prepares you for the float tank.” Links www.tryhealium Sponsors HelmBot (https://Helmbot.com) Float Tank Association (https://floatation.org) Mindfull Solutions (https://mindfull.solutions) Art of the Float Store (https://Shop.artofthefloat.com)

Sarah Hill, CEO of Healium, believes that biometrically-responsive immersive media experiences served through virtual and augmented reality technology can help millions better cope with the mental stress of our times. Join us for a discussion on how. She has 25 years of experience building unique media franchises. She has five patents for biometrically-powered media. Her company's mental fitness products are clinically validated in five peer-reviewed journals, and her immersive experiences have been viewed more than 7 million times.

Healium is a virtual reality and augmented reality based neurofeedback system.  Sarah and Kelly chat about their shared stories of anxiety, stress and sleepless nights and how they found a path back to balance.  Sarah shares how Healium uses technology as a mental fitness tool to regain resilience and reclaim peace.

Sarah Hill, CEO at Healium, offers an inside look at the company's virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) therapeutics for anxiety and stress. In her discussion with host Vic Tandon, Blue Shield of California's director of health innovation product strategy, she points to the latest advances in wearable devices, breakthroughs in digital mental health solutions, and how immersive media represents a new and drugless aid for patients coping with stress. Visit tryhealium.com to learn more about Healium and how it combines wearables, neurofeedback, and immersive apps to improve mental fitness.

Season 2, Episode 4: Show Notes.Our mental health hygiene is just as important as our physical hygiene, and it needs to be supported as such. Healium CEO and Chief Storyteller Sarah Hill joins us today to explain how neurofeedback and biomatrix meditation tools can help us manage our stress and anxiety. In this episode, we discover how our thoughts alter our brain patterns, and how Healium allows us to measure them using neurofeedback and biometrics. We also find out how Healium is reducing the barrier to entry, and why mental health hygiene, in general, needs to be more accessible. Tune in to find out more about this astounding neuro-meditation tool that will support you in reclaiming your power and taking control of your mind.Key Points From This Episode:Sarah Hill's journey of becoming a health tech entrepreneur after 20 years of TV journalism.How her own healing process led to the creation of Healium.Overview of Healium and its purpose.The impetus to use neurofeedback and biometrics in meditative experiences.The benefits of neuro-meditation and the importance of exercising your mind.The key role of storytelling in the Healium neuro-meditation experience.Sarah explains how to incrementally train your mind.How the visual format of bioinformatics allows the user to learn to self-regulate.The inclusive creative process of building a Healium experience.The similarities and differences between AR and VR, and why AR is more difficult to design, in terms of storytelling and immersion.What Healium is doing to reduce the barrier to entry and be more accessible.Why mental health hygiene needs to be prioritized by employers and institutions.Sarah shares her personal coping mechanisms and routines.The near-term opportunities that Sarah is excited about in the digital therapy space. Tweetables:“What you think about absolutely can change your brain patterns and your heart rate...Just as you're washing your hands, so too should you be resetting your mind to flush out all of that negativity and toxicity that you had during the day. ” — @SarahMidMO [0:11:01]“Giving the user a visual to learn to self-regulate, and having that bioinformatics from a wearable, not sequestered as a number on your wrist, but set out in a spatial computing environment that you can see it, you can interact with it and you can learn to control it. ” — @SarahMidMO [0:17:00] “We're just excited about the new data sets as well, with blood pressure, skin conductance, all of those new wearables that are coming out that are going to need content solutions that allow you to do more with that data than just seeing it tracked as a flat number..” — @SarahMidMO [0:36:45] Links Mentioned in Today's Episode:HealiumSarah Hill on LinkedInSarah Hill on TwitterPearly Chen on Twitter VIVE

Did you know your thoughts can shift the patterns of your brain? In this 148th episode of Something Extra, CEO of Healium, Sarah Hill, breaks down the significance of mental fitness and how it significantly impacts our daily lives. This is an episode you don't want to miss!Guest Links:Sarah's LinkedInHealiumCredits: Lisa Nichols, Host; Scott Crosby, Executive Producer; Daniel Williams, Recording Engineer; Jenny Heal, Guest Coordinator; Morgan Cochran, Marketing Support

In this episode, you'll hear from Elizabeth Di Maio, CEO of HEALIUM Hair. This national brand was born from a passion of helping women like Elizabeth with fine or thin hair. Elizabeth shares the raw story of losing her husband to stage 4 Colon Cancer, while keeping her business afloat + caring for two small children.  What you'll learn:-How Elizabeth overcame the struggles of losing her husband + continuing to build the HEALIUM brand.-How Elizabeth funded her business to grow to a 7-8 figure earning company. -Tips and tricks Elizabeth has learned achieve work-life balance. This episode is sponsored by the KNOW Global, membership & community to help you get to the next level of achievement.   Learn more today at bit.ly/podcast-global LINKS: Get In The Room with KNOW Global: bit.ly/podcast-global Download Your Episode Bonus [How to Masterfully Connect Workbook] Here: www.theknowwomen.com/podcast FOLLOW ON INSTAGRAM: The KNOW Women – @theknowwomen Sarah Benken – @sarahbenkenHEALIUM Hair - @healiumhair

It is often our pain that fuels our passion. This is Sarah's story.After 20 years as a TV reporter covering trauma, Sarah Hill's media diet of reporting the day's headlines ultimately had made her sick. Insomnia, forgetfulness, and anxiety culminated in terrifying panic attacks, shattering any illusion of perfection. In fact, the attacks led her down a road looking for help, where she eventually found it in the most surprising of places - storytelling.A wife, mother, and now wildly successful CEO and entrepreneur, Sarah Hill is addressing what she calls a post-COVID mental health emergency head on. Using virtual and augmented reality, Sarah and her team have developed a clinically-validated method for managing stress and anxiety.  If you find yourself struggling with any of these issues, please give yourself the gift of listening to this episode. Not only is Sarah inspiring and grace-filled, she offers a non-pharmacological therapy with an encouraging dose of HOPE.  And who can't use HOPE for a better tomorrow?SPECIAL GUEST: SARAH HILLAs recently featured in Forbes, Sarah Hill is the CEO of Healium, a virtual and augmented reality tool for human performance powered by the user's own brainwaves and heart rate. After 20 years as a TV reporter covering trauma,  Sarah developed Healium to help herself as well as the 41 million others who struggle with anxiety.  Not only is Sarah a former interactive TV news journalist for the NBC, ABC, & CBS affiliates in Missouri, she is mom to two adult children and has been married for 30 years.  To learn more about Healium and how to get started benefiting from it, go to https://www.tryhealium.com/.Show Notes:4:00 Stress and anxiety impacts more areas of your life than you might realize. Listen here to learn more.7:15 Is your media diet making you sick? 11:00 Listen here how Sarah's work with Veterans shaped her vision to help others with insomnia, pain and anxiety.14:50 Have you ever wondered if that feeling of dread and fear could be a panic attack?19:00 If you find yourself feeling wobbly, listen here for some great practical advice to strengthen yourself.24:00 Think you're productive by not sleeping? Think again. Your working memory needs sleep.35:00 How can Healium help? Don't understand about virtual reality? Listen here to get the basics.39:30 Think stress isn't a big deal? You'll be surprised how it impacts illness and diseases in our bodies.

Sarah is the CEO and Chief Storyteller of the Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality company Healium. In this episode, Sarah talks with us about the vast potential of virtual reality to radically improve the quality of our mental health.

Though economic recessions historically lead to increased unemployment, they also can lead to increased entrepreneurial activity. Dane Stangler, director of strategic initiatives at the Bipartisan Policy Center, said the recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is no exception. Census numbers show a surge in business applications in the second half of 2020. Stangler said one cause of this is that when people lose their jobs and can’t find another, their next best option is to become self-employed. The latest episode of the Speaking Startup podcast digs into recession entrepreneurship data to get a sense of what the entrepreneurial landscape may look like after the COVID-19 pandemic. Plus, we hear from Sarah Hill, the founder of Healium, a Columbia-based augmented and virtual reality startup focused on relieving stress. In a recent presentation, Hill shared lessons she’s learned while getting her startup off the ground.

Sarah Hill is the CEO of Healium, an award-winning mental fitness channel that's touched more than a half million lives around the world. A former TV broadcaster, Healium is positive fiber for your media diet that allows you to improve your human performance.

In this episode of AllThingsXR podcast, we have a conversation with Sarah Hill, CEO of Healium. Healium is a clinically validated mental fitness channel that uses virtual and augmented reality apps for the self-management of... The post Episode 21 : Sarah Hill – The role of AR/VR on Mental Health appeared first on All Things XR.

Interview begins: 7:01Debrief: 45:09Sarah Hill is the CEO and Chief Storyteller of Healium.Healium is a virtual and augmented reality tool for the self-management of stress powered by the user's own brainwaves and heart rate. Healium is the world's first biometrically-powered VR/AR immersive media channel controlled by the user's brainwaves and heart rate via consumer wearables. Hill's XR experiences are clinically validated in 3 peer-reviewed journals and have been viewed more than 7 million times.After 20 years as a TV reporter covering trauma, Sarah's media diet of reporting the day's headlines ultimately made her sick. Sarah developed Healium for herself as well as the 41 million others who struggle with anxiety. Healium was founded in 2015 in Columbia, Missouri.Learn more about Healium: https://www.tryhealium.com/ Follow Sarah Hill: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahhill1/Follow upside on Twitter: https://twitter.com/upsidefmKey points:  From a TV reporter to being a CEO of Healium 7:51 Neurofeedback 12:36 Neuro meditation 18:50 How is Healium different from other apps 20:48 New upcoming technology 28:15 Media diet 29:34 Team at Healium 32:46 Digiceutical 35:36 Healium making money 41:15 This episode of upside is sponsored by Ethos Wealth Management. Managing wealth with an eye toward the future demands vigilance and skill in today's global economy. Over the years, Ethos Wealth Management has worked with clients and their other professional advisors – including attorneys and accountants – to create comprehensive wealth management plans designed to make the best use of their wealth today and help ensure its endurance for future generations.They can do the same for you. Visit upside.fm/ethos to learn more.–Want to share information about your company, or an opportunity with the upside audience?Book a classified advertisement and your advertisement will be read in an upcoming episode of the show.Classified ads are priced at $100, and are: read by Jay and/or Eric on upside linked from the show notes linked from this website, upside.fm

This week Charles is joined by Sarah Hill, CEO of Healium - a virtual and augmented reality tool for the self-management of stress, powered by the user's own brainwaves and heart rate. In this episode of the Emotion Lab Charles and Sarah discuss neurofeedback and how VR and wearables can help us train our minds. Listen in to hear about how VR can be used as “digi-ceutical' now, and developed even further to support stress management and anxiety in future. Get in touch with emteq: www.emteqlabs.com | info@emteqlabs.com Get in touch with the guest Sarah Hill: www.tryhealium.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahhill1/

Healium is the world's first VR and AR platform powered by the body's electricity via consumer wearables. Healium is an evidence-based intervention that in three peer-reviewed journals has been shown to quickly reduce anxiety in as little as four minutes. Using a brain-sensing headband or an Apple Watch, users can control virtual worlds with different feeling states. With the greater pandemic and the mental health emergency that's following this uncertainty, Healium is mental fitness for a new reality.

Healium is the world's first VR and AR platform powered by the body's electricity via consumer wearables. Healium is an evidence-based intervention that in three peer-reviewed journals has been shown to quickly reduce anxiety in as little as four minutes. Using a brain-sensing headband or an Apple Watch, users can control virtual worlds with different feeling states. With the greater pandemic and the mental health emergency that's following this uncertainty, Healium is mental fitness for a new reality.

Healium is the world's first VR and AR platform powered by the body's electricity via consumer wearables. Healium is an evidence-based intervention that in three peer-reviewed journals has been shown to quickly reduce anxiety in as little as four minutes. Using a brain-sensing headband or an Apple Watch, users can control virtual worlds with different feeling states. With the greater pandemic and the mental health emergency that's following this uncertainty, Healium is mental fitness for a new reality.

In part one of my conversation with Sarah Hill, the founder and CEO of Healium, she talked about how her exposure to trauma as a journalist inspired her to create VR and AR software, powered by wearable technology, to help manage anxiety. In this second part of our conversation, Sarah explains why she recommends starting your company as service-based as opposed to product-based, and she also discusses some of the challenges of starting a tech company in an area of the country not typically associated with technology. More information: https://www.tryhealium.com/

As a television reporter, Sarah Hill covered a great deal of trauma—soldiers returning from war, violent crimes, and the aftermath of natural disasters. After time, all this exposure to tragedy took a toll, and she found herself suffering from anxiety. Her solution was to found Healium, a company that delivers VR and AR stories and immersive spaces to help manage stress and treat anxiety. Healium takes it to the next level by powering the entire experience with your actual “brainwaves and heart rate via an EEG headband or Apple Watch”. It's yet another example of how virtual reality is evolving beyond an entertainment platform and into a tool that can improve people's lives. More information: https://www.tryhealium.com/

Though we've all adapted, there's no denying these are still stressful times. Today on Inside Stories, we explore new tools that allow us to train our brains to de-stress. Guest Sarah Hill is the CEO of Healium – a system that allows you to change what you see...using only your thoughts.

Though we've all adapted, there's no denying these are still stressful times. Today on Inside Stories, we explore new tools that allow us to train our brains to de-stress. Guest Sarah Hill is the CEO of Healium – a system that allows you to change what you see...using only your thoughts.

Founder and CEO of Healium, Sarah Hill, joins Ted and Charlie to discuss this week in XR: The Weeknd's Virtual TikTok concert, Zoom is incorporating AR filters and HTC founder Peter Chou is building XRspace. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sarah Hill, CEO and Dr. Jeff Tarrant, Chief Science Officer, started Healium in 2015. Healium uses the user’s wearable device to show purposeful content to help control the state of mind of the user. In this episode, Dr. Jeff Tarrant and Sarah Hill speak about the ways Healium is developing anxiety relief through virtual and augmented reality techniques.    Top three takeaways: Healium is an app that contains more than 20 virtual reality experiences that are designed to guide users into a specific state of consciousness.  There are studies around the world looking at the effects of using Healium from labor pain, PTSD, and addictions to generalized anxiety and pain.  Compared to a control group, those with moderate anxiety using Healium saw a significant decrease in the activation of their anterior cingulate cortex, which is responsible for feelings of stress and anxiety.    [0:00] Ladan introduces the episode and the guests, Sarah Hill and Dr. Jeff Tarrant.    [2:30] Sarah Hill discusses her background in journalism and Dr. Jeff Tarrant discusses his background in psychophysiological monitoring.    [4:20] The Healium app helps achieve a calm state of mind using virtual reality techniques.    [6:25] There can sometimes be a disconnect between what we say we are feeling versus what our brain waves are showing our state of mind is.    [8:15] Healium has future plans to add features that can provide physiological measurements that have an effect on the vagus nerve.    [10:40] In their research studies, a 19 electrode EEG cap is placed on patients and the sLORETA process is used.    [14:20] Healium is a self-awareness tool that helps to create a mind-body connection that many people have not been trained to have.    [16:40] The virtual reality experiences range from South American waterfalls to solar systems, providing focus-driven content.     [19:20] Hill emphasizes the importance of protecting not only our physical hygiene but our mental health hygiene as well. 

The Coronavirus pandemic and the uncertainty that comes with it has evoked widespread fear around the world. As we navigate through this uncharted territory, there are resources available to help ease anxiety and depression. Healium is the world's first virtual and augmented reality (VR and AR) stress management program powered by brainwaves and a person's heart rate. It allows you to help self manage anxiety and channel your positive energy to create a beautiful on-screen story. Your thoughts and heart rate control the visuals you see. These are new "VRceuticals" or "ARceuticals" are powered by wearable technology: Pair your smartwatch with the phone app for an AR experience anytime, anywhere. Get the 360-degree Healium story experience through your VR headset. For those who struggle to find the benefits of traditional meditation, Healium is a stress relief tool for the visually motivated and it displays your emotions in a way you can understand and use beyond the app. It's a reminder that our thoughts have the power not only in the virtual world but in the real world as well. Clearly stated, Healium is not a treatment for panic attacks or any replacement for psychotropic medication, but published studies show it can significantly reduce moderate anxiety and increase feelings of positivity in as little as four minutes. Whether you're training your mind to release butterflies from metamorphosis or brighten your sun within the galaxy, each story serves as a powerful memory tool for users to recall in stressful situations. Healium's development originates from founder Sarah Hill's confrontation with anxiety. The former TV journalist searched for an alternative to medication to relieve her panic attacks and help her sleep. Through licensed psychologist and family friend Dr. Jeff Tarrant, she discovered his neurofeedback program to influence calmness and train her thoughts, simply by using a laptop program and attaching electrodes. Her understanding of psychology, AR and VR began to merge as she left journalism to work with a veteran's organization. These online experiences helped deserving vets attend memorials, funerals, and ceremonies they couldn't travel to. Observing the impact AR and VR had on their wellbeing such as elevated mood, Hill partnered with Tarrant to study these virtual components further and how they could advance digital prescriptions like her own. Together, they combined neuropsychological principles with game and design fundamentals to develop Healium. For more information, visit https://www.tryhealium.com/ About the show: ► Website: http://www.ashsaidit.com ► Need Goli Gummies? https://go.goli.com/1loveash5 ► For $5 in ride credit, download the Lyft app using my referral link: https://www.lyft.com/ici/ASH584216 ►For discount Pangea Products: https://embracepangaea.grsm.io/ashsaiditmedia3226 ► Want the ‘coldest' water? https://thecoldestwater.com/?ref=ashleybrown12 ► Become A Podcast Legend: http://ashsaidit.podcastersmastery.zaxaa.com/s/6543767021305 ► Review Us: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ash-said-it-daily/id1144197789 ► SUBSCRIBE HERE: http://www.youtube.com/c/AshSaidItSuwanee ► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/1loveash ► Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ashsaidit ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/1loveAsh ► Google Plus: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+AshSaidItMedia ► Blog: http://www.ashsaidit.com/blog ► Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/1LoveAsh/ ► Newsletter: manage1.com/subscribe?u=2a2ca3b799467f125b53863http://ashsaidit.us11.list-c8&id=a6f43cd472 #atlanta #ashsaidit #ashsaidthat #ashblogsit #ashsaidit® Ash Brown is a gifted American producer, blogger, speaker, media personality and event emcee. The blog on AshSaidit.com showcases exclusive event invites, product reviews and so much more. Her motivational podcast "Ash Said It Daily" is available on major media platforms such as iTunes, iHeart Radio & Google Play. This program has over half a million streams worldwide. She uses these mediums to motivate & encourage her audience in the most powerful way. She keeps it real!

The Coronavirus pandemic and the uncertainty that comes with it has evoked widespread fear around the world. As we navigate through this uncharted territory, there are resources available to help ease anxiety and depression. Healium is the world's first virtual and augmented reality (VR and AR) stress management program powered by brainwaves and a person's heart rate. It allows you to help self manage anxiety and channel your positive energy to create a beautiful on-screen story. Your thoughts and heart rate control the visuals you see. These are new "VRceuticals" or "ARceuticals" are powered by wearable technology: Pair your smartwatch with the phone app for an AR experience anytime, anywhere. Get the 360-degree Healium story experience through your VR headset. For those who struggle to find the benefits of traditional meditation, Healium is a stress relief tool for the visually motivated and it displays your emotions in a way you can understand and use beyond the app. It's a reminder that our thoughts have the power not only in the virtual world but in the real world as well. Clearly stated, Healium is not a treatment for panic attacks or any replacement for psychotropic medication, but published studies show it can significantly reduce moderate anxiety and increase feelings of positivity in as little as four minutes. Whether you're training your mind to release butterflies from metamorphosis or brighten your sun within the galaxy, each story serves as a powerful memory tool for users to recall in stressful situations. Healium's development originates from founder Sarah Hill's confrontation with anxiety. The former TV journalist searched for an alternative to medication to relieve her panic attacks and help her sleep. Through licensed psychologist and family friend Dr. Jeff Tarrant, she discovered his neurofeedback program to influence calmness and train her thoughts, simply by using a laptop program and attaching electrodes. Her understanding of psychology, AR and VR began to merge as she left journalism to work with a veteran's organization. These online experiences helped deserving vets attend memorials, funerals, and ceremonies they couldn't travel to. Observing the impact AR and VR had on their wellbeing such as elevated mood, Hill partnered with Tarrant to study these virtual components further and how they could advance digital prescriptions like her own. Together, they combined neuropsychological principles with game and design fundamentals to develop Healium. For more information, visit https://www.tryhealium.com/ About the show: ► Website: http://www.ashsaidit.com ► Need Goli Gummies? https://go.goli.com/1loveash5 ► For $5 in ride credit, download the Lyft app using my referral link: https://www.lyft.com/ici/ASH584216 ►For discount Pangea Products: https://embracepangaea.grsm.io/ashsaiditmedia3226 ► Want the ‘coldest' water? https://thecoldestwater.com/?ref=ashleybrown12 ► Become A Podcast Legend: http://ashsaidit.podcastersmastery.zaxaa.com/s/6543767021305 ► Review Us: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ash-said-it-daily/id1144197789 ► SUBSCRIBE HERE: http://www.youtube.com/c/AshSaidItSuwanee ► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/1loveash ► Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ashsaidit ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/1loveAsh ► Google Plus: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+AshSaidItMedia ► Blog: http://www.ashsaidit.com/blog ► Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/1LoveAsh/ ► Newsletter: manage1.com/subscribe?u=2a2ca3b799467f125b53863http://ashsaidit.us11.list-c8&id=a6f43cd472 #atlanta #ashsaidit #ashsaidthat #ashblogsit #ashsaidit® Ash Brown is a gifted American producer, blogger, speaker, media personality and event emcee. The blog on AshSaidit.com showcases exclusive event invites, product reviews and so much more. Her motivational podcast "Ash Said It Daily" is available on major media platforms such as iTunes, iHeart Radio & Google Play. This program has over half a million streams worldwide. She uses these mediums to motivate & encourage her audience in the most powerful way. She keeps it real!

The Connected Yoga Teacher Podcast 163: Collective Yoga Studio Model with Jenifer Parker   Description: Yoga studios are run in many different ways, from a single owner who may or may not be a yoga teacher, to partnerships between different yoga teachers, and even franchises. On this episode, we're exploring a different model for yoga studios with Jenifer Parker - the collective yoga studio model.   Jenifer Parker is the Director of Healium, a yoga studio within the context of a holistic health collective in Wellington, New Zealand that she has been running for 10 years. She has been a full time yoga teacher for about 20 years, and has run multiple collective yoga studios with different yoga teachers in different parts of the world in her yoga career.   A collective yoga studio is a unique model that Jenifer found worked best to address the challenges she was facing as a yoga professional. Through her experiences, she has collected a wealth of information on the legality and logistics of setting up and running a collective. She explains how a collective works, what you need to form it, as well as some of the details of the operations and what it really takes to run a yoga studio in this way.   Challenges help us think outside the box, and Jenifer's experience is testament to that. If you have been looking for creative ways to think outside the box and create a very different yoga studio model, perhaps even something that could be applied online, this episode is for you.   Key Takeaways: [7:30] Shannon introduces her guest for this episode - Jenifer Parker. [8:47] What does Jenifer do and who does she do it for? [12:23] What is Jenifer's current model with her yoga studio and why did she choose it? [18:55] There is sometimes a fear around yoga teachers working together, but there is more room for collaboration than we might think. [21:59] Jenifer shares some of the details of her collective. [27:15] A special message from our sponsor, Yomassage. [29:29] Jenifer highlights some of the benefits of the collective yoga studio model to both students and the teachers. [33:12] Jenifer eventually moved to New Zealand and had to sell her yoga businesses. [35:01] The legal structure of a collective is very different. Jenifer shares some of her challenges in setting up the collective yoga studio model when she moved to New Zealand. [40:40] Jenifer explains how she started her collective in New Zealand with one other yoga teacher, and how that model has evolved since it started a year ago. [44:06] What has Jenifer's experience been as a yoga studio without premises? [52:19] Being transparent with her community has helped ease the transition for Jenifer. She shares how the community has responded to the changes she's implementing going forward.  [55:45] What are some of Jennifer's tips for yoga teachers who are considering starting a collective? [59:10] How did Jenifer manage the legal side of running a collective yoga studio? [1:01:24] You can always hire experts to help with the legal and accounting side of running a collective. [1:04:52] Find out more about Jenifer's collective yoga studio by visiting her website. [1:07:10] Shannon shares a few things that are helping her right now.   Links: Find a Live and Online Yoga Class Jenifer Parker, Healium How to work virtually with your massage clients, Yomassage Consultation with Shannon Offer Yoga Online Masterclass (Replay) COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Resources   Gratitude to our Sponsor Schedulicity and Yomassage   Quotes from this episode:   "The collective model ... creates less administrative work and more opportunity for people to work together and to have the outreach that they want." ~ Jenifer Parker   "We need everyone to solve the problems. We need all the generations of yoga teachers to solve problems." ~ Jenifer Parker   "The hardest thing is making sure that you have really clear communication with the people that you're working with." ~ Jenifer Parker

This episode is a real treat, as it's the first time we sit down to record solo and meander as we see fit. If you enjoy a flowing conversation and tangents upon tangents, similar to our guest episodes, #ThoughtsOnThoughts episodes will be fun explorations with just us guiding you along the way. We start with a bit of reflection back on the past six months since recording episode 9 with Gwyn. The conversation centered heavily on Rec Room and similar social platforms, so we focused on what we had experienced since in the Metaverse. Topics galore insue, from Rec Room to the Magic School Bus, planetary emotions to spice girl tea parties, and everything in between. We finish out our day with a bit of projecting on the topics we'd like to explore more this year in the industry. If you'd like to influence where we end up next and who drops into our scrappy little studio for XR spelunkings in the future, go drop us a line and share your ideas or thoughts. We're charting our course for the episodes to come, so get involved and you could help shape the conversations to come. *Show Notes:* Minor planets: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minor_planet Magic School Bus Episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaiOOSJon4M Oculus Quest VR Headset: https://www.oculus.com/quest/?locale=en_US Oculus "First Steps" (shooting rockets, dancing with robot, etc.): - the app - https://www.oculus.com/experiences/quest/1863547050392688/?locale=en_US; - Youtube recordings of the experience: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQVl8Xly4r0 Within: https://www.with.in/ "Conscious Existence": https://www.with.in/watch/conscious-existence Spyce Gurrl Teaparty: Coming Soon Motion Sickness: - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/22835165_Motion_sickness_An_evolutionary_hypothesis - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKhE3CMz7Sk "Minecraft": https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/ "What Games Are Like For Someone Who Doesn't Play Games": - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax7f3JZJHSw - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_76lcBpDbvw&t=368s "Limbo": https://playdead.com/ "Daytripper" graphic novel about an obituary copywriter: https://www.amazon.com/Daytripper-Gabriel-Ba/dp/1401229697/ref=asc_df_1401229697/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312140890976&hvpos=1o1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=9143873307447304329&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9033322&hvtargid=aud-801381245258:pla-404766126479&psc=1 "The Best We Could Do" graphic novel about Vietnam refugees: https://www.amazon.com/Best-We-Could-Do-Illustrated/dp/1419718770 "Invisible Ink" book on writing (is it a warning or an encouragement?): https://www.amazon.com/Invisible-Ink-Practical-Building-Resonate/dp/0998534471/ref=asc_df_0998534471/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312155960128&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=2672678263031809406&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9033322&hvtargid=aud-801381245258:pla-420509734740&psc=1 Youtube about habit themes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVGuFdX5guE&feature=youtu.be Dance Central VR: https://www.oculus.com/experiences/quest/2453152771391571/?locale=en_US Rec Room VR: https://recroom.com/rec-room Notion Brain-Computer Interface Device: https://neurosity.co/ Healium: https://www.tryhealium.com/

Stress is a feeling of emotional or physical tension that can seriously affect your body and mind. When under stress, taking control of your feelings can be hard at times, especially when coupled with a heavy load of responsibilities, it often becomes too much to handle. Seeing a doctor or taking medicine can be a solution, but what if there is a tool that can de-stress you using our own mind? Matt DeCoursey talks with Sarah Hill, CEO, and founder of Healium. Healium uses virtual and augmented reality technology to create an environment that not only helps you destress but also helps you target stressors.   Hill is a former interactive TV news journalist and media tech professional. Her company StoryUP, makes “Healium,” the world’s first biometrically powered VR/AR channel controlled by the user's brain and heart rate via their wearables. Their XR kits are powered by the story and the user’s biometrics. Moreover, it is the first VR/AR channel for stress relief.   Learn more about:   Full Scale: https://fullscale.io/   Stackify: https://stackify.com/   Healium https://www.tryhealium.com/   StoryUp https://story-up.com/   GigaBook: https://gigabook.com   Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/startuphustlepodcast/   Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDXy14X95mzCpGSHyDvvoVg   Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@startuphustle

Don Peterson is the entrepreneur in residence for Launch Health Accelerator, an incubator working on ideas to disrupt and improve the current health care system involving six companies, four of which are led by female founders and CEOs.  They have partnered with  the Economic Development Corporation of KC and Nueterra Capital. The cohort visited the Mayo Clinic during the 12-week program.  The companies are MedZERO of KC, WellBrain of San Francisco, TheraWe Connect of KC, Sickweather of KC, Healium by Story UP of Columbia, MO and Spoke Health of Denver. Website: launchhealthaccelerator.org Demo day Nov 20, 2019 TRANSCRIPT: Joel Goldberg: Don, thanks for joining me on the podcast. And that's a title that we don't hear a whole lot about, Entrepreneur in Residence, but then again, you guys are doing something incredibly unique. Really solving some, trying to solve some big time problems, aren't you guys? Don Peterson: Yeah, I think, and thank you Joel, I appreciate being here and I appreciate getting to spend some time with you. The Entrepreneur in Residence title, I think, is really more common to a venture capital fund. And typically that role is filled by somebody who has been an operator in a company, a founder or a CEO, and then exited. And then is kind of, I don't know, on the bench, waiting for that next assignment. Don Peterson: And so, that would probably describe me pretty well. I was fortunate to exit my last company, Infusion Express, about a year and a half ago. And this program started about, for me, it started almost a year ago. So it's been a gas. And yeah, the role of the accelerator is really to find companies who are working hard to come up with ideas that can disrupt and improve our current healthcare system. Don Peterson: And look, we don't have to spend much time talking about the problems in the healthcare system, because everybody kind of knows what they are. If you listen to doctors or insurance companies or patients, everybody's got something to complain about. And so, that creates a lot of opportunity to fix things. And I think the companies we wanted to bring in here were those we thought, well, had a solution to some of these bigger problems. Joel Goldberg: So, you've been running this incubator of, I'm sure, brilliant minds in a 12 week program. What are some of the issues that they're tackling? What are some of the objectives, that these companies are going after? Don Peterson: Well, we have a really diverse group of six companies. Four of them are actually from the Kansas City area. Four of them are led by female founders and CEOs, which is outstanding, we're glad to see that. You know, in healthcare about 70% of the workforce are women, yet in the C-suite, that's inverted. So we're glad to see that these females are stepping up to the plate, grabbing hold of the opportunities and leading the charge to fix these things. Don Peterson: But we have companies that like, locally, Sickweather, they can predict where the flu is going to break out like, 15 weeks in advance. So, if you're going to be traveling to some place and you want to see what the sick score is, you can download their app. I think it's free. Don Peterson: We have one that's fixing the problem of health savings accounts. Your employer is charged with providing you with health care and, well, we know the expenses are out of sight. But the government's created these health savings accounts, but 47 million of the 110 million or so healthcare, or health savings accounts that are out there, are absolutely empty. There's nothing in them. Because we don't know what we're going to spend on healthcare, so we don't want to deduct money from our payroll. We've got to pay rent and gasoline and utilities. So, there's just an incredible... we got a company doing virtual reality, and augmented reality, to help people with stress and pain relief. So it's really a diverse group, and it's exciting to be a part of some of the thought leadership that's here. Joel Goldberg: Well, you know, in some ways it's not surprising to me. I'm reminded all the time, and I think I mentioned this to you but, we're so used to our iPhones, and that type of technology. The iPads, the tablets. And you ask anybody that is 18 years old, 20 years old, and you have to explain to them that this stuff never existed. Joel Goldberg: So, once you're used to it, you do kind of take it for granted. But when I go into, say my kids' school, and they're in high school. And you start to see some of the tools that they have, that they just come to expect. And I sit there and say, "Where was this when we were?" Joel Goldberg: I was visiting for a college meeting, for my son in high school, and the counselor pulls up the program. And it's not just these are the schools, it's, here's the tuition, here's how you can get the financial aid. Here's what they specialize in. Here's what the process is, here's where the application is. And it was like a hundred things that you could possibly know, at your fingertips. And we of course never had anything like that. Don Peterson: Yeah. Joel Goldberg: So now you have all these brilliant minds taking all of this technology trying to solve the problems that, and I guess my question would be, you know, one, how close are they? It's a general question. Don Peterson: Yeah. Joel Goldberg: But two, what took so long? You know, I mean, there is, there's still so many problems out there. Don Peterson: Well, healthcare is uniquely challenged, I guess that's probably a nice, kind euphemism for insular. Filled with very large incumbent companies who like lot, lots of large incumbent companies in any industry, are trying to protect their past, right? "We've created an area of endeavor for us that we're profiting from. And the last thing we want are the barbarians at the gate, trying to break that down." Don Peterson: And so they tend to circle the wagons and become more insular, and more immune to innovation. And I think that's what we looked at, at these companies. The disruptors challenge in this industry is getting distribution before the incumbent figures out they have to innovate. And so that's always the tension. But these companies in particular, we felt, were going to move the needle. Don Peterson: Like you talked about with the experience you had with the college recruiter. You know, in healthcare, you don't know what it's going to cost. It's like going into the restaurant and having dinner, and then a month later somebody sends you a bill for it. And then, oh, it's not just the bill for dinner. Later, you get a bill from somebody who filled the water glasses. And then later, you get a bill from the cook. And later you get a bill from, I don't know, the bus boy who cleaned up after you. In what world would we ever tolerate that? Joel Goldberg: And oh, by the way, then the hostess is spending the next five hours talking to people on the phone, trying to explain it. Don Peterson: There you go. Joel Goldberg: Right? Don Peterson: Yep. That's the problem. And so, we look at any other industry and we go, "Well, we'd never tolerate that in the restaurant business or the hotel business. You know, I'm going to go stay at a nice hotel and a month later, they're going to send me a bill? And then the maid's going to send me a different bill?" But in healthcare, that happens all the time. And so, the companies that we're working with are, I think, really well positioned and poised to make real differences in price transparency and creating value. Lowering the cost of care. Don Peterson: You know, many times lowering the cost of care isn't getting the doctor to charge you less. It's going to the right site of service for the right service. Right? If you go and get an MR, an imaging study done in the hospital, it's going to probably cost you $1200. Whereas, you go down the street to an independent imaging center, and that same exam will cost you $400. Well, the problem is, the consumer just doesn't know that. Joel Goldberg: Right. Don Peterson: And so, that's what we're trying to do is, we're trying to bring that kind of technology like you talked about, to the healthcare industry. Joel Goldberg: Which the consumer, the patient, they'll sign up for that thought in a heartbeat. It's convincing the big boys, right? It's convincing the insurance companies or whoever it is that in the long run, this actually will work for them. But right now where they're at is, at least probably feel, safe. So how do you convince them that this all can be for, not just the greater good? Unfortunately, money sometimes trumps the greater good. Don Peterson: Yeah. Joel Goldberg: So how do you convince them that it's worth their while? Don Peterson: Well, in fact, you don't convince them. You show them. Okay? If I were to sit here and try to convince you that you should change the way you do business after you've been profiting at it for years, you'd think I was an idiot. Right? And maybe rightfully so. What we have to do is show you what's going to happen if you don't change. You know, the old saying, I came from the Silicon Valley area and worked in technology for almost 20 years. And the saying was, "Look, if you're not willing to eat your own lunch, somebody else will." Don Peterson: And in healthcare, that's going to be the case. It's not the case, yet. But what we want to do is, when we look at employers who are now faced with the challenge of providing healthcare for all of their employers. Well, employers are business people, right? You know, they're all businesses. If every vendor at the end of the year came back to them and said, "Hey, next year's pricing is going to be about 35% more than it was last year." Well, they wouldn't put up with that. Right? So when your healthcare insurance company comes back to you and says, "Hey, we're going to charge you 35% more," they go, "Oh, oh, timeout. Tell me why. Tell me what I can do about it. And by the way, if you're not going to help me do something about it, I will." Don Peterson: And so that's really the tip of the spear, I think, in changing the way healthcare is delivered and the way it's priced, is really with the employers who now are saddled with the responsibility of providing that benefit to their employees. It used to be a perk. Now it's a requirement. Joel Goldberg: It's so fascinating. And now, as I mentioned, you have these brilliant minds in these companies that are trying to make a dent. Let's talk a little bit just about the support, the funding and what you've been able to put together here, because I know that that nothing like this happens without the right type of resources. Don Peterson: Yeah. I think that was the magic behind all of this was, when the LaunchKC program decided it needed to morph, and Drew Solomon who's run that program for the last six years, I think he hatched this idea that the grant competition that we've been doing now, needs to morph into something a little bit more hands on. Cutting people a $50,000 check and patting them on the head and saying, "Well, good luck with the rest of that." You know, it just, you don't control the outcomes. So I think the Accelerator puts us in closer touch, and a more intimate relationship with these founders. And now we can actually influence their outcomes in a positive way. Don Peterson: But there is support that the program has gotten from the variety of supporters of the Downtown Council and the EDC of Kansas City and the LaunchKC program. That together with, including Nueterra Capital, who out here in the suburbs of Kansas City has quietly been investing in healthcare for the last 20 years. Bringing them to the table was a big part of the success, and really the framework of what made this Accelerator possible. Joel Goldberg: How did you end up, here? And I want to get into your background and all the success in the tech world, and Silicon Valley and, how did you end up with this? Don Peterson: With this, I think the way it came together was, first Drew Solomon had approached me about potentially helping them architect this Healthcare Accelerator. Not necessarily to run it, but to help them design it. What was needed, how we would select companies, what kinds of disruptions would be most valuable. Don Peterson: Nueterra Capital was an investor, is an investor in my previous company, which now is called IVX Health, but it was IV Express, back when I started at in 2013. And as an investor in that company, when I left and turned the reins over to their lead investor now, McKesson Ventures, which McKesson is for the U.S., the largest healthcare company we have. I sat down with the folks at Nueterra, and we were talking about, "Well, what's Don going to do next?" And I said, "Well, you know, Drew has approached me about running this Accelerator." And they said, "Well, we'd be interested in being a part of that." Don Peterson: And so I got the two parties together, and we worked out a program where Nueterra would invest at least $50,000 in each of these companies. And for many of these companies, it was their first opportunity to sit down with a sophisticated venture capital fund and negotiate a term sheet. Which is really cool, I think many of these companies probably didn't think they would encounter a real venture capital fund. Maybe ever, or not until later in their evolution. So this was really a cool way to bring together two very disparate public entity, or quasi public entity, the LaunchKC program, and then a private venture capital fund and make something really cool happen out of the collision between the two of them. Joel Goldberg: So you said, some of the companies were from Kansas City. Where are the others from, and what was the process like in choosing them? Don Peterson: The two that are out-of-town companies, well one is from Columbia, the four that are local, we think of Columbia as being local because I can drive there and, you know. Joel Goldberg: Sure. Don Peterson: The other two are, one's from San Francisco and the other from Denver. But the selection process was really, we opened up applications, I think in early July. We spent four weeks soliciting those applications and ended up, I think, with about 135 completed applications. And there were probably another 50 or so that were semi completed. And we started calling the companies that we thought we wanted. And I bet we had between the Nueterra Capital people and myself, probably 55, 60 phone calls. Don Peterson: And from that we developed a selection rubric based on, how disruptive could they be? What stage of development were they at? How much capital would they require? And what did we think their longterm prospects were? And through that sort of rubric, we selected these six. Frankly, we were only supposed to take five. And if it was up to me, we would have taken eight. But Nueterra said, "No, no, no Don, we're going to cap this at about 300 grand."- Joel Goldberg: One step at a time. Don Peterson: ... But you know, they, they did that. And again, the 50K was the minimum commitment. I believe some of the companies either have or will get more from Nueterra, than just the 50K. So a floor, but not a ceiling. And that was pretty cool. Joel Goldberg: Yeah, it's really cool. And I mentioned that, I can't imagine you ever envisioned landing here. Maybe over the years that became a little bit more clear, because you could certainly see in looking at your resume that there's a lot that you have done in the past, that certainly would apply to what's going on in here. And looking at the companies that you've been at or run or owned, and there seems to be that tie of technology, oftentimes healthcare, or something in the health industry. So what drove you in that direction? And then tell me about the journey. Don Peterson: Well, for me, coming out of the semiconductor industry in the late 80s and early 90s, I've always been fascinated with technology. I still am. I drive a Tesla, not because I can afford a Tesla, but because to me, it was like somebody strapped wheels on an iPad, you know? It's just the coolest thing. Right? Don Peterson: And so, somewhere in the mid 2000s, after moving... So I was in in the California area, working for a big semiconductor company, and decided I wanted to move my family back to the Midwest. My wife and I are both from the Midwest, and we really felt like we didn't want to raise our kids in California. So we found our way back to Kansas City, and my kids were just starting school as we got here. And now of course, they're all grown and doing their own thing. And my youngest, I think we talked about, is a resident at the Mayo Clinic. Don Peterson: And as far as my wife and I are concerned, everything that we had hoped Kansas City would be for us, as a family? Absolutely came true. This is a tremendous community and we're so grateful to all the things that happened to us here. However, you know it's been a struggle. Technology is tough here, right? I mean, coming from the Silicon Valley area, technology is, well, just not what we do here. And so I've tried to help change that. But for me, healthcare today now is technology based. And in fact every industry is- Joel Goldberg: Sure. Don Peterson: ... One of the things that Drew Solomon came to me and asked me, he goes, "We're thinking about putting a big data Accelerator together." And I said, "No, no, no. Big data is not a vertical industry. Big data is what every industry should be doing, healthcare included." I said, "So if you want to do healthcare, it's going to be technology, anyway." And every one of our companies in this group are all, all of them have a foundation in technology. Don Peterson: And so, for me to have straddled both industries, and I think successfully enough, that I feel confident that I can make a meaningful difference on both sides of that equation. And as I said earlier, the healthcare industry is filled with large incumbents. And if you came from those incumbents, and you want to go start a new company, your brain is a little bit infected with what you know you can't do, because it's never been done. Don Peterson: Where coming at it from the outside, you go, "There are no barriers. We see foolish things going on. We want to go fix them, and we don't care that somebody else has tried a hundred times to do it. We're going to try again." And that's what I love about these companies. Joel Goldberg: You talked about one of the companies that you were recently with, and founded. The IV Express Company. Tell me about that, because it sounds to me like you were able to really solve a problem, or to really improve what can be a difficult situation. Don Peterson: Yeah. IVX, for me was, I think about it now and I can only smile and be proud of what we did. What we set out to do was to move the needle for people with chronic diseases. Mostly autoimmune disorders like rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, MS, who are, if they're getting the right drug therapy, are basically in remission and live a reasonably normal life. And the problem had been is that, all of those patients, or a large number of them, were going to hospitals to get those infusions. Don Peterson: Well unfortunately, as wonderful and as necessary as hospitals are, they don't do that well with chronic patients. They're there, and they're called acute centers for a reason. They handle acute care. The inverse of that is chronic care. And so, we endeavored to pull those patients away from that hospital setting of care, into a more spa-like, warm, private space, that improved their experience by orders of magnitude. Don Peterson: And, while at the time, we knew that if we pulled the therapy out of the hospital, that we could save 30 to 50% on every episode. And as we did that, we realized that there were three important players in the market that we had to please. And I called it the three Ps. Patients. Providers, being the doctors. And payers, being the big insurance companies. And IVX, I think our success was built on the fact that we moved in a positive way all three of those Ps. And now the company has done great. We're expanding and with McKesson's lead, and Health Velocity Capital, the venture funds that have put like 35 or 40 million dollars, in the last two years, we expect to have infusion centers in every major city in America. There's 22 now, and there'll be hopefully 45 by the end of next year, and 75 or 80 the year after. Don Peterson: But I was told, like any other entrepreneur, I was trying to raise money early on. And somebody said, "Well, Don, if this was such a great idea, why isn't there an infusion center on every corner?" And I said, "Well, if there were, we wouldn't be here talking about it. Because it wouldn't be a good idea to do." And we hear that a lot of times with young companies, "Well, gee, if this is so great, why isn't it already on the market?" Well, gee, if it was already in the market, there would be nothing for us to talk about. Joel Goldberg: Right. Don Peterson: Right? That's what innovation is. Somebody's got to be first. Joel Goldberg: There's always a first. Don Peterson: Right. Yeah. Joel Goldberg: Right? And we'll stop talking about it, and you move on to the next thing. Don Peterson: Yeah. Right. Yeah. Joel Goldberg: What about the mobile ultrasounds? Don Peterson: Well, that's how I got into healthcare. So, sometime around 2007, I was working on a project that I was going to take the graphics computing experience we'd had in my first company, DeskStation, and turn that into a clinical decision support system for people... for, well, radiologists principally and cardiologists who had to read a multiple of, some number of imaging studies, every day. Don Peterson: And what we know is that, the radiologists and cardiologists would reach a level of fatigue, after reading so many of them. And what we wanted to create was a system that would at least identify any anomaly inside the imaging, and flag that for the physicians so that hey, at the end of the day, after you've looked at 40 of these things? "Here's some things you might want to look at in this particular study. Don't overlook them, as you get fatigued." Don Peterson: And that led me, but we know what happened to the economy in late 2007, early 2008. And that led me to actually running the big practice that was generating most of the imaging studies we were testing with. And had no intention of ever running that company, or ever being in healthcare. And I spent the next three years doing a deep dive in imaging, and Medicare compliance and all kinds of crazy stuff that I never imagined I'd have to do. Don Peterson: But once you did it, I really was fascinated by it. Fascinated in the sense that, as intellectually challenging as technology and in my area, in semiconductors was, healthcare is as challenging, if not more so, intellectually. And it's infected by cultural and societal things that we, that were just amazing to me, to be a part of. So I, I found it fascinating. Joel Goldberg: So let's talk about the Launch Health Accelerator and the biggest home run you believe that you guys have hit so far. Don Peterson: Well, I think there's at least, out of the six companies, there's at least one serious home run. And in investing, you'd call that a unicorn. I think that the bulk of the companies are all going to be successful, but unfortunately, or maybe that's not the right word. Don Peterson: We live in a digital world now, and digital, or binary, is the one or a zero, right? And so, we've adopted this mentality that you're either successful or you're unsuccessful. I'm either happy or I'm sad, or I'm content or I'm malcontent. Joel Goldberg: You win or lose. Don Peterson: Yeah, it's a win or lose. Everything is binary. And investing is not like that, right? It's an analog. It's not binary. There will be levels of success for each of these companies, and it's hard to predict. Is it going to be a single, a double, a triple, a home run? We don't know, right? But I do believe that at least we have one very likely grand slam in this. And that's really exciting for me. But the others are fun to work with. They're interesting, they're going to make a difference in this world. Don Peterson: A solid double in the healthcare industry, is a slam dunk in the- Joel Goldberg: Even a single, right now. Don Peterson: ... Absolutely. Right? So, it's good. Joel Goldberg: I don't know if that grand slam has anything to do with the Mayo Clinic, if that will be the one, but whether it is or not, you guys have made some progress there, right? Don Peterson: Yeah. We took the cohort up to the Mayo Clinic about three weeks ago, and had a great series of meetings with Mayo Ventures and the head of their surgery department. Some of the people who are building what they call, their destination medical center. We met with several venture capital funds that are up there, looking for Mayo based research and technology that's emanating from the Clinic. But they're also looking at other things, because they recognize they have to have some diversity in that, as well. Don Peterson: So we actually have two of our founders going back up there, in the next couple of weeks, to meet with one of the venture funds that they met up there. One has a pilot that they'll be starting here in early December, using virtual reality to help those who are pre-surgery, who are stressing, or having anxiety about the procedure they're about to have. To help them to relax, and feel more comfortable. Joel Goldberg: Wow. Don Peterson: So, really cool stuff. And yeah, the Mayo Clinic is just an awesome place to be, and it was really exciting to take this cohort up there. Joel Goldberg: All right. How about a swing and a miss, so far? Don Peterson: Well, I'd say that the hardest thing about this was pulling together all of the content, and trying to create a relevant and effective curriculum for these companies. And I'd say that we didn't whiff on it. I don't know that we got it exactly right. And I think if we did anything, it's kind of like sports teams. You know sports really well. If you practice too much, by the time you get to game day, you're a little over it, right? Don Peterson: And you know, the old saying, "Practice like you're going to play, play like you're going to practice.' I think if we did this differently, the next time, it would be that we would probably not meet every week, for 12 weeks. We'd give folks a break. These guys have companies to run. They have other things going on in their lives except sitting here, and, sessions with me and other people listening to us drone on about how the anti kickback statute matters, compliance and HIPAA and all these things. And you know, at some point in time you got to give him a break. And actually let them go back to work. And then they have families, and other considerations. I think we tried to, well we had them drink from a fire hose a little bit too much. And maybe overwhelmed them, a little bit Joel Goldberg: Well, when you're really passionate about something and clearly everybody is, you want to go, go, go. Don Peterson: Yeah. Joel Goldberg: And sometimes the biggest challenge for people that are like that is learning when to just tap that break a little bit. Don Peterson: Yeah. I think, you know, the baseball stuff. The analogy would be, "We entered the bullpen a little bit too early." You know? Joel Goldberg: Yeah. I mean, in baseball terms, "Why isn't he pitching again today?" "Well, he's pitched the last couple of days." "Well, toughed up." "Well wait a minute, I'm not just playing for today. I'm playing for next week and the month after [crosstalk 00:25:18]-" Don Peterson: Exactly. Joel Goldberg: ... but it's all pacing, it's marathon. Don Peterson: Yep. Joel Goldberg: And then, the small ball question. What are the little things that add up to the big things? Don Peterson: Well, I think in any sort of early stage company, the founders, and I was the same way, first couple of companies. I always thought, "Oh, we've got to be successful, we got to be successful." And that kind of binary thinking, right? You know, "We're a failure until we're successful." Don Peterson: Well, what I learned over time, and I tried to help these companies understand is that, entrepreneurship is a process. You have to accept it as a lifestyle, almost, and live with whatever successes you get on a day to day basis. That small ball, every time you get on base, go celebrate that. Every time you get moved and your team moves you to second base, whether it was a sacrifice or not. Sometimes taking one step backwards to move two steps forward is actually not a bad thing, right? You'll take the out, to move your batter in the scoring position. Don Peterson: I think that's the kind of processing, that's why small ball is such a great analogy for what we do here. It's really about advancing the play, keeping the line moving as we used to say in what was it, '14, '15, when the Royals were in the Series? You know, keep the line moving. And that's an important lesson and really, the process for entrepreneurship is, just keep the ball moving. Every day, make a step towards your goal. And every night go to bed thinking, "Okay, I made progress towards my goal." Or ask yourself, "Did we? And what can I do tomorrow to make yet another small step?" I call it baby steps. Any baby step forward, is better than the day before. Joel Goldberg: Okay. Four final questions, as we round the bases, you had the cohort or have them hanging out in a unique environment or location. Tell me about the mansion. Don Peterson: Ah, the mansion. Well, that was, I guess the thought that I had that I really believe that, and we kind of joked about it. It was like the road rules or whatever you [crosstalk 00:27:17]- Joel Goldberg: Yeah, Real World- Don Peterson: ... Real World for startups. But I really felt like [crosstalk 00:27:16]- Joel Goldberg: With a much higher level of intelligence, I think. Don Peterson: ... I hope so, I hope so. Yeah. And a lot less alcohol. Joel Goldberg: Yes. Don Peterson: But it was really similar in the sense that, you really wanted these folks to collide with one another in a social relaxed, informal environment where, because I've been through it, right? I can tell you, being CEO of a startup and not having others you can share your struggles with, it's a lonely ass job. Sorry. It's a lonely job. I think that having them together, in the same house, where they could work and play and sleep and they, well, they'd put their feet up, take their hair down and really be honest and share. Don Peterson: And I think that if you ask any of the people in the cohort, they would say that that was one of the best parts, and has been one of the best parts, of this whole program. Is that, being together in an informal environment where they could share their war stories and their horror stories, and even their successes, that others would understand. That's a pretty cool thing. Joel Goldberg: It's a level of vulnerability and honesty that you don't find in the business world, or the, because everybody's trying to outdo everyone. And now you have this trust that's been built. Don Peterson: Yeah, part of it's a practical consideration, right? I'm not going to go into the office where I've got three or four of my people that I've got living on fumes and we're worried about raising money. I can't go in there and go, "Wow, I'm really not sure about tomorrow. I'm really stressed. I'm really anxious about what's going to happen." Don Peterson: You can't do that. You've got to go in, and you've got to be upbeat and positive and optimistic. So when you do get with people who understand what you're going through, it is nice to be able to share and say, "Man, that was a tough day. That was a bad beat. We got beat up pretty badly. How are we going to get back, pull ourselves up and get going again?" Don Peterson: And I'm sure sports teams go through that all the time, right? They'd take a bad beating from a team that they thought they were going to handle, and they got handled. You got to beat yourself up over that. And that happens in entrepreneurship, all the time. "Oh, we lost that sale. We didn't hire that person. We didn't get this thing done." And you just can't be beat yourself up too badly. Then you've got to get up next week, and get back in the game. Joel Goldberg: Do it again. Don Peterson: Yeah. Joel Goldberg: Yeah, there's a lot of second guessing. Don Peterson: Yeah. Joel Goldberg: Second question. As we round the bases, I'll throw you a curve ball on this one- Don Peterson: Go ahead. Joel Goldberg: ... but, being a tech guy, and then he talks about the Tesla. You got a favorite toy? Don Peterson: Oh, my iPad is my favorite toy. I almost go nowhere without it. It's like, it's attached to me. Joel Goldberg: Same. Don Peterson: And, it's my window into the rest of the world. So when I have a moment, and I want to see what's going on in the news, I can go look. If I hear of something that I am unfamiliar with, I can go look it up. I have this insecurity about, it's not about the fear of missing out thing. It's the fear of not knowing. It's the fear of being uninformed. And so, it gives me an opportunity to get informed as quickly as I want to. I can sit here in these sessions with these folks and these wonderful speakers are there, and they say something. I'm like, "I don't know what that is." And I can go look it up. And I go, "Oh, that's what that is. Okay, great." So yes, my favorite toy is my iPad. Joel Goldberg: Only one way to find out, right? Don Peterson: Yeah, right. Got to go look it up. Joel Goldberg: By looking it up, and we all have that nowadays. It's called Google, and other things. Don Peterson: Right. Joel Goldberg: Third question. Throughout this whole process, what have you learned? Don Peterson: Ah, well I've learned that- Joel Goldberg: It's a general question, because I know you can list off a lot of things. Don Peterson: Yeah, I can make a big list out of that, but I think the thing that I've learned the most is that, brokering a relationship with the public and private side of things is not always easy. It's not always straightforward. As simple as it sounds in the beginning, it's filled with complexities and I guess I didn't anticipate a lot of that. But, you know, you work through it. It's like any other problem, in startups. Don Peterson: And I will say this, you didn't ask me this question, but I think it's an important answer. That the best part of this whole program for me has been the fact that it's like a startup. You know, it's like building, I'm a builder. I like building things. And the fact that I got to build this from a blank sheet of paper into what it's become, I'm delighted with the fact that I had the opportunity to do it, that the city came to me and asked me to do this. I'm delighted that Nueterra decided to join in and help support this thing. But I got to tell you I'm most pleased with the fact that the program came together, and has really helped these young companies. And as a startup builder, this to me was like, another startup with now, next week, we'll have a, in my opinion, a very successful outcome. Joel Goldberg: And so for people listening in, you know, the way the podcasting world works is, people maybe listening to this in 2021, and so, may be able to go back and look at it. Can we mention who these companies are, or? Don Peterson: Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, for sure. Joel Goldberg: Because you know, and you talked about this week, so this will be released on November 18th, I release on Mondays. And so, Demo Day is November 20th. So if people are listening to this the day the podcast came out, or Tuesday and Wednesday, there's some big stuff going on right now. But it could be 2022, 2021, whatever. And they're going to want to look back and say, "I wonder how that company is doing." So, who are the companies? Don Peterson: So let me see if I can name them in alphabetical order, but I probably can't. Don Peterson: MedZERO is the company doing the solving the HSA, the health savings account problem. Don Peterson: We've got WellBrain, who is providing mindfulness environments on your iPad or your iPhone, to help you to deal with chronic pain. And they've shown a dramatic reduction in chronic pain, just with some guided meditation and things like that. Don Peterson: TheraWe Connect connects providers or therapists with children with special developmental needs and, it's a scary world for the parents, especially. And it helps connect the parents and the providers and the children, all together in one place. Don Peterson: Sick Weather, I think I mentioned earlier is the one who's predicting the flu. But they can actually track 26 different conditions. Cough, whooping cough, things like that. And report on where those areas in the world, those things are breaking out, more so. Don Peterson: So we have Helium by Story Up, the product is helium, the company is Story Up, and they're the ones with the virtual reality stress relief and anxiety relief environments. They actually track your brain activity, and give you a biofeedback in the moment, so you can help calm yourself down. And they have a augmented reality environment that does the same. It's really cool. Don Peterson: And Spoke Health, they're the company out of Denver, and Spoke, they help self insured employers. So we talked about self insured employers, they help connect self insured employers to providers directly, and in some cases, bypassing the insurance companies. Who have, as I said, pulled the past forward with them. So that employers can help control and contain costs, for very expensive episodes of care. Joel Goldberg: Pretty fascinating. And so, I'll wrap it up with the walk-off question. What's next now that the first installment is done? Don Peterson: That's a great question. You don't always know what's next exactly. But the plan is that Nueterra Capital is, I'm working with them, and raising a seed capital fund. So they've enjoyed this process so much that they want to actually create a fund dedicated to earlier stage healthcare companies. And so, they've asked me to stay on in the same role, I think the same title. And help them source deals and connect companies to other prospective investors, so that Nueterra and other investors can get behind these young companies. Don Peterson: And so I see the next year, helping to create that fund and helping them invest that capital. And I think we'll be incubating those companies, as we bring them in. And if we can partner with the city in the future, to do another cohort like this, if we're in the business of providing that seed capital, then we'll likely get back involved with the city and do this one more time. Joel Goldberg: Yeah. It's making a huge impact, I'm excited to see the progress of all of those companies. And then, if people want to check out some of the progress, and we've listed the companies there, there's a website for Launch Health Accelerator, right? Don Peterson: Yeah. It's launchhealthaccelerator.org. If you want to attend the Demo Day, coming up on November 20th, just go to Eventbrite and search on Launch Health Accelerator. And the tickets are free, and we'll have it at the Alamo Drafthouse, in a big auditorium with a couple of hundred people, and drinks and hors d'oeuvres and all the fanfare to go with it. Joel Goldberg: And a big day for a lot of folks that have put in a lot of work. And certainly, a lot of others that have invested time, money, and resources. So congratulations, on all of this. You guys are going after something that needs a lot of help, and more help to come, I'm sure. So thanks for sitting down, Don, and best of luck. Don Peterson: Thanks, Joel, I appreciate it. Joel Goldberg: All right, that's Don Peterson. My name is Joel Goldberg. You can reach me at joelgoldbergmedia.com. Hope to catch you next time on Rounding the Bases.

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StoryUp XR CEO and Chief Storyteller Sarah Hill and Chief Science Officer Dr Jeff Tarrant join us to talk about Healium, an immersive biofeedback system to regulate anxiety. Topics discussed: - VR+EEG's - Measuring states of consciousness - stress management in the workplace Sponsored by HaptX, the leading solution for Haptic Feedback in Virtual Reality.

Sarah Hill is a recovering reporter who is making an impact on one of the most dangerous threats to productivity, happiness and life as we know it today; STRESS! Not only does Sarah share her wisdom with the MinnoTank Podcast but she also shares her secret to hire top talent that have passion for your industry. (HINT: "Tech Playdates") Check out more about Healium at https://www.tryhealium.com/

Sarah Hill, chief storyteller, and CEO of Healium (tryhealium.com) provides a thoughtful overview of her exciting industry that is helping people to get in touch with their feelings and emotions and influence them in a positive way through the use of technology. Hill is the CEO of StoryUP XR, the visionary company behind Healium. She is a former television journalist for the NBC, ABC, & CBS affiliates in Missouri and a savvy media technologist with over 25 years experience building successful platforms. Hill has a strong journalistic background and many years experience as an interactive reporter often focused on the world's negativity and trauma, and as such she is a national Edward R. Murrow, NAB Service to America, and twelve-time mid-America Emmy award-winning storyteller. She began working directly with augmented reality filters during her live TV newscasts in 2011 focusing on a variety of XR inputs such as heart rate variability and respiration trackers.  Hill's journalistic passion has taken her all over the world as she has delivered powerful stories of the human spirit originating in the Amazon, Congo, Zambia, UAE, Guatemala, and China. She holds a bachelor of journalism from the University of Missouri, Columbia. Hill's company, Healium, is the first augmented and virtual reality (AR & VR) channel that is powered by biometrics. Hill details the Healium headband and how it measures gamma asymmetry that is associated with our feelings, such as love, joy, appreciation, openness, etc. Healium's platform allows users to engage and take a more active role in their personal well being, to become more self-aware of the power of their feelings.  The Healium experience is delivered through wearables including a low profile brain-computer interface (BCI). As stress is now considered to be an actual epidemic, Hill expresses the urgency to develop methods to alleviate stress and connect with our emotional state. Hill states that their platform helps users achieve a heightened sense of self-awareness, via biometrics, as the data helps to make users aware of the power of their emotions. She discusses neuromeditation and Dr. Jeff Tarrant's fascinating work as his team uses state-of-the-art biofeedback technologies to monitor the brain and body in order to train the nervous system to return to a more optimal state.  Hill discusses some of the published studies that concluded Healium's platform demonstrated a reduction in anxiety for various users. She recounts stories of individual users who have shared their experiences learning about and trying Healium for the first time. And she details some of their comments regarding the experience, their recalled memories, feelings of altered states or relaxation and others while using the platform. The Healium low-profile headband known as a brain-computer interface senses electrical activity in the brain and a virtual reality headset then immerses the user into the experience. Additionally, the Healium augmented reality experiences are designed to work without goggles as well, with a simple smartphone. Hill shares her thoughts on the overall experience that users receive and how her team is extremely concerned that every user's experience is a positive one.

Sarah Hill is a 12 time Mid-America Emmy award winning storyteller and technologist. She's the CEO of StoryUP XR, the makers of Healium which is an anti-anxiety product. Sarah is a 20 year veteran of the interactive media industry. She got into virtual reality trying to find a solution for a group of terminally-ill Veterans who weren't able to physically travel. Sarah started using augmented reality in 2011 to interact with TV viewers behind the scenes of a newscast.

Die letzte Episode des Jahres von unserem geliebten Podcast kommt von Niko, unserem Wanderer zwischen den Welten aus Trance, Deep House und Acid. Und da der düsterste Style für die düsterste Jahreszeit natürlich Acid ist, kommt diese spezielle Episode eben genau so düster und mystisch daher – prall gefüllt mit blubberden 303 Klängen! Und das ist noch nicht alles: für alle Acid-Jünger da draußen, die noch nicht mitbekommen haben, dass A*S*Y*S erst kürzlich ein neues Album rausgebracht hat, enthält dieser Podcast außerdem drei Tracks von diesem Album mit Titel "Grand Theft Acid (Part 1)"! Also verdunkelt Eure Sinne und füllt Eure Ohren mit Acid! --- The final episode of this year's podcast is brought to you by Niko, our hiker between the worlds of Trance, Deep House and Acid. The darkest style for the darkest time of the year is of course Acid. And so this episode is a special dark and mystic one, filled with blubbering 303 noises! And that's not all: for all Acid lovers out there who haven't noticed yet that A*S*Y*S has released a new album recently, this podcast contains three tracks of that album "Grand Theft Acid (Part 1)"! Darken your minds and fill your ears with Acid! Tracklist: 01. Christian Smith - Destination Unknown 02. Robert Mycer - Don't Forget To Go Home (Hassan Abou Alam Interpretation) 03. Davis & Zopelar - Metallum 04. Christian Smith - Subzero 05. T & P, Tim Sweeney & Lauer - Hail Falls 06. Ori Undo - ACIDO 07. Agent! - Alien Nation (Andre Salata Remix) 08. A*S*Y*S - The Beautiful Thing 09. Klangkuenstler - Exodia 10. Erase Me - Sumus 11. Audiojack - Oxytocin 12. Circle Of Life - Blue Bird (Reinier Zonneveld's Filth On Acid Remix) 13. Thomas Schumacher - Unconfused 14. A*S*Y*S - Acid Machine 15. Healium - 303 - Acid (Gendefekt Remix) 16. A*S*Y*S - Grand Theft Acid

On this episode of Mod Minute, we take a look at Healium!