Research leader @ Mayo Clinic | Follow me for insights on habits, productivity, and self-actualization | On a mission to normalize health

70% of American adults are overweight or obese. 
40% of cancers are preventable. 
72% of adults report health impacts due to stress.

I've worked with 300+ cancer patients as a health and wellness coach at the Mayo Clinic. 
And I've noticed a few things during this time:

-No one wants to be unhealthy
-Medications and procedures can keep you alive
-But it's lifestyle change that will help you build resilient health

And there's an unfortunate misconception out there that health is difficult to build. 
That "exercise" = self-imposed suffering
That "healthy foods" = kale smoothies
That joint pain is normal. 

But if you've got a demanding professional life, you need to implement low-friction habits and routines to preserve your health. 90 minutes at the gym 5x/week is not an option. 

This is the stuff I help people with. 
Simple health that will last a lifetime. 
So you can back to  your mission. 

Over the course of 12 weeks, we’ll develop habits and routines that will help you lose the weight, dissolve the stress, and reclaim your health. 
Should we talk?
DM me. 

About me

I’m a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer (Zambia) and Mayo Clinic-certified health and wellness coach.

I’m the author of the twice-weekly email newsletter 66.1 (66point1.com), which merges science and common sense to help you live healthier, for longer.

Marcus Frick

Prior authorizations exist for a reason, but is this how they're supposed to work?

Mayo Clinic Wellness Coach | Founder, 66.1

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Is it costing you your health?

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"In allopathic medicine, we systematically disempower the patient."
(From a meeting with a big time person at a big time institution this morning)

Made me wonder...

Is this intentional?
Who is "we"? 
What would systematically EMPOWERING the patient look like?

I help driven women to heal from anxiety, burnout, and depression, and embrace their feminine energy through a holistic approach. Guided 33+ women on their journeys of self-discovery.

In 2022, burnout hit me like a wave I never saw coming.

On the outside, I had it all together.

→ A fast-paced corporate job
→ Daily yoga and Ayurveda
→ Chasing my dreams

Doing all the “right” things.

But behind the scenes, I was drowning in:

→ Constant confusion
→ Struggles to get out of bed
→ Guilt every time I tried to slow down
→ A nervous system stuck in overdrive
→ Overwhelm that never left my chest

I kept asking myself:

“How can I not handle this? I don’t even have kids yet.”

The breaking point?

A simple moment when I finally asked my manager for support.

And he replied:

“What’s your solution?”

That one sentence cracked me open.

I knew I couldn’t keep living like this.

So I paused.

I rested.

And I started listening to my body for the first time in years.

I realized I’d been living in my head, stuck in overdrive, addicted to doing.

Always in my masculine energy.

Disconnected from my feminine essence and my inner wisdom.

And the truth hit me hard:

You can’t create a life you love from burnout.

You can’t manifest your dreams if you’re running on survival mode.

I started healing.

→ Reconnected with my feminine essence
→ Regulated my nervous system & hormones
→ Rebuilt my life from alignment, not pressure
→ Rewired limiting beliefs and reclaimed my peace
→ Released emotional blockages and childhood wounds

This journey became the foundation of my method:

The FeminaFlowFormula

Now I guide high-achieving women and emotionally intelligent men back home to themselves.

To their bodies.

To their hearts.

To the version of themselves they were always meant to be.

I use tools like:

→ Breathwork
→ Functional nutrition
→ Coaching & visualization
→ Nervous system regulation
→ Somatic and emotional release

And I witness life-changing transformations every single day.

Because health is wealth.
And it begins with self-awareness.

You don’t need to burn everything down.
You just need to start listening.

I’m here to guide you.
You don’t have to go through it alone.

Magdalena Anna

I hit 90k followers

And here’s the secret sauce:

It’s not strategy.
It’s not posting every day.
It’s not “hacking the algorithm.”

It’s this:

I never stayed in the comfort zone.

Most people try to grow their brand from here:

→ Feeling safe 
→ Not taking risks 
→ Feeling in control 
→ Avoiding discomfort 
→ Saying what everyone already agrees with

That’s the comfort zone.

It feels good.

But it doesn’t grow you.

Then comes the fear zone where most people quit. 

→ Making excuses 
→ Seeking validation
→ “Who am I to say this?”
→ “What will people think?” 
→ Being affected by opinions

I lived there for a while.

Especially at the beginning of 2024.

I was scared:

→ To be seen 
→ Of public humiliation 
→ To say what I actually believe

But growth doesn’t happen by avoiding fear, it happens by walking through it.

Then comes the learning zone.

→ Acting despite fear 
→ Increasing knowledge 
→ Developing confidence 
→ Identifying your emotions
→ Expanding your comfort zone

This is where your voice sharpens.
This is where your message gets clearer.
This is where you stop copying and start leading.

And finally…

The growth zone.

→ Achieving goals 
→ Finding purpose 
→ Feeling challenged 
→ Setting ambitious goals 
→ Embracing the unknown

90k followers is not the result of content.

It’s the result of expansion.

Expansion of courage.
Expansion of identity.
Expansion of truth.

Every time I felt resistance…

That was the direction.

Every time I thought, “Should I really say this?”

That was the post.

If you want to grow your audience…

Grow yourself.

Because your brand will never outgrow your nervous system, and your visibility will always match your capacity to be seen.

The secret sauce?

Move through the zones.

Not around them.

Where are you right now?

—

P.S. If you’re ready to expand your nervous system capacity so going outside your comfort zone feels natural, aligned, and powerful…

Join my live Breathwork & Nervous System Regulation workshop.

We don’t force growth.

We build the capacity for it.

Save your spot here: https://lnkd.in/eA6nwnPb

I help high-achievers break free from anxiety, burnout, and never feeling good enough, not with meds, therapy, or mindset hacks, but by healing the root cause through psychosomatics and conscious connected breath.

Your life purpose is not about what you do

It’s this:

Most people spend their entire life searching for:

→ The right tool
→ The right method
→ The right certification

So they can finally feel:

→ Useful
→ Worthy
→ Important

I did that too.

I once believed my power was in Conscious Connected Breath.

In the technique and structure.

I practiced endlessly.

Guided everyone who would lie down on a mat.

I thought the magic was in the method until I realized something uncomfortable:

Breathwork wasn’t the gift.

I was.

Not my words.
Not my guidance.
Not my knowledge.

My presence.

The way I sit with someone without needing to change them.
The way I make people feel safe enough to be real.
The way I listen without fixing.

That’s what actually heals.

And here’s the part most people miss:

Your gift won’t feel impressive to you.

Because it’s:

→ Natural
→ Obvious
→ Effortless

That’s why you overlook it.

Some people carry the gift of calm.
Their nervous system regulates rooms without saying a word.

Some carry clarity.
Things make sense when they speak.

Some carry permission.
Others feel allowed to be themselves around them.

Some carry devotion.
They bring depth, consistency, and trust wherever they go.

Some carry truth.
Not loud, not aggressive, but clean and undeniable.

None of these are learned.

They’re remembered.

And the moment you:

Stop trying to become someone else…
Stop forcing strategies…
Stop copying tools…

You start to flow.

Because life responds to being, not effort.

So instead of asking:
“What should I do with my life?”

Ask this:
“Who am I when I’m fully myself?”

That’s where your purpose lives.

And that’s when everything starts moving.

—

P.S. Join my free live workshop if you’re ready to:

→ Release stored emotions
→ Regulate your nervous system
→ Feel present and peaceful again

Sing up here: https://lnkd.in/eA6nwnPb

Your food preferences tell you everything about your emotional state


“I’m a chocolate person.”
“I can’t live without cheese.”
“I always need something sweet at night.”

That’s not personality.

That’s your nervous system talking.

Food is emotional language, and once you see it, you can’t unsee it.

Here’s what’s really happening:

1. Chocolate

You’re craving:

→ Softness
→ Pleasure
→ Intimacy

You’ve been in performance mode all day.

Strong.
Controlled.
Productive.

Now your body wants tenderness.

2. Sugar

You’re overstimulated.

Cortisol is high.

Your system wants:

→ Quick energy
→ Quick safety
→ Quick relief

It’s not weakness.

It’s survival chemistry.

3. Salty food

You feel:

→ Pressure
→ Responsibility
→ Emotional weight

You’re carrying too much.

Salt grounds you.

It pulls you back into your body.

4. Heavy, creamy food

You don’t feel supported.

You’re emotionally hungry.

You want to feel:

→ Safe
→ Held
→ Nourished beyond calories

5. Crunchy food

There’s:

→ Irritation
→ Frustration
→ Something unspoken

Your jaw wants to express what your voice is holding back.

Your cravings are not about discipline.

They’re about suppressed emotion.

Most people try to fight cravings.

High-level self-awareness means you decode them.

Instead of saying:
“I have no willpower.”

Say:
“What emotion am I avoiding right now?”

Because once you feel the emotion…

The craving softens.

This is embodiment.
This is emotional intelligence.
This is how you stop battling food and start understanding yourself.

Your body is not sabotaging you.

It’s communicating.

The question is:
Are you listening?

—

P.S. If you’re ready to understand your body on a deeper level and regulate your nervous system instead of fighting it, join my next live Breathwork & Emotional Release workshop.

Save your spot here: https://lnkd.in/eA6nwnPb

My dream life in Bali wasn’t what I expected…


Because you can manifest the dream and still be attached to the wrong version of it.

I left corporate.
Built my online business.
Created the freedom I always desired.

Moved to Bali.

On paper?

Perfect.

Sunsets.
Aligned people.
“Living the dream.”

But here’s what I didn’t see:

I wasn’t attached to Bali.

I was attached to what Bali meant.

The image.
The identity.
The proof that it worked.

And attachment creates pressure.

Then reality hit.

Relentless noise.
Construction everywhere.
A scam that cracked my sense of safety.

And suddenly I was homesick… in paradise.

That’s when I understood:

It wasn’t just dysregulation.

It was attachment.

When you’re attached:

→ You ignore red flags
→ You override your body
→ You force alignment because “this is the dream”

Attachment says:
“Stay. You worked for this.”

Wisdom says:
“Listen. Something is off.”

At first, I tried to regulate inside chaos.

→ Find the meaning
→ Breathe through it
→ Increase my capacity

But my body wasn’t asking for endurance.

It was asking for honesty.

So…

I detached.

→ I moved from Uluwatu to Ubud
→ I chose peace over performance
→ I released the fantasy of how my life “should” look

Detachment isn’t failure.

It’s self-trust.

The moment I let go of the image:

→ My system softened
→ Safety returned
→ Clarity followed

Here’s the truth:

Attachment dysregulates you, not because desire is wrong, but because clinging is exhausting.

You don’t need to tolerate environments that feel wrong just to protect your identity.

And you also can’t escape inner chaos by changing locations.

It’s both.

→ Regulate your body
→ Detach from the fantasy
→ Choose alignment over fear

Because when you feel safe inside yourself…

You don’t grip the dream.

You hold it lightly.

And that’s when it actually stays.

If you’re building something big but feel overwhelmed inside it, ask yourself:

Am I dysregulated?

Or am I attached to a version of life that no longer fits?

Sometimes growth isn’t about pushing.

It’s about loosening your grip.

—

P.S. If you want to experience what real nervous system safety feels like in your body, I’m hosting a free Breathwork & Emotional Release workshop.

2 hours.
On your mat.
Release what you’re gripping.

Save your spot here: https://lnkd.in/eA6nwnPb

I finally understood why I never “got” sarcasm

And it had nothing to do with intelligence

For years, I thought something was wrong with me.

I was surrounded by people who used sarcasm constantly, and every time it was directed at me, my body shut down.

I’d hear:
“What? It’s sarcasm. Don’t you get it?”

No.

I didn’t.

So I made it mean:

→ I have no sense of humor
→ I’m less intelligent
→ I’m too sensitive

I tried to adapt.
I tried to laugh.
I even tried to use it back.

But my body never agreed.

And recently, something clicked.

Not because I finally “got the joke" but because I finally understood the pattern.

Here’s the difference most people never name:

Humor connects.

It’s warm.

It says: 
I’m with you.

Sarcasm distances.

It has an edge.

A hidden message.

It often says:
I can’t say what I really feel.

Or: 
This is safer than honesty.

From a nervous system perspective, sarcasm is rarely neutral.

The body processes tone and subtext before words.

So even if the mind hears “just a joke,” the nervous system may hear unpredictability.

Or superiority.

Or threat.

That’s not weakness.

That’s biology.

This is why some people laugh… while their body tightens.

The laugh is cognitive.

The contraction is somatic.

Sarcasm becomes unhealthy when:

→ It avoids vulnerability
→ It’s your default language
→ It carries contempt or superiority

And when you feel relief after saying it and that relief matters because it means something wanted to be said directly… and wasn’t.

The most powerful people I know?

They’re playful and radically honest.

They tease.

They laugh.

But they don’t hide.

So here’s the reflection:

Notice how sarcasm lands in your body.

Sometimes it’s play.

And sometimes… it’s just off.

And if that’s you, there is nothing wrong with you, it’s normal.

Your body is doing its job.

—

P.S. If you’re ready to release stored emotions and regulate your nervous system so you can create a healthy, wealthy life you desire, you’re welcome to join my next free Conscious Connected Breath & Visusalisation workshop.

Save your spot here: https://lnkd.in/eA6nwnPb

99% of people want to upgrade their life

But they skip the only thing that makes it possible

Before any inner work session, I always set an intention.

Intention means you get clear on what you’re ready to see, feel, and shift.

You invite your subconscious to speak.

And you listen.

Last time, my question was:

“What’s stopping me that I’m not aware of from stepping into my next level?”

And naturally, you expect:

→ A flood of tears
→ A big emotional release
→ Some old trauma to resurface

But it wasn’t that.

It was simple.

Almost too simple.

What came through was this:

Your dream future depends on how you show up in the present.

Nothing more.

Nothing less.

It’s not about constantly manifesting, healing, or doing.

It’s about being.

→ Are you present?
→ Do you follow through on your word?
→ Or do you abandon yourself every single day?

It’s not always about big shifts.

It’s about how you live your day to day.

So:

→ Focus on what matters
→ Nourish your body with what it needs
→ Lead with kindness to yourself and others
→ Breathe like you feel safe in your own skin
→ Honor your word even when no one’s watching

—

P.S. I only started loving my present moment after I released the emotional blockages and rewired the beliefs that were running my life.

You can do the same in my next free Breathwork, Visualisation & Meditation Workshop.

Sign up here: https://lnkd.in/eA6nwnPb

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