When Your Brain Won't Turn Off with Dr. Tommy Shavers and Carlos Perez

About this episode

Joe Byerly discusses brain training and cognitive performance with Dr. Tommy Shavers and Carlos Perez.

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Tommy Shavers, founder of NESTRE Health & Performance, and Carlos Perez, a retired Special Forces officer, join Joe to explore a powerful idea: the brain is not fixed. It can be measured, trained, strengthened, and improved. This episode was recorded after Joe visited NESTRE’s performance center in Lake Nona, Florida, where he went through their cognitive assessment and brain training process firsthand. What followed was a conversation about performance, recovery, mil...

People in this episode

Host: Joe Byerly

Guests: Dr. Tommy Shavers, Carlos Perez

Topics covered

• brain training
• cognitive assessment
• performance improvement
• recovery
• mental health

Keywords

• brain training
• cognitive assessment
• performance
• recovery
• mental health
• NESTRE
• Special Forces

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NESTRE Health & Performance

Places: Lake Nona, Florida

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