He Healed Bipolar 1 and PTSD Without Medication. Then Built an Emotional Operating System for Leaders | Thayne Martin

About this episode

Thayne Martin discusses his journey of healing from mental health challenges and the development of an emotional operating system for leaders.

Thayne Martin, Founder and CEO of itspurelove.com, survived childhood abuse, managed DID, complex PTSD, bipolar 1, and ADHD, and built a career as a six-time President's Club sales executive before a near-death drowning experience changed everything. In this episode, he shares how he healed without medication and built the ELAH eqOS: an emotional operating system installed through experiential neuroscience. Robin and Thayne cover burnout, the neuroscience of gratitude, the 0.25-second amygdala window, why culture change fails, and how leaders can upgrade the emotional operating system of their entire organization.

People in this episode

Host: Robin Ayoub

Guest: Thayne Martin

Topics covered

• mental health
• emotional intelligence
• leadership
• neuroscience
• burnout
• culture change

Keywords

• bipolar 1
• PTSD
• emotional operating system
• neuroscience
• gratitude
• leadership
• burnout

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: itspurelove.com

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