
Episode #69
Rebuilding a Life After Brain Injury, Lyme, and Several Lost Years | Ep69 with Jordan Dunin
In this episode of the 90% Healthy Podcast, co-hosts Klaudia Balogh and Don Moxley sit down with Jordan Dunin — founder and CEO of HatchPath and author of The Regulated Leader — whose recovery began with a dock dive that compression-fractured his spine and tore muscle off the back of his skull at twenty years old. Jordan traces a decade that ran from traumatic brain injury through chronic Lyme disease, a ruptured artery on his 21st birthday, and five years he describes as stuck in a victim mentality. He's candid that the turn didn't come from grit, but from meeting his wife, Lauren, and finally having a reason to get well. The conversation moves from the mechanics of true rest after a head injury into why he now builds his whole day backward from sleep, and closes on the business he built to give employees the kind of support he never had. In this episode: Why Jordan says recovery started the night before, not the morning of — phone away at 5 PM, no meetings after 3 PM, last meal at 4 PM The difference between "taking a beat" and true down-regulation after a TBI Don on a proactive head-injury toolkit — lowering inflammation, creatine, ketone esters, vagal nerve stimulation — as an alternative to sitting in a dark room Why Jordan stopped wearing his Oura ring: the data stopped adding value and started driving a stress response Don's thermometer analogy for wearables — the number confirms the feeling; the behavior is the point How HatchPath operates survey-free, with 5,000+ hours of coach sessions the company itself can't access The line between coaching and therapy, and why HatchPath sits firmly on the coaching side Don's "rocks in the jar" — movement, food, sleep, light, community — and why purpose is the jar that holds them Connect with the hosts and guest: Jordan / HatchPath — hatchpath.io Klaudia — http://longevityjournalist.com Don — trainrecoverwin.com Your 1% takeaway: Set tomorrow up tonight. Write down anything unfinished so it's out of your head, and put the phone away before the wind-down starts- the single change Jordan credits most for regulating his nervous system. Who's the 90% Healthy Podcast for? It’s for you who want to build a resilient body without losing your mind. If you are sick of counting every calorie, tracking too many stats, or not even wanting to start, yet ready to stop feeling just “OK”. Klaudia and Don invite you to build resilient health that bends with real life. Simple 1% shifts that create a strong foundation, so you can sleep like a baby, perform like a boss. And feel darn good. We cut through the noise, bring you real science (not TikTok trends), and make it easy to understand what works for the long run. Tune in wherever you listen to your podcasts.






