Episode Details

Join us for a revealing conversation with Dr. Torkil Færø—GP, emergency physician, documentary filmmaker, and bestselling author of The Pulse Cure—as we explore how simple lifestyle shifts can add up to 24 extra years to your life. Drawing on 26 years of medical practice and hundreds of thousands of patient consultations, Dr. Færø discovered that heart rate variability (HRV) is a powerful, real-time indicator of our nervous system health and overall resilience.

We dive into:

• What is HRV? Learn how this metric reflects stress, recovery, and long-term health.

• Lifestyle Impacts: Discover how diet, sleep, stress management, and alcohol affect your HRV—and what to do about it.

• Wearable Guidance: How to choose and use smartwatches or devices to monitor your pulse without added anxiety.

• 8 Proven Strategies: Dr. Færø’s top practices for improving HRV and gaining decades of vitality.

• Better Sleep & Lower Stress: Practical tips to enhance rest, reduce daily stress, and boost your body’s natural recovery.

Whether you’re curious about optimizing your physiology with wearables or seeking evidence-based habits to live longer, this episode provides actionable insights to harness the pulse within—so you can thrive, not just survive.

Find out more from Dr. Torkil:

https://thepulsecure.com/

Instagram: @dr.torkil OR @doc_torkil

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