Dr. Jay Wiles

I think I heard like the last stat was like 40% of Americans, I think.

maybe like even close to like 50%?

Have some form of wearable.

Have some form of wearable.

So we're all getting this biometric data.

The problem is, and so much frustration starts to arise when people wake up and they say, well, I have this data point here that's supposed to drive some level of self-awareness, but it's not necessarily driving

any type of action.

And I think that's where people can get frustrated.

So you tell me that my nervous system is dysregulated.

You tell me that my sleep is poor, but now what do I do about it?

So in that sense, I think that diagnostics have really kind of outpaced the interventive side of what we can actually do.

And so part of me is like, well, now I think it's time to bring

to the light, like things that people can actually do that have been proven within the scientific literature to help you make these adaptations to the nervous system so that we can, again, take all the great data that we get from wearables.

We can leverage that data, but then use it kind of in a way that's applied.

And actually, one of the things that I like to say is that HRV is best used in an applied real-time setting.

And I think that's actually where most people don't have an understanding and then therefore probably not an appreciation for HRV as much as they should because they've never used it in an applied real-time setting.

So much confusion arises because people think or they ask the question to me all the time.

It's like, well, is this breathing strategy or meditative strategy just going to affect me in the here and now?

So more of an acute transient change?

Or is there actual evidence to suggest that if I consistently practice this, then I'll have more trait or longitudinal changes?