NuCalm Tell-All with Jim and David Poole

Today’s show is a special edition with both Jim Poole, NuCalm CEO and David Poole, NuCalm CBO! Take your pen and paper out, this is a tell-all episode chock full of information but also things that you can expect in the future.

Introduction quote

“It’s easy to get amped up during the day, it’s easy to have caffeine or stimulants to amp you up. It’s not so easy to kind of slow yourself down, and people who try to meditate would understand this, it’s really difficult to kind of slow down the monkey mind.” — Jim Poole

BIO

Jim is an accomplished business executive with extensive experience in the healthcare, biotechnology, dental, market research, and IT industries.  Mr. Poole manages the strategic direction and ongoing operations of Solace Lifesciences, Inc., a neuroscience company focused on personalized wellness and performance.  In 2015, Solace Lifesciences, the maker of NuCalm, was granted the world’s sole patent for “Systems and Methods for Balancing and Maintaining the Health of the Human Autonomic Nervous System.”

Mr. Poole has successfully launched global products, managed growth strategies, and effectively optimized business operations for large and small organizations alike.  Prior to joining Solace Lifesciences, Jim co-founded Focused Evolution, a premier global management strategy-consulting firm.  As a Managing Partner, he managed mergers and acquisitions, due diligence, and growth strategies for venture capital and private equity firms.  Under Jim’s leadership, Focused Evolution grew into a multi-million dollar consulting firm, serving a global client portfolio of 49 companies, across a broad in a range of industries.

Jim serves on the board of directors of several medical device firms around the world.  He is a recognized business leader, public speaker, an accomplished author, and has published numerous articles in industry trade journals and lectures all over the world globally on topics including stress, recovery, performance, and business strategy.

A New York state native, Poole earned a BA in psychology from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and an MBA in International Business & Marketing from Babson College.

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Key Takeaways

[1:00] Jim welcomes listeners to a very special episode of This is NuCalm podcast!

[4:08] From Alpha to Theta and their respective hertz frequencies, Jim breaks down the stages and the technical and biological inner workings of the NuCalm experience.

[7:30] Jim explains “The Healing Zone,” the unique, once-a-day frequency at which your cells do their maintenance and your ATP is restored, as well as how it provides an opportunity for homeostasis.

[13:40] So how should you use NuCalm? Jim talks about the human body as a closed-loop ecosystem and how it should impact your personal usage.

[16:20] So you got your Faraday NuCalm bag and found a disk, an eye-mask, and an app. Jim explains each component as well as its function within the NuCalm system starting with the biochemical disk(and some of its fascinating history!)

[26:20] The disk was put through a rigorous evaluation process beginning in 2018 with the incredible scientific, sports, and medical advisors that NuCalm trusts (from NASA to Harvard to the NFL, MMA/UFC, USTA, DOD, FBI, Special Forces, etc…)

[29:20] The third component of NuCalm is the app, and is by far the most complex in that it paces brain function. Jim talks about the cornucopia of software design and algorithms at your disposal.

[34:18] Jim shares his favorite tracks as well as which to use and when as you begin and how each of them is designed to perform.

[42:40] Listener questions! Starting with question 1: When you don’t reach your natural wake state at the end of a session, what i