{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Strong New York Podcast","title":"Against All Odds: Steve White's Journey of Resilience and Recovery","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3250,"description":"On this episode of the Strong New York Podcast, host Kenny Santucci sits down with Steve White—founder of Brae 100, HomeTeams, and The Pacific Clinic—to share a story of resilience that redefines what recovery can look like.\n\nAfter years of football-related head trauma, Steve faced severe neurological decline, including seizures, cognitive loss, lupus, and APS. Told his condition would only worsen, everything changed when a mentor challenged him to “fight”—sparking a shift from passive treatment to radical personal responsibility.\n\nAt 64, Steve began training for extreme physical goals while rebuilding his brain and body through unconventional methods: cold-water exposure, high-intensity exercise paired with cognitive “brain hits,” grounding, disciplined sleep, nutrition, and daily gratitude.\nIn this conversation, he breaks down the mindset that fueled his recovery—belief, finishing what you start, and showing up for others—and how those principles connect directly to healing and neuroplasticity.\nSteve also shares how he rebuilt his life and mission, acquiring and expanding a major health facility and launching HomeTeams, an app designed to simplify caregiving—organizing support networks, reducing costs, tracking appointments, and delivering personalized care at home.\nThis episode is a powerful reminder that limits aren’t always what they seem—and that transformation is possible at any stage of life.\n\n00:00 Bootstraps And Hope\n01:06 Podcast Intro Steve White\n01:50 First Knockout At 17\n03:08 Basketball To Football Pivot\n05:00 UNLV And Playing Both\n05:55 Symptoms And Decline\n07:23 Sprinkler Head Concussion\n08:55 Emotional Fallout And Lupus\n10:43 Belief Over Magic Pills\n14:20 Misogi And Four Rules\n17:10 Finish What You Start\n21:29 Caring And Neuroplasticity\n23:51 Cynicism Blocks Change\n25:43 All In At 212\n26:06 Wim Hof And Manifestation\n27:21 Cold Water Reset\n29:15 Brain Hits Training\n31:44 No Passive Fixes\n33:02 Grounding Gratitude Basics\n36:13 Movement Sleep...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/2Xk0ZfTav_YYXRVY33jR580T6b9XsLam3nbonxuWOrE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS83ODY5/ODY1MDY4ZWQyNzg0/OWQxOThmY2JlMTc3/MDExOC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}