What if your biggest breakthrough came from something you’ve been doing your whole life—breathing?
I sit down with Adam Ludwin, founder of FivePointFive, a cutting-edge breathwork app that uses real-time biometrics and music to transform your mental, emotional, and physical state—anytime, anywhere. But Adam didn’t start here.
We unpack his journey from building and exiting a $100M+ marketing tech company, to nearly burning out, to rediscovering meaning through breathwork. He shares how fatherhood shaped his views on education and well-being, how functional breathwork saved his health, and why he believes personalized, science-backed breathwork is the future of performance and longevity.
Show Notes
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[00:03:00] Adam’s early entrepreneurial drive and family influence
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[00:07:00] Why he dropped out of university and what he did instead
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[00:12:00] Teaching mental fitness to his kids: gratitude, journaling, nasal breathing
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[00:17:00] Burnout, tight chest, and discovering functional breathwork
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[00:19:00] Selling his company and taking a year to reset with purpose
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[00:23:00] The emotional side of exits: friendship shifts and family grounding
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[00:28:00] Founding FivePointFive and the breathwork tool he wished he had years ago
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[00:34:00] Why FivePointFive is unlike any wellness app you’ve seen before
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[00:40:00] Habit stacking, wearables, and functional breathing in real life
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[00:44:00] The future of health isn’t more tech—it’s better use of what we already have
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