Contributors

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Host

Steven Koeppel

Steven Koeppel is an entrepreneur, biohacker, martial artist, wellness enthusiast, and Stage 4 cancer survivor whose lifelong pursuit of health, performance, and personal growth inspired The Life Optimized Podcast.

Steven has built businesses across the automotive, retail, fitness, and wellness industries while continually exploring ways to live healthier, perform better, and get more out of life. His journey includes decades of martial arts, more than 2,500 hours teaching hot yoga, founding and selling car dealerships, a premium wellness concept, and most recently founding Thriver Wellness Supply.

A Stage 4 cancer diagnosis in 2023, followed by full remission in early 2024, gave that pursuit even greater purpose.

On The Life Optimized Podcast, Steven sits down with innovators, entrepreneurs, health experts, architects, designers, and other accomplished guests to explore one central idea: What separates those who merely exist from those who truly thrive?

Guests

Guest

Erik Peterson

President of PHX ARCHITECTURE, Erik B. Peterson grew up in Chicago and received his Bach­e­lor of Archi­tec­ture degree from Iowa State Uni­ver­sity and his Master’s degree at Ari­zona State Uni­ver­sity. His career in the Southwest began at the famed Taliesin Architects, Frank Lloyd Wright’s firm in Arizona, where he gained knowledge of organic architecture principals. Now as President of the award-winning PHX ARCHITECTURE, he presides over the 30-person firm headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ with a second office in Beverly Hills, CA. Erik specializes in lifestyle design includ­ing luxury, bespoke res­i­den­tial, golf club­houses, boutique resorts and distinctive dining.