Augmented Wellness

About Augmented Wellness

Augmented Wellness is not a show about wellness. It is a show where wellness becomes buildable. Hosted by Demian Bellumio of Betterness, it is a hands-on media lab where AI, health data, wearables, research, startup life, and agents stop being talking points and start becoming usable systems. Every episode turns a conversation with a real builder into a public artifact: an AI interviewer, starter kit, agent pattern, or workflow you can adapt with your own tools. The recurring idea is to create your own AI interviewer. Use the artifacts with Claude, ChatGPT, Codex, a local agent, or any LLM that can read Markdown. Serve them through MCP when you want tools to read the context automatically. Connect Betterness when you want the system to come alive with permissioned wearables, labs, reports, goals, and lifestyle data. Produced by Demian Bellumio with the support of agents from Betterness One, the agentic studio inside Betterness. Nothing on this show is medical advice. Opinions belong to our guests. Intelligence in pursuit of better.

Publisher

Betterness

Category

health & fitness · technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

16 Jun 2026

Latest episode

2 Nov 2026

Latest episodes

10 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   2 Nov 2026

   Alexandra Wilkis Wilson: From Gilt to the Future of Wellness

   What does a builder of consumer businesses see in the future of wellness? Alexandra Wilkis Wilson joins Demian Bellumio on Augmented Wellness to trace her journey from a New York childhood and summers in Key Biscayne to Gilt, GlamSquad and consumer investing at Clerisy.

2. 

   6 Oct 2026

   Surgery as the Last Tool: Dr. Cesar Ceballos on Mobility and Recovery

   What changes when the surgeon has experienced the pain and recovery that patients face? Dr. Cesar Ceballos, orthopedic surgeon, sports medicine specialist and co-founder of OrthoMiami, joins Demian Bellumio on Augmented Wellness. He shares his path from a young athlete in Miami to medicine, how his own injuries shaped his approach to care, and why he considers surgery the last tool in the toolbox. The conversation explores the mental toll of losing mobility, rehabilitation between appointments, needle arthroscopy, and questions surrounding regenerative treatments. Demian also demonstrates Betterness’s patent-pending padel technology, an early watch-based tracking prototype, opening a discussion about the context everyday activity data might add to conversations about recovery. The prototype readings were not independently validated. Plans discussed in the recording are not announcements of current product availability. Clinical experiences and recalled outcomes are attributed to the speakers, not presented as independently verified research findings. This conversation is for education and discussion, not individual medical advice. Guests describe their experiences and opinions. Treatment evidence, eligibility and regulatory status vary. State-law provisions do not establish FDA approval or clinical effectiveness. Discuss personal care decisions with a qualified clinician. Hosted by Demian Bellumio. Recorded at The LAB Miami. On-site production by Podcast Studio Miami. Produced by Betterness. Dr. Cesar Ceballos — OrthoMiami (https://www.orthomiami.com/dr-cesar-ceballos-orthopedic-surgeons-miami-fl/) Episode guide, transcript and resources (https://augmented.betterness.ai/008-cesar-ceballos) Watch the full episode on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yi9iCnseIAU) Listen to this episode on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/episode/0Qj99vB8VcmLXB1fH02M81) Follow Augmented Wellness on Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1896935053) Florida Statutes §458.3245 (https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2026/458.3245) FDA regenerative-medicine information (https://www.fda.gov/vaccines-blood-biologics/consumers-biologics/important-patient-and-consumer-information-about-regenerative-medicine-therapies) FDA approved cellular and gene therapy products (https://www.fda.gov/vaccines-blood-biologics/cellular-gene-therapy-products/approved-cellular-and-gene-therapy-products) Production note: the brief opening court animation and announcer voice are AI-generated. The interview footage and conversation are real. Chapters 00:00 — Surgery, empathy and an early padel technology demo 01:07 — Meet Dr. Cesar Ceballos 02:30 — From a Miami athlete to medicine 07:35 — How being a patient shaped his care 10:32 — Mobility, pain and mental health 12:31 — Choosing the right treatment 13:43 — AI and the time between appointments 16:08 — Regenerative medicine: promise and limits 19:58 — A conversation about preventive orthopedics 24:14 — Florida's rules and treatment questions 27:17 — Understanding needle arthroscopy 31:35 — OrthoMiami and an increasingly active city 34:12 — The changing role of the physician 35:28 — An early watch-based padel tracking demo 41:16 — Looking ahead: recovery, data and care

3. 

   9 Sept 2026

   Music Is the Hidden Therapist | Dr. Michelle Weiner on Ketamine & Whole-Person Care

   What happens when we stop treating the medicine as the entire treatment? Dr. Michelle Weiner joins Demian Bellumio for a personal conversation about pain, ketamine-assisted therapy (KAT), cannabis, music, and integration. Michelle is Demian's physician and friend; Demian previously co-founded Nue Life. Their shared interest in accessible, whole-person care runs through the episode. We begin with Michelle's upbringing and route into medicine, then explore why pain care led her beyond procedures alone. We revisit Nue Life, preparation and environment, music as the "hidden therapist," and the vibrating, music-responsive bed she uses in her practice. In the show-and-tell, Demian demonstrates a Betterness session interface connecting a heart-rate timeline, recognized songs, and voice notes. No ketamine was taken during this demonstration. Consumer tracking is not clinical monitoring and does not establish treatment safety. Product availability discussed reflects the recording date, September 8, 2026. The conversation also covers cannabis, provider training, and questions facing psychedelic research. Personal experiences, clinical opinions, recalled figures and forecasts should not be treated as established evidence or guarantees. Treatment responses vary. Watch and explore the episode: Full episode, transcript and six clips (https://augmented.betterness.ai/007-michelle-weiner?utm_source=transistor&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=aw-michelle-weiner&b1_source=transistor&b1_campaign=aw-michelle-weiner&b1_cta=episode). The demonstration includes a visual timeline and playlist; the video is also available at YouTube (https://youtu.be/a3ZHMePdqQM). Chapters 00:00 Cold open: music, pain and whole-person care 00:46 Augmented Wellness 01:02 Welcome and a shared mission 02:23 Growing up: movement, nutrition and medicine 05:28 Moving beyond pain procedures 12:19 Nue Life and expanding access 14:34 Ketamine: what changed in clinical practice 18:37 Preparation, setting and integration 19:29 Music as the hidden therapist 20:53 Comparing psychedelic medicines 28:31 The next wave of psychedelic care 33:03 Why Nue Life built a music service 36:36 Show and tell: KAT, music and voice notes 40:51 The vibrating bed and feeling safe 44:56 Cannabis and different tools 47:22 Safety and provider training 48:39 Psychedelic experience and pharmaceutical research 51:02 The body–brain connection Guest: Dr. Michelle Weiner (https://www.drmichelleweiner.com/). Hosted and produced by Demian Bellumio; recorded at The LAB Miami. AI-assisted post-production with Codex, DaVinci Resolve and ElevenLabs. Educational conversation, not medical advice. Do not start, stop or combine treatments based on this episode. Discuss options and risks with a qualified clinician. Personal experiences, clinical opinions, recalled figures and forecasts are not verified findings or guarantees. Listen on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/episode/7bmgMe1EbCZM6cWxVToyBq). Watch and explore the full episode, transcript and six clips (https://augmented.betterness.ai/007-michelle-weiner).

4. 

   18 Aug 2026

   P3RSONAL Spotlight: personalized training beyond the studio

   P3RSONAL and Betterness explore how personalized coaching can connect training, nutrition, wearables, labs, and the other 98% of a client's life.

5. 

   10 Aug 2026

   Eduardo della Maggiora: from overworked banker to Ironman and social unicorn

   Eduardo della Maggiora left a successful investment-banking career, moved to Africa, rebuilt himself through endurance sport, and went on to found Betterfly around a provocative idea: healthier behavior can create financial protection and social impact. In Episode 006 of Augmented Wellness, Eduardo joins Demian Bellumio to explore the family event that changed his definition of success, the operating principles shared by Ironman and company-building, Betterfly's expansion, and the personal AI system he now uses to learn from twelve years of training and health history. Watch, read, and explore the episode: betterness.ai/augmentedwellness/006-eduardo-della-maggiora (https://betterness.ai/augmentedwellness/006-eduardo-della-maggiora) Build the companion: Ironman Brain (https://github.com/Betterness/augmented-wellness/tree/main/episodes/006-eduardo-della-maggiora/ironman-brain) is an open-source, Obsidian-first system for combining personal context with permissioned workout, wearable, sleep, body-composition, biomarker, and lab data through the Betterness MCP. Chapters 00:00 Preview 00:51 Augmented Wellness 01:03 Meet Eduardo della Maggiora 02:15 Chile, New York, and a first passion for sport 03:29 The family event that changed his path 05:01 Fifteen years at J.P. Morgan 05:48 Leaving banking for Africa 14:46 How Betterfly began 22:59 Life insurance that grows with healthier behavior 27:45 Building a social unicorn 28:25 Minu, Mexico, and Betterfly's expansion 31:10 From overworked banker to elite Ironman 33:20 Why building a company is an Ironman 35:14 The biggest results arrive after you want to quit 43:55 Building a local Obsidian brain 44:59 Arnold: an agent trained on twelve years of his life 48:49 Medicine, averages, and the n-of-one 49:33 Technology, personalization, and Betterness Augmented Wellness is produced by Betterness with support from Betterness One agents. This conversation is for education and inspiration and is not medical advice.

6. 

   31 Jul 2026

   Dr. Stephen Nimer: the future of cancer care starts with listening

   Dr. Stephen Nimer leads Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and has spent his career studying cancer, caring for patients, and building teams capable of moving research into practice. In Episode 005 of Augmented Wellness, he joins Demian Bellumio to discuss the mentors who led him into leukemia research, what it takes to lead an NCI-designated cancer center, survivorship and wellness, pancreatic cancer, AI-assisted drug discovery, patient-reported outcomes, and why medicine still begins with listening. Their cycling connection makes the Dolphins Cancer Challenge personal. Dr. Nimer explains what community support makes possible at Sylvester and why progress against cancer will require cures, plural. Explore the full episode: https://betterness.ai/augmentedwellness/005-stephen-nimer (https://betterness.ai/augmentedwellness/005-stephen-nimer?utm_source=transistor&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=aw005) Build with the episode: DCC Research Navigator (https://github.com/Betterness/augmented-wellness/tree/main/episodes/005-stephen-nimer/dcc-research-navigator?utm_source=transistor&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=aw005) Chapters 00:00 Cancer care, recovery, and the patient 00:30 Augmented Wellness with Dr. Stephen Nimer 00:45 Dr. Nimer's story 03:55 The mentor who led him to leukemia 11:29 Why choose cancer medicine 14:51 Leading Sylvester at scale 16:21 Cancer survivorship and wellness 22:10 The Dolphins Cancer Challenge, cycling, and recovery 27:17 What is changing in cancer treatment 31:16 Why pancreatic cancer is so difficult 33:50 AI, patient data, and clinical research 37:00 The doctor's first role is to listen 39:42 A live conversation with Bett-i 44:36 What patients tell technology 46:13 Closing the conversation 46:34 Making DCC-supported research easier to explore Produced by Demian Bellumio with support from Betterness One agents. Recorded at The LAB Miami; on-site production by Podcast Studio Miami. This conversation is educational and does not replace medical advice from a qualified clinician.

7. 

   22 Jul 2026

   Dr. Rabin Rahmani: from wartime Iran to Brooklyn — and where AI can give doctors time back

   Dr. Rabin Rahmani grew up in Iran during war, left as a child, became a gastroenterologist, and helped build one of Brooklyn's largest GI practices. He joins Demian Bellumio to talk about resilience, medical entrepreneurship, and where AI can give doctors time back without pretending to replace them. The conversation moves through endoscopic innovation, AI-assisted polyp detection, colon-cancer prevention, fatty liver, the microbiome, biomarkers, protein, fiber, GLP-1s, IBS, IBD, and EPI. The final section brings a Bett-i nutrition agent into the room for a live research question. Watch, read, and build Episode page: betterness.ai/augmentedwellness/004-rabin-rahmani (https://betterness.ai/augmentedwellness/004-rabin-rahmani?utm_source=transistor&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=aw-004-rabin-rahmani&utm_content=episode) Build the Digestive Health Context Interviewer (https://github.com/Betterness/augmented-wellness/tree/main/episodes/004-rabin-rahmani) Connect your permissioned health data at betterness.ai (https://betterness.ai/?utm_source=transistor&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=aw-004-rabin-rahmani&utm_content=betterness) Chapters 00:00 Cold open 00:42 Augmented Wellness 00:58 Meet Dr. Rabin Rahmani 01:17 Growing up in Iran and coming to America 05:49 Why medicine and gastroenterology 08:36 Building a Brooklyn medical practice 13:51 Where physicians need AI 15:14 Doctors as educators 18:11 GI innovation and colon-cancer prevention 22:11 Fatty liver, microbiome, and personalized care 30:21 Biomarkers, normal ranges, and patterns 34:27 Protein, fiber, and nutrition 37:31 GLP-1s: promise, misuse, and unknowns 40:09 IBS, IBD, and EPI 42:47 Live agent research 45:18 Practical foundations for gut health 47:58 Outro Guest Dr. Rahmani is a board-certified gastroenterologist and the Medical Director of Gastroenterology Associates of Brooklyn and Brooklyn Endoscopy Center. He is also an investor in Betterness. Practice: Gastroenterology Associates of Brooklyn (https://www.nygidocs.com/providers/gastroenterologist-dr-rabin-rahmani-brooklyn/) Instagram: @gastrobrooklyn (https://www.instagram.com/gastrobrooklyn/) X: @GastroDoctors (https://x.com/GastroDoctors) About Augmented Wellness Augmented Wellness is where we meet the people in pursuit of better: founders, doctors, researchers, coaches, and healers building at the edge of health and AI. Every episode leaves a public system you can use and make your own. This conversation is educational and is not medical advice. Discuss personal symptoms, screening, medications, and treatment decisions with a qualified clinician.

8. 

   5 Jul 2026

   Dr. Lloyd Camper: stop waiting for the warning light — build your healthspan baseline

   Dr. Lloyd Camper joins Augmented Wellness for a practical conversation about longevity, sports medicine, Cenegenics, and what it means to build a real healthspan baseline before the warning light comes on. Lloyd is a board-certified family medicine and sports medicine physician, a former collegiate athlete, a longevity physician with Cenegenics, and an advisor to Betterness. We talk about exercise as medicine, why traditional care often begins only when something is already wrong, how blood work, DEXA, VO2 max, recovery, and habits fit together, and how Bett-i can help make health data easier to organize before a clinician visit. This episode includes a live look at Demian's own DEXA and VO2 max reports as an example of how a doctor and a personal AI agent can turn scattered health data into better questions. We also turn the episode into a public artifact: a Healthspan AI Interviewer. It is a markdown system you can use with Claude, ChatGPT, Codex, a local agent, or any LLM to organize goals, history, reports, labs, DEXA, VO2 max, habits, recovery, and clinician questions before a visit. Connect Betterness when you want that context enriched by permissioned labs, reports, wearables, goals, and lifestyle data. Full episode page: betterness.ai/augmentedwellness/003-lloyd-camper (https://betterness.ai/augmentedwellness/003-lloyd-camper?b1_cta=episode_page&utm_content=episode_page&utm_campaign=aw-003-lloyd&b1_campaign=aw-003-lloyd&utm_source=transistor&b1_source=transistor&utm_medium=podcast) Build the artifact: Healthspan AI Interviewer (https://github.com/Betterness/augmented-wellness/tree/main/episodes/003-lloyd-camper/context-portfolio?b1_cta=artifact_context_portfolio&utm_content=artifact_context_portfolio&utm_campaign=aw-003-lloyd&b1_campaign=aw-003-lloyd&utm_source=transistor&b1_source=transistor&utm_medium=podcast) Chapters (00:00) Welcome to Augmented Wellness (01:30) Meet Dr. Lloyd Camper (02:56) Exercise as medicine (04:47) Longevity, executives, and Cenegenics (07:53) The gas-tank model of health (12:11) Blood work: you don't know what you don't know (14:07) AI, labs, and why context still matters (16:11) MRI, genetics, and too much information (20:14) Regenerative medicine, PRP, and stem cells (26:42) DEXA and VO2 max: fuel and engine (28:23) Bett-i reviews Demian's data (37:39) Improving VO2 max safely (40:47) The plan you can follow for years (44:04) Cold plunge timing and recovery nuance Where to find Betterness Web: betterness.ai (https://betterness.ai?b1_cta=betterness_site&utm_content=betterness_site&utm_campaign=aw-003-lloyd&b1_campaign=aw-003-lloyd&utm_source=transistor&b1_source=transistor&utm_medium=podcast) Instagram: @betterness.ai (https://instagram.com/betterness.ai?b1_cta=betterness_ig&utm_content=betterness_ig&utm_campaign=aw-003-lloyd&b1_campaign=aw-003-lloyd&utm_source=transistor&b1_source=transistor&utm_medium=podcast) X: @betterness_ai (https://x.com/betterness_ai?b1_cta=betterness_x&utm_content=betterness_x&utm_campaign=aw-003-lloyd&b1_campaign=aw-003-lloyd&utm_source=transistor&b1_source=transistor&utm_medium=podcast) Disclaimer: nothing in this episode is medical advice. Use this conversation for education and work with a qualified clinician for personal medical decisions.

9. 

   24 Jun 2026

   Ulisses Abbud: recovery is not the reward — it is the adaptation mechanism

   Former professional cyclist and physiology coach Ulisses Abbud on why recovery is an adaptation mechanism, why high-performance executives often burn out like overtrained athletes, and how HRV, breathwork, training, nutrition, and Bett-i agents can turn the basics into action.

10. 

    16 Jun 2026

    Martin Varsavsky: building an AI that aims to pass the FDA — and a genuinely full life

    Serial founder Martin Varsavsky on building Certuma — an AI physician whose goal is to pass the FDA, with a doctor kept in the loop — raising a seed round with AI as his only co-founder, cycling 14 hours a week at 66, and “Pedro,” the disclosed AI agent that posts in his voice on X. We turn it into BetterX, a guarded social-autopilot starter kit you can fork. Recorded at The LAB Miami. Nothing here is medical advice.

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