Noshing With Nir Peled – August 20, 2026
Author, Beyond 100%: Rebuilding Life After It Breaks
This week on “Ira’s Everything Bagel,” Nir Peled, author of Beyond 100%: Rebuilding Life After It Breaks, talks about an extraordinary journey that began with a moment that changed everything.
At 49, Nir was a successful Fortune 500 technology executive and former officer in an elite division of the IDF when he suddenly collapsed on the floor of his home office from a stroke. In an instant, he lost his speech, mobility and, in many ways, his sense of identity.
What followed was a grueling journey of rehabilitation—and ultimately, a profound process of rebuilding his body, mind, cognitive abilities and spirit.
Nir shares the seven rules for rehabilitation that helped guide his recovery, including one that might surprise you: humor. He explains the importance of his 1% rule, why recovery is a marathon rather than a sprint, and how that simple philosophy helped him through some of his darkest moments.
We also talk about why Nir dedicated Beyond 100% to his grandmother, whom he calls “the ultimate survivor,” and how a personal recovery journal eventually became a book after his speech therapist encouraged him to tell the story from the patient’s perspective.
Nir opens up about the caregiver journey, the reality of pain, his spiritual practices, the challenge of surrendering control, and what he calls one of the most important transformations in recovery: turning “Why me?” into “What now?”
It’s a deeply personal conversation about resilience, identity, recovery and discovering what is possible when life suddenly forces you to start over.
ABOUT NIR:
Nir Peled has survived seven catastrophic events: a bombing, anaphylaxis, a tsunami, a violent kidnapping and robbery in the Amazon, cancer, a motorcycle accident, and a stroke. Across those experiences, he developed Beyond 100%, a practitioner-built system designed not to restore what was lost, but to build something stronger in its place. Unable to speak or move after his stroke, his framework is used by individuals and organizations navigating disruption, crisis, and high-stakes change.
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