Breaking Ordinary with Andy Petranek

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Josh Mantz graduated from West Point in 2005 and received the Purple Heart and Bronze Star with Valor while serving in combat in Iraq. In 2007, Josh died after suffering a gunshot wound in Baghdad, only to be miraculously revived by an expert medical team after his heart stopped for a full fifteen minutes.

To chronicle his journey back from the dead to a place of truly living, Josh wrote his #1 best-selling book, The Beauty of a Darker Soul. The book carries a universal message about trauma that empowers people to transcend through their most challenging experiences.

From Andy:

The most compelling part of Josh's story is, of course, his experience with death (he remembers every detail of the last few minutes of his life.) But after peeling some layers back, it becomes clear that that was just the start of his journey. Today, after working through his own demons, he is committed to helping others through their mental, emotional, and spiritual crises, in addition to their physical trauma.

I hope you enjoy this one as much as I did!

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• www.DarkerSouls.com
• Email: [email protected]
• Instagram: Flatline07
• Twitter: @joshmantz

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Kevin Carter is a 14-Year NFL veteran, Super Bowl Champion, Sports Broadcaster, Entrepreneur and Philanthropist. He recently hosted the highest rated college gameday show on ESPNU - The Experts and College Game Day.

With four stellar seasons in the NFL, Carter turned his fifth season with the Rams into the best of his career. In 1999 he led the NFL in sacks with 17, earning him Pro Bowl, All-Pro, and All-Madden honors. Carter accomplished his ultimate goal as an NFL player that same year. With his help, the St. Louis Rams defeated the Tennessee Titans in Super Bowl XXXIV, earning the team its only Super Bowl title in team history.

Not only did Kevin make plays on the field, but off the field as well with vast community endeavors through The Kevin Carter Foundation, which he began in 2002. He was voted by his Titans' teammates as the Community Man of the Year during three of the four seasons he spent with the team.

Throughout his career, Carter fell in love with philanthropy and giving back to the community. In 2002 he began a unique celebrity charity event in Nashville entitled Waiting for Wishes Celebrity Waiters Dinner, where celebrities join him to wait tables for patrons. April 2018 marked the 17th Anniversary for the event, which has raised over $2.2 million for The Kevin Carter Foundation and Make- A-Wish Middle Tennessee.

Looking back on his career, Carter says what he is most proud of is the work he has been able to do in the community, raising millions of dollars for various causes through his foundation.

FROM ANDY: I was touched, moved, and inspired by Kevin's commitment to helping others, especially after watching the video on his website here, and felt compelled to have him on as a guest. While yes, Kevin was a pro football player, which is interesting in and of itself, his work today is focused on supporting his wife and son, and in helping others gain access to many of the opportunities he's had in his life.

In short, he's using his celebrity for doing good and helping others. That's the focus of our podcast conversation. This one was more like a close conversation with a good friend than it was an interview, as Kevin opens up the things that challenge him in his life today and how he's setting himself up for the future.

Enjoy!

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• Kevin's philanthropy work: How the measure of a man is not what happens on the field, but what happens once the lights turn off.
• Kevin's childhood… it's not anything like what you would think: Coke-bottle glasses, plump, speech impediment, emotional, a dreamer, and band-geek.
• His mom's powerful influence on the context of his life and being a hero.
• As a kid, he committed to always standing up for the underdog, the underpriviledged.
• Kevin tried out for his junior varsity football and basketball teams his freshman year of high school - didn't make either. While his older brother was smart, strong, good looking, and the super athlete.
• He had a massive growth spurt between freshman and sophomore years and everything changed on the outside.
• Became All-Everything and decided to live in to being the man he committed to being as a kid - one that is a true Hero - using his "celebrityness," fame and visibility to do good in the world.
• How his work is like a tsunami that you never saw coming, yet is powerful beyond measure.
• Kevin's event - a one night per year event called Waiting for Wishes has generated $2.5 million to the Make A Wish Foundation over the past 17 years.
• The problem with how we listen and communicate.
• Is debate as a form of communication really valuable or does it increase the understanding gap?
• First seek to understand, then to be understood.
• Kevin's take on the sport of football, the NFL, and concussions.
• How should kids be introduced to combative sports like football?
• The split-second decisions that athletes make playing sports like baseball and football.
• Q: How does a former pro-football player keep fit? A: Marry a woman who is fitter and healthier than he is.
• Keeping ahead of father time. How? Drinks only 3 things, including tons of water. Learn his "secret" strategy.
• How his metabolism has changed since his early days in the NFL
• Kevin's eating strategy
• How keeping organized and structuring his time is a work in progress.
• Kevin's primary job is to be the main "doer" at home - groceries, cleaners, dishes, errands, supplies, general maintenance and supporting his wife and son.
• He's also a high school football coach and part time (during football season) analyst on ESPN.
• Strongest calling now is to be a great husband and dad - not to pursue other things outside of household.
• Struggle now is balancing his inner desire to branch out into new and exciting directions personally, and REALLY being there for his son and wife. Right now, being husband and father is winning out, but it's still a struggle.
• New practice - mindfulness and meditation from a book by Thich Nhat Hanh.
• What is your definition of success? Serving family, wife, and son. Truly connecting and participating in their lives. Being a better man.
• Shifting your context from "I have to," to "I want to."
• Working with Coach Dick Vermeil and how he helped him learn to turn off his default emotional response, which served him well as a football player.
• Balancing not taking ourselves too seriously with taking ourselves seriously.
• The importance to Kevin of being able to look in the mirror and like what he sees (as substantive)

• Kevin-Carter.com
• Waiting for Wishes/Kevin Carter Foundation Facebook
• Kevin Carter on Twitter
• Waiting for Wishes Website

Questions? Feedback?

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Charles Mayfield, both an early adopter and leader in the paleo nutrition world, got started down this road based on personal desire to put the best, healthiest, and nutritious food on the table for himself and his family. His intention recently expanded from that to now include being responsible for raising healthy livestock and taking care of our land, making it sustainable and renewable for years and generations to come. Charles is the co-author of one of the first cookbooks ever written for paleo recipes, is the co-founder of Atlanta Strength and Conditioning, and is the owner of his own farm, Mayfield Pastures, primarily for providing pastured poultry, pork and beef for his family while building the size and infrastructure to expand his operation and offerings to his local community.

Charles is also an avid hunter, gardener, distiller, and BJJ enthusiast. This was a particularly fun interview for me as Charles and I connect on so many things at so many levels. He was an early adopter of CrossFit, he attended the CrossFit Games in 2009, the one in which I competed, he was friends with Robb Wolf before Robb was a known figure, and he co-wrote one of my favorite of all time paleo cookbooks! When I met him at Paleo FX, I was amazed that we hadn't spent more time getting to know one another prior to that time. Charles' farm adventure is incredibly inspiring, considering the fact that he's only been at it for 2 years. After reading and studying the likes of Joel Salatin and regenerative farming, he decided to take action (many of us never get to this part... thinking about an idea for years before doing anything to move forward.) Moving his family from Atlanta to rural Tennessee, he built a regenerative farm with chickens, pigs and cows, and his entire family is reaping the rewards of it today. I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I did!

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Episode Notes

• Reminiscing about the early days of the CrossFit Games
• Charles' circuitous path to cookbook writing and then farming
  • The early days of CrossFitting at BTB CrossFit, Atlanta
  • Learning Paleo and Zone nutrition from Robb Wolf
  • Collective food-swap at BTB on Sundays
  • Volunteering to write a Paleo cookbook (with a push from Robb)
  • Success with the book followed by "fame" in the early days of the Paleo community largely through PaleoFx
  • Inspired to take action by the desire feed kids healthy food and to deliver local, healthy, sustainable food through regenerative farming
• How he cooked, prepped, shot (photos), and ate (some of) 31 recipes in one day - biggest one-day photo shoot
• Paleo Comfort Foods attained #21 on Amazon rankings - super high for any book, and especially cook books.
• Family has been in the dairy business for over 150 years - Mayfield Ice Cream (but is no longer owned by the family)
• Moving back to eastern Tennessee
• Started farming with 120 chickens (60 "layers" and 60 "broilers") and 8 pigs.
• You can only learn so much from books. At some point you have to just get into action.
• Farming - it's not a ton of work every day, but it's work every day.
• Raised money by creating a little CSA. Idea was to used began using holistic and regenerative farming practices.
• Currently 10 cows (8 Heffers, 2 steers), 21 Pigs, Chickens, Turkeys (seasonal)
• Charles has only been a farmer for 2 years, but has been studying regenerative farming practices for years through books and other online resources.
• Getting 1-day old baby turkey chicks by mail.
• The unknown gender challenge of baby chickens.
• Charles' 3 roosters: Boss, Red, and Blondie.
• Getting chased and attacked by Blondie.
• How kids deal with natural animal deaths on the farm
• Charles' definition of regenerative farming - "utilizing natural ecosystems to their fullest advantage".
• Moving animals on the land to take advantage of the natural eating and elimination cycles of each different types to maximize the impact on the ground.
• Confining and moving chickens around with a moveable fenced in area connected to a tractor (like a playpen).
• Using simple, lightweight, electrified fencing to herd and move cows and pigs.
• Cycle time for cows getting back to the same land they started on - about 40-50 days
• The amazing regeneration of the vegetation in 3-4 weeks on the land that has been seemingly destroyed by pigs
• Chores as meditation
• Early morning workouts - Jiu Jitsu
• Eating ketogenic (predominantly)
• Dealing with extra food from the garden
• Making homemade chicken nuggets
• Charles' system for keeping organized - using a planning system created by life coach Tommy Newberry, google calendar, and weekly lists
• Castrating pigs humanely
• Using the Farmer's Almanac to decide when to castrate pigs (among other things - excellent reference tool)
• Great sources for getting started with regenerative farming - Diego Footer, Darby Simpson, Diana Rogers
• Distilling fuel and repurposing some of the byproducts of farming (like lard)

• Square Foot Gardening
• Robb Wolf
• Paleo Comfort Foods
• PaleoFx
• The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
• Farming Consumer Legal Defense Fund
• Joel Salatin
• Polyface Farms
• Savory institute
• Mayfield Ice Cream
• Seat of the Soul
• Fahrenheit 451
• Jordan Peterson
• The Good Kitchen
• Blue Apron
• Tommy Newberry, life coach
• Farmer's Almanac
• Grass Fed Life
• Sustainable Dish
• Diego Footer, Darby Simpson, Diana Rogers

• Paleo Comfort Foods Website
• Charles on Facebook
• Mayfield Pastures Instagram

Questions? Feedback?

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• Instagram - @andypetranek
• Facebook - @andypetranek
• Twitter - @andypetranek

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Paul Chek is a holistic health practitioner, a.k.a. "a healer." He developed a knack for it quite by accident about 30 years ago, when his teammates on the US Army boxing team found that they felt better and healed faster after having him work on them. He went on to study healing arts for the majority of two decades all over the world. He didn't leave a stone unturned, learning from as many different types of healers possible, in as many different modalities. As a result, he developed an innate capacity to heal others - especially when traditional methods didn't work. He's also known for having been largely responsible for first introducing the Swiss Ball to the world as an exercise tool for rehab, corrective exercise, and training.

In an effort to reach more people with his vast knowledge base and experience, he founded the CHEK Institute where he teaches his methods and philosophies to health practitioners from all over the world. His programs and approach, addressing the foundational root causes of a problem, have literally changed the lives of thousands of his clients, his students, and their clients.

Paul is currently a sought-after international presenter and consultant for companies like the Chicago Bulls, Australia's Canberra Raiders, and the US Air Force Academy. He has also produced over 60 DVDs and 17 advanced-level home study courses and has had articles featured in Wall Street Journal, Men's Health, Glamour magazine as well as TV and radio. His book, The Golf Biomechanics Manual and course are PGA-approved, and have been adopted for use by professional golf schools, as well as featured on the Golf Channel.

Paul is a registered Native American Spirit Guide and Medicine Man with the Nemenhah Band (people of the truth) and Native American Traditional Organization (NAC) where he initiates a process of awakening comprehensive healing through sacred ceremony.

From Andy:

This was an especially meaningful conversation for me as Paul was one of my first mentors in the fitness industry (I went through many of his correspondence courses and three of his certifications). Paul's ability to assess disease states down into their foundational elements, and then to create a healing program addressing them is one of his truly great gifts, as his willingness to teach it to thousands of practitioners around the world. His contribution to the world of health and healing is massive.

I especially loved the part of this podcast where we talk about how he's boiled down everyone's everyday health to what he calls "The Last 4 Doctors You'll Ever Need" - Dr. Happiness, Dr. Movement, Dr. Quiet, and Dr. Diet.

Enjoy!

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Episode Links

• Feldenkrais Method
• Swiss Ball
• Disc bulge / Herniated Disc
• Charles Poliquin
• NUCCA - upper cervical chiropractic
• Genogram
• It Didn't Start With You by Mark Wolynn
• Morphic Fields - an article from Scientific American
• Sympathetic resonance
• The Lorax
• Two of Paul's most useful books
  • How to Eat, Move, and Be Healthy by Paul Chek
  • The Last 4 Doctors You'll Ever Need by Paul Chek
• Finding a CHEK Practitioner

Connect with Paul

• www.paulcheksblog.com
• Facebook — Paul Chek's Page
• Twitter — @PaulChek
• Instagram — @

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Katie Wells, the "Wellness Mama," is a wife, a mom of six, an award-winning blogger, author, podcaster, and a real-food crusader. Her mission with WellnessMama.com is to provide simple answers for healthier families through practical tips, real food recipes, natural beauty and cleaning tutorials, natural remedies and more.

To handle her daily workload, Katie has developed systems and tips for living a Wellness Lifestyle™ with a family, and on a budget. She was recently named by Greatist.com as one of the 100 most influential people in health and wellness along with Dr. Oz, Dr. Mercola, Food Babe and Tim Ferriss.

From Andy:

Katie in one word - "amazing". She has intentionally set up her life (and her family's life) to be in alignment with who she is and what she values. To do that, she's had to make some really significant changes and sacrifices, and it hasn't always been comfortable or easy, but she and her family and kids are already starting to reap the rewards of her efforts. Her story is a reminder to me of the importance of aligning our lives and our actions with what we truly value.

During the podcast, we cover so many important health, life, and well-being topics there are way too many to list. Suffice it to say you should grab a set of headphones, sharpen up your pencil, and take out your yellow pad to be sure you don't miss anything while listening.

Enjoy!

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Episode Links

• BOOK – Playborhood by Mike Lanza – setting up your neighborhood for healthy play
• More research and info on saunas and other things – see Dr. Rhonda Patrick at https://www.foundmyfitness.com/
• ARTICLE – LA Times on Russian Bathhouses (Banyas) for hot/cold therapy
• Speed Reading
  • Spreeder – Read faster & comprehend more by harnessing the techniques of the world's most respected speed-reading trainers and record-holders.
  • Jim Qwik Speed Reading Course
• Eero – Wi-Fi extender for your home
• Pure Harmony Living – pendants for balancing and harmonizing the body and reducing pain
• BOOK – The Body Electric: Electromagnetism And The Foundation Of Life
• Joovv light – red light therapy
• Blood / Genetic testing resources
  • Nutrition Genome
  • Everlywell
  • Viome

Connect with Katie

• WellnessMama.com
• YouTube
• Instagram
• Facebook
• Pinterest
• Podcast

Questions? Feedback?

• Email - [email protected]
• Instagram - @andypetranek
• Facebook - @andypetranek
• Twitter - @andypetranek

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Megan Morrone is a technology journalist hosting video shows covering tech news, longform interviews, and tips for normal people trying to make their way in a world where tech can be as confusing as it is ubiquitous. She is also a freelance writer, wife, and mom to three children and one dog (who reads and responds to her email for her and helps her attain inbox-zero!)

Since 2015 Megan has been hosting and producing shows on TWiT (This Week in Tech), Leo Laporte's technology network. She currently hosts iOS Today (a show about how to use your iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Apple TV) and Tech News Weekly (a show that keeps you up-to-date on all the tech news that matters.) She co-hosts Know How (a maker show), Triangulation (a longform interview show), and The New Screen Savers (a tech variety show). She also covers live tech events and product announcements.

From Andy:

This was a really special conversation for me. I have been a HUGE fan of Leo Laporte and Megan Morrone for many years. Leo has had a radio show called "The Tech Guy" (who is Leo) on KFI in Los Angeles on Saturdays for almost 20 years that I've listened to on and off since it's inception. And I've known Megan as his counterpoint on TWiT TV (This Week in Tech). When I saw via Twitter that Megan was reviewing our WLC App on TWiT TV, I almost fell over! By the way – the review is as fantastic as it is hilarious – you can watch it here.

After watching the review, I started up a conversation with Megan on Twitter – when she asked me if she could come on the podcast to talk about tech, health, and fitness! Of course, I said yes… and the rest, as they say, is history.

Enjoy!

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Episode Links

• Leo Laporte
• WLC App review on Twit.TV
• Oak – a meditation app from Kevin Rose
• Habitify App – a habit tracking app
• Hard Boiled Egg Maker
• Instant Pot
• Schlage Keyless Lock
• Apple Music and creating a WLC Playlist
• Andy's AP Happy 911 Spotify Playlist
• LunchMoney Lewis
• Muse Meditation Headband – biofeedback device
• Lumos Bike Helmet
• Fasting app (Zero) from Kevin Rose
• BrainHQ, Lumosity, Elevate – brain training apps
• Words with Friends – word game
• Bonza Word & Bonza Jigsaw – puzzle apps
• Bullet Journaling
• Podcast with Boho Berry – bullet journaling artist and thought leader
• David Allen – GTD – getting things done
• The Graveyard Book, Rain Reign, Chronicles of Narnia, The Phantom Tollbooth

Connect with Megan

• TWiT.tv
• MeganMarrone.com
• Facebook
• Instagram
• YouTube

Questions? Feedback?

• Email - [email protected]
• Instagram - @andypetranek
• Facebook - @andypetranek
• Twitter - @andypetranek

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Jimmy Rosenberg was looking for a way to make some dough in the summer of 1983. He got this idea…sell juice on the beach. So he got some fruit, blended it in his kitchen, and started selling the juice by the cup (poured from a jug) on the beach in Santa Monica. Little did he know that inauspicious start would lead to the formation of two mega juice companies – Naked Juice and Evolution Fresh.

His first attempt, a pretty impressive first attempt by the way, was a company called The Naked Juice Company. After growing it to a size that allowed him to serve most of California, he sold it and got out of the juice business entirely. But not for long. Two years later, with a renewed commitment to delivering the highest quality juice possible to consumers, he started Evolution Fresh. He steered this company for 19 years before being acquired by Starbucks in 2011.

Before I sat down with Jimmy, I didn't tell him that I'd be asking him for photos and a bio, or that I'd be posting his story about this podcast on social media. He's a very private person. He's never been on social media and has never shared these incredible stories about the two companies he's championed. Fortunately for us all, and in spite of this, he agreed to proceed. I'm incredibly grateful for his willingness to share his story, and trust me, you will be too!

From Andy:

Before I sat down with Jimmy, I didn't tell him that I'd be asking him for photos and a bio, or that I'd be posting his story about this podcast on social media. He's a very private person. He's never been on social media and has never shared these incredible stories about the two companies he's championed. Fortunately for us all, and in spite of this, he agreed to proceed. I'm incredibly grateful for his willingness to share his story, and trust me, you will be too!

The thing I relate to most about Jimmy – he's just an ordinary guy like you and me. But for some reason, he was willing to listen, to experiment, to put in the hard work, to be open to learning on the job, and to be steadfast in his commitment to never sacrifice the quality of his product. These have all be part of his journey, all part of the reason he's been so successful, twice!

Listen. Love. Learn. This story has it all.

Enjoy!

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Episode Links

• University of Santa Monica.
• Belcampo – Organic grass-fed meat supplier and restaurant in Santa Monica
• The Three Principles – mind, consciousness, and thought
• The Three Principles Global Community

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Dr. Jeremy Brook, aka "The Spinechecker," is a Los Angeles-based chiropractor, yogi, and movement specialist. He is the founder of The Life Center Chiropractic, a unique healing oasis that incorporates the disciplines of chiropractic, spinal corrective protocols, yoga, and other movement art forms to make sure the spine, body, and mind are aligned.

In addition to his private practice, Dr. Brook has been teaching an anthropological, evolutionary and energetic approach to anatomy and also teaches chiropractic adjusting seminars to Doctors of Chiropractic and students of chiropractic. When he's not "spinechecking" and adjusting, he can be found on his yoga mat, lifting weights at Deuce Gym, and slacklining between palm trees on Venice Beach.

From Andy:

Dr. Brook (or Jeremy as I call him during the podcast) is my chiropractor. I went to him about 8 months ago thinking that chiropractic was the last thing I needed. I couldn't have been more wrong. Through a regular practice of adjustments and full body exercises to address the hips, spine, shoulders, and neck, I've seen my spinal and full-body mobility take a dramatic turn for the better.

Jeremy has an amazing way about him. Part doctor, part healer, part yogi, and part athlete, he's able to bring a real-life, practical approach to his healing practice that is incredibly unique. He's built a program and culture in his office that is strong, encouraging, and self-propagating. And in terms of chiropractic, he will challenge whatever preconceived notion you have of its purpose. He also lays down a solid foundation for its place in the world of health and well-being for all functional aspects of your body.

Hope you love this conversation as much as I did! Enjoy!

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Episode Links

• Apocalypto
• Binge-worthy TV shows: Fauda, Cobra Kai
• Thompson drop table technique and activator technique
• Dr. Arno Burnier
• Chuck Miller
• Bryan Kest's Power Yoga
• The Life Center Chiropractic
• Shin Box Switch

Connect with

• Get Adjusted By Dr. Brook: www.spinechecker.com
• Buy His Book: www.thespinecheckersmanifesto.com
• Anatomy of the Spine Seminars: www.drjeremybrookanatomy.com
• MLS Adjusting Seminar: www.mlsseminars.com
• Facebook: www.facebook.com/thelifecenterchiropractic
• Instagram: www.instagram.com/spinechecker
• YouTube: www.youtube.com/spinechecker1

Questions? Feedback?

• Email - [email protected]
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How do you describe Ronnie Teasdale? Figuring out how to capture him in conversation and in writing, that's the problem I ran into after spending a few hours with him recording the podcast.

Ronnie grew up in Michigan playing hockey practically every day of his life until he was 23 years old. At the height of his hockey "career," he was what I'd call an "enforcer" — the guy you'd put in to take out (by brute force) whatever player on the other team was scoring goals or causing problems. Sports, to him, were a zero-sum game. Someone wins, someone loses — and doing anything necessary to win was just part of the game.

When he moved west to California, he did so to pursue a more holistic calling. With degrees in psychology and exercise science from Oakland University, Ronnie opened a gym, started studying yoga, and left his hockey and win at all costs mindset behind.

Then he discovered CrossFit, the sport of fitness. Since he already knew how to win, this was a way to combine his prior-life mindset with his newfound passion for fitness. He opened a new gym called CrossFit Mean Streets, and became known in the world of CrossFit as a fierce competitor, bad boy, and also a super-fit human.

But there was a side to Ronnie that no one really knew — a side that he talks about a lot in our conversation. His quest has always been to optimize human performance, and he has been able to achieve that since leaving hockey with quite unorthodox methods involving recovery, rejuvenation, and optimization rather than super hard or aggressive training.

Ronnie now is finishing up his Kundalini Yoga teacher training, has just changed his name to his new spiritual name, Ravi Chander, and spends much of his time reading, studying, and developing expertise and personal experience in what he calls "humanology."

This is the longest podcast I've ever recorded, and it's a conversation I enjoyed thoroughly. We get into "weird" stuff right out of the gate, though Ronnie is about as un-weird as it gets. It opened my eyes to many new intriguing concepts such as optimizing performance without training, as well sound healing and sunlight.

Enjoy!

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Episode Links

• Josh Waitzkin
• The Fourth Phase of Water
• Unicycling, Slacklining
• Peak Brain Institute
• Yoga West, RaMa Yoga Institute
• Yogi Bhajan
• Sound healing
• Cymatics
• binaural beats
• solfeggio frequencies

Connect with

• Follow on Facebook
• Ravi Chandler, aka Ra_of_Earth on Instagram

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Throughout his career, Dr. Michael Gervais has followed a central question: Is there a common thread connecting those who change how we understand how the world works?

As a high-performance psychologist, published, peer-reviewed author and recognized speaker on optimal human performance, Michael Gervais works in the trenches of high-stakes environments, where there is no luxury for mistakes, hesitation, or failure to respond. While Dr. Gervais' roster includes an MVP from every major sport, internationally acclaimed artists and musicians and Fortune 100 CEO's, he is also the Co-Founder of Compete to Create, whose mission is to help people become the best they can be.

He recognizes that all of us are required to perform daily. We all navigate our own high-stakes environments and can benefit just as much with the right mindset training. Ultimately, Dr. Gervais' goal is to unpack, then decode, how the greatest performers in the world use their minds to pursue the boundaries of human potential. To accelerate that aim, he has curated conversations with those who have dedicated their life toward Finding Mastery.

Applying that passion to explore human performance boundaries to his personal life, Dr. Gervais is an avid surfer who also enjoys skiing Canada's backcountry.

He has come to understand that the answer to his central question lies in the space between hesitation and commitment.

From Andy:

I must say that this was one of the most fun and informative conversations I've had in recent memory - with anyone. Michael is as knowledgeable as he is personable, and his enthusiasm for the conversation about mastery is infectious. I learned a bunch of new things that have already opened up new wormholes of learning to dive into -- all that fascinates me.

Enjoy!

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Episode Links

• The default mode network
• Extreme skiing movies — Warren Miller movies, Glen Plake
• Jon Kabat-Zinn
• Felix Baumgartner and the Red Bull Stratos project
• CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy) and RET (rational emotive therapy)
• The 5 pillars of Compete to Create

Connect with Michael

• On Twitter: @MichaelGervais
• Michael's Podcast: Finding Mastery
• Collaboration with Pete Carroll: Compete to Create
• Instagram: @findingmastery

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