Built Not Born Podcast

Kelsey Gannett is an educator and the founder of The Retired Athlete Coach, a company that seeks to hold space for all retired athletes after they leave their athletic organizations.

We dive deep into: 

- Navigating the identity of an athlete

- Making room for your identity after athletics

- Changing your relationship with competition

- Finding your new tribe 

- Transferring skills from athletics to life 

In his 20th year as the Assistant Athletic Director and Coordinator of Sports Performance at Salisbury University, Matt oversees the training programs of 21 varsity teams

During his tenure, Matt has had the opportunity to work with 14 National Championship teams, eight individual National Championship athletes, and over 340 All-Americans.

In 2018, Matt was named the NSCA's Collegiate Strength & Conditioning Coach of the Year after being a finalist in 2016 & 2017.

This conversation is an absolute masterclass on:

- Culture building in action

- Player led teams 

- Good vs. Elite 

- The power of consistency when optimizing for performance 

- Creating leadership opportunities 

Ryan Nosak has lived a life that is anything but ordinary. After finding his passion for strength training, he spent 10 years in collegiate strength and conditioning at the highest levels including Penn State, Vanderbilt, Robert Morris University, UNC-Charlotte, Tennessee State, and DePaul. During his career he’s coached professional athletes, and spent time being mentored by legends of coaching.

Ryan stepped away from college athletics in 2020 to build his own company, RyNo Strength, based in Chicago. He’s expanded from a personal training business to a top online coaching brand focused on helping ex-athletes lose weight and boost energy without giving up pizza, alcohol, or their social life.

This conversation centers around: 

- Overcoming adversity using Stoic Philosophy 

- Building a career in college athletics

- The realities of starting your own business

- What most people get wrong about health and fitness

- How to balance life, fitness, and business 

John Tarnoff is an executive and career transition coach, Tedx speaker, and best-selling author who helps mid-career professionals land better jobs and build more meaningful and sustainable careers. He’s worked with clients like Bank of America, Levi-Strauss, Softbank, and TD Ameritrade. After reinventing his own career at 50, John earned a master’s degree in counseling psychology to share his career lessons with others going through similar challenges. He has also led career workshops for MBA alumni in career transition, including for UCLA’s Anderson School of Management and Cornell's SC Johnson College of Business.

This conversation is full of leadership, career building, and brand building lessons such as: 

- Utilizing brand building as a career path 

- Identifying your own super powers 

- Leveraging network to beat the line when it comes to hiring 

- Understanding how to stand out from the crowd online 

Coleen is a compassionate, empathetic and boldly authentic human being but she wasn’t always this way. Like many, she’s been plagued by her own self defeating thoughts - some of them she’s carried for over four decades! Through her own journey of self discovery, spiritual exploration and personal crisis she managed to transform her life into the most unimaginable source of joy.

Today, Coleen is a Joyologist. She provides mindset and nutrition coaching as well as personal training to people who feel stuck and want to reclaim joy in their life. As a motivational speaker, she works with individuals and corporations around the globe teaching folks how to reclaim their joy using the SNAP Method™.

Coleen gives us insights into: 

- Becoming the architect of your life 

- Retiring limiting beliefs

- Fueling your life for success

-How mindset is the keystone to joy 

Jamel “King” Cooper is a super bowl champion and a seasoned strength and conditioning expert. With a decade of experience in D1 and the NFL, he has left his mark at institutions like Middle Tennessee State University, Wake Forest, and Louisville. Most recently, he was part of the coaching staff for the Los Angeles Rams' win in Super Bowl 56.

We dive deep into 

- The sacrifices to get to the top 

- The power of relationships in building a career

- Discipline vs. Motivation

- What separates the great from the elite

- Managing mental health as a high performer 

John Petrelli has been a professional fitness coach for over 30 years, having worked alongside some of the biggest names in the entertainment industry, from Grammy-Award-winning recording artists to A-list Hollywood actors. He and his work have been featured in Men's Health, Men's Fitness, Muscle & Fitness, GQ, and Vogue, and shown on national television networks including NBC, CBS, The USA Network, and FOX TV.

In 2021, John's life took an unexpected turn when he became paralyzed with Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS), a rare autoimmune disease that landed him in the ICU.

With a lifestyle so heavily dependent on physical health and wellbeing, John needed to rely on his mental strength to overcome this disease. Through this experience the book "Confessions of a Hollywood Trainer" was born. An instant Amazon #1 New release followed by the release of a Teen Edition in 2024.

John has dedicated his new lease on life to helping others find their inner strength to overcome the obstacles they are facing.

We discuss: 

- How thoughts become actions

- The importance of your peer group

- Learning to move on from mistakes

- Becoming the person you want to be 

- Why mistakes are the magic for success 

Dave Nordel is a retired United States Air Force Command Chief Master Sergeant with over 30 years of service; Dave is the recipient of a Bronze Star and the Legion of Merit, our nation’s 6th highest military decoration. After leaving home at 19 to join the Air Force and ascended through the enlisted ranks to culminate as the senior enlisted leader for all nuclear missile forces in the United States.

He is the author of the international best-selling books Giving Back – Life and Leadership from the Farm to the Combat Zone and Beyond and

When the Cows Lie Down – Why people quit you – their Leader

Now, Dave is the founder of Max Fab Consulting providing keynote leadership, organizational growth, and strategic guidance, and he is actively involved in using his journey with PTSD and moral injury to help transitioning veterans and other victims of trauma deal with the condition in a healthy manner.

Dave and I discuss: 

- Leadership lessons on the farm 

- Learning to navigate high performance environments

- The value of introverts in leadership

- Why empathy is a superpower for leaders

Michelle Hoffmann is a Relationship Coach and International Bestselling Author of three books “Life Worth Living,” “New Management Blueprint,” and the soon to be released “Find Love Now,” the Founder and program producer of “The Art of Relationshipping.”. Her work on management strategies has been widely recognized in the corporate world across industries.

Michelle has proven expertise in organizational development and change management which has set the stage for her success as a Keynote Speaker.

We dive into: 

- What makes a good relationship

- What mistakes are people making in relationships

- Understanding the relationship cycle

- How we can leverage relationships in business

- The formula to hard conversations 

To learn more about Michelle: 

Website: TheArtofRelationshipping.com Relationshipping101.com -

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Aside from having a PhD in Organizational Leadership, Dr. Benjamin Ritter is the founder of Live for Yourself Consulting, is an international leadership and career coach, Sr. Talent Management Consultant, and host of two podcasts; The Executive Podcast, and The Live for Yourself Revolution Podcast. With over twenty years of executive-level professional experience in Leadership and Talent Development, Ben has worked with and coached clients at some of the most well-known global organizations such as, Amazon, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Coursera, Doordash, Google, Fiserv, MayoClinic, Northwestern University, PayPal, Pinterest, and Yelp.

In this episode we dive into: 

• Self leadership and accountability