The Balance Chat is a foundational group of 5 close friends with an influential bond/thing/social energy/accountability souls that act as a reflective tool to fuel our growth throughout our lives. This episode brings us together to talk about our all-around dynamic and the positive benefits of having friends to openly discuss, challenge, and ultimately be vulnerable with to reinforce life’s meaning, confidence, action, awareness, and purpose.

You can follow the balance boys below. Enjoy!

Micky Shin- Instagram: @mickyshinnn | TikTok: @munchin.with.micky

Vlad Gladtskov: Instagram: @sounds.vladg @thisisvladg | Soundcloud: Vlad G

Chirs Brown- Instagram: @_brownie21

Andriy Grygorenko:  Lnk.Bio

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Cullen Welch is an Explorer with three big ideas in mind: Earth sustainability, interplanetary exploration, and visual storytelling. He began his professional life in the aviation industry, building on a passion for international travel and photography. He has journeyed across 57x countries and put himself through limit-testing adventures since having an intense experience with death. This ranges from travel adventures such as flying to India on a whim and sailing halfway across the ocean for environmental conservation, to racing ultras and qualifying for the Boston Marathon, working at SpaceX, and exploring plant medicine to heal.

In this episode, Cullen shares his story of the past 12 years. Along this journey, he shares exciting details of his adventures and impactful insights on coming to terms with death by reaching a point of non-resistance.

You can follow Cullen on his blog: Cullen Welch and his Instagram @cullen_welch

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Will Rickard is a creative, light-hearted leader with years of experience building and leading sales teams in the professional services industry. His most recent career endeavor involves he and his wife abruptly leaving their home in Canada to relocate to Europe as Will heads the enterprise sales team for the EMEA region of his current company.

In leaving his comfort zone not just from the standpoint of travel and adventure, but also embarking on his greatest career task at the same time, Will has gained newfound insights with regard to happiness and purpose by intentionally placing himself in culturally rich environments and working hard to enable positive stress.

Will has authored the bestselling book entitled, “The Silk Road to Happiness.”

You can find Will on his Instagram @willrickardphoto and on LinkedIn simply by his name, Will Rickard.

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Chris Brown is a close friend, a true brother who serves a purpose of sharing an abundance of valuable knowledge with those he surrounds himself with. Whether it be from numerous readings, or from the habitual way with which Chris lives alongside several different interests such as nutrition, sports, or real estate, he exemplifies great ideas around routines and how to create meaningful value across different segments of life. With a true dedication to order, Chris showcases how to be balanced and antifragile in light of it all.

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Patrick Lyons is a fitness influencer, bodybuilder, and coach who runs a fully customized workout program and meal plan called The Lyron Shred. He also created the Online Fitness Coach Academy where fitness coaches can acquire certification spanning across thousands of studies across the current scientific literature. Furthermore, Patrick pursues several different interests such as acting, competing on American Ninja Warrior Season 10, and writing a book about how habits help you achieve a successful life of happiness, fulfillment and health while helping others. This is all just scratching the surface as Patrick leads a life of adventure and friendliness to welcome people in and build them up. You can find him on Instagram @patricklyons, TikTok @patrick_lyons and on YouTube as Patrick Lyons.

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Tracey Deen is a classically trained opera singer. She has sung in major opera houses and concert hall in Europe, notably as a singer for Leonard Bernstein in the Vienna Staatsoper. Since living in the states, Tracey was a long-time professional singer, performing with regional opera companies and singing over 30 years as a concert artist.

Tracey took her skills to the form of teaching, with students who coveted spots at top musical theatre programs, have performed on The Voice, and as recording artists or as actors in musical theatre. She not only teaches children how to best use their own voice, but also provide some guidance into how they can navigate through life. An amazing mother to 3 children, Tracey leads a life of understanding and harmony.

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Vlad Gladtskov is a growing House DJ who started pursuing the interest after challenging himself to move to an unfamiliar city- Denver, Colorado. Knowing few people, Vlad exposed himself to a wide variety of EDM shows which naturally helped build a community of people to surround himself with. Whether it be sharing the importance of yoga and overall mindfulness, or the benefits of learning a new skill such as skiing, Vlad expresses a growth mindset that prioritizes understanding of oneself. Being raised by immigrant parents, this is all just scratching the surface as Vlad steers away from simply trying to fit in to putting himself out there to lead. You can find him on Instagram @thisisvladg and on Soundcloud at Vlad G.

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Dave Roper is a professional mountain biker, ultra-marathon runner, and all-around athlete who puts himself through extreme physical tasks to reinforce self-direction and grow in light of uncomfortable circumstances. Since graduating from Baylor University, Dave bounced back from being stuck in a rut, tiring out after running just 2 miles, to setting the course record at the Piney Woods Ultra to qualifying and accomplishing the Leadville 100. Born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona, this is all just scratching the surface as Dave showcases an enlightened, action-oriented mindset while appreciating the good community he surrounds himself with. You can find him on Instagram @davidroper_mtb.

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Andriy Grygorenko is a growing architect who decided to pursue the art on a whim at The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture. He then took his career into his own hands by becoming one of the youngest licensed architects in the United States. He is also a musician under the stage name “Like the Giant” with which he released an EP titled, “Lost” and a number of singles with his most recent being “TWTYM.” Andriy is originally from Ukraine, but moved to Highland Park, Texas where he was raised from the young age of 4. This is all just scratching the surface as Andriy pursues many different interests such as improv and NFTs, along with being an insightful, well-intentioned person. You can find him on Spotify at “Like the Giant” and on Instagram @andriy_likethegiant.

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