Freestyle Way

Freestyle Way

By Carl PaoliEducationSelf-Improvement
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Freestyle Way episodes

  • #58 Tracy Piper: Painting Through The Tough Stuff

    Joining Carl Paoli on the show this week is contemporary painter and art activist Tracy Piper, known for her vibrant portraits and figurative acrylic paintings. With an abstract-realist style, Tracy tackles social constructs in her work.

    Tracy Piper is a contemporary painter and art activist known for her vibrant portraits and figurative acrylic paintings that tackle social constructs in an abstract-realist style. With a Bachelor of Arts in Illustration from California College of the Arts and representation by Voss Gallery, Piper has exhibited her work at SCOPE and SELECT in Miami, stARTup Art Fair in San Francisco and Los Angeles, and SCOPE New York, as well as internationally. In 2017, Piper won the GSNTV show "Skin Wars: Fresh Paint" and has recently completed several murals in the Bay Area in support of the Black Lives Matter movement and community safety during the COVID-19 pandemic. Her first published book, "Worthy," is available at Voss Gallery. With a mission to create inclusive, thought-provoking artwork that celebrates diversity and challenges societal norms, Piper believes in the power of art to change the world.

    1 hr 21 min
  • #57 Tony Dam: Ever Evolving
    In this episode, Carl Paoli talks to his friend Tony Dam, who makes his third appearance on the Freestyle Way podcast after suffering a horrific accident while on vacation in Mexico. In this episode, he talks about what happened, his recovery process, and how this time of his life pushes him to grow.
    Here are the links to Tony Dam's previous two episodes:
    PART 1 - #7 Transformation with Tony Dam: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/3WC8aHSHMvb
    PART 2 - #25 Returning Home with Tony Dam and John Marman: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/D472JoXHMvb
    1 hr 12 min
  • #56 BBoy Gravity: Going Pro
    In this episode, Carl Paoli chats with BBoy Gravity, a gifted athlete, artist, and businessman, Miguel Rosario. Gravity is the creator of Catch Wrek LLC, a business devoted to creating a brand for breakers and supporting and fostering fresh talent globally. Gravity discusses his path to achievement and his desire to compete in the Olympics in this podcast. He talks about how breaking has given him identity and self-assurance. Additionally, he discusses his transition from gymnastics to breaking, the value of off-season training, and his achievement of being the first person to complete a double backflip in competition. He strongly emphasizes the importance of tenacity and grit when following one's passions. He runs his training facility, collaborates with nearby businesses, and spends time with his family, his "tribe," when he is not traveling the world. Watch this episode to learn more about his philosophy, inspiration, and plans.
    Follow Gravity here: https://www.instagram.com/gravity____official/
    Support Gravity here: https://www.catchwrek.com/bboygravity
    1 hr 45 min
  • #55 Joanna Read: Emergence

    In this Episode, Carl Paoli talks to Artist Joanna Read, who believes art can awaken and transform the viewer and the creator into dreaming of a new reality.


    Joanna says that connecting with art- becoming present to, receiving, and noticing what an image, sound, poem, person, or place in nature elicits in the mind, body, and emotions as well as the act of expressing through art: utilizing art as a vehicle for practice, a tool for reprogramming false narratives and affirming a new inner reality through inspired action and devotional commitment, continue to be profoundly transformative anchor points within Joanna's life's emergence.
    Sharing Joanna's practice is an integral step in the cycle of creation: offering the fruits of these labors of love helps her knowledge-hungry mind find greater reverence and appreciation for a process rooted in a place that feels familiar yet not fully comprehendible.

    Joanna's awe for this process is deepened whenever a client or customer expresses how an image or teaching that feels so alive within Joanna is also felt within them and experienced as a shared resonance or offering of "Soul sustenance."

    You can support Joanna, here: https://www.joannaread.com/

    You can follow Joanna, here: https://www.instagram.com/joannaeread/

    1 hr 18 min
  • #54 Aja Campbell: Empowerment.

    In this episode, Carl Paoli talks to the founder and Head Coach at ATTAGIRL. Aja has been helping women gain the strength and confidence to conquer both their physical and emotional goals for the better part of a decade. At ATTAGIRL, Aja's no-nonsense, scientific approach uses data-driven technology, personal experience, and an empathetic outlook to help people achieve the results they deserve.

    Follow and learn more about Aja, here: https://www.instagram.com/ajacampbell21

    1 hr 9 min
  • #53 Daniel Petersen: From Student to Master.

    In this episode, Carl Paoli sits with his friend, old mentee, and Coach Daniel Severin Petersen. Carl and Daniel have a long history of working together. In this episode, the evolution of their relationship and crafts shine through in insightful ways that can only be understood through listening to their interaction.

    You can follow Daniel here: https://www.instagram.com/danielseverinpetersen

    1 hr 9 min
  • #52 YNOT: What is Ynotism?
    In this episode, Carl Paoli sat down with Anthony Denaro, M.F.A, aka YNOT, who explores the design, sustainability, history, and community of Hip Hop. Through a futurist lens, YNOT’s work manifests in dance, typography, music, and architecture.
    YNOT’s reputation in the dance world precedes him. As a B-boy, he’s traveled the world extensively, judging battles, teaching workshops, and building cultural awareness.
    In YNOT’s vision of the sustainability of Hip Hop, teaching and mentorship are paramount. Currently, his classes can be found on a workshop basis internationally, as well as online and in person through the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Arizona State University, and Texas Tech, where he facilitates Breaking Technique, Stylized Letterform Design, and Sound Design for Electronic Music Production.
    Alongside his dance and professorship, YNOT both physically and digitally creates two and three-dimensional visual works that construct a possible future of the Hip Hop aesthetic.
    Visit YNOT's website: https://www.ynotism.com/
    Follow him on IG: https://www.instagram.com/ynotism/
    1 hr 19 min
  • #51 Carl Paoli: How I Coach

    In this episode, Carl Paoli talks about how he thinks about coaching and how having a movement-based coaching approach helped him transcend his sport of gymnastics, venture into action sports, and later CrossFit and how today it serves him as a foundation for navigating the inner workings in his Lifestyle Performance Coaching Practice.

    1 hr 3 min
  • #50 Carl Paoli: From Fear to Purpose

    In this episode, Carl Paoli goes solo and tells his origin story. How he navigated the concept of death at the age of four, struggling with feeling alone in a foreign country, finding gymnastics, dealing with bullying, finding success, losing it all, and growing through the challenges that life presents

    1 hr 16 min
  • #49 Carl Paoli: Being Clear Workshop

    In this episode, Carl Paoli shares a recording from a private workshop he gave in the Freestyle INSIDER, his member's community, titled Being Clear.

    The workshop is specifically dedicated to assisting you in learning how to design and create to deliver a powerful message.

    If you'd like to watch the video version of the workshop, here is a link: https://youtu.be/4VkvB2mTA7k


    51 min

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Freestyle Way is a podcast about becoming more present, capable, and alive through movement, creativity, and honest conversation. Join Carl Paoli, New York Times bestselling author and…