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Life Athletes welcome to episode 208 of the Life Athletics Podcast, this is your host, Nik Wood. Today's guest Life Athlete is Adam Roa. Adam is a transformational artist, and coach, creating all sorts of art to elevate human consciousness and awareness. He shares as authentically and vulnerably as he can so that others have a permission slip to do the same. Adam and I have known each other for a while now and I was deeply excited to do this interview. I met him at his villa in Bali about a week before my injury a year and a half ago. It was wild listening to the conversation again as there are things that I needed to hear in this episode now. Adam has been very supportive during my recovery, sending voice messages and exchanging stories and I appreciate him greatly. Enjoy!

Today's guest Life Athlete is Dr. Gertrude Tavernier. Gertrud always pursued the philosophy of 'a healthy mind in a healthy body' and she started to see that for many people a missing piece was a healthy sex life, and so she built a tool for women to help foster a healthy relationship with sex. The elegant sensual audio app Maeve offers women, and couples, a hands-on tool for healthy intimate pleasure. It is bluntly speaking a masturbation app but it is also so much more. This is only one slice of what this amazing human is up to but it is the primary focus of this conversation. When I first heard about this project, I told Gertrude that I wanted to lend my voice to it and this is a start. Because of her commitment to help people live more connected lives, Gertrude has embarked on a journey she had never envisioned and discovered a deeper connection with herself, her mother, and her purpose.

Chris is many things among them a coach's coach. As the founder and CEO of Coaches Cartel, he helps fitness experts move from in person to online businesses powerfully and successfully.

On the outside Chris looks like he was made in a laboratory. He's incredibly fit, perfectly tan, his teeth glisten, his eyes sparkle.

The first time that I met him was at a Toastmasters event in Bali.

It was a first time for both of us but we aren't rookie speakers and his presence was felt immediately.

In this conversation Chris shows a mastery and a humility that is a breath of fresh air.

Chris wasn't made in a lab. He is the product of hard work, struggle, purpose, and perseverance.

His commitment to Constantly Pivot, Constantly Move forward, and Constantly Iterate has made him a powerhouse.

And his belief that you can become whoever you want in any moment you want, displays a foundational belief that we can all shine as well.

Life Athletes welcome to episode 205 of the Life Athletics Podcast, this is your host, Nik Wood. Today's guest Life Athlete is Ryan Miller. Ryan is The founder of Inner Leadership Academy, Own your Stage, and Inbody Fit and has also been working with the Contentment Foundation. He is a dynamic, charismatic, jovial man in the body of a superhero. This conversation was had nearly 10 months ago and was fascinating to listen to again as it was deep, vulnerable, and not the typical conversation between two large, good looking, athletic men. This wasn't typical locke room talk. We dive into some topics that I rarely hear people discuss around the preconceptions people have of people that look like him, the pressure to be happy and the price of privileges that neither of us would trade, but do come at a cost. Ryan is a gem of a human and it was a pleasure to have him on the show. Enjoy!

Dr. Nore Salman is a human experience expert, and student. Dr. Salman has a Doctorate in Psychology and after over 7 years of working as a psychotherapist she noticed that her energy, vibration, and joy were declining. She got curious and leaned in. She switched her focus in helping people from pathology and dysfunction to wellness, clarity, joy, purpose, and intention.

Derek is a Polymath with the equivalent to a PHD in Adventuring after upwards of 300 episodes of the Art of Adventure Podcast as well as a life well lived.

He has been on this show multiple times and was in fact the first interview on the Life Athletics podcast. Check out those episodes for more details around his life and work, they're well worth a listen and a relisten.

In THIS episode, which plays double duty as an episode of the podcast now known as "the Derek Loudermilk show", we interview each other and go deep on what it takes to create yourself as the person you WANT to be, how to go from zero to mastery in any area of life and how to win at life. Enjoy!

Mike Chang, YouTube's first fitness Guru, "The Ab Guy", the former face and body of the most subscribed to fitness channel on YouTube transformed his life after unlocking a level of happiness previously unknown to him and then setting out to learn how to recreate it for himself and others. This was the last interview I did before my skull fracturing accident and it was so much fun listening to it again. There is so much gold in this conversation, it's mind blowing! I got a lot out of listening to it, and I was part of the conversation, so I know you'll get a lot out of it too!

After a long time out due to an injury, I am recovering extremely well and reinvigorated. Reminding myself of and embodying the Life Athletics methodology has been a key reason for my quick bounce back and so I thought I'd share some of the foundations of the methodology with you. This short episode is a great jumping on point for new listeners.

Originally this conversation was meant to be released as episode 201 and was recorded well in advance BUT host Nik Wood's life threatening injury in August 2019 had us record a new episode 201 with Derek as it felt right to acknowledge that event and that landmark appropriately. There's so much gold in this episode and so we are excited to be releasing it now. Derek is an astounding individual who constantly pushes to his edge with grace and good humour. The many and varied chapters in his life have prepared him for adventure and accomplishment in every area of his life!