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Zach Chatelain is a bike-whisperer. He founded and owns Bikers Edge in Kaysville, Utah. This year Bikers Edge celebrates its 20th year anniversary in business and BrainStoke wanted to share how this shop has become one of Utah’s coolest places for cyclists to “invest” their discretionary income. 😎

If you are a loyal listener to BrainStoke you know how we feel about bikes, the sport and the incredible impact getting sweaty pedaling bikes in the sun is for stress coping and mind health.

Get your Daily D.O.S.E. as Zach talks leadership, taking care of customers, the e-bike rise and how he transformed himself near personal burnout to a renewed stoke for cycling and self-care which refueled how he led Bikers Edge through COVID. 

Zach is the epitome of struggle & stoke! 

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Dr. Julie de Azevedo Hanks has a track record of leaning into the “hard” to find the “flow”. 
She’s had a successful singer-songwriter career and continues to raise the bar in the mental health space with her clinical work through Wasatch Family Therapy and ‘Dr.Julie Hanks’ coaching and consulting business.
Dr. Hanks passion and compassion for women and Mothers and the struggles they uniquely face is inspiring and timely for this generation. 
Get your Daily D.O.S.E. With Dr. Julie Hanks!

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Clair Mellenthin LCSW & RPT - S is a world renowned therapist and social worker that knows a thing or two about parenting and child therapy. She has traveled the world teaching individuals and different populations about play therapy and its positive effect on children and parents. Tom and Clair talk about the importance of parents and guiding through example for older children as well as the effect our own stress can have on our children. Clair's thoughts on the culture of parenting and relieving the pressure on parents and children to achieve and be perfect is a message that all need to hear!

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World renowned photographer and high school cheerleader Adam Barker joins BrainStoke and talks about entrepreneurship, his love/hate relationship with perfectionism, and what it takes to be a man or woman on a mission to success. He talks about his background in the outdoor media space and his time as a successful photographer and his passion for media and for his new venture Bolt - Skin and Shave. They talk men's health and the stigma behind men shaving their legs and why it's ok to admit to your partner and the world that it feels good! This is a must listen for entrepreneurs and free-lancers looking for advice and getting to learn from one of the best!

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Preston and Tom talk with Sara and Tyler Judkins about their Lancer roots and Preston's questionable power plays in high school. Tyler talks about his motorcycle accident that left him immobile for many months and his struggle to walk again. Sara talks about her faith, and experience leading up to the accident and the aftermath. They touch on their awesome sons and their support through it all. 

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Chad Willardson is an accomplished entrepreneur and philanthropist. He talks Preston and Tom through his early struggles with rejection and doors closed in his face, to giving talks on his business success and holistic approach to mental health in the business world. He touches on his unique parenting style in the modern age of social media and technology. This is a must listen for young and old professionals and parents alike.

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Tom and Preston sit down with Curtis Morley, a recovering "Nice Guy" and talk to him about his philosophy and revolutionary courses about Counterfeit Emotions. Curtis touches on his life experience with pain and misery and the joy that can come from reframing pain. Curtis is a Wall Street Journal best seller, successful entrepreneur and focuses his time on his family and not being nice, but being kind.

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Stacey Davies sits down with Preston and Tom and talks about her upbringing, love for a good set of rules and her relationship with her late husband. She talks about her traumatic experience of abuse and domestic violence. She touches on the warning signs of abuse and grooming, as well as her unique care philosophy and ability to sit in the hard times with others struggling.

Please be advised this episode contains themes of emotional, physical, sexual, verbal abuse. As well as themes of rape, grooming, trauma, suicide, and other abusive and manipulative tendencies. 

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Through the struggles of ADHD and Anxiety to the stoke of success and leading businesses, Adam and Andrea Beckstrom know what it means to be resilient. They are owners in LÉVO a mind care company and are experts in their respective fields... it wasn't always that way though. Listen to them talk through their mental health journey as well as the setbacks, heartaches, and challenges that have made them the amazing professionals and parents they are!

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Tom and Preston sit down with Blair Perkes, Joe Hansen and Hite Stromberg, the first three individuals on the BrainStoke Ambassador team. They talk motivation behind the program, their initial thoughts, and they share a little bit about what each of them are going to share in the future. They talk about the team camp experience, and the importance of having other teammates that depend and count on you and lift you up. It's all here and hilariously powered by Veyo pie sugar and MTN OPS tiger's blood flavored Ignite!

PSA: Tom's and Preston's mics malfunctioned. Sorry for the blown out audio at times.