The Mindful Midlife Crisis

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Billy and Brian talk to endurance athlete, personal trainer, and owner of Performance Running Gym Aaron Boike.  

We discuss: 

• Aaron's transition from powerlifter to endurance athlete.
• Why people approaching midlife need to continue prioritizing their health, especially strength training
• What gets in the way of people putting their healthiest foot forward
• What a pre-screening and consultation with a personal trainer looks like
• What we should look for in a personal trainer
• How Aaron encourages people to get moving and put their healthiest foot forward
• Aaron's advice to the running community regarding strength training

Like what you heard from Aaron Boike?  Contact him at:
Website: www.3clickfitness.com & www.performancerungym.com
Instagram: @trainerontherun
Facebook: Performance Running Gym
Email:  [email protected]

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This is the second half of our two-part interview with Kolin Purcell and Anna Schlegel.  Did you miss Part 1?  Go back an episode and get caught up!  Then join us for this episode! 

Billy and Brian talk to yogis, breathwork specialists, yogis, and retreat leaders Kolin Purcell and Anna Schlegel about the breathwork seminar the two of them led while Billy was at the NGor Island Surf Camp in Dakar.  Kolin and Anna discuss: 
--How has re-examining your relationship with your breath changed your standard mode of daily operation?
--It sounds like you’re heading to Ecuador to scout out a location for a mindful co-living/remote working facility.  What’s your vision for this?
--For those out there who work more traditional 9-5 jobs, how can they incorporate some of what you’ve discussed today into their daily lives?

Like what you heard from Kolin and Anna?  Contact them at:
Website: www.flowexplorations.com
Instagram: @anna_b.ram and @flowingwithkolin

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Billy and Brian talk to yogis, breathwork specialists, yogis, and retreat leaders Kolin Purcell and Anna Schlegel about the breathwork seminar the two of them led while Billy was at the NGor Island Surf Camp in Dakar.  Kolin and Anna discuss:  

• Why do you breathe?
• Why is becoming aware of the breath important?
• * breath awareness meditation *
• Autonomic nervous system branches
• Chest vs. belly breathing
• Inhale vs exhale
• Nose breathing vs mouth breathing
• Retentions
• Types of breathwork (Kale, coffee, xanax, LSD)

Kolin and Anna also answer the question, "How has re-examining your relationship with your breath changed your standard mode of daily operation?"

Like what you heard from Kolin and Anna?  Contact them at:
Website: www.flowexplorations.com
Instagram: @anna_b.ram and @flowingwithkolin

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In this week's episode, Billy and Brian ask pediatric operating room nurse and trauma-informed yoga instructor Marie Nutter:
--A lot of our season has focused on reinventing ourselves after facing tragedy or trauma, and your story follows that same script. Can you share with us your journey to healing and reinvention after the death of your twin brother? 
--From that experience came the Human Healing Project, so tell us more about what that is and what your mission/goal is.
--As we mentioned, you work in health care during the day and at night you teach yoga.  You recently launched MN Yoga, and your goal is to teach trauma-informed yoga and meditation classes to health care providers, first responders, veterans among others who battle daily secondary trauma accumulated from enduring a career where you have to disconnect yourself to literally save others.  What is trauma-informed yoga, how does it differ from the yoga we might take at a CorePower, and why do you see a need for this?
--On your web site you say, “I am not an expert in healing, psychology or philosophy. I am, however, a human being who is finding expertise in my lived experience, and who is choosing to turn my own healing project into a universal crusade of love.”  I think that’s a powerful statement because it connects to what we discussed with Jodi Pfarr about understanding one’s experiences.  Tell us more about how your lived experiences are guiding your universal crusade of love.

Like what you heard from Marie Nutter?  Contact her at:
Website: www.humanhealingproject.com or www.mnyoga.org 
Instagram: @humanhealingproject

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TRIGGER WARNING:  This episode discusses suicide and suicidal ideation.  Discretion advised. 

If you or someone you know is struggling with depression or suicidal ideation, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 1-800-273-8255 (TALK)

In this week's episode, Billy and Brian ask Michael Mosher:
--We met through Lecia Fox’s Gentlemen’s Guide to Inner Work, and I distinctly remember seeing how emotional some of the conversations were for you and thinking, “Oh boy, something traumatic has happened in this guy’s life”.  Can you take us through some of that past trauma leading up to our time together in the Inner Work course?  
--So once we started the Inner Work course, it was evident that you were still hurting, and it sounds like you had a relapse shortly following the conclusion of that course.  Can you share what was going on during that specific time period?
--You learned recently that you’ve been living with bipolar disorder.  I’m curious how you learned this, what steps you’ve taken to manage your emotional swings, and what new awareness of self you’ve developed since learning this?
--Like me, you also took a leave from your job and took your own journey.  Tell us how you came to that decision, what that was like asking for that time off and how it was received, and where you went, what you did, and what that experience meant to you.

Like what you heard from Michael Mosher?  Contact him at:
Instagram: @michaelt_mosher

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While Brian celebrates with his colleagues, Billy talks to cancer survivor and host of the Dose of Joy podcast Joy Huber about: 
--Her journey as a cancer survivor
--Learning to "live with joy" while still battling cancer
--How she has reinvented her life or shifted her perspective on life now that she's faced her own mortality?

Like what you heard from Joy Huber?  Contact her at:
Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/doseofjoy?fan_landing=true
Facebook: Dose of Joy Podcast | Facebook
Email:  [email protected]

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In this week's episode, Billy and Brian talk to equity consultant Jodi Pfarr about: 
--The four components of societal systems: individual, organizational, communities, and policies.  
--How societal systems get in the way of our potential.
--The 18 Normalized and Non-Normalized Societal Systems 
--How looking at our own normalizations impact how we view our experiences and how others may view them.
--How her co-author's experiences with pancreatic cancer enhances one’s understanding of what’s presented in this book.
--What she means by "benevolent detachment".  
--Tools we can use that can improve our interactions and lead to more awareness of what’s a normalized experience for some but not normalized for others.

Like what you heard from Jodi Pfarr?  Contact her at:
Website: www.jpfarr.com

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Billy and Brian talk to transformational coach and FINE Is a Four-Letter Word podcast host Lori Saitz about: 

• What values and beliefs were instilled in her growing up and how those evolved into coaching people to say 'f*ck being fine'
• The moment in her life that made her say 'f*ck being fine'?
• The Trilogy of Success within her 'F*ck Being Fine' program.
• The power of gratitude 
• What her experience as a pre-GED and adult literacy teacher taught her about people seeking to reinvent themselves
• What motivates her to continue going to the gym as she navigates midlife and all the commitments and responsibilities that go along with it

Like what you heard from Lori Saitz?  Contact her at:
Website: www.zenrabbit.com
Instagram: @zen_rabbit
Twitter:  @zenrabbit
Facebook: Fine Is a Four-Letter Word Facebook Group

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Billy and Brian talk to the hosts of the Trash the Checklist podcast Dr. Yolanda Holloway and Tiffany Byrd.  We discuss: 

• What they mean by "trash the checklist"
• How they both came to realize that their lives had become too much about crossing off tasks from a "life checklist" 
• The role their professions in education played in pushing them through tasks unconsciously 
• Their take on "gender role checklists"
• What their children taught them about how they've navigated life so far
• What it means to be "the author of your own story"

Like what you heard from Dr. Yolanda and Tiffany?  Contact them at:
Website: Trash the Checklist Podcast
Instagram: @trash_the_checklist_podcast
Facebook: Trash the Checklist Podcast

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In this week's episode, Billy and Brian talk to The Mindful Male podcast host Greg Scheinman.  Greg helps men maximize middle age and achieve a better quality of life.  He’s the host of The Midlife Male podcast & newsletter as well as a performance coach, author, speaker, advisor and investor to brands that help men live better and healthier.   A former entrepreneur greg was founder and CEO of team baby entertainment which he sold to former Disney CEO Michael Eisner.  He was also a partner at Insgroup a large risk management & insurance firm which sold to BRP, a Nasdaq company in 2020.  He competes in the d10 decathlon, hyrox and other adventure challenges annually. He has also been a loving husband to his wife Kate for the last 20 years and the two of them have two teenage boys Auden and Harper.  You can check him out at www.midlifemale.com.   

We discuss: 
--How the loss of his father when Greg was young and the imprisonment of his brother fueled his drive to help middle-aged men live their best lives
--Which experiences and choices from his 20s and 30s shaped who he was back then and how those two decades of experiences have shaped who he is are today 
--How Greg’s Six Fs can help reinvent the midlife male, which one were out of alignment for him, what he did to get them all pointing in the same direction, and which F other men most struggle pointing forward
--How his message also relates to younger men (including his sons) and where he sees resistance from younger men when it comes to taking the necessary steps to align their goals and values
--Why Greg is against the “anti-aging” movement and enjoys “aging well”

Like what you heard from Greg Scheinman?  Contact him at:
Website: www.midlifemale.com
Instagram: @gregscheinman
Email: [email protected]

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