The ProTalk Podcast

Dr. Matt Seeley, PhD, shares why biomechanics is applicable to everyone and during all activities. He discusses the mission behind the Strong Youth Project (BYU) and how they are effectively improving sports for youth and all other shareholders. We also have a great conversation about trail running, overcoming challenges with faith and the importance of our rising generation.

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Resources referenced during this episode:

- Strong Youth Project, BYU

- SYP YouTube Channel

- SYP Spotify & SYP Apple Podcasts

- Range: Why Generalists Succeed in a Specialized World

- Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain - SYP Instagram

- ProTalk Instagram

Parker reflects on some of the recent changes in his life and how it initiated some thoughts on stress perception and mindset. He summarizes some studies pertaining to different outcomes based on perception and mindset, and provides some personal takeaways.

Sources referenced during the episode:

- Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

- Your Powerful, Changeable Mindset

- Mind-Set Matters: Exercise and the Placebo Effect

- Mind Over Milkshakes: Mindsets, Not Just Nutrients, Determine Ghrelin Response

- Does the Perception that Stress Affects Health Matter? The Association with Health and Mortality

- ⁠Undeniable: How To Reach The Top And Stay There⁠

Dr. Travis Bomengen, MD, discusses how his career path landed himself practicing medicine in a rural area of Wyoming. He shares his experiences as a full scope family physician and the joy that comes from having meaningful relationships with the patients he cares for. We also discuss the urgency of the rural health gap and how it is affecting maternal health.

Jenet Erickson, PhD, discusses the importance of family relationships and how prioritizing families increases joy and improves societal outcomes. She teaches about the challenges that men and women are facing today and their separate roles in both marriage and as parents. Finally, she offers her perspective on how politicized topics such as childcare and abortion should be approached with the family as the ultimate priority.

Resources referenced during this episode:

- Dr. Jenet Erickson BYU Speech

- The Anxious Generation, Jonathan Haidt

- Harvard Study of Adult Development

- The Two Parent Privilege, Melissa Kearney

- Get Married, Brad Wilcox

- ProTalk Instagram

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Dr. Ty Hopkins, PhD, ATC — professor and chair of the department of Exercise Science at BYU, discusses his expertise in neuromechanics, joint stability and some potential modifiers to improve joint reflexes. He also discusses his love for endurance biking and his experience in riding the Tour Divide, a 2700 mile bike ride from Canada to the Mexican Border.

Resources referenced during the episode:

- Dr. Ty Hopkins' Publications

- Lessons on Endurance

- Cycling West Magazine Article

- The Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter

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Dr. AJ Weinhold, MD — Director of Rural Programs and the Wilderness & Austere Medicine Fellowship at the Idaho State University Family Medicine Residency shares her journey from medical school to becoming a leader in rural and wilderness medicine. We discuss what it takes to train physicians for the most remote and underserved areas, the challenges and rewards of rural healthcare, and how wilderness medicine shapes clinical resilience.

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Dr. Megan Quintana, MD, shares some of the experiences she's had as a trauma surgeon. She discusses her motivations in choosing trauma surgery, how her training translates into her day-to-day and some landmark cases that left an impact.

**Surgical images are used as a demonstration. Viewer discretion is advised.**

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Dr. Landon Trost, MD, describes his work as a urologist who is also specialized in andrology and male infertility. He also answers our questions about his current work which focuses on treating and researching conditions of the male reproductive system.

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Ben Peterson, co-owner of KNAFS with his wife Athena, discusses his path to entrepreneurship and the field of pocket knives. He offers a holistic perspective in approaching life's challenges and pursuing one's passion.

Resources referenced during this episode:

- KNAFS' knife collection

- KNAFS' latest project

- Ben's Favorite Video

- KNAFS Instagram

- Ben's Instagram

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Dr. Bobby Low PhD, EdSp, walks us through the factors that make up mental performance and it's importance in sport, the workplace and just life in general. He also provides some actionable items that one could take to develop their own mental performance and improve their outlook on life.

Resources referenced during this episode:

-The Fearless Mind by Dr. Craig Manning

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