The Sonya Looney Show

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Pro Mountain Biker, Plant-Based Athlete, and World Endurance Champion, Sonya Looney interviews inspiring leaders about vegan & plant-based nutrition, cycling and endurance training, mountain bike tips, sports psychology, adventure travel, mindset, personal development, and entrepreneurship to help you unlock the best and healthiest version of yourself. Find out more at: www.sonyalooney.com

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How to Finally Make Behavio...

06.24.2022

Michelle Segar is the director of the University of Michigan’s Sports, Health, and Activity Research and Policy Center, adviser to the Department of Health and Human Services, and chair of the United States National Physical Activity Plan’s Communication Committee, and ...

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06.24.2022 How to Finally Make Behavior Change Work for You with PhD Michelle Segar Michelle Segar is the director of the University of Michigan’s Sports, Health, and Activity Research and Policy Center, adviser to the Department of Health and Human Services, and chair of the United States National Physical Activity Plan’s Communication Committee, and ...
06.17.2022 All About Coaching Masters Athletes with Coach Frank Overton Frank Overton is a full time cycling coach and a USA Cycling Level 1 coach since 2006. He founded FasCat Coaching in 2002 to live out his dream to help cyclists. He focuses primarily on masters road, gravel, fondo, time ...
06.09.2022 Talking Resilience with Leadership Coach Jamie Cohen On this week’s podcast, Sonya sat down with Jamie Mason Cohen, a resilience and leadership development expert. A Canadian native, Certified Leadership Coach, and a work history that includes Saturday Night Live, Jamie teaches resilience, wellness, leadership and communication to ...
06.04.2022 Look There, Go There - Why Your Focus Matters Focus on what you can do, not what you can't. Look there, go there. Where focus goes, energy flows. Perhaps you've heard one or all of those phrases. Our thoughts and emotions generate our perspective and life experience. What we ...
05.27.2022 Behind the Adventure Stache: Professional Cyclist Payson McElveen Payson McElveen is not your traditional professional mountain biker. After cycling at Fort Lewis College and becoming a two-time Marathon National Champion, Payson decided to focus more on longer events, instead of the traditional World Cup racing and pursuit of ...
05.21.2022 6 Things I've Learned from 5 Years of Podcasting Wow, I can't believe I've had the privilege of doing this podcast for 5 years! Today is the 300th episode! Initially, I was going to do a mash-up of my favorite episodes. That is still coming. Instead, I decided to ...
05.13.2022 How to Be Honest with Yourself to Get Unstuck with Britt Frank Britt Frank - therapist, teacher, speaker, and trauma specialist - focuses her work on helping others who feel stuck. Her life’s work developed out of a history of drug addiction, love addiction, borderline personality disorder, depression, an eating disorder and ...
05.06.2022 What to Do if You're Struggling Sometimes life can feel hard and overwhelming. Big life changes often cause discomfort and stress, but out of it comes growth. Growth is something most of us want, but it's normally not something that feels good all the time. With ...
04.28.2022 Closing the Gender Gap in Sports Research with Emily Kraus, MD and Megan Roche, MD This week’s podcast features a discussion with Stanford Female Athlete Science And Translational Research (FASTR) Program Director Dr. Emily Kraus and Lead Researcher Dr. Megan Roche. The FASTR program seeks to help close the gender gap in sports science research ...
04.22.2022 The World's Toughest Running Feats Fueled by Veganism with 4x Guinness Book of World Records Holder Fiona Oakes Fiona Oakes is an elite marathon runner, who has completed over 100 marathons and finished in the top 20 in two of the world’s Major Marathon series, winning the Main Start and placing in the top 20 in the Great ...
04.14.2022 The Keys to Transformation with Bob Doyle Bob Doyle is a law of attraction expert and coach. The law of attraction is a belief that positive or negative thoughts bring positive or negative experiences into a person's life. He focuses heavily on helping people decide who they ...
04.07.2022 A Life-Threatening Fall and the Resilience of Trail Runner Hillary Allen In 2017, Hillary Allen experienced a life threatening accident that had the potential to completely derail her career as an endurance athlete. She fell 150 feet off a ridge-line during a race in Norway. With 14 broken bones, she was ...
03.31.2022 The Importance of Small Wins Small wins are possibly one of the most important aspects of progress, motivation, and confidence in our lives that are overlooked. The reality is that they are the building blocks, the steps, the brush strokes to building a masterpiece. No ...
03.24.2022 Iron Cowboy James Lawrence: What It Takes to Do 101 Iron-Distance Triathlons in Consecutive Days James Lawrence, also known as the Iron Cowboy, is a mindset and fitness coach, best known for testing his mental and physical limits. In 2021, James set out to complete 100 Ironman-distance triathlons in 100 days. He ended up doing ...
03.17.2022 The Mindfulness of Cycling with Olympian Haley Smith Cycling has been a lifeline for Haley Smith. Haley, a top professional cyclist, competed in the cross-country event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, winning the bronze medal, and was named to the 2020 Canadian Olympic team and competed in the ...
03.10.2022 Healthy Striving and Psychological Flexibility with Dr. Diana Hill Dr. Diana Hill focuses on ACT - Acceptance and Commitment Therapy - and specializes in evidence-based and compassion-focused approaches. Diana started as a biopsychology major and also practiced yoga and mindfulness to manage her struggles with anxiety and eating. After ...
03.04.2022 Understanding Impostor Syndrome and How to Deal with It Impostor Syndrome - you've heard of it. You've probably felt it. It happens when we discount our ability in a certain area or areas, despite obvious evidence to the contrary. For example, I've been World Champion. I've won major races ...
02.25.2022 The Four Tendencies with Gretchen Rubin Gretchen Rubin has a knack for taking a huge amount of information and making it clear and relatable for the masses. Her focus is happiness and human nature and has several bestselling books, including The Happiness Project and The Four ...
02.18.2022 Lifestyle Medicine and Cardiovascular Health with Dr. Brian Asbill Brian Asbill, MD, board certified in Cardiovascular Diseases and Clinical Lipidology, had a career defining moment back in 2013 (he’ll talk about this during the podcast). One of his patients, who had already survived two open heart surgeries and was ...
02.11.2022 The Role of Anger in Fierce Self-Compassion with Dr. Kristin Neff Today, you'll learn the difference between fierce self-compassion and tender self-compassion. In 2017, I had the opportunity to sit down with Dr. Kristin Neff to talk about her book “Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself,” and the ...
02.04.2022 Having Courage, Marital Satisfaction, and Parenting a Toddler with My Husband and I Our family made a lot of changes in the last year to our lives. We moved to an entirely new town, bought a house, changed our work environment, got pregnant with our second child, and we are raising a sweet ...
01.28.2022 Data-Driven Parenting with Emily Oster Emily Oster tells it like it is. The Professor of Economics at Brown University is known for her books that take a data-driven approach to pregnancy and parenting. Wondering what’s behind the sushi rule during pregnancy or how much coffee ...
01.20.2022 Vegan Health with VeganProtein's Dani and Giacomo Dani Taylor and Giacomo are vegan bodybuilders. Sounds a little bit like an oxymoron, right? But these two married athletes are amazing examples for how you can be plant-based, strong, and champions. In this podcast, Dani, Taylor and Sonya sat ...
01.14.2022 How To Create Lasting Change with Behavioral Scientist Katy Milkman In this week’s podcast, Sonya sat down with Katy Milkman, a professor at The Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, as well as Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine, to discuss behavior sciences, behavior change, setting goals, and ...
01.07.2022 How to Overcome Excuses and Have More Follow Through Excuses can show up in several forms, especially when it comes to following through with goals and commitments. The biggest excuse often comes in the form of procrastination. We say we will do something later and then we never do ...
12.31.2021 The Ultimate Guide to Goal Setting We all have ideas of what we want our life to look like. It could be something like weight loss, improving speed on the bike or running, or even cooking more at home. When you set those goals, how do ...
12.24.2021 The Tao of Sport with Olympic Gold Medalist Duff Gibson Imagine rocketing head and face-first down a frozen track around 80 miles per hour with the rapidly moving ground just inches from your face. Well, that sport is called Skeleton and Duff Gibson won a gold medal in the 2006 ...
12.17.2021 Cass Warbeck: Plant-Based Muay Thai Champion to Medical Student Muay Thai is a martial art and combat sport that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques, and being plant-based has been a gamechanger for Cass Warbeck. Cass Warbeck started training martial arts at the age of 11 and ...
12.09.2021 It's Never Too Late to Start with 51-Year-Old Ultrarunner Ian Morgan "It's too late for me. I'm too old to start." Have you ever used these excuses are barriers? Meet Ian Morgan, an ultrarunner who is crushing it in his 50s. And guess what? He didn't even start on this journey ...
12.03.2021 Are You Placing Happiness in the Future and Wishing Time Away? Have you ever noticed that when you get close to the end of something hard, you wish you were at the finish line? I notice this feeling the most in a mountain bike race. It doesn't matter how long the ...
11.26.2021 Authenticity and Managing Pressure with Pro Cyclist Sarah Sturm Sarah Sturm is a cyclist who can't be grouped into a specific category of cycling. Although you might know her bright smile and speedy results from gravel, she is a 2x Singlespeed Cyclocross National Champion, a podium finisher at the ...
11.18.2021 How to Stay Grounded while Striving for More with Brad Stulberg Most of us try to balance the act of doing and the feeling of being in our lives. We ask ourselves questions like, "How can I work hard and have success without burning out? What do I need to do ...
11.12.2021 How Getting Plant-Curious Changes Lives with Planted Expo's Stevan Mirkovich Sonya has been committed to a plant-based diet for almost a decade. Her interest in and passion for the benefits of plant-based eating has led her to connect to those equally committed to the space. Cue this week’s episode with ...
11.05.2021 All About My Second Pregnancy at 20 Weeks This week, Sonya gets personal and talks about all the details of her second pregnancy. She shares her experience from the first 20 weeks and some of the lessons she learned from her first pregnancy with her son. Key Takeaways: ...
10.28.2021 Motivation and Inspiration with Runner and Podcast Host Lindsey Hein After first connecting on Twitter, Sonya was interviewed on Lindsey Hein’s podcast “I’ll Have Another with Lindsey Hein,” where she talks with motivating and inspiring runners. Lindsey aims to inspire and refresh listeners in her conversations with runners of all ...
10.22.2021 How to Build Confidence and Self-Belief with Dre Baldwin Dre Baldwin went from playing NCAA D3 basketball to a nine-year basketball pro. His path to the highest level fo the sport required a level of discipline and toughness that drove him to build his “Work On Your Game” brand ...
10.15.2021 Refuting The Motherhood Penalty with &Mother's Molly Dickens It IS possible to thrive in motherhood and your career! This is the message that Molly Dickens, co-founder of &Mother; actively promotes. &Mother;’s vision is a culture where motherhood is not a limiting factor in how women succeed professionally or ...
10.08.2021 The Key to Peak Performance I've spent well over a decade focusing on peak performance- both athletically in my quest to become one of the world's best endurance mountain bikers, but also in business and brainpower. I used to think the key to peak performance ...
10.01.2021 Get Your Sports Nutrition Dialed + Biomarkers with Stevie Lyn Smith, RD As an endurance athlete, nutrition is a critical piece of success. In this week’s podcast, Sonya sat down with Stevie Lyn Smith, a Registered Dietitian and avid endurance athlete, to talk all things sports nutrition. Stevie Lyn is a sports ...
09.24.2021 Tackling Enjoyment Over Achievement with Tina Muir What happens when you start running for fun instead of a finish line? In this week’s podcast, Sonya sat down with Tina Muir, CEO of Running for Real, an incredible podcast and the largest global community of socially engaged runners, ...
09.17.2021 Getting Vulnerable with Mindset Coach Polly Bateman Mindset and performance coach Polly Bateman works with clients to recognize negative patterns in behavior and barriers they reinforce for themselves. By facilitating a shift in mindset, Polly helps her clients progress in life to become more fulfilled and happy. ...
09.10.2021 Becoming a New Mom and Mountain Bike Racing with Catharine Pendrel Catharine Pendrel, a three-time Olympian and 2016 Bronze medalist mountain biker, became a new mom this year. In this episode, Sonya and Catharine discuss training during pregnancy, process-oriented goals, overcoming adversity during the pandemic, and more. Pendrel grew up riding ...
09.02.2021 Using Stress as Positive Fuel for Your Mind and Body How do you feel in your body when you hear the word stress? I'll give you a second to tune in. We spend so much time trying to avoid stress, but what would happen if we leaned into it? What ...
08.27.2021 How to Stay Safe During Outdoor Adventures with AdventureSmart's Executive Director Sandra Riches Experiencing the outdoors in Canada is a must. The gorgeous landscape is prime for all kinds of outdoor activities. But the terrain can be tricky, so It’s important to make sure you’re informed, aware and safe when enjoying nature. That’s ...
08.20.2021 Subtracting with Professor Leidy Klotz Leidy Klotz is a professor at the University of Virginia, studying how we transform things from how they are to how we want them to be. He co-founded and co-directs the Convergent Behavioral Science Initiative (CBSI) at the University of ...
08.13.2021 Lifestyle Medicine with Endurance Athlete and Physician Dr. Melissa Sundermann Have you heard of Lifestyle Medicine before? Lifestyle Medicine focuses on chronic disease prevention and possibly chronic disease reversal - things like high blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes. Lifestyle medicine uses six pillars in order to help patients and ...
08.06.2021 6 Ways to Overcome Negative Thoughts by Identifying the Negativity Bias Picture this- you just gave a presentation on a topic you're proud of... the hours of preparation and practice that went into creating the presentation, the nerves you had to overcome to stand up and actually give the presentation, and ...
07.30.2021 How to Up Your Game and Training Plan with Sufferfest Coach Neal Henderson Neal Henderson doesn’t believe FTP-based workouts are enough to train effectively. So what should you do instead? Coach Neal relies on 4-D Power. Want to learn more about what this looks like? Take a listen to this podcast! Neal Henderson ...
07.22.2021 Plant-Based Nutrition and 8020 Plants with CEO Matt Tullman We’re big fans of NoMeatAthlete on this show. Sonya recently had the chance to interview No Meat Athlete Founder Matt Frazier (you can listen here) and this week, she sat down with CEO Matt Tullman. Not only is Matt the ...
07.16.2021 Maximizing Opportunity in Any Situation with Olympian and WorldTour Cyclist Leah Kirchmann How do you prepare for an Olympics thats already been postponed and still surrounded with so much uncertainty? Sonya and Leah tackle that, as well as Leah's path to cycling, confidence, motivation, nutrition and more, in this week's podcast. Leah ...

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