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Perpetua is an executive coach, mentor and psychologist. She received her Doctorate in clinical psychology from the prestigious UCL and a Masters from Cambridge. She works mostly with high achieving women helping them become who they can they truly are to be effective leaders in the world. That said her advice and teachings are for all.
Whether helping them through toxic relationships, panic attacks and just feeling like they don’t have time for themselves, she guides people to how to blossom in their jobs and relationships by learning to love and honor themselves.
On top of that she writes for The Huffington Post, MindBodyGreen and Thrive Global. Her work has been translated into 21 languages.
In this podcast we talk about :
How she dealt with her own panic attacks led to helping use the same approach with her clients. How she came to learn what’s ‘good enough’ and that it doesn’t have to be perfection. How not to feel like you have to over perform in every area of your life. Her journey of learning to rest and not feeling guilty over it. How to move forward by letting go of your old stories you have of yourself.She‘s a remarkable coach and teacher we all could use.
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Decades ago Dave Phillips accomplished some epic endurance events, like skiing 83 hours continuously to water skiing over 2000 km with a buddy. These intense and painful physical feats were performed to help raise money and awareness for some notable causes, like cystic fibrosis. Little did he know, another benefit would come from those events.
The gift would be Dave’s clear understanding of what purpose in life should be that day forward.
From there it’s full speed ahead, living out of that purpose and helping people do the same. He’s a mentor, coach, motivational speaker, columnist and author of the book - 3 Big Questions
In this book and in his words you’ll hear in this podcast, Dave encourages people to care about standing up to be a person of virtue, purpose and meaning. In doing so he believes people will live a more satisfying and expansive life.
In this podcast Dave also touches on:
Why retirement is a bogus concept. Why you should choose to step up in life with courage. How to avoid shrinking back into comfort is a dead end in life. How to finding meaning in your life beyond all material goals. How to become happy and satisfied in you life.Please listen. There is a ton of meaty subject matter in my conversation with Dave to keep you engrossed.
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Jamie Moyer had a dream like career in Major league Baseball.
As a starting pitcher he spent 25 years in the Big Leagues and played on 9 different teams. By the end of his career he had amassed 269 wins and an ERA of 4.25. A rare and remarkable achievement.
But I believe his biggest most lofty accomplishment was his breaking the ML record for being the oldest player to win a game as a starter at the age of 49.
In 2015 he was inducted into the Mariner Hall of Fame to add to his resume. Though Jamie didn’t possess a blinding fast ball as many of his successful contemporaries did, he did possess many other success building assets.
Jamie was as smart a pitcher as ever there ever was which was realized by endless preparation before each game. His consistent studying the opposing hitters before each game was part of his game plan.
His work ethic was second to none as he took great pride in making sure he was ready for each start, physically and mentally.
Listen in and I’m sure you will come away with a couple of insightful tips you can apply in any area of your life.
In this episode Jamie touches on :
How paying attention to his body helped him have a longer career What it took to become the oldest pitcher to win a Major league game His insights on overtraining and how it can lead to injury and keeping you out of the game. How spending time preparing for games ( or any life event ) is a cornerstone of success. How to use your mind to guide your to your goals -
This week I talk with Lindsey Wilson, a dynamic and passionate mental training coach and principal of Positive Performance. She consuls athletic teams, individual athletes and organizations how go beyond their mental roadblocks to become who they can be.
I first met Lindsey years ago as a teenager who was driven to be her best physically for her beloved sport of basketball. In that first encounter I knew she was and would be a force to be reckoned with in the future. I was right.
After a stellar career playing basketball at Iowa State in which she earned honorable mention as an All American among other prestigious awards, she was drafted by the WNBA Connecticut Sun and then played another 8 years abroad in Europe and the Middle East. By many coaches she was described as “relentless” in her on the court play.
Today she’s still relentless and driven to help those who wish to go beyond their minds and preconceived ideas of who they can become.
If you want to become better and learn her mental techniques to reach the next level of performance and ultimate potential please listen to this podcast with Lindsey Wilson.
You won’t regret it.
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On Thursday August 3, 2017, Antonio Arguelles completed the Northern channel swim from Northern Ireland to Scotland. This was his 7th and last channel swim to complete the Oceans Seven: the 7 hardest channel swims in the world. The equivalent in the climbing world is summiting the 7 peaks over 8000m. In this his final swim of 21 miles in 55 degree waters, eating steamed potatoes every 30 minutes while he treaded water he finally reached his goal over 13 hours later.
With the 7th channel swim complete, his named was emblazoned on a very short list of people who had reached this goal. Number 7th to ever swim the Oceans Seven, first Latin American, and most impressively - the oldest at 58 years old.
In this episode Antonio shares a wealth of knowledge, insights and motivation. We touch on:
His mental training techniques which kept him going in the water during the tough times. The importance of a holistic dry land training program to swimming further How Tai chi and Qigong helped altered his mind body connection. His most important reasons he wants to stay fit today. -
I had a bromance with Sean the moment I met him. Talented, present and passionate but most of all I was drawn to his energy and ethos of life. He lives his life with a central mantra in mind : help people become their best and most authentic selves.
As a Life Coach he guides people to go beyond preconceived ideas of who they are and discover their highest and happiest selves. As an entrepreneur he created Float Seattle and Bellevue 5 years ago. Float offers sensory deprivation tanks where you literally float in salt infused water. The benefits of stress relief, pain relief and a meditative time out from our busy lives.
I think of Float as being another offering fully in alignment with Sean’s vision of offering people ways to live a richer fuller life.
In the podcast Sean touches on :
His beliefs on the life changing benefits of meditation His daily practice of weaving in downtime to get more done and becoming better in all you do. Why it’s a mistake to glorify being busy. How to maintain and optimize your ‘temple’ body. His secret to how to kick ass every day -
Any time I get hang out with Dan Wilson, or Dan the Man, as his former Seattle Mariner teammates would call him, It’s a super stoked day for me. Dan spent 11 years with the Seattle Mariners as their All Star catcher and by the time he retired in 2005 he could claim a total of 13 years in the big leagues. For the last 4 years Dan has worked as a roving coach for the catchers on Mariners minor league teams. But more recently the major league players are his students as well.
Voted into the Mariners Hall of fame in 2012. Dan today is still one of the all time sports star icons in the history of Seattle not just because of sports but because of who he is as a person and the goodness he has given to the community.
In this podcast Dan shares:
The key teachings he received from his mentors and how they guided him into reaching ever higher levels of physical performance. His method today for teaching young players how to reach their physical and mental potential. ( applicable to all btw ) How he deals with injuries and setbacks The notable attributes of players like Edgar Martinez and Ken Griffey Jr with whom he played with And a whole lot more! -
I’ve known Jeff since the early 90s when he owned a studio in Seattle called Inside Moves. It was home to one of his passions, Aikido, in which he was very accomplished, yoga classes, as well as his work as Feldenkrais practitioner. And as soon found out, a very gifted one at that. Jeff’s role as a teacher has had a tremendous impact on my understanding of human movement, and how I work with people today. I only wish I knew him during my own career as an athlete.
In his words “Every day I am enriched by helping my clients to discover their own implicit ability to learn; helping them refine their own function, and enhancing the quality of their lives in ways that are simple yet profound.”
He studied with Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais directly, and in 1983, founded Inside Moves. He has a successful and fulfilling private practice working with a wide variety of clients ranging from those with severe disabilities to martial artists, dancers, rock climbers, PGA golfers and NHL hockey players.
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Dr. Robert Schoene, aka Brownie, is a man of many talents and a vast reservoir of knowledge. Professionally, he teaches students, residents, fellows in training, athletes, and patients with heart and lung disease the importance of understanding exercise physiology in improving their own lives. A wealth of knowledge and experience which will leave listeners of this Life Athlete podcast are in for a real treat.
An avid and gifted athlete, he played football at Princeton, climbed Mt. Everest (to the 24K foot level) as part of a high altitude research expedition, and being the aerobic animal he is, he’s run a sub 3 hour marathon.
In this podcast Brownie gives his take on:
The effects of aging on cardiovascular capacity and how we can stay aerobically fit no matter what. Debunking myths and BS about current fitness trends. you can improve strength and cardiovascular in your 50, 60s just like you could in your 30s. What's the most efficient way to increase your anaerobic threshold. How to get the most out of interval training without over training.Enjoy!
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Mark Langston, a 4-time All-Star pitcher and 7-time Gold Glove winner, played the game he loved for 16 years with the Seattle Mariners, California Angels, Montreal Expos, San Diego Padres and the Cleveland Indians . Mark and I first crossed paths when we both employed by the Seattle Mariners. I was the strength and conditioning coach. He a starting pitcher. At a time in baseball's history where weight training or any kind of training was generally frowned upon, Mark was like a sponge. He was all in from the beginning, wanting to learn and become the best he could be. That determined attitude undoubtedly resulted in his long and distinguished career.
Today he’s still in game of baseball as a color commentator for the Los Angeles Angels broadcast network. Though his years as a dominant lefty on the mound are behind him, he’s still as passionate about exploring the cutting edge of staying healthy, vital and being the best he can be.
Mark and I touch on a ton of topics in this podcast including :
His experimenting with stem cell therapy for his knee Maintaining a positive and curious attitude no matter what How be believes you should always be striving to be the best His passion around lifelong learning from others who have been there. How he mentally deals with the aging body -
Gregg Bleakney has a story that’s worth listening to. Why? Because his life thus far, has never about playing it safe and staying inside the box. Gregg is man of high passion for creating a life steeped in purpose, expansion and internal integrity. When you hear his tale you will definitely see he has not taking the road most taken. Just the opposite.
Today Gregg lives mostly in Colombia where a runs Where Next growing agency whose sole focus is to help other tell their stories. Using visual imagery and adept writing, he creates unique ways for businesses to tell the world who they are by sharing their deepest passions.
From a gifted triple jumper in track and field, at the University of Oregon, our shared alma mater, to an injury which cut short his career his story just continues to thicken. After a few years he gives up a job in the tech world and follows his gut, bought a bike and over two years he would ride from the top of the world - Alaska to the tip of South America. A remarkable, rich journey filled with self discovery, self doubt, he lands where he is today: Living a life he never thought he would and vastly more authentic. A story of making gut decisions, following your heart, self inspiration, learning through travel and a lot more. Don’t miss this one.
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Tyson Schoene grew up in a climbing family in Seattle. He is a lifelong athlete who spends much of his time in the mountains and running trails around the northwest. He currently runs the 5-Time National Champion Vertical World climbing team. For the last 16 years at Vertical World Tyson has produced over a dozen individual national champions, dozens of national team members along with yearly regional and divisional titles.
Tyson has also been on the coaching staff for the US national team since 2005 and travels throughout the world for youth world championships and World Cup events. Tyson’s energized and passionate thoughts on coaching, life and how to be in your body are insightful and invigorating. He’s a breath of fresh air in his approach to teaching his tribe, and all of us, how to find the easiest way to perform at higher level of physically, avoiding injury with a less is more philosophy, and how he applies these to his own body and life.
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This week I sit down with Garth Stein, New York Times bestseller and author of Racing in the Rain. I read Racing in the Rain, and not only enjoyed it but it spoke to me on a deeper level. The main character in the book Is Enzo, a dog. Enzo’s reflections, insights and wisdom brought to life in his narrative and quotes hit me square in the chest. Enzo and the writer behind the character got me thinking… and few books do.
I introduced myself and said I was a fan of his book. Though he’d heard that a million times before, he didn’t roll his eyes. Now years later we continue to discuss, ponder and share thoughts around writing, sport , life and the threads that run through them all.
Topics include :
The philosophies and Metaphors for life through the eyes of Enzo (17:20), realizing and moving beyond our habitual patterns which get in our way (19:35), how to not outsource our responsibilities to ourselves (21:35), Garth take on why people are reluctant to take care of themselves and ways to become more successful at doing so (23:40), gracefully moving beyond frustration and anger (26:20), similarities between writing, sports and life - the art vs the craft (30:20), a glimpse of Garth’s next book (41:30), Garth’s mantra for the best way to compete (46:39), Garth’s workout program today and how he finds sustainability (50:20), how do we trust what our body is telling us. Are we lazy or just paying attention? (56:05)
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Tay and Val are two gifted women started a journey a few years ago to travel by bike around the world spreading their message of “Living your Dream”. During their travels, little did they know it, the universe would connect them with many insightful and profound teachers which would shape them into who they are today. With compassion, passion and a clear intention, they came to Seattle to introduce the masses to the experience, practice and benefits of meditation.
Through “pop up” meditations sessions in the heart of Seattle, during various times of the day and with different themes: connecting meditation with drinking shots of juice, or wine tasting, among other themes, the founders of M Meditation, present a vivid, powerful and simple exploration into meditation and the effects it can have on one’s life.
Accessible and approachable and in a time much needed, Tay and Val bring meditation to the masses in a way that I whole heartily recommend.
Topics include: How meditation helped with the pressures of school as a teenager (13:57), the greatest value meditation had on Val - today and years ago (16:58), Tay’s first meditation revelation (21:12), “Who am I really? And how do I define myself?” (22:01), their journey around the world spreading their message of having people “Live their Dream” (23:30), how they meditated with a Native-American teacher and what happened (25:09), how their journey on bikes around the world shaped them (27:51), the “AH-HA” moment that came from sitting (meditation) (28:39), their Mission to Inspire people (29:50), the importance of staying true to yourself and staying strong in your power (30:42), Giving yourself permission to sleep (49:00), Honoring your body and finding joy and fun in it (50:45), Trusting and and appreciating your body and being grateful for what it can do (53:02).
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Ginny Gilder is a two time Olympian in rowing, co-owner of the WNBA Seattle Storm basketball team as well as an entrepreneur, author of Course Correction: A Story of Rowing and Resilience in the Wake of Title IX and a leader in the fight for women’s rights. As a member of the 1980 Olympic team, she and 600+ other Olympians had to sit out because of the boycott implemented by President Carter. A huge bummer to all the athletes who had worked so hard to make that prodigious team.
But most of all, she’s a woman who possesses an immense amount of wisdom by way of self reflection and a dedication to self growth. She and Peter discuss a lot of topics that include personal wake-up calls (8:50), how she learned to pay attention to her body (9:27), how to challenge your hyper critical internal voices (19:25), how she deals with her present physical state being different from the past (29:55), tips on how to look at the big picture of being physically active and fit (31:40), her passion and and main focus when it comes to excelling in business (40:50), how to feel more engaged in life (44:53), doing what we “should” to do vs following our hearts (48:23), and how she deals with her mental struggle around the value of what she has to say and write about (52:10).
Enjoy!
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Welcome to the Life Athlete podcast. Our guest today is Elia Mrak. He performs, directs, teaches and dedicates himself to the power of dance. His practice fuses Breakdancing, Qigong, Flying Low and the sacred ritual of dance.
He has performed, taught, and directed throughout the last decade-plus of working in Europe, Central/South America, and the United States. He has designed and led workshops that are aimed at making movement and dance accessible to all types of people, to help with injuries, healing, health, fitness, and inspiration. He has recently launched his own organization that places dance and movement at the forefront of social change through art, health, and community. It is called aMovementMovement.
In this episode we discus a wide range of topics including: How parents can play a role in their kids desire to dance (10:18), why dance is a way of living for him (15:01), how can we be free when we run or move (17:25), he purpose of exercising (19:29) how to not outsource your intuition for your health (21:49), being willing to listen to your body (26:47), why we all need coaches (33:28), why is rest important (35:41), not exercising to soreness (41:28), and our body being a medium for happiness (57:02)
