In Effort There is Joy
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"We are all broken in some way, and learning to give ourselves grace in all of that brokenness wherever we are is the beauty of endurance sport. It breaks us down to our core parts, lets us explore them core parts and then builds them back up the way we want them to be. As we handle ourselves with a little more patience and a little more humility. And that's how we find greater and greater mountains to climb and finish lines and summits." -Colleen Rue In this episode, we explore four people's stories before, during, and after 29029—an endurance event where you have 36 hours to climb 29029...
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Jeff Browning | Inside the Mindset of a Two-Decade Ultra Marathon Champion
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It was an honor to spend time with Jeff Browning, known in the ultrarunning industry as bronco billy. He is a pioneer in the sport and has finished over 100 ultra marathons in his twenty-year career, with 25 career ultra wins (17 of those in 100 milers). A few weeks ago, he won the Moab 240-mile ultra at the age of 51. Jeff is also an endurance coach, ultra athlete, husband and father of three kids. In this conversation, we discussed mindset, how to control your emotions when things get challenging, the importance of constantly challenging ourselves, parenting, creativity, and longevity. It is...
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Two days before my first marathon at 52
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My marathon training started 8 months ago. I'm not an athlete, and I don't love running. But running checks all the boxes I need for personal growth. My mission for the race is to finish. This episode is brought to you by the Keep Climbing Mindset Journal, a companion journal to Age is Your Edge. A Self-Help Journal to help you navigate the adventures of midlife and cultivate a positive, resilient mindset. It would be awesome if you grabbed a copy on Age Is Your Edge is hosted by Scott Papek. He has over 25 years of coaching high performers to reveal their purpose, authentically...
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Attack Simple with Intention
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My name is Scott Papek, and I believe a strength for me is my creative thinking. I also think a challenge for me is my creative thinking. For me, creativity used to come with lots of complexity. The creative idea surfaces, and then all of a sudden, my mind is obsessing and trying to take my creative thought from the idea and map it on how I can make it the best view in the world. Don’t get me wrong, I love deep-thinking creativity, but I would take the idea and complicate it in the past. Let’s say I had two pretty good ideas in a week. I’m consumed now with how to make them work....
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David Aretha | Award-Winning Book Editor
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When writing Age Is Your Edge, I searched for a second editor to ensure my book flowed well. That's how we met. I enjoyed our back and forths so much on email that I asked him to come on the podcast. I'm always fascinated with people's journeys, especially in a field I know zero about. We both have a particular interest in the psychology and mental model of professional athletes, so we cover that along with some interesting advice on writing a book if you'd like to someday. He's a pro, and I strongly recommend him. Check out his work at This episode is brought to you by the Keep...
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Age Is Your Edge | How Professional Athletes Overcome Challenges
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I'm part of the Out of Nowhere podcast with Danny Woodhead and Matt Slauson. Both were small-town Nebraska kids who made it to the NFL and had 10-year careers. But the cool thing is they are better humans, and their identity isn't tied to their NFL careers. You should know I'm fascinated with people's journeys, and I've learned so much from them. I will share some short segments that are great teaching moments no matter where we are in life. Being a professional athlete, the worst moments are injuries. Their bodies are everything. I asked the men how they dealt with injuries. Some cool lessons...
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Erica Hawkes | Nature and Art
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Erica Hawkes is a Canadian landscape artist passionate about creating fine art from gorgeous captured moments in nature. She loves everything about the creation process, from taking photographs for future works to sketching new ideas and laying paint onto a canvas. Erica’s work is carried in across the country, and her work can be best understood through the confluence of two styles. Nouveau 7 This style is inspired by various works of The Seven, a renowned group of Canadian artists, coupled with the beautiful flowing lines of the Art Nouveau movement at the turn of...
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Age Is Your Edge overview
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Age Is Your Edge is a practical guide that includes strategies, tools and real-life relatable stories that help you discover purpose and develop a positive, resilient mindset during midlife. In this concise manual, Scott Papek shares his personal and professional experiences and real-life stories to guide midlifers through a simple self-discovery process that shares introspective questions, details the four pillars of CARE, and explores mental skill strategies that open the heart and strengthen the mindset to embrace all the possibilities, no matter the age. Through his roadmap, midlifers will...
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Age Is Your Edge Trailer
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Growing up, school was not for me. But for fun. I tried several times. Back then, it was preached. If you didn't have a college degree, you would never find a good job and you would never work for a good company. This led me down a path looking for the outliers—the ones who avoided traditional education and created their own map instead. I became passionate about learning more about why their life adventure was different than most. What drove them to the unknown? Why didn’t the person give up? What did these rebels have In common? Ultimately, I sought the answers to the above...
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Voice Of Vulnerability | Matthew Deibler
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"I BELIEVE THAT...
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My mission for the race is to finish.
This episode is brought to you by the Keep Climbing Mindset Journal, a companion journal to Age is Your Edge. A Self-Help Journal to help you navigate the adventures of midlife and cultivate a positive, resilient mindset. It would be awesome if you grabbed a copy on Amazon
Age Is Your Edge is hosted by Scott Papek. He has over 25 years of coaching high performers to reveal their purpose, authentically live it, and help them communicate it to the world.