Ep. 91 – How Coaches Can Ruin Kids
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In this episode, we talk about how important it is for parents to know who is coaching their kids. We believe that coaches play a significantly important role in the mental and emotional development of kids. To be a great coach, they must be a good communicator and have a solid grasp on emotional intelligence. If the coach doesn't, the kids will suffer, potentially for the rest of their lives. We talk about our good and bad experiences with coaches in our lives and also what parents should look out for with the coaches who work with their kids.
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Ep. 90 – Embracing the Suck
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In this episode, we talk about how sometimes you are going to want to just embrace the suck or be crushed under its weight. At some point, we all face a situation that really sucks, makes us feel helpless, and in most cases, is usually totally beyond our control. We share some of our own personal experiences in the show. We also talk about how in that moment, whether it's an injury, a health issue, a death, an illness or something else, we do have control, and that's simply to embrace the suck of the situation, look for the opportunity in it, and endure it.
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Ep. 89 – When Science is Used for Evil
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In this episode we talk about how science and research can be used and abused to mislead people for specific agendas. Science can be a very effect tool for helping to discover and prove critical findings and solve key issues. However, media far too often creates misleading headlines from science and blasts it out into the public to create fear, panic and drive desperate action. It's important not to fall for overly dramatic headlines, instead we suggest you approach information with a sense of skepticism.
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Ep. 88 – The Cost of a Missed Opportunity
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In this episode Coach PK and Coach G talk about the cost that people pay from missed opportunities in their lives. We go into a number of different missed opportunities, including an injury, or death of a loved one, but the biggest opportunity we get into is the global health pandemic. It is becoming clear that most people have missed out on the opportunity to really take charge of their health by making critical changes in their healthy behaviours such as nutrition, exercise, sleep, hydration, and more!
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Ep. 87 – Nothing is Promised with Coach Randy Brookes
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In this episode we chat with Coach Randy Brookes, former NCAA sprinter now turned coach. Randy's story is one of unfortunate commonality among aspiring young athletes who have a big dream, and all the talent in the world to back it up. However, even with powerful forces on your side, you can be reminded that nothing is promised. Randy's story is one of going from athlete glory and hype to having to revamp his plan, adapt, and shift his talents from the bright lights superstar to the coach behind the scene.�
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Ep. 86 – IRONMOM Laura Sanhueza
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In this episode we chat with our friend Laura Sanhueza, better known as Ironmom, who is a world-class triathlete, coach, wife, executive and mother of 2! Her energy & enthusiasm for sport and life is contagious and we're grateful to have her share her story of being told as a young girl she didn't have the right body to compete in her sport, to going through a difficult personal journey because of that, to ultimately taking her power back to become an inspiring athlete, coach & mentor to women everywhere.
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Ep. 85 – Food is Medicine with Dr. Pedi Mirdamadi
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In this episode we chat with our long-time friend, Dr. Pedi Mirdamadi about his journey from professional fitness athlete to Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine and Holistic Nutritionist. Dr. Pedi shares his story about how all the lessons in discipline and relentless he learned from being an athlete helped propel him through the difficult times of finishing medical school. From there, we talk all about how we see food as medicine and how important it is to be fuelling your body with high quality nutrition!
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Ep. 84 – Sleep Is Everything with Bryan Hardy
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In this episode we speak with our friend Bryan Hardy, a Holistic Nutrition Practitioner and Lifestyle Coach who specializes in helping men deal with burnout and overwhelm to live a life of strength, clarity and energy! Bryan shares with us his life story after nearly dying from a mis-diagnosed condition at 18, igniting his mission of health, energy and vitality for himself and now for those who he coaches. We get deep into sleep with Bryan and how important it is to beat fatigue and energize your life!
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Ep. 83 – Empowering Women with Fitness – Coach JVB
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In this episode we chat with our sister Coach JVB about her journey from a hard-working young girl with aspirations of being a successful dancer to building a powerful network helping empower women worldwide. Coach JVB is a transformation Coach who helps women take back their power and reclaim their bodies using training and nutrition. In this episode, we also speak of the importance of challenging kids to help build work ethic and resiliency for their future success rather than being too soft on them.
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Ep. 82 – Why I Didn't Make The NBA with Dr. Kevin Milne
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In this episode we chat with Dr. Kevin Milne, Associate Professor of Kinesiology and Associate Dean at the University of Windsor. This is a great episode packed full of information including how the people around us influence our life direction, both good and bad. How difficult real learning is becoming for kids in this digital era. Plus the obstacles of achieving success given your race, ethnicity, gender and environment. This is a powerful episode that everyone can learn from so we can all be the change.
info_outlineIn this episode, former NHL hockey player Daniel Carcillo shares his powerful story about how he barely made it out of professional sports alive after suffering from multiple traumatic concussions, substance abuse and self destruction.
This is the most powerful episode we have ever recorded on the show and it's an important story to hear for both players and parents, and even coaches, who have aspiring dreams to make it to the pros – seemingly at any cost.
The road to the top is not always paved with sunshine and rainbows and the terrible coaching and abusive traditions that are often the gateway to the pros needs to stop.
A big thank you to Daniel for being so open and honest about his journey of glory and devastation to where he is now in his life as an advocate for former NHL players who are suffering from post-concussion syndrome and mental health issues.
Enjoy!