Finding Your Summit

Welcome back to Finding Your Summit! Host Mark Pattison sits down with John Ulsh, a resilience expert, bestselling author, and motivational speaker who survived what should have been an unsurvivable tragedy and transformed unimaginable adversity into a life mission of inspiring others to embrace the process of recovery and growth. In this profoundly moving conversation, John shares his extraordina...

Welcome back to Finding Your Summit! Host Mark Pattison sits down with Jay Samit, a serial entrepreneur, global business strategist, and international bestselling author who has spent over three decades at the forefront of digital disruption and innovation. In this paradigm-shifting conversation, Jay reveals why retirement is not just outdated but potentially deadly, and shares his revolutionary a...

Welcome back to Finding Your Summit! Host Mark Pattison sits down with Frank Furnish, an accomplished adventure athlete and mountaineer who is preparing to tackle the ultimate challenge: Mount Everest in just three weeks using a revolutionary new approach to high altitude climbing. In this fascinating pre-expedition conversation, Frank shares the innovative strategy that's transforming how climber...

Welcome back to Finding Your Summit! Host Mark Pattison sits down with Dov Baron, a renowned leadership expert and emotional intelligence specialist who has spent 40 years studying the hidden frameworks that drive human behavior. In this paradigm-shifting conversation, Dov reveals why traditional approaches to behavioral change and even emotional intelligence fall short, and introduces his revolut...

Welcome back to Finding Your Summit! Host Mark Pattison sits down with Wendolyn Holland, a Yale-educated historian, author, and newly appointed chair of the Historic Preservation Commission in Ketchum, Idaho, for a fascinating deep dive into the rich and surprising history of Sun Valley—one of America's most iconic mountain communities. In this captivating conversation, Wendolyn shares the remarka...

Welcome back to Finding Your Summit! Host Mark Pattison sits down with Jason Kroger, a remarkable survivor who transformed unimaginable tragedy into a mission of hope and inspiration. In this profoundly moving conversation, Jason shares his extraordinary journey from a devastating electrocution accident that claimed both his hands at age 29 to becoming the first person in the world with two bionic...

Welcome back to Finding Your Summit! Host Mark Pattison sits down with Jon Gordon, the internationally renowned leadership expert and bestselling author of 32 books including the iconic The Energy Bus, for an inspiring conversation about positive leadership, the power of process over results, and why the greatest leaders learn to love the battle rather than fear it. In this energizing episode, Jon...

Welcome back to Finding Your Summit! Host Mark Pattison sits down with Kristen Ulmer, former US Ski Team mogul skier turned extreme skiing legend who held the title of best female big mountain extreme skier in the world for 12 consecutive years. In this paradigm-shifting conversation, Kristen reveals why everything we've been taught about conquering and overcoming fear is fundamentally wrong, and...

Welcome back to Finding Your Summit! Host Mark Pattison sits down with Jim Sonefeld, the original drummer and founding member of the iconic 90s rock band Hootie and the Blowfish, for an extraordinary conversation about fame, addiction, redemption, and the power of second chances. In this deeply moving episode, Jim opens up about his remarkable journey from playing sold-out stadiums with one of the...

Welcome back to Finding Your Summit! Host Mark Pattison sits down with Tom Ziglar, CEO of Ziglar Inc. and son of the legendary motivational icon Zig Ziglar, for an inspiring conversation about legacy, leadership, and the art of scaling impact beyond a single generation. In this deeply insightful episode, Tom reveals how he transformed his father's timeless wisdom into a modern coaching and leaders...

Welcome back to Finding Your Summit! Host Mark Pattison sits down with Kevin DeRooy, an award-winning filmmaker and extreme adventurer who has turned personal trauma into transformative storytelling. In this deeply moving conversation, Kevin shares his remarkable journey from a devastating divorce to conquering mountains around the world, and ultimately experiencing clinical death for 15 minutes—a...

Welcome back to Finding Your Summit! Host Mark Pattison sits down with Kim Alexis, the iconic supermodel who graced the cover of Sports Illustrated six times and defined beauty in the 1980s. In this refreshingly candid conversation, Kim shares her remarkable journey from Buffalo swimming pools to New York City runways, and how she's transformed herself from a household name in fashion to a passion...

Welcome back to Finding Your Summit! Host Mark Pattison sits down with Shep Rose, the beloved reality TV star who has captivated audiences for 11 consecutive seasons on Bravo's Southern Charm. In this refreshingly honest conversation, Shep opens up about the darker side of fame, his transformative journey with plant medicine, and how he's redefining success beyond the camera's glare. This episode...

Welcome back to Finding Your Summit! Host Mark Pattison sits down with legendary college football coach Chris Peterson for a masterclass in leadership, culture-building, and the art of developing people beyond their sport. Chris, who built an extraordinary legacy with a 79% career winning percentage, two Coach of the Year awards, and championship runs at both Boise State and the University of Wash...

Welcome back to Finding Your Summit! Host Mark Pattison sits down with Hondo Carpenter, the longest-tenured beat reporter for the Las Vegas Raiders, for a candid deep-dive into organizational dysfunction, leadership failures, and what it takes to build winning cultures in professional sports. As a former Raiders player himself, Mark brings unique insight to this conversation about a storied franch...

Welcome back to Finding Your Summit! After a year and a half hiatus, host Mark Pattison returns with an incredible entrepreneurial journey featuring Jacob Salem, CEO of Easy Metrics, who transformed himself from a credit card debt-laden fitness trainer into a $15 million business empire through speaking, coaching, and digital marketing. This episode delivers a masterclass in business scaling, soci...

Welcome back to Finding Your Summit! After a two-year hiatus, host Mark Pattison returns with an incredible conversation featuring legendary football coach Jim Mora, who recently made the leap from UConn to become the new head coach at Colorado State University. This episode marks a special full-circle moment as Jim was Mark's very first podcast guest on Episode 1, and now returns for Episode 276....

Adrian Ballinger is a British-American certified IFMGA / AMGA mountain guide , certified through the American Mountain Guides Association and a sponsored climber and skier. Ballinger is the founder and CEO of Alpenglow Expeditions, and has been guiding full-time for 25 years. He has led over 150 international climbing expeditions on six continents, and made 18 successful summits of 8,000m peaks ....

Kelly Lynn Adams is a life coach who has gone through her own transformation. She is very talented and can help others make the necessary pivot needed when fear holds you back. Great episode to kick off the year and help you achieve your goals.

I met Kenton Cool on Mt EVEREST in 2021. He is an amazing and talented Englishman who has scaled MT EVEREST 14 times with no end in sight. He guides clients all over the world and had scaled most of the major peaks out there. This is a super engaging conversation w/ Kenton on where he has been, his philosphy on life and where he's going in the future.

Shane Jacobson is the CEO of the V Foundation which was started by Jim Valvano and ESPN in 1993. Jim V is a former coach who had won a national championship for NC State and later became a broadcaster on ESPN calling basketball games. He got a brain tumor and in his last speech, echoed those words, “Don’t give up, don’t ever give up.” Today, Shane is carrying on his legacy to raise money and aware...

Yuriy Boyechko is the CEO and President of Hope for Ukraine. It's a non-profit, set up to help all the people of that country who have been displaced with food, water, clothing and shelter. We had a great chat talking about their mission, challenges and where the war is going. Tune in...

Shawn Richardson went through a bumpy road a few years ago and was left with, where do I go from here? The mountains came calling and she has now turned her passion into a career while reaping the benefits of being in the outdoors and helping to solve various mental health issues. You never know when failures can turn into opportunities. Go Shawn go...

This podcast was a wonderful opportunity to speak with film director, Nancy Svendsen, about her 10-year passion project covering the remarkable life of Pasang, a Nepalese climber. She documents the obstacles Pasang had to overcome to climb Mount Everest and become the first Nepalese woman to climb the highest mountain in the world. Fascinating chat learning what she lived for—and ultimately died f...