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This week’s conversation is with Steven Kotler. The name may ring a bell because he’s been on the podcast twice before and it’s a joy every time we have a chance to connect. As a refresher, Steven is a New York Times bestselling author, award-winning journalist, and Executive Director of the Flow Research Collective. His books include The Rise of Superman, Stealing Fire, Abunda...

This week’s conversation is with Jake Olson, an entrepreneur, athlete, speaker and most recently a graduate at the University of Southern California. When Jake was 8 months old, he was diagnosed with a rare form of eye cancer, retinoblastoma. The disease claimed his left eye at 10 months old and in November 2009, Jake lost his right eye after battling the cancer for 12 years. He has used his exper...

This week’s conversation is with Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, a clinician, researcher and teacher in the area of posttraumatic stress. He has spent his career studying how people adapt to traumatic experiences, and has translated emerging findings from neuroscience and attachment research to develop and study a range of potentially effective treatments for traumatic stress. You might be thinking, “Wel...

This week’s conversation is with Julie Foudy, a former Captain of the USA Women’s Soccer Team. Julie had a sensational soccer career while playing on the USA National Team for 17 years. She was a captain for 13 of her 17 years with the team winning two Olympic Gold Medals and two World Cups. Julie finished her National Team career with 45 goals, 59 assists and 273 international appearances (caps)...

This week’s conversation is with Harry Gregson-Williams, one of Hollywood’s most sought-after and prolific composers whose long list of film and television credits underscore the diverse range of his talents.  His recent projects include Warner Bros summer hit “The Meg” directed by Jon Turteltaub, and the action thriller “The Equalizer 2,” starring Denzel Washington. He wrote the score for Di...

This week’s conversation is with Dr. Tim Brown, the inventor of IntelliSkin. Tim grew to understand his future creation while working as the medical director on the ASP (association of surfing professionals) and the AVP (association of volleyball professionals) during the 1980’s. As an early innovator in functional taping, he developed a hybrid kinesiology technique known as SPRT (Specific Proprio...

This week’s conversation is with Dr. Antonio Damasio, a Professor of Neuroscience, Psychology and Philosophy, and Director of the Brain and Creativity Institute at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Trained as both neurologist and neuroscientist, Antonio has brilliantly captured the complicated Interplay b/t biology and psychology and culture — and doing it in a way that pr...

This week’s conversation is with Paul Rabil, a professional lacrosse player and co-founder of the Premier Lacrosse League – a new professional lacrosse league launched in October 2018, with 160 of the best players in the world and a major media rights deal with NBC Sports Group. Paul has gone on to influence the sport at every level, winning championships and MVP’s twice in the NCAA’s, multiple ti...

This week’s conversation is with Andy Petranek, the co-founder of the Whole Life Challenge. Andy is also a Marine Gulf War veteran and was the oldest participant, at 43, to qualify for the 2009 CrossFit Games. He’s participated in dozens of adventure races that have varied in length from three hours to seven days, and became known for his ability to navigate in the wilderness, carry heavy loads, g...

This week’s conversation is with Brenda Tracy, the founder of the national campaign SetTheExpectation which aims to raise awareness around issues of sexual assault and domestic violence -- through the power of sports while also engaging, empowering and educating men as agents for change. Brenda was gang raped by four men in 1998. So heavy. In this conversation, she shares that even though law enfo...

On the final episode of Season 1 of The Process, Alex and Mike reflect on what they've learned over the course of the past year and discuss which skills will be necessary to succeed in a world where automation could soon be the norm. _________________ Subscribe  to our Youtube Channel for more powerful conversations at the intersection of high performance, leadership, and meaning:  https...

This week’s conversation is with Stephen Rollnick, the co-founder of Motivational Interviewing. The Motivational Interviewing style, strategies and skills have been used to address a wide range of challenges, including those very tough conversations in which there seems little hope of making progress in helping people. I doubt there’s many of us that enjoy having these difficult conversations, but...

This week’s conversation is with Cliff Avril, a former NFL defensive end. Cliff played college football at Purdue and was drafted in the third round of the 2008 NFL Draft by the Detroit Lions. He also played for the Seattle Seahawks, where he won Super Bowl XLVIII and made a Pro Bowl. Cliff and I met at the Seahawks and I had the pleasure of c...

This week’s conversation is with Kevin Harlan, a well renowned sports television and radio broadcaster. If you’ve watched just about any sporting event over the last few years, you’re familiar with Kevin’s voice. This is his 34th consecutive season broadcasting the NFL and his 31st season broadcasting the NBA, currently as a play-by-play announcer for the NBA on TNT. Kevin is in his ninth season a...

This week’s conversation is with Soren Gordhamer, the founder and host of Wisdom 2.0. He's a friend, incredibly purposeful with his life efforts, and what he's created is amazing. Wisdom 2.0 brings together leaders in technology, including the founders of Facebook, Twitter, and Paypal, along with wisdom teachers, entrepreneurs, activists and others to explore how we live consciously and wisely in...

Dr. John Berardi is an entrepreneur and co-founder of Precision Nutrition, the largest private nutrition coaching, education, and software company in the world. John has advised top organizations like Apple, Equinox, Nike, Titleist, the San Antonio Spurs (as NBA champions), Sloane Stephens (as US Open Champion), George St. Pierre (as 2-division UFC Champion), and numerous Olympic teams. His work a...

This week’s conversation is with retired U.S. Army Major Matt Brady. Matt is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point where he was ranked #1 of 940 cadets in leadership for 7 consecutive semesters and graduated in the top 5% of his class overall. While serving in the Army on active duty, Matt flew over 2,000 hours in the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior (Reconnaissance), MH- 47D, and MH-...

This week’s conversation is with Suzy Whaley, the PGA of America's first female President. Prior to being elected President last November, Suzy served for two years as PGA Secretary, and two years as Vice President. She is also the PGA Owner of Suzy Whaley Golf in Cromwell, Connecticut and the PGA Director of Instruction at the Country Club at Mirasol in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Suzy is recogn...

This week’s conversation is with Steve Kerr, head coach of the Golden State Warriors. Currently in his fifth season as head coach, Steve has guided the club through four of the most prolific seasons in NBA history with a list of accomplishments that includes: Three NBA championships Four-straight NBA Finals appearances The NBA’s single-season wins record (73) An NBA Coach of the Year award (2015-1...

This week’s conversation is with Kevin Carroll, an author, speaker and creative catalyst. It is Kevin’s job to inspire businesses, organizations and individuals - from CEOs and employees of Fortune 500 companies to schoolchildren - to embrace their spirit of play and creativity to maximize their human potential and sustain more meaningful business and personal growth. He has helped turn creative i...

This week’s conversation is with Herbert Wigwe, a Nigerian banker, entrepreneur, and the Managing Director/CEO of Access Bank. He is an Alumnus of Harvard Business School’s Executive Management Programme. From his early 20’s, Herbert began what would become a successful career in banking and finance, and his first entrepreneurial venture, would be his most successful. In 2002, Herbert and his long...

This week’s conversation is with Scott Kriens, chairman and former CEO of Juniper Networks. Scott has been in the technology industry for more than 35 years. Holding early roles at Burroughs Corp and Tandem, Scott moved to EVP of Sales and Operations at StrataCom before helping found Juniper Networks in 1996. During his tenure, he served as chairman and CEO, growing the company to more t...

This week’s conversation is with Annabel Anderson, the world #1 female SUP athlete from 2012-2017. Annabel has won the biggest titles in the sport of stand up paddling multiple times – She’s a 5x world champion, has beaten the best men in the sport, and orchestrated the campaign that resulted for equal pay and opportunities for female athletes globally. She is also an elite cyclist & mountain...

This week’s conversation is with Brian Mackenzie, an expert in the development and application of custom protocols to optimize human health and performance. His work harnesses and integrates respiratory, movement, strength and endurance-based training approaches to elicit positive results. His protocols have been used to accelerate and raise both mental and physical performance in world-class Olym...

This week’s conversation is with bestselling author, Dr. John Ratey, an Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and an internationally recognized expert in Neuropsychiatry. He has published over 60 peer-reviewed articles, and 11 books published in 17 languages, including the groundbreaking ADD-ADHD “Driven to Distraction” series with Ned Hallowell. With the public...