Keep Pushing with Brandon DesJarlais

What do you do when your home is about to get taken, you have $0, and every answer is no? A few weeks ago, I walked out of the gym and saw four police officers standing around my bus. Not just any bus. The Shred Sled. My home. The bus I’ve driven across the country hosting events, teaching longboarding, building community, and bringing Beyond the Board to life. In that moment, I was being told it...

What if making money and doing good were never supposed to be opposites? In this episode of Keep Pushing , I sit down with Sebastian Naum , entrepreneur, podcast host, and President of Conscious Capitalism LA , for a conversation about purpose, leadership, business, family, and what it actually means to build something that makes an impact . Seb opens up about growing up in Argentina, moving to th...

What does it really cost to tell the truth only when it’s convenient? In this solo episode of Keep Pushing , I open up about a recent breakup and the painful realization that withholding the truth is still a break in trust. This is not an episode about blaming someone else or airing out the private details of a relationship. It is a conversation about honesty , integrity, heartbreak, and what it m...

What happens when the mask you built to survive starts keeping you from the life you actually want? In this episode of Keep Pushing, I sit down with Aaron Gambel , a Los Angeles-based coach, father, men’s group facilitator, and creator of Dad Mode Activated, a program supporting new and soon-to-be dads. This conversation goes deep into childhood trauma, emotional neglect, divorce, fatherhood, male...

What happens when your judgment of something starts shaping what you’re able to see inside it? In this solo episode of Keep Pushing , I reflect on an unexpected weekend at Coachella that turned into a much deeper lesson about judgment, control, surrender, and trust. What started as me testing an experience I had already written off became a confrontation with the stories I create, the energy I bri...

What if the life you built looks good on the outside, but still is not fully you? In this episode of Keep Pushing, I sit down with Nivedan Nayak (Narasimha) , artist, producer, and DJ, for a conversation about identity, self-worth, and reinvention. We talk about his journey from feeling like he had to prove himself, to punk rock drumming, to building momentum in the afro-house music genre, to leav...

For most of my life, I thought courage meant doing scary things . Big risks. Big moments. Pushing limits. But I’ve been avoiding something much harder: Vulnerability . In this solo episode, I unpack how growing up as “the strong one” shaped my identity, my relationships, and the way I showed up in the world. From my brother’s struggles with addiction , to the pressure of always being seen as the o...

What does it actually take to build a community people trust? In this episode, I sit down with my friend and Vibe Ride co-leader Garrett Gentle to talk about what we’ve learned building a value-led skate community in Los Angeles. This conversation goes far beyond identity. We get into leadership, belonging, mission, community guidelines, and the hard reality of protecting a space while still tryin...

A personal story about skepticism, self-awareness, and the unconscious beliefs that quietly shape our decisions. In this solo episode, I share my experience going through the Mastery in Transformational Training (MITT) basic training, why I almost dismissed it, and the breakthrough that made me question how many of my fears were actually just stories my mind had made feel true. I talk about blind...

What if the moments that break you are actually the ones that shape you? In this episode of Keep Pushing , I sit down with Ninja Warrior athlete and movement pioneer Travis Brewer to explore the deeper lessons hidden inside fear, injury, and failure. Travis has spent decades pushing the limits of human movement through gymnastics, calisthenics, parkour and hand stands. But his journey hasn’t been...

In this first episode of Keep Pushing , I share the story behind the podcast and the experiences that shaped its message. I open up about nearly quitting my dream of being a sponsored skateboarder , getting the unexpected call to stunt double for Vin Diesel in xXx: Return of Xander Cage , and how that moment changed the way I think about persistence, fear, and opportunity. I also reflect on identi...