Kickasspirational Podcast

Sometimes we need to take a little time off, reset, reload and restart to hit our goals.   Sometimes a not-to-do list is essential in order to focus, to prioritize on what matters most.   In the inaugural episode of Season 5, David Vanderveen explores his own sabbatical from podcasting during a strategic shift in work, moves from California to Florida to Europe and a new culture.   What does Kicka...

Brian Bent actively and deliberately creates the world he wants to inhabit. Like filmmakers who are "auteurs" because of how they impact every element of a story told on film, Brian is an auteur for how he has crafted his personal brand story told in real life (including film).    From his midcentury modern home that he recreated, to the hotrods he builds and races, the boards he builds and rides,...

Welcome to 2021 and hopefully a year that allows us to take advantage of everything we learned in 2020. It has been a year of dramatic changes, difficult lessons and, hopefully, personal transformation. Hopefully this year has been full of learnings for you.    One big question I had to revisit was something my younger son, Willem asked me recently, "What do you do?" The question was in reference...

Reis Paluso is a breath instructor who helps people breathe better and get more control of their bodies and minds through active breathing practices. This year, Reis has pivoted from operating a creative digital agency he co-founded to working full time leading Our Breath Collective ( www.ourbreathcollective.com ) and doing group and individual breath workshops.   Recently, Reis led a Wim Hof Meth...

Nobel Gibbens has a long history of success in the military, as an entrepreneur and with his family, but something snapped last year. He and his wife, Kathy learned to see, map and understand their own emotional lives which has helped them manage their own trauma, behave differently and be in better, healthier relationships.   Since February, Noble and Kathy have launched EQ for Entrepreneurs, whi...

Chris Mauro is back for round two!!! He has spent his life entwined with surfing and adventure sports as a top professional athlete, selling the brands, managing surf shops, shaping, writing, editing, filming and producing for the sport as a journalist and an executive within the World Surf League.    Life is long, and Chris continues to figure out how to deliberately create meaning and happiness...

Adam Mundy graduated from Boston University in May 2020 and decided to start a side hustle with his brother while waiting for his international relations career to begin...then COVID hit.   Adam and his brother Andrew co-founded CharlieTodd Goods, where they create fine handmade leather wallets and other goods as well as a remarkable blog and lifestyle website of sounds, images and text at www. Ch...

Lindsey Davidson was laid off in March due to COVID and decided to start an apparel business, pursuing her love of fashion in a field where she had experience both selling and creating. Her brand, LENNY  has taken off in a sustainable and scaleable way, leveraging social media, personal connections and manageable capsules that both generate revenue and help define the direction of the business.  ...

Kelly James Clark has a PhD from Notre Dame and is an international advocate for interfaith cooperation, focusing on the Abrahamic religions. He is project director for “Abrahamic Reflections on Science and Religion” which brings together 36 scholars from 14 countries to reconcile issues in the fields of science and religion.   In this podcast, we discuss how difficult it can be to see our own bia...

This week is an audio monologue that stemmed from a number of conversations and feedback about how important perspective can be to help us be aware of others and not just our own needs. At the end of this podcast, I read an excerpt from David Foster Wallace's "This Is Water," a commencement address he gave at Kenyon College in 2005 that was published as a small book and can be found on YouTube. it...

This week we get a bit more technical about entrepreneurship with two under-30 founders, John Sherwin and Jai Kim, about how they’ve been able to create one of the fastest growing hydration start-ups via a direct-to-consumer model that is now getting pulled into strong retail partnerships.     John and Jai, came together to solve the problem of dehydration under the pressures of life. Jai was work...

  Aaron James holds a PhD from Harvard and is professor of philosophy at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of Assholes: A Theory, Assholes: A Theory of Donald Trump, and Fairness in Practice: A Social Contract for a Global Economy and numerous academic articles. He was awarded a Burkhardt Fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies, and spent the 2009-10 academic...

Pete Holmes is a creator and comedian who has brought joy to the world through his stand up, podcast (You Made It Weird), television shows (Crashing on HBO), specials and his latest book: Comedy Sex God (that’s a list and not a descriptor of Pete, although many people are saying he is those things). He has a current stand up tour “Silly Silly Fun Boy” that is currently on hold and will resume when...

Jim DeCicco is the oldest of three twenty-something brothers who created Kitu Super Coffee. Jim serves as the CEO for the business and is a part of the RX3 Ventures family (a fund that I’m involved with). This podcast is among my favorites to date for listeners who are interested in figuring out how to launch an idea, and when it might make sense to turn a part-time obsession into a full-time busi...

Dr. Joe VanderMeer is a West Michigan head and neck surgeon, ENT specialist, graduate of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, head of his physician group and my brother-in-law. https://www.lakeshorehealthpartners.com/ear-nose-throat-dr-joseph-vandermeer  Joe joins the Kickasspirational Podcast to give us an update on the COVID-19 virus from his POV in Holland, Michigan—what’s going on now, what’s bee...

Who doesn’t want a Kickasspirational Easter Egg? Jon Freeman hosts SURFER Magazine’s Ultra Core Surf Hour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2vTdkld_H0 and has managed to wait until his 40’s to navigate social media surf stardom. The production team voted and decided that we’d push out one of our most entertaining episodes over the Passover/Easter holiday as a special gift.   If you don’t follow @jo...

It’s unclear what the total impact of COVID-19 will be, how long the quarantines will last and what will become the new normal. What we do know is that right now we must behave differently to not only survive the pandemic but to thrive and grow ourselves, our families, our communities and our livelihoods during this difficult period. Brent Willis developed the disciplines to lead in a crisis throu...

This COVID-19 crisis is awful. Let’s start there. Given that, what will we do?   Aubrey Marcus is a pioneer of what he calls Total Human Optimization. He has been breaking through the thin veneers of civilization, the constructs that hold many of us back and has written, podcasted and created a $70 million lifestyle company based on his philosophy that provides supplements, fitness equipment, food...

Micah and Keylee Sudduth join Dave on this weeks episode of Kickasspirational to discuss their new podcast Backsliders

We discuss CBD what it is, where it comes from, how it works in the body and why noni superfruit makes it better with Scientific Researcher Brett West

Rob Bell talks about progression, graduation without divorce and how to move forward in a generous universe.

"Hey guys, This is the first podcast of 2020 and a follow up with Knute. Here's what I'm thinking for the description: Season 3, Episode 1: Ten Life Hacks for Getting in Shape in 2020 with Knute Keeling. Knute Keeling is a viking warrior, author, fitness trainer and diet coach who walks us through how to activate physical, mental and attitudinal transformation in the new year with 10 simple life h...

This week’s Kickasspirational Podcast with Knute Keeling is all about simple, quick, daily habits that can transform how you feel, your body shape and lead to a better you...just give it a listen, I promise it’s fun! Who wants to get ahead of the holidays and put some momentum into your New Year’s resolutions? (Hint: Doesn’t mean you cant get festive and eat, drink, and be merry!!!)