Leave Your Mark

Send us Fan Mail EP 233 of the Leave Your Mark Podcast is a return engagement with my friend from down under, David Joyce.  David has been a real leader in the world of human performance for a very long time now.  I value a great deal his insights and learnings through a career at every level of the performance spectrum. In this wonderful conversation, we get into his change in life direction, his...

Send us Fan Mail EP 232 of the Leave Your Mark is a deep and thoughtful conversation with my friend and peer, Stu McMillan.  It's the second time I've had him as a guest, the third issue of his content (we did a little Performance Lab together as well a while back). Our paths crossed maybe fifteen years ago now, we were performance coaches at opposite ends of Canada working with elite at...

Send us Fan Mail This EP is a Sunday ReMarks where I get into the idea of how to transcend experience.  Good or bad, or even mundane.  An experience misunderstood or dismissed is an experience lost.  Even the labeling of the experience is suspect.  An experience deemed negative in a moment can turn out to be transformative and re-directional to a place of greater happiness, or fulfillment.  The tr...

Send us Fan Mail In this EP I talk with a friend and LYM advocate, Brad Thorpe.  Brad is the patented inventor of the Isophit Strength Trainer and Isophit M.S.K and serial entrepreneur.  Brad’s career as an Exercise and Performance Specialist has spanned 28-years. In 2006, Brad became the 21st specialist to achieve the combined designations of a Master Level Resistance Training Specialist and Musc...

Send us Fan Mail EP 229 is a Sunday Re-Marks session all about manifesting change and growth in your life.  Change starts with a connection to why you want to change, for, without this intentionality, the journey will be more difficult than necessary, and sometimes unachievable.  We need this sense of connection to why we're doing things for when the tough times arrive because there will alwa...

Send us Fan Mail This EP features mental performance coach Ryan Hamilton.  Ryan serves as a mental performance coach with the Canadian Sport Centre, UNB Varsity Reds, Hockey Canada, and the Tampa Bay Lightning. Ryan is an associate professor in the Department of Psychology. While Ryan applies the findings of his research to a variety of groups including cancer survivors and exercisers, he is most...

Send us Fan Mail This EP features Julien BriseBois the General Manager of the Stanley Cup Champion Tampa Bay Lightning. Under Julien’s guidance, the 2018-19 team became the first in Lightning franchise history to capture the NHL's President's Trophy for the best regular-season record. In his next season, the team captured its second Stanley Cup in franchise history during the “Bubble” po...

Send us Fan Mail This EP 226 of the podcast is a Sunday Remarks on the day after the recognition of 20 years since the 9/11 tragedy.  I talk about my experience, my recognition of how the world has changed, and what I feel we've lost the meaning of in the process. Freedom is a fragile thing, and we sometimes need to recognize how much our own fears actually constrain its true expression.   If...

Send us Fan Mail This week's episode features an up-and-coming leader in the human performance community who specializes in training change of direction. Rich Clarke is an S&C coach and an education professional from the United Kingdom.  He has split his time between teaching in the university system, coaching athletes of all abilities, and completing a Ph. D. focused on the change of dir...

Send us Fan Mail In this EP, Dom Gauthier and I get into a great chat about all things athlete development with Matt Young.  Matt is an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year finalist, Business in Vancouver Top 40 Under 40, and Caldwell Partners Canadian Top 40 Under 40 business award winner. This serial entrepreneur graduated with a Kinesiology Degree from the University of British Columbia a...

Send us Fan Mail This EP features Jesse Wright. Jesse is the founder of the Balance the Bar initiative, is a high-performance consultant, coach, author, and public speaker.  His career has spanned over two decades in the team sport culture, including working with organizations in the NBA, NFL, NCAA, and in private sports training. His passion lies in helping young professionals grow and advance in...

Send us Fan Mail This EP features John MacDonald. Johnny has spent the last 25 plus years as a stuntman in the film industry.  I met John as a Linebacker for the Concordia University Football team many moons ago, and our paths never crossed after he left the school. We re-discovered each other on Facebook and rekindled a friendship.  Johnny Mac was a hard-charging football player, intense and phys...

Send us Fan Mail This EP is a Sunday Re-Marks.  Just a few insights about the challenges of getting old.  I experienced watching my mother deteriorate these past 18 months during COVID and it made me think about my own mortality, longevity, and improving our life quality respective of the quantity we get to partake.  Enjoy! If you liked this EP, please take the time to rate and comment, share with...

Send us Fan Mail This EP features a former Elite Alpine Skier with Canada’s Women’s National Team, Allison Forsyth.  Allison is an 8-time Canadian Champion, has 5 World Cup podiums, and earned a bronze medal at the World Championships in 2003. She also competed for Canada in two Olympic Games, 02 and 06.  After retiring due to injury in 08, she took her experience in sports marketing and high-leve...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is a conversation with Tony Blauer, a leading authority in personal self-defense and tactical confrontation.  I interviewed Tony just before the beginning of the pandemic in 2020 and we had a great discussion about his life and the influences that have shaped him. Tony is a friend and a fellow Montrealer turned SoCal living, and I invited him back after a year, to tal...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I speak with Todd Wright. Todd is the Vice President of Player Performance and Assistant Coach for the Los Angeles Clippers. He is currently finishing his second season with the Clippers. Before his time with the Clippers, Todd spent four years with the Philadelphia 76ers as an Assistant Coach and Head of Strength and Conditioning.  Before the NBA, Todd spent 21 y...

Send us Fan Mail Mark is an Athletic Therapist and professor of Athletic Therapy at Mount Royal University. Mark’s passion for athletic therapy and injury rehabilitation began during his undergraduate degree in Physical Education and Master’s Degree in Science at the University of Manitoba. During this time, Mark worked primarily with varsity football and hockey. After graduation, he worked as an...

Send us Fan Mail This is EP 215 of the LYM PC and I thought I would discuss this idea of self-exploration, knowing yourself better, recognizing your blind spots, and realizing that what you are meant to do on this earth could be right behind a curtain that you must simply explore.  It is not always easy, but it won't happen if you don't embrace the experience of self-exploration and self...

Send us Fan Mail This week's episode features Marnie McBean who is one of Canada’s most decorated Olympians and an expert in turning potential into performance.  As one of only two Canadians ever to win three Gold medals in the Summer Olympics, she is used to performing under pressure. Her 12 World and Olympic medals bear witness to this.  Globally, McBean is one of only two women to have won...

Send us Fan Mail This Sunday Re-Marks post is all about giving unconditionally. In this day and age, we are all too often attached to the outcome of our give or the return on investment.  If we start simply by exploring our own sharing, and our own gift, we grow.  Growth is our purpose on this planet, not to get.  Once we discover this, life get's a whole lot more interesting. Enjoy If you li...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is a conversation with the CEO of Plantiga (https://plantiga.com/), Quin Sandler. As a serial entrepreneur, Quin has founded companies in online learning, coaching, and digital branding.  Quin has spent over 12 years in the wearable technology industry and brings a wealth of experience in product design, sensors as they apply to sports science and biomechanics, produc...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Dom and I discuss all things Olympics as we are officially inside of two weeks from the opening ceremonies of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics originally scheduled for 2020.  Some thoughts on what it takes to get there, who's going to make a difference, and some of the challenges we've seen with the pandemic. If you liked this EP, please take the time to rate and...

Send us Fan Mail This episode features Rick Schaly. Rick has spent 33 years developing and growing an integrated multi-dimensional health care company that is inclusive of Sports Medicine, Mind to Muscle, and Trainers Choice. Located in Barrie Ontario, Sports Medicine is an innovative multidisciplinary rehabilitation company, and Mind to Muscle is a strength and conditioning business that trains a...

Send us Fan Mail This episode features Jean Baptiste Laporte. JB is entering his ninth season with the Carolina Panthers, and his second season as the director of rehabilitation. In his current role, JB is tasked with assessing injury prevention and rehabilitation of all injured personnel. Laporte previously served as a physical therapist and assistant athletic trainer with the Panthers for seven...

Send us Fan Mail This week's Sunday Re-Marks is a little ode to my old team. The 2008-2009 season was my last year in the NHL. I chose to retire at the end of that season and move on to other things I wanted to experience. I was blessed to see the dawning of a future Hall of Fame goalie.  I knew then he would be something special one day. I watched him in his first NHL All-Star game the year...