Leave Your Mark

Send us Fan Mail This episode features performance psychologist, JF Menard. At the age of 25 and fresh out of graduate school, he joined the world-famous entertainment company Cirque Du Soleil, where he coached circus artists to deal with pressure and perform on demand up to 450 times a year. At 30 he founded Kambio Performance and has since become a sought-after mental performance specialist. His...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I talk about some of the difficult times in professional sport I encountered and I witnessed others encounter.  My recognition that we don't always have a safety net or a sense that anyone is there for us, and how we can recognize this, and begin to create our own strategies and process for being mentally healthy.  Released the week of #BellLetsTalk If you li...

Send us Fan Mail This episode features Sheldon Souray. Sheldon is a former NHL defenseman who played 13 seasons in the league for the New Jersey Devils, Montreal Canadiens, Edmonton Oilers, Dallas Stars, and Anaheim Ducks.  He was named to the NHL All-Star team three times and is perhaps best known for his heavy slap shot, once setting the record for a hardest recorded shot at an Oilers Skills Com...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to my solo shorts talking about my life experiences and bringing insight to you and your decisions making and life choices. Hopefully, it's of value to you. Today I talk about the idea of Range, a concept exposed to me in the book and interview I did with David Epstein last year.  I talk about my own iterative life process, how I have explored my own range, and how it...

Send us Fan Mail This episode features Aubrey Green.  Aubrey is a chiropractor professionally and has a 15 plus year career caring for his clients in Toronto. The visionary behind Dr. Green’s Health & Wellness Aubrey has made a career of taking care of many professional athletes, fitness enthusiasts, and health-conscious individuals. His passion and insight have driven him to create a sports t...

Send us Fan Mail In this Sunday Re-Marks episode, I tell a story of my first big blunder in the early NHL career, what I learned and how it shaped my career. Enjoy If you liked this EP, please take the time to rate and comment, share with a friend, and connect with us on social channels IG @Kingopain, TW @BuiltbyScott, LI+FB Scott Livingston.  You can find all things LYM at www. LYMLab.com, downlo...

Send us Fan Mail This EP features Matt Bush.  Matt is the owner of Next Level Neuro, a neuroscience-based health & performance coaching company that works with athletes, executives, and entrepreneurs to develop their brain health and highest levels of performance.  He also works as a specialized business consultant to entrepreneurs focused on improving their communication, teaching, and coachi...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Sunday Re-Marks, a solo production with just me, myself, and I. Today I talk about not treating any work you do like it's your last station.  Do good work, enjoy your engagement, bring all you have to every opportunity, but always understand that there is no certainty, so always be prepared for change.  You are not a finished product, always look for growth, especi...

Send us Fan Mail The EP features Anthony Slater.  Until recently Anthony was serving as the Senior Vice President at EXOS, one of the world’s leading-edge human performance organizations. The story of Anthony’s rise from Queen University graduate to EXOS Strength and Conditioning Intern, to employee number 10 then growing as the company grew, to be a Vice President developing new lines of business...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to my solo Sunday morning shorts where I hope to provide some insight on my journey through this world, the experiences that have shaped my perspective, and insights that might help the listener travel their own path.  I wish you the very best in life, craft, and love. Scotty If you liked this EP, please take the time to rate and comment, share with a friend, and connect w...

Send us Fan Mail EP 160 of the Leave Your Mark podcast is another in the series of ALTIS Poolside chat's that I was honored to host back in September of this year. This is a fantastic discussion between Dr. James Morton, Dr. Stephen Norris, D.O. Sam Gibbs, Will Brown, and myself on the subject of Science versus Practice. There are some amazing and thought-provoking threads and it's a gre...

Send us Fan Mail This episode features Ken Kinakin. Ken is a chiropractor, certified strength and conditioning specialist, and a certified personal trainer.  He has competed in bodybuilding and powerlifting for over 40 years. He regularly lectures across Canada and the United States and Europe to doctors and personal trainers in the areas of weight-training, rehabilitation, and nutrition. Ken has...

Send us Fan Mail This episode features Alexander Dziri.  Alex is a business and life coach. Before getting into coaching, he was a professional breakdancer. He was part of Team Shmetta, one of the top crews in the world between 2009-2013. Alex traveled the world and battled on stages surrounded by more than 10,000 people. He organized the b-boy World Championship called Raw Circles in Antwerp Belg...

Send us Fan Mail This episode features Sheldon Persad. Sheldon is the co-owner of Personal Best and is an NCCP certified coach in several different sports. He has been coaching for 34 years, and his experience includes being the S&C coach of athletes who have competed at world championships, the Commonwealth Games, the Pan-American Games, and the Olympics from close to two dozen different nati...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we visit with Gordon Bosworth, a practicing physiotherapist from the UK who has over forty years of experience in a myriad of roles. His early career was spent as part of the Royal Air Force in Physical training and later physiotherapy.  After several tours of duty, he left the RAF and became the head of rehabilitation at the police rehab center in Goring on the T...

Send us Fan Mail This Episode 155 is another in the series of Poolside chat's I was honored to host on behalf of ALTIS World at their Virtual Apprentice Coach Program back in September of this year. This one is a powerful conversation with Damien Moroney, Jas Randhawa, Dan Lewindon, and Dan Pfaff about the mystery of some injuries we see recure frequently in sports today. Enjoy! If you liked...

Send us Fan Mail This Episode features Marc Bubbs who is a Naturopathic Doctor, consultant Performance Nutritionist for Canada Basketball, and ALTIS. Speaker, and former Strength Coach. Marc is also the author of the best-selling book Peak: The new science of performance that is revolutionizing sports - An integrated and personalized approach to athlete health, nutrition, recovery, and mindset as...

Send us Fan Mail Cody is an author, podcast host, and football coach. Currently, he serves as the head coach of AFL Team Canada, the men's national program for Australian Rules football. Cody is a standout voice in the crossover of leadership principles between sports and business. His first book, "Where Others Won't", proposed that businesses should look at how pro sports team...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I was honored to be invited to host the ALTIS Poolside chats in the most recent version of their Virtual ACP.  This performance conversation around return to performance between several giants in the industry of human performance, McGill, Pfaff, and Jordan is a gem.  Enjoy! If you liked this EP, please take the time to rate and comment, share with a friend, and co...

Send us Fan Mail This episode features Connor Carrick. Connor is a US-born professional hockey player who currently competes for the New Jersey Devils.  He was selected in the fifth round (137th) of the 2012 NHL entry draft by the Washington Capitals. Connor is a defenceman and a product of the Chicago hockey system. He was drafted to play junior hockey in the OHL with the Guelph Storm, declining...

Send us Fan Mail Dinah is a physiotherapist and owner of Pivot Sport Medicine and Orthopaedics in Toronto, which embodies all the positive aspects of health care for people seeking injury recovery, improved performance, and optimal health.  Dinah has worked professionally with multiple sports teams and events. She’s been a member of the Canadian Medical team for 13 major multi-sport games, includi...

Send us Fan Mail Pratik is a High-Performance Coach, Sports Nutritionist, Researcher, Advisor, and Author. Most recently he was the Director of Performance Nutrition and Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach with the New York Giants Football Club. He was one of the first in the country to hold dual primary full-time roles and also the first South Asian and minority on a professional coaching s...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is a powerful performance conversation with one of Canada's leaders in athletic performance, Dr. Matt Jordan. Matt currently serves as the Director of Sports Science specifically in strength and power for mountain sports at the Canadian Sports Institute in Calgary. His curiosity and passion allow him to be one of Canada’s best at what he does and because of that,...

Send us Fan Mail This episode features Dan Lewindon. Dan is the Head of Performance Science and Medicine for the LTA (National Governing Body of Tennis in the UK).  Responsible for the leadership, management, and integration of sports science and medicine in support of elite players, coaches, and performance programs. His role also includes the development of research and innovation strategies and...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I have the unique opportunity to chat with Callen McGibbon and Nick Foligno together.  Nick Foligno is currently in his 14th season in the NHL and is the captain of the Columbus Blue Jackets Hockey Team. Callen has been Nick's strength and conditioning coach throughout his career.  The opportunity to chat with both of them and learn about their personal stori...