Nine Four Radio

"A rising tide lifts all boats" This week I'm joined by Dr. Threasa Andrys, Board-Certified Naturopathic Doctor We take an organic approach to our practices, cultivating meaningful connections, and that takes time, intention, purpose and work We hope you enjoy this introduction and, plan to collaborate in various ways in the future If you have any questions or topics for future episodes with Dr. T...

Tara Brandner is a health care professional, non-profit founder and fertility coach  After enduring a long road through infertility, followed by a traumatic pregnancy she turned her hurt into hope for others, by way of legislative advocacy, and increased access to care for infertility and fertility preservation 1 in 8 women are affected by infertility and it's incredibly important as a societ...

Durability is being able to carry my dog whenever she needs and to be fully with her and present, when it's time to say good bye *note: at this moment, my girl Priah has a CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH, this is a hypothetical and realistic possibility in the FUTURE, way, way, way down the line* So a couple weeks ago, Priah and I had a minor medical scare, turned out to be something remedied with some probi...

John Perez Cruz is a Self Mastery Coach and CEO of The Rising Warrior, specializing in guiding veterans and first responders to find their purpose and create their unique mission. After 10 years of leadership development, leading Marines as an officer, and developing strategy as a management consultant, he realized leading from the heart was the only authentic place from which to lead others Take...

It takes months to turn a civilian into a Soldier, Airman, Sailor or Marine and 1 piece of paper to turn that service member back into a civilian... Even under the most ideal circumstances, it’s common to feel isolated and alone You are not alone These conversations are here to be a part of, hear our stories and know that you are not alone We will talk about habits, programs, and strategies we fou...

How do you know you "learned" something? Is it a certificate of completion, diploma, or degree?  Is it a "Completed" note on your Kindle, or Audible account? Is it a high test or quiz score? What if you got NONE of those outward indicators, BUT the way you talked or carried yourself changed?  What if the things you did, the people you surrounded yourself with changed? We don't need more...

Our definition of success at Nine-Four Coaching is to deliver 2 things: Results and Empowerment Our clients realize the OUTCOME they WANT (run a mile pain free, crush a presentation at work, max physical fitness test score...) Our clients believe THEY have the POWER to take ACTION (do the work, ask for support, design the plan, follow through, earn the win...) The beauty is they oftentimes work to...

“Earned not Given” v. “Live Up to the Brand” Do we need gatekeepers, or guides? Take a listen and decide for yourself

I spent a lot of years believing that the consequences of my choices (both good and bad) are permanent The truth is redemption is always available  Don't believe me?  Take a listen, then maybe go watch Frozen, see what you think 

"Music is what feeling sound like" If that's true, then we can check in on how we are feeling by what we are listening to All music has inherent value, it is a creation, it is perfect it is beautiful Just like potions, though the difference between medicine and poison is the dose Take a listen to my thoughts on the music, if you love them or hate them, I want to hear it

I outworked every problem I ever had until I couldn't...and it was devastating It didn't have to be I learned that there was more honor in outworking a problem then asking for help or slowing down it worked...until it didn't When we outwork a problem, we don't uncover, or address the root cause of the problem and we'll see it...down the road Working through requires intention, patience and space ....

80% compliance I ask my clients to follow their programming with a minimum of 80% compliance Why? In order to make the changes that my clients want, 80% is enough.  80% is sustainable and realistic.  You give yourself 80% over the long haul (days, weeks, months, years, decades) you're building something to last. Take a listen

I have a quitter in me; so so do you I hated that part of me for a long time.  I tried to outwork any problem I had and when I couldn't outwork a problem I quit, at least that was the story I told myself. The truth is, I was doing my best, and in that moment I wished my best was better Meeting that part of myself on the trail again gave me a chance to rewrite that story I told myself, work th...

Journaling is a movement practice that creates a "Clean Slate" for the rest of your day It's a cornerstone habit of Nine-Four Coaching clients, take a listen and find out why

If you're like me, you try real hard to create positive influence on just about every situation and circumstance you find yourself...it get's draining.  It just does The beauty of nature is, we don't have to "do" anything for it.  We just have to "be"  We just get to experience nature, the trees were strong before we got here and they'll be strong well after we are gone.  The h...

We learn best through Experience (experience that "doesn't go as planned" sometimes) Winter camping, on the North Shore of Lake Superior, 5.5 hour drive to get there, 1.7 mile hike in...what could possibly go wrong? Take a listen to an overview, and some life lessons I picked up along the trail that you may find helpful, or at least entertaining (especially if you've already learned those lessons...

New episode alert 📻 (You can find Nine-Four Radio wherever you find your podcasts) The last step in returning from injury is Confidence The confidence you have returning to the floor, potentially the scene of your injury, and feeling free 💪 This is an underestimated and overlooked necessary step to fully return We short ourselves all the time, robbing ourselves of the joy and freedom we could ha...

Commitment is the belief that what you’re doing will yield the result you’re after. It’s fully showing up and doing the work A lack of commitment indicates there’s a problem and coaches and athletes “feel” it oftentimes far sooner than they’re willing to address it We’ve got to change that, if we want to evolve

“There’s more than one way to skin a cat” ….and while we aren’t harming any animals here, we can take that principle and apply it to our training We can return from injury AND continue to build durability… …how? Get creative

Consistency…putting in “the work” over days, weeks and months Quick, straight forward episode, enjoy 💪

The moment you throw your back out (again)… -what else can go wrong? -now everything hurts! -I can’t event put my shoes on! -I was just getting in a workout routine! -do I need to go see a doctor? It’s frustrating and scary right away, but it doesn’t have to be that way for long Making even the smallest of decisions can help a ton Coaches, set your client or athlete up for success Take a listen, a...

There's a set of 5 considerations that make returning from injury easier and more complete I'm talking everything from twisting your ankle from stepping off the curb, to seasonal depression, blowing out your ACL as a college basketball player Coaches, trainers need to address them in their recovery plans  Athletes, clients and members need to advocate for them Control - know what you can cont...

Taking a page out of Primalbranding by Patrick Hanlon, I'm taking a moment to lay out 2 kinds of mindsets that Nine-Four Coaching doesn't serve. Romanticize "The Grind" - Working hard to prove they work hard; 0 days off; Drive, Drive, Drive "at all costs" Fighting for Their Limitations - Hate their reality, but will not entertain that any level of improvement is possible; has an excuse for every s...

I've got big plans for 2022 and in designing those plans, I realize the huge shortfall between what I'm doing now and what I've designed... I intend for Nine-Four Coaching to be unlike any coaching practice, soundly established at the crossroads between physical fitness, emotional resilience, and the great outdoors So this is my "I know better now, and this is how I'm going to do better starting n...

I know promised I’d be cutting new content, but sometimes you just got to “play the hits”  Designing my 2022 with one piece of paper, based on the following question 👇  “What’s the ONE Thing that you can do to make every task in your life easier to do, or irrelevant”  You can find a template by clicking here  If you find yourself overwhelmed, it’s okay, it was for me the first...