Project Endure Podcast

On this episode of The Project Endure Podcast , Joe Rinaldi sits down with Nicole Dombrowski — educator, principal, author, mother, and mental health advocate — for an incredibly vulnerable conversation about resilience, healing, and finding purpose through life's most difficult challenges. Nicole shares her journey from experiencing bullying as a child and battling an eating disorder to surviving...

On this episode of The Project Endure Podcast , Joe Rinaldi sits down with Matt Fumo — paralysis survivor, endurance athlete, nonprofit founder, and advocate for the spinal cord injury community — for a remarkable conversation about resilience, recovery, and finding purpose through unimaginable adversity. Matt shares the story of a life-changing diving accident at age 19 that left him paralyzed an...

On this episode of  The Project Endure Podcast , Joe Rinaldi sits down with Shannon Campbell — gym owner, endurance athlete, and member of the Project Endure team — for a deeply honest conversation about transformation, sobriety, and learning how to prevail through life's hardest seasons. Shannon shares the story behind the name of her gym, "Prevail," inspired by a former coworker's battle with ca...

On this episode of The Project Endure Podcast , Joe Rinaldi sits down with Kat Campbell  — physical therapist, run coach and Boston Marathon finisher — for an honest and reflective conversation about authenticity, resilience, and finding balance between performance and presence. Kat shares her journey from competing in pageantry to building a career in sports performance, emphasizing the power of...

On this episode of The Project Endure Podcast , Joe Rinaldi sits down with Jayden Lee — cancer survivor, ultra runner, and philanthropist — for a deeply moving conversation about loss, resilience, and turning pain into purpose. Jayden shares his journey of being diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia at just 16 years old, enduring three and a half years of chemotherapy, and how that experienc...

On this SPECIAL episode of The Project Endure Podcast, Joe Rinaldi sits down with Sam Tooley DURING the 2026 Project Endure Event to answer questions from YOU about doing hard things, finding strength in struggle and pursuing the our full potential. THIS WAS A LIVE RECORDING WITHOUT EDITS. Give this episode a listen as we dive into Joe and Sam's minds and learn about what persistence, perspective...

On this episode of The Project Endure Podcast , Joe Rinaldi sits down with Ed Martin — endurance athlete, man of faith, and mental health advocate — for a powerful and vulnerable conversation about purpose, discipline, and using pain as a platform to serve others. Ed shares his journey from struggling with addiction and suicidal thoughts to finding faith, community, and a renewed sense of meaning,...

On this episode of The Project Endure Podcast , Joe Rinaldi sits down with Zach Hawkins — finance professional, endurance athlete, and advocate for mental health — for a thoughtful and impactful conversation about consistency, community, and showing up when life feels heavy. Zach shares his journey through the world of finance, including private equity and wealth management, and the lessons he's l...

On this episode of The Project Endure Podcast, Joe Rinaldi breaks down the 2026 Project Endure Event as he processes the whole thing in real time. This episode covers the event recap, resistance that come with building things that we care about, back stage adjustments that you might not have noticed, the event theme: what we want is on the other side of hard, the magic of bringing great humans tog...

On this episode of The Project Endure Podcast , Joe Rinaldi sits down with Steve  Blake — real estate broker, business owner, father, and endurance athlete — for a deeply personal and grounded conversation about responsibility, perspective, and showing up when life demands more of you than you feel ready for. Steve shares his journey of stepping into leadership of his family's real estate business...

On this episode of The Project Endure Podcast , Joe Rinaldi sits down with Mark Lattanzi — adventure racer, navigation expert, and endurance athlete — for a deeply reflective conversation about resilience, problem-solving, and navigating life's inevitable "squiggly lines." Mark shares insights from more than 25 years in adventure racing, including his experiences in extreme events like the Maratho...

On this episode of The Project Endure Podcast , Joe Rinaldi sits down with Adam Burns — endurance athlete, ultra-runner, and mental health advocate — for a powerful conversation about hope, discipline, and choosing meaning in the midst of struggle. Adam shares his journey from using fitness as a way to cope with bullying, depression, and anxiety, to completing an Ironman becoming the fastest perso...

On this episode of The Project Endure Podcast , Joe Rinaldi sits down with Roni Glassman — physical therapist, clinic owner, content creator, and new mom — for an honest and energizing conversation about authenticity, resilience, and choosing a path that actually fits who you are. Roni shares her journey from physical therapy school to working in a traditional clinic, and eventually stepping into...

On this episode of The Project Endure Podcast , Joe Rinaldi sits down with Pete Hixson — former pastor, business coach, speaker, and nonprofit founder — for a thoughtful and faith-centered conversation about calling, trust, and what it looks like to stay on mission when life takes a unexpected turns. Pete opens up about his transition after 20 years as a pastor, including the internal struggle of...

On this episode of The Project Endure Podcast , Joe Rinaldi sits down with Chris Koch — adaptive athlete, motivational speaker, and marathoner from western Canada — for an inspiring and perspective-shifting conversation about resilience, gratitude, and redefining what endurance really means. Chris shares his journey competing in major marathons like New York and Philadelphia using a skateboard and...

On this episode of The Project Endure Podcast, Joe Rinaldi sits down with Sim Williams — endurance athlete, former boxer, Army veteran, husband, and father — for a deeply reflective conversation about loss, legacy, and the quiet strength required to keep going when life gets hard. Sim opens up about the personal losses that shaped his recent endurance pursuits, including his grandmother's battle w...

On this episode of The Project Endure Podcast, Joe Rinaldi sits down to reflect on lessons from this past year in order to add  as much value as possible as we enter 2026. This is one of those episodes that you might want to listen to more than once. Consider this a software update for the soul as we pursue growth in the new year. Give this episode a listen, take some notes and lean into the thing...

On this episode of The Project Endure Podcast, Joe Rinaldi sits down with Kaleigh Kurtz — professional soccer player and self-proclaimed "work in progress" — for an honest conversation about resilience, self-trust, and the mental endurance required to navigate both sport and life. Kaleigh shares her journey from a perfection-driven young athlete to a more grounded, connected leader, reflecting on...

On this episode of The Project Endure Podcast, Joe Rinaldi sits down with Erika Tvedten — dermatology resident, ultrarunner, and relentless pursuer of growth — for a raw and wide-ranging conversation about balancing ambition, anxiety, and the pursuit of meaning. Erika shares the reality behind her busy life, from training for a 100-mile race to navigating the pressures of residency and learning to...

On this episode of The Project Endure Podcast, Joe Rinaldi sits down with Bear Lee — endurance athlete, adventurer, and mental health advocate — for a powerful conversation about navigating darkness, chasing difficult goals, and choosing growth through adversity. Bear opens up about his lifelong battles with anxiety and depression, the numbing impact of medication, and how endurance sports became...

On this episode of The Project Endure Podcast, Joe Rinaldi sits down with Kareem Rosser — author, athlete, and advocate — for a heartfelt conversation about finding empowerment through adversity. Kareem shares his remarkable journey from growing up in West Philadelphia , navigating poverty and loss, to discovering the transformative power of polo and the Work to Ride program . He opens up about lo...

On this episode of The Project Endure Podcast, Joe Rinaldi sits down with Paula Shrock to talk about battling ocular melanoma, how everything can change in a heartbeat, not letting fear take us to dark places, having support from loved ones (Brian riding bike from tip to top of Nova Scotia), hope has blood on her knuckles, leaning on humor, seeing control as an illusion, with life comes suffering,...

On this episode of The Project Endure Podcast, Joe Rinaldi sits down with JP Singer to talk about being a lover of life, using death to liberate us, minimizing future regret, dropping out of school to play music, creating memories instead of regrets, time waits for no one, ready is a decision, committing to what you want, seeing the unknown as where we grow, battling depression with a shift in per...

On this episode of The Project Endure Podcast, Joe Rinaldi breaks down the 2025 Project Endure Retreat as he processes the whole thing in real time. This episode covers the retreat recap, behind the scene logistics, honest personal reflections, the importance of being with other people who want to grow, the power of moments, making deep connections, some lessons from behind the scenes, gratitude f...

On this episode of The Project Endure Podcast, Joe Rinaldi sits down to discuss the PHL 24 Event (24 hours of stairs) including every high, every low, every lesson and everything in between. Give this episode a listen as we dive deep into Joe's race and learn about what persistence, perspective and endurance mean to him.    Project Endure Coaching  (here)   If you found value in this episode and w...