The Active Life Podcast

Pat wants to help light the spark to be active in thousands of people instead of going deep with a handful of people in his local market. When everyone seems to be Overpromising about what their services can do for you, Pat’s promise is refreshingly small, and likely to be kept. Pat struggles with the same impostor syndrome that many of us do, and on this episode he talks about how his wife, and h...

I believe that the life we are capable of imagining is constrained by the experiences and education we have already acquired. We can only think as big as our mind can understand. This is why it is critical to surround ourselves with people who have a wide array of desirable experiences and education that we do not yet have.  Our network collapses time strictly through friendships that have no expe...

Why do people fail, and why are we so scared of it? On today's episode I sit down with Larry to discuss the most common reasons people fail, and why we are seemingly so afraid to do it.  Failure is perhaps the best teacher there is. We should not be so afraid of our most useful teacher.  Are you curious about working with us as a one-on-one client? You can book a discovery call to learn more and s...

We have updated our mission statement at Active Life to read "empower a life of freedom, without compromise." So it's incumbent on us to describe what it means to compromise, and why we so often find ourselves doing it.  Then, we need to describe a process to eliminate it in our lives.  This podcast is a start. And there will be many more. Enjoy.

"Work life balance" is a crutch used to justify laziness.  You don't know anyone who regularly thinks about creating more balance, who is doing anything worthwhile. The people you know who have the most balance in their lives are the people pursuing world class performance in everything they do.  Balance is being present, and inspired at all times, and being present and inspired at all times is wo...

Imagine going out for a routine run, and dying. You wake up in the hospital with no recollection of what happened, or why it happened. What would life be like after that? Today I sit down with Dom Fusco, and ask him, because he experienced exactly this.  Dom is a content creator, the host of the pure ambition podcast, and owner of upspace app which is a platform to buid and discover communities ce...

I decided to record a podcast to remind me of how I feel in life, right now. I bet many of you are going to find it relatable, which I find fascinating.  We are in completely different phases of our lives. Some of you more successful than me, some less. Some of you older, some younger. And we will have commonality on this podcast that neither of us ever expected.  The whole episode is me talking t...

The New York Yankees bleacher seats have a community that dictates culture, anyone can buy a seat. The New York Yankees locker room has a culture that dictates it's community, you have to be invited.  EVERYONE would rather have a uniform and a locker than a ticket to the game.  In this episode I'm breaking down a simple, three step process you can use to start building elite culture in your busine...

Social norms these days can have us thinking upside down. They did for me, and for my wife.  We struggled to be proud of things we are proud of. We struggled to be happy with the reality we worked so hrd to create. And we felt guilty for accomplishing.  Why? And what are we doing about it? Listen in. Are you curious about working with us as a one-on-one client? You can book a discovery call to lea...

Active Life is a personal development company disguised as a health, fitness, and business company.  We help people develop into the person they need and want to become in order to live a life of freedom, without compromise.  Too often peope are focused on the "what", as in "what do they need to do to get what they want to get", we prefer to focus on the "be", as in "who do you need to be to not n...

Confidence is circumstantial, self esteem is persistent.  On today's episode I sit down with Cody Ringle To discuss what makes confidence circumstantial, what makes self esteem persistent, and how one leads to conviction and value, but the other does not. We also talk about how to get both.  Enjoy

Are you curious about working with us as a one-on-one client? You can book a discovery call to learn more and see if you’re a fit for RX  coaching.https://calendly.com/active-life-rx/rx-coaching-discovery-call-45-mins Are you a professional who wants help getting your clients out of pain while building a coaching business? You can book a discovery call to learn more about the Active Life Professio...

Hi, Dr. Sean here... Years ago I told my friend, Rachel Balkovec that I felt like my voice was not coming through. I was speaking like a recent school graduate applying for their first job, timid, and unclear.  I wanted to speak more like Muhammad Ali, or Steve Jobs. You may not have sensed it, but until about a month ago I was still feeling like I was speaking in someone else's voice. I felt like...

The CFO at Active Life asked Dr. Sean what his vision for the company is because he wants to keep it in mind as he steers the financial aspects of the company.  On this episode Dr. Sean breaks down that big, audacious vision.  Buckle up.

What we are experiencing today is a result of actions taken, and not taken, years ago. On this episode Dr. Sean and Larry break down the real life example of podcaster Chris Williamson, and more, as they dive into what it seems to take to experience meteoric growth in a very, seemingly, short period of time.  Are you curious about working with us as a one-on-one client? You can book a discovery ca...

Is it just us or does it seem like every major corporation has an opinion about every social issue these days? These opinions usually seem uninformed, lacking nuance, convenient, and commercially driven.  Corporate America has taken the low road and become a source of division within our society, and on today's podcast Dr. Sean and Cody discuss it.  They do not take the middle road.

Sam Miller is probably your nutrition coach's nutrition coach. After working with hundreds of nutrition clients, Sam noticed the trend that his clients were asking questions about their clients to him. So Sam started teaching nutrition coaching education to the professional. On this episode you will learn: how to know if a person is a credible nutrition coach or not. what Sam thinks of Dr Sean's d...

Be so good that your actions speak for you, and that your reputation is a reflection of your actions. That's step 1. But step 2 is the accelerant. It can be hard, frustrating, and even counterproductive to play the humble position all the time.  On this podcast Dr. Sean and Cody Ringle dive into exactly how Dr. Sean is thinking about amplifying his own message for Active Life, and what actions he'...

Want to think bigger and have more success? Who doesnt? On today's episode Cody Ringle, the operations lead for Active Life in Long Beach, NY, sits down with Dr. Sean and walks him through a personal development exercise that obviates some holes in his thinking, all in an effort to start thinking bigger and creating more value. Enjoy!

Are you curious about working with us as a one-on-one client? You can book a discovery call to learn more and see if you’re a fit for RX  coaching.https://calendly.com/active-life-rx/rx-coaching-discovery-call-45-mins Are you a professional who wants help getting your clients out of pain while building a coaching business? You can book a discovery call to learn more about the Active Life Professio...

"Does this dress look good on me?" "No. It hugs you in the wrong spots and hides too many of your best features, put it back on the rack." That's how conversations go down in Dr. Sean's household. And that marriage has never been stronger.  On today's episode Dr. Sean and Cody don't talk about dress fits at all. They're talking straight talk, politics, comedy, and authenticity. If you struggle to...

Weezy Shumaker was offered her dream coaching job, and she turned it down because when she got into it, the role wasn't as aligned with her core values than she thought it to be.  In this episode you're going to learn: What it means to have personal core values How to say "no", and maintain respect and dignity Whether you're better off on your own or on a team How to know when it's time to enroll...

If a business makes a lot of money, is it successful? Many people would say yes, I'd say maybe, and ask if it has these other two things also.

Imagine being dropped in a new city where you have no friends, no contacts, and no influence, every three months with the task of selling out an event that no one in the city knows they need to go to. That's what Eli Wilde did for 15 years, on behalf of Tony Robbins, better than anyone else in the history of Tony's companies. On todays episode you're going to learn:  - Tools of the trade for makin...

You may be thinking that this title is hyperbolic, and that we don't actually mean it, there's some catch. But, you would be mistaken.  We're not going to give away the riddle, you're gonna have to listen to the show to learn when it makes sense to pay twice as much money and get half as much service.  And, we bet it's going to make you re-think a lot of things.