The Derek Loudermilk Show

The Art of Adventure is celebrating 200 episodes! It's be an amazing journey, and I wanted to do something a little different for this episode - an adventure radio hour. I've collected some of the wildest and most remarkable tales of adventure from seven of my favorite interviews and stitched them together for you! Featured in this episode: * Dave Cornthwaite * Sean Conway * Anne-Laure Carruth * J...

“Come back to your brand, come back to offering tons of value.” - Brenda Burns Today’s guest on the Art of Adventure podcast is Brendan Burns, founder of @ TheAdventureDaze . Brendan is a coach and online instructor who has organically grown his Instagram accounts over 100,000 followers.  Brendan loves lifestyle design and wants people to follow their passion and find a way to monetize that. I ori...

We spent December 2017 and January 2018 living in Southern California (SoCal), halfway between San Diego and LA. I spent many full days writing Superconductors, but we still had time to work in a bunch of adventures! Adventure highlights from our time in SoCal: * Attended a business mastermind in Encinitas (With former guests Chase Boehringer and Emily Utter) * Hosted an Art of Adventure meetup in...

“When heaven and earth come together, that’s where life happens.” - Andrew Miles Today’s guest on the Art of Adventure podcast is Andrew Miles, a Doctor of Oriental Medicine, currently based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He is a catalyst, through his works and his podcast, for other people to become specialists and really run with something. He not only nurtures his career, but other people’s as wel...

We moved to Budapest, Hungary for two months in 2017. I was invited to speak at the Freedom X Festival, and instead of just flying in for the weekend, we decided to move there from Croatia, where our 90 day stay was running out. We packed up our bags and took the bus from Zadar, to Budapest. We did something new just about every day in Budapest, It feels like we lived a lifetime there. Here are th...

 “Don’t wait. Start right now.” - Sean Conway Today’s guest on the Art of Adventure is Sean Conway, adventurer extraordinaire. He is a record holder for the world’s longest triathlon and has done many physical challenges and has speed record attempts for cycling across Europe and around the globe. He is one of the most well-known adventurers around the world, and definitely a badass ! Sean was bor...

Confidence is the number one thing that entrepreneurs tell me wish they had more of. "I would be able to make more sales, give a speech, and make new friends if I were more confident" But how to be confident? Confidence has many layers. First is the outer layer.  This is shown in what you wear and how you carry yourself. This is basically one’s charisma. This is what you talk about, and is somethi...

Today’s guest on the Art of Adventure podcast is Tom Fabbri, an adventurer, private pilot, chef, health and wellness expert, Mr. Natural Universe at the age of 52, and the author of Ageless You. In this inspiring episode, Tom talks about fear, and being selfish when it comes to taking care of ourselves. He stresses that we need to take care of ourselves first because after all, you can’t fill othe...

"The ripest fruit at the top of the tree isnt the prize, its the choice to climb into the tree in the first place" - Jeff Shapiro Today's guest on the Art of Adventure podcast is Jeff Shapiro, a wingsuit base jumper, paraglider, rock climber, professional sponserd athlete, and philosopher, to name a few. In this unique episode, Jeff takes us with him to his wingsuit base jump adventure which, as h...

  This is the fifth year I have published my annual review and goals for the upcoming year. If you are curious about how I have honed the process, here are the yearly reviews for  2013 ,  2014 ,  2015 , 2016 and the goals setting posts for  2013 ,  2014 ,  2015 ,  2016 . This annual review process is inspired by  Chris Guillebeau  who has been publishing his annual reviews for several years and ha...

“It's about your vibrations.” Today's guests on the Art of Adventure podcast are Kit and Rosie Volcano. This is Part Two of a two-part interview with the Volcanos ( Click here for Episode 1). In this episode, they will take us to an adventure through their yoga, retreats, and coaching business. Kit and Rosie Volcano started out as yoga studio owners and over time, realized that what they were doin...

“Be with the changes, experience it.” - Kit Volcano Today's guests on the Art of Adventure podcast are Kit and Rosie Volcano. This is Part One of a two-part interview with the Volcanos. This episode is a bit different as we get to explore gender, personal identity, sexuality, relationships – topics which do not normally fall in the Art of Adventure, but in reality, is really still all about advent...

Would you go Cave Diving? When you are at the turn-around point of a cave dive, you are farther away from help than the astronauts on the International Space Station! So it is dangerous, yes, but also exciting!  There are very few people who ever get to see deep underground in a water filled cave. Here are eight of the things I learned from my cavern diving course. * Trust is Key. Trusting your bu...

"If we get together and we help build each other's 'star power', everybody wins." - Scot McKay Today's guest on the Art of Adventure podcast is known as the number one dating coach in America, an entrepreneur, and champion BMX racer. Scot McKay has taken his family all over the world, including traveling with his kids, to over a hundred countries. He brings his kids to different places to introduc...

“A polymath needs time available to play and fail.” - Patricia Parkinson Today's guest on the Art of Adventure podcast is an entrepreneur mentor, global nomad, and a polymath who believes that people naturally have lots of interests and they can specialize in more than one thing deeply. Patricia Parkinson is a polymath, and she actually had it tattooed on her forearm! She says that polymaths speci...

Do you want to supercharge your health, energy, focus, stamina, and resilience? Superfoods might be the answer for you , especially if you are a busy traveler, entrepreneur, or digital nomad. I've been traveling full time for four years and I always bring along my pantry of key superfoods and supplements to maximize my health and energy. I recently asked hundreds of digital nomads and full time tr...

“Being more real as a podcaster, I think, has helped me tap more into my authenticity as a person.” – Tony Wrighton Today’s guest on the Art of Adventure podcast is a health and personal development expert who believes that a person’s well-being greatly influences his life, his career, and his future. Tony Wrighton is the man behind Zestology podcast, the radio show about living with energy, vital...

“The more I’m willing to take the adventure, the more I grow.” – Kavit Haria Today’s guest on the Art of Adventure podcast is a business genius whose adventure is to help people build and grow their online businesses. Kavit Haria is the Founder and Director of Insider Internet Success which helps coaches, consultants, and experts build an automated and profitable online business. They believe that...

Do you want to experience the world's famous beer festival? The Oktoberfest is one of the largest festivals in the world for about 7 million attendees. It is a 16-day to 18-day celebration running from mid September to the first weekend in October held in Munich, Germany annually. I was lucky enough to witness this superb celebration about food, music, and lots of beer. I was able to enjoy the fes...

“The mission of the group, in one sentence, is that this is a place to ask travel questions, share travel advice, and ultimately encourage one another to travel the world sooner than later.” – Jackie Nourse Today’s guest on the Art of Adventure podcast is a traveler, an adventurer, an explorer who has mastered the art of traveling and living on a budget. She is on a mission to bring more people in...

Are you ready for a location independent life? If you are, I tell you, it's not all about booking a one-way ticket to another country, sitting in front of your laptop, doing some digital work. It's a lot more than that. Having the chance to live as a nomad allows you to experience various cultures, languages, traditions, currencies and more. And as you go through this journey, you get to realize t...

“Be really clear on ‘This is what I speak about’ and ‘This is who I speak to’.” Today’s guest on the Art of Adventure podcast is a normal dude who wants to live a fulfilling and rewarding life – just like the rest of us. Grant Baldwin is the founder of The Speaker Lab which helps speakers get more paid speaking engagements, develop speaking and presentation skills, and grow speaking/online busines...

"There are all kinds of different voices in our heads, and often we are listening to our rational mind instead of our intuition." What do you listen to when you make decisions? Should you listen to intuition, statistics, or experience? This is a 5-minute Friday episode about the Invisible Scripts, the voices and programs in our mind that control our decision making. This episode talks about the va...

“It’s not the lack of resources but the lack of resourcefulness that holds people back” – Chase Boehringer   Today’s guest on the Art of Adventure podcast is an epitome of an adventurer. He takes people to the world’s most epic adventures! Chase Boehringer is the founder of The Bucketlist Lifestyle which brings together the most positive people on Earth for once in a lifetime “Bucketlist-worthy” a...

"The ability to focus is one of the most valuable skills you can cultivate" How long can you stay focused on something without getting bored? Can you end a day without any distractions - no phone, no internet? I've written before about how I learned to be more present with my son, Axel, and how that helped me concentrate when I go to work on a challenging project. This is a 5-minute Friday episode...