Unbreakable with Jared Maynard

Trigger warning: This episode discusses disordered eating, body image, and anxiety. My old bodybuilding coach called me a pig. I emailed him after the 4th or 5th binge. First year of PT school. The most anxiety I'd ever had in my life up to that point. I was stuck in a cycle I couldn't break and I reached out for help. That email is what came back. It's also one of the two or three...

Dr. Kate Sneddon didn't choose to be diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at age 2. But she did choose to be a college athlete, run a half marathon while coughing up blood at 19, become a PT, build a practice, and dedicate her career to helping ACLers come back better than before. Kate's one of my favorite people, and not just because she's a sharp clinician with quick wit and a Long Isla...

When you're injured as a coach or clinician, it can f*** with your head. My client - a PT himself - is going through the worst hip injury he's ever had. He can't say 'yes' to doing what he wants without wondering if he'll pay for it later. The questions he's been asking himself were very familiar, because I've been asking them myself for 11 years. This episo...

I spent years believing a lie that cost me time I'll never get back. This episode is about that lie. And if you're a coach or clinician, especially one who's dealing with pain, injury, or a body that isn't cooperating, it's probably costing you too. Dan is one of the smartest strength coaches I know. When he herniated a disc that debilitated him and wouldn't get bette...

I was kind of an asshole to Dr. Taylor Goldberg. When she and I first met, she was at rock bottom - working a job she hated, isolated from the people she loved, and questioning her career choice. I got to watch her pull herself out of the hole by building a business she loved. Then she signed on for my coaching to get stronger and healthier... Which is when I almost died. Dick move, if you ask me....

I'll be real with you: I showed up to record this one feeling like I had off-brand Flex Tape holding me together.  But I recorded this episode anyway because someone has to go first. This one is for the coach or clinician who knows they need to make a change. Who has known for a while, if they're being real about it. And keeps finding reasons why right now isn't quite the time. I&ap...

After 11 years as a Physical Therapist and coach...here's what I got wrong. In this episode I spill the tea on what I've changed my mind on after many a painful and embarrassing lesson. So let me save you the trouble. The Nihilistic Valley, manual therapy, the four questions I now ask each client at the end of every assessment, and what I actually think makes a good coach or clinician in...

Dr. Susie Spirlock kept going through the long days to build her business, and the diagnoses no one saw coming...until her body made it very clear that she couldn't anymore. Susie is a PT, DPT, strength coach, and founder of Move Your Bones — and in this conversation she held nothing back. We talked about the identity shift that comes when your body changes the rules on you. The perfectionism...

Every journey has a first step. This is mine. I share why I'm starting this show, who it's for, and what I believe about the coaches and clinicians who give everything to the people they serve and forget about themselves. I talk about what it took to get here - including waking up in an ICU in 2023 with a 50/50 shot at making it out alive - and why I believe someone has to go first and s...