University of Adversity

Self care specialist and lifestyle mentor – expert researcher in health and wellness for over 10 years. Has worked alongside Jillian Michaels, celebrity trainer, Host of the podcast “What’s the Word”, focusing on interviewing the most inspirational people using a word of the day – to empower and educate listeners on how to live better in ALL areas. Holds over 10 international accredited certificat...

Alex returns for the second time to the University of Adversity, talking about mastering the ego, shadow work and personal growth through healing. Alex Nelson, born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is an entrepreneur, life transformation coach, retreat facilitator, and the host of the Through The Veil podcast. After selling his asphalt business in early 2017, he embarked upon a journey that l...

Will Moore is a dynamic entrepreneur, speaker, life coach, and happiness expert. After exiting his delivery startup for a nine-figure sum, Will realized that “true success" is not just about finances, but nurturing and finding balance in the  5 core areas of life we all share. He’s now dedicated to helping others become an entrepreneur of the most important business they’ll ever run, THEIR LI...

The now serial entrepreneur Danelle Delgado began her journey when faced with raising her three small children on her own. Forced to make a change, she went from working three jobs, 80-90 hours a week, and struggling to survive, to award-winning success in business by persisting her way in to align with some of the world’s most renowned business experts and gained them as her personal mentors. Aft...

Lisa Jimenez helps entrepreneurs harness the power of their minds to bust through hidden barriers, tap their inner wisdom, jump out of bed with renewed purpose, and grow their income and impact. Her work is centered around mindset—the hidden beliefs that determine behavior—and helping people reprogram those beliefs and create quantum leaps in their productivity and results. Lisa is best known for...

Paul is based in San Diego with his wife and their three children. Starting with the birth of their first child they began a journey into the world of alternative holistic health and wellness. Paul battled with Lymes disease and got progressively worse over the period of 20 years. Despite great efforts to manage the pain through countless pills and thousands of dollars spent in medical treatment,...

Paul is based in San Diego with his wife and their three children. Starting with the birth of their first child they began a journey into the world of alternative holistic health and wellness. Paul battled with Lymes disease and got progressively worse over the period of 20 years. Despite great efforts to manage the pain through countless pills and thousands of dollars spent in medical treatment,...

Dana discusses bullying and how it has changed in this new digital age, how life-altering the effects of bullying can be, and how it’s being swept under the rug by schools who are more concerned with perception and reputation and parents who are in denial. Dana’s daughter was bullied and harassed to the point she became critically ill - she spent several months in the hospital, missed over a year...

Eric Skwarczynski can best be described as a storyteller. He has spent the last 7 years fulfilling various media production roles, including as a videographer, photographer, writer & graphic designer. His work has taken him to over 20 states and 13 different countries, and has included a documentary film, an 8-episode mini-series, and several commercials.

 Eric is deeply passionate about rais...

Annaliese Puccini, known for her time on The Bachelor and Bachelor In Paradise. She, like many others, has had major life shifts recently and is now breaking free of the “character” and judgments of others and stepping into her authentic self. She is a soon to be an author with the hopes to empower others. She is a writer, poet, artist, who is on a journey of self-love and acceptance for self. Aft...

Johnny has worked in the hospitality industry for over 25 years and was the general manager at some of the best restaurants & bars across western Canada. He met many people along the way and mastered the art of developing connections and creating beautiful experiences. It did come at a cost, however, and it became destructive and damaging for Johnny. The drinking, partying and late nights turn...

Keri is the CEO & Founder of Elevate with Keri – an elite transformational coaching movement. She is an international motivational speaker, author, event host, and leading global authority on whole-body wellness. She has spoken alongside top industry experts, neuroscientists, and doctors. Keri has trained celebrities such as Alison Sweeney from NBC’s The Biggest Loser. She also has advanced ex...

Adi Jaffe, PhD is a #1 best-selling author ( The Abstinence Myth ) and a nationally recognized expert on mental health, addiction, relationships, and shame. He lectured in the UCLA Psychology department for the better part of a decade and was the Executive-Director and Co-Founder of one of the most progressive mental health treatment facilities in the country - until he started IGNTD . Dr. Jaffe,...

Caitlyn is a master coach for the Aubrey Marcus Fit For Service Fellowship program and an intuitive transformational experience facilitator for practices such as ecstatic dance, breathwork, meditation, and kundalini yoga. Her areas of focus include shadow work, divine feminine healing, and creative writing. With a dynamic history of tested life experience, overcoming her own struggles through vari...

 Ava Johanna is a celebrity meditation and breathwork instructor, founder of The Academy of Breath online certification program, and spiritual business coach based out of San Diego, CA. Whether on the podcast or with her private clients, Ava works with individuals to activate their soul's purpose, create powerful daily routines, and elevate every area of their life simply by adjusting their minds...

Emily Pereira is an author, international retreat leader, and women’s coach, specializing in helping women call in heart-thumping-passionate-I-got-your-back-no-matter-what love. Her favorite moniker from her clients— is “Relationship Whisperer”. After 13 years of intensive and extensive spiritual training and exploration, she has amassed a treasure trove of astonishing wisdom and powerful practice...

Maestro Shaman Hamilton Souther is the founder of the Blue Morpho Ayahausca and Shamanism Center in Peru. Hamilton spent over a decade living in the rainforests of Peru studying the way of the shaman. He’s the founder of Blue Morpho Tours, an Ayahuasca-based Peruvian retreat organization, and his new endeavor, the U.S.-based White Morpho. Over the last 12 years, he has guided thousands of particip...

Welcome back to The University of Adversity Podcast. In today’s solo episode, I talk about the process of growth and overcoming the current discomfort to move towards achieving greatness. I have faced so many negative thoughts as I’ve tried to grow this podcast, especially with the new book launch and summit. If you want to grow into someone that you aren’t currently, you’re going to have to commi...

Dan Fleyshman is a serial entrepreneur and the youngest founder ever to take a company public. He traveled the country at age 23 and went on to scale the energy drink products into 55,000 retail stores. Since then Dan has angel invested in 36 companies, spoken at over 200 events, and thrown 32 “Elevator Nights” events with thousands of attendees. Additionally, Dan’s social media agency “Elevator S...

Joining Lance today is Wade Lightheart, 3-time All Natural National Bodybuilding Champion, advisor to the American Anti-Cancer Institute, director of Education at BiOptimizers Nutrition and, founder of the Prosperity & Health Alliance. He began his journey in health, fitness, and spiritual awakening at 15 when faced with his sister's terminal illness. It was at this time he began lifting weigh...

Joining Lance today is Jesse Krieger, twice best-selling author and having signed two publishing deals on two different continents. Jesse has worked with 100+ authors from around the world to achieve their dreams of writing and publishing a book via his company, Lifestyle Entrepreneurs Press. Unlike most traditional publishing companies, Lifestyle Entrepreneurs Press helps authors through the enti...

Joining Lance today is Daniel Cleland, an international entrepreneur, traveler, and author of the book, Pulse of the Jungle: Ayahuasca, Adventures and Social Enterprise in the Amazon. Originating in Walkerton, Ontario, he has spent over a decade globe-trotting and hosting group tours all over Latin America and in the deepest parts of the Amazon to work with traditional indigenous medicine practice...

Welcome back University of Adversity listeners. Sitting with Lance today is mindset coach master Liam Collins. Liam shares his life story from working alongside Hollywood celebrities, delivering Tom Hardy’s mail, and building The Coaching Masters, a highly successful, 7-figure online coaching business within 3 years. Liam wants to inspire people to achieve success even in the face of devastating a...

Welcome back to The University of Adversity Podcast. In today’s short and sweet solo episode, I discuss the experience I felt in my second ceremony with ayahuasca and facing my shadows. Powerful lessons from stories of past relationships, facing the deep pit and nitty-gritty of our demons, and manifesting self-love to heal past and present traumas, I unpack all the good, bad and ugly of personal d...

Joining Lance for a talk about podcasting, plant medicine, and thriving, Jeremy Abramson went from sleeping in his Honda CR-V to coaching some of the most elite executives and entrepreneurs in the world in just 5 years. Jeremy wants people to stop settling for mediocrity and start THRIVING. Jeremy’s message for listeners is that you are powerful. You can reprogram your subconscious minds and creat...