Caroline Paul on How Outdoor Adventure Improves Our Lives as We Age
What a treat it is this week to welcome Caroline Paul to the podcast! Caroline’s most recent book, Tough Broad: From Boogie Boarding to Wing Walking – How Outdoor Adventure Improves Our Lives as We Age, is incredibly insightful when it comes to learning about opportunities to pour into our own fulfillment. This is not just a book; it is a full-blown quest to explore and understand how to live a dynamic life, especially as we grow older. Together, we explore redefining adventure, the magic of nature, the importance of awe and why a positive view of aging is so critical to your health.
Erin on Putting Your Strategy Into Action (Personal Strategy: Step 3)
Step 3 of Your Personal Strategy focuses on creating an action plan that will help you bridge the gap between your high-level strategy and your day-to-day activities. By celebrating our accomplishments so far, then identifying short-term goals and supporting behaviours for each pillar in our strategy, we can confidently move out of “thinking” mode and into “doing” mode.
Parveen Dhupar on Lovin’ It, Livin’ It and Finding Your Ikigai
“Lovin’ It, Livin’ It” is the motto of this week’s guest, Parveen Dhupar, and as he explains, the order matters! As Parveen describes so beautifully, “You have to love yourself first, you have to love life first, before you can live it to its fullest”. In this episode, we cover this and so much more, including themes of positivity, a gentle approach to starting each day, living your ikigai and being in control of your time.
David Carley on Resourcefulness, Travel and Lifelong Learning
In this episode, I’m talking with entrepreneur, real estate investor and world traveller, David Carley. Dave is like a modern-day MacGyver in his persistent (sometimes stubborn, as he describes) commitment to figuring things out and making things happen. I dig into the innate qualities that have led to Dave’s success to see if we can learn tricks to adopt them too! Plus Dave has great tips for designing your life, either when it comes to travel or the next chapter.
Erin and Josh on Adventures in Life Travel
Erin and Josh are back with a fresh travel episode! In this one, we lift out of commentary on specific destinations and focus on the experience of what we call “life travel”. If you’re interested in getting the inside scoop on what’s involved with living away from “home” for chunks of time every year, this episode is for you!
Shawn Johal on Tools for Well-Being, Success and Entrepreneurship
My conversation with entrepreneur, business coach, author and speaker, Shawn Johal is absolutely jam-packed with all sorts of ideas and tools you can use for your own personal growth. We talk about personal success, how stress is the biggest killer of energy and passion, the time/anger gap, the 3-2-1 rule, how to cultivate open-hearted curiousity, and small changes you can make to your morning/evening routines to foster well-being. Shawn also discusses the 3 key ingredients to being a great entrepreneur. You’ll be surprised to hear that they aren’t what you think!
Erin on Designing Your Personal Strategy (Personal Strategy: Step 2)
The goal of this next step is to create a personal strategy – a model – that will give us clarity and focus as we begin the journey of connecting our wild, beautiful, long-term vision to our present life. In this episode, I’ll explain three different approaches that you can take to identify the pillars and priorities that make up your personal strategy. It’s like a choose-your-own-adventure for your own strategy design!
Lauren Best on Attitude, Preparation and The Power of Voice
In this episode, I’m talking to talented musician and published poet, Lauren Best. As an experienced vocal coach, Lauren talks about the power of voice and how singing is a gateway to many of the fulfillment foundations. We also take a deep dive into attitude, mindset, energy, preparation, expectations, effort, presence and purpose.
Kevin Brady on Reaching Peak Health in Middle Age
In this week’s episode, I’m talking to entrepreneur, adventurer and world triathlon athlete Kevin Brady. After a near-death experience, Kevin made an immediate and significant change to say goodbye to a lifestyle full of busyness and stress and instead adopt a lifestyle focused on health and wellbeing. As Kevin came to realize, being fit doesn’t mean you’re healthy.