Episodes

  • A Story of Comeback and Resilience with Laurel Rathbun

    A Story of Comeback and Resilience with Laurel Rathbun
    Feb 24 2026
    Today, we welcome Laurel Rathbun. This episode explores what sustainable high performance really looks like through the lens of elite cycling, entrepreneurship, and personal resilience. From early athletic development to career-ending injury, returning to competition, launching a women’s pro team, and balancing work, training, and leadership, this conversation offers practical lessons on consistency, intentional living, emotional regulation, mentorship, and building performance ecosystems that last. Listeners will learn how elite performers define success beyond wins, how to manage multiple life demands without burning out, and how women’s sports are evolving through better leadership and partnership models.
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    57 mins
  • Running a Start Up and Staying Balanced with Maria Colacurcio

    Running a Start Up and Staying Balanced with Maria Colacurcio
    Feb 17 2026
    In this episode, we sit down with start-up CEO Maria Colacurcio to explore how elite performers balance career ambition, family life, and athletic goals without burning out. Drawing from real-world leadership experience and competitive sport, the conversation reveals practical strategies for goal setting, productivity, recovery, and mindset. Listeners will learn how to replace perfectionism with progress, use movement to fuel creativity, and design weekly systems that support both performance and happiness.
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    46 mins
  • Building Sustainable Focus and Performance Systems with Prasanth Nair

    Building Sustainable Focus and Performance Systems with Prasanth Nair
    Feb 10 2026
    What does it actually mean to perform at a high level without burning out? In this episode, productivity expert and endurance athlete Prasanth Nair shares a practical, systems-driven approach to sustainable high performance. You’ll learn how presence, energy management, identity-based habits, and structured time systems create consistent results in work, sport, and life. From micro-focus moments to long-term discipline, this conversation delivers actionable strategies for anyone seeking clarity, focus, and meaningful progress.
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    40 mins
  • Turning Passion Into Daily Momentum with Mike Buenting

    Turning Passion Into Daily Momentum with Mike Buenting
    Feb 3 2026
    In this episode, Sean sits down with sports marketing leader and lifelong endurance athlete Mike Buenting to explore what truly drives long-term motivation, happiness, and performance. From career reinvention to marathon breakthroughs and Ironman setbacks, Mike shares powerful lessons on chasing passion over money, building resilience through adaptability, and creating sustainable habits that fuel both sport and life. This conversation offers actionable insights for athletes, professionals, and anyone seeking fulfillment through movement and purpose-driven work.
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    41 mins
  • Developing Resilience and Potential through Sport

    Developing Resilience and Potential through Sport
    Jan 20 2026
    What does it take to sustain high performance across work, sport, and life—without burning out or losing yourself along the way? In this episode, Holly sits down with a lawyer, public servant, mother, and endurance athlete to explore how discipline, humility, and long-term thinking create the conditions for real potential. Through stories of running, leadership, self-doubt, and resilience, this conversation reframes performance away from outcomes and toward daily practices that build confidence, clarity, and capacity over time. This episode is a powerful listen for leaders, athletes, and high achievers who carry a lot—and want to carry it well. 00:03 – Introduction and multi-dimensional identity 03:00 – Sport as an organizing force for discipline 07:20 – Letting go of streaks and learning to rest 10:40 – Daily habits that support consistent performance 15:55 – Defining performance beyond results 19:30 – Flow state, suffering, and acceptance 25:20 – Sport as proof of worth and self-belief 30:35 – Starting the day with the hardest thing 36:10 – Why working with a coach matters 45:45 – Saying no, long-term thinking, and perseverance
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    45 mins
  • How to Perform Well for The Long Run

    How to Perform Well for The Long Run
    Jan 6 2026
    What does it actually take to perform at a high level—without sacrificing health, joy, or longevity? In this conversation, the guest explores sustainable high performance across work, sport, and life. Through stories of entrepreneurship, trail running, coaching, and community building, the episode unpacks how discipline, fun, mentorship, and self-awareness create lasting success. This episode is a practical and philosophical guide for anyone navigating ambition without burnout. 00:00–02:45 – Identity, entrepreneurship, and community building 02:46–06:30 – Seeing gaps and trusting intuition 06:31–10:30 – Confidence, leadership, and starting before ready 10:31–14:30 – Defining high performance in business 14:31–18:50 – Athletic background and growth mindset 18:51–23:15 – Discipline vs. motivation in training 23:16–26:45 – Burnout, recovery, and sustainable effort 26:46–31:20 – Fun, energy, and performance outcomes 31:21–37:30 – Coaching, self-awareness, and mental agility 37:31–44:25 – Future focus, advice, and building support systems
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    37 mins
  • From Recruitment to Racing: An Insightful Conversation with Nick Day

    From Recruitment to Racing: An Insightful Conversation with Nick Day
    Dec 23 2025
    This episode explores how fear, ambition, and identity shape performance in sport, leadership, and life. Through stories from endurance sport, entrepreneurship, parenting, and coaching, the conversation examines why driven people struggle with balance, how fear disguises itself as wisdom, and how clarity of purpose enables sustained high performance without regret. The discussion introduces a practical framework—the “fear equation”—and reframes failure, recovery, and courage as skills that can be trained rather than traits you either have or don’t have. 00:03 – Background in sport, business, and coaching 09:30 – Identity, ambition, and always needing a goal 12:40 – Burnout, plateaus, and changing pursuits 15:05 – Recovery as an extreme, not moderation 20:10 – Why fear demands understanding, not avoidance 22:15 – The Fear Equation explained 26:40 – Fear of success vs. fear of failure 30:45 – Reframing failure and public judgment 36:00 – Values conflict: work success vs. family presence 45:55 – Paying the “fear tax” over a lifetime
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    47 mins
  • Unlocking Sustainable High Performance

    Unlocking Sustainable High Performance
    Dec 5 2025
    This episode dives into what it truly takes to become—and remain—a high performer across work, sport, and life. Together, we explore mastery, innate drive vs. learned skill, the psychology of sustainable excellence, and the real tension between ambition, identity, rest, and fulfillment. You’ll hear practical insights on stress-management, flow states, deliberate practice, rest-recovery balance, and the inner critic—all grounded in relatable stories from the world of competitive duathlon, entrepreneurship, and leadership development. If you’ve wondered how to excel without burning out, or how to build systems that turn occasional success into repeatable mastery, this conversation is designed for you.
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    45 mins