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Overview:Canadian Olympian and Paris-Roubaix winner Alison Jackson is one of the most dynamic and entertaining riders in the pro peloton. But inspiration to train and compete at her best doesn't always come easily. Learn what inspires Alison, what she does to find or create inspiration when it doesn't come naturally, and how you can draw on the same skills and techniques she uses to inspire yourself to greatness.Topics Covered In This Episode:How the Olympics inspired Alison to start cyclingFinding motivation in playfulnessMotivating yourself to get started when you don't want toFinding the inspiration to train when the going gets hardHostAdam Pulford has been a CTS Coach for nearly two decades and holds a B.S. in Exercise Physiology. He's participated in and coached hundreds of athletes for endurance events all around the world.Guest BioAlison Jackson is one of the most recognizable Canadian professional cyclists, not only because wins races all over the world, but also because her dance moves have made her a social media sensation. She is a two-time Olympian, the first North American cyclist to win Paris-Roubaix, and multi-time Canadian National Champion. For 2025, she will race for the EF Education-Oatly Pro Cycling Team. Alison works with CTS Coach Adam Pulford.More About Alison Jackson:IG: https://www.instagram.com/aliactionjackson/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@aliactionjackson?lang=en FB: https://www.facebook.com/alisonactionjackson Twitter: https://twitter.com/aliACTIONjackso Team: https://efprocycling.com/  Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or on your favorite podcast platformGET FREE TRAINING CONTENTJoin our weekly newsletterCONNECT WITH CTSWebsite: trainright.comInstagram: @cts_trainrightTwitter: @trainrightFacebook: @CTSAthlete

In this episode, we welcome Meaghan Duhamel, a trailblazing figure skater and coach with an extraordinary career. Meaghan's three Olympic medals and two World Championship titles are just some of her many achievements, despite facing numerous barriers and challenges as an athlete. She shares her insights on topics such as mental health and self-care, staying motivated in the face of setbacks, and the transition to motherhood, including the unique challenges she faced during the pandemic. Whether you're a figure skating fan or not, Meaghan's story will inspire you to push past your limitations and make a positive impact. So join us and get ready to be inspired by the amazing Meaghan Duhamel. More about Meaghan: Meaghan Duhamel, 37-year-old mother of two, is a former competitive figure skater who has achieved numerous accolades in her career. She is a 2-time World Champion, Olympic Gold, Silver and Bronze medalist, and a 7-time Canadian National Champion. Meaghan made history as the first and only pair skater to land a throw quad at the Olympics. She also won the CBC reality show, "Battle of the Blades." Meaghan is not only an accomplished athlete but also a passionate vegan and has 2 rescue dogs. Currently, she is a figure skating coach and analyst for CBC, continuing to contribute to her sport even after her retirement as a professional athlete.  Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/womendontdothatRecommend guests: https://www.womendontdothat.com/How to find WOMENdontDOthat:Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/womendontdothatInstagram - http://www.instagram.com/womendontdothat/TikTok- http://www.tiktok.com/@womendontdothatBlog- https://www.womendontdothat.com/blogPodcast- https://www.womendontdothat.com/podcastNewsletter- https://www.beaconnorthstrategies.com/contactwww.womendontdothat.comYouTube - http://www.youtube.com/@WOMENdontDOthatHow to find Stephanie Mitton:Twitter/X- https://twitter.com/StephanieMittonLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephaniemitton/beaconnorthstrategies.comTikTok- https://www.tiktok.com/@stephmittonInstagram- https://www.instagram.com/stephaniemitton/Interested in sponsorship? Contact us at hello@womendontdothat.comOur Latest Blog:https://www.womendontdothat.com/post/50-years-of-marriage-life-and-parenting-tips-for-you https://www.womendontdothat.com/post/who-takes-their-kids-to-las-vegas-we-did

Tonight we serve T-E-A together to make a difference. Evening Teatime with Miss Liz April 11th, 7 pm EST joining Miss Liz is a returning guest from season three mental health advocate and author Randi-lee Bowslaugh brings her journey and books to the table for an open discussion. Bringing you a T-E-A of Tragedy Emotion Acceptance JOIN US FOR THE LIVE SHOW WHERE YOU CAN BRING YOUR QUESTIONS, COMMENTS AND SUPPORT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE TOGETHER. WITH A QUICK SUBSCRIPTION TO MISS LIZS YOUTUBE CHANNEL BELOW: https://youtube.com/@misslizsteatimes?si=5eu0--BgowGVVHKqTeatime with Miss Liz-Returning Guest S3 Randi Lee Bowslaugh Randi-lee BowslaughRandi-Lee was born and raised in Ontario, Canada and from a young age she had a passion for helping others. She attended Niagara College and graduated at the top of her class from Community and Justice Services, after completing her placement at a recovery house for alcohol and drug addictions. Post-graduation she worked at a Native Friendship Centre for two and a half years while pursuing a university education in psychology. Randi-Lee continued working in social services for another four years as an employment counsellor until she left to pursue her other passions. Randi-Lee is an author and outspoken advocate for mental health sharing her true story with honesty. From the age of 14, she struggled with depressive thoughts. There were times in her life when she wasn't sure how she would continue. Depression continues to be a battle in her life but she is glad that she continues to live. She has spoken at events that promote wellness and compassionately shares her experiences with her mental health. In 2021 she started a YouTube channel, Write or Die Show, to spread awareness about various mental health issues and to end the stigma associated with mental health. Growing up she never felt that she fit in, being the last to understand jokes and confused about many emotions that she saw in others. In 2021 she finally had answers to the questions about herself that had been nagging at her. She was diagnosed with moderate Autism. Another of Randi-Lee's passions is kickboxing, which she has been doing for about 10 years. She was a Canadian National Champion in kickboxing in 2015, competed at the World's Kickboxing tournament later that year and in 2016 competed at the Pan-Am Games where she received silver in her division. In 2020 she was chosen as one of the coaches for the Ontario Winter Games where she inspired and coached young athletes. Randi is a mom to two, her youngest child has autism and grandma to one. Randi encourages and supports her youngest child's entrepreneurial spirit as he follows his dream of being an artist. When she can she incorporates his art into her stories. Published Works: Non-Fiction: Thoughts of a Wanderer A Mother's Truth Embracing Me Fiction A Little Scare Children's Books: Operation Deck the Halls Diamond the Cat Contact Information:https://linktr.ee/randib#misslizsteatime#teatimewithmissliz#bestsellingauthor#LikeAndShare#mentalhealth#podcasting#livestreaming#AutismAwareness#returningguest#kickboxing#childrensbooks#nonfiction#drugaddiction#recovery#joinus

Keegan Messing is a two-time Canadian National Champion in figure skating and appeared at two Winter Olympic Games. He's a part of workshops taking place in Glace Bay this week.

We look ahead to the 2024 European Championships and Canadian Nationals competitions, with our thoughts on the skaters' seasons so far and how they'd do at these events. We also weigh in on the allegations around Canadian ice dancer Nikolaj Sorensen. In all disciplines at the European Championships, the competition is stacked with talent. From current “IT”-guy in skating, Adam Siao Him Fa, seeking his second title in a row, to the dance battle between Guignard & Fabbri verses Fear & Gibson, this international event promises to be exciting. At Canadian Nationals, the competition will inevitably be somewhat overshadowed by the recent news regarding ice dancer, Nikolaj Sorensen. Any time there's discussion that involves a topic as triggering as this one, we want to be as sensitive as possible. We do get into this subject briefly at the start of our episode, trying to keep to facts and limiting how much detail we go into. For those seeking more info on this case, we recommend reading Christine Brennen's article in USA Today. In terms of the Canadian Nationals competition, we expect an exciting showdown in the Pairs event, and some noteworthy performances to keep an eye on elsewhere. European Championships The men's event promises to be a major highlight here, with Adam Siao Him Fa leading this deep field. With many of the men being at a similar skill level, it feels like anyone's game for podium spots. Lukas Britschgi has been consistent all season so far, and stands a great chance of medaling here. We'll also see the return of Matteo Rizzo from Italy along with his two countrymen, newly crowned Italian champion Nikolaj Memola and Gabriel Frangipani. Also in contention, France's Kevin Aymoz, who'll be seeking a more steady competition following several unfortunate skates at the Grand Prix Final and Italian Nationals. The women's event is also loaded with contenders, most notably the two Belgian women — Loena Hendrickx and Nina Pinzarrone. They will face last year's European champion, Anastasia Gubanova, and the 2023 bronze medalist, Kimmy Repond, amongst others.  In the Pairs discipline, Germany's Hase & Volodin will be looking to keep their winning streak alive while facing a trio of strong Italian teams, the surging Hungarian team, and their own national rivals, Hocke & Kunkel. In dance, expect a showdown between the favorites, Italy's Charlene Guignard & Marco Fabbri and Great Britain's Lilah Fear & Lewis Gibson. Their rivalry has been interesting this season so far, and we're looking forward to more! Canadian Nationals The team events are really the marquee here — with the Pairs having two very strong teams going head to head. We're excited to see Deanna Stellato-Dudek & Maxime Dechamps challenge the rest of the field to retain their national title — but Lia Pereira & Trentt Michaud are looking to make this an interesting competition. Following the withdrawal of Fournier-Beaudry & Sorensen and Lajoie & Lagha, this discipline opens up much more than expected. Canada's sweethearts, Piper Gilles & Paul Porrier, should win this decisively — but the battle for silver and bronze will be interesting. Watch for the unique team of Marie-Jade Lauriault & Romain Le Gac to make their move! In the individual competitions, we'll get our first look in a while at former Canadian National Champion, Roman Sadovsky. He's known to be hot and cold, so we're not sure what to expect — but he'll be challenged by the more consistent but less artistic Stephen Gogolev and Conrad Orzel. Also, don't count out Wesley Chiu — he's had an iffy season, but maybe this is his time. In the Womens's event, Madeline Schizas looks to dominate the field here as long as she can stay steady. Also to keep an eye on, last year's silver medalist Kaiya Ruiter and the lovely Sara-Maude Dupuis.  Follow Scoreography: Website — https://scoreography.show Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/scoreography Threads — https://www.threads.net/@scoreography BlueSky — https://bsky.app/profile/scoreography.show  

The 2024 Canadian National Skating Championships, better known as Canadians, will take place from January 8-14 at the WinSport Arena at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta.To help Daphne and Gina preview Canadians, they were joined by four-time Canadian National Champion and Olympic silver medalist Kirsten Moore-Towers.Before their event discussion, Daphne and Gina briefly addressed the USA Today article by Christine Brennan, which details a sexual assault allegation against 2022 Olympian Nikolaj Sorensen.Below our links to the news articles regarding Sorensen (Please note that articles do contain graphic descriptions of sexual abuse that may be offensive to some readers or painful to survivors of sexual assault, so please use caution when reading them.)Olympic skater being investigated for alleged sexual assault of former American skater, by Christine Brennan, USA TodayAttorney calls for suspension of Olympic skater being investigated for alleged sexual assault, by Christine Brennan, USA TodayCanadian ice dancer Nikolaj Soerensen reportedly under investigation for alleged sexual assault, by the Canadian PressSkate Canada statement on the USA Today article-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------This Week in Skating is hosted by Gina Capellazzi and Daphne Backman and is a cooperative project between Figure Skaters Online and Ice-dance.com. New episodes are available every Tuesday.Website: http://www.thisweekinskating.comEmail: thisweekinskating@gmail.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/thisweekinskatingTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/thiswkinskatingInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisweekinskatingThread: https://www.threads.net/@thisweekinskatingPatreon: patreon.com/ThisWeekinSkatingSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/this-week-in-skating-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Guest: Randi-Lee Bowslaugh Episode Name: Memoirs, DIY Publishing, and Embracing Joyful Writing with Randi-Lee Bowslaugh Episode Number: 235 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ About the guest Randi-Lee, hailing from Ontario, Canada, discovered her passion for aiding others early on. After graduating with honors from Niagara College's Community and Justice Services program, she excelled during her placement at a recovery house for addiction. After working in social services and pursuing psychology at university, Randi-Lee published her first book on mental health awareness in 2017, marking the beginning of her writing journey. Despite a cancer diagnosis during her second book's release (A Mother's Truth), she expanded her portfolio to include nonfiction, children's books, social stories, draw-your-own-story series, and more. An accomplished kickboxer, Randi-Lee became the Canadian National Champion in 2015, competing globally and coaching at the Ontario Winter Games in 2020. Now, while managing a chronic illness, she continues to share her candid experiences with mental health and parenthood, emphasizing the importance of connection and understanding. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ In this episode, Randi-Lee Bowslaugh shares insights into her memoir writing process, emphasizing the balance between personal stories and thorough research. Discussing her memoir "Goodbye Too Soon," Randi-Lee explores the emotional journey of addressing addiction and legislation. The conversation covers her revision process, the importance of a supportive editor, and the joy of taking control over formatting and cover design. Randi-Lee offers valuable tips for aspiring authors, encouraging them to find joy in the creative process and not wait for perfection. She also shares her experiences with self-publishing and working with a publicist, highlighting the opportunities that have emerged. The episode wraps up with Randi-Lee's motivational advice to follow what brings happiness and to embrace continuous learning.  _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Additional Resources Website - www.blackheartedstudios.com  Patreon Link - https://bit.ly/h2bpatreon Freebie link - https://bit.ly/h2bebook Massiel Email - massiel@blackheartedstudios.com Massiel's Coach.Me site - https://www.coach.me/massielwrites Instagram - www.instagram.com/massielwrites LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/massiel-valenzuela-castaneda/ Facebook  - www.facebook.com/howtowriteabookpodcast ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Are you feeling overwhelmed by your never-ending to-do list? Check out Paula, the Ultimate VA! https://pearlzconsulting11.wixsite.com/pearlz-va-services Discover the ultimate solution for regaining control with Paula, your dedicated virtual assistant. She'll help you manage your calendar, handle email, conduct research, and even mix and stitch together your podcast episodes. Don't let your to-do list overwhelm you any longer. Get started today! ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Follow Randi-Lee Randi-Lee's website - https://www.rbwriting.ca/ Randi-Lee's LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/randileebowslaugh/ Randi-Lee's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/randileebowslaugh/ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Like, share, or leave a review on Apple Podcasts and subscribe to our YouTube channel (Blackhearted Studios)  

Join host Tats on the Alpha Pickleball Podcast for an inspiring episode with Kim, a three-time Canadian National Pickleball Champion. Learn about Kim's journey, from discovering the sport in 2017 to clinching a gold medal with her mom in 2021. Gain insights into Kim's training process, skill development, and the strategic teamwork that led to their championship win. Discover the importance of drilling, side specialization, and the unwavering support from family and friends. Don't miss this episode highlighting Kim's determination, family support, and the key elements that define a pickleball champion.

Randi was born and raised in Ontario, Canada, and from a young age, she had a passion for helping others. She attended Niagara College and graduated at the top of her class from Community and Justice Services after completing her placement at a recovery house for alcohol and drug addictions. Post-graduation, she worked at a Native Friendship Centre for two and a half years while pursuing a university education in psychology. Randi-Lee continued working in social services for another four years as an employment counselor until she left to pursue her other passions. In 2017 Randi published her first book about mental health awareness (Thoughts of a Wanderer) and knew this was what she was meant to do. While publishing her second book (A Mother's Truth), she was diagnosed with cancer. Taking a break from writing and focusing on recovery. Since then, she has expanded her writing with other nonfiction books, children's books, social stories, draw-your-own-story series, scary stories, and more. Another of Randi-Lee's passions is kickboxing, which she did for over 10 years. She was a Canadian National Champion in kickboxing in 2015, competed at the World's Kickboxing tournament later that year, and 2016 competed at the Pan-Am Games, where she received silver in her division. In 2020 she was chosen as one of the coaches for the Ontario Winter Games, where she inspired and coached young athletes. Unfortunately, a chronic illness has put a pause on kickboxing. While she isn't working, she is spending time with her family. Randi speaks honestly and openly about her struggles with her own mental health and as a parent – wanting to ensure that no one feels alone. #randileebowslaugh #africanamericanpodcasters #murdermysteryandmayhemlacedwithmorality #authordrkatherine #biopicauthors #amwriting #afifthofthestory #mentalhealthawareness #kickboxing --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/katherine-hutchinson-hayes/support

Carrie and Clive go off on a tangent and talk about the problem with the Kamloops live music scene and then talk about TCO and the Valkyries, before chatting with Casey Hanemayer, 2023 Canadian National Champion.  Casey talks Canadian Nationals, his disc golf career and his time playing on the tour in the US.  Another great chat.

Yuki Lee Bender, the first ever Canadian National Champion, joins ISP to discuss her performance at this year's Nationals. We also delve into the importance of draft, and explore the fate of Lexi Livewire amidst potential bans and restrictions. All this and more on ISP 97! Support us on Patreon: http://Patreon.com/instantspeed Get your own ISP gear at http://BerryGoodEmbroidery.com/isp Check out out sponsor Kayfabe Cards: http://KayfabeCards.com Yuki is on Twitter @YukiLeeBender Catch ISP on Twitter @InstantSpeedPod Catch Flake on Twitter @WatchFlake

On this week's episode, Jeremy Powers WHOOP Senior Sports Marketing Manager, Endurance Sports is joined by professional cyclist Alison Jackson. Alison is a female professional racing cyclist riding for team: EF-Education First-Tibco-SVB. She is a two-time and current Canadian National Road Champion, the 2021 Canadian National Champion for Time Trial, she represented Canada at the Tokyo Olympics, and back in April, she won the 2023 Paris-Roubaix Femmes. Jeremy and Alison will discuss Alison's life growing up and finding endurance sports (3:15), winning the famous Paris-Roubaix Femmes (10:37), Alison's passion for entertaining fans (18:20) the emotional impact of winning Paris-Roubaix Femmes (25:31), being a team leader while also being a creator (30:30), putting yourself out there on social media (35:30), Alison's motto throughout her career (39:50), her hobbies and life outside of cycling (42:58), the Tour de France Femmes and the state of women's cycling (47:25), how Alison deals with negativity and down days (54:15), and what Alison has learned from WHOOP (58:25).Resources:Alison's InstagramSupport the show

Randi's Nugget of Hope: The only way to end the stigma of mental health is to speak openly and honestly. There is no need to hide. Randi-Lee was born and raised in Ontario, Canada, and from a young age, she had a passion for helping others. She attended Niagara College and graduated at the top of her class from Community and Justice Services, after completing her placement at a recovery house for alcohol and drug addictions. Post-graduation she worked at a Native Friendship Centre for two and a half years while pursuing a university education in psychology. Randi-Lee continued working in social services for another four years as an employment counselor until she left to pursue her other passions. Randi-Lee is an author and outspoken advocate for mental health sharing her true story with honesty. From the age of fourteen, she struggled with depressive thoughts. There were times in her life that she was not sure how she would continue. Depression continues to be a battle in her life, but she is glad that she continues to live. She has spoken at events that promote wellness and compassionately shares her experiences with her own mental health. In 2021 she started a YouTube channel, Write or Die Show, to spread awareness about various mental health issues and to end the stigma associated with mental health. Growing up she never felt that she fit in, being the last to understand jokes and confused about emotions that she saw on others. In 2021 she finally had answers to the questions about herself that had been nagging at her. She was diagnosed with moderate Autism. Another of Randi-Lee's passions is kickboxing, which she has been doing for about 10 years. She was a Canadian National Champion in kickboxing in 2015, competed at the World's Kickboxing tournament later that year, and in 2016 competed at the Pan-Am games where she received silver in her division. In 2020 she was chosen as one of the coaches for the Ontario Winter Games where she inspired and coached young athletes. Randi is a mom to two, her youngest child has autism, and grandma to one. Randi encourages and supports her youngest child's entrepreneurial spirit as he follows his dream of being an artist. When she can she incorporates his art into her stories. Contact Information: https://linktr.ee/randib Published Works: Non-Fiction: Thoughts of a Wanderer A Mother's Truth Embracing Me Fiction A Little Scare Childrens Books Operation Deck the Halls Diamond the Cat Your Host: Kim Lengling www.kimlenglingauthor.com Amazon:  https://www.amazon.com/author/kimlengling YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@letfearbouncepodcast6385/videos Apple:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/let-fear-bounce/id1541906455 Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Letfearbouncet Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/letfearbouncepodcast Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/TheWriteStuffTVShow LinkedIn:    https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberlylengling/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lenglingauthor/ Twitter:      https://twitter.com/KimLengling Nuggets of Hope https://www.youtube.com/@nuggetsofhope4757 LifePet.Care Estate addendum https://payhip.com/b/ht03b/af645a57e6be23f --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letfearbouncepodcast/message

Carrie and Clive sit down with Nate Sexton, Team Innova Captain, MPO player, US National and Canadian National Champion and the disc golfer with his iconic Firebird disc.  Nate tells us about his disc golf journey, his plans for this season, and provides plenty of great advice, borne out of years of playing, for all disc golfers. Another great conversation!

With Miss Liz joining and coming in from Canada, the advocate and author Randi Lee Bowslaugh bring a strong T-E-A to her new book and mental health awareness. Randi-lee BowslaughMay 11th, 7 Pm ESTLIVE STREAMING ON MULTIPLE PLATFORMS AND PODCASTS STATIONS AND APPS Randi-Lee was born and raised in Ontario, Canada and from a young age, she had a passion for helping others. She attended Niagara College and graduated at the top of her class from Community and Justice Services after completing her placement at a recovery house for alcohol and drug addictions. Post-graduation, she worked at a Native Friendship Centre for two and a half years while pursuing a university education in psychology. Randi-Lee continued working in social services for another four years as an employment counsellor until she left to pursue her other passions. Randi-Lee is an author and outspoken advocate for mental health, sharing her true story with honesty. From the age of 14, she struggled with depressive thoughts. There were times when she wasn't sure how she would continue. Depression continues to be a battle in her life, but she is glad she continues living. She has spoken at events promoting wellness and compassionately shares her experiences with her mental health. In 2021 she started a YouTube channel, Write or Die Show, to spread awareness about various mental health issues and to end the stigma associated with mental health. Growing up, she never felt that she fit in, being the last to understand jokes and confused about many emotions that she saw in others. In 2021 she finally had answers to the questions about herself that had been nagging at her. She was diagnosed with moderate Autism. Another of Randi-Lee's passions is kickboxing, which she has been doing for about ten years. She was a Canadian National Champion in kickboxing in 2015, competed at the World's Kickboxing tournament later that year, and 2016 competed at the Pan-Am Games, where she received silver in her division. In 2020 she was chosen as one of the coaches for the Ontario Winter Games, where she inspired and coached young athletes. Randi is a mom to two; her youngest child has autism, and she is a grandma to one. Randi encourages and supports her youngest child's entrepreneurial spirit as he follows his dream of being an artist. When she can, she incorporates his art into her stories. Published Works:Non-Fiction: Thoughts of a WandererA Mother's TruthEmbracing MeFictionA Little ScareChildren's Books: Operation Deck the HallsDiamond the CatContact Information:https://linktr.ee/randib --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/misslizsteatimes/message

Stanley Larsen was one of the original Hot Doggers. Known for his loose contest runs that earned him titles like Canadian National Champion, French Freestyle Champion, Swiss Aerial Champion, and European Champion, Stanley was so much more than a contest guy. Fifty years before the Nimbus Crew existed, Stanley Larsen was looked at as the first skier to look at the mountain like a blank canvas and make art with his skiing. And when his skiing was done, Stanley made art in Hollywood, directing Super Bowl commercials and more. On the podcast, we talk about his counterculture roots, Dick Barrymore, Warren Miller, The Marlboro Tour, the death of hotdog skiing, and more. These history lessons are important and not to be missed. Stanley Larsen Show Notes: 5:00:  Saving lives, unbelievable Stanley skills, growing up in Seattle in the bike business.    10 :00:  Getting into skiing through a church he never went inside, racing, counterculture Stanley, and he was going to be a pro skier 19:00:  Best Day Brewing:  All of the flavor of your favorite IPA or Kolsch, without the alcohol, the calories, and sugar. Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better 21:00:  Getting on the Allslop Tour,  Sun Valley,  Vail Gelande, Warren Miller, and  Stanley's patented loose style,  earning respect, and creating the IFSA 39:30:  Stanley:  Get 30% off sitewide with the code drinkfast Peter Glenn Ski and Sports:  Over 60 years of getting you out there 41:30:  Overnight success of freestyle,  Scott Megrino's injury changes everything, keeping the TV contract, all his titles, and the Cervinia story 49:00:  Marlboro Tour, going to Iran with Dick Bass and a Rockefeller to solve Utah's transportation problems, and being a celebrity 56:00:  Assignment K2, the Clambin scene, the differences between Dick and Warren, transitioning to being  behind the lens 80:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Phil Sifferman

In this episode, we welcome Meaghan Duhamel, a trailblazing figure skater and coach with an extraordinary career. Meaghan's three Olympic medals and two World Championship titles are just some of her many achievements, despite facing numerous barriers and challenges as an athlete. She shares her insights on topics such as mental health and self-care, staying motivated in the face of setbacks, and the transition to motherhood, including the unique challenges she faced during the pandemic. Whether you're a figure skating fan or not, Meaghan's story will inspire you to push past your limitations and make a positive impact. So join us and get ready to be inspired by the amazing Meaghan Duhamel.More about Meaghan:Meaghan Duhamel, 37-year-old mother of two, is a former competitive figure skater who has achieved numerous accolades in her career. She is a 2-time World Champion, Olympic Gold, Silver and Bronze medalist, and a 7-time Canadian National Champion. Meaghan made history as the first and only pair skater to land a throw quad at the Olympics. She also won the CBC reality show, "Battle of the Blades." Meaghan is not only an accomplished athlete but also a passionate vegan and has 2 rescue dogs. Currently, she is a figure skating coach and analyst for CBC, continuing to contribute to her sport even after her retirement as a professional athlete.How to find Meaghan:InstagramFacebookBook recommendation (s):One Jump at a Time, My Story by Nathan Chen Podcast recommendation (s):Dateline Rich RollHow to find WOMENdontDOthat:PatreonInstagramTwitterBlogPodcastNewsletterWebsiteInterested in sponsorship? Contact us at hello@womendontdothat.com

From a young age, Dylan sought out ways to make a difference in people's lives. This interest led him to study sports psychology, and seek opportunities to make a difference in the athletic community. As an elite-level taekwondo athlete that has competed on the highest levels around the world, Dylan has been exposed to some of athletics' greatest adversities. At MindLock, we are committed to the pursuit of greatness that the next generation of athletes embark on, and use personalized tools and exercises in order to go above and beyond to cater to their needs. SPORT EXPERIENCE 4th Degree Taekwondo Master 2x Canadian National Champion​ 2x Canadian National Team Member 8x Ontario Provincial Team Member 2015 National Team Captain Top 40 World Ranking 2x U.S. Open Gold Medallist 2014 Youth Olympic Games Qualification Team Ontario Quest 4 Gold Recipient "Through the process of travelling the world in the pursuit of my dreams, I have been able to experience a magnitude of training environments, and evaluate the unique hurdles that are associated with each aspect of the athletic journey. My goal now is to help develop the rising group of talent, providing all the tools needed in order to fuel growth and maximize potential."

Release date 12/30/2022 In this episode I talk with Randi-Lee Bowslaugh. She was a Canadian National Champion in kickboxing, a personal trainer, a mother, an author and that is just the beginning! We get into all of that and so much more in this incredible conversation. Listen on Apple podcasts https://apple.co/3lblMRb or anywhere podcasts are found. GET MORE RANDI-LEE: www.rbwriting.ca   JOIN THE VIRTUAL GROUP EVERY THURSDAY! www.meetup.com/coffee-over-suicide Support my show for 3 months and get an exclusive MUG as a thank you!  www.patreon.com/coffeeoversuicide *** Crisis Text Line: 741-741 Suicide Hotline: 1-800-273-8255   #MentalHealth #SuicidePrevention #dramedy #Comedy #depression #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealthmatters #podcast #mentalhealthwarrior #mentalhealthadvocate #coffeeoversuicide

This week on the 2 Black Runners podcast, Aaron Potts is sits down with Anson Henry to discuss his goals in track & field media and his thoughts on the state of the sport at the end of 2022. Anson Henry is a Canadian National Champion and a Canadian Olympic Sprinter who has transitioned to T&&F media. Henry has multiple shows and podcast across social media including the Unconventional Voices of Track & Field podcast with his co-host, Jade Johnson. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/o3KSsypzt-g Follow Anson Henry on Instagram on Twitter ✔Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/2blackrunners/ ✔Website: https://www.running-report.com/ ✔Twitter: https://twitter.com/2BlackRunners

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On top of her accomplishments, as mentioned in this episode's title, Randi-Lee Bowslaugh is also a cancer survivor. Randi began experiencing depression as a teenager due to family challenges. While she did have thoughts that could have sent her spiraling down into greater depression and worse, she began writing poetry. She credits putting down her thoughts to helping her advance. Randi-Lee went to college and has forged a quite successful life with a husband, two children, and now a grandchild.   Randi's gay personality shines through this entire episode. You will hear from someone whose life story has presented challenges, but she crashes through everything that has been thrown at her. On top of everything else, by the way, Randi-Lee is an advanced kickboxer so don't mess with her.  Now Randi has published a number of books including that first book of poetry. She has written several nonfiction books as well as several children's fiction books. One of her books has even been published on Audible, and Randi even tells us all how to get that done.   About the Guest: Randi-Lee was born and raised in Ontario, Canada and from a young age, she had a passion for helping others. She attended Niagara College and graduated at the top of her class from Community and Justice Services, after completing her placement at a recovery house for alcohol and drug addictions. Post-graduation she worked at a Native Friendship Centre for two and a half years while pursuing a university education in psychology. Randi-Lee continued working in social services for another four years as an employment counselor until she left to pursue her other passions. Randi-Lee is an author and outspoken advocate for mental health sharing her true story with honesty. From the age of 14, she struggled with depressive thoughts. There were times in her life when she wasn't sure how she would continue. Depression continues to be a battle in her life but she is glad that she continues to live. She has spoken at events that promote wellness and compassionately shares her experiences with her own mental health. In 2021 she started a YouTube channel, Write or Die, Show, to spread awareness about various mental health issues and to end the stigma associated with mental health. Growing up she never felt that she fit in, being the last to understand jokes and confused about many emotions that she saw on others. In 2021 she finally had answers to the questions about herself that had been nagging at her. She was diagnosed with moderate Autism. Another of Randi-Lee's passions is kickboxing, which she has been doing for about 10 years. She was a Canadian National Champion in kickboxing in 2015, competed at the World's kickboxing tournament later that year, and in 2016 competed at the Pan-Am games where she received silver in her division. In 2020 she was chosen as one of the coaches for the Ontario Winter Games where she inspired and coached young athletes. Randi is a mom to two, her youngest child has autism, and grandma to one. Randi encourages and supports her youngest child's entrepreneurial spirit as he follows his dream of being an artist. When she can she incorporates his art into her stories. Published Works: Non-Fiction: Thoughts of a Wanderer A Mother's Truth Embracing Me Fiction A Little Scare     Children's Books: Operation Deck the Halls Diamond the Cat Contact Information: https://linktr.ee/randib Social Media Links: https://linktr.ee/randib Link Tree Write or Die Show - YouTube Tik Tok @writeordieshow     About the Host: Michael Hingson is a New York Times best-selling author, international lecturer, and Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe. Michael, blind since birth, survived the 9/11 attacks with the help of his guide dog Roselle. This story is the subject of his best-selling book, Thunder Dog.   Michael gives over 100 presentations around the world each year speaking to influential groups such as Exxon Mobile, AT&T, Federal Express, Scripps College, Rutgers University, Children's Hospital, and the American Red Cross just to name a few. He is an Ambassador for the National Braille Literacy Campaign for the National Federation of the Blind and also serves as Ambassador for the American Humane Association's 2012 Hero Dog Awards.   https://michaelhingson.com https://www.facebook.com/michael.hingson.author.speaker/ https://twitter.com/mhingson https://www.youtube.com/user/mhingson https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelhingson/   accessiBe Links https://accessibe.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/accessiBe https://www.linkedin.com/company/accessibe/mycompany/ https://www.facebook.com/accessibe/       Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page. Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a comment in the section below!   Subscribe to the podcast If you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. You can also subscribe to your favorite podcast app.   Leave us an Apple Podcasts review Ratings and reviews from our listeners are extremely valuable to us and greatly appreciated. They help our podcast rank higher on Apple Podcasts, which exposes our show to more awesome listeners like you. If you have a minute, please leave an honest review on Apple Podcasts.     Transcription Notes Michael Hingson  00:00 Access Cast and accessiBe Initiative presents Unstoppable Mindset. The podcast where inclusion, diversity and the unexpected meet. Hi, I'm Michael Hingson, Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe and the author of the number one New York Times bestselling book, Thunder dog, the story of a blind man, his guide dog and the triumph of trust. Thanks for joining me on my podcast as we explore our own blinding fears of inclusion unacceptance and our resistance to change. We will discover the idea that no matter the situation, or the people we encounter, our own fears, and prejudices often are our strongest barriers to moving forward. The unstoppable mindset podcast is sponsored by accessiBe, that's a c c e s s i  capital B e. Visit www.accessibe.com to learn how you can make your website accessible for persons with disabilities. And to help make the internet fully inclusive by the year 2025. Glad you dropped by we're happy to meet you and to have you here with us.     Michael Hingson  01:21 Hi there, I'm Mike Hingson. And welcome to another episode of unstoppable mindset. Randi-Lee Bowslaugh is our guest today and she is going to talk about her life and her stories. She has a lot to discuss regarding mental health and other similar things. And we in talking about mental health won't even begin to talk about Washington because Washington DC we're not sure how healthy any of them are down there. They're fun to pick on. Anyway, Mark Twain did it. Will Rogers did it. So why can't we write anyway, Randi, welcome to unstoppable mindset.   Randi-Lee Bowslaugh  01:56 Thanks. I'm glad to be here.   Michael Hingson  01:58 Well, if you would, why don't you start by telling us a little about your life kind of your your younger years and all that and we'll go from there.   Randi-Lee Bowslaugh  02:08 Alright, well, way back in 1987.   Michael Hingson  02:12 Long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.   Randi-Lee Bowslaugh  02:15 Exactly. Well, it feels like that. Right? So I'm in Canada. So it is a galaxy far, far away. Much. So I mean, as a child, as a small child, it was pretty good. Like, was it? But when I was about 14, that is when that's when it happened. That's when I had my first bout with depression. At the time, I didn't know what to call it. Because I mean, I just thought that everybody felt the same way at that age, because why not? It's normal to me. And it wasn't until I became an adult and then looked back and went, Oh, yeah, I was depressed. Okay. So, yeah, that was my first my first time with it. High school was horrible. I skipped most days, which actually now there's a term for that it's not skipping. I mean, it is skipping, but it was school refusal, which I say that because school refusal isn't just the I don't want to go to school, because I just don't want to go to school. School refusal is more to do with, I don't want to go to school because there is an underlying reason. So mine was that I was depressed and knew that going to school made me more depressed. And I didn't have really any friends there. And I just felt very out of place. And it was an awful time. So it wasn't that I wanted to skip just to go hang out with my friends. In fact, most days, it just stayed home. So yeah, I don't know how much more you want me to go into that early childhood time?   Michael Hingson  03:51 Well, whatever you think is necessary? Well, let me ask you this. Sort of an overarching question. Do you have? Or is there any real way to know what caused the whole issue of depression for you?   Randi-Lee Bowslaugh  04:07 That is a great question, actually. So I can't say for certain, but there was a lot of various factors going on at the time. So my mum and dad had never been together from what I can remember, I used to go to my dad's every other weekend. And he wasn't necessarily a bad dad, but he also wasn't a good dad. So I didn't really feel any real connection with him. And so around that time, I also stopped going to see him. At that point. I was only going there because my sisters lived there as well. But because we have the same dad different moms, me and my sisters, but then when my dad and their mom broke up, I had no reason to see him. So I stopped going. So that was one factor. And then the other couple bigger factors were I mean Well, puberty But my mom's ex husband. So my mom got married after grade eight. So I would have been 13, which is just before I realized I had depression. And he turned out to be a alcoholic. And he was very verbally abusive. And you never knew when you walked in the door, you never knew if you were going to get the good version of him the sober, nice version of him. Or if you were going to get the yelling, screaming, I need to go hide in my room version. And then you layer on top of that. My brother was in and out of jail at the time he my brother was getting into more and more drugs at the time. And so my mom had to focus a lot of her attention on him on what he needed, which as a parent, I'm like, Oh, I get that. Now, as a kid. I was like, What am I am I chopped liver. Now? What's going on here? I didn't understand why all of a sudden, my mom who when I grew up, right, when I was a smaller child, I was very close to my mom. And I'm very close to my mom again, now as an adult. But as a teenager, I thought that I was kind of the Forgotten child, which you know, doesn't help your mental state. And then I just didn't feel like I fit into high school, I felt always a little bit different than everybody else. And I didn't know why. And so all of those different layers, one on top of the other just kind of compiled into, into hating myself.   Michael Hingson  06:43 It was a spiral. It was. So what did you do about all of that? Or how do you deal with that?   Randi-Lee Bowslaugh  06:50 As a teenager, I definitely had some very bad thoughts very ill conceived notions of what I should do. But I didn't do them. What I did as a teenager, actually, is I wrote poetry. So that was my first coping strategy, it was my thing that kind of got me through being being a teenager. Without that I don't think I would have survived. So there was that I also went to my youth group at church. And that's the only place that I really felt worthy that I felt like I fit in that people didn't look at me like I was a weirdo. And then animals, my pets, pets are such good therapy, things I used to when my stepdad would be yelling and screaming, and I would be hiding my room I would have, I had two cats at the time, diamond and Tigger. And so I take them and I would just go hide in my room with them. That was that was the coping at the time it worked out well. And actually, that's what got me into writing. That's what I turned my first book into is those poems that I wrote,   Michael Hingson  07:56 well, with diamond and tinker, what what did they do? Or how did they help you? I agree with you that pets and animals really do help us a lot in so many different ways. But for you what was what was kind of the personal connection? How did they help,   Randi-Lee Bowslaugh  08:12 and they were just, they would cuddle, there were very cuddly kitties. And a purring I loved the purring and they would lay on me and I would pet thumb and just tell them all my secrets because they couldn't tell anybody else. Nobody was listening to their mouth.   Michael Hingson  08:28 And they probably wouldn't tell anybody else anyway.   Randi-Lee Bowslaugh  08:32 Now, they probably went and so they were my little babies.   Michael Hingson  08:36 So kind of the connection is that they were there. They accepted you for who you were no matter what, which is something that we just don't find with a lot of people. They don't deal with difference very well.   Randi-Lee Bowslaugh  08:51 It's so true. Yes. So you,   Michael Hingson  08:55 you cuddled with them? And you got you got through it. So when did you eventually graduate from high school? How did that all work out?   Randi-Lee Bowslaugh  09:02 I graduated when I was 17. Because my mom's rule, and I was skipping classes was I needed to know where you were. So I just stayed home and you couldn't fail anything. So I didn't I passed very poor marks. But I passed. So I graduated then I had applied to colleges and universities. I'd gotten into them, but I just I wasn't emotionally ready to go. At the time. I was still very much depressed, didn't know how I would be able to go far away from home to do that. So I took a year off. I got pregnant, and I met my now husband, and he was like I'm going to college in September. If you go then I'll drive you because we didn't live far from each other. He was like, I'll pick you up. I'll drive you so Okay, cool. So I ended up going to Niagara College after taking a year off and then by the time I started at the college, my baby was Oh Just a year old because he was born at the end of October. College was awesome. College was amazing. I am definitely not in the field anymore that I went to school for. But I loved the experience of college, I was on Student Council, I got the top marks in my classes because I got to pick the classes that interested me, which was all psychology. And it was I met real people like it high school, it felt like people were all like, you tried to find yourself right? In high school, you don't know who you are in a lot of people, I fake it. I feel like at least in my high school. But at college people were more real people were adulting, because they had two adults, I met a lot of the other people that also had kids there, because I connected with the people that had the same sort of life, as I did, right being a parent going into college. So that was amazing. My depression kind of took a backseat during that time, which was awesome. But then I did graduate twice, from two different programs actually went, I did most of my university, I was paying for that out of pocket though. So I ended up not not getting my bachelor's degree, because by the time I came to, I only have like a semester left to whatever, um, I was like, I don't want to work in this field anymore. So I'm gonna not pay for school anymore. It doesn't make sense to waste all my money, stuff I stopped. But I did work as an employment counselor for almost six years between the two places that I worked. But during that time, that's when that's when depression decided to come back. So again, it for me, it was an accumulation of many stressors. So at that time, I mean, social services, at least in Ontario, where I live, we have a very high turnover rate for social services, because it's a really hard job to do. You got people coming in, and you have to listen to all of their, their life troubles and things. And it wasn't that I had an issue doing that. But compiling down onto going home and not knowing how to help my kids. So at that time, my kid was having a lot of issues at school. He was bullied a lot kindergarten through grade one. He was having a lot of meltdowns. So this is, by the time he was in grade three, I was just so drained. I didn't know what to do. We didn't know why he was the way he was at the time. We're trying to find answers. And it was just, it was a lot. And so something had to give. And at that time, I took time off of work, I got a doctor's note, I took time off of work, I went to a therapist, because I had planned I had made a plan of how I was going to drive myself off of a bridge and just not be here anymore. So that was that was good times. We did end up finding out that my child does have autism. So when once he was finally diagnosed, we were able to get him the right help. He is now doing fabulously he is now 15 He's doing fabulously. And therapy worked well for me. Medication worked well for me and I am doing mostly fabulously. To   Michael Hingson  13:16 show you, you yourself if I recall, were diagnosed as having some autism. Is that correct?   Randi-Lee Bowslaugh  13:23 Yes. So last year, I finally figured out remember how I was saying in high school, I always felt different. But like, you know, people looked at me like I was the weirdo. Turns out I have autism. And once I found that out last year, I'm like, oh my goodness, my whole life makes sense now. And I I only did it because that's what I wanted to do. I wanted to know why I always felt different. Why? When other people got a joke, I had no idea what it was, what the joke was about why other people could be in a situation and show certain emotions. And I'm like, I don't get it. What Why are we all upset right now is doesn't make sense. I just wanted to know why. And so when I got finally got my diagnosis last year, I'm like, everything makes sense.   Michael Hingson  14:08 How did that come about? You weren't looking to be diagnosed as having autism. So how did that oh,   Randi-Lee Bowslaugh  14:16 so I was bothering my kid in the one day and you know, parents be like father a kid. So I was doing a weird random dance to bother him. And he looked at me and he goes, Mom, if I have autism, I got it from you. And I go, maybe you did. And I started thinking about all the times when I was when people would say whatever about love, and I go oh, he's just like his mom. It's fine. He's just like his mom. And I'm like, wait a minute, if he is just like his mom, maybe I do have it. And so that's kind of when I was like, oh, you know, let's let's go find out.   Michael Hingson  14:54 There we are. So you you have autism you have a child with autism is that your only child   Randi-Lee Bowslaugh  15:00 The only one I birthed I do have a stepdaughter and a grant BB   Michael Hingson  15:04 dare you go? Yes, so Does Grandma spoil granddaughter?   Randi-Lee Bowslaugh  15:10 It's a grandson grandson. And I spoil him so much. It's part of it is it is so part of the roles and grandmas his favorite, so it's fun.   Michael Hingson  15:22 Well, you gotta if you're gonna be a grandma, you got to spoil grandkids. It's a rule.   Randi-Lee Bowslaugh  15:27 Oh, yeah. I spoil him so much. We whenever he's over, we are non stop playing toys, always Paw Patrols, you know, God do paparazzi has only two. He loves. He loves ice cream and popsicles. Like he also likes bananas and apples too. So he has a nice combination with the junk food and the good food.   Michael Hingson  15:49 Well, cool. So when did you really start writing professionally or seriously, you You talked earlier about writing your poems into a book. And when did that get published?   Randi-Lee Bowslaugh  16:01 I published that in 2017. Okay, and that kind of gave me the author itch, and I'm like, this is fine, I want to do it again. So I published my next book in 2018, I did have to take a little bit of time off, because that was around the time that my son was, for lack of a better term going crazy. And I also had been diagnosed with cancer. So that was, you know, I had some stuff to deal with at the time. But since then, since 2020, I have released a whole bunch more books, I got into kids books into some scary stuff. Because before that, it was all about the nonfiction, which I still write, I love my nonfiction. Love mental health, I have to talk about it. But sometimes it's fun to write kids books and scary stuff.   Michael Hingson  16:51 Well, tell me a little bit about some of the discussions of mental health you've, you've put into books. Tell me about some of your fiction, if you would.   Randi-Lee Bowslaugh  16:59 Sure. So, um, the biggest topic that I talk about is depression, because that is my personal experience. So in like the first book, thoughts of a wanderer that's poetry, and I'm actually going to be revamping that and re releasing it now that I, you know, when you do something, the first time you do, it's never as good as the 20th time you do it. So I'm gonna revamp that book. So it's a good book, but it could be better. I'm gonna be releasing.   Michael Hingson  17:27 But now you also have a lot more understanding of why you wrote what you wrote when you were doing those   Randi-Lee Bowslaugh  17:34 poems. Exactly. So I would just, I want to rerelease it, there's kind of some new poems added to it when I get when I do release it. And it's just going to be a nice, fresh, fresh kind of book, fresh eyes on it. And then the other one that I wrote about depression, it's an actual book, it's not poetry. I put poems in Excel of poems. But it's, it's a book and it goes through more the coping strategies that I've learned over the course of of my life, so that other people might be able to pick and choose some of the things that might work for them. And then at the end of that book, there's worksheets people can use. So that correspond which with every chapter of the book, so each chapter talks about something specific. So it might be therapy, it might be writing a letter to yourself, whatever it is, here's a corresponding worksheet that people can use so that you can actually implement things right away. And that was actually my first is my only book right now. But that was my first one I put on Audible, so people can get an audio version of that one, and I'm the one reading it. So it's fun. What's the title of it? embracing me. Okay. And then the other nonfiction that's published right now, it's called a mother's truth. And that's about raising my kid with autism and what it was from conception, like, it starts right when I was pregnant, up until grade six, I think it was. And we're currently living what will become part two, because eventually I'll release the teenage years version. And that one was co authored with my best friend, who her son is very similar. He wasn't diagnosed with autism, but he has very similar issues. And he does have extreme anxiety. So it's both of our stories in that book. And again, worksheets, we love worksheets. There's some in there the things that we learned as we went to a million doctor's appointments, what doctors are asking from us, so those worksheets are in there, so parents can already be prepared for them before the appointment. And then what I'm working on right now is another nonfiction. So this will be my fourth nonfiction coming out. And this one, this one's very emotional. I'm not an emotional person, but this one's about me very emotional. So last year, my brother died from a drug overdose. And so he always as much as he did have an addiction. He always still wanted to help people. And so I'm taking Get some of his story. I don't know all of his story because I'm the little sister. But I'm taking what I do know about historian about addictions, and about coping strategies, and I'm putting it into a book right now I'm on the second draft of it. So it's coming. And hoping that will help other families who are going through kind of something similar. And hopefully, hopefully, maybe they don't have to go through the funeral part of it, but at least they'll have some information ahead of time.   Michael Hingson  20:30 So I'm a little curious, how did you get one of your books? And is it the only one but how did you get your book into audible? How did all that work out? Or did you make that happen?   Randi-Lee Bowslaugh  20:41 It's actually a pretty easy process, if you're technically savvy, so I had to get some help on that end of things. But you go through ACX is like the audible platform that you upload it all to. And so you can either find your own narrator and there are people on like, Fiverr, or like, on the ACX website, or me, I will do it too, because I love narrating. Anyways, I thought my story I'm going to I'm going to narrate my own book. And I love talking clearly. So I've recorded everything I went through, and I edited out all of the mistakes. And then I sent it to somebody who adjusted the sound volume on it, because it has certain standards that it has to actually meet in order to be able to be uploaded to ACX. And all of that requirements is on the ACX website. So I sent him all of those, he sent them all back to me. With the right qualities, I just put them all in and they all have to be by chapters, you can't just put in one big long thing, if you have chapters that has to be done by chapters. And then it gets uploaded, they approve it. Or they'll come back and say hey, whatever, whatever with my book, because there are those worksheets, you actually get a PDF copy of the worksheets, which was pretty cool as well, I didn't even know that that was something you could get. But they emailed me back and said, Hey, after reviewing your submission, it looks like there's worksheets in your book. Can we have them and they can actually put PDFs as an attachment when somebody buys your, your books? So that's pretty cool.   Michael Hingson  22:18 Cool. Does it cost you to do that?   Randi-Lee Bowslaugh  22:21 No, as the author, it does not cost you anything to put it up there. Now if you are getting people to narrate it for you, or do the sound quality, that's that's separate, right? Like you would have to pay them.   Michael Hingson  22:32 Charge. That's not an audible charge.   Randi-Lee Bowslaugh  22:34 No, from an audible standpoint, you are not charged. It's very much like if you publish on Amazon, if you're on the KDP publishing, if you're if you do itself. It doesn't cost you anything up front, they just take a percentage and then they give you your royalty as well.   Michael Hingson  22:51 Cool, because I've talked to a number of people who have thought about doing audiobooks. And I have suggested that they explore audible, but never knew exactly what the process was. So I appreciate you telling us that. And yeah, it took a lot of research. Well, maybe other authors who are listening will find it now more relevant to go ahead and put their books into audible.   Randi-Lee Bowslaugh  23:12 Yeah, feel free to reach out to me guys. I'm here to tell you what I did.   Michael Hingson  23:17 And your contact information is going to be in the notes. And we'll get to you give me some of that a little bit later on. But tell me about your children's books, if you will.   Randi-Lee Bowslaugh  23:25 Yeah, so I have a couple of them. My first one was called Diamond, the cat. If you recall, Diamond was my cat. And so she I had her for 19 years before she passed away and I cried and cried and cried uncontrollably. So I wanted to make a kid's book about her and it's for like the younger group because it's the first pages I am a cat. I lay on a mat. So it's all rhyming and cute little pictures. It's all cartoon pictures of diamond. And at the very last page where it says the end, there's a collage of all the real life pictures of diamond. You can see the real life kitty. I love her. And I always used to say a diamond is a girl's best friend. That's my cat was a diamond. And then I also have Wolfie. So what he is, he's going to have multiple books. If my kid will ever finish drawing the pictures. My kid is the illustrator for the workbooks. And so the workbook that's out right now it's called wapis trip to the hospital. And so he is a little stuffed dog that lives in a classroom with kids and he goes home with the kid different kids every week so we can have lots of adventures. And in this adventure, he goes with one of the boys to the hospital to get his tonsils removed. And so when he helps him be very brave during it. And so it's it's not rhyming it's a little bit for a little bit older than the diamond, the cat book and there wouldn't be more of a few books. I have another movie book written, but my kid has not drawn the pictures yet. And then I also have a kid's Christmas book, which was actually the first kid's book that I did. I know it's not Christmas time, but it's called Operation Christmas. And it's about a little girl who can't fall asleep. And so magic has to happen. I don't want to give the whole book away, but magic has to happen. And so Christmas can Santa can still come even though she won't fall asleep. And that was actually based on a real life experience where Santa had to come into my basement. Because my kid will not sleep. And then I have a few I've started a learn to read series for early readers where they draw their own pictures for the book. So they're very simple stories. So it's like this is a cat. And then they would draw a cat. This is a bat and then they would draw the bat. So they get to draw along their own picture with that. The final zero Yep. Yeah, no, go ahead. I was just to see the final series that I have. I've gotten three social stories. And so social stories are for usually used for kids with autism, things that I wish as a parent I had, but my kid was younger. And it's cleaning up your toys, going to the bathroom and conversations. It just teaches a very specific skill in a very in very simplistic terms and step by step.   Michael Hingson  26:28 So you have a diamond book, but you don't have a ticker book.   Randi-Lee Bowslaugh  26:32 Not yet. But I will. Sure already said that.   Michael Hingson  26:39 We don't want to leave Tigger out.   Randi-Lee Bowslaugh  26:41 No, no, no, I cannot leave my ticker out. He was he was my first kitty and I he was he was around 18 or 19. Two, but at the time he passed away, I think two   Michael Hingson  26:52 how do you how do you come up with your ideas?   Randi-Lee Bowslaugh  26:55 Well, the nonfiction is really easy because it's just my life. But the other ones, the nonfiction ones come up with just like random random things in life. So even though the kids books are not they're not necessarily real life, they can't stemmed from real life, right. Like I was saying, the chill the Christmas book was something that happened. Diamond was a cat actually had the first what the book was actually an idea for my aunt, because her son had tonsil surgery before. But the the scary story is, don't have any kind of part of real life, let's say because everything is monsters with me and scary stories. So it's called a little scary. It's a collection of 10 short, scary stories. And we'll be coming out with another one. Eventually, I already have a list of a whole bunch of other scary stories. And those ones just come from like, completely random ideas. Like the one story I was walking down the street was walking my dogs, I have two dogs. And well, now I have three dogs, actually, at the time I had two but now I have three. And so I was walking my three dogs, and I saw this tree. And this tree look like it had like a face in it. And then one of the stories just popped into my head and I wrote a whole short scary story about the about nature and how nature can sometimes do some payback if we don't take care of it.   Michael Hingson  28:27 So when you get ideas, do you just immediately write them down? Or how do you make sure you don't forget them?   Randi-Lee Bowslaugh  28:34 I usually if I'm at home, I will write them down on my whiteboard if I text them to myself.   Michael Hingson  28:40 So you, you get them down and they'll come out at some point.   Randi-Lee Bowslaugh  28:45 Exactly, yeah. If I don't write them down, you're right, I will totally forget them. But so in some way, they have to get written down well, whether it's a text and myself are actually written down, you have to get written down.   Michael Hingson  28:58 It is nice that today we have a lot of different technological ways to get information written down. So we don't forget it. I, for example, use my Amazon echo a lot to remind me of things even though I might have something on a calendar. If I'm not right in front of the computer, I want to see the calendar. So I use technology to remind me all over the house, as well as writing down ideas and doing other sorts of things. So yeah, we do live in a wonderful era where it's a lot easier to get ideas down where we can go back and then address them later.   Randi-Lee Bowslaugh  29:30 Yeah, exactly. It's very nice.   Michael Hingson  29:33 So for you, writing about your life and so on. Well, because you happen to be able to write it does turn out to be fairly easy for you. But this whole concept of mental health and being a person with mental health issues, has a lot of stigmas about it and it's something that we don't understand. How do we start to do Without and how do we change people's perceptions of that?   Randi-Lee Bowslaugh  30:04 We talk, we talk a lot. That's a really simple answer. But really, it comes down to being able to be open with other people. Because since there is so much stigma around, it often shuts us up. We don't want to talk about it. Because we don't want people to look at us. Like, we're weird. Like, we're crazy, like, we're whatever. But the bottom line is, is where people like anybody else, no matter what your mental health is, whether it's depression, anxiety, bipolar, schizophrenia, it doesn't matter, you're just, you're just a person who maybe our brain chemistry is a little bit off. Like for me, I take my antidepressants every day, I went off for them, it didn't go so well. So I'm back on them. But that's because my brain chemistry is a little bit off, and I just, I need that extra little help, which is totally fine. But people don't want to talk about it. And my husband put it best to me. So when he found out that I had went off of my antidepressants, because I didn't tell him or the doctor, anything, I just did it. I do not recommend please don't do this. But when he found that out, and my husband is type one diabetic, which means he has an insulin pump. So he says to me, Well, do you want me to stop taking my insulin? No, I don't want you to die. Because exactly, I don't want you to die either. Why would you do that? I was like, oh, sorry, Honey, I love you. So it's, we have to start looking at mental health the same way we look at physical health. And that is that sometimes we need help. And that's okay. Recently, I've been dealing with a lot of chronic pain. And I realized that that has a lot of stigma around it as well. And actually, on Monday, I was just at the pain clinic and I had a complete breakdown with the doctor. And I am not an emotional person. I am not a crier, but I was crying so much in his office, not just because I was in immense pain, but because I was so frustrated about the lack of help around it and the lack of not knowing what's happening. And that all ages kept being told this, Oh, you're too young for this. That's great that I'm too young for this, I'm in my 30s. But I'm still in such pain that I have had to change my life, I can no longer do kickboxing right now I can no longer take my dogs for a 45 minute walk, they're lucky if I can get around two blocks before I have to lay down. And so I was just totally crying in his office and so emotionally spent, that our mental health and our physical health are very much interrelated. And so we need to talk about both of them in the same way and give both of them the same kind of respect as like one in the other.   Michael Hingson  32:57 So I think that you raised some some valid and very good points. The reality is, maybe this is an oversimplification. But talking and dealing with the so called stigma of mental health issues, is, in a lot of ways, not really much different than talking about having or being a person who happens to have a disability. Because it's all about being different. And people not wanting to deal with difference, no matter what we say.   Randi-Lee Bowslaugh  33:32 That is 100%. What it is, is differences are scary. If you're different. You're scary.   Michael Hingson  33:39 Well, why is that?   Randi-Lee Bowslaugh  33:41 That's a great question that I don't have a scientific answer for but I'll tell you what, I think on it. So I think it's just because the unknown is very scary. And I actually I just wrote an article for a magazine, I don't think it's published out but about, and this goes back to writing scary stories, but it's very relevant. So about how in a horror movie or in a scary story book, The unknown is what scares you the most when you see the masked killer coming towards you. It's not nearly as scary as when you hear something downstairs and you're like, Oh, what is that? Is that a burglar? Is that just my cat? It's more scary because we don't know. So I think that's the same kind of concept, to a difference to somebody with a disability, whether it be physical, mental, whatever it is, when you don't understand it, and it's different. It's scary because you don't know how to maybe talk to that person. You don't know how to address them. You don't know what it is that you shouldn't be doing. It ultimately my answer to that is ask the person they will tell you. Yeah, I get that a lot with with my kid I'm especially because he's 15 Now, and he can, he can talk, which is great. He's verbal. Sometimes he never shuts up. But sometimes I'll have people and teachers in the school system are kind of the worst for this is that they'll ask me all of these questions, I go great. Let me ask him, they're like, well, can't you just tell us? This is his life? These are his school courses, I'm not just going to give you an answer, I'm going to ask him, he is more than capable of telling you why he hasn't finished homework or why he wants to take one class over a different class, whatever it is, we are capable of speaking for itself. Same with somebody say in a wheelchair, if you don't know, maybe what they need help with. Ask them. So I, I used to have a part time job working in a market and I would just help the farmer sell the fruits and vegetables. And then there was this one guy in a wheelchair, and he would come around every Saturday, he was a very loyal customer. And so the very first time He came, though, I didn't treat him any different as any other customer, because he's not any different. And so I said, Okay, what can I get you? And he told me, I said, Great. Would you like another bag? I said, Yeah, so great. And then he asked, Can you put it on the back of my wheelchair? Yep, I could totally do that for you. Because I'm gonna say we because I'm part of the community of mental health and disability. So whatever, we are very capable of telling you what it is that we need. Now, some disabilities might be more severe. If it's a developmental disability, maybe where they don't have that capacity. And then you might need to talk to the support person that's with them. But I would always talk to the person first, I don't care what their disability is, what age they are, I would talk to that person first. If then you realize that they are not capable of explaining it to you, then the support for they would have a support person with them. And you can ask them, but they're capable.   Michael Hingson  37:10 The extrapolation of what you just said, though, is that we're afraid of the unknown, because it is unknown. And we don't try to make it known. So when we're dealing with mental health, whether we're dealing with disabilities, or whatever, we, as we're growing up, don't get taught to deal with it, to understand it to communicate about it. Yeah. And as adults, we don't talk about it, we don't get it, we don't understand it. And as a result, we just continue to promote the same unknowns that have always been there. I think there are definitely issues with the whole concept of mental health, it is something that we need to address. There are reasons that that people are as they are, we should learn to understand them, we should learn to help with them. Yeah. But we also should be spending a lot more time talking to people, we being all of us should be spending more time talking to people and learning to understand it, which is of course, maybe in part what unstoppable mindset as a podcast is all about. Exactly.   Randi-Lee Bowslaugh  38:25 And that's the nice thing about technology right now is there are so many different podcasts out there. And a lot of them talk about disabilities or mental health or different things like that. I have a podcast guys, you can listen to it. It's called writer die show mental health. But no, you're totally right. If we're not taught at a young age, and I think I was I was very spoiled at a young age, because of the school that I went to. We had a class for kids with disabilities when they used to be. They don't have as many separate classes anymore in our school district. They try to integrate more now, which hopefully that's working the way that they want it to. I don't know, that's a different story. Anyways, but I was lucky because we had that class there. We also had a class of deaf students. And so when I was younger, I was exposed to all of that from a very early age. And I think like you were saying, if you aren't taught about it at a young age, then you're not going to know about it as an adult. So I was spoiled that way that I got to experience that. And I used to help out in the different classes and play with the kids. They're like they were they were kids, right. So we all played together. So I was spoiled. But maybe that's something that as parents, we can start thinking about more to help our kids with that. And to not single other kids out.   Michael Hingson  39:53 Yeah, that's, of course, part of it is that although a kid might be the A friend or an adult may be different. There's no need to single them out, there is a need or ought to be a need to make sure that they are empowered to be able to contribute and be a part, which may very well mean, as you pointed out with the person who came to your market in the wheelchair, they're going to come in a wheelchair, big deal. You do what's necessary to make it possible for that person to be involved at the store, go around the store, shop like anyone else. And when you say you don't treat them differently, you know, the reality is, in a technical sense, yeah, you did, because you hung the bag on the back of the wheelchair. But the reality is big deal. That's all part of making it an inclusive environment. It's not really treating someone differently. It's being inclusive.   Randi-Lee Bowslaugh  40:56 Yes, I like the way you put that.   Michael Hingson  41:00 And that's something that we really need to do a lot more of is learn about inclusion. Well, a couple of other things that come to mind. I'm going to Save one for last, even though you mentioned even though you just mentioned it, but tell me about you and kickboxing and all that you you have been very much in the past involved with that.   Randi-Lee Bowslaugh  41:20 Yes. So I was kickboxing for about 10 years, once I became an adult and my mom couldn't tell me I couldn't anymore. And in 2015, I was the Canadian national champion my division, I was, I've been to the worlds tournament in Ireland. I've also been to the Pan American Games that was in Mexico, where I got to silver. And I just before COVID, I was one of our Ontario coaches at our Ontario winter games with the kids. So I was I've been very involved in it. And I was thinking about taking the roughing course. But right now my body is saying no, it's, it's kind of breaking my heart a little bit. It's been a very difficult road. But no, Kickboxing was amazing. It's such a good outlet. It's such good exercise, everybody should do it if you're capable of doing it.   Michael Hingson  42:21 Tell me a little bit more about what it is exactly and how it works.   Randi-Lee Bowslaugh  42:25 Um, so kickboxing, it's while you get to hit people with your hands and your feet. So there's there's different styles of kickboxing. So I've been training in Muay Thai, but I competed in kickboxing it. So my Thai is, it's slightly different. The rules are slightly different. There's knees, there's elbows, so I've trained I can do those, but I've never competed with those. So I've competed in both low kick and full contact. There's also another one called leg contact and k one. So the ones that I have fought in with low kick, you can kick anybody from the knees up. So the head is okay, you You never kick anybody in the back. That's not okay. But you can kick anybody from the knees up, there's no No elbows and no knees in that style, but you can kick them or punch them as hard as you want. Where as full contact, which is a little bit of a deceiving name, I feel like so full contact, you have to kick and punch them from the waist up. And you have to kick at least seven times around, which doesn't sound like a lot, but can be a lot depending on your style of fighting. I love kicking, kicking is my favorite part of it. So it wasn't hard for me to hit to kick seven times around. But yeah, you can hit you can kick or push them as hard as you want from the waist up in full contact. When you do k one, that's when you can also do clench, you can do knees, it's more violent, I guess of the styles.   Michael Hingson  43:57 So in in doing that, do you think any of that contributed to the pain you have today?   Randi-Lee Bowslaugh  44:04 It could be um, we don't know what the pain is being caused by yet. There is rumors of fibromyalgia potentially there is a some osteo arthritis in my spine. So there's no definitive answer yet. I'm still doing tests. But it there's a good chance that you know wear and tear on the body is not doesn't always do good things but I'm just really tired of hearing you're too young for it.   Michael Hingson  44:34 Yeah. My, my wife in well, we got married in 1982. And she pushed her own wheelchair bound. She's been in the chair her whole life. But as we got into the later 1990s It started to be more painful for her. But she kept doing it. She said I need the exercise. I have to push myself and that was the only answer that she would give, she didn't want to go into a power chair or anything. But in 2002, going into 2003, we had moved to California. And up, she went to a doctor saying, Look, this is hurting more and more. And he had what I think is maybe even a better answer for you. In her case, it was her shoulders that were hurting. And he said, Look, your shoulders don't come with a lifetime warranty, and they do wear out. And you know, it does. And it's different for different people. I've told that to other people in chairs since and I've met people in their 20s and 30s, who are experiencing a lot of shoulder pain. And they said, you know, you're absolutely right. That's exactly what's probably happening. And they go off and they look at it. But the reality is, you're too young. Is such a blanket statement that may or may not be relevant at all.   Randi-Lee Bowslaugh  45:55 Yeah, I like what you say better.   Michael Hingson  45:58 You've also been very active. You've also been very active.   Randi-Lee Bowslaugh  46:02 Yeah, exactly. So I like I don't have a lifetime warranty.   Michael Hingson  46:08 Yeah, well, that's what her doctor said. And it makes perfect sense. So she actually did translate, transfer over into in graduate to using a power chair. And in the last five years, she's been diagnosed with having some arthritis in her shoulders, and also some rheumatoid arthritis, which is a whole different animal. But the arthritis is there. And it's all because shoulders don't come with a lifetime warranty from God. That's all there is to it.   Randi-Lee Bowslaugh  46:37 What about great if a body's actually dead, though?   Michael Hingson  46:40 Well, yeah. Always a lot to do.   Randi-Lee Bowslaugh  46:44 Yeah, I know. But I can still go swimming. So that's good. Summertime, you might,   Michael Hingson  46:51 you might find that there are ways to get it improved, as long as you keep pushing for them to figure out what's really going on.   Randi-Lee Bowslaugh  46:57 Yes, that's what I'm doing. I have an MRI scheduled for August. And Ontario. We have to wait a bajillion months before we can get one   Michael Hingson  47:06 coming. Well, I think I know what really is going on. And you may not want to hear it. But Tigger is extremely unhappy that diamond got written up and Tigger did not. So Tigger is dealing with you just just keep that in mind.   Randi-Lee Bowslaugh  47:21 The funniest part of you saying that is that Tigger was the kind of cat that did always give you payback. So when I was because we had him since I was like little, little little, I would chase him around the house because I was, you know, three, four years old. So I chased them around the house and grab them and just love him so much. And give him all the kisses and then at nighttime, I'd go to sleep. And he pounce on me and try to get me because haha, now you're sleeping. So that is actually the kind of personality that he would have to do that   Michael Hingson  47:55 cats can be very strategic, and they can be very patient.   Randi-Lee Bowslaugh  47:59 Yes. So you know, it made? Maybe you're right. Yep.   Michael Hingson  48:05 Tear is definitely sending you a message. Yeah,   Randi-Lee Bowslaugh  48:10 if you want to tell us about   Michael Hingson  48:13 your podcasts. You mentioned that earlier. And I said I was gonna save it. And I wanted to get to it. But tell us about your podcast.   Randi-Lee Bowslaugh  48:19 So my podcast, it's also on YouTube, if you prefer watching. It is called the right or die show. So right, like you're writing something, not author. And I interview other authors and we talk about mental health.   Michael Hingson  48:35 Tell us about maybe some of your episodes. I'm curious to learn more about it.   Randi-Lee Bowslaugh  48:38 Sure. Yeah. So I have tons of different episodes. So what I do, at least on the YouTube channel, is I'm on YouTube, you're able to make playlists of them. So I've played listed all of the different mental health discussions into their category. So I've had people on that talk about depression, that's probably the biggest one. So depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, bipolar. I've had eating disorders on the show. I've also talked to people about autism, not that it's a mental health disorder, but because it's close to my heart, so people can still come on and talk about that one. But yeah, so just a wide variety of different topics and a wide variety of amazing authors. I love talking to the other self published authors, not that you have to be self published. I've also had other authors that weren't that were with, like actual publishers, or and I say author, but it's really anybody who writes I've even had somebody who's written screenplays come on the show. So he's never written a book, but he wrote screenplays. So anybody who's written anything song writers, I've had some songwriters Come on. So just a lot of fun to talk about it and It's all about personal experience. So everybody on the show is talking from their own personal experience. Because I think in this was my answer about how we ended the stigma, right? We talk about it. So by, I have over 100 episodes now. So by over 100 people talking about their different experiences, and there are different coping strategies, we can open up that line of communication with others that don't understand it, like we're talking about, and try to get them to understand these different things. Get them to understand that you know, somebody with schizophrenia is just a person, that somebody with Bipolar is just a person and kind of shed light on that. And also, I like when they share their coping strategy, because I take little bits from other people and try them out. And hopefully, the audience is taking little bits from everybody and trying it out. Because not every coping strategy works for every person. There's tons of them out there.   Michael Hingson  50:57 How do you find your guests?   Randi-Lee Bowslaugh  50:59 Um, so when I first started the show, I put out a call to what's that thing or radio guestlist.com? And I put it out there, I got 80 responses, like almost immediately, which was insane to me, because I was like, how am I gonna find gas, and then I didn't really need to look hard. And once you kind of that got going, I've met some really good people that helped. So actually, the publicist that I just signed on with creative edge here, I have a deal with him, I always tell him, Hey, these slots are open, what authors do you have, because he always has very good high quality guests. Come on the show. So it's been really easy now to actually find people, which I was surprised because I thought I was going to have trouble with it.   Michael Hingson  51:47 Everyone has a story to tell. And sometimes it's hard to get people to tell stories. But everyone does have a story to tell them. It's great to be able to have the opportunity to get people to come on and tell their stories. And I'm sure that's what you're encountering as well.   Randi-Lee Bowslaugh  52:04 Yes, exactly. And most people who have written things, well, most of us authors struggle with self publicity and marketing. Like it's one of the hardest things, and to go on lots of different podcasts to tell different audiences about you. So by interviewing authors, I think that has really helped because first off, they're storytellers, even like I said, Some writers, whatever writers are storytellers, and then they need to market out their product to people. So kind of worked out well.   Michael Hingson  52:36 Right. Well, this has been fun. And I want to thank you very much for being a guest on our podcast. I appreciate it. And I know we we met each other through the same publicists, which is really cool. But tell me how can people get in touch with you if they'd like to reach out if they'd like to learn more about what you're doing? Or ask you questions and connect? How do they do that?   Randi-Lee Bowslaugh  53:00 Sure. So my website is rbwriting.ca. I'm also on Facebook at RB writing and then of course my YouTube   Michael Hingson  53:10 the letter R and the letter B.   Randi-Lee Bowslaugh  53:11 Yes for my name Randi Bowslaugh.   Michael Hingson  53:14 So RBwriting? Yep.   Randi-Lee Bowslaugh  53:17 and.ca Because I'm in Canada, and then Facebook, I'm on Instagram I'm on Instagram though it's Randy be writing because somebody already had RB so Randi be writing let's Randi with an I and tick tock I am on tick tock at the right or die show.   Michael Hingson  53:35 Cool. So to say your website once more   Randi-Lee Bowslaugh  53:40 RBwriting.ca.   Michael Hingson  53:43 Great. Well, I've enjoyed it and learned a lot and I really appreciate you coming on today and talking with us. And I hope that everyone listening appreciates and maybe he has a little bit more understanding about some of the topics that you've discussed.   Randi-Lee Bowslaugh  54:00 I hope so too and I had so much fun   Michael Hingson  54:02 well and we definitely would love to have you come back as you're getting more books and tell us about the books and let me know when you publish about ticker because I'm sure the pain is gonna go away then.   Randi-Lee Bowslaugh  54:15 I will definitely do that. And you know what, maybe I'll call it even I'll call it about ticker.   Michael Hingson  54:21 Go. Well, thanks very, Randi. And I want to thank all of you wherever you are for listening today. I'd love to hear from you and get your comments so please feel free to email me at Michaelhi at accessibe.com or visit Michael Hingson .com slash podcast where you can visit more episodes although you can get them wherever podcast episodes are available. 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On our thirty-sixth episode, Allen talks to Professional Cyclocross racers Maghalie Rochette and Caroline Mani about their friendships, the current bicycle industry, how they started racing, their biggest sponsors and supporters, being a mentor, and so much more!!! Maghalie is a 3-time Canadian National Champion, 3-time Pan American Champion, World Cup Winner, currently runs the Fever Talk Podcast, and is coming off a 7th place finish at this year's World Championship! Caroline is a 5-time French National Champion, is currently leading the USCX series, and placed 2nd at the 2016 World Championships in Zolder, Belgium! Their support and respect for each other really makes this episode a fantastic listen and they discuss their race strategy of talking in French also!!! It's an empowering, passionate, and informative listen!!! Thanks for joining us for this episode!!! Maghalie's Fever Talk Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fever-talk/id1532785341 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/stokedonspokespodcast Facebook: The Stoked On Spokes Podcast | Facebook Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stokedonspokespodcast/

Overview Randi-Lee was born and raised in Ontario, Canada and from a young age she had a passion for helping others. She attended Niagara College and graduated at the top of her class from Community and Justice Services, after completing her placement at a recovery house for alcohol and drug addictions. Post-graduation she worked at a Native Friendship Centre for two and a half years while pursuing a university education in psychology. Randi-Lee continued working in social services for another four years as an employment counselor until she left to pursue her other passions.Randi-Lee is an author and outspoken advocate for mental health sharing her true story with honesty. From the age of 14 she struggled with depressive thoughts. There were times in her life that she wasn't sure how she would continue. Depression continues to be a battle in her life but she is glad that she continues to live. She has spoken at events that promote wellness and compassionately shares her experiences with her own mental health. In 2021 she started a YouTube channel, Write or Die Show, to spread awareness about various mental health issues and to end the stigma associated with mental health.Growing up she never felt that she fit in, being the last to understand jokes and confused about many emotions that she saw on others. In 2021 she finally had answers to the questions about herself that had been nagging at her. She was diagnosed with moderate Autism.Another of Randi-Lee's passions is kickboxing, which she has been doing for about 10 years. She was a Canadian National Champion in kickboxing in 2015, competed at the World's kickboxing tournament later that year and in 2016 competed at the Pan-Am games where she received silver in her division. In2020 she was chosen as one of the coaches for the Ontario Winter Games where she inspired and coached young athletes.Randi is a mom to two, her youngest child has autism and grandma to one. Randi encourages and supports her youngest child's entrepreneurial spirit as he follows his dream of being an artist. When she can she incorporates his art into her stories. Book https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Me-Randi-Lee-Bowslaugh-ebook/dp/B08XFJ5JXQ?crid=3S2DCYZZMMNXR&keywords=embracing+me+randi&qid=1661692052&sprefix=embracing+m%2Caps%2C1242&sr=8-1&linkCode=li2&tag=discoveredwordsmiths-20&linkId=12cd0d4a3cf9c86176d7b472174e7cc2&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_il Website https://rbwriting.ca Favorites https://www.amazon.com/Elementals-Academy-3-Queen-Magic-ebook/dp/B0B5YJL6VS?crid=1V8YDF2BX14E0&keywords=queen+of+magic&qid=1661862007&sprefix=queen+of+magi%2Caps%2C133&sr=8-1&linkCode=li2&tag=discoveredwordsmiths-20&linkId=ee6907737f1940b42337ae8f31643880&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_il YouTube https://youtu.be/DDH9fZNausc Transcript So today, discover wordsmiths. I've got Randy Lee, Randy, how are, do you like Randy or Randy Lee? Randi-Lee: I don't have a preference. I just don't wanna miss dinner. Stephen: Got it. I understand that. So before we talk about your book tell us a little bit about you, where you live and some of the things you like to do outside of writing. Randi-Lee: There's things outside of writing. My name is Randy, like you said, I live in Canada, close to the Buffalo border. Winter is not forever here. Don't worry. I'm I like to say I'm the most Southern part of Canada , Stephen: which is fun. Yeah. I was actually in a meeting with some people and the weirdest part was I'm in Ohio, which is up by the great lakes in the states. And I was still the Southern most person on the whole meeting. And I thought that was pretty interesting. Randi-Lee: that's good. Yep. And outside of writing I like swimming. I like hanging out with my pets. I got three dogs, four cats. I got a kid, I got a step kid. I got a BA a grand baby. I got a husband too. Nice. And yeah, just doing random stuff is fun. Stephen: Busy. It sounds. That's

Summary:   Encore presentation. "Jesus loves winners." This week we invite comedian Katie-Ellen Humphries on the podcast to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the cult classic Drop Dead Gorgeous, a movie both Andrea and Lisa have somehow never seen until now. Also discussed: Pamela Des Barres, open water swimming and Ronan Farrow.     Show notes:   WTF with Marc Maron: Episode 1065 - Pamela Des Barres     Katie-Ellen Humphries is a 3-time Canadian National Champion for the 5 Kilometer Open Water Swim   “Drop Dead Gorgeous,” Which Is Finally Streaming, Is Possibly My Favorite Movie of All Time (Jia Tolentino, New Yorker)   "Catch and Keep It" (with Ronan Farrow) (Keep It podcast)     Recommendations:  Andrea W.:  You Must Remember This (Song of the South) (podcast) Lisa:  Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow (book) Katie-Ellen: So You're A Little Sad, So What? by Alicia Tobin (book)   Music credits: "Ghost" by Podington Bear From Free Music Archive CC BY 4.0   Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod From: incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License   Intro bed: "OLPC" by Marco Raaphorst Courtesy of Free Music Archive CC BY-SA 3.0 NL     Pop This! Links: Pop This! on TumblrPop This! on iTunes (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on Stitcher (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on Google PlayPop This! on TuneIn radioPop This! on TwitterPop This! on Instagram Logo design by Samantha Smith Intro voiced by Morgan Brayton Pop This! is a podcast featuring three women talking about pop culture. Lisa Christiansen is a broadcaster, journalist and longtime metal head. Andrea Warner is a music critic, author and former horoscopes columnist. Andrea Gin is a producer and an avid figure skating fan. Press play and come hang out with your new best friends. Pop This! podcast is produced by Andrea Gin.  

Everybody raced this past week, so Paula spends a little time talking about her TT Canadian national championship win, Eric talks about his epic mountain bike race, and Nick talks about his Sprint Triathlon race in San Diego. We then go onto answering questions about cleaning bottles, moving from sea level to altitude, and much more. If you want to see more about how Paula's race went, go check out the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_JXsstHuAI

May 2022 Figure Skating podcast. With partner Guy Ravelle, Debbi Wilkes was a two-time Canadian National Champion, 1963 North American Champion, and the 1964 Olympic Silver medalist. After retiring from competition, Wilkes became a television ice skating analyst, an author, coach, and Skate Canada's Director of Marketing and Sponsorship. Ms Wilkes was inducted into the Canadian Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 2001. 1 hour.

Let us introduce Olympian, current double national champion in both the road race and time trial, World Tour race winner, dancing queen and internet icon Alison Jackson! I caught up with Alison Jackson while she was home in Canada before making her late winter pilgrimage to Europe and the traditional bike racing scene. We chatted shop that spans her careers, the highs and lows, the trajectory her career has taken, and the interesting trends the entire sport is taking. Be sure to follow @aliactionjackson to up your social media game.

Brought to you by Markel: this interview with Evie, Paul Husband shares what it was like to know Khemosabi, one of the all-time leading sires of Arabians and Half-Arabians. Paul shares a wealth of stories about "Khemo" as a young horse, his starring role in a comic strip, as a mature horse, and how he lives on, 21 years after he passed in 2001. This is a special episode to hear a story about one of the greats. A little background on Khemosabi (Source: Wikipedia): Khemosabi was bred by Dr. Bert and Ruth Husband, sired by the stallion Amerigo and out of the mare Jurneeka++. This pedigree was primarily a combination of bloodlines from the breeding programs of W.K. Kellogg and Henry Babson. Khemosabi's dam (female) line traced to *Wadduda, the celebrated "War Mare" imported from the desert by American political cartoonist, Homer Davenport. The closest imported horse in his pedigree was his maternal granddam, the Polish-bred mare *Szarza. As such, Khemosabi was a product of Arabian bloodlines that had been developed in the United States for several generations, and therefore was promoted as an "All-American" horse. Khemosabi was foaled in Husband's back yard in Whittier, California. As a young horse, his career was popularized by a series of lighthearted cartoons written by Paul Husband, son of Bert and Ruth Husband, illustrated by Karen Haus Grandpre, which featured Khemosabi as a horse who wore a "Lone Ranger" mask, accompanied on his adventures by his "faithful red-haired companion, Ruth," a character modeled on Mrs. Husband. In the cartoon strip, Khemo and Ruth fought for "truth, justice and the Arabian Way." Khemosabi was noted for having a large and enthusiastic fan base, and a Breyer Horse model was created with his likeness in the 1990s. In his show career, Khemosabi was the 1973 U. S. National Champion Halter Stallion, and the 1976 U.S. National Champion and Canadian National Champion in Western Pleasure. He was also the 1976 Canadian National Champion Halter Stallion. He was one of the only horses to ever win an Arabian National Championship in both halter and performance in the same year. Khemosabi stood at stud in 1969, his first breeding season, on lease to Varian Arabians. After his national wins, he was syndicated in 1980 by the Husband's son, Paul, with Ruth Husband serving as Syndicate Manager from the inception of the Khemosabi Syndicate for the rest of the stallion's life. Khemosabi died in 2001 at the age of 34. Have a great idea for a guest or topic, or just want to send us your feedback? Send us an e-mail to austin.garrett@welovearabianhorses.com! Want to get some WLAH Merch? Totes and wearables are now available at We Love Arabian Horses!

Final episode of 2021! For this week's episode we spend some time reflecting on the journey we've had to get to this point of time with the podcast and the crazy year we had in the BMX world. We are then joined by Canadian National Champion, Molly Simpson, to chat about the quick rise she's made in the sport this year, her first WC podium in Turkey, her philosophy and what makes her so motivated and determined to be better. Enjoy, and Happy New Year! #Chatter

In an episode released on August 12, we addressed the troubling display of poor riding during the equestrian portion of the Modern Pentathlon with Rick Maynard, Tik Maynard, and Peter Holmes - all of whom have been very involved in the sport either currently or previously.  Now, we're following up and seeing what's in the works. What proposed changes are coming down the pipeline to help Modern Pentathlon evolve into a sport that can support good riding, good horsemanship, and reasonable expectations of those horses and riders? Are they enough? What aspects of the problem do they address? Canadian National Champion, Development Coach, and member of the Riding Working Task Force, Joshua Riker-Fox, joins us alongside fellow Canadian National Champion Pentathlete Tik Maynard. Along with host Caroline Culbertson, they discuss:  - A look inside the proposed changes and what needs to happen next. - What we can learn about making change in our own sports and disciplines. - A case for keeping the equestrian portion in Modern Pentathlon - Personal reflections on how changes happen in sport, who is in charge of them, and what the equestrian community can learn from this turning point in MP. 

Ewan is currently a High Performance Coach in Alberta, Canada, and has previously been a High Performance coach in Saskatchewan and Manitoba as well. In addition to this, Ewan was the Canadian Olympic Team coach at both the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games. As a competitive Athlete, Ewan represented Canada at 3 World Championships and at both the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games. He won the 1995 Pan American Championships and was a 5 time Canadian National Champion.

Randi-Lee is so fun. She is very positive and very passionate about speaking with people about Mental Health. She has written books about mental health and she has a YouTube Channel. Randi-Lee wanted to reach a bigger platform and she is now on Tik Tok to spread her message and truth. Randi-Lee deals with depression and she talks about it with Keepin It Real, she even talks about her son dealing with autism. ALITTLE MORE ABOUT RANDI-LEE: Randi-Lee was born and raised in Ontario, Canada and from a young age she had a passion for helping others. She attended Niagara College and graduated at the top of her class from Community and Justice Services after completing her placement at a recovery house for alcohol and drug addictions. Post-graduation she worked at a Native Friendship Centre for two and a half years while pursuing a university education in psychology. Randi-Lee continued working in social services for another four years as an employment counselor until she left to pursue her other passions. Randi-Lee is an author and outspoken advocate for mental health sharing her true story with honesty. She has spoken at events that promote wellness and compassionately shares her experiences with her own mental health. Recently, she has started a YouTube channel to spread awareness about various mental health and to end the stigma associated with mental health. Another of Randi-Lee's passions is kickboxing, which she has been doing for about 10 years. She was a Canadian National Champion in kickboxing in 2015, competed at the World's kickboxing tournament later that year and in 2016 competed at the Pan-Am games where she received silver in her division. In 2020 she was chosen as one of the coaches for the Ontario Winter Games where she inspired and coached young athletes. Randi is a mom to two, her youngest child has autism and grandma to one. Randi encourages and supports her youngest child's entrepreneurial spirit as he follows his dream of being an artist. When she can she incorporates his art into her stories. Currently, she has five published books. Three are non-fiction to raise awareness about mental health and autism. Two are children's stories. You can contact Randi-Lee on Instagram at Randi-Lee Bowslaugh or RB Writing - Author www.rbwriting.ca Link Tree Write or Die Show - YouTube Tik Tok @writeordieshow 905-341-8411

This week Dave and Joe, Chasing Tomorrow podcast co-show hosts, have the pleasure of talking to Ailsa MacDonald the recent winner of the Sinister 7 100-mile ultra-race. She won by nearly seven hours. Ailsa is an established trail runner, ultra-runner, road runner, and triathlete. In 2017 she claimed the 50K and 100-mile Canadian National Champion title, in 2018 she won Ironman Canada and in 2019 she won the Pemberton 50K in Arizona overall and set the course record. MacDonald owns multiple course records and two overall wins at the ultrarunning distance. She is a force to be reckoned with.

Allison Vest is a 3x Canadian National Champion in bouldering. We talked about her mindset after a recent competition, moving to SLC and training with her roommate Kyra Condie, goals and confidence, the downward spiral of failure, her training schedule, the secrets to one-arm hangs and campusing, having fun, Instagram challenges, and learning how to topout boulders.Support the PodcastBecome a PatronFacebook GroupShow Notes:  thenuggetclimbing.com/episodes/allison-vestNuggets:3:24 – The climbing closet4:55 – World cup debrief, and the post-comp headspace11:23 – A mix of emotions12:49 – The motivation of a competition climber17:30 – Goals, confidence, and failure23:48 – How Allison and Kyra debrief competitions, and opposite personalities 24:40 – The benefit of not being teammates28:09 – Growing up in Canada and meeting Kyra Condie32:30 – Salt Lake City as the epicenter of training35:58 – Playfulness and “Fail Friday”41:47 – Instagram Challenges (backpack and shorts dynos45:06 – The standing splits challenge47:33 – Combining training with play52:43 – Priorities vs. powering through, and how Allison got the nickname “Big Al” 59:26 – Allison's training volume, and comparing different high-level climbers1:03:11 – Campusing 1:05:42 – One-arm hangs1:16:25 – Shoulder strength1:17:41 – Christian Core's hangboard philosophy1:20:07 – Grip positions1:21:52 – Allison's hangboard schedule, and many different approaches that work1:25:38 – Starting to climb outside more1:27:36 – Topouts1:38:09 – How outdoor climbing compliments competition training1:45:20 – Patron Question from Jimmy: Most memorable competition moment?1:47:01 – Patron Question (anonymous): What does she miss the most about Vancouver/Squamish? And the least? 1:50:47 – Patron Question from Jordan: Can you introduce me to KJ Apa?1:52:31 – Jonas Brothers, Jumanji, and Robin Williams1:54:09 – Best decisions1:55:10 – Competition self-talk1:57:07 – Advice for young competitors1:58:06 – “More doesn't always mean better.”1:58:45 – What is standing between Allison and the 2024 Olympics?2:00:01 – Grateful for community

Randi-Lee does have a story!  Although sharing her profession, what really was compelling was her admission of feeling that she was "alone" and her mother not realizing it.  Why?  Because like many, Randi-Lee didn't communicate her emotions.An interesting background of being afraid of going home to a drunk step-father, to her experience with her child with Autism, Randi-Lee's story is one that we are sure many would be able to relate to.With this, Randi-Lee is a 5 time author.  Her one book and link is listed on the right side here.  To learn more about her other books, you can find Randi-Lee at both www.rbwriting.ca and https://www.facebook.com/rbwriting.  More about Randi-Lee Bowslaugh:Randi-Lee was born and raised in Ontario, Canada and from a young age she had a passion for helping others. She attended Niagara College and graduated at the top of her class from Community and Justice Services after completing her placement at a recovery house for alcohol and drug addictions. Post-graduation she worked at a Native Friendship Centre for two and a half years while pursuing a university education in psychology. Randi-Lee continued working in social services for another four years as an employment counselor until she left to pursue her other passions.In 2017 Randi published her first book about mental health awareness (Thoughts of a Wanderer) and in 2018 published A Mother's Truth (inspired by raising her youngest who has special needs).Another of Randi-Lee's passions is kickboxing, which she has been doing for over 10 years. She was a Canadian National Champion in kickboxing in 2015, competed at the World's kickboxing tournament later that year and in 2016 competed at the Pan-Am games where she received silver in her division. In 2020 she was chosen as one of the coaches for the Ontario Winter Games where she inspired and coached young athletes. In 2017 Randi became a personal trainer.While she isn't working, she is spending time with her two teenage children and a grand-baby. Randi tries to speak honestly and openly about her struggles with her own mental health and as a parent – wanting to ensure that no one feels alone.#buzzsprout #podcast #podcasting #Spotify #GooglePodcast #TuneIn #stitcher #ApplePodcast #iHeartRadio #Pandora #PodcastAddict #Podchaser #Deezer #Listennotes #Overcast #Pocketcast #Castro #CastPost #iamthatgal #liftyourstory #liftyourstorypodcast #thatgalwiththatguy A Mother's Truth Buy Randi Lee Bowslaugh's book on AmazonFree Book with any $20+ Podcast Support Make Up Not Required - How to Brand the TRUE You by LaurieAnn & Contribution by Roy MillerBE A GUEST/FIND A GUEST Start for Free! PODMATCH is innovative, provides easy communication and dashboard scheduling! My pick of the month!Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show (https://paypal.me/iamthatgal)

Alannah Yip is a 7x Canadian National Champion in sport climbing and is headed to her first Olympics, the Tokyo 2020 Games representing Team Canada. We talk about the ins and outs of this new sport, how it works and so much more on this episode. If you want to know about climbing you won't want to miss this episode!

Today I welcome Randi-Lee Bowslaugh, who joins me from her home in Welland, Ontario. Randi-Lee is an author, a cancer survivor, kickboxing champion, mental health advocate, a mom, and so much more. In this episode, we discuss being a mom to a transgender son, his autism diagnosis, and how she and her family deals with it. Then, Randi-Lee shares her cancer story, and finally, she gives us an open and honest account of her struggles with her mental health and how she learned to cope.She is a competitive kickboxer who has twice represented Team Canada internationally. She was a Canadian National Champion in kickboxing in 2015, competed at the World's kickboxing tournament later that year, and in 2016 competed at the Pan-Am games where she received silver in her division. In 2020 she was chosen as one of the coaches for the Ontario Winter Games, where she inspired and coached young athletes.  Randi-Lee has published non-fiction and fiction books.  Her most recent book Embracing Me explores Randi-Lee's true story of coming to terms with her depression. Sharing thoughts around suicide and the harsh reality of feeling the need to hide these thoughts. Each chapter outlines coping strategies that can help individuals explore their mental health and lovingly embrace themselves. Worksheets are provided at the end of the book to put the strategy into practice. Stopping the stigma of mental health starts with speaking honestly and openly. Topics discussed include therapy, medication, coping mechanisms, suicide, negative self-talk, positive self-talk, self-care.If you want to connect with Randi-Lee, you can check out her website and social pages:Website: http://www.rbwriting.caFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/rbwriting Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/randibwritingYoutube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSTmVQUW8K8r1sBDchLyTwAPodcast: https://anchor.fm/randi-lee-bowslaughBooks: https://www.amazon.ca/Randi-Lee-Bowslaugh/e/B08QJTS9T9TikTok: @writeordieshowRandi-Lee is inspiring, and her lively personality is vibrant and infectious. Having listened to her personal experiences, I know her story will resonate with you.Enjoy the episode, and a special thank you to my listeners for joining me on this journey. Stay tuned and keep listening. Connect with me by checking out mycenteredlife for daily inspiration here:Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/mycenteredlifeInstagram: http://www.instagram.com/mycenteredlifePlease support the show at www.patreon.com/survivingtraumastoriesofhope Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/survivingtraumastoriesofhope)

This premier episode of Turning Catan Into Diamonds brings you Canadian Champion, Sarvat Tahir. We dive into the competition of Catan, challenges of being a champion and the drive it takes to turn that ore into diamonds. Catan you handle it? This very special episode is brought to you by the very amazing Catan Studios. Are you interested more? Check out our episode with Guido Teuber. 

Alexandra Orlando is the Director of Marketing at Panam Sports, a 5x Canadian National Champion, and an Olympian. She's also a Commonwealth Games record holder with 6 gold medals at a single event and 3x gold medalist at Pan Am Games. Orlando won every rhythmic gymnastics event at the Canadian National Championships in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007. She won all six rhythmic gymnastics events included as part of the gymnastics program at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.[2] She joined Graham Smith (1978, Edmonton), Susie O'Neill (1998, Kuala Lumpur) and Ian Thorpe (2002, Manchester) as the only competitors to win six gold medals at a single Commonwealth Games.[3] After her sports career, Alex made a successful transition to corporate as a sports analyst at CBC, Senior Manager at Rogers Communications, and then taking on the role of Director at Panam Sports. Some of the things we discuss in this episode: - Alex's career growing up and story behind almost becoming the youngest athlete to ever go the Olympics - Failures, adversity, and drive behind her world success and record-holding performances - The motivation behind always striving to improve in a single person sport - Transition to business and how being humble is the best strategy - Representation gap today across all major industries and what we need to do to make positive strides - How to thrive in a fast-paced, disruptive culture, by simply aligning your team to the mission

Two-time Canadian National Champion and IPF Worlds bronze medalist Matt Vena joins 6 Pack Lapadat to discuss a fast rise to the top, the insane discipline to make it there, the backlash off a bad performance and people who turned their backs, the comeback, inspiring lifters, and thoughts on qualifications for US Raw Nats and the USAPL leaving the IPF. 

This week, Coach Frontier's guest on the show is JASON TUNKS. Jason is a 3-Olympian and the Canadian Record Holder in the Discus, he was the Canadian National Champion 15 times. His DISCUS PR is 67.88m (222'8"). He had 10 consecutive years throwing over 65m. Prior to his professional career, he was the 1997 NCAA DISCUS CHAMPION for SMU. Jason is the Head Athletic Trainer at HIIT IT and coaches throwes included his daughter Julia Tunks. www.throwbigthrowfar.com www.madisonthrowsclub.com throwBIGthrowFAR STORE www.everythingtrackandfield.com MFAthletic 50% OFF Super Sale on NOW www.porta-circle.com CODE: TBTF2020 - 10% OFF on all circles TBTFGYM - 15% OFF on Gym friendly weight throw training implement www.rodhesport.com CODE: TBTF - %15 OFF on all products www.walshot.com TRAIN TO WIN INSTAGRAM TWITTER YouTUBE This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

This week, Diana Hong sat down with two-time Canadian National Champion figure skater, and current UBC kinesiology student, Alaine Chartrand! She spoke about her career to this point, why she decided to come to UBC, and why she feels becoming a student was a great decision. Also, UBC golf wrapped up the fall portion of its BC Rivalry Series with a pair of good performances.

a tough match between a former Lithuanian 2x Olympian and former Canadian National Champion. Their fighting styles matched and made for a good scrap while it lasted.Educated analysis Not just opinion.Support the show (http://gf.me/u/xpk4a5)

Ailsa, 39, is an ultra endurance athlete who has a passion for long distances races and triathlons! Ailsa holds six course records and two overall wins at the ultra-running distance. In 2017 she won the 50K and 100 mile Canadian National Champion title. In 2018 she won Ironman Canada. As well as training for her races, Ailsa also balances a full time job in an oil field in Northern Alberta.    During this podcast Ailsa shares more about her passion for running, how she got into cycling and swimming, how she coaches and trains herself, as well as sharing more about mental resilience and how she has developed her mindset over the years.   Listen to Ailsa as she shares her story on the Tough Girl Podcast. New episodes every Tuesday and Thursday at 7am UK time - Make sure you hit that subscribe button so you don’t miss out.    The tough girl podcast is sponsorship and ad free thanks to the monthly financial support of patrons. To find out more about supporting your favourite podcast and becoming a patron please check out www.patreon.com/toughgirlpodcast.   Show notes Ailsa in her own words Spending her summers in Scotland Living in Canada Getting into running and cycling Training for her first marathon  Building up her swim fitness Finding a talent for endurance events Her love for running and keeping fit Being her own coach Working in the oil fields 10 days on - 10 days off The mental side of races Strategy for 100 miles races Hitting mental lows and going into a downward spiral Hitting a low point around the 80K mark Doing her first 100 mile race Using neurofeedback  to help with race preparation Dealing with solitude while running Thinking while running Tips to maintaining positivity while running Western States 100 miler and the mistakes she made Dealing with the pressure of performance Not wanting to let people down Learning from her mistakes Suffering Ironman Canada 2018 Being a competitive person Final words of advice.   Social Media   Instagram @ailsamacdonaldrunner

Hello everyone, and welcome to Episode 69 of the GR8 FIGHT NORTH Boxing Podcast!This episode is brought to you by Scrap yard Boxing Club Peterborough, and Kerry Hendren ReMax All Stars Realty Inc Brokerage in Omemee Ontario.https://www.facebook.com/scrapyardptboINTERVIEW #1: Corey ErdmanBoxing writer and broadcaster extraordinaire, Corey Erdman, joins us to talk about the current of the game, post-covid boxing here in Canada, and what the closed-door experience may be like!INTERVIEW #2: Sara Haghighat-joo & trainer Stevie Bailey4 x Canadian National Champion & 2019 Irish National Champion Sara Haghighat-joo & her trainer/husband Stevie Bailey join us to talk about her career, training/fighting as husband wife team, why she chose Ireland over Canada, and if/when she would turn pro!NEWS AND NOTES:- Lexson Mathieu vs Albert Onolunose If you enjoyed the show (or even if you didn't but you're feeling particularly generous), please leave us a 5 Star review, it would be greatly appreciated.Like and Subscribe, and tell your friends!Follow us on Social Media and let us know what you think:Twitter:@GR8FightNorth@rian5ca@JasonToufexisFacebook:@gr8fightnorth

Olympic medalist and multi-time Canadian National Champion, Allison Beveridge from the Rally Pro Cycling team, visits the show. We talk about training and racing (virtually) during the COVID-19 lockdown, the resilience to come back from serious health challenges and injury and what it's like to ride a bike through The Shire!

Follow Carol-Ann on Instagram: @reaon.thibault_caroEveryday People. Life-Changing Stories. This is Up Before You.Go to stonocreekapothecary.com/ and use code, "UpBeforeYou" at check out to save 10% off your first order!Go to ticketweirdo.com/ and use code, "UBY" to save 10% off unlimited ticket purchases!Go follow @upbeforeyou1 on Instagram and @upbeforeyou on Facebook.If you enjoy the show and have been a longtime fan please go drop us a review on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/up-b…ou/id1440543027If you like this episode, please share it with family and friends and post on social media and make sure to tag Up Before You.Thank you for listening!!

From married life to a heartfelt testimonial for the recently retired Sam Cornett, Shawn delivers like only he can. 2x Canadian National Champion and runner up last year, Shawn would very much like to collect a 3rd national championship before he calls it a day, and I wouldn't bet against it. He has his sights set on that and hitting the ground running whenever play resumes. He's in a very good place right now, and his outlook on life is infectious, so don't miss this one.

Jeff is a 5x Canadian National Champion, Pan Am Games Medalist & 2012 Canadian Olympic Trials winner. After an impressive sport career, Jeff and his friends went on to co-found Skip the Dishes and their most recent venture Neo Financial. Jeff shares his journey of falling short of international Olympic qualification, being an Olympic training partner instead of competitor and how sport has helped him as an entrepreneur.

Joshua Hurlburt-Yu is a Canadian Mixed Doubles player who is currently ranked #29 in the world with Josephine Wu. He is the Canadian National Champion, Pan Am Games Champion and also has bunch of international titles under his belt. In this episode, Josh talks about his half-Chinese half-German heritage and badminton story - how he started, the ups and downs and the multiple times he tries to 'hang up his rackets' - and fails! Follow him on Instagram: @joshuabhyu -- Find us on Instagram: @thebadmintonpodcast SUPPORT THE PODCAST HERE: www.patreon.com/thebadmintonpodcast Contact us via email: tbp.volant@gmail.com -- This episode was brought to you by VOLANT. Check them out: www.volantbadminton.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/VolantBadminton Instagram: @volant.badminton Facebook: VolantBadminton Email: team@volantbadminton.com

Summary:    This week we invite comedian Katie-Ellen Humphries on the podcast to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the cult classic Drop Dead Gorgeous, a movie both Andrea and Lisa have somehow never seen until now. Also discussed: Pamela Des Barres, open water swimming and Ronan Farrow.   Show notes:   WTF with Marc Maron: Episode 1065 - Pamela Des Barres     Katie-Ellen Humphries is a 3-time Canadian National Champion for the 5 Kilometer Open Water Swim   Drop Dead Gorgeous trailer   Drop Dead Gorgeous at 20: how dark pageant comedy works better in 2019 (the Guardian)   “Drop Dead Gorgeous,” Which Is Finally Streaming, Is Possibly My Favorite Movie of All Time (Jia Tolentino, New Yorker)   "Catch and Keep It" (with Ronan Farrow) (Keep It podcast)   Recommendations: Andrea W.:  You Must Remember This (Song of the South) (podcast) Lisa:  Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow (book) Katie-Ellen: So You're A Little Sad, So What? Alicia Tobin (book) Music credits: "Ghost" by Podington Bear From Free Music Archive CC BY 3.0   Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod From Incompetch CC BY 3.0 Intro bed:"OLPC" by Marco Raaphorst Courtesy of Free Music Archive CC BY-SA 3.0 NL Pop This! Links: Pop This! on TumblrPop This! on iTunes (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on Stitcher (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on Google PlayPop This! on TuneIn radioPop This! on TwitterPop This! on Instagram Logo design by Samantha Smith Pop This! is two women talking about pop culture. Lisa Christiansen is a broadcaster, journalist and longtime metal head. Andrea Warner is a music critic, author and former horoscopes columnist. Press play and come hang out with your two new best friends. Pop This! podcast is produced by Andrea Gin and recorded at the Vancouver Public Library's wonderful Inspiration Lab.  

Welcome to Episode 40 of The GR8 FIGHT NORTH Boxing Podcast!PREVIEW:- Usyk vs Spong and Arthur BiyarslanovPREVIEW:- Usyk vs Spong and Arthur BiyarslanovSCALIA PROSPECT WATCH:NEWS AND NOTES, brought to you by United Boxing Promotions' huge November 16th event at the CAA Centre in Brampton, featuring the return of Brandon Bad Boy Cook and Josh O'Reilly vs Mo Abedeen, plus a stacked undercard. Tickets on sale now at Ticketmaster.ca:- Butler vs Murata in Japan!- Dec 7th Triple Header officially announced- Pascal now WBA full champion- Ryan Ford heading to Poland- Jordan McCue vs Mponda Kalunga on Nov 16- Golden Garcia in action in CalforniaTWITTER QUESTIONS:- When is Elieder back in the ring?- Time to set up a pension fund for fighters?- Is Custio Clayton fighting again this year?INTERVIEW OF THE WEEK #1:Mian Hussain, former Canadian National Champion, steps back into the ring after a 3 year layoff to take on Cody Crowley in Peterborough on Saturday night.INTERVIEW OF THE WEEK #2:Eric Belanger, owner and head trainer at Final Round Boxing in Ottawa, talks Hussain brothers, Patrice Volny, and of course Custio Clayton.If you enjoyed the show (or even if you didn't but you're feeling particularly generous), please leave us a 5 Star review, it would be greatly appreciated.Like and Subscribe, and tell your friends!Follow us on Social Media and let us know what you think:Twitter:@GR8FightNorth@rian5ca@JasonToufexisFacebook:@gr8fightnorth

On this episode, we chat with Pro Wakeboarders Nic Rapa from Australia and Billy Allen from Canada. Rapa, who splits his time between Australian & USA was recently crowned the 2019 US National Champion and has dominated the circuits this year. Meanwhile, Allen hails from Canada and was the 2018 Canadian National Champion. Tune in while we chat about Wakeboard culture, the behind the scenes grind, what it takes to stay on top, catching Alligators and more as these two beauties explain how they Live The Dream

On today’s episode, Patti Phillips talks with Marilyn McNeil, Women Leaders Past President and current Vice President & Director of Athletics at Monmouth University. An industry veteran with over 40 years of experience, Marilyn was born a natural competitor–not only did she play basketball, volleyball and field hockey, she was a Canadian National Champion in Curling; In her words she is “still competing today”. Marilyn knows how to navigate change and tough circumstances - from moving to a new country, and across the country, to surviving 5 presidential transitions - Marilyn strategically navigated the hurdles that came with being a woman AD, and she has THRIVED while doing it. Listen in as Marilyn shares her story of leveraging change by managing up, nurturing relationships and by caring for her team and herself. Enjoy, and remember, We Are Women Leaders! Head to womenleadersincollegesports.org for more about us and to become a member! Follow us at fb.com/WomenLeadersCS, and on Twitter and Instagram @WomenLeadersCS.

Accepted to law school, about to complete a masters degree, and a swan song appearance for Team Canada at the 2019 Pan Am Games in Lima Peru, Andrew Schnell joins me on episode 92 to chop it up. 2 time Canadian National Champion, 2015 Pan Am Games gold and silver medalist, reached the top 60 in the world in 2016, and winner of several PSA titles including the prestigious Bankers Hall event in his hometown of Calgary, Andrew has had a stellar squash career and we'll be sad to see him go. Not before this final appearance at the Pan Am Games though, and of course not before another classic Shawn Delierre anecdote.

Chris Pomeroy of MXPmag.com checks in to give his thoughts on the Canadian National Champion contenders!

Welcome to Episode 12 of The GR8 FIGHT NORTH Boxing Podcast, and man do we have a good one for you this week!SPECIAL GUEST #1: Arthur "The Chechen Wolf" Biyarslanov, 5x Canadian National Champion, 2015 Pan Am Games Gold Medalist, 2016 Olympian, now 2-0 (2KO) as a pro, and JUST signed to Matchroom Boxing.- Signing with Eddie Hearn and Keith Connoly- Reasons for waiting to turn pro, and waiting to sign a promotional deal- The importance of fighting in Canada in the future- Arriving in Canada from war torn Chechnya and his beginnings in Boxing- Training with Marc Ramsay- What the future holdsREVIEW:- March 29 Lee Baxter Promotions card from the Mattamy Events Centre in TO- March 30 Polar Bear Promotions card in NS- March 30 Dekada card in Calgary- March 30 Christian Mbili US debut on ESPN+PREVIEW:- April 6 Classic Boxing Company Card in Oshawa, ON- April 6 Ryan Ford fight in Munich, GermanyNEWS & NOTES:- Claggett vs Ulysse 2 confirmed April 25- Marie Eve Dicaire vs Mikaela Lauren April 13th- Arslanbek Makhmudov vs Jonathan Rice and Mathieu Germain vs José Eduardo Lopez on May 17- Sadriddin fractured right hand- Brandon “L-Jack” Brewer returns on 3 Lions May 18 card in NS- Adonis Stevenson able to return to his homeTWITTER QUESTIONS, Brought to you by UNITED BOXING PROMOTIONS:- What's next for Custio Clayton?- Which prospects from last weekend's nESPN/DAZN cards would we like to see against some of our Canadian Talent?- When will Ontario and the rest of Canada catch up to the Quebec boxing scene?SPECIAL GUEST #2: Samuel Vargas, NABA Welterweight champion, coming off an amazing performance vs Luis Collazo at Madison Square Garden- Starting a new life in Canada- Beginnings in Boxing- Moving from tiny club shows to some of the biggest stages in the world- Training with Rudy Hernandez- Training camp in LA- Who was the best he's faced? Spence? Garcia? Khan? Collazo?- Favourite venues to fight at- Being the enemy in enemy territory- Career goalsIf you enjoyed the show (or even if you didn't but you don't mind being a two-faced liar), please leave us a 5 Star review, it would be greatly appreciated.Like and Subscribe, and tell your friends!Follow us on Social Media and let us know what you think:Twitter:@GR8FightNorth@rian5ca@Jason ToufexisFacebook:@gr8fightnorth

Welcome to the Monday Climate Change Interview with Scott Amyx. Today I’m joined by Nick Troutman who is a World Champion whitewater kayaker and outdoor enthusiast. He is the World Freestyle Kayak Champion, North American Champion, Bronze Medalist at the World Championships, and 3x Canadian National Champion. He has descended numerous waterfalls including the Niagara Gorge. Nick has been featured in Nomads: National Geographic and Rush HD TV. Listen to the full episode on .   Stay tuned next Monday for another great guest interview. And to learn more, visit https://ScottAmyx.com/.

“Every day things are a challenge. Fitting into clothes. I have two wardrobes, one for off-season and one for on-season. Going up the stairs is hard. It’s like walking around with a 40-50lb backpack all day long.” - Fouad Abiad Tune in to this week’s episode of the Knowledge and Mileage Podcast to get a peek into the life of IFBB Pro Fouad Abiad. Nicknamed “Hoss,” Fouad Abiad is one of the biggest IFBB pros pound-per-pound on the circuit, weighing a powerful 290 lb on a 5’9” frame. A former Canadian National Champion (2006), the Toronto-based Abiad has a no-nonsense approach to the sport, summed up by his motto: “sacrifice without regret.” Time Stamps Biggest challenges to being so big [1:20] Is the bodybuilding lifestyle healthy or not? [3:08] Fouad’s life before bodybuilding [5:14] When Fouad decided he wanted to pursue bodybuilding full time [11:00] #dyingbreed: where that came from and what that means [19:00] How Fouad stays motivated [33:00] How Fouad’s social life has changed [48:00] The last time Fouad flew Economy [49:17] Fouad’s goals for 2019 [52:00] Featured Guest: Fouad Abiad Email Website Instagram Twitter Episode Sponsor BiOptimizers Nutrition: BiOptimizers help you improve your performance from the inside out. Use the coupon code KRIS20 upon checkout and get 20% off all of their products. Connect with Kris Instagram: @krisgethin

Meagan Duhamel is the perfect blend of power, poise, flexibility, and grace on the ice.  As a figure skater since the age of 3, her entire life has been dedicated to being a hard working and multi-faceted athlete.  With parter Eric Radford, she is a 2x Olympian.  She won a gold medal this year in the team event and a bronze in the pairs event.  In 2014, they won a silver medal in the team event.  She and Eric are also 2x World Champions amd Meagan has been the Canadian National Champion 7x.  And that's just the tip of the iceberg of her impressive accolades.  I first met Meagan just 2 weeks ago on an athlete panel at the Toronto VegFest.  I loved her inspiring attitude and stories about how changing her diet 10 years ago changed the trajectory of her career.  This is a fascinating podcast episode going into the mental and emotional aspect of figure skating, discussion about how Meagan's best performances coincided in the highest pressure environments, and also about her plant-based diet and the food they feed athletes at the Olympics (like there's a 24 hour McDonald's!). Topics Discussed in the Podcast  Body acceptance and growing up as a figure skater How Meagan handles the pressure of performance Pair skating vs individual skating Mental toughness and being able to move on from mistakes How Meagan views competition Why Meagan decided to change her diet Eating plant-based at the Olympics Meagan's nutrition tips for athletes What retirement from competition looks like  Listen Now   Links Meagan's Instagram Meagan Duhamel's website: Lutzofgreens.com Support the Show If you would like to support the growth my show, I'd love your contribution on.  Patreon.  The current production of this free show is primarily supported out of my own pocket and a small portion is covered through the donations on Patreon. With my Patreon page, you can donate directly to the show which will help me cover the costs and help it grow! Even 4 bucks a month- the cost of one coffee per month helps a LOT! Thanks, I really appreciate your support! Crowdfunding on Patreon – thank you! Shop my products!  Leave a review or share on social media Don't forget to subscribe! Apple Podcasts Stitcher Google Play Spotify Thanks for listening!

Kyle Chisholm is an Amateur National Champion and a Canadian National Champion in Supercross. He shares how he incorporates his faith in God into his Supercross career. He opens up about how his... Scott Herrold is known for his interviews. He does a daily radio show on SOS Radio. This postcast is conversations about worldview, faith and culture with famous personalities.

Show Notes Episode 4 – Canadian Nationals Review Welcome back to another episode of Galactic Conflict!  On today’s episode I have interviews with Yik and Carlo the recent finalists at Canadian Nationals.   I also have included the short interviews that I conducted with them live at the event and then we go into much more detail about their lists in follow up interviews.  1:10 First up is Yik who placed 1st after swiss and was the runner up after all was said and done.  32:40 After we discuss nationals we go on to discuss his philosophy on list building.  1:01:12 Second returning to the Podcast is Carlo the 2018 Canadian National Champion.  1:28:38 After we discuss his run at Nats we go on to discuss Turn 0 for newer players.    VTTV Live Feed of Canadian Nationals https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk3Ylq2jwldNGynR7HLoFbA   Music provided by Free Music Archive Boxcat_Games – Battle_Special Please like and rate us on Itunes Rated PG https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-c5bxu-8a4bfa#.Wo8fsLYs2Po.facebook Any feedback can be directed to galacticconflictpodcast@gmail.com iTUNES and Google Play:  Search for Galactic Conflict Podbean:  https://galacticconflictpodcast.podbean.com/ Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/Galacticconflictpodcast/ And the FB group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/158458721624588/?source_id=207726109966612  

Welcome to the newest show from The Chance Cube – A Star Wars: Destiny Network.  In this episode, Mat and Jenna are joined by Jon Chan, the first ever Canadian National Champion, and John Gobeil from Starkiller Base, top four finisher in the Canadian Nationals. Play the Odds at the Canto Bight Players Club! —————————— Please take a moment to give us a review on iTunes: http://www.thechancecube.com/review Support our programming at http://www.patreon.com/thechancecube. Get official The Chance Cube game accessories and swag from our vendors: http://www.thechancecube.com/store The Chance Cube is brought to you in part by Miniature Market. —————————— HOSTS: Mat: mat@thechancecube.com Jenna: jenna@thechancecube.com VISIT US: Email: contact@thechancecube.com Website: http://www.thechancecube.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/thechancecube YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/thechancecube Twitter: http://twitter.com/thechancecube Instagram: http://instagram.com/thechancecube Twitch: http://twitch.tv/thechancecube —————————— The Chance Cube is not affiliated with Fantasy Flight Games, Lucasfilm, or the Walt Disney Company.… Read More The post Canto Bight Players Club – Episode I: Canadian Nationals appeared first on The Chance Cube.

love to chat with a dedicated fan especially if they were a passed Canadian National Champion! Eric gives his thoughts on the sport of motocross, supercross 2017 and his great career! Enjoy!

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  Episode 15 You can find and subscribe to this podcast in iTunes and/or via your podcast app, or listen with the podcast player directly above the Duathlon Insider logo. Duathlon Age Group National Champion Jesse Bauer is the guest and we talk about a wide range of duathlon topics, including: the recent US Duathlon Long Course National Championships, the Canadian Duathlon National Championships, the single change he made to improve his cycling, the 2017 Duathlon World Championships in Penticton, and more. One warning - the audio quality on this episode is subpar. If it's too difficult to hear feel free to check out other episodes or listen to my Triahtlete Training Podcast.  

Canadian wrestler Erica Wiebe from Stittsville Ontario, now living in Calgary, Alberta, competes in the 75kg weight class. She in is the 2014 Commonwealth Games and International University Sports Federation Champion. She has also been Canadian National Champion six times and the Canadian Inter-University Champion three times. Last year she won gold medals in the US, Germany and Sweden and finished fourth in a World Cup team event. Erica is campaigning for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, which involves a busy schedule of training camps and international competitions this year. She is currently ranked third in the world and number two in Canada.  Follow Erica on Twitter @ericawiebe and visit her website here   Follow us @WiSPodcast and visit us online at www.wisp.media. 

THIS EPISODE Mike sits down with his former cycling rival Scott Price after the opening stage at Redlands Classic in California, where Scott is working with the Landis/Trek cycling team.A native of Calgary, Canada, Scott moved to Spain at the age of 17 to pursue a road cycling career, which he did successfully for nearly two decades, culminating in  his becoming Canadian National Champion in 1992. In 1999 Scott founded Higher Living Health and Performance Coaching in Arizona, to guide athletes toward finding balance, developing inner strength and tapping into their intuition and wisdom.Over Thai curry Mike and Scott reminisce about their strong competitive relationship during the early years of their careers, what drove them to succeed back then, and what motivates them today in this new phase of their professional careers.Their conversation offers a fascinating glimpse into what makes for a successful cyclist, and why pro bike racers are uniquely qualified to handle diverse and complicated tasks in their post-racing years.You're not likely to find a more unique and thought-provoking conversation about this aspect of cycling than right here with these old friends and rivals.As always, Open Mic with Mike Creed is presented by The Colorado Cyclist, Mike's very first professional cycling team in 1998. Thanks to everyone at Colorado Cyclist for their support of Mike over the years, and a big thank you to them for stepping up and sponsoring the podcast and offering $50 gift cards to our Twitter contest winners. Please visit their website at coloradocyclist.com and give them a follow on Twitter at @Co_Cyclist to show your appreciation for everything they do for us.Colorado Cyclist is running a special promotion that we'd like everyone to know about. If a customer purchases any bike, frame or wheels, the customer will receive back a gift certificate worth 15% of the purchase price toward a future purchase. For example: If a customer buys a $4,000.00 bike, they will get a Gift Certificate for $600.00. There are no restrictions, and this promotion includes regular and sale bikes, frames and any wheels – factory or custom included. There is free shipping on all items as well. Colorado Cyclist is also launching a new website, so stay tuned and be on the lookout for upcoming giveaways. And be sure to call them at 1-800-688-8600 and mention the podcast when placing your order!We also welcome Mercury Wheels as a new sponsor of the podcast. As part of their support of Open Mic, Mercury will be giving away a set of the same wheels that Mike's guys at Smart Stop train on. All you have to do to be entered is like them on Facebook, follow them on Twitter, and follow them on Instagram to be entered into a contest to win a set of deep-rim alloy training wheels. Mike will be announcing the winner on Twitter sometime next week, and we'll also tweet it from the Cyclismas account as well.A new addition to the Open Mic sponsorship roster is Lazer Helmets. Every podcast we'll be giving away either a Lazer helmet or pair of Lazer sunglasses. All you need to do is mention @LazerHelmets or @Lazer_Vision on Twitter with a clever ad slogan you make up. If your tweet is chosen, you'll win a Lazer item. This week we're giving away a pair of Lazer Vision sunglasses to the person who tweets the most creative caption to this photograph:Simply tweet your caption and mention @lazer_vision and #OpenMic to qualify to win. For example: My Meatball's so bright, I gotta wear @Lazer_Vision shades. #OpenMic.Chris Smith of Lazer will select a winning tweet before next Friday's podcast.Thanks, and enjoy.

THIS EPISODE Mike sits down with his former cycling rival Scott Price after the opening stage at Redlands Classic in California, where Scott is working with the Landis/Trek cycling team. A native of Calgary, Canada, Scott moved to Spain at the age of 17 to pursue a road cycling career, which he did successfully for nearly two decades, culminating in  his becoming Canadian National Champion in 1992. In 1999 Scott founded Higher Living Health and Performance Coaching in Arizona, to guide athletes toward finding balance, developing inner strength and tapping into their intuition and wisdom. Over Thai curry Mike and Scott reminisce about their strong competitive relationship during the early years of their careers, what drove them to succeed back then, and what motivates them today in this new phase of their professional careers. Their conversation offers a fascinating glimpse into what makes for a successful cyclist, and why pro bike racers are uniquely qualified to handle diverse and complicated tasks in their post-racing years. You're not likely to find a more unique and thought-provoking conversation about this aspect of cycling than right here with these old friends and rivals. As always, Open Mic with Mike Creed is presented by The Colorado Cyclist, Mike’s very first professional cycling team in 1998. Thanks to everyone at Colorado Cyclist for their support of Mike over the years, and a big thank you to them for stepping up and sponsoring the podcast and offering $50 gift cards to our Twitter contest winners. Please visit their website at coloradocyclist.com and give them a follow on Twitter at @Co_Cyclist to show your appreciation for everything they do for us. Colorado Cyclist is running a special promotion that we'd like everyone to know about. If a customer purchases any bike, frame or wheels, the customer will receive back a gift certificate worth 15% of the purchase price toward a future purchase. For example: If a customer buys a $4,000.00 bike, they will get a Gift Certificate for $600.00. There are no restrictions, and this promotion includes regular and sale bikes, frames and any wheels – factory or custom included. There is free shipping on all items as well. Colorado Cyclist is also launching a new website, so stay tuned and be on the lookout for upcoming giveaways. And be sure to call them at 1-800-688-8600 and mention the podcast when placing your order! We also welcome Mercury Wheels as a new sponsor of the podcast. As part of their support of Open Mic, Mercury will be giving away a set of the same wheels that Mike's guys at Smart Stop train on. All you have to do to be entered is like them on Facebook, follow them on Twitter, and follow them on Instagram to be entered into a contest to win a set of deep-rim alloy training wheels. Mike will be announcing the winner on Twitter sometime next week, and we'll also tweet it from the Cyclismas account as well. A new addition to the Open Mic sponsorship roster is Lazer Helmets. Every podcast we'll be giving away either a Lazer helmet or pair of Lazer sunglasses. All you need to do is mention @LazerHelmets or @Lazer_Vision on Twitter with a clever ad slogan you make up. If your tweet is chosen, you'll win a Lazer item. This week we're giving away a pair of Lazer Vision sunglasses to the person who tweets the most creative caption to this photograph: Simply tweet your caption and mention @lazer_vision and #OpenMic to qualify to win. For example: My Meatball's so bright, I gotta wear @Lazer_Vision shades. #OpenMic. Chris Smith of Lazer will select a winning tweet before next Friday's podcast. Thanks, and enjoy.