Podcast appearances and mentions of Chris Waddell

In this episode of Grit Rising, host Trent Bryson sits down with Paralympic legend Chris Waddell to discuss resilience, overcoming obstacles, and pushing limits. From winning 13 Paralympic medals to becoming the first paraplegic to summit Mount Kilimanjaro unassisted, Chris shares his journey of grit, determination and redefining success.

In this episode of OverHerd at Deer Valley, host Kaylin Richardson sits down with Chris Waddell, one of the most decorated Paralympic skiers of all time, a Hall of Famer, and an advocate for adaptive sports. Chris shares his incredible journey—from his ski racing days at Middlebury College to the life-changing accident that led him to become a 12-time Paralympic medalist.We also explore his passion for storytelling, motivational speaking, and his role in Deer Valley's Ski with a Champion program, where he helps guests experience the mountain in a whole new way. Plus, Chris reflects on his historic climb of Mount Kilimanjaro, his work with One Revolution, and even his experience getting married at Deer Valley!

What happens when life takes an unexpected turn and you're forced to redefine everything? Chris Waddell was a competitive skier in college when a devastating accident left him paralyzed from the waist down. Less than a year later, he was back on the mountain—this time as a monoskier—beginning a journey that would make him the most decorated male mono-skier in U.S. history. But Chris's story isn't just about athletic triumph; it's about the reinvention that happens when you decide to show up fully for your own life. In this episode, Chris shares how recovery was just the first step in his healing journey. That accident and his resilience took him places he never imagined: from the Paralympics podium to being a published author and from the ski slopes to a soap opera set. He reminds us that our best self isn't a fixed point—it is who we become in response to life's hardest moments. This conversation is about grit, possibility, and the magic of saying yes to the unexpected. Bio Chris Waddell's 12 Paralympic skiing medals are more than any man in US history. He's a Hall of Famer, a World Champion in wheelchair track, and the first “nearly unassisted” paraplegic to summit 19,340-foot Mt Kilimanjaro. His ski popped off competing in college, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down. 362 days later, Chris monoskied and soon became the fastest in the world. The Dalai Lama honored him as an “Unsung Hero of Compassion,” Skiing Magazine dubbed him one of 25 Greatest Skiers in North America and People Magazine named him one of “The 50 Most Beautiful People.” https://chriswaddellinc.com/ 

Greg Brady focused in on a strong argument to be made that Premier Doug Ford is running the city of Toronto, not Mayor Chow. Next, Mayors across the province are calling for provincial clarification when it comes to mental-health laws. Guelph Mayor, Cam Guthrie, explains why direction is needed so that municipalities can better deal with the opioid crisis and encampments. Lastly, Chris Waddell, an Ex-CBCer and professor at the School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University in Ottawa. He is here to give his analysis of the state of the CBC and to share his insights when it comes to the future of the broadcaster.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg Brady focused in on a strong argument to be made that Premier Doug Ford is running the city of Toronto, not Mayor Chow. Next, Mayors across the province are calling for provincial clarification when it comes to mental-health laws. Guelph Mayor, Cam Guthrie, explains why direction is needed so that municipalities can better deal with the opioid crisis and encampments. Lastly, Chris Waddell, an Ex-CBCer and professor at the School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University in Ottawa. He is here to give his analysis of the state of the CBC and to share his insights when it comes to the future of the broadcaster.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Postmedia owns over 120 newspapers across Canada, and the Telegram is now one of them. The paper edition has already been cut to once a week. We asked media expert Chris Waddell what else the future might hold.

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When I was first introduced to Chris Waddell for this podcast, I was super excited. His bio is absolutely inspiring. He was Dalai Lama's Unsung Hero for Compassion. He's won 13 Paralympic medals. He's in the Paralympic Hall of Fame. He's in the US Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame. NPR credited him with one of the best graduation speeches ever for his keynote at Middlebury College in 2011. He has won more medals than any male monoskier in Paralympic history. He is somebody who has been recognized for being one of the 50 most beautiful people by People Magazine, which we talk about in today's conversation. The accolades are endless, they're inspiring, they're impressive, they're almost outer worldly. In our conversation, we talk about the downside that comes with people who view Chris as a hero. I watched a documentary that he was featured in, and the documentary was beautiful, it was all about his ascent to Mount Kilimanjaro as an unassisted paraplegic. That documentary was a fascinating watch and it is the focal point of a lot of our conversation today, as Chris challenges the notion that others sometimes think that he's outer worldly and that he's some sort of hero because of some of the challenges he's faced as far as with his ability to walk. That is what makes this conversation so real, so unique, so vulnerable: even though Chris is paralyzed and doing things that most able-bodied people would think is beyond the realm of possibility for them, Chris is a human and you're going to love him in today's conversation because he's open, honest, and vulnerable. Chris had a number of amazing insights during our conversation. Some of them include: “If you don't tell the story, it didn't happen” (6:25). “In climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, I wanted to confirm I was a superhero” (7:50). “I wanted to free myself of this burden of being the superhero” (8:00). “If you're a human being, you're part of the team” (8:30). “The victim thing is the thing that I want to avoid at all costs” (12:20). “If I continued to be a victim of circumstance, then my life ended at 20 years old effectively” (12:40). “We often see our greatest strength in crisis” (16:25). “The vulnerability is where we ultimately connect as human beings” (18:05). “The only way that we really connect with other people is through being honest” (18:50). “I wanted to stretch people's imaginations and do things that were never possible” (24:25). “I want to create and be able to convey whatever is in me” (26:05). “I find heroes everywhere I go” (28:00). “We're always capable of more than we think we're capable of” (28:25). “Simplicity is the ultimate goal, but it takes a lot of work to actually get to the point where we achieve simplicity” (32:35). “Ease can be the real root of our genius, too” (33:40). “[Busyness] draws us away from efficiency” (38:25). “If we're occupied, then we have no time for thought” (38:50). “I don't get there on my own” (45:55). “If we're not aware of what other people are doing, we're doing ourselves a huge disservice” (46:10). “The key to communication… is ultimately about being direct” (47:05). “The biggest struggle for me is conflict” (51:15). “There's the way I see myself, the way that people see me, and then there's the way I think that people see me” (54:10). “You don't want to be seen for that surface level stuff” (57:45). “The struggle is where we connect as human beings” (58:00). “If we're perfecting our craft, we're never growing old” (58:20). “It's the getting better part that's the most addictive part of being a human being” (58:55). “Fear is my greatest motivator” (1:01:50). Additionally, you can find the website for the One Revolution Foundation here and Chris's personal website here, where you can find his books and much more. I'd also highly encourage you to check out the One Revolution documentary on Amazon Prime. Thank you so much to Chris for coming on the podcast! I wrote a book called “Shift Your Mind” that was released in October of 2020, and you can order it on Amazon and Barnes and Noble. Additionally, I have launched a company called Strong Skills, and I encourage you to check out our new website https://www.strongskills.co/. If you liked this episode and/or any others, please follow me on Twitter: @brianlevenson or Instagram: @Intentional_Performers. Thanks for listening.

This week we are joined by WWA Owner/Promoter and Birthday Boy, C.C.W. with special pop in appearances from Caanan aka Vivika Darko! This one is a free for all conversation about everything including, best storylines, proud moments, behind the scenes stories, podcasting, Three's Company, booking wrestling events, Superkicks, Lost in Las Vegas, weight loss, music, and so much more! you can find the World Wrestling Alliance on all social media @WWAISNOW 

Is Canada prepared for the next pandemic? Christopher Waddell talks lessons learned for Canada's state of preparedness for the next crisis....on this No Nonsense.

I tried to match Julie's legendary energy in this podcast. You'll have to be the judge of whether I was successful or not. She's famous from her team's history changing Women's World Cup Title in 1999. Learn how as athletes they were the best in the world, but also how they took upon themselves to ensure that the Women's World Cup in the US would be successful and that they could fill the 92,000-seat Rose Bowl. She talks about the We versus Me mission of the team and passing that baton from one generation of players to the next as they continue to win titles, raise the level of women's sport, and shape the world into one with equal rights for all. As she's done since she was still a player in 1998, Julie will cover this year's USWNT in New Zealand and Australia as they go for an unprecedented third World Cup in a row. 

Paralympic Gold Medalist & Wheelchair Softball and Basketball Champion on the Nametags Chat Podcast with Chris Waddell.

Google and Meta plan to eventually remove links to Canadian journalism in response to the federal government's Online News Act. Chris Waddell, former journalist and journalism professor at Carleton University, is taking your questions. What would you like to know?

John was a professional rugby player and aspiring triathlete during the off-season when an eight-ton truck hit him as he trained on his bike. Medical experts set his chances at “pine or mahogany” and told the family not to expect him to make it through the day. John made it through that day. When he emerged from the coma, he asked about his bike, which had lost significance since he'd now use a wheelchair. Months of treatment and therapy eventually brought him to rebuilding his former self. As he lifted weights with his mate, his father asked, “How far can you go?” Far went well beyond pine box or mahogany. In over twelve hours of swimming, cycling, and wheelchair racing, John became the first paraplegic to meet all the cut-off times as an official finisher of the Kona Ironman. Then he swam the English Channel, the world's busiest shipping lane, in twelve hours and fifty-five minutes. Olympic Games, Paralympic Games, a Paralympic Medal, and learning to walk again well enough to finish the original triathlon for which he was training when the truck met his bike. And there's another challenge on the horizon. 

It's a Canadian media power play unlike any other: Alphabet and Meta are fighting back against the Canadian government's Bill C-18. And caught in the middle is the news media.  The Online News Act – was supposed to make tech giants pay for posting news stories to their platforms.  Now Google and Meta say they aren't going to pay. Instead — they'll remove Canadian news from their sites and apps. It's a move that will make it more difficult for Canadians to access news. And may very well plummet news companies further into the red. This all comes as news companies are cutting back, looking at mergers, trying to get out of obligations of providing local news to Canadians. Chris Waddell joins Tamara Khandaker to sort through this. He's a former professor at  the School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University. He's also the publisher at J-Source, a website dedicated to the Canadian media industry. For transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/transcripts

Dan followed his brother John, six years older, into Warren Miller movies. They skied the steepest and gnarliest, but also went where the news was happening. Dan said, if it's happening on CNN, that's where I want to be, which meant skiing the Berlin Wall, sneaking into Lebanon, and almost dying in a storm on Europe's tallest mountain, Russia's Mt Elbrus. He hitchhiked with his skis strapped to his back, slept on couches, and made good on the relationships that he forged as a young teenager turning screws for the Ski Market. This boy from Boston has seen it all, skied it all and now his written it down in Thirty Years in a White Haze: Dan Egan's Story of Worldwide Adventure and the Evolution of Extreme Skiing.

Lori played Division I tennis player even though she couldn't hear the racket hit the ball. Relying on lipreading to communicate, COVID's masks rendered the world quiet and alone. She was the first person in the world to receive an Esteem implant (an invisible hearing device) with her Cochlear implant. Suddenly the song of the world came alive then she went deaf after ten years. She fights the fight for  those who've been left on the outside by letting you walk in their shoes and by demonstrating how their buying power can transform your business. As the CEO of Ready or Not Media she's changing the world.

June 14, 2023 - Power and Politics speaks to the lawyer representing the families of Paul Bernardo's victims. Plus, industry expert Chris Waddell joins Power and Politics to discuss the latest cuts in Canadian journalism.

Those of you of a certain age, will definitely remember him as Bailey from Party of Five. He has tons of acting credits in film and television and has been part of some long running shows like the aforementioned Party of Five, Everwood and now Nancy Drew. He made his directorial debut on Nancy Drew during the third season with the “Voices in the Frost” episode. He's also a friend and a Park City resident. 

It was Arthur Ashe, who made Ivan recognize the power of the athlete. Arthur had just been diagnosed with AIDS as a result of a tainted blood transfusion during heart by-pass surgery. He was dying and he could have hidden, but he asked, how can we use this? The resulting widely viewed, highly attended televised event the day before the US Open in what would eventually become Arthur Ashe Stadium put a face on the AIDS epidemic. After twenty-five years in the agent business, Ivan started Athletes for Hope to help athletes leverage their unique skills the way that Arthur had. Muhammad Ali, Mia Hamm, Jeff Gordon, Warrick Dunn, Andre Agassi, Alonzo Mourning and Jackie Joyner-Kersee remain the founding members of an organization that now numbers more than 12,000 athletes. 

Laurel might enjoy her job, some of which includes colonics, which she cheers, more than anyone I know. Her passion is to heal and to help and her motivation is both personal, she had to take charge of her health after numerous surgeries, antibiotics and opioid painkillers, and it's rooted in the historical, the traditional and the spiritual. As she says, the most common refrain from her patients is, “that makes sense.” And it does make sense on a personal, emotional and cellular level. 

Storytelling consumed Stephani as a film student at USC, but one of her professors told the class that they didn't know anything because they lacked life experience. When a car careened out of control and trapped her against her boyfriend's car in his driveway, she lost her legs, gained life experience and turned the camera on the journey from a near death experience. That journey became a love story that led her to the top of the Paralympic skiing world. 

Marc jokingly says that he's been the one to ask the difficult questions from the time that he got kicked out of Sunday School as a kid for questioning why we as oppressed people would oppress others? Equity and agency have only grown in priority throughout his career as a Pediatric ICU Doctor and leader in the healthcare space. In addition to his role as CEO, Marc has confronted cancer twice, the second of which is incurable, but in remission. Despite or possibly in spite of job and health demands, he's also an Ironman triathlete, the CEO, who runs bikes and swims before he goes to work.

Jill spent nine years building trust, friendship and the story of Cora's escape from an abusive, polygamist marriage through her artwork. Snowland will be Jill's first feature length film. Her journey has gone from shooting stills as a middle-schooler, to being a Mountain Dew girl in a series of commercials that paid her college tuition, to running the film projector in what she called a truly great job, to premiering Sister Wife at Sundance and winning the Jury Award at SXSW, to the adventure that Snowland will soon take.

Energy Sovereignty, Authoritarian Regimes, Climate Change, Green Solutions, Decarbonization, Climate-Neutral Future, Energy Poverty, Reliable Energy, US, China, Russia, EU, Developing Countries. For Retired Rear Admiral Mike Hewitt, all people deserve energy, food and clean water. In a world that has a gross inequity of power, he sees nuclear as a clean, cost efficient, consistent and convenient solution. Gone are the reactors of our past, soon to be replaced by Small Modular Reactors (SRMs). Energy Sovereignty will be a defining factor of the twenty-first century. 

It's easy to see Brad as a superhero because he's achieved things about which most of of us just dream: Naval Academy graduate, explosives expert, breaker of a thirty year old world record, gold medalist in his second Paralympic sport, husband, father and Ivy League PhD candidate, but his success is the product of his struggles. He was about to quit the swim team at Navy to concentrate on his studies before his teammates voted him Captain for his senior season. He had to talk his way into Explosives Ordnance School because his grades weren't competitive. Brad is a leader of men and women, who does his best to follow the example of his heroes and mentors, and with compassion and empathy. Strife and struggle have shaped who he is and he continues to seek their benefit daily.

M.C.'s professional career started, or attempted to start when he sent message to Ted Turner that he would walk from Syracuse to Atlanta to get hired by the Braves. As the process took a bad turn, M.C. slipped a dime into a pay phone and was immediately connected with the only Major League Baseball owner who would appreciate his initiative, the iconoclastic and insightful genius Bill Veeck. From the White Sox to the fledgling cable industry, to sports behemoth ESPN, to his own weekly column and to writing a speech to nominate Barack Obama, Antil learned marketing and learned that he could write. “Floor Burns” is his perfectly crafted legacy of how race, religion, changing economics, a basketball game and a highway came together to change his hometown of Syracuse, New York in 1967.

Mattochainsaw is my cousin. After dangerous years of climbing trees as an arborist/tree trimmer, he started down a different path when his wife asked him to carve a bear for the front yard. Chainsaw art–taking a piece of wood, a section of tree, or the extended stump of a felled tree and turning it into a figure and a story. Matt attends competitions, sometimes with creation time limits as short as an hour, carves images from his imagination and does commissions with chainsaw in hand and protective ear muffs

Lonnie's father was a second generation pro wrestler–a villain, who turned kind, soft and human with his fans after the match. His uncle was a turnaround executive leading several companies from distress and treating everyone with respect. Lonnie followed his uncle's path, working to right companies in difficulty for thirty years until he started Red Shoes Living to create the kind of culture in companies that he'd learned in his youth. Red Shoes stresses the basics that we know and seem to forget: seeing the person, being thankful, understanding that someone's actions might be related to an unknown story, treating everyone well and putting yourself out there. You can't help but be captivated by Lonnie.

Along with twelve buddies on a skiing trip to Val Gardena in Italy, Gregg contracted COVID before anyone knew what to make of it. He'd spend thirty-one days in a coma, waking to an entirely new world, and sixty-four days in the hospital, having to learn to swallow as well as walk. He lost all the fingers on his right hand and all to the one knuckle on his left as the drugs tried to save his internal organs, leaving the extremities vulnerable. He had MRSA, sepsis, kidney failure, liver failure, pulmonary embolisms, and burst lungs — four of them. The first major victory, walking out of the hospital, was more will than skill, then, a little more than nine months after contracting the virus, he returned to skis. The guy with a 1% chance of living felt the wind on his face and the snow below him from the top of the mountain.

While he was still in Chemotherapy, Brian convinced his parents to hit the Nordic jumps at his home in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. With each bigger jump he was more and more hooked. Then he convinced them to let him join the program. Nordic Combined became his sport when he followed his friends not realizing that it meant the pain of Cross-Country skiing, but he soon realized that he had a talent for that pain and was rewarded for being tough the way that he had been as a little kid having to get his blood drawn. That joy and toughness led to two Olympic and five World Championship Teams. Now, he works with one of the preeminent knee clinics in the world, giving so many others an opportunity to live fully. 

Odessa is a Hall of Fame Running Back and the President of Emtrain, a revolutionary eLearning and analytics company that goes beyond compliance to create inclusive workplaces. It's all of that and a movement to help others find the voice that she shares so beautifully. It's not about clamoring for equality, but earning equity. It's about breaking the glass ceiling and empowering others to break the next one. OJ shares so naturally what it means to be a human on a journey with a very distinct why.

I kept Steve's title lowercase because he usually does and because he doesn't take himself too seriously, even though he's undertaking the serious work of brightening the day of children, often with long term stays in the hospital. Steve cashed the $8 check for his first published cartoon, he met his hero and mentor Dr Seuss by arriving at his door mostly unannounced, he dressed up with girlfriend and then wife Diana Golden, the most influential adaptive skier in US history, for her chemotherapy sessions, and brought a city together with one kind gesture when he shined his bike light toward the hospital to say that he'd be thinking of a soon to be discharged patient. The patient flicked his room light in response.

Kara is one of the most respected, beloved and outspoken members of the running community. She was a historic performer and continues as a huge proponent of clean racing both with regard to performance enhancing drugs and technology. With Olympic, Track and Marathon television analysis, she's a voice of running while also battling Repetitive Exercise Dystonia to continue to enjoy the sport she loves so much.

In Riding with Giants, Peter Holmes à Court demonstrated the honesty and vulnerability to be human, fallible and curious as he searched for his path. His father Robert is credited with being Australia's first billionaire. His mother Janet was more successful than his father. As their oldest child, Peter was involved in investment banking, music and comedy promotion, cattle, trains, finance, Sydney business promotion, writing and he co-owned the South Sydney Rabbitohs rugby team with Russell Crowe among other ventures. His memoir takes it all in and asks the existential question of what it means to be alive as a father, a businessman, a manufacturer, a creator of beauty and meaning, a member of society and a cyclist, who tries something almost entirely new and most assuredly out of his comfort zone.

Our guest usually finds himself speaking in front of large audiences motivating them through topics like the power of change or embracing the struggle, but today… we get him all to ourselves. Chris Waddell is a Hall of Fame Paralympic skier and wheelchair track athlete. A college skiing accident paralyzed him waist down. Yet he went to the highest levels of competition in the Paralympics winning medal after medal for a decade. The adventure continued with his unassisted ascent of the highest mountain in Africa, Kilimanjaro at over 19,000 (the first paraplegic to do so). Authoring a few books came next, founding a non-profit, delivering commencement speeches, and the list goes on… 'm glad you're joining us for this conversation between host Erik Weihemayer and guest Chris Waddell.

Back in ninth grade, I knew that Jeremiah was a performer when he was break dancing for the other team before our soccer games during a school trip to what was then the USSR, but at the time, he was really known as the best athlete in school. September 11th and sense of responsibility for our freedom sent him to the Army, Special Forces and three tours in Iraq. Mental health remains a huge issue for our returning Veterans. Even though a difficult divorce met him at home, volunteering and acting have served as his therapy. He's consumed, gaining credits, learning everything he can and is studying at the Stella Adler Studio in Los Angeles. Watch for him

Becky Castle has been in social change her whole working life, starting her career with the Carter Center and working with the Gates Foundation among others to try eliminate the biggest threats to life in the developing world. She's also the mother of the three daughters, hence the Mother of Anarchy for Sisters of Anarchy Ice Cream, which goes from their Fisher Brothers Farm to your cone with some select, hand-chosen partners to create a delicious experience and community. Sisters of Anarchy, along with husband “Farmer Bob,” who is often the butt of jokes and the Sisters most ardent and outspoken supporter, shouts from the rooftops for great girls and women. They celebrate Sister Resistors and even comment on the Oxford comma–and the ice cream tastes great!!

Eduardo is a chef. He's also an entertainer, a philosopher, a son and a husband. Most significantly, he's a man, who lives in concert with his world, and seeks ways to bring its beauty to those around him. Art and cooking, the simple and the complex lead to connection. He's known abandonment and renewal, selfishness and selflessness, and he greats the world with an inviting smile.

Erik has achieved the incomprehensible, climbing the world's highest mountains and kayaking some of its biggest rapids, but he's also a thoughtful guy who builds community and shares the beauty that he feels interacting with climbing pitches, rivers and a variety of other places. I think you'll be amazed at the aesthetic that a blind guy sees in the world.

John broke the World Record for the 100 meter breaststroke at the 1984 Olympic Trials. He broke the Olympic Record in the Prelims, but also told his abductor muscle. Was not winning the gold medal in front of 15,000 fans at home in LA a crushing defeat or a gift? Join us for John's ride from the top of the world in swimming to the top of the world in entertainment. There are some sliding door moments along the way.

In today's episode, we will be talking with Dr Chris Waddell. Dr Waddell is the past president of the Oklahoma State Board of Chiropractic. He has some insights to offer us on how things work and how we can preserve our rights to practice the way we choose. https://anchor.fm/david-fowler/subscribe

Perhaps the most widely known as the most decorated monoskier in US history, Chris Waddell went on to become the fastest in the world. If that's not enough, as a paraplegic, he handcycled in a wheelchair all the way up to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro. “As an adult, we don't give ourselves the recognition of the things that we've learned…like learning to walk, how miraculous is that to go from, this lump of baby, to actually being able to walk and we've all done it…or speaking, you know, learning to talk is the same kind of thing. And I get to see that in skiing, yes, where I got to go from effectively the lump of baby to like, ‘Oh, wow, l can balance and then I can sort of turn and I can turn better.' And it was the hardest, and coolest, thing that I've been through.” You can learn more about Chris, his book “Things I Want to Remember Not to Forget” and his incredible story of passion and triumph at https://chriswaddellinc.com #liveyourbestlifepodcast #liveyourbestlifewithlizbrunner https://lizbrunner.com/live-your-best-life/ If you have a guest idea, or want to learn more about Brunner Communications, contact Liz at info@LizBrunner.com

Perhaps the most widely known as the most decorated monoskier in US history, Chris Waddell went on to become the fastest in the world. If that's not enough, as a paraplegic, he handcycled in a wheelchair all the way up to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro. “As an adult, we don't give ourselves the recognition of the things that we've learned…like learning to walk, how miraculous is that to go from, this lump of baby, to actually being able to walk and we've all done it…or speaking, you know, learning to talk is the same kind of thing. And I get to see that in skiing, yes, where I got to go from effectively the lump of baby to like, ‘Oh, wow, l can balance and then I can sort of turn and I can turn better.' And it was the hardest, and coolest, thing that I've been through.” You can learn more about Chris, his book “Things I Want to Remember Not to Forget” and his incredible story of passion and triumph at https://chriswaddellinc.com #liveyourbestlifepodcast #liveyourbestlifewithlizbrunner https://lizbrunner.com/live-your-best-life/ If you have a guest idea, or want to learn more about Brunner Communications, contact Liz at info@LizBrunner.com

This week's conversation is with Chris Waddell, a Paralympian who is widely known as the most decorated mono skier in U.S. history. Chris began ski racing at the age of six, He skied in College where an accident during a freshman year training session left him paralyzed from the waist down. What happens for most of us, when we go through some life-altering – is that it reveals our internal operating system (one's world-view, personal philosophy, psychological skills - the external event illuminates our internal world. While Chris couldn't use his body the same way – it revealed who he is. We are so much more than our physical body.Within a year, Chris was back on the mountain as a mono skier and soon became the fastest in the world – he has gone on to compete in seven Paralympic games, earning 13 medals in alpine skiing and track & field, cementing his place as one of Team USA's most successful two-sport athletes, and a Paralympic Hall of Famer. As if that wasn't enough, in 2009 Chris also became the first “nearly unassisted” paraplegic to summit the 19,340-foot Mt Kilimanjaro.Chris is epic for some many reasons – embodiment of resilience, purpose, passion, having command of his mind – his commitment to work from the inside-out…and more subtly, after the conversation there was nowhere for me to turn, other than to re-examine how I'm living my life – am I really pouring into being the person I believe I'm capable of being. I hope he does the same for you. Keep carving your unique path in life.----Please support our partners!We're able to keep growing and creating content for YOU because of their support. We believe in their mission and would appreciate you supporting them in return!!To take advantage of deals from our partners, head to http://www.findingmastery.net/partners where you'll find all discount links and codes mentioned in the podcast.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Climbing Your Mountain | Join renowned motivational speaker, author, and Paralympian, Chris Waddell, as he recounts how incomprehensible challenges in his life have flourished into an impactful career. Chris discusses how your mindset can shift for the better when something goes wrong because, as he says, there are no straight lines in life. Subscribe to the FranklinCovey On Leadership email newsletter and receive weekly videos, tools, articles, and podcasts to help you become a better leader. ow.ly/tH5E30kAxfj Help Your Team Reach Their Potential: Use these questions to encourage growth in your team, even where you don't expect it. https://pages.franklincovey.com/2022-Q4-NL-June21_Newsletter-Tool-Download---Podcast.html

Welcome to the Conscious Millionaire Show for entrepreneurs,  who want to create an abundant future for themselves and humanity. Heard by millions in 190 countries.  Do you want to put more money in the bank, create a powerful impact, and enjoy a purposeful life? This is the podcast for you! Join host, JV Crum III, as he goes inside the minds of Millionaire Entrepreneurs and World-Class Business Experts. Today's featured episode... Chris Waddell: Realize What's Possible and Achieve It! Chris Waddell is a US Olympic and Paralympic Committee Hall of Famer and  is the first "nearly unassisted" paraplegic to summit Mt Kilimanjaro. He is also the founder of the One Revolution Foundation, an "Unsung Hero of Compassion" for the Dalai Lama and one of People Magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People." Subscribe in iTunes Download Your Free Money-Making Gift Now... "Born to Make Millions" Hypnotic Audio - Click Here Now! Please help spread the word. Subscribing and leaving a review helps others find our podcast. Thanks so much! Inc Magazine "Top 13 Business Podcasts." Conscious Millionaire Network has over 3,000 episodes and millions of listeners in 190 countries. Join us as a regular listener to get money-making secrets on how you can grow your business and profits faster! 

Today's guest is inspiring the heck out of people to do something bigger and greater than themselves! In this episode, Erick Cabral speaks with Chris Waddell, a 13-time Paralympic medalist and World Champion in Winter and Summer Sports. Honored by The Dalai Lama in 2005 as the Unsung Hero of Compassion, Chris is the first nearly unassisted paraplegic to summit Mount Kilimanjaro, as documented in the 1 Revolution documentary that won a ton of film festival awards. Some of Chris' career highlights include being the first ambassador for the International Paralympic Committee, founder of One Revolution Foundation, Paralympic Hall of Famer, and People Magazine's “50 Most Beautiful People.” Chris has won the most medals of any male monoskier in Paralympic history. Get ready to be inspired by this great legend! Here are some power takeaways from today's conversation: Chris's introduction to the sports world and his love for skiing Lessons from skiing and reclaiming his passion for the sport Replicating your strategy in other areas of your life How he managed to rise above his accident The Mount Kilimanjaro experience Giving people the opportunity to stare Climbing your mountain and celebrating your difficulties About One Revolution Episode Highlights: [18:39] The Power of Strategy Being able to create your strategy and replicate it, plays an active role in your path to success. Once you've figured out where you want to go, you can then apply that strategy in whatever area of your life, whether in school, your business, your family, and your relationships. [25:23] Honoring Your Unsung Heroes In the sports world, the definition of a hero is a person who succeeds against the odds. People who have had to face the greatest adversity are the ones with the greatest stories to tell. They're the unsung heroes that you want to learn from – and they come from different areas of your life. They can be your parents, your mentors, your friends, or even that person who waits at your table who has been working two jobs to make ends meet. Unfortunately, sometimes, we tend to lose sight of this in our everyday lives. [09:36] Climbing Your Mountain Climbing a mountain is representative of our struggles as human beings. Oftentimes, too, we think once we get to the top of the mountain, then it's finished. In that case, you will no longer be growing and changing. But the top of every mountain is just the bottom of the next mountain. It's difficult and your mountain may look different each day. But you have to celebrate the difficulty because the greatest joy is in learning something new and growing in a way you had never imagined. Resources Mentioned: https://chriswaddellinc.com/ One Revolution Foundation Facebook: https://web.facebook.com/ChrisWaddellSpeaking Instagram: @chris_waddell_living_it --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/erikecabral/support

We are live from the GoBundance event with Chris Waddell, 12-time paralympic medal winner and the most decorated mono skier in history. He entered the US Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame in 2009 and the Paralympics Hall of Fame in 2010. A skiing accident left him paralyzed from the waist down, which he describes as the most traumatic and most powerful experience to happen in his life. By aiming to prove himself, not as a disabled person, but simply as a person, Chris was able to achieve some truly incredible things, including a climb to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro. His nonprofit, One Revolution, sets out to redefine the way we look at disability.   The Biggest Helping: Today's Most Important Takeaway “Our lives are going to take twists and turns. We will have a plan and most likely that plan doesn't work out the way that we thought it would. Sometimes, not getting what you want can be the greatest gift of all. If I can remove the emotional part of that… Oh, I failed in my plan – to recognize that… Hey, this might be an opportunity I had not had my eyes open to. That, to me, is my greatest helping.”   --   Thank you for joining us on The Daily Helping with Dr. Shuster. Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or Google Podcasts to download more food for the brain, knowledge from the experts, and tools to win at life.   Resources: one-revolution.org chriswaddellinc.com Listen: Living It Podcast Instagram: @chris_waddell_living_it Instagram: @onerevolutionfoundation   The Daily Helping is produced and published by Crate Media.

Chris was a ski racer at Middlebury College when he fell in a ski accident, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down. Chris was back skiing within a year, and went on to become one of the most decorated mono-skiers of all time. When Chris retired as a professional athlete, he summited Mt. Kilimanjaro on a hand cycle, in an effort to turn perception of disability upside down. He is the first paraplegic to summit Mt Kilimanjaro, nearly unassisted, on a hand cycle. Chris' journey lives on through the documentary 1Revolution. Chris' genuine, personal and considerate delivery aims to connect and instruct, something he sought even as a competitor. As he became the fastest monoskier in the world, he and his female counterpart started a monoski instructional camp to help others unlock their potential without enduring the pain and frustration that they had. Members of those camps went on to win National, World Championship and Paralympic medals. When he attempted to become the first unassisted paraplegic to summit Mt Kilimanjaro, he stood on the shoulders of his heroes to turn the impossible into reality and give others the courage to confront their fears to live and perform most fully. The climb wasn't without incident. His team had to carry him up a boulder field, but that “failure” allowed him to separate from the obligation to be a superhero—to be honest, vulnerable and to find his real power. In 2015, he published his first book Things I Want to Remember Not to Forget, inspired by his Middlebury College Commencement Address. The following year, he taught himself to draw and wrote and illustrated his first children's book, Is It Lonely to be a Four-Leaf Clover? He has appeared on Dateline, Oprah, and 20/20 as well as providing color commentary for the Paralympics on NBC and being one of People Magazine's “50 Most Beautiful People.” Chris just did a second run of his "Things I Want to Remember Not to Forget" book and just last month, he returned to NBC's coverage of the Paralympics, handling Opening, Closing and Skiing analysis as well as some host responsibilities. A popular keynote speaker, Chris helps audiences become champions of their businesses, their worlds and themselves. He has spoken to nearly every industry and kind of audience—from Fortune 500 Companies to non-profits, from sales groups to venture capitalists and engineers. He inspires audiences to consider how seemingly ordinary people can achieve the impossible. CONNECT WITH CHRIS Web: https://one-revolution.org/ Facebook: https://facebook.com/onerevolution/ Instagram: @onerevolutionfoundation Twitter: @One_Revolution