Olympic Champion Victoria Pendleton: Dogs, Fear & Finding Courage

Olympic cycling legend Victoria Pendleton joins Jack, Seann and Sara this week.Victoria tells us about her inspiring new book, The Fear Opportunity, and why stepping outside your comfort zone can transform your life. From Olympic gold medals to skydiving, fear of failure, and learning to embrace new challenges, it's a fascinating conversation about courage, resilience and growth.Plus, we meet Victoria's beloved dogs Valor the Belgian Malinois and Leilo the Rhodesian Ridgeback, and hear why high-drive dogs need jobs to do, and discover how dogs have helped bring balance to her life.And of course, the all-important question: does Victoria let her dogs kiss her on the mouth?Become part of our "Off The Lead" Pack on Patreon: patreon.com/omdpodSee Seann live: seannwalsh.comSee Jack at the Palladium: jackdeecomedy.comJoin more than 185,000 people in signing the petition to shut down MBR Acres: https://act.animalrising.org/shut_down_mbr_acresEmail us: [email protected]:00 Heatwave dog chat & where's Mildred?07:03 Remembering Hugo11:49 Rescue Hotel update & listener gifts15:10 Dolly's summer groom16:40 Dogs before and after grooming18:02 Dog paddling pools and staying cool20:31 Mildred escapes through the fox hole23:22 Victoria Pendleton joins the show and we meet Valor24:30 How Victoria got dogs as an adult25:48 Leilo the Rhodesian Ridgeback28:04 Feeding giant dogs28:57 Living with a Belgian Malinois30:22 Dogs and Olympic training31:24 Why two dogs are better than one32:10 Victoria's new book: The Fear Opportunity33:20 Fear, courage and stepping outside your comfort zone35:02 Sara's skydiving story36:25 Victoria's skydiving obsession37:03 Fear of failure and elite sport39:07 The inspiration behind the book40:13 What neuroscience teaches us about fear41:34 How dogs help anxiety and stress43:29 Where the dogs sleep44:33 Does Victoria let her dogs kiss her?45:52 The police dog that flattened Seann Walsh46:16 Jumping out of planes with military dogs47:53 Why Victoria wouldn't recommend a Malinois48:12 Life lessons from Victoria Pendleton51:51 Signing off and Patreon.com/omdpod for more!#OhMyDogPodcast #VictoriaPendleton #Dogs #DogPodcast #Cycling #Olympics #OlympicChampion #FearOpportunity #MentalHealth #FearOfFailure #PersonalGrowth #RhodesianRidgeback #BelgianMalinois #JackDee #SeannWalsh #DogLovers #Adventure #Inspiration