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Driving Force Podcast
by Chase Rosa
The Driving Force Podcast brings you an in-depth look into the lives of high-performing individuals. Founded and hosted by Chase Rosa, Chase teases out and extracts the key insights and moments from his guest’s lives that have propelled them to the top of their given fields. Tune in to find out the behaviors, actions, and habits that molded their journeys to get to where they are today.
Episodes
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Episode 81: Anne Donnell - Psychic Medium, Reiki Practitioner, Teacher
Today’s guest is Anne Donnell. Anne is a psychic medium and reiki practitioner based out of York, Maine. Over 12 years ago, Anne suffered a life-threatening medical condition with her third child's birth, leading her to make significant shifts in her life. It was through Reiki Training that Anne...
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Episode 80: Ric Prado - Black Ops: The Life of a CIA Shadow Warrior
Today’s guest is Ric Prado. Ric is a paramilitary, counter-terrorism, and clandestine operations specialist, with a focus on international training operations and programs. He is a twenty-four year veteran of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) where he served as an Operations Officer in six...
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Episode 79: Natalie Walstein - Finding your true calling through astrology
This year, I want to include more guests on the show who lean toward the more spiritual side of things. To kick that off, the guest on this week’s episode is Natalie Walstein. Natalie is a career astrologer at Soulshine Astrology, where she focuses on the intersection of career coaching and...
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Episode 78: Quin Sandler - Helping people move better, Founder and CEO of Plantiga
Today’s guest is Quin Sandler. Quin is a designer, product builder, investor, entrepreneur and musician. He’s founded four start-ups in the last 12 years: Keystone Learning, a mobile tutoring company; Principle Design Group, a branding and identity company; FestThis, a media and live events...
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Episode 77: Brothers Shane and Josh Rogers, Co-founders of RPM Training Co.
Today’s guests are brothers Shane and Josh Rogers, co-founders of RPM Training. Founded in 2012, RPM was born out of the idea that legit, purposeful functional training is the foundation for a truly full and adventurous life. It all started with jump ropes. Shane and Josh began noticing the...
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Episode 76: Tony Blauer (Part II) - Personal safety, self-defense, and combatives consultant
Today’s guest is Tony Blauer. In his return to the podcast, we dive deeper into the self-defense system and fear management program he’s created. We discuss the scenario-based approach to his self-defense system and why it’s called the Spear System. He emphasizes the importance of what it means…
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Episode 75: Tony Blauer (Part I) - Personal safety, self-defense, and combatives consultant
Today’s guest is Tony Blauer. Tony has been in the martial art, self-defense, defensive tactics, and combatives industry for over four decades. He founded Blauer Tactical Systems (BTS) in 1985 and it has grown into one of the world's leading consulting companies specializing in the research and...
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Episode 74: Nikola Mrvaljevic - Improving human performance through Strive, former pro basketball player
Today’s guest is Nikola Mrvaljevic. Nikola is the co-founder and CEO of Strive, a human performance company. Strive enables clothing with technology to capture performance insights to empower real-time decision-making. By outfitting an athlete’s clothing with their technology, it allows coaches &...
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Episode 73: Ricky Williams - NFL star turned healer, entrepreneur and family man
Today’s guest is Ricky Williams. Ricky is the co-founder and CEO of LILA, an Astrology powered dating and relationship app, and the co-founder of RW Real Wellness, a unique line of herbal-based wellness products that can be incorporated into daily routines. Upon the completion of a successful...
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Episode 72: Jon Dengler - Executive Director of The Well & CEO of WellBuilt Bikes
Today’s guest is Jon Dengler. Jon is the Executive Director of The Well, a Tampa, Florida based non-profit comprised of a community of people committed to living in direct relationship with the materially poor. They work to help people meet material needs such as food and clothing and do it in a...
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Episode 71: Doug Lewis - Building complete athletes with ELITEAM, 2x Olympian and World Championship medalist in alpine skiing
Today’s guest is Doug Lewis. Doug is the founder and CEO of ELITEAM, a company that provides sports and fitness camps and programs focusing on building complete athletes. They do this by teaching the concepts of sports physiology, sports psychology and sports nutrition all while ensuring the...
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Episode 70: Isaiah Kacyvenski - Rise from poverty to playing in the NFL and starting Will Ventures
Today’s guest is Isaiah Kacyvenski. Isaiah’s diverse background includes earning two degrees from Harvard, playing in the National Football League for 8 years in between, and achieving success as an experienced entrepreneur and investor. Perhaps what’s most impressive about Isaiah’s background...
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Episode 69: Sebastien Sasseville - Epic endurance challenges & keynote speaking as expressions of his purpose
Today’s guest is Sebastien Sasseville. Sebastien was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in 2002, the most severe form of diabetes. Sebastien vowed that the obstacle would never keep him from living life to the fullest, and today his story is a testament to how challenges can be turned into...
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Episode 68: Mark Ormrod - Former Royal Marines Commando and Triple Amputee on Peak Performance and Resilience
Today’s guest is Mark Ormrod. Mark is a former Royal Marines Commando, an Invictus Games Medalist, author, and motivational speaker. After triggering an IED on a routine foot patrol in Afghanistan on Christmas Eve, Mark suffered serious injuries resulting in a triple amputation: both legs above…
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Episode 67: Nic McKinley - From Pararescue and the CIA to Fighting Human Trafficking and Fraud
Today’s guest is Nic McKinley. Nic fuses counterintelligence methods with technology to solve big problems. One of those problems is human trafficking. By starting DeliverFund in 2014, Nic started the first nonprofit organization to apply counterterrorism methodologies to fight human trafficking....
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Episode 66: Tony van Marken - Managing Partner of First Ascent Ventures, The Seven Summits Quest, Tech Entrepreneur
Today’s guest is Tony van Marken. Tony has had a successful career as an award winning high-tech entrepreneur, venture capitalist, management consultant and independent investor having worked in South Africa, the United Kingdom, Canada and France. Currently, he is Managing Partner and co-founder…
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Episode 65: Ari Tulla - Co-founder & CEO of Elo, Turning food from the cause of disease to medicine
Today’s guest is Ari Tulla. Ari is the co-founder and CEO of Elo. Ari and his team created Elo to turn food into medicine so you can live life to the fullest. To accomplish this, they’ve built cutting-edge AI (from a proprietary analysis of 3,000 peer-reviewed studies) to apply to your personal...
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Episode 64: Ali Schultz - Co-founder, Coach, & Facilitator at Reboot
Today’s guest is Ali Schultz. Ali is a co-founder, coach, and facilitator at Reboot, a coaching company that provides comprehensive offerings to serve leadership development for individuals, teams, and entire organizations. If you’re a tech entrepreneur or venture capitalist, there’s a good…
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Episode 63: Jason Hardrath - Adventure Athlete, Living a life with momentum towards meaning
Today’s guest is Jason Hardrath. Jason is an adventure athlete, speaker, and physical education specialist who’s made a lifestyle out of pursuing his passion for human performance. After running track & field in college, Jason eventually found himself competing in longer distance events like...
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Episode 62: Jeff Harry - Rediscover Your Play
Today’s guest is Jeff Harry. My conversation with Jeff will feel a bit different than most of the podcasts I’ve done. Instead of my traditional focus of unraveling the stories, takeaways, and lessons from my guest’s life (which we do get into a little), most of my discussion with Jeff centers...
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Episode 61: Jake Bullock - Founder and CEO of Ravn, Retired Navy SEAL
Today’s guest is Jake Bullock. Jake is the founder and CEO of Ravn, a defense technology company building next generation technology for military personnel. Their platform, built from the ground up for use on the front lines, delivers mission-critical intelligence to service members when they…
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Episode 60: Andy Ramage - Founder of Seneca Performance, Co-Founder of OneYearNoBeer, Former Broker & Pro Footballer
Today’s guest is Andy Ramage. Andy is a former professional soccer player, who following an injury which cut short his career, went on to co-create two multimillion-dollar city brokerages. But after achieving traditional “success” Andy was left feeling broken. He was unfit, unhealthy, overweight,...
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Episode 59: Peter Chee - Founder CEO, Endurance Athlete, Father of Three Kids
Today’s guest is Peter Chee. Peter loves tackling what he likes to call “peak experiences” and has often found these experiences through entrepreneurship and endurance sport. Currently, Peter is the founder and CEO of Thinkspace. Based in the Seattle area, Thinkspace provides workspace for a...
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Episode 58: Chris Thomson - Co-owner & Head Coach of The Student Works Management Program
Today’s guest is Chris Thomson. Chris is the Co-owner and Head Coach of The Student Works Management Program; an entrepreneur training program for university students across Eastern Canada that helps them develop the necessary skills to become the leaders of tomorrow. The program allows these...
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Episode 57: Dr. Gil Blander - Founder of InsideTracker, helping people live longer, better lives
Today’s guest is Dr. Gil Blander. Gil is internationally recognized for his research in the basic biology of aging and translating research discoveries into new ways of detecting and preventing age-related conditions. He leads a team of biology, nutrition & exercise physiology experts, and…
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Episode 56: Roger "Dodge" Woodall - The Eventful Entrepreneur
Today’s guest is Roger Woodall. Roger is one of the leaders when it comes to events in the UK. Over the past 20+ years, he’s created and owned 1,500 Live Events, 12 Bournemouth 7s Festivals, sold over 1 Million tickets and built/sold an International sportswear brand. Entrepreneurship and…
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Episode 55: Sara Gross, PhD - Founder & CEO of Live Feisty Media, Two-time Ironman Champion
Today’s guest is Sara Gross. Sara is the Founder and CEO of Live Feisty Media, a progressive media outlet aimed at empowering new perspectives in triathlon & beyond. The company empowers these new perspectives through the production of podcasts, written content, and videos. Prior to founding Live...
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Episode 54: Markeith Price - USA Paralympian, Visually Impaired Track & Field Athlete
Today’s guest is Markeith Price. Markeith is a visually impaired track & field athlete from Baltimore, MD who competes in track & field, specializing in the 100m, 200m and 400m sprints and long jump events. At the Rio 2016 Games, he achieved his best Paralympic result, a 5th place finish in the...
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Episode 53: Chase Damiano - Helping entrepreneurs get out of the weeds
Today’s guest is Chase Damiano. Chase helps get entrepreneurs out of the weeds. He works as a business advisor, consultant, and coach to founders and CEOs and more specifically, helps them clarify their vision, building scalable operational strategies, and executing alongside their team. Few…
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Episode 52: Mel Latham - International poet, voice, creator and author of 'Brown Butter'
Today’s guest is fellow Bentley University alum, Mel Latham. Mel is an international poet, voice, creator and author of 'Brown Butter.' Born in Boston but now living in Brooklyn, Mel has been sharing spoken word poetry on stages across the U.S. and Europe, in major cities like Boston, New York...
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Episode 51: Rich Keller - CATALYST, Cancer Survivor, 25-Year Brand Marketing Executive
Today’s guest is Rich Keller. Rich is a CATALYST. That’s his “one word” personal brand and he’s on a mission to transform one million lives, “one word” at a time. With over 20 years of experience as a brand marketing executive for some of the world’s most iconic consumer brands like Godiva...
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Episode 50: Mark Gainey - Co-founder & Chairman of Strava
Today’s guest is Mark Gainey. Mark is the co-founder and Chairman of Strava, the leading social platform for athletes. Mark grew up in Reno, Nevada and was slated to run cross country for Harvard. However, after being sidelined by an injury, he then got recruited to join the crew team where he...
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Episode 49: Brandon Green - Award-winning entrepreneur, speaker, real estate executive
Today’s guest is Brandon Green. Brandon is an award-winning entrepreneur with several businesses and is a nationally recognized speaker and expert on balancing success and purpose and leading with passion and practicality. Brandon grew up in Wyoming and Iowa as the eldest child in a Mormon...
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Episode 48: Jeff Gothelf - Helping organizations build better products and executives build the cultures that build better products
Today’s guest is Jeff Gothelf. Jeff works as a coach, speaker, author & consultant to help organizations build better products and executives build the cultures that build better products. After his rock band prospects and ambitions faded away, Jeff’s first job out of college was in the circus....
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Episode 47: Jeff Byers - Co-founder & CEO of Amp Human, Retired NFL Offensive Lineman
Today’s guest is Jeff Byers. Jeff is the co-founder and CEO of Amp Human, a Park City, Utah based company dedicated to creating a new and trusted category of products to help humans push their limits. Their flagship product PR Lotion gives the body more bicarbonate (a natural electrolyte) to...
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Episode 46: Christine McHugh - From barista to the boardroom
Today’s guest is Christine McHugh. Christine first started working for Starbucks as a barista at 19 years old. Little did she know at that time that it would mark the beginning of her 27-year career at the company. Her first job for Starbucks as a barista was when the company had 37 stores. 25...
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Episode 45: Tony Negron - Business and combat-tested leader, Retired Air Force Pararescueman
Today’s guest is one of my jiu-jitsu teammates, Tony Negron. After a highly decorated 26-year career in the Air Force, Tony has dedicated his post-military career to aiding both active duty veterans as well as those who have separated from the military through business ventures and charitable...
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Episode 44: Christian Graugart - The Brazilian Jiu-jitsu Globetrotter
Today’s guest is Christian Graugart. Christian is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt, author, and founder of BJJ Globetrotters. BJJ Globetrotters is the world’s largest BJJ affiliation (of which I’m a member) with over 750 academies and over 21,000 members on the community’s Facebook page. The BJJ...
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Episode 43: Kevin Marasco - From competitive surfer to marketing leader and ultra-runner
Today’s guest is Kevin Marasco. Kevin is a full-stack marketing leader, board advisor, startup investor, and ultra-runner. His current gig is as Chief Marketing Officer at Zenefits, an HR, payroll, and employee benefits software company purpose-built for small and mid-size businesses. Prior to...
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Episode 42: Bruckner Chase - Endurance Ocean Athlete & Protector
Today’s guest is Bruckner Chase. Bruckner is an internationally recognized ocean advocate and professional waterman. He’s also an accomplished ultra-endurance athlete whose athletic career spans the most challenging events in water and on land. His 25-mile swim across Monterey Bay in 2010…
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Episode 41: Elizabeth Carey - Author, Running Coach, Editor, Writer
Today’s guest is Elizabeth Carey. Elizabeth is a writer, editor, author, and running coach based in Seattle, Washington. She ran Division I cross country and track at Columbia University and it was her experiences as an elite-level collegiate athlete that inspired her to become a leading voice in...
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Episode 40: The Host's Interview
We’re switching things up for today’s episode in that I’ll be the one being interviewed. My background certainly isn’t yet as impressive as any of my guests. However, I thought it might be good to give my listeners a window into the host’s background and also share some of the insights I’ve…
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Episode 39: Hoby Darling - From small farming town to public company CEO
Today’s guest is Hoby Darling. Hoby is an accomplished C-suite executive and passionate athlete and adventurer. On the business side, he has been a senior leader for brands such as Nike, Converse, Skullcandy, Astro Gaming and Volcom, as well as being a board director or advisor for organizations…
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Episode 38: Cortney Jacobsen - From classical pianist to endurance athlete, product manager, and entrepreneur
Today’s guest is Cortney Jacobsen. Cortney is a passionate endurance athlete, product management veteran of the tech industry, and entrepreneur. Currently, she is the Senior Director of Product Management at Aduro, a human performance company that utilizes a combination of 1 on 1 coaching and...
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Episode 37: Dave Kartagener - President of KAI, Enabling more people to see more of the world
Today’s guest is Dave Kartagener. Having grown up in the industry, Dave has always had a passion for travel. He went on his first safari at the age of seven and has been exploring the world ever since, having now visited more than 50 countries. Today, Dave is President of Kartagener Associates…
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Episode 36: Alli Schaper - Wellness, Community, and Mushrooms
Today’s guest is Alli Schaper. Alli is an entrepreneur, community builder, and enthusiast for all things in the mushroom and wellness space. She started her career in corporate innovation and healthcare consulting and in 2019 launched a company called Zigii. Since then, she has partnered with…
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Episode 35: Kristen Holmes - Unlocking Human Performance
Today’s guest is Kristen Holmes. Kristen has spent her entire career and much of her life in high performance environments. In college, she was a 3x All American and 2x Big 10 Conference Athlete of the year at the University of Iowa competing in both Field Hockey and Basketball. She was a 7 year...
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Episode 34: Nicole Ver Kuilen - Founder of Forrest Stump
Today’s guest is Nicole Ver Kuilen. At age 10, Nicole made the difficult decision to amputate her left leg to save her life from bone cancer. She would then spend the next 16 years fighting an outdated healthcare system to get access to the prosthetic technology she needed to be physically…
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Episode 33: Alex Harstrick - Do the job that you would do for free
Today’s guest is Alex Harstrick. Alex is a Principal at Shields Capital where he leads investments in ambitious entrepreneurs looking to make positive disruption in the future of healthcare. Alex is very passionate about innovation and investment in healthcare and defense, two industries he has...
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Episode 32: Matt Mullenax - Founder & CEO of Huron
Today’s guest is Matt Mullenax. Matt is the founder and CEO of Huron, a company that makes premium men’s personal care products without the premium price. Growing up, Matt was the kid with bad skin. He tried everything in order to clear up his skin and eventually found that the more premium...
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The Driving Force Podcast brings you an in-depth look into the lives of high-performing individuals. Founded and hosted by Chase Rosa, Chase teases out and extracts the key insights and moments from his guest’s lives that have propelled them to the top of their given fields. Tune in to find out the behaviors, actions, and habits that molded their journeys to get to where they are today.
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