Kickasspirational Podcast
by David Vanderveen
Welcome to the movement.Kickasspirational is a state of mind. A philosophy. It's about breaking through personal boundaries, not being limited by the choices other people offer us to define our lives, choosing ourselves and creating the world that we want to live in.
Episodes
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Season 6 Episode 11 - The Power of Small Steps: Building a Healthy Workplace and Community with Danielle Raniolo & Colin Masterson
In this Kickasspirational Podcast episode, Danielle and Colin delve into the power of creating and breaking small habits, specifically focusing on nutrition, fitness and mental health. They emphasize that everything is a process and that lasting change is achieved through consistent positive...
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Season 6 Episode 10 - Elevating Experiences: Unleashing Your Zone of Genius with Natasha Hogan
Natasha Hogan, VP of Marketing and Development at Dugally Oberfeld, joins us today to discuss her passion for experiencing more and helping others discover how they can too. Natasha has fostered a successful career in the luxury residential construction industry working in Colorado and Southern...
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Season 6 Episode 9: Retired and Revitalized: The NFL Player’s Guide to Post-Career Health & Wellness with Mike Alstott
Karyn Millar 10:29 AM (0 minutes ago) to me In this episode of the Kickasspirational podcast, former NFL Pro Bowler Mike Alstott joins us to discuss the crucial topics of staying healthy after retirement and the importance of recovery after injury. Mike Alstott, who enjoyed a successful career as…
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Season 6, Episode 8-- Shoemaker of Dreams with Diego Castello di San Giuliano (Ferragamo)
In this episode, we feature the Ferragamo family member who led the project to make the remarkably Kickasspirational documentary, Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams. Diego Castello di San Giuliano is the grandson of Salvatore Ferragamo, his mother, Fiama led much of the design and expansion of the...
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Season 6 Episode 10 - A Dynamic Journey: From High School Sweethearts to High-Performance Living with Joe and Sue Ann Ciatto
In this episode of the Kickasspirational podcast, we are introduced to Sue Ann and Joe, a remarkable couple who embody what it truly means to be Kickasspirational. Sue Ann, a registered dietitian, and Joe, a former New York City police officer, share a passion for health, fitness, and a...
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Season 6 Episode 9: No Pain, All Gain: Jumping into the World of Pain Free Peak Performance with Dr. John Rusin
Dr. John Rusin is one of the fitness and sports performance industry’s leading experts in the pain-free performance training that blends the world of strength and conditioning with clinical movement based diagnostic medicine to provide the ultimate results based methods, programming and…
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Season 6 Episode 8 - Chillin’ with the Ice Barrel King: Diving into the World of Cold Plunging with Wyatt Ewing
In this episode of the Kickasspirational podcast, we dive into the world of cold therapy with an inspiring guest who turned his life around through a unique practice. Our guest, Wyatt Ewing, shares his personal journey of overcoming stress, anxiety, and depression by incorporating cold therapy…
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Season 6 Episode 7 - Healing Your Body with Michelle Hurn
Welcome to the Kickasspirational podcast! In this episode, we feature a true kickass guest who used the power of food to overcome illness and anxiety. Meet Michelle Hurn, a published author who at the age of 12, was given a 10% chance to survive due to her life-threatening eating disorder. At…
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Season 6 Episode 6 - Intentional Living with Luke McCarthy
On the latest episode of the Kickasspirational Podcast, we welcome Luke McCarthy, an integral leader in the HPLT community who works in NYC in finance. In this episode, we discuss what drew him to this community and how integrating the important spheres of life can lead to a more fulfilling and...
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Season 6 Episode 5: The Athlete Advantage with Samantha Card
Welcome to the Kickasspirational Podcast, where we explore the inspiring stories of game-changers who are crushing it in their industries. Today, we have the pleasure of interviewing Samantha Card, a true powerhouse who is taking the world by storm. Samantha is not only an author, mentor, and...
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Season 6 Episode 4 - Beyond the Gridiron with Johnny Townsend
In this episode of Kickasspirational, David interviews former NFL player Johnny Townsend, who shares his journey and experiences as a professional athlete. The podcast delves into the highs and lows of his football career and how it affected his sense of identity post NFL. The guest also talks...
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Season6 Episode 3 - Tactical Wellness with John Wayne Troxell
In this episode of Kickasspirational retired Army Command Sergeant Major John Wayne Troxell talks about the work he continues to do for our military and veterans, and why health and wellness is such an important part of his lifestyle.
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Season 6 Episode 2 - The Ultimate Game Plan with Donte Whitner
In the latest episode of Kickasspirational, former NFL great Donte Whitner joins the show to discuss his journey towards financial independence and his work in educating other athletes on taking control of their own finances. Whitner shares details about the challenges he faced as a young player,...
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Season 6 Episode 1: The Champion Mindset: Insights from NFL Legend Patrick Willis
Joining us today is former NFL linebacker Patrick Willis, who knows a thing or two about living a no excuses life both on and off the field. We'll be diving into the topic of life after football and how Patrick has stayed committed to his health and exercise routine. From tackling opponents to...
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Season 5 Episode 12 - Finding the Positive with David Vanderveen
Back from summer break, David discusses his health scare and how we all have a choice. There isn’t room for negative talk if we want to find success. In this episode, David Vanderveen presents a summary overview of the importance of reframing life’s challenging moments to find the positive. It’s...
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Season 5 Episode 11- The Road to Self Love with Paul Fishman
Paul Fishman is the Host of the top 100 podcast, "The Road to Self Love", and Creator of "The Self Love Diet", a six-month transformative program that teaches you how to say yes to yourself, ditch the people-pleasing, and live the life you've always wanted. His mission is simple: to empower and...
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Season 5 Episode 10 - Authentic Accountabiity with Sam Silverstein
Accountability & Leadership Keynote Speaker Sam Silverstein’s mission is to empower people to live accountable lives both in their personal lives and in business. He aims to transform the way they do business and thrive at extraordinary levels. By challenging leaders to shift their priorities,...
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Season 5 Episode 9: Charles Hew-Len on Being Enough, Being Loved and Understanding that Our Circumstances Are a Reflection of Who We Are
Charles Hew-Len may be one of the most inspiring Kickasspirational podcasts of 2022. He has broken through more barriers in life than most of us will ever have to navigate. Born into a difficult life on Oahu, Hawaii’s West Side, Charles found success earning a black belt in karate, an Eagle Scout...
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Season 5, Epsiode 8: Grabbing the Bag, an Unusual Discussion with Rob Bell About Money, Our Mindsets about It and How it Shapes Our Lives
Season 5, Epsiode 8: Grabbing the Bag, an Unusual Discussion with Rob Bell About Money, Our Mindsets about It and How it Shapes Our Lives “Who are you and why are you here?” Is one of the most important and fundamental questions each person has to answer each day. Our relationships and mindsets...
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Season 5, Episode 7: How a Simple Budget and Financial Plan Can Transform Your Life
Money fuels much of our ability to function. It fuels many of our dreams. In this episode, David Vanderveen, presents a summary overview of the importance of having a financial plan, which doesn’t have to be complicated, that provides a budget, ways to get out of debt and how to prioritize...
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The Restart Roadmap with Jason Tartick and How to Find Ultimate Fulfillment
Jason Tartick was a senior vice president in banking when he realized that despite career success, he was headed down the wrong path. After giving up his career to pursue reality television on The Bachelorette, Jason realized that he didn’t have to accept a corporate path to create the life he...
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Season 5, Episode 5: How an Obsession with Ketogenic Snacking Led Manuel Zeller to Start a Business that Created the Best Tasting Protein Bar on Earth.
Season 5, Episode 5: How an Obsession with Ketogenic Snacking Led Manuel Zeller to Start a Business that Created the Best Tasting Protein Bar on Earth. Manuel Zeller is an Austrian entrepreneur who built a business around his passions for eliminating sugar from modern Western diets while still...
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Season 5, Episode 4: Getting Out of Our Way with Dai Manuel.
Dai Manuel didn’t have to hit rock bottom to know that he needed to make a change in his life. What he didn’t know was that making one significant change would lead to personal transformation, like a string unwinding a sweater he didn’t want to wear anymore. If we assume that change is certain,...
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Season 5, Episode 3: Six Mental Muscles that Unleash the Subconscious with Sabrina Scheuerling.
The concrete world outside our bodies is concrete, results are easy to measure and we can see, touch, smell and taste it. We often hear how the interior work inside us unleashes extraordinary exterior results, but where is this elusive and abstract “inside?” Sabrina Scheuerling shares her...
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Season 5, Episode 2: Recovering from disaster with Jake Fox.
Jake Fox is a semi professional mountain biker who was on a trajectory to making his dreams real when disaster struck and was paralysed in an accident. A year later, Jake is riding and skiing again in the mountains of British Columbia but has had to rebuild his dreams, his skills and his life....
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Season 5, Episode 1: Restarts are ok. You do you.
Sometimes we need to take a little time off, reset, reload and restart to hit our goals. Sometimes a not-to-do list is essential in order to focus, to prioritize on what matters most. In the inaugural episode of Season 5, David Vanderveen explores his own sabbatical from podcasting during a...
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Season 4 - Episode 2: Radness to the Max with Brian Bent
Brian Bent actively and deliberately creates the world he wants to inhabit. Like filmmakers who are "auteurs" because of how they impact every element of a story told on film, Brian is an auteur for how he has crafted his personal brand story told in real life (including film). From his…
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Season 4, Episode 1: My Abalone Teacher
Welcome to 2021 and hopefully a year that allows us to take advantage of everything we learned in 2020. It has been a year of dramatic changes, difficult lessons and, hopefully, personal transformation. Hopefully this year has been full of learnings for you. One big question I had to revisit was...
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Season 3, Episode 22: Breath Work with Reis Paluso
Reis Paluso is a breath instructor who helps people breathe better and get more control of their bodies and minds through active breathing practices. This year, Reis has pivoted from operating a creative digital agency he co-founded to working full time leading Our Breath Collective...
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Season 3, Episode 21: Emotional Intelligence with Noble Gibbens and How EQ Transforms Lives.
Nobel Gibbens has a long history of success in the military, as an entrepreneur and with his family, but something snapped last year. He and his wife, Kathy learned to see, map and understand their own emotional lives which has helped them manage their own trauma, behave differently and be in...
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Season 3, Episode 20: Adventure Sports Icon, Chris Mauro Helps Us Think About Where We Get Our News and How to Pivot.
Chris Mauro is back for round two!!! He has spent his life entwined with surfing and adventure sports as a top professional athlete, selling the brands, managing surf shops, shaping, writing, editing, filming and producing for the sport as a journalist and an executive within the World Surf…
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Season 3, Episode 19: Entrepreneur Adam Mundy from Charlie Todd: How to Start A Side Hustle During COVID, Part 2.
Adam Mundy graduated from Boston University in May 2020 and decided to start a side hustle with his brother while waiting for his international relations career to begin...then COVID hit. Adam and his brother Andrew co-founded CharlieTodd Goods, where they create fine handmade leather wallets and...
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Season 3, Episode 18: Entrepreneur Lindsey Davidson from LENNY: How to Start a Business and Brand During COVID.
Lindsey Davidson was laid off in March due to COVID and decided to start an apparel business, pursuing her love of fashion in a field where she had experience both selling and creating. Her brand, LENNY has taken off in a sustainable and scaleable way, leveraging social media, personal…
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Season 3, Episode 17: Philosopher Kelly James Clark: The Subtle and Corrosive Power of Racial Bias.
Kelly James Clark has a PhD from Notre Dame and is an international advocate for interfaith cooperation, focusing on the Abrahamic religions. He is project director for “Abrahamic Reflections on Science and Religion” which brings together 36 scholars from 14 countries to reconcile issues in the...
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Season 3, Episode 16: Perspective. Can we see beyond ourselves, beyond our bias?
This week is an audio monologue that stemmed from a number of conversations and feedback about how important perspective can be to help us be aware of others and not just our own needs.At the end of this podcast, I read an excerpt from David Foster Wallace's "This Is Water," a commencement…
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Season 3 Episode 15 with Hydrant Co-Founders John Sherwin and Jai Jung Kim.
This week we get a bit more technical about entrepreneurship with two under-30 founders, John Sherwin and Jai Kim, about how they’ve been able to create one of the fastest growing hydration start-ups via a direct-to-consumer model that is now getting pulled into strong retail partnerships. John…
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Season 3 Episode 14 with Political Philosopher Aaron James on Assholes, Surfing with Sartre and Monetary Policy
Aaron James holds a PhD from Harvard and is professor of philosophy at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of Assholes: A Theory, Assholes: A Theory of Donald Trump, and Fairness in Practice: A Social Contract for a Global Economy and numerous academic articles. He was awarded…
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Season 3 Episode 13 with Comedian Pete Holmes
Pete Holmes is a creator and comedian who has brought joy to the world through his stand up, podcast (You Made It Weird), television shows (Crashing on HBO), specials and his latest book: Comedy Sex God (that’s a list and not a descriptor of Pete, although many people are saying he is those...
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Season 3 Episode 12 with Super Coffee CEO Jim DeCicco
Jim DeCicco is the oldest of three twenty-something brothers who created Kitu Super Coffee. Jim serves as the CEO for the business and is a part of the RX3 Ventures family (a fund that I’m involved with). This podcast is among my favorites to date for listeners who are interested in figuring out...
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Season 3 Episode 11 with Dr Joe VanderMeer COVID-19 Update
Dr. Joe VanderMeer is a West Michigan head and neck surgeon, ENT specialist, graduate of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, head of his physician group and my brother-in-law. https://www.lakeshorehealthpartners.com/ear-nose-throat-dr-joseph-vandermeer Joe joins the Kickasspirational Podcast to…
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Season 3 - Episode 10 - Surf Comedy Celebrity Jonathan Wayne Freeman
Who doesn’t want a Kickasspirational Easter Egg? Jon Freeman hosts SURFER Magazine’s Ultra Core Surf Hourhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2vTdkld_H0 and has managed to wait until his 40’s to navigate social media surf stardom. The production team voted and decided that we’d push out one of our…
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Season 3 - Episode 9 - NewAge CEO Brent Willis
It’s unclear what the total impact of COVID-19 will be, how long the quarantines will last and what will become the new normal. What we do know is that right now we must behave differently to not only survive the pandemic but to thrive and grow ourselves, our families, our communities and our...
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Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aubrey Marcus
This COVID-19 crisis is awful. Let’s start there. Given that, what will we do? Aubrey Marcus is a pioneer of what he calls Total Human Optimization. He has been breaking through the thin veneers of civilization, the constructs that hold many of us back and has written, podcasted and created a $70...
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Season 3 - Episode 4 - Bob Billiams and His New Show Backsliders
Micah and Keylee Sudduth join Dave on this weeks episode of Kickasspirational to discuss their new podcast Backsliders
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Season 3 - Episode 3 - What’s all the fuss about CBD?
We discuss CBD what it is, where it comes from, how it works in the body and why noni superfruit makes it better with Scientific Researcher Brett West
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Season 3 - Episode 2 - Rob Bell Interview
Rob Bell talks about progression, graduation without divorce and how to move forward in a generous universe.
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Season 3 - Episode 1 - Knute Keelings - Life hacks to get 2020 on track for victory
"Hey guys, This is the first podcast of 2020 and a follow up with Knute. Here's what I'm thinking for the description: Season 3, Episode 1: Ten Life Hacks for Getting in Shape in 2020 with Knute Keeling. Knute Keeling is a viking warrior, author, fitness trainer and diet coach who walks us…
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Season 2 - Episode 33 - Knute Kneeling
This week’s Kickasspirational Podcast with Knute Keeling is all about simple, quick, daily habits that can transform how you feel, your body shape and lead to a better you...just give it a listen, I promise it’s fun! Who wants to get ahead of the holidays and put some momentum into your New…
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About this show
Welcome to the movement.Kickasspirational is a state of mind. A philosophy. It's about breaking through personal boundaries, not being limited by the choices other people offer us to define our lives, choosing ourselves and creating the world that we want to live in.
Hosted by
David Vanderveen