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The Heroic Minds Podcast
by Ben Fanelli
Mission: rewrite the narrative of mental health, where we are not victims of circumstance but heroes of our story.
Episodes
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HIH #4 Martin Bauman | The Contradiction of "Doing it Yourself"
Martin Bauman Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Martin peddled 7,000km across Canada in a remarkable 84-day journey spanning from June to August. His expedition became a lesson in humility and the value of community. Amidst stormy weather, a selfless man named Dave emerged as a guiding light. Dave's...
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Exhausted? Stop "Getting Things Done"
Merely desiring to accomplish tasks isn't sufficient, especially if greatness is your aim. Discover the flame within you, that burning desire to conquer challenges and achieve mastery and competence. Cultivate a sense of empowerment and competence, igniting a relentless drive to pursue even the...
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HIH #3 - Jon Orr | Relinquish Control to Empower Others
Jon Orr Virginia, United States Jon Orr, a sports parent of three shares a powerful reflection for all parents. It is difficult to give up control and allow a child to embrace and pursue their sporting career in the way they want to. It is amazing the impact a sense of agency can have on passion,...
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Why Telling People To Be Accountable Doesn't Work
The concept of accountability, while often used to motivate, can sometimes evoke feelings of obligation and inferiority. Instead, focusing on being accountable to oneself and the potential for personal growth can be a more powerful motivator.
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HIH #2 - Ryan Drury | Give Yourself Some Credit
Ryan Drury Arthur, Ontario, Canada Ryan lost his dad to suicide when he was 19. In this episode, he reflects on what he learned through this journey: the importance of taking a moment to give yourself credit. Now, he's leveraging this concept in his pursuit of NHL broadcasting. ___ Whether you…
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How to Motivate Others Instantly (As Seen in Therapy)
In this video, we delve into the deeper layers of empowerment beyond simple affirmations. When someone is hurting, mere words might not suffice. Discover three transformative phrases that can profoundly motivate and uplift your teammates, friends, or family members. Learn how to go beyond mere...
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Kick The Comparisons: Embrace Your Journey
So often we let the opportunities of others or opportunities we have received to influence how capable we are. Let go of the resources coming in and focus on the resources going out. The mission to beautify the world and be the best you can be with what you have been given remains the same! It is...
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HIH #1 - Marty Hogan | Reason = Willpower
Marty Hogan Chicago, Illinois A story of perseverance. Marty shares his journey of being diagnosed with cancer while awaiting the arrival of his first child. This story exudes what it means to persevere with purpose and love which allows him to maintain an endless supply of willpower. ___ Whether...
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How Top Leaders Communicate - Beyond Errors & Decisions
Leadership goes beyond simply delegating tasks or responding to mistakes/errors. True leadership requires effective communication and the ability to validate individuals. By communicating openly and validating the actions of team members beyond moments of failure or difficulty, leaders foster an...
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The Power Of Mistakes: Your Path To Success Or Failure
Mistakes are not roadblocks but rather essential markers on our journey of growth. Embracing them with courage and accountability is key. By confronting our mistakes head-on, we acknowledge their potential as valuable learning experiences. They propel us forward, shaping us into more resilient…
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Get to Know Your Fears 💥 Stop Sabotaging Your Potential
In life, opportunities often present themselves when we least expect them. However, all too often, our fears can sabotage these chances for growth and success. Whether it's fear of failure, rejection, or the unknown, allowing these fears to dictate our actions can hold us back from reaching our...
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Stop Proving Start Discovering
There is a difference between proving to others and ourselves we are good enough and discovering how great we can be. I have shared this with clients and the response has been incredible. The shift in attention from what we have to prove to what is possible creates a fundamental shift in focus,...
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Long Term Goals: Your Inspiration or Your Downfall?
How long term goals slow so many people down and how short term goals awaken endless energy and focus. Don't get distracted by long term goals. Short term goals give immediate feedback that unleash your potential.
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Break Free From External Influence And Stay Motivated
A client story of finding motivation to keep up with academics while they chase an NCAA scholarship.
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Post-game Pep Talk: The Best Things To Say After Sports
My two cents on fostering a healthy space after sport on the drive home! Keep it simple. There is no script. Empower them to discuss, share, process.
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Contemplating Giving Up? This Powerful Reflection May Change Your Mind
A recent success story with a client I have been working with! Challenging a few stereotypes when it comes to mindset in athletics.
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109 - Dr. Cassidy Preston | Mindset First
A casual discussion with Sport Psychologist Dr. Cassidy Preston. We discuss identity in sport and the challenges of living in reality vs the stories we tell ourselves. Check out Cassidy's new book Mindset First on Amazon. Cassidy's Website
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Neo & Increasing Efficiency by Slowing Down
Life is getting faster and faster... but our performance is decreasing... Slowing down is a super power... not only for "wellness" but for performance. We take in more stimuli, work more efficiently AND time appears to go by slower. Listen to find out more! EndNotes:...
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Morgan Freeman & Not Forcing Change
Morgan Freeman acting as God in the movie Evan Almighty hits us with some wisdom. I tie this wisdom together with Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Flow and Performance in work, sport, and life. "Let me ask you something. If someone prays for patience, you think God gives them patience? Or…
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Iron Man & Avoiding Your Real Problems
Are people solving the wrong problems in their life due to ignorance or because the real problems that need attention are too much to handle? Is it that likes, income, affiliation, grandiose behaviour and more, deter us from solving the problem that will give us freedom and an improved state of...
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Performance Not Mental Health
First Episode Back!! SFL = Skills for Life. Every episode will be a 5-10 minute journey through articles, movies, client anecdotes, research & more, summarized with actionable takeaways. I call it, enjoyable, self-administered, psychotherapy. Todays Topics: 1. Empty your backpack. 2. Mental…
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108 - Eva Holland | Overcome not Overpower (Fears)
Eva Holland is an adventure enthusiast, athlete and freelance writer. She is the author of Nerve: Adventures in the Science of Fear. Eva spent a large portion of her life living in fear. It was the fear of losing her mother that transcended many parts of her life and created a constricting grip...
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107 - David Connolly | Preparation = Mindfulness
Right after graduating from his musical theatre and performance degree from Sheridan college, David became the only amputee to perform on Broadway. For the screen, David has directed and choreographed several series for CBC as well as projects for CBS, NBC, ABC, PBS. David has collaborated with...
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#106 - Mark Fraser | Race & Relatability
The best approach to behavioural change in the inclusion space is often argued and often political. Having the conversation with Mark is a breath of fresh air. It is a conversation with nothing off the table, constructive, honest and most important, creates relatability. Mark Fraser spent 15…
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#105 - Travis Macy (World's Toughest Race) | Develop a Love for Living Fully
For those that watched Eco-Challenge on Amazon Prime you will definitely be familiar with both Travis and his father Mark, the incredible duo exemplified what we know as the hero’s journey and a thirst for living fully. Travis is a professional athlete completing over 120 ultra endurance events…
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#104 - The Israel’s | Reinvent Your Purpose
Three generations of the Israel family, Carl, Jamie and Brett decided to convert their long standing family farm to Organic, but it came at a high cost. After converting to Organic and taking on millions in debt, the market they were promised, vanished. The family didn’t put blame on anyone else....
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#103 - Dr. Matthew Galati | Actionable Steps Toward Recovery/Improvement
Dr. Galati is a traumatic brain injury survivor, and medical doctor. He has the goal of making aerobic training a part of brain injury recovery protocol. He is doing this through the Brain Changes Initiative. In this episode we discuss taking control & ownership over the brain injury recovery...
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#102 - Ben Switzer | Make Difficult Tasks Easier
Ben Switzer is a disruption architect, community accelerator, and technological storyteller. He is an entrepreneur in the health technology and virtual reality space with his present companies EXAR Studios & True Focus. The connection between imagination and behaviour. The cognitive process of...
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#101 - Lauren Johnson (NY Yankees) | Your Patterns & Who You Want To Be
Lauren Johnson is a Mental Conditioning Coach for the New York Yankees in Major League Baseball. Her goal is to improve the resilience, performance and mental strength of all the athletes in the NY Yankees System. Lauren does not believe there is a set of tools for in sport and out of sport. You...
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#99 - Vincent Aiello (Fighter Pilot) | Servant Leadership
Vincent Aiello spent nearly a quarter of a century as a US Navy fighter pilot. He deployed overseas on aircraft carriers numerous times and was selected to attend and instruct at the US Navy Fighter Weapons School, better known as TOPGUN. Retired from the US Navy in 2017, Vincent is now the host…
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#98 - Victoria Arlen | Dance Into Impossible
Victoria Arlen’s life drastically changed in 2006 at the tender age of eleven when she developed two rare conditions known as Transverse Myelitis and Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis. She slipped into a vegetative state in which doctors had written her off as a lost cause. Victoria spent…
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#97 - (Lenox Hill) Dr. John Boockvar - Heroism. Humanity. Healthcare.
John Boockvar is the Vice Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery and the Director of the Brain Tumor Center at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan. Dr. Boockvar is well known from the incredible Netflix Documentary, Lennox Hill, Where the viewer gets to dive into the lives of four doctors as they...
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#96 - Dr. Gail Gazelle - Uncover Your True Self
Dr. Gale Gazelle is a medical doctor, assistant professor at Harvard Medical School, physician coach, mindfulness teacher and author of, Everyday Resilience, released this past august 2020. Growing up, Dr. Gazelle was abused by her father. That is where the episode begins. In this episode we talk...
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#95 - Jesse Thistle | Rising Above Trauma
Jesse Thistle is Métis-Cree, from Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. He is an Assistant Professor in Métis Studies at York University in Toronto. Honestly, I wanted to name this episode, the toughest man you never met, because when you see this intelligent, well spoken, empathetic, caring, loving…
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#94 - Ryan Straschnitzki | Tragedy to Triumph
Ryan Straschnitzki was a couple days from his 19th birthday playing for the Humbolt Broncos Hockey Club in 2018 when the bus crashed where 16 people died and left 13 injured. Ryan left him paralyzed from the chest down. In only three months he was getting back onto the ice as a sledge hockey...
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#93 - Ben Flanagan | Inside a Champions Mind
Ben Flanagan is an NCAA Champion from the University of Michigan. Ben went into that same race seeded as the 23rd fastest runner out of the 24 who qualified. Ben became the 2018 men’s outdoor 10,000m NCAA Champion with a time of 28:34. Today Ben is a professional Reebok sponsored runner and…
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#92 - Sam Chase | Leverage Imperfection & Become a High Performer
Sam Chase delivers programs in mindfulness, yoga and resilience for organizations and high performers, nationwide. Sam teaches the science of the human mind and the tools that help people lead flourishing lives. Sam is certified to teach by the Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health, the largest yoga...
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#91 - Dr. Callum Cowan | Food As A Tool For Performance
Dr. Cowan is a Board-certified Naturopathic Doctor and leading authority/practitioner of high performance medicine who is most recognized for his work with professional athletes. Dr. Callum clearly explains how food can be something that holds you back or powers you to enhance how you feel, work...
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#90 - Matt Nichol | Defining Physical Strength & How To Achieve It
Matt Nichol received his Bachelor of Education degree (Kinesiology/History) from McGill University and his Masters of Kinesiology & Masters in Coaching Theory from York University. He is the Creator of Biosteel Sports Drink and is a strength coach for some of the best athletes in the world. In…
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#89 - Dr. Kim Dawson & Joey Hishon | How To Prepare For Change
This episode has two outstanding guests. Dr. Kim Dawson, professor of sport & exercise psychology at Wilfrid Laurier University and the infamous Joey Hishon past Ontario Hockey League All-Star, and NHL All-Star hopeful until injury pivoted his career path in a new and exciting direction. Kim’s...
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#88 - Dr. Noah Wilson-Rich | Human Survival & Honey Bees
Noah is a behavioural ecologist and published author. He is the founder of The Best Bees Company, a top to bottom bee keeping service. The company also functions as a means to raise funding for scientific research to improve honey bee health. Did you know that investing into the health of honey...
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#87 - Kevin Canvenaugh | Successful Business in a Pandemic
During the 2008 recession Kevin found himself 1 million dollars in debt. Not only did he venture through and learn from the recession, he came back stronger and prepared for this 2020 Pandemic. Kevin is an innovative developer. He creates revolutionary, rule-bending buildings that double as…
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#86 - Dada Gunamuktananda | Hope, Happiness & Humanity
Dada is a yogic monk. He has taught meditation all over the world for 20+ years. He teaches the lifestyle and philosophy of the system of life known as yoga or tantra, the core practice of which is meditation. Dada delivers in such an eloquent way the issues of our world and why they exist. He…
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#85 - Alanna Shaikh | How to Avoid Another Pandemic
Alanna holds an MPH in international health from Boston University and brings twenty years of program design, management, and assessment experience spanning the humanitarian relief and development sectors including writing for UN Dispatch and TED as well as providing social media support to NGOs....
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#84 - Phil Sheldon | Refuse to Lose
Phil received the highest civilian medal for bravery in Canada. This Niagara Regional Police officer nearly lost his life trying to rescue a woman trapped in a murder-suicide with her son. He entered the house to find a man and his mother doused in gasoline… There was a pivotal point in Phils...
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#83 - Joshua Beharry | The Power of Our Mind
Before he jumped, Joshua believed he could never have positive feelings ever again, not mentally or physically. In quoting Josh himself, “The impulse to survive that I had overcome above the bridge now takes control. With broken bones, I begin to swim. At the age of 22, Joshua Beharry attempted...
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#82 - Sergeant Kevin Briggs | How Listening Saved 200 Lives
Kevin Briggs spent 18 years stopping 200+ Golden Gate Bridge suicides. Kevin has story after story, tactic after tactic, lesson after lesson. In this episode we cover A LOT. Kevin shares what he learnt in his years both saving and sometimes losing lives on the bridge. What is the first thing…
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#81 - Dr. Kathryn Bouskill | Control the Speed of Life
Kathryn Bouskill is a social scientist at the RAND Corporation and associate director of the RAND Center for Global Risk and Security. She is also professor of core coursework at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. She has a Ph.D. in anthropology and an M.P.H. in epidemiology from Emory University.…
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#80 - Dr. Dave Williams | Defying Limits
Dr. David Williams; ER doctor, astronaut, aquanaut, hospital CEO and author dreamt of going to space as a young boy. He fulfilled this dream twice, both times along not only a bumpy flight but a bumpy road From failing his first attempt at Med school and finding himself on the side of the road...
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#79 - Dr. Judith Andersen | How To Shift Your Attention
Dr. Judith Andersen is a health psychologist at the University of Toronto whose research focuses on the biopsychosocial mechanisms by which stress impacts health and occupational performance. Dr. Andersen has conducted field research on the psychophysiological responses in people who experience...
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Mission: rewrite the narrative of mental health, where we are not victims of circumstance but heroes of our story.
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