Episodes
#100 Celebrating the 100th Episode of The Creative Spirits Unleashed Podcast
I have just released the 100th episode of the Creative Spirits Unleashed Podcast. For most of the 99 episodes of this podcast, I have been your host. In this episode, the tables are turned. This time, it’s me answering some t...
#99 Carolyn Swinton: Chasing Hope
My guest for this episode is Carolyn Swinton, who is an Executive Coach and consultant, and who also happens to be one of my former clients. We worked together years ago when she was the Chief Nursing Officer of a large hospi...
#98 Tik Maynard: Starting in the Middle
My guest for this episode of the podcast is Tik Maynard. If you follow Road to the Horse, known as the world championship of colt starting, you know him as the winner of the last two years. Besides that distinction, he is a 3...
#97 Stevie Delahunt: Balancing Fear and Confidence in Endurance Sports
My guest for this episode is Stevie Delahunt, returning for the 3rd time. We spoke about this time last year, after she finished the endurance race known as Tevis a 100 mile endurance ride on the Western States Trail in Calif...
#96 Kyle Pertuis: Unlocking Leadership Potential and Cultural Growth
My guest on this episode of the podcast is Kyle Pertuis of Mindfit Coaching. Kyle and I have known each other for at least 25 years, first meeting in Lake Lure when he was in the hospitality business. Now he is a coach, and I...
#95: Hannah Betts: Facing Fear; Lessons from a Stuntwoman
My guest for this episode is Hannah Betts, Hollywood Stuntwoman, Professional Skydiver and more. If you watched the Superbowl this year, you saw Hannah land in a cruise ship swimming pool after jumping out of a helicopter. Sh...
#94 Julia Carpenter: The Two Step Way
My guest for this episode of the podcast is Julia Carpenter. This episode started unlike any other I’ve done. Julia read a passage from a non-published book she calls the Prologue to the Unwritten Memoir. The passage was a la...
#93: Traveling with Bernie Harberts
My guest for this episode is Bernie Harberts. We covered so much ground in this podcast, much like Bernie has done for much of his life. When I say covering ground, that’s for real. Bernie has taken several cross country trip...
#92 Dancing the Tightrope: Chapter 19 & 20: Back on THE Horse and Conclusion
This episode of the podcast is the last two chapters of Dancing the Tightrope. We have reached the end of the book! You might hear me be a little choked up at the end of this reading. There are so many layers to unpack as to ...
#91: Dancing the Tightrope: Chapter 16, 17 & 18; Courage; Congruence, and Clarity
This episode of the podcast is Chapters 16, 17, and 18 of Dancing the Tightrope, the last of the self-awareness chapters, or as I call them the “C” chapters. In these chapters, we cover courage, congruence and clarity. Over a...
#90 Dancing the Tightrope: Chapter 14 & 15; Commitment and Curiosity; A Super Tool
This episode includes Dancing the Tightrope Chapters Fourteen Commitment and Fifteen Curiosity. These are the first two of five chapters in the book outlining the building blocks of self-awareness. If you have listened this far, you have certainly heard me talk about the value of these inner “tools.” I decided to highlight the five building blocks of self-awareness at this stage of my story, because I found myself not always showing up in pressure situations the way I would have ...
#89 Dancing the Tightrope: Ch 12 & 13: The Froth is My Friend and The Art of Living
This episode includes Dancing the Tightrope Chapters Twelve The Froth is My Friend and Thirteen The Art of Living . These chapters mark a turning point in my journey of making friends with pressure. To this day, I still find ...
# 88: Dancing the Tightrope: Chapter 10 & 11; The Mistake Cycle: The What’s Next Cycle
In this episode, I’m reading Chapters 10 and 11 of Dancing the Tightrope. If there is a theme in these two chapters of my journey, I have to call it “stuff happens.” I’m going along, expecting things to go as planned, and ins...
#87 Dancing the Tightrope Ch. 8 & 9 My No-Riding Riding Lesson: Filling in the Holes
In this episode of the podcast, I am reading chapters 8 and 9 of Dancing the Tightrope. I'm starting to put things together, as you will hear when you listen. At the very beginning of chapter eight, I had a wild experience go...
#86: Dancing the Tightrope: Chapter 6 & 7; The Decision-Sort of: Imbalance is a Good Thing
In this episode of the podcast, I’m reading Chapters 6 and 7, The Decision – Sort of, and Imbalance is a Good Thing. As you will hear, at this stage of the journey, I’m somewhat flailing. Looking back on it, I’m still surpris...
#85 Dancing the Tightrope: Chapter 4 & 5; Failure Is Not Failure at All Plus Assessing Risk
This episode of the podcast features chapters 4 and 5 of Dancing the Tightrope. If you haven’t listened to the first 3 chapters, I suggest listening to those first. It will help make sense of what’s coming in these next few c...
#84 Dancing the Tightrope: Chapter 3; Invisible Tools
This week’s episode is – drumroll – Chapter 3 of Dancing the Tightrope. I’m just going to say it – you were right and I was wrong! I’m speaking to those who’ve been telling me for a long time that they would appreciate an aud...
#83 Dancing the Tightrope: Chapter 2; Growth in Recovery
In my last episode of the podcast, I started an experiment by reading the first chapter of my book Dancing the Tightrope. My promise was that if I heard from my readers and listeners that it was valuable, I would do more. Sec...
#82: Dancing the Tightrope; Too Much Pressure for Me
This episode of the podcast is something new. Let’s call it an experiment. I’ll explain shortly, but first some context. Since I published Dancing the Tightrope, What Falling Off a Horse Taught Me About Embracing Pressure, Fe...
#81 Chris Heron: The Path to Balance and Well-Being
My guest for this episode of the podcast is Chris Heron, who is the Director and Head Coach of Waterski and Wakeboard Scotland. Not only is he a coach, he is also the 3 time Scottish National Waterski Champion. This podcast h...
#80 Chantel Prat: The Neuroscience of You
My guest for this episode is Chantel Prat. If her name is not already familiar to you, she is the author of the book The Neuroscience of You. What got me really excited about having her on the podcast was her willingness to p...
#79 Nancy Zintsmaster: The Power of Presence and Authenticity
My guest for this episode is Nancy Zintsmaster, who is co-founder and master trainer in The Carolyn Resnick Method Liberty Horsemanship. I’m going to start this introduction with a question: What would your life – and leaders...
#78 Corey Vaughn: Adapting to Challenging Conditions
After a brief hiatus, the podcast is back with guest water skier Corey Vaughn. You may remember that we spoke in the Spring, where Corey described his 1000-day plan to see how far he could take his water ski goals if he chose...
#77 Jessie Dowling: A Journey of Passion and Resilience
My guest for the episode is Jessie Dowling. She is an endurance rider who just completed the Tevis Cup last month and the Mongol Derby last year. Both of these events are some of the toughest horse races in the world. Given t...