5 Mountain Adventures Podcast

The School of Grit with Brad Ritter

"Without challenge, there isn’t change. To achieve your fullest potential, you have to stop taking the path of least resistance." - Brad Ritter

In this episode, we speak to "School of Grit" founder and author, Brad Ritter.  How does conditioning your mindset to seek purposeful pain and adversity help you grow?

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The Brain-Body Connection with Dr. James Leonette

"There is an epidemic of functional disconnection between the brain and the body that is not being addressed." - Dr. James Leonette

Our guest's mission is to help you improve this connection and strengthen your physical, mental, and emotional health to restore flourishing wellness.

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Primal Play with Darryl Edwards

 Friends, I’m inviting you to time travel with me, time travel back to your childhood, can you remember long summer days running around with your friends outside having fun playing games, being adventurous?  

 My summer days we’re filled with pick-up games of baseball until dinner and then kick the can or tag football in the street until dark with the kids from the neighborhood.  Can you remember how much fun you had running around laughing, can you recall how much energy you had?   

 Let me bring you back to the present moment.  How do you feel about your current physical training program if you have one?  Do you look forward to every session?  Do you bring a high level of enthusiasm and excitement into the gym? 

 What if you could recapture that excitement, enthusiasm and sense of adventure you had as a kid, that level of seemingly boundless energy? 

 

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Fierce Grace with Jessie Torres

How do you measure abundance in your life?  Is it position, title, financial wealth, the latest or best cars, electronics, or fancy restaurants?  Sure, from a societal standpoint, these are all outward manifestations of abundance. 

Let me propose an alternate measurement, your soul coming alive, guided by your passion and principles, alignment across all areas of your life, and pure unbound potential.  If this sounds too good to be true, consider changing the lens through which you view your life.   

This life is available to you but you won't find it in a pill or quick-fix seminar, it takes vulnerability, honesty, authenticity, and courage. 

You've got this, easy day! 

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Mental Fitness and the GBX with Dr. Shawn Talbott

Friends, there is no shortcut or magic pill that will make you mentally fit, it requires daily work across five mountains of integrated vertical development. 

What if I told you there was real emerging science that validates thousands of years of Chinese and Ayurvedic medicine which can help you feel better and propel you forward on your mental fitness journey by upgrading your Gut-Brain-Axis? 

This is game changing and life changing information. 

 

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Put A Little Soul In Your Living with Dug Pinnick

Once in a while, perhaps once in a lifetime, a band comes along whose music resonates so strongly with you that their music becomes part of the fabric of your life, the closer you get the deeper it means.  

Raising you up, making you want to move your body and sometimes when the mood is right you just have to let it bleed over you.  Sound that resonates to your core, lyrics that speak to your soul.  King's X is one of those bands.

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Living Mindfully with Jon Macaskill

What if I told you there is a mental fitness practice that can bring you into the present moment so that you can be happier, healthier, and more fulfilled?

Today, we are discussing a topic that has become part of our pop culture lexicon, and it's overused, misused, and confused by many, and we're here to demystify this powerful practice. 

Our guest today, on the surface or under the water, may seem unlikely to be an expert on this topic, but we're going to take a deep dive and navigate our way to the beach.  

So, let me ask you, what do a retired Navy Seal Commander and mindfulness have in common? 

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It All Starts In The Mind with Alison Canavan

What are your challenges?  What do your struggle with? Self-image, addiction, stress, not enough time, anger, fear? 

No matter where you are at this moment in time, no matter what you are struggling with right now, you can change your thoughts, the trajectory of your life, and overcome your obstacles. 

This change is not found in owning more things, reaching a certain status, or the distractions our society tells us are important. 

This change comes from within you. Open yourself up to the possibilities that life has to offer.  

Our guest today is proof that my words are not just hollow platitudes or pop guru self-help ramblings. 

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Life On Purpose with Richard Thompson

Friends, what is your default mode when your alarm goes off in the morning, do you choose to hit the snooze button and roll back over, staying comfortable and toasty under your down comforter, dreaming of tropical beaches, assuming there is nothing new for you on the other side of comfort?   

Or, do you quickly sit up putting both feet on the floor ready to embrace whatever life has in store for you with a clear sense of where you are headed? 

If you choose the former, you may not have a clear sense or, in fact, any idea of your purpose in life.  If you find yourself on this beach, then you are in the right place, at the right time, listening to the right podcast.   

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Dirty Strength with Sarah Smith

Today we're discussing an important health topic that two-thirds of all women will face and are too embarrassed to talk about, according to Prevention Magazine.

Men, if you think you can tune out, think again, this issue can affect us all. 

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