Life Athletics

Ruby was one of the last interviews I did before accidentally breaking my skull two and a half years ago. Ruby is an artist, musician, performer, and life curator. Her love and adoration for life pours our of everything she shares in this interview. I had been saving it and because of the intensity of my recovery it’s taken me 2.5 years to finally release it. Listening to it again I felt moved and inspired to be alive. Much as I said about the last episode, I feel like this was a gift from Ruby and my past self to my present self, and I am very grateful. I loved all of this and I think you will too. Enjoy!

Today’s Life Athlete is Ryan Estrada. This is Ryan’s second appearance on the podcast and we did it shortly after my skull fracture while he was in Bali. Ryan is nearly impossible to categorise as he’s a creative whirlwind. He throws himself at live and creative projects with a mix of youthful enthusiasm and mature technical efficiency. From Graphic Novels, to Radio plays, to filmmaking, Ryan has challenged himself and accomplished a lot. This episode is a ballad to anyone wanting to start a thing. I hadn’t heard it since we first recorded it nearly two years ago and as I’m taking on new projects now I found it to be a gift from Ryan and my past self to me now. It is also a gift for you and I hope it helps you live a fuller, more delightful, and creative life.

Today’s Life Athlete is Nemanja Sonero. Nemanja and I were linked on line due to our love and commitment to Men’s work, archetypes and human empowerment in general. We connected immediately and recorded a podcast episode almost a year ago. Due to personal reasons related to my recovery from injury I haven’t posted anything in that time and going back over that episode I wasn’t happy with it. Nemanja was wonderful but I was talking too much in my opinion and I wanted to hear more from him. Nemanja was gracious enough to record a new episode last week and it was delightful exactly what I wanted to listen to actually. I am more than pleased to share this conversation with you, enjoy!

Neil has competed at a high level in the sporting and corporate worlds. He learned a lot about himself during both careers and the impact his mindset had on his ability to succeed and enjoy the process day to day. He is now a mindset coach, who supports elite athletes and high performing individuals to create competitive advantages in their personal and professional arenas.

Life Athletes welcome to episode 208 of the Life Athletics Podcast, this is your host, Nik Wood. Today’s guest Life Athlete is Adam Roa. Adam is a transformational artist, and coach, creating all sorts of art to elevate human consciousness and awareness. He shares as authentically and vulnerably as he can so that others have a permission slip to do the same. Adam and I have known each other for a while now and I was deeply excited to do this interview.  I met him at his villa in Bali about a week before my injury a year and a half ago. It was wild listening to the conversation again as there are things that I needed to hear in this episode now.  Adam has been very supportive during my recovery, sending voice messages and exchanging stories and I appreciate him greatly. Enjoy!