Send us a text This episode features Bill Knowles who is currently the Director of Reconditioning and Athletic Development for HPSports. He is a consultant to many professional and college sports teams throughout the world, and many high performing athletes from teams in almost every league around the globe. Bill is a pioneer in the world of reconditioning, a practice near and dear to my own heart, it is a unique blend of the powers of therapeutic practice and the methods of performance preparat...
Nov 06, 2018•55 min
Send us a text This episode features Brett Bartholomew who is a performance coach, author, consultant, and founder of the performance coaching and consulting company, The Bridge Human Performance. His book, Conscious Coaching: The Art and Science of Building Buy-In was ranked in the “Amazon Top 100 Books Overall” in 2017 and has become a must-have resource guide to coaches of any kind who seek to better understand their athletes and what makes them tick! If you liked this EP, please take the tim...
Oct 30, 2018•1 hr 4 min
Send us a text This episode features Rhian Wilkinson who was a professional soccer player and member of Canada's Women's National Team for 13 years. She is one of a very select group of players ever to appear in 150 games for Canada. As a member of the national team, she won a bronze medal at the London Olympic games and has further competed at four world cups and two other Olympic games. She has been a pioneer of women's soccer in Canada and now continues to build her legacy in coaching today. ...
Oct 23, 2018•52 min
Send us a text This Episode features Trent Stellingwerff who is one of Canada's secret weapons in Olympic sport. He's been in the trenches for many years innovating his area of passion; performance nutrition and endurance sports physiology. He is a unique combination of an exercise physiologist, sports nutrition practitioner, coach, and researcher. His capacity to digest information, convey knowledge, and apply concepts and approaches is impressive. His story is a simple one, a story of passion,...
Oct 16, 2018•58 min
Send us a text This episode features physical therapist, performance coach, teacher, lecturer, author, and mentor Gray Cook. In life, you occasionally encounter unique people who are a special combination of thought creating and thought-provoking. Gray is one of those people. He's been on a mission to change the way we see human movement, how we affect it, and how we live more sustainable and productive lives. He is indeed leaving his mark on the world of human performance. If you liked this EP,...
Oct 09, 2018•1 hr 11 min
Send us a text This episode features performance coach Matt Nichol who has been working in the field of human performance for over 20 years. He has a long list of amazing athletes from many different sports, but he specializes in the off-season training some of the National Hockey League's best players. He's the founder and inventor of Biosteel a supplement product he built simply because he couldn't find anything he truly trusted in the industry, "drink the pink" has left a mark on the industry...
Oct 02, 2018•1 hr 5 min
Send us a text This episode does not disappoint featuring Mike Boyle, undeniably a pioneer in the world of performance training for sport. His career spans close to 40 years of practice as an S+C coach at BU, the Boston Bruins, the Boston Red Sox and within his own business Mike Boyle Strength and Conditioning. He's a leader, a learner, a teacher, a lecturer, a mentor, and a businessman, and above all that, a dedicated father and husband. This is a true story of conviction, passion, and relentle...
Sep 25, 2018•1 hr 15 min
Send us a text Episode #34 of the Leave Your Mark podcast features former Olympic athlete turned media personality, Alexandre Despatie. Since retirement from competing internationally as a diver in 2012, Alex has created a burgeoning media career and is currently a presence on morning radio in Montreal. He's been an integral part of hosting Olympic coverage in Rio and Pyeongchang, and he was formerly a host on morning TV in Montreal. He recently became a member of the Canadian Sports Hall of Fam...
Sep 18, 2018•1 hr 3 min
Send us a text This episode features coaching legend Dan Pfaff, during his NCAA career, Dan coached 29 NCAA individual national champions and 150 All-Americans and was a lead staff member on teams that won 17 NCAA National Team Championships. He has coached 49 Olympians including nine medalists, 51 World Championship competitors (also nine medalists), and five world-record holders. He has directed athletes to 57 national records across a multitude of events. He is an internationally recognized p...
Sep 11, 2018•47 min
Send us a text This episode features Gerry Ramogida an extremely talented chiropractor who’s been working in some of the most intense and demanding sports performance environments throughout his career. He is currently a consultant with many Olympic athletes as well as professional athletes in the MLB, NHL, NFL, and EPL. He has been the Seattle Seahawks team Chiropractor and performance therapist since 2002. He's left his mark on many of the worlds best athletes, just listen to how! If you liked...
Sep 04, 2018•1 hr 5 min
Send us a text Episode #31 of Leave Your Mark features S+C and Sprints coach Stu McMillan. He’s trained numerous Olympic medalists over the course of the last 20+ years and has been a part of the success of three different nations performance teams at the Olympic Games. He’s the CEO of ALTIS World a company dedicated to supporting a powerful training environment in Phoenix, AZ for athletes from across the globe. He's a deep and passionate thinker, and this is a worthy listen! If you liked this E...
Aug 28, 2018•1 hr 16 min
Send us a text This episode features renown Canadian performance coach and sports scientist Matthew Jordan. He is the Director of Sports Science for the Canadian Sports Institute in Calgary and he is deeply involved in the performance measures of all things power and strength. He has a deep passion for understanding the "why" in performance, connecting the subjective evidence with the objective data. Beyond his expertise, he is a father of three who is deeply invested in his role. There is a lot...
Aug 21, 2018•50 min
Send us a text Episode #29 features Canadian Sports Hall of Fame athlete, Jennifer Heil. She is a gold and silver medalist in the 2006 and 2010 Olympics. She is the winningest female mogul skier in Canadian history. She is a mother of two wonderful boys, a women's activist, and a career woman bent on changing the face of sport in Canada. She epitomizes the concept of Leaving Your Mark! If you liked this EP, please take the time to rate and comment, share with a friend, and connect with us on soc...
Aug 14, 2018•49 min
Send us a text This episode features an interview with the host of the Finding Mastery podcast Michael Gervais. He is a high performing sports psychologists working with fortune 500 executives, elite athletes and teams in Olympic and professional sport, and he is the business partner with coach Pete Carrol in Compete to Create. He is also an avid and passionate surfer. This conversation is about passion, purpose, and leaving a mark on the world at large. Enjoy! If you liked this EP, please take ...
Aug 07, 2018•56 min
Send us a text This episode features neuroscience pioneer David George. An entrepreneur, inventor, educator, and clinician, he is changing the world of neuroscience with his own practice and his collaboration in business with others. A named inventor in a growing international patent portfolio, he is a highly regarded expert in integrative approaches to physical rehabilitation. This interview goes deep on how the working of the mind shapes our lives, and how our lives influence the health and fu...
Jul 31, 2018•1 hr 4 min
Send us a text This episode features Linda Joyce a woman of many talents, writer, lecturer, life coach, and astrologer. She has helped people of many backgrounds and abilities understand who they are and live a life more connected to their purpose. She is the author of three books, but the one that brought her into my life was her first, "The Day You Were Born". In every podcast, I quote my guests life purpose from this book, and the conversation around this moment is always intriguing. The oppo...
Jul 24, 2018•1 hr 7 min
Send us a text This episode features Dominick Gauthier who has competed at the highest levels of sport coached world champions and Olympic gold medalist, and now stewards a foundation called B2ten dedicated to supporting the dreams of some of Canada's most talented athletes. He has left a mark in every unique journey of his life and his passion and exuberance for life are infectious. This is an interview worth talking about! If you liked this EP, please take the time to rate and comment, share w...
Jul 17, 2018•59 min
Send us a text This Episode features Stephen Norris who for many years has been one of Canada's leaders in human performance. He is a powerful combination of pure and applied acumen and his influence on Canada's high-performance sports system is far-reaching. An Englishman of birth, his adoption of Canada as his home has been a gift to our Olympic athletes and the professionals and organizations who serve them. At this stage in his career, his focus is on empowering others to build and support o...
Jul 09, 2018•1 hr 14 min
Send us a text This episode features eight-time X-Games Slopestyle champion Kaya Turski. Widely regarded as one of the best freestyle skiers of her generation, she fought through a difficult career of savage injuries, always finding a way to return better than before injured, always finding a new way to win. Her tenacity and resiliency are remarkable, and this interview is a fascinating exploration of her character and belief in herself and her team. If you liked this EP, please take the time to...
Jul 04, 2018•55 min
Send us a text This episode features an interview with Paralympic swimmer Benoit Huot, one of Canada most decorated Paralympians. A winner of 9 Gold Medals over the course of five Paralympic games, and many more Paralympic and world competition medals over the course of his career, just a start of what this man has accomplished. A member of the Canadian Disabilities Hall of Fame, Order of Canada, and now recent l'Ordre du Quebec, he is highly regarded by the sports community at large and all Can...
Jun 27, 2018•56 min
Send us a text This episode of Leave Your Mark features Reid Zurlo, a now successful real estate agent in the high net worth community of Lexington, Mass. But her success story starts early in life, overcoming odds when forced to leave home at 14, she rose above many challenges, finally finding solace in motherhood, only to find herself alone as a single parent after 18 years in a difficult and sometimes contemptuous marriage. In divorce, she found learning, and in learning, she found her voice,...
Jun 23, 2018•56 min
Send us a text This episode features Michael Woods a member of an exclusive list of Canadian's who have reached the pinnacle of competitive road cycling. A former elite middle-distance runner turned roadie now competes for EF Education First - Drapac powered by Cannondale. Fresh from a 19th place finish in the Giro d'Italia one of cycling's most prestigious races, Rusty as he is better known is on a mission to prove world-class racing can be achieved without doping. He is indeed leaving his mark...
Jun 20, 2018•45 min
Send us a text This episode features James Simms, an innovative educator from the UK who is changing the very face of education as we know it. James and his partners have created the Everlearner.com a virtual portal where teachers and students can connect and use virtual education to enhance their current classroom approach, and upscale their learning opportunities measurably. James is on a mission to change how we learn, and he's not stopping until he achieves it, he is indeed leaving a mark. I...
Jun 17, 2018•59 min
Send us a text This episode features Sue Falsone innovator and entrepreneur, she recently published the groundbreaking book Bridging the Gap, from Rehab to Performance based on a career and life as a therapist and performance coach. She was the first female Head Athletic Trainer in a major league sport in North America, and she has been a leader in her field for many years. She's on Leave Your Mark because she is an innovator and quality human being who is indeed leaving her mark on the world of...
Jun 12, 2018•57 min
Send us a text This episode features the dynamic duo of Brian Grasso and Carrie Campbell. These eclectic and amazing spirits have massive resumes and careers of their own that have transcended into the combined power of mindset. They've taken the research in mindset combined it with the pragmatic application of their own strategies and created an exceptionally powerful system that is liberating people all over the world from the limits they place on success. They are indeed leaving their mark on...
Jun 09, 2018•57 min
Send us a text Episode 16 of Leave Your Mark features Helen Upperton, Silver Medalist and pilot in the 2-man bobsleigh at the Vancouver Winter Olympics, and a recent mother of a little one. Her life has been an amazing combination of wonderful parents, great family, a strong sporting background, and a personal work ethic and tenacity which has lead to much success, as well as some difficult failures. Her story is impressive and certainly an example of a mark left on life and sport. If you liked ...
Jun 06, 2018•47 min
Send us a text This episode features the amazing Phylicia George who has competed at the summer Olympics appearing in two finals of the 100m hurdles in London and Rio and then decided to transfer her speed onto the bobsleigh track winning a bronze medal as the brakewoman for Kallie Humphries at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games. She is an amazing human being who has overcome many obstacles in life and sport in order to stand tall in the start blocks of the fastest events in sport. This is her story....
May 30, 2018•43 min
Send us a text In this episode, I am honored to spend time with Stephen Campanelli. Widely recognized in Hollywood as one of the great camera operators, he has over 60 film credits in his craft. His boyhood idol was Clint Eastwood and as fate would have it, Stephen became Clint's favorite cameraman relying on his exceptional abilities as a Steadicam operator to shoot some of the most important work of his long and storied career. Stephen has been an integral part of Oscar-winning movies such as ...
May 23, 2018•32 min
Send us a text In this episode, we feature Lindsay Christianson who is the Director of Business and Partner Development at the Plastic Bank and organization dedicated to ridding the planet of plastic waste. Lindsay's mission is to collaborate with talented hearts and minds on high impact projects that stop ocean plastic. He cares deeply about our oceans, people, animals and the planet itself, and that's why he's on Leave Your Mark. If you liked this EP, please take the time to rate and comment, ...
May 19, 2018•41 min
Send us a text Episode #12 of Leave Your Mark features Andy O'Brien the Director of Performance and Sports Science with the Pittsburgh Penguins Hockey Club. He's an innovator at heart, a man from small-town on Prince Edward Island, he has affected the lived of countless high-performance athletes not only as a coach and educator but as a friend and mentor. He is definitely on a course to leave a mark on this world an on his craft. If you liked this EP, please take the time to rate and comment, sh...
May 16, 2018•49 min