Leave Your Mark

EP 261 is the fourth anniversary EP of LYM. We are proud of what we have accomplished at the podcast, and we've learned a lot from our guests over these past four years.  In this episode, I share with you six of the key learnings I've acquired through all the listening I've done these past four years. It's been an amazing ride, and I can't wait for four more! Check out our LYM Caps at www.LYMlab.com today and you can also DL a FREE Life Lab Starter kit with a few powerful learning modules to help you make a change in your life today! All the best, ScottyIf you liked this EP, please take the time to rate and comment, share with a friend, and connect with us on social channels IG @Kingopain, TW @BuiltbyScott, LI+FB Scott Livingston. You can find all things LYM at www.LYMLab.com, download your free Life Lab Starter Kit today and get busy living https://lymlab.com/free-lym-lab-starter/Please take the time to visit and connect with our sponsors, they are an essential part of our success:ww

Rhonda is a physiotherapist and athletic therapist currently working in private practice with Craven Sports Services in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. She has been the therapist of the Canadian Women’s National Basketball team and the Head Therapist for the University of Saskatchewan Huskies for 21 years.  She has been in high-level Canadian sports for much of her career and has been a mentor and educator to countless young performance professionals throughout her career. She is married to her husband Ryan of 30 years. If you liked this EP, please take the time to rate and comment, share with a friend, and connect with us on social channels IG @Kingopain, TW @BuiltbyScott, LI+FB Scott Livingston. You can find all things LYM at www.LYMLab.com, download your free Life Lab Starter Kit today and get busy living https://lymlab.com/free-lym-lab-starter/Please take the time to visit and connect with our sponsors, they are an essential part of our success:www.VALD.com www.ReconditioningHQ.com

This EP features Phil Poirier who is a bit of a living legend in my neck of the woods. He was a part of bringing the freestyle life to skiing. Growing up watching the snowboard revolution, he and a group of other locals began to play in the snowpark against all odds, adopted twin tip skis, and created a new genre of skiing.  His story is rich and full and I wanted more than just local peeps to hear it.  Enjoy!If you liked this EP, please take the time to rate and comment, share with a friend, and connect with us on social channels IG @Kingopain, TW @BuiltbyScott, LI+FB Scott Livingston. You can find all things LYM at www.LYMLab.com, download your free Life Lab Starter Kit today and get busy living https://lymlab.com/free-lym-lab-starter/Please take the time to visit and connect with our sponsors, they are an essential part of our success:www.VALD.com www.ReconditioningHQ.com

EP 258 out tomorrow is a comebacker with one of my good friends and peers, Doctor Matt Jordan!  The good doctor and I talk about life, growth, navigating change, how to balance science with practice, and a whole bunch of other stuff.  These are the conversations I put on repeat because there are always new nuggets to glean from each time I listen.  It's what I love about podcasting, it's what I love doing. I hope you get some powerful takeaways as well.If you liked this EP, please take the time to rate and comment, share with a friend, and connect with us on social channels IG @Kingopain, TW @BuiltbyScott, LI+FB Scott Livingston. You can find all things LYM at www.LYMLab.com, download your free Life Lab Starter Kit today and get busy living https://lymlab.com/free-lym-lab-starter/Please take the time to visit and connect with our sponsors, they are an essential part of our success:www.VALD.com www.ReconditioningHQ.com

In this EP Mike Potenza, the President of the Strength and Conditioning Coaches of Professional Hockey (SCAPH) and Lead of Performance for the San Jose Sharks and I chat about all things professional development.  Our experiences, formal, informal, conferences, mentorship, and life.  It's a great conversation to preface the work we are doing this year to bring the community of hockey performance people together in one place to explore the game we love.  It's a great conversation with a man of much experience.  Enjoy!If you liked this EP, please take the time to rate and comment, share with a friend, and connect with us on social channels IG @Kingopain, TW @BuiltbyScott, LI+FB Scott Livingston. You can find all things LYM at www.LYMLab.com, download your free Life Lab Starter Kit today and get busy living https://lymlab.com/free-lym-lab-starter/Please take the time to visit and connect with our sponsors, they are an essential part of our success:www.VALD.com www.ReconditioningHQ.com

This EP features Justin Roethlingshoefer.  Justin has worked with many professional athletes and leaders in the world of business. He is an Amazon best-selling author for his books: Intent, Blueprint, and the Own It Manual. They focused on peak performance, human optimization, and applying data and testing to create personalized blueprints. After completing his MS in Sports Performance and Human Biology, Justin sought out post-graduate work in functional medicine. He has worked as a Performance Coach in the NHL & NCAA and founded a private camp for professional hockey players focusing on healing them from the inside out.  Justin has a knack for making the complex simple. He takes the latest research on nutrition, training, and recovery, packages it into digestible, systematic, and applicable steps, and delivers it with the Outer Energy team within his business Own It Coaching. Justin has always been self-motivated to improve, developing the discipline and work ethic necessary to excel. At 13 years old his

EP 255 of the LYM podcast is a combo session with my friend and colleague Mark Fitzgerald.  Mark is one of Canada's leaders in the field of athletic performance.  He has a special affinity to hockey, having trained many developmental and elite players, and having served as the Lead of Performance for the Anaheim Ducks. This conversation sets the table for his workshop at this year's IHPS where he will dive deep into how to develop younger hockey athletes, a subject for which he has a great passion.  His business ETS turns 10 years old this year, and it has been a lighthouse for how young athletes of any sport should prepare for success. Come join us in Mont Tremblant, June 10-12 for an amazing event that will bring the best in hockey performance together in a beautiful place, check it all out at www.reconditioninghq.com todayIf you liked this EP, please take the time to rate and comment, share with a friend, and connect with us on social channels IG @Kingopain, TW @BuiltbyScott, LI+FB Scott Livingst

This EP features a FIFA World Cup football referee, and the Director & Lead Facilitator of Holistic Leadership and Development Consultancy, Matt Conger. Pre-pandemic, Matt refereed full-time between the Chinese Super League, Saudi MBS Pro League, ISPS Handa Premiership (NZ), and OFC and FIFA competitions. Alongside active refereeing, he is passionate about developing the holistic capability of referees from the grassroots to the elite level.  In 2018 Matthew refereed at the FIFA World Cup Finals in Russia, taking the whistle in the Iceland v Nigeria group stage match, 4th Official on the Round of 16 matches between England and Colombia, and was one of a select few referees to stay through to the Final. Matthew moved to New Zealand with his wife, Sharon, in 2001 and formally immigrated to NZ in 2006 where he completed his Bachelor of Education worked for eight years as a full-time primary school teacher while also pursuing a refereeing career as a New Zealand Football National Referee and a FIFA Referee. M

This EP is my meanderings around the idea of the Olympics. What it should mean for us, instead of what it seems it has become. We should celebrate the effort and opportunity to be on that stage, exposed and open to the possibilities. Instead, we focus too often on winning and losing, and on the judgment we so often prescribe.  Enjoy!If you liked this EP, please take the time to rate and comment, share with a friend, and connect with us on social channels IG @Kingopain, TW @BuiltbyScott, LI+FB Scott Livingston. You can find all things LYM at www.LYMLab.com, download your free Life Lab Starter Kit today and get busy living https://lymlab.com/free-lym-lab-starter/Please take the time to visit and connect with our sponsors, they are an essential part of our success:www.VALD.com www.ReconditioningHQ.com

This EP features Duff Gibson. In 1989, having completed his undergrad at Western, Duff Gibson moved to Calgary to earn his master’s degree in kinesiology at the University of Calgary and begin a twenty-five-year journey in high-performance sport.  As an athlete, Duff was a provincial champion speed skater, a national champion and national team member in bobsleigh, and then a world and Olympic gold medallist in the sport of skeleton. Duff was also named Canada’s male athlete of the year for 2006.  In his four years as the national team head coach, Duff led six different athletes to the podium at a World Cup or World Championship level and considers the work they did on mindset and collaboration as being the key to their success. Having moved on from coaching after the 2014 Sochi Olympics, Duff launched Dark Horse Athletic in early 2016. Dark Horse is about developing physical literacy, a growth mindset, and, above all, inspiring kids to participate for the love of the sport. Most recently he published his book

This EP features Dayna Del Val who works with people through weekend retreats, one on one coaching, and her writing and speaking to inspire and motivate people to shake up their day-to-day to find what’s beyond their current reality, to get comfortable being uncomfortable and to articulate, and create a tangible plan of action and pursue their next dream. Dayna and her husband Dr. Mazz Marry host a twice-weekly Livestream called Daily Dose of Dr. Marry & DD around their mission to openly share their experiences with Dr. Marry’s fall into alcoholism and climb back to sobriety. They are committed to helping people and couples navigate the treacherous addiction path to hope and healing while also helping to erase the shame and stigma of addiction. She is also President & CEO of The Arts Partnership in Fargo, ND, an umbrella arts nonprofit agency dedicated to cultivating the community through the arts. You can find more at daynadelval.com. She writes, speaks, and lives by straddling extraordinary, at the

This EP features Les Gramntik, an internationally recognized leader in coaching speed and power. He has over 50 years of experience in coaching in the countries of Romania, Israel, and most significantly in Canada. He’s been an athletic and development consultant for hockey, football, synchronized swimming, bobsleigh, and professional golf. He has also served as an Education program developer, university lecturer, and sought-after international speaker. Doing justice to his resume in coaching would take longer than we have in this space to introduce a guest but suffice to say his influence in the world of Athletics is extensive, and the mark he has left on the Canadian sports system has been significant.  I am honored to have him on the show today, welcome Les. Head Coach, Athletics Canada                                                                                                                                      2005-2008Director of Speed Power Programs, Athletics Canada                               

Stu has been the vision behind the organization Youth Leadership Camps Canada (YLCC) since it began in 1992. For the last thirty years, Stu has put his heart and soul into building a world-class summer camp and leadership development program that is now YLCC.  Since 1991, he has traveled through North America and Europe speaking to thousands of schools of every level, many organizations, and over 3 million people. Stu has worked with some of the biggest game-changers in the world including leaders like Shaquille O'Neal, Richard Branson, Seth Godin, Robin Sharma, Tony Robbins, and many, many more.  YLCC has grown far beyond just a summer camp. Each year YLCC works with close to 200,000 youth, educators, parents, and corporations across Canada and around the world. He has grown from a small summer camp to a multi-million-dollar company. Living by his credo, Purpose before Profits.  In 2018, he was awarded the Barry Sharp Award of Excellence for his work to promote and foster student leadership across Canad

EP 248 features the Senior Director of Applied Neuroscience at EXOS, Chris Bertram.  Chris is also an Associate Professor at the University of the Fraser Valley (UFV).  Chris specializes in creating environments that are designed to maximize learning, build resilience, and optimize performance under pressure. His academic and professional focus is in the area of skill acquisition and flow state with an emphasis on the nature of expertise and elite-level performance. Chris has published more than 70 scientific articles across the spectrum of human performance and has been featured in the Globe and Mail, The Vancouver Sun, the New York Times as well on the Golf Channel.  His work has encompassed a wide array of high-performing individuals including PGA Tour winners, collegiate National Champions, Olympic Champions, X-Games Champions, military leaders, special forces operators, as well as corporate leaders of Fortune 500 companies. Above all his accomplishments he is a father to his two girls Kelsey and Maggie,

James is an Athletic Therapist, and Strength & Conditioning Specialist, and holds a Master’s degree in Kinesiology and Health Science, and is a Hatha Yoga practitioner.  He held positions as a Head Athletic Trainer in the Blue Jays system, as well as a Rehab Coordinator role at York University and various therapy, conditioning, and sports injury rehab roles, including working within the York University Athletic Therapy program. Most recently he acted as a performance consultant with the University of the Bahamas and created wellness/lifestyle programming for professionals and students during his time there. His private venture, FIRSTAR Therapy sheds light on Performance Wellness, encompassing personal growth and coaching athletes to access more of themselves for what they do whether it be sport, daily life, or vocation. He has also developed his own podcast under the same banner and regularly interviews Athletic Therapists to shed light on their accomplishments. He most recently took the role as the Head

EP 246 is a wonderful conversation with two amazing humans, David Arsenault and Jon Geller.  David's career spans close to thirty years, first being a world-class Taekwondo athlete, then an elite Taekwondo and performance coach, and now a leader in the world of physical literacy for children. His foundation, Champions for Life, is making a difference in the lives of so many young people. Jon was a protege of David's, and through the influence of David's life and career, and a challenging health crisis that we unpack in this session, Jon was inspired to become an Athletic Therapist and Strength and Conditioning Coach.  Today, Jon is the Assistant AT for the Toronto Maple Leaf Hockey Club and is one of those unique professionals who embody the practice of Reconditioning. I loved unpacking all the synergies and confluence of connection between the three of us in this session, there are a lot of golden threads worth hearing.If you liked this EP, please take the time to rate and comment, share with

EP 245 is an insightful self-reflection on the fragility of life.  I recognized recently with the passing of filmmaker Jean-Marc Vallee, my own mortality. At 58 years old (the same age as he), I was struck by how quickly life can change, how much time I really do have left on this planet, and the age-old question of my own journey.  Am I running towards something, or running away?  Am I busy living, or am I busy dying?  At the end of the day, none of us get to define our timeline, but we do get to define how we spend what we have.  Are you spending wisely, are you defining your own growth and exploration, or is it being defined for you?  Questions worth our contemplation. I'll be releasing a little micro-course on my website to get you started in 2022 with your own personal reflection and direction www.lymlab.com If you liked this EP, please take the time to rate and comment, share with a friend, and connect with us on social channels IG @Kingopain, TW @BuiltbyScott, LI+FB Scott Livingston. You can find

I had a really good conversation about the life of a fitness industry leader, Don Saladino last week.  This EP explores the life of this Coach & Fitness Entrepreneur of over 20 years who has developed a reputation for training some of the biggest names in Hollywood. Don has coached actors, athletes, & musicians throughout his career, and in 2005, he opened his NYC Gym, Drive 495. After operating a gym for 15 years, Don expanded to a global online fitness business.  He’s been tapped as a fitness expert in publications such as Muscle & Fitness, Men’s Health, Men’s Fitness, and Met Rx and is often requested by the media to provide fitness and health expertise. He also sits on the advisory board of Men’s Health Magazine.  There are a lot of golden nuggets in this conversation, especially around building your business, and the why factor for what you do.  A worthy listen!If you liked this EP, please take the time to rate and comment, share with a friend, and connect with us on social channels IG @Kingo

This week's EP is a fantastic performance conversation with my good buddy, Jeremy Sheppard.  Jer is one of those eclectic souls whose professional acumen is shadowed by his incredible character and humility. He's been in the world of human performance coaching athletes of just about every dimension, but his heart sings for the boards of surf and snow.  He currently takes care of Canada's greatest snowboarders and is ramping up his work heading into this winter's Olympic games. He took some time out to chat with me about stewardship, mentorship, and leadership.  The good, the bad, and the ugly, and what his experience and personal process have exposed to him in his own evolution in performance sport. Enjoy!If you liked this EP, please take the time to rate and comment, share with a friend, and connect with us on social channels IG @Kingopain, TW @BuiltbyScott, LI+FB Scott Livingston. You can find all things LYM at www.LYMLab.com, download your free Life Lab Starter Kit today and get busy li

This EP features Chris Mattice who's spent the past 25 years in the health and wellness field as a practitioner and business developer/coach.  A former performance coach in Northern Virginia, he trained many Washington DC area, professional athletes, for many years and consulted with several of the area's top businesses. He is currently a Mindset and Business development coach and an integral part of the PARTNERS PROGRAM and FRONTLINES with Brain Grasso and Carrie Campbell. He is in the process of creating a new venture in bringing Neurology to the personal training world with Matt Bush and Kathy Mauck as a part of Next Level Neuro. Over the course of his career, his life mission has changed from changing the numbers on the scale to giving the health world the tools to help humanity get to that next level of sustainable happiness.  Whether that's being pain-free, building the business of their dreams, or a better relationship with themselves. More than anything else, he is a devoted father of t