Chasing Excellence
Ben Bergeron & Patrick Cummings
Looking to build more than just physical fitness? Join Ben Bergeron and Patrick Cummings as they explore how daily practices create the foundation for lasting peace of mind. Through practical frameworks and honest conversations, discover how deep health unlocks the freedom to chase what truly matters. Learn the five essential factors - training, eating, thinking, sleeping, and connecting - that transform fleeting moments of clarity into a life of sustained fulfillment. If you're ready to move beyond quick fixes and build peace of mind, this is your guide.
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Apr 2, 2026 • 19min
The Most Important Question to Ask Your Kids Before Bed
Mark England, mindset coach and co-founder of Enlifted, helps train coaches and families in resilience. He talks about the WINS journal practice for kids, swapping “what went wrong” for “what went right,” and how small nightly reflections build self-credit. Short, practical ideas on family language and a children’s book that sparks meaningful bedtime conversations.
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Mar 30, 2026 • 1h 7min
The 10-Point Drift Diagnosis: Modern Life Is Like a Lazy River
They diagnose the ten subtle forces that quietly pull people toward decline and dysfunction. Topics include entropy and how small choices compound, digital distraction stealing attention, and food engineered for addiction. They also cover sedentary default living, sleep disruption, social comparison, loss of community, and practical countermeasures like useful discomfort, structure, and reflection.
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Mar 26, 2026 • 50min
Feel It, Don't Feed It: Own Your Emotions Without Being Owned by Them (w/ Margaret Cullen)
Margaret Cullen, author and meditation teacher behind Quiet Strength, shows how equanimity lets you feel emotions fully without being hijacked by them. She discusses practical cognitive hacks, the 90-second rule, widening your window of tolerance, and creating conditions like nature and humor to let calm arise naturally. Short, actionable, and grounded in mindfulness practice.
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Mar 23, 2026 • 1h 4min
The Anti Bucket List: Stop Chasing What You Already Have (w/ Marcus Wilson)
Marcus Wilson, NOBULL co-founder and executive leader who helps scale brands and inspire mental, emotional, and physical growth. He explores the reverse bucket list and why wanting less can bring lasting fulfillment. Short reflections on expectations, presence over performance, building calm under pressure, and designing daily practices to become the person you want to be.
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Mar 16, 2026 • 55min
Stop Letting Tech Do the Work: The Old-School Method That Actually Makes Diet Changes Stick
EC Synkowski, nutrition coach and founder of the Three Pillars Method, turns complex science into practical habits. He argues calorie trackers and AI miss individual needs. Measuring intake and using weight trends for 10–14 days beats predictive equations. He explains why friction from weighing food builds awareness and why apps can create dependency rather than true dietary autonomy.
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Mar 12, 2026 • 57min
The Difference Between Those Who Rarely Miss a Workout & Everyone Else (w/ Jordan Metzl, MD)
Jordan Metzl, sports medicine physician and author of Push, shares decades of work turning exercise into preventive medicine. He explores how lowering the cost to act transforms motivation. Short takes cover biases that block movement, the knowledge→belief→emotion pathway, gamification, temptation bundling, curiosity as fuel, and why daily choices shape most of our health.
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Mar 9, 2026 • 50min
7 Universal Laws Every Self-Aware Person Should Know
They highlight seven universal laws that shape decisions, confidence, and growth. Topics include why simplicity wins over complexity, how beginner confidence can mislead, and when metrics distort behavior. They cover choice overload and speeding action, reframing rare events and luck, and the value of assuming indifference rather than malice to lower stress.
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Mar 2, 2026 • 54min
10 Hard Truths for People Who Are Done Making Excuses
Ten blunt realities about personal responsibility and why blaming others stalls progress. Practical angles on changing yourself, reassessing priorities, and choosing the feelings you want daily. A look at how defensive habits, untrue personal stories, and chasing more things block growth. Guidance on accepting unfairness and aiming for steady improvement over perfection.
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Feb 26, 2026 • 55min
Name Your Mattering Project & Find a Path to a More Meaningful Life (w/ Rebecca Goldstein)
Rebecca Goldstein, philosopher and novelist and author of The Mattering Instinct, explores the human need to justify our own worth. She maps four mattering strategies and tells how projects shape lives. Conversation covers how projects form, shift, and can transform harmful paths into meaningful ones. Short, thought-provoking, and practical.
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Feb 23, 2026 • 1h 4min
Don't Just Look Fit. Be Fit. (w/ WWE's Ivy Nile)
Emily Andzulis (Ivy Nile), WWE pro wrestler and former Titan Games/MMA competitor known as The Pitbull, shares her disciplined training and recovery routines. She discusses travel-ready workouts, CompTrain programming, practical non-negotiables with flexibility, making training contagious rather than intimidating, and how small daily actions compound into lasting capability and purpose.
