Time takes time w/ Simon Levesque from Mindgold

Time takes time w/ Simon Levesque

1 hour 5 minutes Posted Nov 27, 2019 at 6:17 pm.

Ollie's video the inspiration behind this episode. 'Rebuilding Simon' follows Simon's journey towards his first ring muscle-up, an analogy for life and for his recovery from addiction.

Post traumatic growth; when the party is over and it's time to pick up the pieces.

The importance of community, and why that makes it so hard to break out of an unhealthy lifestyle.

The lifelong dream of med school becoming a reality and the danger of associating happiness with achievement.

Is adversity essential to achieving excellence, and would be go through the hard times again if we knew it would lead to a positive outcome?

Rebuilding a life take as long as it takes. The myth of the self-made person and why this ideal isn't realistic or healthy.

Addiction isn't a choice, fighting a compulsion for life and making daily choices not to regress.

CrossFit and community; what it really is that we get hooked on.

Future goals and if it's possible to achieve balance in terms of physical, emotional and spiritual wellbeing.

Finding opportunity in adversity: Japan 2021.

The bar muscle-up story; ruining a perfectly good holiday for a CrossFit competition and why it was totally worth it.

'When we get there...' the importance of appreciating the moment rather than solely anticipating the outcome.

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Simon is currently rebuilding his life from a past of partying to a future in medicine. By way of his journey towards getting his first ring muscle up, as documented in the short film by Oliver Waghorn, Simon opens up about the difficulty of recovery and the importance of community and belonging. It gets emotional.

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