The BrainStoke Podcast
The BrainStoke Podcast
Tom Telford & Preston Niederhauser
The BrainStoke Podcast is a show about the stories of struggle and stoke and the people that inspire us. Hosted by Tom Telford and Preston Niederhauser, The BrainStoke Podcast has a simple mission. Deliver a daily D.O.S.E. of mattering to all who listen. Welcome to BrainStoke! We also want to thank our Stoke sponsor: LEVO a mind care company
EP.50 - The Snake River Runs Through It - LOTOJA 2
Send us a textTom, Preston, Matthew Lefthand, and Mitt and Major Niederhauser are together talking about their individual struggles and stoke of this year's LOTOJA. It's a tale of anguish, triumph, brotherly love, and questionable tactics when it comes to bathroom breaks! Enjoy this awesome D.O.S.E. of Stoke and Storytelling.
Sep 27, 2024
1 hr 18 min
EP.49 - Warrior In The Garden - Rob Eastman
Send us a text#1 International best-selling author of “Warrior In The Garden”, Rob Eastman hosted BrainStoke in his “Chapel” to record this episode. Rob, aka; The Tattooed Life Coach has carried the weight of bullying and ADHD at a young age, suicide ideation, addiction, sexual assault victim and divorce. Rob had several relapses with addiction that led to a low point. A defining moment: “Is that loud enough for you”.That led Rob to face and embrace extreme ownership of his role an...
Sep 20, 2024
1 hr 23 min
EP.48 - The Power of Connection and Paying it Forward - Tyler Servoss
Send us a textTyler Servoss became a father at 17 years old. While other junior cyclists were at the Olympic Training Center focused solely on their future, Tyler was supporting his wife and children doing landscape work on the side, all while still getting in his training reps. Tyler is no stranger to struggle and grief. He’s faced serious cycling accidents including a broken neck that he eventually recovered from only to lose his adult son, Kade, in a motorcycle accident who suffered f...
Sep 13, 2024
47 min
EP.47 - The ADHD Advantage in Entrepreneurship - Leadership & Mindset Podcast reupload
Send us a textTom Telford joins Andrew Eubanks from the Leadership & Mindset podcast. Listen to their conversation about financial sector success and becoming a passionate advocate for mental health. They discuss the subtle yet powerful links between military service and business acumen, and how both realms demand resilience and strategic thinking. Tom opens up about how his discovery of ADHD later in life reshaped his understanding of personal and professional challenges, leading him to ...
Sep 6, 2024
1 hr 19 min
EP.46 - 7th time's the charm - Melisa Rollins
Send us a textMelisa Rollins joins BrainStoke just off her Leadville 100 win! Melisa talks about her roots with swimming, soccer and how biking wasn’t her “thing” as a teen but part of her family’s DNA as they revered the famed, Leadville 100 mountain bike race.Melisa has the “all-in” gene. An obsessive mindset. An attitude of “go-BIG” in whatever is important to her. That was school, studying and becoming a chemist in her early college years until she realized that something was missing in h...
Aug 30, 2024
1 hr 13 min
EP.45 - "Letting Discipline Live Rent Free in Your Life" - Keegan Swenson and Sofia Gómez Villafañe
Send us a textWe are so grateful to Keegan Swenson and Sofia Gomez Villafane talking with Kevin and Tom about their discipline centered lives and what it takes mentally to perform on their level. They talk about the environment they have curated to be the best versions of themselves and the importance of self-care as well as trust in their professional and personal relationships. This is a must listen for any BrainStoke and cycling fan!
Aug 16, 2024
1 hr 39 min
EP.44 - With Grace and Gratitude - Meg Campbell
Send us a textRelationships and marriage fall into the category of BrainStoke’s mantra, “struggle and stoke”. Doing hard things that result in elevated satisfaction from working through challenges. Tom and Preston recently hosted guest author, Meg Campbell to talk about her memoir, “With Grace and Gratitude” that describes her personal experience navigating divorce and intentionally choosing to do it differently. To “conscious uncouple”. In a time where 50%+ of marriages result in d...
Aug 9, 2024
1 hr 9 min
EP. 43 - BrainStoke Ambassadors July 2024
Send us a textBrainStokers (ambassadors) July roundtable:What do you do when you feel a “limiter” to peak performance? You’ve trained and put in the time, but the mind and body don’t respond? Tom, Preston, Blair Perkes and Matthew Lefthand talk about the difference between fitness and energy and the implications of life stressors on being able to access the mental and physical capabilities of peak performance. They share their experience’s adopting mindset tools and behavior strategies f...
Aug 2, 2024
1 hr 34 min
EP. 42 Saxton on the Pod
Send us a textTom joins Saxton on the Pod to talk entrepreneurship and paying the toll of succes. He preaches happy chemicals and the importance of getting a daily D.O.S.E. for mind and physical health but also as the magic elixir for inspiration and problem solving in business and relationships. Tom closes with some candid thoughts on positive self-talk and protecting the mind as our greatest asset that we should demand an ROI on.
Jul 24, 2024
1 hr 26 min
Ep.41"Bikes Change Communities" - Zach Chatelain
Send us a textZach Chatelain is a bike-whisperer. He founded and owns Bikers Edge in Kaysville, Utah. This year Bikers Edge celebrates its 20th year anniversary in business and BrainStoke wanted to share how this shop has become one of Utah’s coolest places for cyclists to “invest” their discretionary income. 😎If you are a loyal listener to BrainStoke you know how we feel about bikes, the sport and the incredible impact getting sweaty pedaling bikes in the sun is for stress coping and mind he...
Jul 5, 2024
1 hr 6 min
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