Matt Wallden: Why You’re Not Broken, You’re Overloaded In this episode of The Three Phase Podcast, Joe LaLeune sits down with Matt Wallden, one of the most respected educators and practitioners in osteopathy, rehabilitation, performance, and holistic health. Matt has spent more than 25 years helping athletes, coaches, therapists, and everyday people understand the deeper causes of pain, injury, and performance limitations. As a long-time CHEK Faculty member, clinician, educator, and consultan...
Jun 19
2 hr 2 min
This episode with AJ Zeglen went way deeper than strength and conditioning. AJ is the founder of Invictus Performance and has spent years working with hockey players and high-performing athletes. He’s now also working as a psychotherapist, and this conversation explored the overlap between physical performance, mental resilience, confidence, communication, and identity. We talked about why elite athletes struggle with confidence more than people think, why so many coaches misunderstand “menta...
May 14
2 hr 20 min
What does it actually mean to be a shaman in the modern world? In this episode of the Three Phase Podcast, I sit down with Angie Chek — certified nutritionist, biologist, and CHEK Institute faculty member — to explore a side of health and healing that most people feel… but don’t fully understand. We get into shamanism, soul loss, soul retrieval, past lives, and how unresolved experiences — whether from this life or beyond — can continue to influence your physical, mental, and emotional st...
Apr 1
1 hr 57 min
We’re surrounded by more data than ever, but that doesn’t mean we’re making better decisions. In this episode, I sit down with Charlotte Sobolewski — a former high-level endurance athlete and now working in AI, governance, and strategy — to break down what actually drives performance when pressure, fatigue, and uncertainty are all in play. This conversation isn’t about tools. It’s about judgment. We get into what data can tell you, what it can’t, and why the ability to make decisions under pr...
Mar 17
1 hr 56 min
Most athletes believe that if they train harder, the results will come. But training is only the signal for the body to improve. The real progress happens during recovery, and that process depends heavily on whether the body has the fuel it needs to rebuild. In this episode, Joe LaLeune breaks down one of the most common performance problems he sees with athletes at every level: under-fueling their training. Drawing from sports nutrition research, lessons from legendary strength coach Charl...
Mar 10
24 min
College recruiting has become loud, expensive, and emotional. In this episode of the Three Phase Podcast, Joe LaLeune sits down with Dennis Joyce — better known as Laxdad — to break down what families consistently get wrong about college lacrosse recruiting… and what actually matters. This isn’t a hype conversation. It’s a real discussion about fit over logos, development over panic, and making decisions that still make sense four years from now. Whether you’re navigating lacrosse, hockey, fo...
Mar 2
1 hr 59 min
We train our bodies with reps, progressive stress, and structure — but expect our minds to handle pressure without the same preparation. In this episode of the Three Phase Podcast, Joe sits down with Annie Berezowsky of Birch Grove Wellness to explore what it actually means to train the mind like a muscle. They discuss emotional reps, distress tolerance, nervous system capacity, and mental flexibility — and how these skills determine whether you stay steady or crack under pressure. This is a ...
Feb 16
1 hr 49 min
Every Olympic year, injuries seem to show up at the worst possible time. Athletes who have trained intelligently for years, supported by world-class coaches and medical teams, suddenly break down right when performance is supposed to peak. This episode explores why that pattern exists — not from a place of blame or criticism, but from an honest look at how training cycles behave under pressure. In this solo episode, Joe unpacks why Olympic years place unique demands on the body, how accumulat...
Feb 10
23 min
What if the reason you’re not getting better isn’t a lack of effort — but hidden stressors no one is looking for? In this episode, Joe sits down with Carl Weston, founder of Raven Wellness and CHEK Institute faculty member, for a deep, grounded conversation on hidden health drivers like mold exposure, fungal overgrowth, parasites, and layered physiological stress. Carl shares why so many high performers, athletes, and wellness-focused individuals feel stuck despite eating well, training consi...
Feb 2
1 hr 42 min
Podcast Description Fasting has become one of the most talked-about tools in health and performance — and one of the most misunderstood. In this episode, Joe takes a long-form, no-hype look at fasting: the good, the bad, and the unnecessary. Drawing from personal experience, current research, and decades-old wisdom, this conversation breaks down what fasting actually does in the body, when it can be helpful, and when it quietly becomes a liability. Joe shares his own six-month fasting experim...
Jan 26
36 min
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