Leave Your Mark
What shapes a person—and what do they leave behind in the lives of others?The Leave Your Mark Podcast explores those questions through honest conversations with people from sport, business, the arts, and beyond. Some names you’ll recognize. Others you’ll be glad you discovered. Each brings a story that reaches beyond their accomplishments.Join Scott Livingston as he explores the experiences, relationships, setbacks, and turning points that shape who we become. These conversations make room for ambition and uncertainty, success and struggle, and the lessons we often understand only after living through them.With nearly forty years in hum...
Fatherhood, Leadership, and the Responsibility of Coaching with Matt Nichol
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Matt Nichol has spent three decades coaching professional and Olympic athletes, with experience across the NHL and NFL. Matt is the Founder of Paragenix, a Toronto-based performance facility dedicated to helping clients reach their objectives. He is also the Director of Player Health and Performance for the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League.
He was the founder and original product formulator of BioSteel Sports Nutrition. Matt also helped build the self-funded startup into a business with global distribution before selling his ownership stake in 2019.
In this episode of L...
Technology Meets Coaching Eye with Ryan Talbot
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Ryan Talbot’s career connects two worlds: more than 25 years in security technology and over two decades coaching athletes. As the founder of VueMotion, he now brings those experiences together through a movement intelligence platform that uses smartphone video and computer vision to help practitioners better understand how people move.
In Episode 503 of Leave Your Mark, Ryan shares a journey shaped by sport, technology, and family. Raised around boxing, with a father who trained and promoted fighters and an uncle who competed at the 1972 Olympics, he developed an early appreciation for te...
The Years Before It Worked with Brad Thorpe
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What does it take to keep believing in something when building it stretches you financially, professionally, and personally for thirteen years?
On EP 502 of Leave Your Mark, I reconnect with Brad Thorpe, the man behind ISOFIT, to explore the persistence, relationships, and hard lessons behind his business. Brad shares how word of mouth helped take his equipment into 54 countries, and how a connection with Cleveland Cavaliers strength coach Derek Millender helped open doors in elite sport.
We discuss his passion for isometric training, the personal health experiences that sparked...
The Conversations Men Struggle to Have—with Rod Macdonald and Blake Miles
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What happens when the roles that once gave a man purpose no longer offer the same sense of direction, and he doesn’t know how to talk about it?
On Episode 501 of Leave Your Mark, I’m joined by Rod Macdonald and Blake Miles, the partners behind Help Your Man, for an open conversation about identity, relationships, and the challenges men can face in midlife. Drawing on their backgrounds in fitness, wellness, coaching, and their own personal experiences, Rod and Blake share why they’ve turned their attention toward helping men feel b...
EP 500 — Stu McMillan: Persistence, Quality, and Finding Your Way
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On April 3, 2018, I launched Leave Your Mark with a curiosity about people and the experiences that shape them. Five hundred episodes later, that curiosity remains, along with the weekly commitment to make room for a meaningful conversation. To celebrate this milestone, I’m joined by my friend Stu McMillan, whose support and friendship have been part of this journey.
Although many know Stu through his work in elite performance, this conversation explores the person behind the coaching: the work ethic he learned from his father, the fine line between persistence and st...
The Person Behind the Coach with Christian Thibaudeau
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What makes a good coach? Knowledge matters, but so does knowing when to explain, when to listen, and how to reach the person in front of you.
In Episode 499 of Leave Your Mark, I sit down with Christian Thibaudeau, a coach, author and educator whose work has taken him across 26 sports and 22 countries. Christian spent 11 years coaching high school and college football, has worked with Olympians and professional athletes, and has written seven books and more than 800 articles for T Nation and Thibarmy. He also created the Neurotyping system, which explores...
Caring for Your Community with Therese Leigh
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Therese Leigh is a sports physiotherapist, clinic owner, mentor, and leader who has spent more than 20 years working in high-performance sport. Her career has taken her through multiple World Championships and Olympic Games, senior roles with national sport organizations, and the development of systems and protocols that continue to support athletes and practitioners today.
In this episode, Therese shares the path that took her from an early love of skiing and a formative knee injury to physiotherapy school, international sport, and eventually entrepreneurship in Whistler. We explore the lessons she carried...
Solocast - A Big Summer-Y with Scott Livingston
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The past six months in my life have been full of change, and a real stretch of my experience, abilities, patience, and imagination. In this solocast, I spend a little time updating the listener about my experiences and decision-making, and then I get into some of the key things I've learned in this amazing new environment. Please enjoy!
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Putting the Human Being Back Together Again with Darren McConaghy
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What happens when we stop treating the painful body part and start trying to understand the person attached to it?
In this episode of Leave Your Mark, I sit down with Darren McConaghy, an Athletic Therapist, Strength and Conditioning Specialist, Osteopathic Manual Practitioner, and reconditioning professional with more than two decades of experience across sport, private practice, and human performance.
Darren and I share a long history, which makes this conversation both professional and personal. We explore how his experiences across different disciplines have shaped the way he thinks...
Compassion, Leadership & a Life in High Performance with Ron O'Hare
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Ron O’Hare has spent more than 25 years working at the intersection of sport physiotherapy, leadership, and high performance. Today, he serves as Senior Manager of Health Performance at the Canadian Sport Institute Ontario, leading integrated health services supporting Olympic, Paralympic, and high-performance athletes and coaches.
But this conversation is about much more than Ron’s professional résumé.
We go back to his childhood, growing up “on the other side of the tracks,” and explore how sport became a place of structure, safety, identity, and belonging. Ron shares his journe...
Earning Trust, Building Relationships & Finding Your Way in High Performance with Jason Martin
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What does it really take to build a career in professional sport?
This week on Leave Your Mark, I sit down with strength and conditioning coach Jason Martin as he prepares to begin a new chapter as Head Strength and Conditioning Coach with the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Jason’s path began early, earning his first training certification at just 16 before completing his Physical Education degree at McGill University. His career would eventually take him through CrossFit, professional tennis, Major League Baseball, more than a decade of working with hockey pl...
Measuring Movement, Planar Plasticity & the Future of Assessment with Ryan Comeau
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What if one of the most important things we assess in healthcare is also one of the things we measure least objectively?
This week on Leave Your Mark, I sit down with Dr. Ryan Comeau, chiropractor, former NCAA Division I hockey goaltender, founder of Kinetisense, and creator of the NeuroPlanar Method.
Ryan’s journey begins in sport, where years in the crease taught him about grit, adaptability, and the difference between quitting and pivoting. Injuries eventually changed the direction of his athletic career. Still, they also led him toward he...
Performance Therapy, Reconditioning and Learning to Live With Uncertainty with Gerry Ramogida
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What happens when two practitioners with decades of experience stop trying to provide answers and start exploring the questions?
In this episode, I reconnect with longtime friend and performance therapist Gerry Ramogida for a wide-ranging conversation about performance therapy, Reconditioning, clinical reasoning, and what it really means to work with complex human beings.
Gerry has spent nearly three decades working across the NHL, NBA, NFL, MLB, and Olympic sport, contributing to championship organizations including the Seattle Seahawks and Golden State Warriors. Today, he continues to work in professional hockey...
Curiosity, Community, and the Evolution of Care with Steven Copobianco
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What happens when you refuse to stop asking questions?
In Episode 491 of Leave Your Mark, I sit down with Steven Copobianco—better known to many as "Capo"—to explore a career that has been defined by curiosity, continuous learning, and a relentless desire to better serve people.
Steve is a clinician, educator, innovator, and co-founder of RockTape. A graduate of Palmer College of Chiropractic West with a Diplomate in Rehabilitation and Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist designation, he has spent more than two decades teaching clinicians around the world to thin...
Coaching Coaches, Leading with Service, and Building a Life Beyond Performance with Eric Dannenberg
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What does it take to spend more than two decades at one of the world's most respected performance organizations and continue to evolve?
In this episode of the Leave Your Mark Podcast, we sit down with Eric Dannenberg, a Performance Learning & Development Coach at Exos whose career has taken him from intern to coaching elite athletes in the NFL, NHL, NBA, MLB, MLS, UFC, and action sports before ultimately stepping into the role of developing coaches around the world.
But this conversation isn't about sets, reps, or...
Curiosity, Science, Relationships, and the Pursuit of Better Questions with Keith Barr
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What shapes a world-leading scientist?
Is it intelligence?
Great mentors?
Opportunity?
Or simply an insatiable curiosity that never stops asking why?
In Episode 489 of the Leave Your Mark Podcast, I sit down with Dr. Keith Baar, one of the world's most respected molecular exercise physiologists, whose work has transformed our understanding of muscle growth, tendon adaptation, rehabilitation, and human performance.
As Professor of Molecular Exercise Physiology at UC Davis—and soon to begin the next chapter of his career at McMaster University—Keith has spen...
Neuroscience Part 2 – Reconditioning the Nervous System for Better Performance with Matt Bush
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Once we understand that pain is an output of the nervous system, the next question becomes:
What do we actually do about it?
In Part 2, Matt Bush takes us beyond theory and into practical application, exploring how practitioners can begin integrating neurological principles into rehabilitation and performance. We discuss chronic pain, nociplastic pain, sensory integration, and why the body consistently chooses the movement strategy that feels safest—not necessarily the mechanically ideal one.
Matt shares remarkable clinical stories demonstrating how small ne...
Neuroscience Part 1 – Why the Nervous System Changes Everything We Thought We Knew About Pain with Matt Bush
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What if pain isn't simply the result of damaged tissue?
What if movement quality, performance, and rehabilitation are driven by something far more complex than muscles and joints?
In Part 1 of this conversation, I sit down with performance therapist and educator Matt Bush to explore the neurological foundations of pain, threat, and movement. Together, we unpack why the brain constantly interprets information from our visual, vestibular, and proprioceptive systems to determine whether movement is safe—and why that process has profound implications for every therapist, coach, and performance practitioner.
...Neuroscience - Why the Nervous System Changes Everything We Thought We Knew About Pain with Matt Bush
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What if pain isn't simply the result of damaged tissue?
What if movement quality, performance, and rehabilitation are driven by something far more complex than muscles and joints?
In Part 1 of this conversation, I sit down with performance therapist and educator Matt Bush to explore the neurological foundations of pain, threat, and movement. Together, we unpack why the brain constantly interprets information from our visual, vestibular, and proprioceptive systems to determine whether movement is safe—and why that process has profound implications for every therapist, coach, and performance practitioner.
...Life Update Solocast with Scott Livingston
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This week's EP 482 is a solocast. Just me updating you, the listener on all things life of Scotty. It's been an interesting last three months. Big changes. Just took a role as Head of Rehab for the Cirque du Soleil, and it's been an interesting shift in life and focus. I'm hoping I can still continue to do this podcast with the same level of guests and storytelling, and that you, the listener, will continue to love what you listen to each week. Please enjoy this little update, and we'll be back with ano...
Rewiring Recovery, Performance, and Human Potential with Garrett Salpeter
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Garrett Salpeter is an engineer, entrepreneur, author, and founder of NeuFit, best known as the creator of the NEUBIE device and his pioneering work at the intersection of neuroscience, rehabilitation, and human performance.
In this episode of Leave Your Mark, Garrett shares the journey that began with a significant hockey injury and evolved into a lifelong pursuit of understanding how the nervous system influences recovery, movement, and performance. A former collegiate hockey player with a background in physics and engineering, Garrett's curiosity led him beyond traditional rehabilitation models and into the...
Building Durable Performance Through Leadership, Coaching, and Life with Victor Hall
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This week on Leave Your Mark EP 480, I sit down with Victor Hall, a leader, educator, and coach who has spent more than 25 years helping athletes, coaches, military personnel, and performance professionals reach their potential.
Victor currently serves within the Education and Tactical divisions at EXOS, where he helps shape performance systems, coach development, and strategies focused on optimizing readiness, resilience, and long-term performance. His journey, however, began far from elite sport on a family farm in Northern California, where hard work, responsibility, and problem-solving were daily requirements.
In...
Coaching Olympic Athletes, Building Technology, and Finding Your Own Path with Chris Chapman
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This week on Leave Your Mark, I sit down with Chris Chapman, a veteran Strength & Conditioning Coach, Sport Scientist, educator, and outdoor adventurer whose career has spanned eight Olympic quadrennials, multiple sports, and the rapidly evolving world of performance technology.
Chris currently serves as the Lead Strength & Conditioning Coach for Canada's Slopestyle and Big Air Freeski Team, while also working as a Sport Scientist with WHOOP. Over the course of our conversation, we explore a career that has taken him from traditional Olympic sport environments to startup culture, innovation, and entrepreneurship.<...
Why ACL Rehab Often Falls Short - Solocast
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One of the biggest mistakes in ACL rehab is thinking that “return to play” means “return to performance.”
Last week in Ottawa, I spent time with Matt Jordan diving into the use of force deck data, asymmetries, compensations, and how athletes often return to sport while still carrying significant movement adaptations underneath the surface.
That’s the challenge with ACL injuries. The knee is never truly “normal” again. There is a lasting proprioceptive change that athletes need to continue training and reconnecting to long after the rehab process appears complete.
<...A Masterclass in Longevity, Leadership, and High-Performance Thinking with Rob Panariello
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For almost four decades, Rob Panariello has been one of the most respected voices in strength and conditioning, rehabilitation, and sports performance.
In this episode of the Leave Your Mark podcast, Rob and I dive deep into the evolution of sports medicine, the integration of rehabilitation and performance, and the lessons learned from a lifetime spent coaching, teaching, mentoring, and building.
Rob shares his journey from Brooklyn street sports to becoming a dual-certified athletic trainer and physical therapist, working at the renowned Hospital for Special Surgery, helping pioneer progressive...
Growth, Adaptability and Entrepreneurship with Caleb Cousens
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EP 476 of the Leave Your Mark podcast features entrepreneur, esports founder, and lifelong sports enthusiast, Caleb Cousens.
Caleb Cousens grew up in a passionate soccer family and developed an early fascination with sport, performance, and business. From becoming employee number one alongside the CEO at Fortius and helping build one of Canada’s premier high-performance environments, to moving to Germany in pursuit of love and starting over in a new culture, Caleb’s story is one of growth, adaptability, and entrepreneurship.
Over the last eight years, Caleb has built busi...
Don't Wait - a Solocast
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In this solo episode of Leave Your Mark, I reflect on the deeper meaning of action, possibility, and the danger of waiting too long to live the life we know we are capable of living.
Inspired by Mother’s Day weekend and a walk through old photographs and memories, I explore the reality that most meaningful things in life begin long before we ever feel fully ready. Parenthood, relationships, creative pursuits, career shifts, difficult conversations, and personal reinvention all require us to move before certainty arrives.
This episode is a...
Orchestrating Connection in a Disconnected World with David Homan
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What does it truly mean to build relationships that matter?
In this episode, I sit down with David Homan, founder and CEO of Orchestrated Connecting, Orchestrated Opportunities, and SOAR CONNECT. David has spent over a decade developing a powerful methodology around what he calls Orchestrated Connecting—a system designed to create meaningful, trust-based relationships that extend far beyond traditional networking.
From his early roots in music and composition to becoming a global “connector of connectors,” David shares how his unique path shaped his perspective on community, trust, and contribution. We exp...
An Unconventional Way to Serve with Darrin Smith
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In this episode, I sit down with Darrin Smith, clinical athletic trainer at Colab Concierge Physicians, to explore what it really means to help people move forward with clarity.
Darrin’s work sits at the intersection of musculoskeletal care, movement programming, and human connection. His approach is simple in principle but powerful in execution: meet people where they are, bring them into the process, and build plans that reflect their goals, their lifestyle, and what truly matters to them.
We unpack his journey from higher education to integrated healthcare, in...
The Sun Will Come Up - a Solocast
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Over the past few years, something has been shifting.
Not all at once. Not loudly. But steadily enough that it became impossible to ignore.
In this solo episode, I share a more personal reflection on where I’ve been, what I’ve been feeling, and the decision to step into a new chapter of life and work. It’s a conversation about isolation, purpose, and the tension between building something meaningful and feeling connected in the process.
I talk about the evolution of our work in education, the ch...
Nexus of Change - Solocast
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This week’s solocast is a personal one.
A reflection on a stretch of time where everything seemed to converge at once.
A return to places and people that shaped my early career.
A realization that something in my current life needed to change.
A family decision to step into a new chapter.
And a moment that brought it all together in a way I didn’t expect.
Over the course of a single weekend, I found myself reconnecting with old colleagues and mentors, revi...
Building Credibility, Creating Opportunity, and Leaving the Game Better with Alan Palmer
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What does it take to carve out a place in professional sport when your profession isn’t yet fully accepted?
In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Alan Palmer, a chiropractor whose career has spanned nearly four decades and whose work has helped shape the role of chiropractic care in professional sports.
From a back injury that changed his path…
to working with organizations like the San Francisco Giants and Phoenix Coyotes…
to founding and leading the Professional Baseball Chiropractic Society and Professional Hockey Chiropractic Society…
Alan’...
Building businesses, Teams, and Environments that empower with Brian Anderson
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EP 469 of Leave Your Mark features a conversation with Brian Anderson, a leader who has spent his career building and guiding companies across industries many of us live and work in every day… wellness, fitness, sport, outdoor, and travel.
Brian’s journey has taken him through both founder-led businesses and private equity environments, wearing many hats along the way: CEO, chairman, advisor, and coach. But beyond the titles, what stands out is his ability to bring people together, build strong cultures, and help teams move toward something meaningful.
In this...
A Man Who Left His Mark on Many with Coach Johnny Parker
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In this episode of Leave Your Mark, I sit down with Coach Johnny Parker, a true pioneer in the world of strength and conditioning whose career has shaped generations of athletes and coaches alike.
From his beginnings as a high school football coach in rural Mississippi to becoming the first strength coach in the Big Ten, and eventually spending two decades in the NFL with organizations like the New York Giants, New England Patriots, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and San Francisco 49ers, Johnny’s journey reflects the evolution of an entire profession.
...Lessons Learned in Nearly 500 Conversations a Solocast
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Nine years ago this April 3rd, I pressed record on my first podcast episode.
At the time, I had no idea it would become one of the most meaningful experiences of my life.
Sometime this year, I’ll cross the milestone of 500 conversations with people from all walks of life: athletes, coaches, leaders, entrepreneurs, and thinkers.
What I’ve discovered through those conversations surprised me.
Most people didn’t have a perfect plan.
Most didn’t know exactly where life would take them.
Building Belonging That Drives Performance with Andrea Carter
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This week on Leave Your Mark, I’m joined by Andrea Carter, Canada’s go-to Belonging Expert and an Organizational Scientist helping leaders turn culture into a true competitive advantage.
For nearly two decades, Andrea has worked at the intersection of neuroscience, organizational psychology, and leadership. She is the founder of Andrea Carter Consulting and creator of the Belonging First Methodology™, a data-driven framework designed to repair disconnection, reduce toxicity, rebuild trust, and create environments where both people and performance thrive.
In this powerful conversation, we explore:
• Why belo...
Finding Your Voice, Owning the Room, and Reinventing Success with Sonya Weigle
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This week on Leave Your Mark, I sit down with Sonya Weigle, Founder of Next Stage BioAdvisors and The Catalytic Collective.
Sonya has spent more than 25 years advising biotech CEOs and senior executives through high-stakes leadership moments. From early-stage CEO preparation to organizational scale, she has guided science leaders as they step into bigger roles and greater responsibility.
But her story is more than corporate strategy.
We talk about:
Transitioning from engineering to political science, then building a consultancy while still at Carnegie MellonTurning...Don't Wait for Ability to Take Responsibility with Mark Halpern
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This week on Leave Your Mark, I sit down with financial strategist and philanthropic visionary Mark Halpern.
Mark is a Certified Financial Planner, Trust & Estate Practitioner, and Master Financial Advisor–Philanthropy with more than 30 years of experience helping successful families and entrepreneurs think differently about wealth.
As CEO of WEALTHinsurance.com, he operates at the intersection of estate planning, tax strategy, and charitable giving—helping clients preserve capital, minimize tax, and multiply impact.
But this conversation goes deeper than money.
Mark was mentored by the late...
Managing Low Back Pain the Right Way - a Solocast
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Low back pain is rarely just about the back.
In this solo episode, I walk through what truly matters when you’re trying to solve persistent lumbar issues — whether you’re a practitioner guiding others or someone navigating it yourself.
There are three primary drivers I consistently see:
1️⃣ Manage the Client’s State
If the threat bucket is overflowing, nothing else sticks. Downregulation isn’t optional — it’s foundational.
2️⃣ Build Spinal Capability and Capacity
The lumbar spine cannot carry the entire load. We ne...
Owning the Grey Area of Concussions with Jason Mihalik
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This week on the Leave Your Mark Podcast, we sit down with Jason Mihalik, one of the most influential voices in concussion research and clinical brain health today.
Jason is a full professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Director of the Matthew Gfeller Center, and CEO of the THRIVE Program. His work lives at the intersection of sport, military service, and clinical care—helping athletes, service members, veterans, and first responders recover, perform, and thrive.
With more than 185 peer-reviewed publications and ov...
